Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 29, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 September 1887 — Page 7

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C XtOAJOB, JASTWL DXDf AH A. AOHELOrS HALL. j BaMa'a wjr mmI I'm maara ef aM; 1 aaU hate W Iuhht as air fMtw My hat, A wfcea 1 oat Mecljr t talk te Um ml j 04rts vBmMm I eceen eoeeo 1 HeBm t GBeewMkffj iri int Mean kaln Ml mtttr tkt tilmi )M1mmUM I carry, Mi aatniag I Vhijt; j momg ss rSArn m (sNseei i yr m4 wiwm, they MMer Mm ThM ktn't for watka mm Mm right ef a tkwt'i wottwc; w soMlbtet mi wry W W4 mw mm, mi n mut I I deep nee a to, fer taere'a aa mm to eU J ulw MM MMfart M Baeatert Mall. Tva m4 Ml tee iitkM, ane aw Ki My fata Te aat, waaa I'm o, m Um toaak ef a state; I'm learalsc to aook, bat, alas, laoafaaa -X teasae to a a aery taaa twaUew the mm. 9t Beeaeior's Hall, wiU Ha mm fort M It ahaiest tee spooky far regular at; y alMraa lira ta H to watoaaM taatr See, Ka MMtar ia waltis, aa wile O, aa fiaa I X! yaifctaHf bet gfcMts ef taa tTai aaaa away lakaMt taa tomb wnere alaaa I Matt tay, CaMaUa4 to break tUaeee by ha vim; a eaat "With My weafal aaMaaatoa, taa straata aat iaxaat. 0. sadly Til ytaW My erawa, aaaator aaa all Tbe Kiegljr daUffkto at a Haaaater't Mall TotkeQaeea of tlw Horn waaa aaa aoMaa alto bar trala Ta wlaaiy aad lordly arar Ma relffa. H. V. &4ft, hi D4reit Ftm Frm. THE GOLDEN CALF. Mr. Optimo Oodd Renders Friendly Barrioe. 'He's tk inoamatioa of fat ilridemls.' "I k so very rlok?1 'Rolling in money might buy up half tke city, they say." "Ami really, now I coma to look at Jim, not r bad looking man," murmured tke Countess, foousslntke gentleman under discussion with a very elective don We eyeglae. "GeraWine, my lore, tkat Is Mr. 0(Himua Codd over tke re ia tke doorway." Tke beautiful GeraWine turned a very katigkty head and gave a scornful little laugk. And who, pray, mamma, i Mr. OjHimus Codd?" Tke young maa standing between tke two ladies looked steadily at tke Wautiful young lady in diaphanous white tulle, saying: "He is tke -Golden Calf of this year, Lady Gerald i tie. You will soon know hint by sight He is making his mark ia society. He has asked to be pretested to you. Lady Umfreville, have 1 your permission?" Tke Countee smiled a gracious consent on Mr. Rupert Faulet. She at ace absolved this penniless detrimental who had bean hanging about ker aaerifirial lamb too dowdy of late, for his pat offeiiH's. It was ouch a very desirable matter to get hold of this millionaire stock-broker at au early part of his career. Mr. Optimus Codd iu his own sphere was a man of mark. People in tke -city pointed at him respectfully as tke possessor of untold wealth, but it had only recently entered the mind of this enterprising operator to make an effort to enter fashionable society This great manfor he was very great in tke realms of stocks ami "the things that are always going up and down in l!ke oity" had recently purchased a house ia Mayfair, where ke rave most recherche banquets. He had ko contrived to be elected to two or three good elubs. In consequenoe soetoty waa making inquiries about kim, and using every endeavor to substantiate the rumors of his enormous ealth. Doors could not be shut upon aa absolute Cross u. In exterior the gentleman who was tke object of so "way attentions was not at all preposessing, in spite of Lady Umfreville's charitahk verdict. He had a goodnatured, fat face, with no salient features, ami reddish hair of a refractory nature. His small gray eyes had, however, at times a singularly keen and acute regard. Such eyes Might fathom a good deal of humbug. He dressed well and wore no jewelry, bearing the manner and voice of a gentleman. His discretion showed itself in nothing more than in his ability to keep silence about himself and others. When Mr. Codd slowly made his y across the ball-room toward the striking group near tke conservatory ke was the object of many regards. After