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SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Havln stmifirM -.0 year, between lite and
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A GILDED SIN.
BY BERTH A M. CLAY.
CHAPTER X.
Crash'.ns the creen leaves and sweet
blossom unJer l.n feet, tranip'in down
the smiling flowers, beating aside the
trai'.iiis sprays, his heart beating, his
brain on fire, Sir Marc hastened across
the ra k. It seemed to him that the
who.e world had I'lJJen'.y crumbled to
ruins. He muttered bi'.ter. terrible words
to bime!f. II the stars bavl fallen from
heaven, it woa.d have surprised him less
than the tact that Veronica had done
wronit his ideai. the one pure, noble,
gentle soul in horn he had placed ail
his trust. All that was beautiful, poet
ical, maidenly, and charming seemed to
be vested lu her ; and now Lis ideal had
been redely destroyed.
"I will never believe in any hnman
being again while I live," he said to him
self "never! So fair, so beautiful, so
loving, so tender, yet so lost to all sense
of what is right! I will never look again
at woman's face!"
He reached the railway station at
Huratwood, and there, half hidden by a
long, black veil, he saw Clara Morton.
She rose as he came op to her.
"It is well," he said, "that yon are a
women ; if you were a mau I would
horsewhip yoa !" There waa such fierce,
hot anger in his eyes that she shrunk
back. "You need not fear," he added
scornfully. "Oive roe your proofs, name
your price, and then never let your
shadow fall across my path aiain."
Waling with a man was dif!ercnt from
frightening a delicate, refined girl. Clara
Morton found, he betin a hole string
of excuses.
"Not one word." he id. "Simply re
peat the Ftory. Let me hear all the de
tails, and then give me your proofs and
name your price."
Hie tol l him the Btory, and then
added:
"My proofs are charred remains of the
parchment that I took from the Ere, on
which you will plainly pee these words.
I-i5t mill and testament of Sir Jasper
Ilraiulon. "
"What do you want for it ?' he asked
contem fl 110119! y.
"It is not for myself, Sir Marc it is
oot indeed. I want five hundred
paanca."
"Yoti are modest in your demand?,
certain. y. and you have ruined Hut
w r.y should I waste words upon such as
on? Iflgive you the sum you name,
yoa must not only surrender what yon
are p'ea-d to call your proofs, but you
:r.nst take an oath to keep the secret and
eave I ng'.and. If you return listen to
r.i threat if you dare to return and
a Ure-e by letter or by word of mouth
...at nap. ess lady, I will have you indict
ed for conspiracy, and your sentence will
prolal!y le hard lator for life. As to
tour conduct, it is so utterly, horribly
base, I have no patience to speak of it."
The woman murmured some words,
lie did not even listen to them.
"I have no wish to hear more," he
Mid, I will five you a check for five
i.nndred pounds on condition that you
five me your proofs and take the re--u:red
oath. Tremble if you dare to
break it tremble if your false, wicked
face is seen here aga.n !"
He took out his check-book, and, go
'.ziz into one of the station oi!.ces. mads
out a check for the sum named. On re
turn. ng he placed it quietly in her
nan Is and i!.f gave him the packet con
tain.n the charred fragments of the
will, and took the oath upon hi h he
had insisted. Silently lie o:nted to tiio
Cfe.it open gates, and she passed out of
them. They never met again. As she
parsed out of the gates, to tins pa.ssed out
e! bU life.
Whether the punishment of her wick
edness ever came in this world he never
tuew.
Then Sir Marc went away to London.
What to do with himself he could not
ell. lie felt that it was imposfiiile for
tan to Like up the broken thread of his
life. In the first hot, angry Hush of his
disappointment he bad not realized w hat
life without Veronica would be. Now
that tt st let 1 bed out before him in all
its thilL terrible reality, he was at a loss
how to endure it. There were times
even when he almost wished that ho
had forgiven her. Then he recoiled
from the thought. How could he love
a woman to whom the word 'honor"
was au e.r.pty sound ?
Sir Marc was most nnhappy. He
read wftiia stony face all the paragraplis
which said that there was 110 iooti.ia::ort
fcr the rumor of the approaching mar
riage of Marc CoryU that he was
going abroaL He made no complaint,
no moan; but be owned to liimsc-lf that
his life was ended. He would close
Wervehtirst M.mor, and t-pend the re
mainder of his days where nothing could
rem:nd him of the love l.e had lost
There was to be no angel in the house
for him. lie knew that be must love
Veronica until he .lied that no one else
could ever take her place that no one
e.se could ever be to l.i:n what she had
b-rn. Had she died, it teemed to him
that l.is grief ou.d have been easier to
tear. Then he would have retained all
his love ; now his love must go. uhile he
was strande.L life had lost all its at
iract.oa (or him.
