Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-07-10

situation. He ought to have dropped
upon his knees and implored her To for
get her trouble and sip little longer
the nectar of life. He ought to have
pictured to her imagination fair-haired
girl living with pallid face and marble
form in the silent bosom OF the canal.
where the dolphin sports unseen and
the mermaids comb their locks in shad-
owy solitude But he did nothing of
the sort. He told her to 60 home and
practice in the cistern.
Maud thought the matter over for
moment, then bursting into tears she
wrung the hand of our hero and ran
swiftly home.
George Adolphus stood upon the
bridge and watched Maud till she was
out of sight. As he stood there. Won
dering what it was that weighed 50
heavily upon the mind of this fair young
girl, he saw something glittering at his
feet He stopped and eagerly picked
it up. 1t was a golden hair pin. OF pecu-
| liar pattern. II oc cured to him ut once
that it must have been lost by the girl.
when she took down her hair. He put
it in his trousers pocket, thinking that
it would be handy thing TO pawn for
his breakfast. The more he tried to
forget about this fair girl. and the pre-
vious circumstances under which he
had met her, the more Dersistently they
rose before him. Presently he found
himself LAYING plans to ind out more
about her, and then il dawned upon
him that he was in love. He then ten
DERBY removed the hair-pin from his
trousers pocket and placed it next his
heart. 1t was now getting very late,
and the police were beginning to glance
suspiciously at our hero, and so he
turned into a more retired street and
determined to search for cheap lodg-
ing place.
Old Mr.. Muggleton. whom we left at
the residence of Maud's father, wendell
his way homewarj. filed with bitter
disappointment He had long regarded
Maud with tenderness, and had desired
| to offer her his hand and fortune, and
now he felt that he was rejected. He
had seen nearly four-score wears of
bachelorhood, and it was getting mo-
notonous. He dragged himself YEARLY
and sadly home. and retired to his
couch in Indebtedness.
VII.
The clock had just struck eleven. and
the town was as silent rs the grave,
when two Misunderstanding men, with
masked faces, broke open the street
door of large mansion where an ancient
bachelor lay dreaming OF a supercilious
maiden who had declined to meet him
in her parlor few hours before. The
men passed safely into the house, and
were soon standing by the bedside of
the dreamer A moment later swift
blow fell upon the unconscious million
aire; but before it could be repeated
| the assassin was stricken To the floor.
His companion escaped. The police
were summoned by the servants, who
had by this time been aroused by the
noise, and the captured man was led
away in irons.
"Who is this young man that has
followed these villains, and risked his
own life to save mine?" asked the
wounded man.
MY name is George Adolphus
Clarendon" was the prompt reply.
George Adolphus." saidthe million
aire, "you have done brave and noble
deed. am MORALLY wounded, and
must die in few hours, but you shall
be rewarded. You shall be my heir.
The next morning there was Grape on
the door of the Muggleton mansion,
and George Adolphus Clarendon was a
millionaire. He had been suddenly
landed in the lap of luxury. He could
not have been more completely taken
by surprise if he had suddenly succeed
ed to the English crown. And yet his
magical elevation to wealth and posi-
ton did not so engage his mind rs to
dispel certain memories that were
lingering there-memories that carried
him back to the foot-bridge across the
| canal. Who was that beautiful stran.