The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-28

t0d O@Q. StA &E&& &o&s INV 04AG WI and Miss Chester shook her dog with such exceeding visor that Mir. Wyise feared the tail would give way. I I'm afraid |, will c-come ost. If yos shake i; in that way" he said, mildly {: and Miss Chester desis,ed. | Mir. Wyhe opened the door for her. fiattening himself against the wall to avoid the pappy's grinders: Miss Ches- ter. with protrslon of smiles and thanks, slipped out.
 "Oui,e like beam of sunshine, quite fairy-like. qui,e-i declare, l feel several years youngcr:'' and Mir. Wyhc ran his fingers through his scant gray stubblc. pulled up his collar. and mounted the stairs two a, time. He took down from his bookshelf an old poeket-book. and scanned it's pages attentively for few moments. Fifty-four last birthday :; and Sam IS SS. l fancy look rather younger than Sam"
 sam. said MT. W,lie, when he me, his friend in the evening. what do you think of our new lodger:
 A very pleasing young lady, think. answered Mi ,srcciey
 \ fine girl. ] think, sam said the sub-ed,,or.
 oh. nc. Mil. don, think I'd say that. Pleasing and and very interest ing. fl you Ike replied Mir Greeley.
 No no that not halss;rong enough You haven't seen her eyes. Sam. My eye. wha, eyes. .Ana her mouth. oh. sam, what a mouth.
 steady. Nil; steady" sad his friend staveiy Remember tha, maxim of ours.
 "oh. bother. sam. l don't think the maxim will do l, all in this case Good night. Sam. don't think you need bol, your bedroom door. old fellow.
 And Mir. Wylle bauoned his coat and went out.
 Win is partially right. unused the cashier. as he sat over his tea. This IS very much more than an interesting young man But don't like fine girl at all. She has lovely eyes. 1 don't quite like Wills manner. l must talk seriously with him. Will ought no, ,o forge, his years.
 Within the neN, few days a change had come over the little household. Miss Chester. all ansluingly. was the cause of it. Her eiIi.> voice echoed swccily through the house all day. and Mir. Wylie on the first floor heard il, and heard 1t not unmosed-
 "Wha, ,.eiietoas voice" he sad to himself a hundred times day.
 Then she would nun up and down the stairs on little cfrands of her own. aud out into the garden. where her presence made the slekly flowers and the dusty evergreen> sie kllel and more dusty.
 When Mi. Nyhe took hls solitary turn there. after she had gone. he found the 2 garden diney winch he had thought So gay before. ihen he would look down at himself. and ,h.EI.
 "Nha, de.ll of a shabby old fellow am. must improve-l mus, brighten up bit
 Bu, he kep, h.s feelings and his thoughts to himself.
 Mir. Greeley heard the same b,rd-likc voice in the evening. and would sit con cealed in the window when Miss Chester ran ou, and down the street. folloaing her dancing steps. and wishing the days back again when he had been as light oi foot as she was then. sils paiioI seemed no, SD cheerful IS II had been.
 But |, needs another hand than mine to brighten II" he said. " lin a rusty old chap. he thought at other times. The rust has settled on me these manl years. l wonder whether any of Il would rub of new
 Bu, he kep; al these things to him- self.
 Something Lad lntefposed itself be tween the tsa old friends the chfef cashier and he sub-edl,or an lndcstfiL bahle shadowy something ,ha, made thef intercourse not ute what Il had been before. Ihet ila,! no, quarrelled they met and talked, morning and evening, as usual; but ihe s2en;ancl,y had gone ou, of ,heir greetings. and they spoke con strainedly abou; things tha, did not in terest them. For all ;his Mss Chester was 10 blame.
 She wen, eu; every evening a, abou, seven, and returned ai haifpast ten. l, was on ,he Thursday alter the ar rival of the new lodger that Mir. Wyle, having dined, look d walk in the dree- ton oi the shops. On his return, Mrs. Dunning greeted him with an expression of surprise
 Law. Mir. Nylie. you look quite haltered you've been and done some thing 10 yoGrseI'
 Do yoa observe an improvement. i MfS. puHhffs 5I-c soo-cuitof askro, III d complaoent tone.
 "Neil, sir, you -er;ainly do look b., spYer.'
 Mir Wyiie shoSed no ofense a, this criticism on 'he sontrafy. II seemed ta afford him satisfaction. Mir. Greeley. *hea his friend visited him in the e.eninE, noticed the change in his appearance.
 .-Wha, have you done io yourselitr v he asked. Why. good heavens. Wil- liam :" he exclaimed in voice of alarm, you ve had your ha, ironed "
 For ans~er. Ar. Hylie tilted his la, ar inch or two forward m the direction of his Jeff eyebrow. struck an attitude as nearly gallant ss possible, and winked slowly with one eye.
 William sad Mr. Greeley, with much conceYn-" William. wha; is the