He had freed Veronica from herbon L
aze of that he was pleased .to think.
No one could frighten her now. ho
was quite safe, and the terrible secret
was dead and buried. He locked aaay
the charred fragments ; he did not de
stroy them he could never tell why
and that one simple proceeding a teed
the whole destiny of his life. Had there
!een a tire in his room when he reached
home, he would have tossed the l.ttle
packet into the flames ; as it was the
door of his iron safe was open, and he
Cnng the packet into it.
Then he .et alo ;t makin; arr'irts-
rr en is for going abroad; but he found
tr.at it would be impossible that he
ronld not leave England until after
Christmas without neglecting duties that
his conscience would not allow him to
neglect. He said to himself that he n.ast
be content, There was no help for it.
He must shut himself up in the old
Manor house, where Veronica's sweet
face would never shine. Time would
pass when once he was over the seas
lie would live on excitement. Anything
would be better than staying in England.
Yet by night and by day despite all
his 6tern resolve to forget Veronica he
w.t always asking himself why ahe had
burned the will what her motive was
what ahe had gained by it? Was it
poss.b.e that the will took from her
.b. legacy or gift T
"I never thought that she even cared
tor money," he said to himself over and
eer again. "She seemed so free from
all mercenary taint. Why did she de
uor the w ill ?"
The more he thought bont it the
mote he was puzzled, the greater grew
tea mystery. He drove himself almost
mad with conjecturing; and he never
even laintly guessed the truth, it never
tlaatied across him.
So the time wore away; he bore pa- !
tientty all comments and remarks. It
was supposed by the world in general
that he had been dismissed by Miss di
Cjcitia; no one LaJeteoan iaklipj of
the truth. He crew pale and thin dur
ing those fow months; but tliey passed
at last.
Two days Ixdore Christmas day all his
arrangements were made and he was
ready to saiL
He liethought himself then that it
would be only right to destroy the
charred !rr.ztaent of the will, for if they
fell into other hand there would be dan
ger; and one wild day in Iecemler,
when the wind was waiting and roaring
round tho house, he went to the safe
and took from it the little parcel. The
snow was beating furiously against the
window, great masses of cloud darkened
the heavy ikies; then came a lull in the
storm. Never until the day he dies will
Sir Marc forget the hour and tho scene.
With some curiosity he went to the win
dow to examine the charred fragments ;
vuite distinctly he biw the words "The
last will and testament of Sir Jasper
Urandou."
"Poor child!" ho murmnrad to him
self. "What could have prompted her
to do this most evil deed ?"
A little robin-redbreast fell with f ut
tering wings on the window-sill, lieaten
down by tho snow and wind; it lay
there fluttering, gasping, with its little
life almost gone, lie was ten 1 -r of
heart, this man so stern in morals ; ho
could not endure flu sight of the little
bird's agony. He dropp -d the parch
ment and opened the window. He took
the little, helpless creature in, ha warmed
It and fed it, and then bethought him
self of the wilL He hastenel t j pick it
up ; it had opened as it fell, and as he
raised it he saw words that he had not
seen before. He took it to the window,
and as he examined it his face grew
white, great dark shadows came into his
eyes and he cried :
"Great Heaven ! How is it that I have
never even thought of this before ?"
CHAPTER XI.
Great had been the conternat'an at
noen's Chaee when I-ady Prandon, in
few cut words, said that Missdi Cyntha's
wedding was postponed indefinitely.
The worst of it was there came no solu
tion to the mystery whether there had
been a quarrel or not no one could say.
All that was known was that Sir Marc
had left quite suddenly one day, and
that two or three days afterward thosj
interest ed had been tol l to ceass all
preparations for the wedding.
No one was more astonished than
Katherim when her mother told her the
news; and at first ehe refused to believe
it
"There is some mistake, mamma,"
she cried ; "I would more rvadily be
lieve that Alton did not care for me."
"Unfortunately there is no mistake,
said 1 j ly 1'iandon sadly.
"Whose fault is it?" inquired Kather
iee. "Not Veronica's ? I am quite sure
tuat Veronica loved Sir Marc u.ore near
ly than I can telL It always seemed to
me that her love was her life. It can
not be Hr Marc's, for he loved the very
ground she stood on. I tannot under
stand it, mamma. What does Veronica
say ?"
