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V. .HAWLE:Y
HELIOTROPE.
How strong they , are, thos-snhtle spells,
That lurk in leaves and flower bells,
Rising in faint perfumee;
'Or, mingling with some olden strain,
Strike through the music hafts of pain,
And people empty rooms.
They came upon us unaware,
In crowded Valls anti opet;air,
And in our chainber stol ;
A song, an odor; or a bird,
Evokes the spell and strikes the chord
And an our pulses 01611— '
1 loitered..bnt an 'hnut
Witi► lag inq. foiinitetpa tired4nd,ialow ,
Along the garden walk ,
The summer wrappe d rno round.;
Through open windows came the sound
Of song and pleasant talk.
The odonstealing dews lay wet
And heavy on the mignonette
That crept about niy feet ;
Upon the toldedrtnossy vest,
,That clothed the ruby rose's breast',
It fell In droppings sweet. I
It tell on beds of purple bloom, ~
From whence arose the rare perfume -
Of dainty heliotrope, 1
il t t.
Whicif smote m • heart with sudden power
My favorite ace t, my favoritelloeer,
In olden days
,f hope. .
Ah me ! the years have come and gone, -
Each with its melody'ol moan,
Since that sunshiny hour • •
When for the sake of bands that brought
And. for the lesioc sweet It taught,
I chose it for my flower.
Faint-scented blossom s! long ago
Your purple clusters ca eto show
in
My life bad wider scope ;
They spoke of love that day--,to-night
I stand apart from love's delight.,
And wear no heliotrope.
Between to-night and that tar da,y)
Lie.life's bright noon' and twilight gray,l
But I have lived through both ;
And if before my paling face I
•
The midnight shadows fall
1 see them, nothing loth. t
Only to-night that faint perfume 1 '
Reminds me of the lonely gloom
Of life outliving hope l ; •
I wish I had been tar to night • j il ' o
dew: fell What time the dew fell silver white
Upon the heliotroye.
-.-•••••••••-----.4 IMO e.
UNA'S ESCAPADE,
. . • .
"OH' DEARA. if I only. knew what to
• do withmyself all 4 this long, weary
glimmer. I believe I was :born under *n
unlucky star.' , . • .
1 s •
Una Penrose laid down , her novel,
whose. leaves were yet uncut, l and gave a
vihdieitiie little kick with beri tiny .rnset ,
ted slipper—No.l Marie Ail toinette.
"You needn't smile,'Rett .'"' she added
to Miss Geoffrey, who lay en ity aid con
i
tented:y on the yellow silke lounge be
tween the windows. lazilylexamining a
dainty lace set: "Whatare you laugh - -
ing at, Retfa, r' • !
• "To hear you say you were born under .
En. unlucky star. You: little princess,
.whose life has been a : fairy tale,
the
greatest sorrow is . no more, than, the loss . _
of a canary. You bon tinder an - un-:
lucky planet r'
Miss Geoffrey's. low, sweet Voice 'lat.
thrilling distinctness to every word ahe
uttered—and 'indeed the most CommCn
{hee remarks seemed rarepis rubies When
€ll. said then/. She: i3rnil6d at .pouting
Una With a yearning, pitying. tenderness
in her wigtful brown eyes, as a mother
rnight ga.zi 'at 'the little
.one who : pitted
It 6 trifling inconveniences against-
, : the
..keens experience of its parent.
9311 t. if I am .diiicontenlted .and'clissat
iskiM with it all, and,all this everlasting
Parad e of what an inexhaustible 'purse
buy—am I to ? . I -inst..tell
yitit Retta, Geoffrey, , you pan 'Weis your
F . tare you are poor.. I : wish I was .and
then . '
•-•
• "Shan I lake ;the sentence from . your
th, Una, and • finish 'it as you mean
but darf, not say? Yon . .mean vou!d do
at , pin please .and Harry '.Greg=
ory ti"
A fit blush surge, lightly to ITua's
NIT ; then her pro -`d.: upper lip curled
it•e.i . most unmistakably. - _
:‘.ll.4rry Gregory ! - You are very mu
ro:staken. When ..1 , accept all offer
tharringe it will be from-well,- not fri
.)ir. Gregory." - 1` ' .