tbe Hon. Kupert kad presented m friend in due form to the stately Ctes and Her lovely daughter, he remained a few minutes in conversation with the party, finally offering his fw to convey ker ladyship to supper. Skegavo an anxious backward look toward Lady Gerahllne and tke handtome young man left near ker. It was touroldabie; the only thing to be dene "' to pnt her wits together and make the meat f the present opportunity. , "You have a box at the opera, I beuev, Mr. Codd? We are so anxious Wear PatU on her first night." This was an audacious opening, but tke Conntess, being peer and a widow, Merer Mineaed before an attempt of this t. It was her duty to make net ef nek acquaintance. "1 shall be, delighted h yen will aey bo for that evening," was t natural rejoinder from ee unused to 'MpeewnkHM Countesses. Lady Umfreville went away nmiNnf tot areata ami tkaakfally feH tUl

WHUn a week, Mr. OptMMM Oadd kad been Invited t partake ef various small vary small -?orms of koapiullty at PriaeeVgate. Little teas a4 ksmmeena might bring young people together quite as advantageously as more costly a a. t . . MM a

enieruuamenwi. ner iauysmp was a skilled match-maker. Two daughters kad already been disposed of in their first season. But this was now Lady GernMlne's second year in the market. he was certainly more dlnscuK to manage than the docile elder sisters had been. Still, Lady Umfreville did net despair of settling her this season. June had only just begun. There was a fourth girl coming in shortly. Lady Margaret was still in the school-room, though fully entitled to be emaaeipateu, ana she was a spirited young lady who might be more dltteuU to control than all her predecessor. "What ia he like, Jerry? I mean the city man tkat every one is talking about. I know mamma thinks you kave captivated him. You might bring him up to tke school-room for my in spection some day. Pretend you want to show him your drawings. "I should like to a stoek-broker. His name has a vary Ash-like smell. FxHcy being Lady GeraWine Codd! Does lie look like a gentleman? Don't you think you had better turn him over to me, Jerry?" Here the lively Lady Margaret be gan dancing about the room. "Shan't I have a fine time ef it when 1 come outl I mean to make up for being keit back a year. You see you must lie out of the way. Jerry. You are so very good-looking." Lady Gerald ine answered, smiling: "Do be sensible. Maggie, and I'll tell you all about Mr. Optimue Codd. Well, he's rather fat, and not got any particular expression, but I think he's very good-natured. I really think I like kim. and if" A lovely blush rose to her fact. "If you hadn't fallen in love with some one else, and if you were quite sure Mr. Optimue Cobb didn't want to marry you. Don't yon be the least bit gracious to him, or he'll say you gave him encouragement They always do if tou are uolite. But Gerald ine. I advise you to give up Reggie PauleL He has got next to notking, and you can't marry oa lore." Lady Geraldine tossed up her pretty head. "You mind your own business, Maggie. You're very disagreeable. and I shan't tell you any thing more about any one I meet." In duo course of time Mr. Codd did come to the school-room to inspect GeraWine's drawings. Lady Margaret and an antiquated German governess were reading aloud, "I hope we are not interrupting. Mr. Codd is very anxious to see my sketches. Frauleia. This is my sister, Mr. Codd." "Unwdovou de. Mr. Codd. It is verv kind of tou to come up here. Geraldine has told me all about you You have such a lovely heuee and beau Uful pictures, and suck nice tkings to eat. I am not 'out' or I skould like to come and see it all." Mr. Codd murmured something vague about Hext year. "Jerry is very kind to me, you know, though she will not make haste and get married. If I want particularly to. see any ef her admirers you do admire her, of course, or you would not come so often she always manages to bring them up-stairs. Now, Rupert