"Nothing. She only looks unutterably'
sad and miserable, and begs of me not
to talk about it,"
"I w ill go to her myself," said Kath
erine impulsively.
"It is useless, Katherlne," returned
I.ady I'.randon. She will only be mora
miserable than ever."
Put Katherine would not le con
trolled. She hastened up to Veronica's
room and found her favorite EUudiug
by the window.
"My darling, you have been ill," she
cried. "Mamma says that you fainted."
Then she started, for Veronica had
turned round to greet licr, and the
change that had comi over her was so
terrible that the young heiress was
shocked. Veronica's face was pale and
worn, the dark eyes were tearless, but
there was in them a look of fathomless
woe.
"Veronica," cried the girl, "it Ls true
then ! I an see from your face that it
is true ; there is no need to ask a ques
tion. You and Sir Marc have parted !"
"Yes," she said drearily, "we have
parted, Katharine not for an hour, a
day, or a year but forever."
j "I will not believe it ! What lias come
between you who loved each other so
weU?"
"I cannot tell you," replied Veronica,
with a long, low sigh.
"You must tell me," declared Kather
ine. "I want to help you. I could not
live and know that you were unhappy,
Veronica. I must follow Sir Morc aud
bring him back.
"I cannot tell you anything alw.it it,
Katherine," said Veronica. "And yet I
may tell you this. He asked me to do
something for him, and I refused; he
placed the alternative of parting before
me, and I took it. You will ask me
nothing more?"
"No," she replied musingly "that is,
unless you like to trust me more fully."
"I cannot," said Veronica, with a
shudder ; "he has gone, aud we shall
not meet again in this world ; yet I was
worthy of his love. To me it seems that
I have stood by him dead and kiaaed
him for the last time."
Her voice had in it a ring of weary
despondency, her eyes were fixed with a
strange, dazed expression, her hand
were folded and lay on her knees. She
looked up at Katherine.
"Kate, give me one promise," she
said "just one. Tell me that you will
never renew this subject. To renew it
will be simply to give me bitter pain.
Trcmisi me that you will sever do eo."
Her late had aacn au :i;p.or:ii took
hat the young heiress could not resist.
"I do promise," she said; and then
or one minute the dreary calmness of
die ln-autifiil face was broken.
"Kate, come and n't by me," tdie rtv
jnested; "1 -t us talk of you not of me
of you and your bright life, your liap
Dy love." She took the young heiress
raressingly into her arms, "t'ouie and
tell me, dear, how happy you nre it
will comfort me a little. You arj all
the world to me it will comfort mo s
much to hear that you aro really happy ;
talk to tne ubout it." It seemed t- tlia
lonely, desolate soul and the achinz
heart that thre would be sonv; little
support, some littl-f comfort, in heart a
that her treat sacrifice had not beeu in
vain in knowing that Katlierino would
gam from her Veronica's borrow.
"It seems so selfish for mc to talk of
happiness while you aro so sad, Ver
onica." "It will comfort m," slie pleaded
"you do not know why, but it will com
foit me."
"Then," said the young heiress, "I
am happy, Veronica. My life is so
bricht, so beautiful, that I woull not
change it for any other liUt." Shj
pa us -d.
"Go on," requested Veronica.
"I am rich," said the young girl, "and
I am like a child I love ray p tuition.
I loe my grand, beautiful inheritance."
Then Veronica raised her head, and a
faint smile came over her white, troubled
face.
"You aro 6ure of that," she questioned
eagerly ".;i.:e sure?"
"Yes in-esd lam," replied Kather
ine. "No one coed even guess how
dearly I love t-e Chacc."
"Now tell me about your love," sail
Veronica.
"What can I tell you, dear, save that
my love and my life are one that I
have no thought, or wish, or desire that
does not begin and end in Alton? Now,
has that coaiforted you ?"
"Yes, more than anything you could
have said. You could have thought of
nothing that would comfort me one-half
so much. You will leave me now,
Kate I am the better for your coming,
dear and when we meet aain ail will
be forgotten, except that we love each
other."
It had not been all in rain then; tho
sun of her life had set in darknts and
gloom, but she had raado ono at least
happy. So the past was mentioned no
more. She tried to bear her life. She
never complained. Sho was like a de
voted daughter to I-ady Prandon. Sh't
was the most loving of sisters to the
youna heiress. Put day by day sho
grew more and sad; she grew pale and
thin; she liegaa to hopo that Heaven
would Mk rtitv n her end let her ':
soon. So the winfer months came round,
and at Chr.stm;is preparations wero be
gun for the marriago ol the young heir
ess. I-ady Prandon had invited a large
circle of guests and on? of thai, not
knowing of th.- recent oia tci.iji, having
just returned from Spain, spoke of Sir
Marc Caryll, and said that he was goin
to take up his residence abroad.