• 'Troin who, dear:?:l. beg ydu to tell
m.," and Retta sprang up from her re
ducing putiition. a ;whit4 pallor isettling
41 1 , ,, ve r tier face: ' 1 1
"'Why, what is the matter, Rata r
You are surely faint 'and!' don't wonder,
the Way you lay awake -at nights and the
inißprai)le hrealcfasts you take. 7ill You
have my salts ?" I L ' l ' '' •v-
Sife arose to reach for them, but .:Retta
Int , rposed her hand. . 1 .- •
'Oh, no ! I am not at ill I ill.:'. Am :I
P 4L- P Go on with' what we were talking
abo u t! ,
" oi % yesi," returned Una, "itiwasi'cli
i nltrriage, and I , imagined --only -for a
moment, you knoW.that yl a Taio be
(i 0
('' 't'se sou thougiat ; tmas g" ingtiallaY-I
s . 4(e - : : ;,:. - CiFIUSER.': : :'.E.
WOUldrl . tl)4VP anybody hut Owen Sin
tieleigh—that charming Welsh gentle..
man, you remember. Oh, ish't he splen
did; isn't— Rettai ! 'what is the matter ?
I shall ring for palat once." :
•
'Please don't; wait , juat a ininute'and .
Will tell you." -
-giss Geoffrey's words were low and
weet as they always were ; but Una
heard the burden of anguish they car-
Oed, just as plaih y as she saw the same
grief in hes. wistfi
an
l eves.
I "I: am verY weak . d unwomanly, 1
1 , •
leitr," . she said, - after ' a moment'; "but I
never - hell - eft - he name without:just' such
'ernation. 10h, lliia ! Una ! how'' 1 - wor-
Shipped Owen KOineleigh °noel And I
never, dreamed you would care for hiin!!'
un&gazed in (innizetnent at the white
(ace, and \the pale lips that uttered the
quick ; passionate{ words ; and then a
bright flush began •to carmine her own
,face:
.She knelt down beside the lounge
and wopnd her arms around
. .11iss Geol.
frey's' neck. ' •
.‘"Retta,j see it. all now—=all the sleep
less nights, the un tasted meals, the weep
ing Of your deer byes when vou thou to
didn't know air:d alt fur Oweiii.r! acid
!the: voice .sank -ii to. a mipinur, "does he
love you ?". .
0 "now emu I tell ?" she returned, al
most'angrily. "4e said so, and then; be
cause I— bccause we quarreled—he went
away and left me., And for a long' year
have never seen! or,heard of him. You
call t . he• summer )long and weary. ; - what
think you it is tel mc , ?I'
Una, for reply, curled and caressed, the
tiny spires of ha 4., that lay like jetty ten-
Arils on - Retta's 'white forehead. hen,
after a long, lona, silence, she broke it.
"R,etta, darling.` I will forget Owen
'kenneleigh and 7 0u shall: 'forget what I
- said. And now please, help me decide on
my summer's escapade—for a, jolly escap
arn determined it shall be."
i.. . .
. • .
- A'.spacious' bedrobm, over whose:two
l'western windowtclitnbediragranehoney-'
'suckle vines, that perfumed with such. ,
subtle sweetnesaithe air that stirred • the•
rwhite dimity curitains, and gently rustled
..
the sideirol the old fashioned patch
! work quilt that:lcoveted the high, four
liost..bed...' A wide strip -of home made
carpet was laid reside the bed, a similar
piece in front 'o th.e cherry washstand, ..
'whieh. with the tiny glass that htthg ov
, eiit; did double duty - for -toilette stand
and dressing_ case. .
