Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-18

out for el 500. But l told him-llnowing a
| little of your affairs-that 81 200 was the ut
| most farthing you could pay"
| II suppose | can have a few days to thinl;
| it over!" said the unfortunate gentleman
II promised Merridew he should know
| definitely tomorrow afternoon" returned
| Mr. Bold.
''Confound you'll Then say yes" exclaimed
| Capt. Ogilvie, bouncing up from his chair.
unable to restrain his rage and modification.
| 81 will pay the money at onca and have done
with it. It's an Internal swiAdle, but sup
pose there is no hope for it. GOOD day, Mr..
| Bold"
Capt Oglivie left the room in a white
| heat, and the lawyer seemed surprised, as
well as little uneasy, at his vehemence.
| Three days later, however, he made his ap.
| pearance again, looking very much subdued,
but absolutely haggard and i'll
'My dear Ogilvie, what have you been
doing to yourselfg' said Mr. Bold, unsympa.
theUically.
Here is the money" he remarked, produc.
ing check and laying it on the table 81
am afraid owe you an apology, Mr.. Bold"
"Whyi" inquired the lawyer.
81 lost my temper the other day. When l
talked about swindling did not. of course,
intend to refer to you"
"Thank you," said Mr.. Bold, quantity.
SIT was foolish of me to get excited" be
said, smiling, in spite Of himself, at the law
| yer's expression.
"One grows accustomed to those little ex-
| plosions,n returned Mr.. Bold, good humor.
edly, as he took up the check "And now,
| Ogilvie, you must let me give you a little bit
of unprofessional advice. You look very i'll,
and expect you have been worrying a good
| deal about this foolish affair, and especially
about the money"
'Well, it is a serious loss" said Capt Ogil-
vie, showing by the regretful glance he cast
| at the check where the shoe pinched.
''You want a change. Can you get away
for a day or twoz"
''Yesn
''Then run up and see your wife Tell her
everything, and get her sympathy"
''No, shan't tell her Il hope she will
| never know of my foolishness," be said,
! quickly.
sit would be safer to confde in her. Ri
NOR, you know, has thousand tongues At
all events, my dear Ogilvie, go and be nursed
You are below par" said the lawyer, shaking
his hand quite affectionately.
Capt. Ogilvie started for the north next
| day, feeling that Mr. Bold was quite right il
saying he required a change.
His wife-a bright, clever little woman
gave him a hearty welcome, and seemed
deeply concerned athis careworn aspect
''My dear Charles, what has happened to
yous You look like a ghost" she said, when
they had exchanged greetings.
I'm rather out of sorts, Maggie" be an
swered, evasively. Il shall be all right in a
day or two"
Have you had anything to worry you,
Charles:" inquired his wife, leaning over
him.
Yes, I have been rather bothered" he
said, as lightly as possible
''What has worried you. Has your worry
anything to do with thisa" she said, prcduc-
ing piece of paper and handing it to him
what is this:" he inquired, spprehen-
sively.
The smile on his wifes face treasured him,
and he took the paper from her and glanced
at it,
st is a check for 81, 20o!r he exclaimed.
eyes," returned his wife, throwing her
arms around his neck.
my own checks The one gave to Boldr'
he cried, forgetting his caution in his sur
prise.
Eyes, but you mustn't be angry with Mr.
Bold, Charlie, interposed his wife, hurriedly
'He acted with my authority in order to give
you a little lesson. 1t was all a comedy ar
ranged between him and the other lawyer
with funny name"
"a comedyl screaming farce you mean, ~
said Capt. Ogilvie, satirically, though he was
secretly too much overjoyed at getting his
money back to feel resentment. so have
been the victim of q lawyers practical
jokel"
mo, it was all Maud's idea-Ataud Ponti-
fex, you know" said his wife, slyly.
"Ohi you know her, then" said the cap
tain, with a guilty start.
yes but don't ask me how much know
had heard of your f1irtations before Maud
wrote and proposed this little plan. You
seemed to have forgotten your poor wife, and
Maud was quite scandalized by what she
heard of your behavior"
"Who the deuce is Maud," inquired the
captain, more curious than apprehensive for
he read forgiveness and even rernorse i'll his
wife's eyes.
'Maud Why Maud is my cousin, only she
thought it would be fun Eotto reveal the rela-
tionship as you did not know her She and
my aunt could not come to our wedding be-
cause they were wintering at Nice But
wonder you didn't recognize the name. Don't
you remember they gave Us that pretty little
vase, Charlie. you old goose"
We'll, believe am, said Cue c. prain