Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-23

"Woll, then, Bob, you give me q
mortgage on the mine, and if his fig
ures are not too high I'll indorse your
note and turn you over my interest
beside. The mine is solid yet, guess,
though l haven't been to it for a
| week.
That's the gals fault grinned
Bob; ''but if she wasn't good /
wouldn't want to buy. l believe I'll
take long" and Bob buttoned up his
coat and started out.
Half an hour later Bob returned
with the necessary papers by which
Stacy conveyed his third interest in
the Ajax mine to him for eight thous-
J and dollars, payable within thirty
days. [ Endorsed BOb's note for the
amount, he assuring me that if the
mine continued to pay, as it had in
the past, he could easily take it up
when due, besides which, / reasoned
to myself. that l would soon be Stacy's
Son-in-law, and, in case of BOb's fail
ure to meet the note, the old man
would not be hard on me. | also
transferred my third interest to Bob
for a like amount, and secured myself
for both sums by mortgage on the
property. and SO / went to bed that
night and dreamed of the little wife I
soon expected to have.
I saw Nellie the next day, and
though she smiled sweetly and blushed
most prettily wasn't satisfied, as ow
ing to her getting things in readiness
for the trip next morning there was
no opportunity for quiet little con-
versation. l told Stacy l was going
had spoken of it and he ''didn't know
but what it was a good scheme for his
gal, cause it could hardly be expect
ed that me and Bob would be good
company, and so the matter was set
tied and [ collected my traps together,
and those [ didn't care to take with
me, I distributed among the boys.
1Mey all knew what was going out for,
and good-natured witticisms were free
ly INDUCED in at my expense. But L
liked it, and rather enjoyed my tri-
umphs over the colonel and the judge
and the others who had tried to win
tuC LULU C1CCoul UllGC OdlliSN
off, but had miserably failed.
| [ sat in my cabin that evening-the
last | should ever spend in Mineral
City-and somehow 1 got terribly blue
and out of spirits. 1t felt like parting
with old friends. Every tree and every
rock seemed to have hold on my af-
fections, and the rough logs of my lit
tie home had a warm place in my
heart. / couldn't shake off my low
spirits, and so I went down to see my
little one and from her sweet face and
pretty eyes draw the consolation l felt
[ needed. / found her looking tired
from her arranging and packing eff
forts, but she seemed most glad to see
me, and we sat on the doorstep and
were soon chatting in warm, conf
Dental way. AS I was about to go l
took her little hand in my big palm
and said:
Are you really glad that [ am 60
ing out with youe''
You know am, she said, earnest
ly, her eyes dropping and her soft lit
tie fingers closing over mine, and then
somehow. before fully realized what
I was doing, had leaned forward and
pressed a hot, passionate kiss upon her
pretty lips, and with little eXclama-
ton expressive of surprise and not Of
anger, she turned and vanished. | was
a happy fellow that night.
Our trip was begun the next morn
ing, and in due course of time we all
came to halt in New York. What a
delicious time | had had of it. and how
conSiderate Stacy and Bob were to me.
They never intruded their presence
but let me have Nellie to myself, as
though they had nothing to do with
us whatever. l felt very grateful to
them, and meditated often upon what
| could do to show my appreciation Of
their thoughtfulnesS and good feeling.
Nellie was little paradox, however,
an enigma / could not solve. | had
proposed to her six times on our way,
out though she showed that her heart
was mine and permitted me to squeeze
her hand, whisper soft nothings and
kiss her goodnight when she retired.
she would give me no answer to my
pleadings, but kept me off with a CO.
quetry in itself most attractive. And
SO the days spun around and / seemed
to be no nearer than when we left the
old mining camp, and / got irritable
and out of sorts, and one day Nellie
suggested that had better run on and
see my family and get sweetened up a
little, and l savagely replied that I
would, and should not return until
she send for me, etc, etc. She smiled
sweetly, and looked tenderly out of
her pretty eyes, and L took the train
for Philadelphia, in terrible temper.
and yet feeling sure that I would be
back again within forty-eight hours.
and | was. / asked the clerk to send
up my card. and he said it would be
useless, as the lady, with her father
and the other gentleman, had left the
night before, for the South, he thought.
They had left letter for me, how
ever, and-I Snatched the letter, and
tore it open. There were several en-
closures, reading as follows:
THURSDAY.
My Dear Charlie: You must par
don my terrible Irritation with you of
the past few weeks, but it was the last
| T ShOu1d ever have and Won are the