A s Boston ,rocking chair. Was invitingly
- urging One to occupy iti beside one shady,
window,.au d, as . bits; . 01mstead,the thrif
ty farmer's wile, showed the 'new girl".
her , dean, !veer, coun trified bedroom and
ieft her to don iti iet 'working attire bei
'fore. she' descended to the••kitchen, and
-went down'stair herself,. the remarkably'
self-possessed - " elp". settled herself . in
• that chair with . grace and dignity vdry
.unlike "Annie with ;" but had :Harty
.Gregory Or, Own, 'Kinneleigh happered
to have b , -er, abOnt they , would have said
Very like `Thu, Penrose.' And MissUina
Pen rOse . it . veritably was, actually. lau n di: .
ed oh. that "jolly -- escapade of hers'; pos-.
• itively hired out" for not less. than ,a
month to Mrs.. 9lnistead, who kept the
select boardingi house at,"Simset Light"
for the l'w• permanent ' and )1_6'111e:owl
transient guests who honored her:•
. You Would - not have known ::Una-.
~That is ydu word -have
,been asionialied
at the equally p °Yoking likeness•and un
likeness.; you 'Would !be just about tempt
ed to speak to her and say "Miss Penrose,
is'it possible?'nd then a second .
search.,
ing glance and sparkle of anger from
t i
he blue eyes, aid you • wchild h a
ow,nd
stiAter, and. mutter something .about
"craying giss Annie*.a •pardon,. bnt, re- .
ally, the resemplence . was so pointed,"
etc., - etc. She
. .Sit looking out .over the
' :broad meadow, covered with, short, sweet
pasturage, at the wires-pread fields of.
ripening oats, ' that •wayed• and . swayed
with .such, mat !bless - grace' the Wind
sweptover.ther ; at ,the vast stretch of
timberland tht bounds the landscape
,i.
like emeralds incasing a•eboice gerti, and
'over and around, and above :all, at.the..
hills . that ' towerled. in a soft, blue 'gray
•liaze that lent sweeter enahantmetit to.
the Shadow,S, - chasing . the sunlight • from
Wooden base tOineak. '
' . And Una felt the silent voice cf.,Na
tuee. .commtioidatirig ,with . her • as never
.befoi.e, - 'even tlipmgh- she- had. stood on
. the,Pacific shore and picked up 'shells on
the:Atianties . bPach ; though from the
Jungfrau shelid i td , watched the sun -come
up and on-the tarp of - Mount Washington
watched it' god Own... Then .she was-the
desirable Misi Penros e, the heiress, the
beauty. whose Walk, maiiners, dress,
_con-.
versation, were ;mimicked by lesser lights,
now,•=this-wipi:a swelling exuberance of
joy. In her hearttiow.• she was going to
.drilik deep agile same fountain of joy
that humans leSs favored thin-, herself
' had. been quailing. frOtn. :What: 'would
she'faste-in.her'cup? . : • What: wouid- come
Of all-thii?:.... •i -•.: .
... . -
.. , .
MONTROSE; PA., JITLY 12, 18 6.
But she . began to dress, herself for
her
new dpties, andi her thought's took wings
for the msent- 4 -R, x2ept two separate and
distinct ones that darted across I .ler' - nlind
and away. Shpi wondered whether, when
she' went back o Retta Geoffrey, when.
. .
. ... . . . .
• .
. • ,
the harvest moon • shone, there :would be.
news,.; 7 , good itews conceriiiiig . :6 4 .ven Kid
neleigh ?' And then!, ,with a . delicious
blush On her cheek, as .sherepronched
herself for. caring,, if - 0n1y4.. a - wee -while,
for the man . Retta Worshipe e d. ;sii
.Una
vowed tolnever think. of:him again -and
she did miss Henry.. Gregory : more than
sue couldhave imagined possible. •ThOs - r.
