Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-20

Spraug, ana presently iVtNi nv" :"
rayed in his Edinburg great coat, and
leisurely paffing newly-hghted
cigar.
A GOOD observer would have noted
an hour before that the weather was
likely to clear. There WA, pale
yellow streak in the north, and ten
dencv to lift and take flight on the
mart of the clouds These signs we're
al the bottom of Miss Shepherds ven
ture. but Mr.. Manchester precept-
ions had been too long dulled by his
naive smokes for him to have detect
ed the imminent change.
Consequently he was greatly as
tonished wi en-, upon stepping along
the veranda and spreading his UNI
brella. he found the rain had entirely
ceased. AS his friends well knew,
foremost among the things he hated
there was "A long list of foremosts-
was an umbrella. So, on finding he
did not need one, he recklesely
set his down in the hall and saunter-
ed on.
He did not directly follow Miss
Shepherds route, but struck off into
street that was sure to Intercept her.
After much readjusting of hat and
coat he finally settled down TO genu-
inc hard work ia meeting and resist
ing the wind. .
1t was gusty gale. 1t smelt of
the whitecaps that were tearing
the shore, and of the Norway pines,
black with wet, but unrumpled, that
clothed the land.
He gave up his cigar at once as
impracticable and flung it away. He
was in sight Of his will o'-the-wisp,
for she, not Offering as great bulk
of resistance as himself had got on
famously against the opposing force.
She had shut her umbrella, but as
she could not keep her gossamer with
in any decorous limits she looked very
much like PEDESTRIAN balloon, and
Manchester laughed to himself at the
way the elements dared to trlfle with
her grace. A little refrain burst out
IN his head.
should call her-I should name her
Hamadryad OF the --Caouch0uc!
1t was inglorious as to rhyme or
measure, but utilitarian as to quality,
as behtted a commercial man.
Now he put forth his mascle. He
left off wAlking-he strobe. She was
Tapping along the beach in advance
with streaming blue veil out for q
pennon. But she did keep her feet ad-
mirably. Diana couldn't have done
better if she had been forced into pet
ticoats.
Still he gained upon her sensibly.
He found superintendent zest in some
thing. Ozone2 Lung expansions Or
was it the tantalizing. never.twice-
alike woman who eluded while she led
The woman with less common sense
than any he had ever known"
Zest there was, at any rate, that
brought ruddy color to his face and
cleared away the discomfort of the
morning from his spirits.
lie had quite overtaken her before
she knew of the pursuit.
Let me carry that umbrella" he
said, without preface.
IF you please--it holds several
pounds of water, and | am tired OF
| it."
81 did not start till the rain was
| over'--an accent Of self-righteous
complacence on the personal pro
noun.
IL was out just in time for the final
dash, " and she delivered over to him
her water-soaked burden.
He shook it out, refolded it, twisted
it isto as close compass as possible,
buttoned it, and then used it as a
cane.
rs this the way to Board Of Trade
Glen2" she asked, with mischievous
glance.
"Quite the opposite-entirely OPP
poste But-shdH we go therel' halt
ing and half eager to carry out his
first pIrpose
30 no. think ! prefer the open
beach. 1t would be like "A stroll under
a sprinkler to walk in the woods
now
How is the headache, Miss Shep-
herd}' moving along gravely after
this rebuff.
A sudden expression swept over her
face that looked to him Ike guilt. He
directly felt suspicion, half angry,
half helpless, that he had been pat
of all day from seeing her by mere
hackneyed plea-a sort Of feminine
professional escape.
Before he could answer, ne added
80, it has served its purpose, proba-
bly,, and died, like any other ephe-
mera
To have him Grabbed usually anus.
ed Miss Shepherd; to have him ironi.
cal froze herIsto indifference; but this
direct assumption that she had been
shamming gave her an unwonted
sense of pain.
The truth was she had walked in
the morning with the headache and
had sent him a message to that effect
when he had desired to see her at an
unreasonably early hour. But it had
passed off, and she had quite forgot
ten that it ever had been.
DO you think a headache part OF
my stock in trader she asked with
high color
"Oh, no; forgive me; Of course !
don't. If | did think thaC it would bt
to class YOU with all other women il
that partiruIar And in M Dartirula,