Paulet and I are great friends isn't he a dear boy? And Lord Strathnellan was very nice, te), till GeraWine refused him ami he went off to America, and has been shooting bears ever since You know I musn't come down-stairs to the drawing-room or be inspected by any young men before my hour has struck. Mamma would faint if 1 made myself known prematurely. I am to burst suddenly on the fashionable world. Do you admire mamma? Don't you tkink ker clever? Oh, you would say she is clever if you knew my sisters Letitia and Hermione. Tkey are botk very slupkl and net particularly good-looking Jerry and I are tke best of tke lot yet tkey botk married well and Letitia is aMarchionese. Mamma managed it all. You can't think how dull ami pompous my brother-in-law Slateford is! I don't think I should care to be a Marchioness." Mr. Codd appeared much amused by his girlish chatter. The outspoken Lady Margaret had a charming piquant face tkat made people feel young to look at. Lady GeraWine ami the governess returned from the adioininr room with portfolios to Had Mr. Codd and Ladv Margaret on the best of terms. Mr. Codd had kad no previous con ceptkm that aristocratic lips were ever frank and ingenuous thougn ne was, rJ onur. aware the humanity of a lower degree is candid te a painful degree. After three weeks or so. Lady Umfreville began to think it time for Mr. Codd to make up his mind. Why dW ke not nroDose to GeraWine? Tke welimlnarles had gone on long enough, and the world's eyes were be ginning to fix curiously on tne pair. Lady Umfreville had monopolised the wealthy toekhoHer toe fully te escape calumny. The Countess thought it mlrkt be exwedlent to give me back ward suitor a gentle push. Tke honor iautndml for kim might seem toe great In a secluded corner at a gar den mtrtv she weeed firs. "Yon are evidently not a marrying man. Mr. Codd" she saW. playfully, How eon you resist the lovely girls YfHt meet daily?" air. Codd eeet a shorn rlanec at the tody's sotiHng face. "Mv tkeosrhts hove boon always

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Loiy Omfrerllto. TIM lately the idee of mstrimonr a arar sotaMsi my bead " "Ak, then I inopou yon hove begun to tkink of tt. Indeed, a man ef tout position of your wealth and influeooa, owes this duty to society. Of course you ore entitled to look for birth and beauty, and I feet ours that any well brought up, right-minded girl will ap preciate your sterling qualities. I have no son of my own. you know" (with aaigh), "but I assure you, Mr. Codd, I feel quite a maternal interest in your welfare." This was rather more than neces sary. Mr. coda's little eyes sparkled. Pray cease, Lady Umfreville. I am not a man to rate my own merits beneath their worth, but I can not allow you to speak m these terms." n I have thought, Mr. Codd," contin ued the unabashed Countess, "that your remarkable modesty might pre vent you from aspiring in a direction where your heart may be engaged. Let me offer you encouragement. You re member the old adage 'faint heart never won fair lady.' I think I should like a eup of tea now, Mr. Codd." The stockbroker's eyes were down cast as he conducted the lady to a marquee. While she sipped her tea she wondered audibly what had be come of Geraldine. Finally she sent Mr. Codd in quest of the roving dam sel. He presently found her issuing from a secluded shrubbery in compa ny of Rupert Paulet. He smiled at his friend as be declared his mission to Lady Geraldine. That evening Rupert Paulet dined tete-a-tete with Mr. Codd. When the servants left the room a alienee fell between the two men. "Am I to congratulate you, old fel low?" said Mr. Codd, at last. My dear Codd, you are the best backer in the world. Yeu may eon gratulate me: I have won her. and it Is all owing to von. You have put the only luckv chance I have ever had in my way. There'll be the deuce to pay with her ladyship, of course, but when she knows all there may be extenuat ing circumstances. Mr. Codd, getting