The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-07-19

A w1orERlg POOL.
Two Chicago Lovers Como toa
Amicablo Agreement.
rs 1t not beautiful, sweetheart:"'
As Lillian Mcclure spoke these
words she looked into Rupert l1eth.
erinston's face with her starry eyes,
and ~ the light Of holy love shot
forth from within their du$ky depths,
he felt instinctively that she Was gu
ing to hold him up for some ice cream.
But conlueriny the so:nber reflec'
tion> that this CHASTITY thought called
up, the young man placed his arm
around Lillians waist to prevent her
red sash from being sunstruck, and
waited in the tense agony o.: i hOrri-
bic suspicion for her to speak again.
"Do YOU not think 1t is lovely,
darling"
"What::'' asked Ruoert. with an
ingenious, Owl-Club expression on
the perfect features Of his We<t-side
ace.
"Wby the morning. to be sure" re-
piled the girl, sunny six-button
smile playing lightly around her lips,
as If afraid 1. might fall in. The
twittering Of the birds, those silver
thrOated harhingers Of summer, is to
he heard on every branch and lush.
The air is laden with the perfume Of
lilac and npp:c-blos>o'ns, while the
dew-kisscd leaves Of ycn sturdy ma
ple reflect little Of tho crimson and
gold of the rising sun. Spring has
l,een sud laggarl, hut now that she
has come In all her glory of.bud and
bltsso,n, what can he more bcauti-
ful:''
IL cannot tell you," replied Rupert.
"You arc far too fly for me, dearest
when such matter. are :" lie discussed.
But in til. d:r.:.... -rI,-,sous days Of
autumn, when the tasseled corn
hangs ripe In the slIeaves, and the
iedves have felt the bIighting touch
Of the Frost Kings icy breath. l .nh
more liable to get there. Mine rs
you know, IL . sensitive, Sedwick-
street nature that shrinks from the
contact Of a cold and cruel world. T"
,sc the spring has naught ofjoy. The
low mellow note Of the new mich
cow, chasing y butchers wagon
in which her offspring uncasily re-
c,incs. seems to me like the wall Of y
lost soul, and weird fancics crowd my
brain ~ hear ut midnight the
n,ourmful h0ut OF the owl, like some
evil spirit amid the t;csOiate prCcinct-
of tho village rlurci'yard.'
ut is your liver. darlinS," MIR
INJURED Lillian.
II sometimes think -o," was the re-
ply. "t.ver and anon the thought
comes over me like black demon of
the night that / an, of my feed. But
it cannot. must not le. Yet in the
autumn al! is changed. The s.'i'
mczzn,ints Of the pumpkin Pie fall
yre,tfu!ly on my eye, and al nature.
laughing in the fruitagc -! an alum
dant harvest, seems joyous and free
from care. 1t is to tel! you this that
l have come around SO early this
.,,0rnins-t" tell you that in the
months that are to come, the ~c"r'.l'-
ing days Of /. i'll summer. VIII n the
sun. hanging like q ball OF molten
'.ra>~ in ,!.c ky, will send down H.
.ay~ in ,'itiI..s- fury, you hal letter
.r, an"her fr!.ov win will
owe you dearly as I have d":.". ana
one hose III m"rv You can 'vc:
c,,crisl. Will, gentle tenderness.
"l:u; WHOM. shall I yc::" asked the
girl in ay"niZc:i tones.
Il have t!.,nsht of this. sweet
heart" Rupert replied. ''You can
10 no bett"r than to take George W.
simpson. H. l"vcs you dearly. !
know it because '.e has often told nn
that Il. d.esn',, and George cannot
tell the truth
Il will do rs you say" said the
girl choking back Il sob ''And now
gos"l-hy.'
-" l.,n-." said Rupert, kissing her
as b, spoke.
The girl threw her arms around
his neck. kissed him, and cnt into
the house.
Rupert walked around the corner
where he met GEORGE simpson.
did yvu tx it," asked George.
"Yes," was the reply,
(which do get. winter or sum
nler::'
''Sunlnler."
''l'"u are in luck. Us Usual. old hoy.
They tell ~. she can be,a, the record
eating ice cream"
EYES," sale! rupert, ''but think ":
the "ystcr$!''
"True." replied George. II had
f,rgOettsn tl,oy>ters."
Growth and Weight Of Children.
ScilIc interesting studies with r.
ference to the health and grOwtl, Of
children have been made by Dr. Boul-
ton. If the Samaritan Hospital. L"n-
don. Instead Of taking the average
ola large number Uf children E:c:>-
ured once, he aNio;';e.l the plan of
measuring y number of children If
LorI,al growth, brought up un':cr
average circumstances. many times,
thus a.certaining their rate u; in-