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ERIES, VOL. XIII.
The Course Of True Love.
From the Danbury News.


course Of true love is still uncertain in places
An incident indicative of this, although
somewhat out OF the usual line, occurred II
Danbury recently. There were two sultor
| Tor young womans affections. Numbe
one was first acquainted with her, and hat
kept pretty steady company with her through
| the past month, when number two appeared
| The latter very soon got the best hold, ant
this became apparent TO the former. TIT
young lady gave herself up to number on'
until the day after the Fourth, when she sud
denly and rather strangely yeered about tc
the stranger, who is now in town, learning
the jewelry business. Number one was for
gotten as easily, apparently, as If he had
been an old debt. II was the night of th'
fifth that this change in feeling dawned upor
MIN he had purchased qnart of new apples
and taken them to her house. There was
company present on his arrival, and he re-
| quested to see her privately in the hall. Sh'
| complied with a reluctance that struck hin
as being singular.
Here is something for You. Julia. he whis
pered, extending the package.
She colored slightly as she said. -! cannot
take it, thank you.
'.But you don't know what it is, he urged,
ut is quart OF new apples, just come in mar
ket"
She made no move.
why. Julia take them. They won't hurt
You. They are ripe"
mo, mustn't" she persisted, keeping her
eyes cast down.
why not - he pleaded. lyon don't
think I'd bring 'em up here if | thought they
would hurt you, do you
She moved uneasily. but said nothing.
..Jnlia " he heuaD IN a broken voice. s.iOn I
you believe me when | tell you they are ripe -
She did not answer.
.'Can it be possible, he continued in n voice
OF pain, that you believe that I'd bring YOU
anything up here that would upset you
The company waiting, and Unjust go
back to them," she said, speaking in a con-
strained tone, and reaching out to the handle
of the parlor door
'You won take them - He was very white,
and his voice trembled with suppressed
passion.
"No."
Then I'll go home and eat every gol-
darned one of 'em before | touch my bed, if
they kill me deader than Collar" and with
this ferocious threat he bounced out OF the
house.
Whether he did as he promised is not
known, but as he was around on the street
next day it is more than likely wiser thoughts
prevailed.
That afternoon he started for her house to
see if the dreadful thing was true that the
jeweler whom he designated by the prefix
of "pole leg. had really supplanted him. As
he neared the house he saw, with anger, that
the jeweller was there, playing croquet with
Julia The sight maddened him. For amoment
he looked at them, with clenched hands, then
hurried away, with CLEAN in his eyes that de-
noted a storm. In quarter OF IN hour he
was again approaching the place. He had
both hands in the pockets of his sack, as if
he was holding on to something valuable. The
dapper young leweler was still engaged III the
game with the fair Young Julia, and their
laughing remarks grated distasteiully upon
his ear. Julia looked up and saw him, and Il
frown covered her face He saw it and un-
derstood its import at once. His own face
grew black with wrath He turned to her.
Julia, have you given me up for this
cuss 2" he savagely inquired.
what do you mean by such language as
that 2" she angrily demanded.
While the party thus indellcately indicated
stared at the newcomer as he very much
doubted his own existence
Just what l say, retorted the discarded
one.
"Well. the quicker you leave this yard the
better you'll please me, was the spitetul re
joinder from the fair one.
Then it's true it's true, he howled in n
voice of anguish. .'She has left me for old
pole legs oh this with sudden
verse of tone, as the name brought up reali-
zation Of the hated presence-"iUu are the
one that's done it, are you ?" turning In rage
upon his rival .'lou are the scoundrel that
left me to buy her things TOR that whole
tf. bar exraatapal for ~, and
then come in an take her to yourself Where
were you on the Fourth 2" he screamed with
biting sarcasm. why didn't you show
yourself when there was money to spend, an
things to show her that cost cash down.
Where you when the ice-cream an cake was
around. Oh, you old gimlet-eye," he added,
suddenly removing one hand from the re-
moving one hand from the recesses of a
pocket and hurling a raw egg full in the face
of his rival, which, breaking in the contact,
completely changed the entire expression of
the jeweler. where We're you, | say, he
Yelled dancing around, and drawing forth
another egg At the advent of this awful
article, Miss Julia scampered into the house,
and the affrighted and almost blinded rival
struck out wildly for escape but the foe was
after him. and but ten feet had been cleared
when the second egg caught him between
the shoulders. and sprinkled its glowing
color over his back. The unfortunate man
ran with all his might seeking escape. but
bafiied IN. the search He flew over the veget-
ables, and darted around the trees but the
avenger kept close to bin, plastering him
with Omelettes, and playing him with ques-
tions like this
Where were you on the Fourth"
Egg.
Where were you when there was money