up from his seat. laid a hand on tbe younger man's shoulder. I was nearly fallinr in love with her myself in the beginning, Paulet She is a beautiful creature. So I thought-jso I was afraid," answered Rupert. But soon 1 saw how it was and it wouWn't have been any good. I can't think hew she ha bred so true. The mother wotiM sell ker soul for money. And tkat little Lady Margaret ske is charming" (here Mr. Codd sighed), an I she is so tired of Lords ami Marquises." Mr. Codd, throwing back his head, laugked pleasantly. "Shall I tell the Counters all about it to-morrow? I kave an appointment Witk ker in tke morning. "If yon only would, my dear Codd. You might break it gently. I'm in a mot til funk when I think of facing her." On the morrow Mr. Codd jumped into a hansom with a cheerlul mien and drove down to Prinoe's-gate. Ladv Umfreville was of course at home and would receive Mr. Lotiu lit, nor boudoir. This solicited interview surely boded tome good news. "ou are aa early visitor, she said. smiling, "I thought you were always in the city at eleven o'clock." Kot alwavs, Lady Umfreville. And hannilv I have taken a imrlner who will relieve me of much responsibil ity." Indeed a verv wise step. A ris ing young city man, I suppose. If he is a friend of yours, you must bring him here some day." "Xo. he m not a city man. but for all that he has useful business talents. It is Mr. Paulet He Is a very reliable voung fellow, and I have every conn denee in kim." Lady Umfreville stared at Mr. Codd in undignified amazement "Runert Paulet your partner! He wrote to say he had a communication to make to me. Can it possibly be this? What do his prospects signify to me?" "A great deal. I fancy. I believe he wishes to marry your daughter." The lady turned pale. It was clear from this that Mr. Codd had no mat rimonlal intentions regarding Lady Geraldine. "My daughter!" she almost screamed, that penniless man marry my beautiful GeraWine? Never." "You target that he has good prospectsthat as my partner ke is a long way from penniles. "She h deceived me 1 am no match tor ker," sakl the Countess, tinvioallr. as she rang the bell and Mrtleretl the servant to summon Lady GeraWine. The young lady appeared promptly. "How do vou do, Mr. Codd?" and ake warmlv orrtssed his hand. "What do you want me for, mamma?" "I understand from Mr. Codd that Runert Paulet has proposed to you and Is coming to speak to me on the subject You have had the audacity to accept him?" "Yes. mamma, but you only under stand a part of tke truth. You do not undet stand what part a generous city man has played. I owe a debt of grat itude to Mr. Codd I can never repay. By his kelp I am saved from some mercenary marriage, and am able to Mkerrv tke man I lore. I mean to marrv Rupert Paulet Yon know well enough tkat ke and 1 have loved each other from ekiWhood, and yet yet you threw me at Mr. CethTs head. I dM not do him insuot at nrsc. leoum not keltere hn sue kindness that he was pkyiof a part for Innert's

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a tone of soom toot cut home. 'Vavs the room iastaauy. if you marry Kupert Patriot, it will not be witk my consent" l Mr. Codd Mimed to keys something tOMT. more Lady little, i eH JJfft'eWMSp1 MA4k JP(PSISeieUmfreville,1' he stammered a You have another daughter eke Is a charming girl. ' It is not possible that her afeetioM are already engsoad. Have I your permission to pay my ad dresses to her?" Tke Countess was umfounded. "Mr. Codd, I am amaaed. How have you made her acquaintance? Ske is yet in tke schoolroom. Mr. Codd explained rather lamely. Lady Umfreville sighed. This was a itigation of calamity. If GeraWine insisted on marrying Rupert who was so likely to give assistance as Mr. Codd, if a brother-in-law? It came to pass at the end of the sea son that Lady Umfreville's two lovely daughters were given away at the same altar. Optimus is a darling," wrote Lady Margaret a month later to her