Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-10-04
(Danbury News.l

purchased quart Of new apples, and
taken them to her house. There was
company present on his arrival, and
he requested to see her privately In
the hall. She complied with a reluc-
lance that struck him as being sim
gular.
Here's something for you, julia
he whispered. extending the package.
She colored slightly as she said:
Il cannot take it, thank you"
~But you don't know what it is he
urged. 1T is quart Of new apples,
just come into market
She made no move.
why, Julia, take them. They won't
hurt you. They are ripe"
mo, mustn't she persisted, keep
ing her eyes cast down.
why not?" he pleaded. @You don't
think I'd bring 'em up here II I
thought they would hurt you, do
you?"
She moved uneasily, but said moth
ing.
Julia" he began In a broken voice,
don't you believe me when l tell you
they are ripe?"
She did not answer.
Can 1t be possible" he continued,
In voice of pain, that you believe
that would try to make you sick?
that I'd bring anything up hore that
would upset your"
@The company are waiting, and /
must go back to Them" she said,
speaking in a constrained tone, and
reaching out TO the handle OF the
parlor door.
you won't take them?" He was
very white, and his voice trembled
with suppressed passion.
no"
@Then I'll 60 home and eat every
goldarned one of 'em before / touch
my bed IL it kills 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 the next day, it Is more than
likely that wiser thoughts prevailed.
That afternoon he started for her
house, to see IL the dreadful thing
was true that the :eweler, whom he
designated by the prefix of @polelegs,"
had really supplanted him. As he
neared the house he saw. with anger,
that the jeweler was there, playing
croquet with Julia. The sight mad
dened him. For a moment he looked
at them, with clenched hands, then
hurried away, with a CLEAN in his eye
that denoted storm. In quarter
of an hour he was again approaching
the place. He had both hands in the
pocket OF his sack, as ifhe was holding
on to something valuable. The dap
per young jeweler was still engaged
in the game with the fair Julia, and
their laughing remarks grated dis
tastefully on his ear. He marched
straight into the yard. Julia looked
up and saw him, and frown covered
her face. He saw it and understood
its import at once. His own face
turned black with wrath. He turned
to her.
Julia, have you given me up for
this cussa" he savagely inquired.
@What do you mean by such Ian
guage as that" she angrily de-
manded.
While the party thus indelicately
indicated stared at the new conner as
II he very much doubted his own ex-
istence.
"Just what say" retorted the dis
carded one.
well, the quicker you leave this
yard the better you'll please me, was
the spiteful reioinder from the fair
one.
Then it's true, It's true" he howled
in a voice OF anguish, ~She has left
me for pole legs Oil" This was
sudden reverse OF tone, as the name
brought up realization Of the hated
presence. you are the one that's
done IL, are your" turning In rage up
on his rival. "You are the scoundrel
that left me to buy her things for
whole month, to get her sweetened
up for you, and then you come in and
take hSr to yourself. Where were you
on the Fourth?" 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 were you
when the ice cream an cake was
around? Oh, you old gimlet eye," he
added, suddenly removing one hand
from the recesses OF q pocket and
hurting a raw egg full in the face OF
his rival, which breaking in the con-
tact completely transformed the
expression of the jeweler. Where
were you, say?' he yelled, dancing
around and drawing forth another
egg. At this event Miss Julia scamp
cred into the honse. and the alright
ed and almost blinded rival struck
out wildly for escape; but the foe was
after him, and not ten feet had been
cleared when a second egg caught
him between the shoulders, and