Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20

are abominably tolerant about such mat
tiers. That miserable Cupid l wish l
could hold his wings in the candle and
burn them off, He never flies in but to
do mischief somewhere. How peaceful
and happy we all were together before
this sort of thing began"
ssTake care; he will hear you, and he is
revengeful creature. I believe him to
be the original little pitcher with long
ears" laughed Susan.
II don't care If he does hear me-" as
serted Polly, difantly.
Has Cupid ears9 Certain it is that mat
tiers grew worse rather than better for
Polly from that day forward. Fanny
Allen came, and in due time her lover &C
cording to programme, and with the lat
ter cousin, Mr.. Othniel Oliphant, sue
cesstul merchant, just home from China
for brief visit. His return was not
purely for business purposes. Mr.. Oil.
plant was on the look out for wife; and
with the prompt decision of mercantile
man, he selected Polly Patten for that
position on two days. acquaintance A
firm believer in the faith that ''faint heart
never won a fair lady," and nothing ven
ture, nothing have" he offered himself at
the end of the week, and quite undis-
couraged by Polly's dismayed "no," sat
resolutely down and traced his parallels,
resolved to gain by siege what he had
failed to wilma coup by assault. This
complication set the seal to PollY's dis
contents,
"For Just imagine what a state of
things it Makes" she.told!her con6dante,
Sue. "There they sit the three sets of
ninnles-one in the parlor, one in the
dining-Ioom, ene in the den, from which
poor papa is turned out bag and baggage
and there is that abominable o! D! (nev-
er dld man have such suitable initials)
looming like doom OF thunder storm
all day long, determined to get me by
myself, and cultivate my acquaintance.
How can he make me care for him, he
says,lf he never has the chance to see
me alone? 1t is the most embarrassing
abominable condition of affairs. I seri-
ously mediate running away to teach
school-or something. Home is grow
ing unbearable.''
"Why do you dislike Mr.. Oliphant so
much? He seems to me very pleasant
"Sue When he leases the life out of
mel | declare she is blushing. Are you
turning traitor too9
"Not in the least-I don't know what
you mean, that is. What I wanted to
tell you was that we're going to have 2
young man of our own also. My brother
Jack is coming home next week"
How coherent! l declare, Sue you
make me suspect something. Jack?
He's the one who's been so long in Ger
many. Well, hope you'll enjoy him
but pray keep him to yourselves. I've
had enough of young men. Johns es-
pecially. I never want to see one again
as long as l live-I think. Gracious
there's that tiresome O. o. strolllng up
and down in hopes of catching me when
I come out l declare it is uncomfortable.
Good-by, Sue, I'm going home by the
back door, If you don't mind" And
catching up her bonnet, Polly vanished,
while Susan Gilmore, with guilty look
in her eyes, and pair Of red, red cheeks,
tied hers on, and issuing sedately from
the front door, encountered Mr.. Oliphant,
and presently, under his escort, walked
UP the street. eff Polly can't like him
and doesn't want him, why not9 Why
not, indeed? It was unanswerable.
Another fortnight passed. Cousin Fan
ME and her fiancee went away, but O. O.
still fingered. Polly gave an exclama-
ton Of despair1ng disgust when she fully
learned his intentions but, after all, he
did not prove the nuisance she had fear
ed. He had other friends in town by this
time, other engagements, and did not
haunt the Pattens' house every day and
all day long as at first. Polly heard OF
him often at the G1lmores'. She saw lit
tie of Sue in those days; Sue was occu-
pied with her brother, just returned after
his long absence. Mindful of Pelly's in
terdict, perhaps, she was in no haste to
present him to her friend-a fact which
Polly was disposed to resent, when, a
full week after his arrival, she was at
last brought face to face with him. She
liked John Gilmore at once. He was
quite different from the other Johns, and
not at all formidable, Polly thought
tall, spare, quiet IN speech and shy in
manner, wearing spectacles, too, but al
together very nice. What a myriad of
diverse meanings may be included in
that word, beloved of girls, "niceI"
In John Gilmore's place it meant that
he dld not talk nonsense to Polly, and
yet that he seemed to like the nonsense
she talked; at least he frightened under
it always and it made him laugh. He
never bored her with sense and long ex-
plantations, but she never was in his COM
pany without finding herself afterwards
thinking of things which he had said,
and looking up little points of informa-
ton suggested by his talk. He was so
kind hearted, too--always so kind He
didn't sheer at her diatrlbes against love
and lovers; and he seemed to understand
and be a little sorry for her. left out in
the cold, solitary in the midst of a circle
once so one in interest and so closely uni
ted. Here was genuine friend at last,
she refected-a friend OF her own; and
comforted thereby for her losses, she
grew more tolerant of other peoples hap
piness, and even when little later,
great wave OF surprise and sudden chang
es broke over the home and all in it, still
the tolerance went on.
For, first, John Norman had partner
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