Veronica overheard it. She did not
speak ; the lovely face grew paler, r.nd a
ir..t of unshed tears dimmed the beauti
ful eyes ; but soon afterward sho went
to I-ady Prandon's room, her marvellous
self-control gone at last. Sho stood bo
fore her with a look that Lady Prandon
never forgot,
"You mu.-d: let me go away," she said ;
"I cannot remain here. I cannot bear
it. You must let me go homo to Vcuico
to die."
Then she wept as she had never wept
in her life before, as one who had no
hope wept until Itdy Prandon was
alarmed, acJ she herself was exhausted.
Then 1-aJy Prandon said to her:
"You shall go; I wii! take you. Yoa
sliall go to Venice, or where you will ;
only wa.t wait, for my sake, until the
wedding is over."
So for the sake of the woman who had
influenced her so 6trongly 6 he waited,
but it seemed to her aud to every ouc
else that those days brought her nearer
death.
"Do peoplo ever die of a broken
heart?" she Ibccnt, "A year ago I
was strong and well. I had color in my
face and light in my eyes; I had
strength ininy limbs and joy in my heart,
Now my strength has left me ; people
look grave when their eyes rest on me ;
life is a heavy burden that I would fain
lay down and why? What has hap
pened ? I have lost my love ! The man
who look my heart from me has left me,
and I may hide it as I may I am pin
ing for one look at his face before I die.
Oil, Marc, my sweetheart, could you not
have trusted me even ever so little? I
shall send for him when I am dying,
and ask him to hold me in his strong
anno. Oh, Marc, you miht have trust
ed mo, for you were all I bad iu the
world !"
So she wore her. heart and her lifo
away, longing only for death, that, dy
ing, she might see him again.
CHAPTER XII.
"Peace on earth," rang the Christmas,
bells "Peace on earth, gooJ will toward
men!" The music came pealing over the
6now, stirring men's hearts with tho
warmth of love. It was such a Christ
mas as had not been seen for years, so
bright, so clear, so frosty. The country
people said strange thinm must happen,
for the holly was sf full of berries.
tjueen's Chaco was unusually gay.
Outside in the deep woods the snow lay
thick and white, the evergreens stool
out Iikc huge -u:.r.e.s the dainty laurel
leaves held little nests of snow, the fir
raised its head with a stately air, fot
King Christinas never came in without
it, "Die world was so fair and po bright;
great icicles hung like huge diamonds
from the trees and the hedges
Ijord Alton had arrived, and was so
engrossed with his fair young love that
I ady I'ran 'ori had ceased to expect any
thing from him. He had been, like
every one else, alarmed when he iw
Veronica. Her pale, shadowly loveli
ness had startled him, and uiany of the
whispered words N-tween Katherine
and himself were aliout her. n that
Christmas night she looked more beauti
ful than ever. Py I .ady Prandon's de
sire she wore a dress of costly black vel
vet, with a suite of subcrb rubies; but
the white rounded arms had grown thin,
and there w as a id-.adow over her beauty.
She was sitting watching Katherine's
bright fa-e, l!us':.ed into greater bright
ness 1-y her lover's words w hen one o'
the footmen coming to her said, in t
mysterious undertone
"Von are wanted, Miss di Cyntlia."
"Wanted?" she repeated. "Where?
Who wants me ?"
"I cannot say, miss someone who has
a mesMge for you; some one who is wait
ing ior you in the library."
Veronica had some poor pensioners to
whom 011 this Christmas Day tdio had
been most liberal ; it w as one of Ci.oso
come to thank her, no doubt. It was
not a nice time to choose ; and sho
wondered just a little wliy the servants
should siiow such a one in:o the library.
She rose on 1 iuitted the room; as she
passed through the broad crri lor she
stopped for a moment and looked through
the win lows at the lovely Christ ma
nigh: at the moon shining on the white
snow, and the shadows of the grent
swav.r. boughs. In the faint far distance
she heard the bells of Hurst wood church.
"Peace on earth," they were chiming
"good-tv.i! toward men." Then she re
memVered the poor pensioner wailing,
an 1 went 0:1 to the library.