Splendid , mischievous eyes of his, that
had looked such. unutterable things into
.hei.own— wouldn't : : they sparkle at the
sight' of her as she. • lookeo pow,:so de-
nitirely.sweet and enchantingly . plain, in
her . .brown and. white calico dress, green
gingham apron' ' and with - her hairbrush
e(l. plainly off her temples and confined
in a net ? f . .• ' :. , -.,
Harry was a real nice, fellow, anyhow,
only—
. Then a.bell rang..sornewhere from
.be
low, and, as Tina imagined it was . -certain,
ly a-summons -forb4r,.-sbe started down,
on this ``jolly escapade" of hers.
is certainly a remarkable ciiinci
dtiiin'e, to say the least. It . is the-Strong-.
'iist•reseniblance I everlaw." - •
Mr. Owen
. Kinneleigh re tr(iiised his
legs on the piazza railing and slowly blew
smoke-wreathes from under a luxuriant
white moustaches*while his.bead,.crown
etl perf \ eCtioil by masses of - dark gray
hair that curled closely . about . bis neck
and : . brow, leaned' directly, against the
of.pillar the porch to Annie Smith's bed
room.
"The likeness is singularly ,strange, as
yon''say, Kinneleigh, And • think. the
compliment equally applicable, to either
la0y . ;:- for this neap ; deft. handed maid of
all wort: is alady by birth and breeding,
if. Fate bas ,placcd her in Mrs: - 01mStead's
kitChen.'.'
How.Unst's heart. throbbed—theie, we
maylas well confess Ale was - sitting. in
her rocking•thair, by, the window when
thii.eonTersation, began between the two
nieq, who, of all the world, had . come to
Mrs.; Olinstead"s for a. fortnight's relaxa
tion 4
They had been' there' a day- or so iti
ready,and after Harry. Gregory an.i Owen
liiiineleigh•had expressed their- mutual
delight. and snrkise .at thus meeting,
their • next subject- •of conversation had
been Annie Smith. • ~1
And Una', when Qhe caught. a first
glance at the two, corning' tip from the
boat:landing, felt her, heart
.leap With
Mingled astonishaient, delight. '„and
tation. Her: cheeks had reddened so .ttiat
Mrs. Cilnistaad had asked • her what was
the matter. Ah ! Una would hardly ad.
mit to herself that she bad.learn..d some
thing very curious and .delightful since
she commenced Masquerading. • • •
One new Jessou was—and if more girls
could learn . Wale 'better it would 4e for
them—that it would • not be such a terri
ble thing after all . to become the wife of
a pOor Man—like Harry. Gregory for_ in
'atatice, whotri this was the second se
cret lesson—she had begun to lone. very
dearly.
And so,with sparkling eyes and bound
ing, pulse, - she listened to hear these two
men dismiss "Annie Smith."
"Yes, she is a gentlewoman; uncloubt.
eills," added Mr. Kinneleigh, "and it is
her ‘i bat : puzzles me, more than her
fade. I wiiiider, What:Miss Penrose w.Ould s
sriy'to see - this double of hera I'dgive
a good deal s..;e tnenftogt4her.' ••
Then filthy's voice, in a mischievous
laugh, iloated.up with ttie fragralice of .
the lriney sneklei- . s .
.• •
"I. wonder 'if Miss Annie, would be
more kind to a fellow than Miss.„:Pnrose
was ? , I di.clare; I won't be able to eat a
mouthful if this.:Hebe :in calico waits on
the table much longer."'
"13.tl thought you..were
„entirely de
voted to Misi Pecrose, Harry thou aht
-
f.'Owen Please do not speak seriously of
that. lam heartsore yet on that point,
To-night I'd givn . teir. years of. my life if
'she would, but let me. love her. 7 • •-•
Voice had suddenly lost its gayety,
and Uria knew how his face lookedas he
spoke, as Well as if she had.ve.n
"You. can't depend...on women, Greg
ory; and, though ? no one, in the world
would iMagineit, I toll you my life:is
waste. through the .falsity of the one' wo,.
man I ever did or. shalt care a'ruslL for.