sister. He is just tbe sort of husband to suit me. Every one ought to marry a city man. He thinks every thing I say and do is right and is, Oh! so generous. He isn't handsome, but then he isn't a bit jealous, and lets me dance with all the best looking men, and when 1 come back to kim I think bow stupid they all were, and when I tell him so ke looks rather pleased. I'm glad now I didn't come out last season. I'm sure you can't be as happy as I am. I have asked tbe dull old Iraulein to come and spend a week with us out of gratitude. Ske never told mamma how Optimus need to meet us in the park. Mamma has given up the house at Prince's-gate. She is coming to us for a month next season. She is very fond of Optimus now. She says ke is her favorite son-in-law. I think ke gives her hand mho e checks." All this was absolutely true, the giv ing of checks not tke least part of it Rupert Paulet goes to the city reg ularly and prospers exceedingly, yet managing to combine a large amount of pleasure witk business. Lady GeraWine is tke happiest ef wives. and is never katigkty toward Mr. Codd nowadays. Louden Lift. THE FULL-BLOWN ROSE. Whea Wmmb ArrlTM at ImtaUaateal mm Sraet Matarlty. From being posse at twenty to be ing charming at tkirty tells In iteeli the whole tale of woman's growth for the past century. That peculiar com bination of angel and miot which was the Weal woman was unthinkable except in the teens. Idiocy can not be angelic after the first score of years. Tke rosebud is delightful and every body loves it but there is not a woman left who would care to be always eighteen. Up to thirty-five a woman is not now at nil abashed at owning her age. She knows she has but gained in charm; she knows that tht man who fought shy of taki ng her out to dinner during ner Brat season, ami who was mute and bored during the whole time that ke sat by her side, will seek her out in company now, and will recognize her added experience and maturity by giving her credit for common sense in the talk he begins with her. She knows that where her crude new used to drive off people worth knowing, she can at her will call them abont her now. Fran Von Stien was past thirty when she carried off Goethe captive after he had weathered tke dangers of tke younger Lillis, Charlottes and tke rest And in Xew York or any of tke country's great centers to-day it is not tke younger woman wkose position in tke only society that is worth the name is kappieet or best establisned. lne woman who marries is twenty-five when ske used to be fifteen. The woman who gathers about her any circle that deserves the name of salon is MaryL. Booth, at fifty; Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, with the gray hairs coming: Mrs. Frank Leslie; Jenny June, with a third of a century of active work in the city behind her; or at the younger Miss Grace IL Dodge, on the border line of the thirties; women who are often better looking and always better worth seeing than when they were . ... - . younger, it is a tniMiie to tne com mon sense of the day that things should be as they are. The world will always feel and acknowledge a girl's fresh charm. There is nothing else quite like it. Hut the mature woman, whose face has thought and knowledge in it, and who does as well, is the woman who Is crowned queen, after all. dive Lognn, in IttilaitelpM 2V. A High Bead to Wealth. Fiwt Omaha Man Eureka! I've struck it at last. It's a new invention. Millions In It Second Omiha Man I don't take muck stock in patents. Yes, but this one is a dead sttrt thing. It m a hand-organ modeled after the automatic race tracks you see in kotok" ' "Won't pay." "I'll kave them everywhere, and will rake in thousands of dollars a day. livery body who cemee along will drop a ntokot inio iw "Dropping a nickel into H starts it to playing, I suppose." ", tkat stops It" Omnkei PorW. in Tho fault en many tt-eolled "wern-oat" forms w not that tke sell ia tot tmin, but the lokor out noon H.