She was surprised to find tho room
badly lighted. There was a ruddy c ow
of f.rclight, and on lamp was burning
dimly ; but it was a larce. long room, and
the other half of it was full of soft, dark
shadows She entered and stood for
some minutes in si.ent expectation ;
there was no sound, no movement, and
she never glanced to where t-.e soft dark
shadows lay. The red firelight fell full
upon her fragile beauty, on the slender
i'Mro u 1 tho wt te, wasted ar:i 3 ; on
the beautiful, passionate, restless face,
and th; rubies tiiat gleamed on her
white throat. Presently from where tho
dark, so:t shadows lay came a sigh. She
looked up.
"Who is that?" she demanded. 'Ts
tuyouc here anyone who wants to sea
Then she slopped abruptly and sf.xd
rooted to the ground, a low cry on her
lips and a pain as bitter as death in her
heart -surely a figure she knew was
coming to her from out of the soit, dark
sha..ows! Hie held up her bands ;is
though to ward o!! an evil presence, and
th n they fell by her tide as she uttered
a low, passionate cry.
It v.-us he she had made no mistake
it w:: M;trc Caryll, the man she loved
lttr than her life, the man w hose stern
decision was killing her. They sdoo.l iu
the red glow of the firelight looking :st
each ether, but she saw there was no
btcrnntss in his face now 1.0th i;g but
passionate love, pass.ouate J'ity, and
bunding tears. c-M
"My darling, my beautiful sweetheart,
have I been the cause of this'?" he said,
touching tho wasted arms. "Have I
been the cause of this Veronica?"
"I thought 1 w never to see you
again," she 1 faintly. "Are you sorry
that you were quite so hard? Have you
come to tell me so '!"
Her words 6cemed to recall him to
himself.
"I have to tell you that I wits a mad
man a blind ir.a l man !" he cried. "I
hate mysc.l so utterly for my folly,
Veronica. My darling, my noble, gen
erous darling, I know why you burned
the w.il."
She clasped her hands with a mur
mured word he did not hear.
"I know why it was and I blame my
self for my great folly," he continued.
"I ought to h ive understood I ought to
have known that you were incapaole of
anything wicked. I deserve to lose yoa
for not having understood you better."
She raised her face to his
"You cannot know why I destroyed
it," she said. "Even the wicked woman
who saw mo burn it did not know the
reason."
"She did not, but I do. A re you sur
prised ? Veronica, see what this has
told me."
He came near her, and, takings paper
from his pocket, unfolded it ; and then
she saw tho charred fragments of the
will.
"I-ook on this side first," he said.
"Here are the words 'Iist will and
tes'ament of Sir Jasper Prandou. The
woman read those."
She looked at them with some curi
osity, the words that had cost her so
dear. Thea Sir Marc opened tho parch-
ment
"Now look," he said, "at what is writ
ten here."
She bent over him and read :
"'My te!oved daughter, Veronica
Prandon. hitherto known as Veronica di
Cyntha 1 "
She cried out as she read the words
It seemed to her as though Heaven
itself bad cleared her.
lliose are liie words that the woman
did not re ad," he said. "They are clear
to me. The moment my eyes fell upon
them I understood it all. 1 know, just
as well as if you told 1110, that Sir Jasper
married your mother long years ago in
Venire, I should imagine and that she
died iiita young, leaving you. Why he
gave you up 1 cannot even imagine
periip.ps you will tell me ; but it sterns
to me that he kept the f v t of his i: ar
riag'j a profound secret why I cannot
sny. Then," he continued, "I believe
that on bis death-bed he unvc you this
will, leaving, as was right. Ids estates 10
yon, his eldest daughter, and that you,
in your noble sfneros:ty, your great self
sacrifice, rattier than disinherit your
iFt-r, burned the will and never men
tioned it. It is so ?"
"I cannot answer you," she said. "I
will tell you why. I took an oat'i of
si'er.cc with my hands iio:i my dead
father's heart." Then she slopped with
a cry of dismay. Sho had betrayed her
self !
"lie w.ts your father thn ." said Sir
Marc. "I knew it." He to-.k her hands
in his "Sweetheart," he said, "my lifo
has been a curse to mo since I lost you.
Forgive me forgive my absurd full',
my miserable suspicion, my unjust
thoughts. Give me the gr at treasure of
your love again and I will promise 011
my p::rt tho most inviolable secrecy I
will never letray thes-cret of your birth
or the secret of the will. I c!o not d -servo
such p:rdon, but "
The answer was certainly not given in
words There was silence in the room
alter that silence full 01 happiness.