And I suppose shQ is happy
_and,unc.on 7
sMous . of what She . has' done tome.", .
"tut I ani sure if UII3 once loyed
she'd never—" -
And:she knew by the dhicreasing sound,
lhat - the two were walking . away beyond - I
hearing •
Once, just : outside the lawn gate, Kin•
neleigh spoke. - -
when Mips Penrose returns
home from her tour of visiiirg she • tnay,
prove kinder."
"Why, is she from home ? Since
when ? When did,she go ? if I thought.
I would meet her any Where--"
"Don't follow her up, Harry.' Where
did she, go ? Well,: nobody knows eiact
ly, only on her,own sweet will."
Gradually a Jight began to _beam in
Harry's _eyes ; then a smi!e, first of
amusement, then of a deeper feeltng,
parted his lips. • But, he smoked' on in'
silence as they walkedi slowly along' the
liter bank.
. "Miss .Sluttli 1 . 7 t: •
ijklat
the . parkr, where~it,
ing fresh flowqrs; to
--1 .
bry s.eyeS loOkingi at b
"You—ryau_.spr,-ise to
She, was so angry, to ..
faltered, so.
"To you. •or to
whichever of you chn ,
He wee close. beside
her- confusion. - -
‘..You can't 'deny: it,
rose, I mean. [:.
"Oh,, Mr. Gregory,
you'dAind it out:
such 'good time;.! "..
When she pouted
enchanted. GirlS don
are angry with their
when they want o tr
"But I shall spPil a i
you'll filet me.
.Unit 'l
knew how delighted . 1
if I only might keep
He had tiothh4.r li
looking straigh t' into
greatlvay of loo4ing
,when he talked.
Una drew a long .b
up at him, with euc h
her face.
"Well, you may Ira
rpe,l" • . [- •
And *so one pat - of
ed ',in her offering I
Harry says, lattOng
get-out , of it-a: hltl ma
• But.he is content ;
She thought - stie
but the dif.y he tool:
into Mrs. Olinste4d's
with . her 'sweet fate a
in her pleading, eyes,
false or happy, and h,
her agaio— 1
Then—and when .
how. blissfully pelliect
even as Harry's .
at her .**eseapad4'
THE 1110TIIE1t4 I
,
Some time agqin ,the town of X., du
ring a religious controversy. between Pe
ter Lamb. and soMe of his friends, one of
the latter asserted th'at• • Peter did not
know who was chit!niother,in-law of go
ses,: and co u ldiN,as4irtai n Peter offer
- d to bet thAt heleoilld find ont and the
waxer was acoapred. I - After searchiug
gain throughi sbriptnres, Mr. Lamb
concluded. round- and interview!
Deacon. Jones oput it.. Th.•deadcin is
head man in a gas atce, and
_in the of
fice there area half e,tort. , ti windows, be
hind which sit e4'erl4 - to receive "money.
Applying at one :a;).( these, Mr. Lamb sak
ed: •
•
"Ts Deacon .,
JO9es
."What's your Deacon - Janes
"Why, I want; to I
Moses's—" I - I
.
"Don't know a . lytl
in the dire.ctory,l'ian
the' Window stmt.]
. Tiien Peter wfl,nt
and said . : .11
- "1 want to seei Afr
,"What for. ?"11•
"I want to iee,if
- -
eB's —"
"Moses who ?11
'lVhy, Moses,iithe
knows—'' •. r
i]
"Patriarcns thin%
partment: Appp a;.
Christian ussotiatitv
clerk. closed the. in
At the next ,w( - nd
"I want to•see
ute ir reference to a
Moses.
"Want.to nay'rLi
the last name ? .
"Oh, no. Fillefin
original one."
"Anything the;
ter.
