Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-03-11

the various inc cdAnts of the day Every hit of gossip which had come tn her dur inq ha~ morning walk and evening calls was faithfully recounted.
 She liked in her liveliast an most engaoing style. She ask d ,is ap;niom of this and that statemei t, just as he thought she W s ahnut to draw to close. She told him that sh4 had at last found that lovely lit'le song that Mrs. B. sang so charminply. and then she warble1 out the final strain. ending with cadenza sn stir ing that her poor husband gave up all hope of immed ate slumber, and began Ill lily to expcstrlate
 "Now, Augusta, .von're 8 treasH=eI you're an angel. II ar4 H aven's best gi f 10 man, if you will only let me 20 to sle p now. I assure you lamnlv that in all or1r tourney down life's hill together. Tll-"
 Now, NJ 'rtimer. don't Yon've no idea how I've reproached myself for not making vour home more attractive to you. I'm going to b. 8 potter woman hereafter"
 "An right, my dear! but woul Int you ns soon defer 1t until to-morrow morning?"
 Procrastination is the thief of time. Mortimer I've often heard you say, on coming in iatA. at there are duties which will not admit of delay"
 "Now, augusta, I surrender at dis cretion aEd beg your merciful conSiGera- tion. Be go, girl now. K ss me goodnight and let me go to sleep"
 That dr, adful woman turned her tempting little month to receive the proffrred kiss, and her deluded hus- band, accepting that as {" flag of truce" rashly ran his mouth against a pm. "Thunder and blazes Are you an ami mated pincushion ? and, with an indig nant bt unce he turLed his face to the wall and snored resolutely.
 Augusta passed a few reflective mo- ments in silence as she had done occa- sionally at certain stage of a game of chess. She was evidently cons .dering her next move. Mort;mtr. Mortimer p cried she, in an excited whisper (she had determined on her plan for checkmate), |" Mortimer, hush There's some one ln the house."
 "Yes, I should think there was" and then his wife crept clos 1T to him, appar- ently trembling in every nerve. "There is, Mortimer Please get mp, deari"
 "Now, you've really accomplished what you wished, suppose. Probanly Mysteries will be the next card" En- tire sience for a short time. There are occasions when nothing is more effect i've.
 "Now. won't you get up, Mortimer, and go thr ugh the house and then 1 will let you go to sleep, but hear snch a queer noise, and I have such & strange fe,lnc. I'm sure there's some one arout d. "
 "I wish you would have luoi inter- val and go to sleep before it subsidies. I'm tired of this"
 "So am l, in a nervous. frightened tone.
 "Well, come on If you want 6 prom enade, I'll head the procession, but :, you've got to follow No hanging hack Where do you want m to go?" said the desperate man, as With lamp in one hand and pistol in the other, in all the classic simplicity of his nocturnal at tire, h. confronted his trembling wife :; come on, say "
 "Go up the tower stairway sug- gest, she, meelly, and he went.
 Now through the back chambers, '" and he went, ahe following somewhat iiuiid Y, Yet confidence ill her husbands 5 prowess Ill porting her faltering steps
 Well, is that alP" as they turn from the unsuccessful quest. "Do,.s the inc If march halt her.? If not, just 1 al on, G neral. Can t give the military salute, you know, as both haa' ar ful , Just look out on the north veranda, ear, and then I won't say auother For,l."
 Augusta ju liciOusIy took the lamp at l is luncture, and Il back in or,ier t.,
 ave her husbands hands free for th
 r, ad encounter. He op p-ned the door ute ed a ferveut ela ;ulat ,on, h..
 lade sudden upward anl backwar, ovement and he fired his pit ,i, and
 lese all so nearly simul aneous tha 'leir order Of succession would hay, CT diffici li t, determ ne Some ol Il heavily to the floor, tut it was s me le behind him anl not letore hun
 ad he shot his wi }? He turned 10 sr,
 ,at injured person ill a little heap upor
 le floor holding her sides. He lush l her.
 "My darling, have I killed you ?"
 "Oh, no I think 1 shall get over ;" and then came an e1 olosiun whiol
 tused him to look again toward th
 GOT aud see his burglar standing ther
 alm and maiest c, gazing at ilim witt what seemed an ar of mid rei,uSe.
 think our special artist shou havt been at hand just then. The few min, ltes occupied by Mir Joslvn in tal1in in the situ, ton would have been full O pspir ltion to one of genius. It was i 'ahieau UiUaat where the full light fe on the central figure, and all the acc -s sories were entirely classic and simple Mrs. Josln will always rem4mi CT ihe says she could have studied i onger had not Moltimer turned the ligh ut so abruptly.
 There was no further conversation that night, but Mrs. Joslin's brie replies 70 queries regarding the firing of tha pi-tol Id to an a, ticle in the daily pa per h -aded '' Daring Attempt a Burglary" Mir. Joslin, however, sb~o utely refused to be interviewed ill refer @nce to it, but it was observed thst h, >pent all "f his evenings at home for al entire week from that date
 Ornithol0gical Justice.