, 1870-10-02

A fow evenings since party Of friends met
Mt socal gathering at > fashionable restau-
rant. Some were bachelors. aud come wore
in the enjoyment Of :" Hearen's best gift to
mani" The evening WAS cold and chilly, aud
most Of them wore oscrcoats. Two Of them
were nearly alike, and were owned}rcspec!ive-
Iy b< Charley c. %nd ch.rley s., oue
OF them married and tho other single, aud
wild. rakieh sort of fellow, who, as fnst
other. nis pockets wero always full Of rose
colored misslyes and delicate love tokens.
His henrt was de4olato out Of tho sunny
slances Of woman kind. yet bis adventurous
head never permitted the matrimonial uouse
to curl around It. Ills friend, Charley g.,
IL q sober man. cherishing bright-.yed but
jenlous-hearted little wife, who loves him ten
derby. He found it difficult 10 obtain pcrnis-
sion 10 attend the supper at all.
1t Was given At last, with tha understanding
that be would come home ea:ty. lie didu't,
however, but Ear late, 20 very late, iuleed,
that he t1ept s: undly the next morning unti1
zenith. He hsd met with d misfortune. too.
having stumbled on bia way home and rolled
over in the muddy street. His wife, howev-
er, get about repairing this mishap the next
morning ty cleansing the muddy overcoat.
While cpgaged in this occupation her uand.
into one Of the ride pockets Of hi= coa:. and
encountering eatly-folded 1tEle.-tsou1, snp-
e1ecrihed SIMPLY to Charley. sc1d: 49,
"no rot so TO lint horrttl supper, 1oTc, but
come 10 me t9ss,; yonf aeroEe' sn + lonely RATE
Oh. my. but M tue ii,tie blne eyes fiashea-
the color came aud went upon cheek and
| forekend-wheu the read the lines There
! tensity ot passion, and then NJ. c. was
~, ely slAken from his rest. s+That's the
meaning Of this. sir7" and the little white
hands tfemblea with passion, IS tho oIcndine
paper WAS held up before the culprit. ~
"WLo brought it, sif7 / found it In your
coat pocket- afr. c., ! want an axplana-
| tion will have one rant divorce. too ~
Mr. c. was fullT aroused by this Tins he
| ptott stcd TO knew nothing of tie note; he did
rot know DO. tts treache5on. little thing came
in his pocket. us appeAled to biz wi5ss good
eelse. She would hear Of no! denial, but in
stead made another dive into the coat pocket.
Another Little miesive rewarded her search. 1t
| VAS brimfull of the tendc1oet endearnnents,
and dated only two days back bnt WIS in aa;
"Jennie." "O6! Jou Turk-jast LOOK At
tbat." ard while clarleyfa beEilde1ed eyes
we're pe1using she letter, smother visit Was
made to the receptacle Of love-another letter
came ont. Il wss sq9al1y delicate, out @ fall = o.
ceitfu1: eAid that "Fannie's broken heart
wou]d be- laid 1T his doer;~ said j" his once
iored darling would die early
The 11ps we're wEite now With rage. the blue
eyes al atf.nae with fire, the Httlo willow form
drawn up 10 its fulles. height, Charley nevel
saw her looking 60 Indignant
HYou rake-mon.ter. Why, Brigham
Young would be ashamed to do rs you have
| done!"
Another dive VIA made to the pocket, hns
letter after letter brought cut, until doxet
s,1ewed tho foor-au OF them from d,ne1en
isdies, ali evincing the teudetest love 10
Charler. Enable to cope with the storm o
Indignation, he made hasty exit from th
room. snd, leaving the house, lett his vito y
mediate upon divorce or suicide 1t leisure
Afew moments after, however, the sezvan
Of Chasler appeared with ". c.
ove1coat, md respectfully solicited the retuz1
| Of his masters.