"You dm% aide stand me. I refer to
'the Hebrew proph4 I want—"
"Well, you can'elee -him here. This
is the gash office. , ry next door," -
- 1-- At the adjoining window Mr. Lamb
, 3
said: ~ - , •,
. "Le i ,* here, I: %rd tto see Deacon Joneif
a minute about the ' • rophet Moses, and I
1 1 1.)
wish you'd tell •Ititn!so.'
•`No, I won't," rllied the clerk. "He's
too busy to be both i'ed with anything, of
the kind." •
"But I must see him.. I insist on see
ing him .; Pre got a bet about -Moses."
"Don't make any sdifference what you
have got, you can't iiise him."
"But I will.. 1 want you to go and tell . '
him I'm here, and t , hitt I -- wish for some
information respecting Moses, I'll have
you discharged if c yiiiii don't go." • ' ,
."Don't care if y i - in want - to .see him
about all the childTn of Israel, and the
Pharaohs, and Ne 'ueliedriezzars. I tell
t t
ydu, you can' T nit settles it. ,Turn
t
off your gas and qu t.',' ., -
, . Then. Peter. resolved to . give up the
deacon and try Rev... 1)r. Potts. , When .
he Called at the riar'sonage the .doctor
-came down into the !parlor. It is tbe
doctor's misforttinel tot be deaf and there
was a little' mistindirdanding when , Peter
said: • 1 :, 1, ....' ..-. ' ,
on. the r.vn.y. frotti
hei F ni urratng
eet Harry Greg,
mei sir !"
!think her . speeCh
in . Una Penrose,
se to answer me."
her now, enjoying
na Pen-
I .ney,er, thought
tifit I ;Wm .having
o prettily , he ‘das
t pout when they
lovers= - it's only
theni a little.
this good time if
Una ! if you only
was to find von !
on forever." -
nds now, and . WHB
)er - eyea---he had a
people in the eyes
. th y 'then glanced
1 sweet sit yness on
e me if you want
her escapade end
,erself to him." as
,y-"in the most tut
: iwr - imaginable."
and Una ? •
I perfOrly happy . ;
Owed •liionel6gh
iarlor and. told him
1 'llflush, and, tears
'that Riatta was not
promised-.to go to
he saw fOr herself
their lives tau OPp
she doubly rejoiced
-LA.W OF.IIIOSES.
lind out the name of
hiug about it. Look
tht. clerk slimmed
, 1 1) . • the next window
Jones."
e knows wbo Nos-
Bible MosesLif he
belong: in• this de-
ross the street at the
rooms, and Ihe
w Mr. Lamb said
bacon Jones a min
little -matter about
gas bill ? What's
the first - Moses; the
atter with his. ma•
V:Qk:f . " -- ; . aNQ- - .;..i . 28
doctor,..to ascertain: it yon
con tell-ine who wii§ . lW.ino.thin-law
(‘f ~Mose 6.."
really," said Abe- doetor, "there
isn't much: preference. Some like one'
kind of.loses and'sume another._ A very
gooLvariety of. the pink-roseis the Duke
of 'Camuridge - . groWS .large, bes,ra eatly,
and has 'very iige . .perfume. The Heron-.
les is also excellent ;. but you 4ntist ma
nure 'well:and Water often.
."I".di4 not aik.'‘about roses .bfit Moses.
You make a mistake," shouted .Peter.
. "Oh, of courser .by alt means. Train
them. up to a stake if- you want to.. The
wind don't - bliiti'lthetii- about in and they
Send '‘,Ut..more. shoots." - • -
. „
"You 'iniiunderettiiiil ine," yelled 'Mr.
Lainb. 41 asked , about :•Mosei -not roses.
I want. to know who. was the . Mother-in',
law of Noees."... " .