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Witt keen fotty as wait at hoy, if Ik it stacked witk as mock care. Tke trouble is, usually, tkat too few and incompetent men are on the otrawsteok, while tot desirable places about the threshinc ntaokine ore given to tke more careful workers. Straw will not keep if merer piled op in on irregular pilo without thought or system. To make a good stack ef tke straw from twsnty or thirty loads of bundles, one foreman mod two to five helpers art osiasd. Among tke great mass of farmers in grain sections tke plan of "changing work" Is qsite generally adopted in threshing. Every one kaa a dielike for the strawstack, and very few men take a pride in building a stack so it will keep. If a maa gets a reputation for building good stacks ever one wants to "change work" with him and he is asked to stack straw. As there Is hard work, a great deal of dust and little credit in it most men find a way of injuring their reputation in tke art by making one or two poor stocks for men who try to impose on them. On can see but very few well-built stacks, even in many of the oWer farming sections where nice straw has eome to a market value. When It is possible, tke farmer should stack hit own straw, or employ some man to stack it for him who will do it well. If kands are secured by changing work, it Is well for two to arree to stack each other's straw. In any case, one man should be detailed by tke owner to stack tke straw, and should be provided witk enough help ers to enable kim to de a good job. The foreman of tke stack shouW lay out tke bottom te as to get at nearly tke proper lise as possible. This ia often very hard to do at tbe start, es pecially when thrashing from the shock, and it requires practice to judge correctly. Old threshing-ma chine men often acquire a good eyo for determing how large the stack skouW be mode, and tkey skould bo consulted. If tke foundation is made too large, tke stack will be flat when it kas settled, and If made too small, tho stack is run so high tkat a port must bo shoved off at one side, where It it toe often allowed to spoil. Ia building large stacks, it it preferable to make them quite long, rather than too wide, to shed rain welL The foreman ahould direct where the straw is to bo laid, and where the tramping is te bo done. In building the outside of tho stack, he should stand at the outer end of tl-e lins of pitchers and place tho straw himself. The skies should bo run straight uo to about one-half tho height the stack is to be when com plete, and then drawn in at an angle of from forty-five to sixty degr The tramping should be done main ly in the center under the ridge of the stack, as this part will support the greatest weight snd it is desirable to have it settle less than tke ontsWe, so as to run the water outward. Up to I the point where the topping-out is be gun, the surface should be kept level. Before beginning to draw tho sWes in. tke center skould be rounded up, tramped thoroughly and kept ia that shape to the top. By this method tne successive layers ef straw are so placed . i ..1. nr. liir. .k;Ua US IU J Uin W.IIV. V and as tke stack settles most around the edges tkey remain in that position. shedding the rain much bettor than if the stack is kept level and tramped the most around the edges. Tke stack skouW be built up uniformly to tke too and not topped out one end at a time. A stack built by system and plan will not settle down in places and lot lain n inn. bwivs rotten cores reaching to the ground, aa .U . ;n mim .U knliu taitln is often found Ao be the case ia straw piles. Preirie Farmer. SWEET POTATO CROP. Haw m VtrrMt aait Star TMa Taetlthm MHl rraUtaMe TttiwMt. The sweet potato harvest shouW begin immediately after tbe first decisive frost The vines are dragged off witk an ordinary turning plow, barely letting it into the ground between tho rows. After this the tubers are lifted with a potato digger. In the absence of theaa useful implements, tke work can be done fairly well witk a turning plow, though greater care mutt be used ia picking up the potatoes, as tne turn ing plow will cover up a good many. The usual mode of putting up sweet potatoes iu the South, is in bancs or conical heaps, containing from tkirty tea hundred and fifty bushels each; tke smaller ones are picked out snd put in a separate bank for seed. After piling up tke crop evenly, the heaps are covered with a layer of dry cornstalks or other litter, and then with earth, which need not be more than an inch and a half thick at harvest time, but which should be gradually increased to four or six inches as winter advances. Potato houses art need by some growers in preference to banking the tubers. uWken made witk double walls, witk sawdust well packed between the walls, tke cold is effectually excluded. Sueh a potato house may be partitioned off Into hint holding from twenty to fifty bushels each, in whieh the tubers can be stored awy In dry sand. When banking sweet potatoes, either in a potato house or under an open tked, it it very important to leave an opening of tlx or eight inches at the top of tke bank for ventilation. Soon after being dug, potatoes seem to nndergo a sweating process, which will cause rot if tke air it excluded. In eoM weather this aperture, kas t- be tlesed witk an armfal of straw key. -Amtriem Ariellriei.