How long had it lasted ? '-roiiica
started i:i alarm. Lady Prandon was
standing near her with a nioat alarmed
expression on Iter face.
"My dear Veronica." she was saying,
"where are you? Who is this with
you ?"
She looked still more alarmed when
Veronica raised her happy tear-stained
face, saying :
"1-ady P.ran Ion, this is Sir Mare. Ho
has come back, and we are lrienls
again."
"We are more than friends. Lady
Pran Ion," I roko in Sir Marc; ''we are
lovers ::n I 1 hope we shall toun be hus
band r.n 1 wife."'
Th -n Lady lliandon went fi s;ek for
Katherine; and while she was gone
Veronica turned to
irr .over, s.n nig;
"Mare, wear to 1:1" that y.ii will P'-ver
nit -r a iinglo w-r I to Lady I'.i.iudou
about the will that you will never be
tray t her yoitr knowledge of my birth."
He promised, and that was the only
secret Veronica kept from him. He di 1
not know that Lady Prandon ever heard
either of the marriage or of the will. j
"I knew it must b so." said the young- !
heire&s; as tshe stool holding, a haul o
j in a lovers' quarrel that has nearly killed
j Veronica, and now you have ma 1 it up
agaiu. .w annua, tueir wcUiting 111. 1st he
on the same day as ours, and we will
take Veronica to l'r.iute until :du grows
ouite strong again."
And it was all carried out as sho pro
posed. "What are those bells chiiu'ng, Yriv.ti
ica?" asked her luvcr as they walked
down the broad corridor together.
"What is it? The muaie see.i.j uitj
familiar to me."
They stoo 1 for a few moments v.a'ch
ing the moon hining 011 lhe snow, ;:nd
listening to the grand iiosann.isoi the
winter wind as it swept over the woods
Then she tinned to him and answered :
"It is the oldest and sweetest
music
that lb'
good-wi
r
aith
l.o'.vs-
'O11
eartu peace,
toa.ir.l lucii.' "
Tin-: i-:xi.
The
Oae He Forgot.
"John, I would lik to invit- my
friend, .sirs. Smaln-y, this evening; wid
you be able t j be iu .'"
"No. my dear; I must attend a meet
ing oi the Knights of Honor to ii.ght,"
"Well, to morrow evening'.'"
"I have the An.-icnt rler of United
Workmen, and you kno v "
"What about We lnes lav evening?"
"..hi the Cdd bellows inc-ot that
night; and on Thursday I have a meet
ing of the t hoiell I rn-Ill. to af.ei! I ;
011 Friday, the 1 loyal Templars; o:
Saturday there s a special inn ting of the
Masonic l.oige, and I couldn't m.ss
that; anl then Sunday let me see
wiiit is there Oil Sundav night, my
dear ?"
"Th- Grand nnd Ancient Order of
Chr'stian Fellowship."
"Why. I Iiave lorgoiten ; am I a
mem x r of that let mr see "
"but you hive forgotten another so
ciety. John, of which you were once a
member."
"W hat's that?"
"Your w.ie
s!
1 1'
A IlHkota Man'
Vhinf.
"That brindie d2 of yours has killed
three more of :y chickens tins morn
ing," said the w..v of a Dakota settler to
her liusban I, "und if you don't sho 't
him I'm go.ng to give him a dose ol
strychnine."
"Hold on now, Sary, hold on, I've
got a plan."
" h, bother yer plan- you can't never
break him of the iriek, i:nd the bett
thing you can do i.s to kill him."
"No 'taint, Sary, nowher" near tho
best we can do. Just wait till you hear
my plan."
"Well, what is yer romark'hle plan?"
"Why, I'll tij him up now and gdl
hi:n fer a bir 1 dog to the lust C hicago
hunter that comes along. I'll j',0
fer that dog yet, if you'll ;ust lemme be."
A PiimdiT.
I.ittlo girl (looking
man 1 "Oh, mamma!
made'.'"
at a one-legged
Where washo
Mother "Made in Heaven, mv dear "
I.ittlo girl "Why da't he go back aiid
LAUUHj for lovers.
II" "So yo 1 (bint 'nr? o N rriir")
wit h ail 1 ' i.-it I hriveat my conmiaTi-l '.'" '
She 'Th.tt'x jurd, the iro.ib!-. 1 dont
want to be mi '. r vour command.
v.'.-- J..rr. "
Miss Chariot! (who lets $70,0 ) a
year ' ileaily, Mr. Hunter, some ono
el.-" has 1:1 v 1' ivi'."
