The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-01-11
VOLUME 29-NUMBER Is.

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more / msditat q on my Injuries. the
more furious ! became until, as tie
clock chimed midnight, I took nv
final resolve
81 will not be made . fool Of, will
cast her on as unworthy Of my love,
but will first pOsssss myself Of q clue
70 this mystery aud accuse her boldly
to her face
80 | went to bed 10 dream IitfuIIy
All night Of monster sheets Of oh =
pnorescsDt paper, with ar. C.n danc-
ing in scarlet FIRE all over their ex-
psnsa-
''Is Mr.. Newton in ~
les, M. Newton was in, and oae
OF the clerks ushered me into the pri-
Vate once, where my friend, Willie
sat looking over = huge pile Of letter..
Hsrosrt Anderson SIT down, old
fellow what good wind blows you
He drew out large arm chair, but
declined II.
Newton, 1 want you to do me 8
favor; will you 2''
Certainly, If can"
looked up At the clock it want
ed just fifteen minutes to three, and
hurriedly confided the Whole story OF
my wrongs to Willis's honest breast.
My dear fellow, I really think you
are attaching too mueh Importance
to mere trifie." ...
"a trifs ~ bit my lips until the
blood came. 'tI think differently /:
and it's very easy to see you are not
standing Ia my peculiar pOsItiOR,
Newton.
shall 1 send for Clark! He is in
the store, no doubt"
"You will do nothing OF the sort"
We'll, then, what is It you require
"Listsn she win be here. prAbabsy
at three, tO-tO see Clark"
-'sWsli ?'' ---- a.
''Whsrs will he be Hkdy to rscsIVs
her = - -,-r
SIN this room, / suppose"
MS there no place where can be
an unseen listener to their cODvers4-
ton -
why, there is the wardrobe,
but
"rhs very place" I exclaimed, ex-
ultsntly.
"Yes-but, Herbert, wouldn't it be
q mean thing to listen to what is not
intended for your ears ?'' fzltered
Willie, with sOme embarrassment.
II don't care = fk whether it's
mean or not" I retOFted. "Pm In no
state Of mind, just now. to split hairs.
II you are going TO obligs me, say so /;
II not, may IS well 60"
NOf course the room 10 at your ser
vice, Her6=rt. | am going out, but
that makes no differences. I hope
you will discover that you are in sI-
ror."
l Ismilsd bitterly. L entertain ed no
such hope The CLOCK struck three rs
Mr.. Newton took his leave, AMI
hurriedly enscOnced myself 10 the
wardrobe, with my head against Will
lies business coat, aud my other ex-
tremities in perfect grave OF linen
busters and obsolete pantaloOns. Al
together, 1t was not an agreeable po-
sition wardrobe where one can
just stand erect, with closed doors, on
q hot evening 10 August is not q very
enviabIe place. But would have
endured anything then.
"HOw warm IL Is : In fact, il Is
getting decidedly tropical" I refec-
ted, IS l wiped the dew from my
glowing fOrbead. "Wby don't Ethel
come, IL she Is coming ?" And then
l began to reflect on st. Bartholomew
and his bed Of hot Goals, as [ pushed
the door q quarter Of an inch OPEN.
Hush-a foOtstep! / jsrked the
door to again, With an emphasis that
made my prisOn-hOme sway in Z sad
ly nervous condition, but 10 was only
9 clerk, sent for something and
breathed freely once n0re-that is a
freely as II was possible to do under
the circumstances. Good gracious,
how hot 10 Was A Thermometer
would certainly have stood at q hun
dred Ia this close atmosphere. Was
streaming With perspiratiOn; my hair
was rs wet as II I had stood 10 q sum
mer shower; but I would have cheer,
fully remained there all day, 20 de
tect the mOnstrous oonspiraeJ be-
tween my Ethel aud "R. c."
-Four o'clock. Ethel must have beer
detained I could hear "R. O's'i voicC
occasionally In the store proof posi-
tive hs Was on hand. 80 Lii
Five o'clock. Decidedly, this wa
getting rather monotonou4 was In
clined to be very sleepy; but !
Wouldn't do, 90 yield 70 the blandish
ments OF Morpheus. But my patienc
was not destined to 20 entirely unrs
wArded Just as [ was about TO Civ
mp In utter despair, there was = fiut
/ kaa - -
OF Ethel's sweet, familiar voice.
pm so sorry l lost that memoFan
dunn, Robert ~
at isn't OF any consequence, Ethel
I will make it all straight. Let me
see," said Robert, reh6ctively, "yoi
want it lined with crimson silk, witt
crimson cord and tasssls. When d.
you want It finished ?D
"By Tuesday It's 'Herbert's birth
day"
SI think 1 can promise 1t to you bJ
that time; was sorry TO dissppOin
you before, but we really hadn't bi
OF anything IN the store that wss O.
all appropriate. This material is ele
Z CANT"
"Bsautiful 20 CALCULATED Ethel
'IHnW pleased Herbert will be
II There had been q crack Ia th
bottom Of tnat wardrobe, / mos
, ass0redly would have fallen throug
IL, so exceedingly small did feel.
"By the way, Ethel, in which dl
: rectiOn are you going ?"
a "HOme," she replied.
"Then I'll escort you just wait ma
= 9 second until I get my hat"
The blood In my veins SCENE
. turned for a second 70 Ice, and the
: again to fire.
. What q bIOckhead vas not TO for
see this emergency I held %
q breath and clung desperately to %
felt Robert Clsrk's touch upOn d
/ outer.
, "Why," sOlilOquiZsd that youn
gentleman, "Ehat on earth Ails u
4 dOor-handle It won't turn )" an
4 he gave 1t an enerketie wrench thI
: dehsd ali my efforts to impede its re'
4 olution.
n The door stood open, and there
d stood revealed, among the coats su
II busters.
: "HalIo :" calculated Clark, star
|. ing at me in blank astOnishment- .
q should like to know how you eau
= here 20
NV feelings at that moment can |
better imagined than described.
n knew there was no alternative but
step bravely forward aud face ii
2 music, which did accordingly. b
4 I wasn'r going to favor Clark with q
d explanstiOn, 50 l turned sOmewhi
( sheepishly to Ethel, aud, drawing q
: slip Of paper from my PDckst, piscc
Z? Il IN her hand.
a "I found that on the psriOr tiO'
= osIty, and is6eisd sa szs5ss9 sgs . ny . e@l
I lous things, aud came down he
I to"
$40 hide ia 9 wardrobe miseIie'
% ously added Ethel. "Manls euriosit
q and man's jsalOusly. / didn' kno
i that two such emotions existed In q
. masculine mind"
"Now, Ethel" I appealed, mo