"Oh t yit, certainly. Excuse .. me. • I
thoughtsou wereinquiring about roses:
The law of .Mosea„was tilt) : foundation of
the religion Of 'the:" Jews. You. cacf.find
it . in .ful l
_tr. ►he . Penrittetich. it 'admit
ahlel very admirable fur the purpose for
which .it was ordained. We, of Course,
have , outlived - 1 hs.t _
,but i t
still.contains many things that, are useful
t„, us, as, for inetance,
"WaS Moss married P'
"Married ! .Oh. yes':' the name of his
fat her-m-law, you.knoW, was Jethro,. and
"Who Wi.s his wife r' .
“Why, she was the daughter.of Jethro,
of course ; I said Jethro was his. father
in-law.”
"No ; Jetliro's wife, mean, I 'want, to
eettle a bet."
"No that isn't her name. 'Bet' is a
corruption of Elizabeth, and that name
I believe is not found in the Old, Testa
ment. I don't remember what the name
of Moses's wife was."
"I want to knoW what the name of
the mother-m-law of Moses was, to settle
bet."
•
"Young-.man,"' skid the old doctor,
sternly, "you are trifling with a se rious
subject., What do you mean - by. cian ring
Moses td settle a bet?" . • .
Then 'Mr. L amb rolled up a sheet of
music. that lay . on the pia* and putting.
it to the dOctor's•ear he shouted :
".1.--rnade-:- . .a-- bet—that—l—could—
find—put—vhat—thei—namo—d-I.los-
es's—nr t Can—you—
?l -
"The , Bible' don't' say," responded the
- doctor . ; • "and- up leis you can get a spir
itualist to. put. you .in commUnicati6n
With
.Iffoses,,l guess yip will lose."
-
Then Peter went round and banded
over the stakes . . 'Hereafter he will 'gam 7 .
ble:on other '
than biblical names: •
Wiping Out a Dully.
General, John Goiliwieler, one of the
leading capitalists of Oalfornia, and one
of the really good ielloWs of that state,
tells a thrilling st‘my :
One day in early times he was 3tand
ing in a pioneer shanty saloon; in com
pany with cl great .big fighter who was
the terror . of the camp and town. - -
There was nothing tills giant could not
whip, and very little that he bad not
,\
whipped. The big telh)w
_was sitting
near the'bar when a stranger entered..
H 6 was not more than twenty-five, slen
derly built, pale, with -
.big eyes, delicate
feattires, and a band like a girl.,
He stepPed quietly up to, the bar and
asked for a gligis of brandy. 1 The glass
•was placed before whereupon the
bully rOse - from his chair, put his big
brawney hand in front of the youngster,
took brandy and drank it. The'
young man said , nothing, but quietly laid ,
down four bits and said :
"Give me anotherl glass of brindy."
The brandy was put out, the , glass was
filled and the bully. again reached* for
ward, took the glass and -drank it. The
youngster put four bits on the counter
and said, easily:
"Give me two glasses of brandy." •
The two *glasses. were put out, filled
and the bully the third time reached for
ward, took a glass _and drank. it. Tha
young man paid no attention even to the
giant's pistols and. knives,-bnt taking the
- other glass drank it and pat a-dol
iar. Then with easy. manner, he left the
bar for the'door, walked dye or six steps,
turned like a flash of lightning and shot
the bully through the. heart.
As he walked-out 'of the 'door be said
to one of - the bystanders :
"That follow. might have hart , some,
bOdy; yet."
In The Country.
A beautiful ,young, , lady was walking
Arm-in arm with a young man one even
ing, into whose eyes she would sweetly''
smile.. "It's 'a lovely evening," said the
fair ime—"Yes," replied her companion.
They were silent and walked on. "It
was a lovely evening- yesterdaysaid the
beautiful girl as •they came round again
"Yes," meekly responded the yalrg math.
evidently at a Joss what to stiv. They,
came round third ,time, and fr, %Nisi his
turn, now. "I hope it. will 'he •=a s lovely'
evening to-merrow,"said he,
said she,'
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