The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-19

yule have NEE, will line a clod, but i've 60
the mummy. Ware o wred roEe in yurt
hare, when yu 20 out too wauk the mex
TYNE, II you aksep and the jent tina
: gives yua bokay will be me.
"Clop."
Annls spelled this strange epistle will
some difficulty, for II was misefably writ
ten, aside from the spelling. Then she
showed It 10 her father, and laughed til
: she cried.
"He spells rose with az and red with
an a. But / think I shall 'aksep,' papa, Il
you don't object, Just for the sake O.
the 'bokay.' You'll be with me, you
know"
Accordingly, the merry girl, when she
went 70 walk that night, wore q red rose
coquettiShly. below one ear, where its
crimson and velvet beauty brought out
. the golden tint Of her matChless hair raw.
ishingly.
Her father was with her. They had not
been walking long before they noticed ap-
preaching them the strangeSt specimen 81
humanity either had ever beheid,
He was tall and awkard in his move.
ments; his hair hung long and straight up.
on his shoulders. He wore a very broad
brimmed SLOUGH hat OF soft fell, a red
neCk.tie, q blue vest, o s%wallow.tail coat,
and. plaid unmentionables, with patent
leather boots, narrow Of toes and high Of
heels. In one hand he CARRIED q bou.
quet, which he held at arms length, as II
1t were something explosive.
"Here he really Is, papa" said Annis,
with a smothered laugh. snow be sure
You are civil to him."
She accepted the bouquet which the
stranger profered her smilingly, and her
father politely invited him 10 20 home
with them, which he did.
Annis noticed, with some surprise, that
her bouquet was made up In exquisite
taste. But that she attributed to the
florist Of whom the "clod" had probably
purchased It.
But what surprised her most was TO find,
when the evening was over, and the
strange guest had departed, how much she
had really enjoyed 4. In spite OF his cd.
dities and awkwardneSs, the "clod" had
contrived to be interesting.
he has hne eyes and good features,
papa" she said, 'and II he would cut his
hair and dress with some regard to taste
he would please me better than any OF
those others whom you would have liked
me to marry, and whom ] am sure would
every n have instantly withdrawn their
suits had theyknown the condition OF your
affairs. ! wonder II he Is really 80 rich as
he says?"
Have no anxiety about the money"
said Godfrey Prime, to his daughter. after
a few days. 1.-THE fellow has come most
unexpectedly into an immense fortune.
He could pay my debts and set me up In
business again, II he chose, without mis-.
sing the money: And he stands ready to
do It II you will marry him."
II am ready" said Annis, gaily. "My
heart warns to him already"
The marriage took place soon.
The merchant was reinstated in his bus.
mess, and in a grander and more flourish
ing manner than before.
The splendid residence which he and
his daughter had inhabited before his
bankruptcy wa repurchased and refur.
nished in the most magnificent manner.
Only n thing troubled Annis. Her
"clod" still remained a 'clod," do what
she would. All her efforts-though she
had made him cut his hair and Danish
his rainbow suit-could not make him any
different from what he was at first.
But he was devoted to her; and, because
OF his riches, everybody courted him.
His very awkwardness became the fash.
ion, and his most ungrammatical speeches
were passed from tongue to tongue as pro-
found wit.
Besides all this, he had a good heart, so
much genuine kindness OF disposition, be.
ing always ready to succor the unfor.
innate, and he loved her 80 we'll that
Annis could not help loving him in re-
turn.
"Dear Clod," she saidto him,one day dis.
paringly when, in spite Of all her insruc.
70, and persist in saying "haint" for
have not'-"dear Clod, you arc too
stupid for belief; but somehow, I can't
help loving yol, in spite OF that"
The "clod" smiled and kissed her most
tenderly.
~ have been stupid" he said, land you
have been more patient than l deserved.
But from this hour you shall see q change
in me-"
Annis laughed ind%ulgently. She had
resigned herself to see him always n
"cl0d."
But, to her amazement, that evening,
when her parlors were filed with the elitc
and fashionable Of the city, her husband
presented himself attired in exquisite
taste, and SO altered in every other respect
that only the eyes OF love could have
traced in this elegant gentleman any Of the
characteristics Of tho "clod."
Everybody stared, and Annis, under
standing thst be- had been playing q part,
was grieved and offended.
"How could you, sir?" she asked him
reproachtullY. II don't know how I can
ever forgive you'll"
Her husband laughed in her face rogu-
ihly,
'.td do 1t again for the same reward;
and II you don't forgive me I'll so back
and be Q clod the rest Of my days"
The threat vas sufficient