The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-12-30

prehension.
You gave Ne the eneck yourself,
SIR. said Mabel. on the steps Of nv
IOdeings, late o. Christmas night
you surely cannot have forgotten it.
Late on Christmas nigh, T-u hy.
the old gentleman vas sure he hadn't
stirred out of his room after dinner.
and that he had gone to bed at nine
Whatever conclusion tho little old
tgentlemans mind might have reached
in its bewilderment. Mabei's WAS fast
approaching one at the righteousness
of which she would have smiled under
less serious circumstances. which was.
that Mr.. Wentworth had cels brated
Christmas . little indiecretely. and
taken a drop tao much for his
memory. when her reflections were
cut short BY the appearance 81 q New
lace on the scene-a decidedly hand.
s""e one, belonging 10 Young gen
tleman who had accompanied MIR
" entworth Ia the court. Ii WAS,
moreover. the came face that would
keep GINNING up in Mstei's dreams
and sumeiimes when she MAS awake,
TOO.
'Mable Gleason /! cried the v"un,
man. 'What-what absurd blunder
is this Who has dsr.d-'
A deep fl..h. succeeded nv death
~ pall"r ov-rsrr-a! Msbel's coun,s-
nance. as she t"itered aud would
have fallen. but f"r the timely sup
prr Of her youthful cunI'ani"n.
'UGcle y the latter vel,s menily e.
claimed. Il know this lady. and would
stake my LIFE upon her inm c-nce.'
80 would !. bpv. though I'm
puzzled to nv wits end 4!
S-e here = he continued. addressing
the judge. this case must 80 no
further (!
The charge can only he Withdrawn
nv ihaee whO made it, the judge
answered.
Aud Who are they: Confcund
them
| = C suuCCsS VI tue tuuA.
The officers ofihe hank he blowed !!
I'm one at them mvseli! Ill 60 her
bail any how. ard FIX it up with the
bank aft+rwards.'
The proposition vas satisfactory.
As Warren Harding Conducted
Mabel home. he learned for the first
time If her altered circum- stances.
When last they had met. it MAS in
her native city. in the midst Of u
z. fined aud fashionable circle, os
which she was the chief center Of
attraction. He had been shsent for
Il year in Europe. and had returned
hut few days before. How little
had he expected. in accompanying his
uncle to the police court. that the
meeting to which he had looktd for
ward with most impaiience should
take place there.
Whatever explanation passed be-
tween the two young people. they
led TO Warren passing a sleerler.
night. 1t was past midnight. and h.
had not vet retired. when his uncle.
whom he had believed sung in he'd,
muffied. hated, coated. and equipped
as if going out. unceremoniG,lsiy
entered his apartment. A strange
-xpres>ion in his ewes arrested the
Young mans attention. Taking a
key from his packet. he opened a
secret drawer If a secretary in one
c.rner Of the room. from which he
took what seemed to be blank-tnok.
which he opened. and taking up a
pen. began 80 write.
Warren drew nearer. 1t was
check DO. K his uncle WAS writing in
Having finished, the old gentleman
neatly cut out and folded the part
ON which he had written, and Was
alr'ut leaving the rom when Warren
spoke: 'Wheresre you going. uncle ?
To make q present to Mabel re-
piled the other. without turning his
head. i made her one on Christ mas.
and intended making another on New
Years. hut som-how fnrgot it.
Warren grasp+d HE nnclsis arm.
The latter gave bound that almost
lost him his balance.
Why. what's the matter ? he ex
claimed, rubbing his eyes /; where am
II?
See zee ! UNCLE cried the young
man eagerly; the mystery is ex-
planned!
What's this ? said the old gentle
mnn. more and more asicDished.
NV lost ck-bmk, as I live! and
4 check. t"'. in nv hand. regularly
filled up. anil dated to-day! And
here--whv. here's q memorandum.
in the margin. Of that confound-d
check that has caused all the mischief
lis all plain n"w I've been at my
old pranks again. They used to
accuse me Of sleep walking when l
vas . hoy. hut l never more than
half believed it,
When Mabel called next dav to
tender hack the Eve hundred dollars
which her der,eit and savings.
and snme tuition bills she had
collected. enabled her To do-ihe
tender was emphatically rejected.
Mr. Wentworth said he had hut one
rgIet III The matter. and that MS 10
End he MAS so much better when
asleep than when awake.
If our young friends would know
what came 1T il all. they hare only
IN put themselves in Mah+rs .nd
Warr-n's place, and think ~hnt they
would have done under similar cir.