affaire, resulting, at tkey to omo do, in too separation of yoea keortt and making withered War out of net tke fond hopes and golden dreanae ami high aspirations of yoemg lives. A distrtssing onto wot mode poke recently in Newark, the harrowing details keiag giren in tke words of

tke estranged ones, who sot in, Newark Opcra-Housc satiag and saving cruel things to during the play. Ske began it Tou dM, tot," tee saM, was a great sob. It wouldn't have been any kindof a lovers' quarrel without numerous "groat sobs" brought into it Now, Bessie," moaned tke agon ised ninety pounds of lever and kifk. collar. You needn't deny it" said Bessie, eoWly. Bessie, I never in an " "You did. Memo Monk told mo that she tt you. ' Saw me whatr Saw yeu flirting; witk tkat horridly horrid Hattie Marsh." "Hattie Marsh? JoA. Now, Bessie, you know perieotiy wsti tnaexoon t care a snap of my finger for Hattie Marsh." 'No; it looks as if yen didn't flirt ing with ker every time she crosses yonr path." Now, Bessie, you know just at wtu as" Oh, yes, I know all about K, Mr. Loanie Marshall." "Now, Bessie, eW talk tkat way.M "I will, too." "Bessie." "I don't oars, Lon; it isn't right and I'm not going to play second fiddle to enyoedy." "Nobody wants you to. dearie. "Xo! It look! as if tkey didn't I must say." Well, now, Bessie, what if I got mod and saW cruel things because you flirted a little witk Beanie Dean or" "Ben Dean! I wouldn't wipe my ftU on Ben Dean.1' "Yon used to like him." "Lon Marshall, 1'U never speak to you again as long as I lire and kreatko if you ever mention that horrid affair again. I hmU Ben Deaa." "I know it darling, and I t Hattie Marsh." "Yes you do." "Indeed I rfe." "Yes over your left shoulder." "Now, Bessie." "If you want your ring; back again. Lon Marshall, all you've got to do it to soy so." "O, Bessie!" "I mean just exactly what 1 toy, sir. every word of it" "I can manage te live without yon, Lon Marshall! And if you think I'm one of tbe 'Rough oa Rats' kind of girls you're badly left" "No. Beesie. you know I never" "If you were a gentleman, sir " "Bessie, tbis Is fee much." "If you don't like it you can lump it air! I'll let you kmow tkat yeu can't twist me around your finger. Do you want your ring?" "Xou know 1 don't oesste." Wall, vnu rmiUl ka.Y it Mdjrktv . j 9ttlolc vo At last the worm turns and says. acridly: "Very well, Mies Wkitferd, just as you please about it" "Wby, Lon." "I kave done all tkat a genttmem could do to " "Now, Lon, I was only joking." "It is no joking matter wkere oee't nfedims are concerned. .I've tried to f Jltman of my word witk yen. I WW Ok, Lon, Busk!" "No, Bessie, we kad bettor understand sack other right kere. If we quarrel so now, what would it be wken " "Oh, Lonnle, I was only " "You were wounding me omelly, Besele, and I " Ok, Lonnle!" "If you really desire every tklng to come to an end between us, I hops I am too much of a gentleman to " The curtain dropped at this juncture, while tkose who saw this frightful scene were waiting witk bated breath for the final word that would separate Lonnie and Beesie forever. DetreH Free Preee. He CcuMn't Be Hired. Banker Your references are all that could be desired. What salary de you expect? Coachman Seventy-five dollars a month. B. That is quite satisfactory to me, and you oan enter upon your duties at won as you desire. C By the way, I forgot to inquire If you had any marriageable daughters? B. I have, but what is the moaning of such a preposterous question? a Because your having tuok makes it impossible for me to engage witk you. The fact is, I can net take the risk of degenerating into a horse-ear conductor or hotel waiter. There's no money in marrying employers' daughters, nowadays. Iheton Mtidget. m i m The Virginia (Nor.) CkrenieU says; Mrs. Langtry hat jmrekaaed a lot in UortMul S auoiuon,, vnratm. vmm is quoted at saying to a newspaper man: "This is n delightful valley and I want a little spot I can call my own near Lake Tahoe, so that I can buttd and conic up here when I am at leisure and enjoy the bracing Nevada sir. and occasionally take a dip In the hot springs, which seem to me the i wfwdsrfHl enrietity la tke SUto,"

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