, 1876-09-09
A NOSE AND 4 HALF.

Cnlicu NM lininc01htcIY 10 tue Continent; Atn,
although both Mt. and Mrr. A. 8. Wcstmore-
land murmuscd somewhat at fate md EC0o per
annsln', Algy was compelled to lcnvs Inc "1ny
'ane," and 30 OIL Ills way the wlfclcss husband
nl a months standing. llo was to be back ccr-
ta'nly III three weeks. u not sooner, and was
charged to write hourly, to telegraph II / had
the i,cat,uelle, and to keer; IN rood beort rc.
,tdcsl Instcu1 Of fula,i;nr with commonds, 7
wsotn-,rn,t I, I. ..,," ", s,.,a.. "a'' I.a.a, -
seraps; forSs from uS tessraons sS's eeE snssu1
head or my heart acl.cs; anl, alas for
circriu1ncssi 1 mopel ahnit nv hlt
Of huuso IN payswatcr as though /
was widow instead of bride; stared % At Aiey's
btg photo over my bed; remembered, almost
With tears, TINT had watched lin completely
out Of siaht,-p most unluckv procecd!nr tried
the piano, but found Il but sad reminder @ Of
our courting days; poked my fingers In all the
pockets Of tho coats Algy had left At homo, but
found nothing save iow old envelopes; gascd
a. nj, nv. nav rn,rn. .,, fnit W. t,,,tu,tfo. ~
a. a.. 4 MY s "." so""s ."u iei' "o 'neast"a 70
Pue s"c'a oh' aoo laat1 out ~ no Heaas !east,
toasted my eyes on my aole dot,--a superb set
Of diamonds that Ind been In my family for ever
so many years, and that my father, even IN Ills
uys "vua n II. Nv "1ss a,t W., "',' ancts
earrings with exquisite pendants that one could
1ctacll at pleasure; bracelet and ring, that put
Alry's solitaire, snarkljnr on nv small thrl
oeo, - 81. ,,,1,., ,,,,a,."t,,sa,ss
.'''scs, ~ t"e 1noa' nnVusa''o'an'o o1"sn, out
loved thc solitaire Win most unreasonao!c pas'
s.o, sn in contrast, looked e9ldly 9n the ntno
the ,,s: as morocco ease; nothing would induce inc
Ono week, two, three; AlgJ &as mol at home,
sntl was not coming. was to ioln him at L.
ds MaGsS M soala not eo p spsFsa t. Yehs ens ad
oi o Wh S ns S's ese e .sse o 81 er q M
A'Eefnon sidney Nestmnrelandsas .1,s z Shield und
blick1er Tor my tt'nidlty. my Il" years and
Nlnylbh 1A.Ct nfll Journey t>f live Nuyh' ultrN-
tim. still, I did not dread #. The idea OF
travel In itSclt alone was enchanting 10 INV M.
travclrii soul; tie idea that i WIS to ycc Algy
lrnwm m,,.nhc m ~ nv ,nu,f % . r,.nn:,,"H ~ ~ Ky
"caa.nsnt M N st u s seaIar aner an 1
rsoser il the X eet .' 81 psT|orng ts yoyags y
unattended there WIS tn INC n sweat havar of
uaarcl'atthlestncss, 50 To speak, that quite be-
slujntd tIst,jay to nt}nrirrr tn,,rj,fs nvcr lin
rnvklne al mi trnnd-icw tr,,nS,
Il sr,sseti @ I tIe Cl,sllnc, su,iso It to say, not
n on bonn; tue ptfssn, liiryhing yessrl; aid,
1esnont aS rss, it, took 'as ny seat " IN lie s'i r ii!
way-rnrs bound Tor p, wcro TAs, n,vtIr{l-
!9g tq AlEy,s express ininnetluns,, "to stay at
viii. II small traye;tn,s.t,ar. CAM ainimr s,n41rr
~. .,ssar,ar @ " l., ~ ~. t,SS,,,, 80, ~ eI} t}
Gssstar'eh, . r. ~ lle ons nan", ans NY snaw!-
s st.uPa !" ~ oasiIi, tn4en hloanu xsy tnlck
blanket Platt wr!I, II, is turn, wns inldcd Sc
cnrely around my DOT, --tl,s rree!oas diamonds,
wn'eh was 100 nch aifaiu ~ !nsns 10 trust 10
my Trunks, knowing fnli well TINT the company
would not be responsible for cYca titho Of
theft white
srts!e'! nyselt arg ny Possessions 1Mse COM
sos oe ,nnl,s me- On tMe stolof nd nlras.
uni voice, With Just tho fantest nsor Of foreign
neccnt. tpoke:
,,r AT 7; yon esnssts ,sps,l'a9lon; u shis seat
" IT., M, oil, no!" answered.
"Mlth ypnr rcrniite.on, then'"
ttcrtatAly. n'atMmr." ="
.Soksd IT, w. p the,. m At ihS person whose two sma1
mex, Il tall. okl-Scll, pcrhnIa Rl0nid usU tho
n,titlnr fori-clacsly la'y, with bnnchrs Of sott
gsay enfts on nther sac t Of her 6ace. coffee
mnuth-and rosn The forsgo!ng exclamation
point is not lnten:iet 10 imply that waH In tho
habit Of associa'ng With tcrsons wtoEo faces
lacked that Important feature. The nuse;. but
simply % Indicate the extreme astoutahmcnt1 felt
on tBhnlttnX ttt1o particular n0ac,