'Mr. II. " 11 that ought to sa'.is.'7
hi;u I will be content with the r-.t.
Liu:
We b'ft o'ir sanctum at tuhlnigbt hi't
iiiatht and on our w ay home we saw a.
yo'.ng lily and g-utlcmati Lolling a.
gat on i.s hinges. They were evi 'ttt'y
indignant at being kept out so l.tt-. as wej
saw them bite each other several times.
A'"- )'"'. J it mil.
"Theo lore. I don't t-licvi you love)
ine :uiv m ire."' said a K Ptro'-t eit !. p!a;n
livelv. as her l st young man. a Po-t-of-(iee
i epar; ment clerk, pulled her past ail
i ( crea n sa'o..!i.
ii, !on t sjiv that, dearest." s i'd he.
rejiroiuh'.iili v. "Why, I nam 1 kmri'-i;a
po-'t -ollircs after you l:tt week."
M'ltxhtit'it.ii ' V'.V.
-'Why don't von propose to her,
Joe?"
"Well, I'm half afraid."
"Hie. lo"e-- you, doc-n't kIic ?"
' ). awhi'ly."
"You ague with her lather in po!
ities V '
"Yes." ,
" nd with her mother in rebgien ?
"Y.-."
"And wilh her brother a.s to who i.s tho
be-'t pit' her '.''
"Yes-"
"Then blow- me if I can see what yo'i
:;re afraid of.
Lovers are prone o self-depreciation.
Sai l he tendi 1 ly, as they but look
ing at the stars
"1 do not understand what you can see
in ine that you love me."
"That's what everybody say," gunled
th'4 ingenious maiden.
Then tie- :d'-n(-i became so deep that
you could hear the stars twinkling.
CV'nVr.
"Wish I could wear a Coney I -land
bathing suit," sai 1 a Niagara street young
loan t . his e'lUs.n la -I owning, as lL y
Ulcil the ...l'..l and 'Miirce.
"Y.'ii.u 1 a Co. iey l-land h.-tthinsr
:''iit c-eiM-t .', .lio;-; '.' ' cl'-inurely a-sl.'e-l
the m.r ion.
" ili," he replied, "a LUle c -tto:i Ij put
in vo-.ir e ns."
Th"ii tliey looked at tin- t .n'o wio'i
until it was l:me to change the tu!;jeet.
H 'i't'O ('it'll' f t.
Mrs. Sho 1 1y- "What has become cf
your 0 in. I'.e!! V"
Ml-s N. "i 1 e has ;-on; t t'le be;' It f,ir
h's h-a'H.h."
Nil -. S. "ile's rieh and I can't se
w hy o-i :-i:lily-sli:i!ly wilh him si long.
V.'Iii- '!o:i t Vim marry hii.i '.'
Mi--- s. 1 i 1 ii-.'. car.- to marry hi in.
1 1 e is a aiet 'i ii ::a, i 1 u."
!. . -Wftat's tnat got to do with
it? We're 1:0 stickler's abo.it ivlLi 0:1.
I' a'l t I k as If ci'her of you w ere I '.h
1 lies ail tl-'iel a li - p. tisat ion.
o :jht t be j'a i el the rh.inre. Ii i w:;s
in 01. r place I 1 in.o v him, if hg w as a
vr.e ai .'..'.,. ('',,',,-.
a nov s. i.o.,:r.
Oiiod..;' 11. ' ! le-r lold her M'holars
"it v.:.s . .,, c-u'w lobar. !,'' win .1 A
s.iia!! !."v w .1 .pi te ai: iinpoi laiit airrg
p!ir i lh'.t he h -ei it ! -ilow 1 lie.', 1 -re
i-e his t th a -h'-.p .- ml -i-mtly aver
red tin: it ". as ;i. w !' j, I .r a:iy o.ie t
il" -.v toV.ee,, ii ': - t -. :!, .;. i.
'1 h's .v i.i ' I t . j.l a- th r:-'.o.,l very
in ' h, a:i ! th - . : h- : wa-:; lii-tpn.-i.lellol.
in! !iou t.i .1.1s , t .'I'aii a. s. 11.4
111:, e a .'g '. :ue;U.
At 1. s s.,td to lie ad boy. 1b"--:tee,
ii -1 -.ill siit.nM h.iv the toot ha. 1:.-,
;:nd '.a'.' I rhew lu.'.tceo, w hal .-hiii.i
she. .,'.''
lloi-.i'-e s -i-'l. 1,1 bi heri I. nod then '
sail I- - 'hrely, he ought (' have tho
. .' h p'l 1 I.'' I'll tl -e . Ii toi . e,-. 1 j 11 ;i!iy
1.1; in i pel a; :'o.,l:.,h ,u: ! v. 1 ked lur
b 'Vs u.i 1' 'i' gil '-. W-T
Ti-tuei I'.l.n S' '
l'iist ( im. ihii Man . 1 : -alba ."!.' - "My
po r ii i end, the .- lag pn iy v. h i h you iu
te.i le ! t , haw at '.' . iii'r.-sid liar I night,
c," 1 1 :o', r i.iie .,!!.
0:1 I Omaha Mil': " ireat (kesar !
Tl e '".ling ii:ii is i-nit. l; Mil of jugs and
b.'flos ai 1 ga'sses. Why. it i- n't luen
t v- o" 1 r h - ai i s x' j,,,.. my -, 1 write me si ie
r :! hi t be back frotu Minuet i.ika lor a
l::ouh."
"Y'- ir wife? T said uoi'.ina
ai.o'tt
yc-.ijv it'e. 1 just eanie fr .ni ..e.r part
of the town and .iw Vuur Louse bum
(! run 1" ,
" 1 Is that ail? 1 waa afraid 1:1 v wife)
ha ! g .1 ho:n
uut, i r.i;T:i. s ; :i 1 1 "s. ,1-n v.
It as a circular sOlguae i.tanc dot :l
led ar s 110.se i,.i .1 b r liitil a- bi
lo:,.u . I , l no-.- le- vih bleed im 1 lye
f.-r l.iiii. ie i! del' ork.is; m demands ii.
li.ety b" l.e v is go'. ;.. tei,.j, r ! his
OV.U, h'lt drr f -lier .1 ,'. ran p damol't
ga,e. .'il it. so : ; t o k.- ;. dot ;i!i bv bim
sril. vi'.s on li M 1 to h.i , e jo i ubbetittf
on his to.nli .-ii.oiie.
I'le.is- 1-i'V y .ur outsi !es in, wbr-n a
foot sail R-,,.i, -tings, tin 1 talk mil a tief
his ! onoviy ;lnit, nnd you got oiu bote
oil y air b 1 uu breast.
l-er mule horse, vasdart". in cousin of
oil 1- ad l--r Tim". I lot's i,ess r vou dou't
got on drr behind of dheir Liacfusides.
A I.O tn M A Toll.
Julia "I hear that you are engaged L
l'O lliarri.'d.''
Maria --"Yes. it's a fact, nnd my future
husband Is the han-!..i,r.l and ln-st of
llleti. '
"Tin n it's purely a love match, I suj-
poe V" ,
"' entirely so, entire! v."
"1 1 as he g. it III. illi v V'
"What an absurd .iirstk .11. Of coul'SO
he has got money- loLs of it."
S1KKKLY A sol VI.SIU. '
Tramp "ri. a.s.-give nit- a few rents?"
;,,. -No."
;'Wril. can't you let me have an eld
pair of 1 a ila '.'"
"No."
" r a ro tt V"
"No, 1 t.-l! y,,u. Clear out; I've noth
ing for yoa."
"How ai.out vo ir autograph? Can't
you let ine have that?"
tiil s.:ai;oLD inv,
Now lo abstain from deadlv pond
'1 he iii . ii. u s ma doth mge lain,
A ltd in lhe guise of Adam he
lol:i 111 t;lt? same submerge, him,
An I when i:h c.::es in bis hair '
lie s.a...s ,i. nuii bower,
1 h" .itll !:clio;i:-l avseiti
1 v.ui bi.l a p.-.so.ng shower.
l;"""o :u .Vri. onu J.,,1 . t..
"1 v. as soiat-u'l.at inu.xieairil, 1 -i..s.
f.ti.l i!n- j. ,;..,. r to the Ar.,,,,., J '.;'
I..e IV.ie.-, "ulicii the .!lu Ci s leua.l i,,,. m
Lie .:C- . I I lie p'U.Mel!l.g WtiK-.s f I Ulld-
l".;'it. I't-t the only wliiskv 1 I. .at i;.:k was
some I cot iit your 1 s f-idoeii. : n.t I "
I..H-. li.niu , ' hastily y.n. I i.,. P.vcmi
iiig Al-iitu. v, li.uM.n-ii, j.ur.i.ci 01 uu.- coiiri,
is tli.-ie s. cn. 10 ! n.t j,..,,ui
lhe vk-.i-muiil i. luove tj duii-.o ti 'isK.
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