Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26

sell to do the deed, and got as far as her
desk. and blurted cut:
miss Moan, are you engaged?"
She raised her beautiful eyes and
transfiN,d m.
mo, I'm not" she sad, blush:np
rosy-rcd. och, Colonel, l think you're
awful"
He hadn't strength enough to correct
her misunderstanding, and she spread
the report, in her confidential way. thu;
ne had been on the point of 4 declara-
ton. This reached the ears of his fame.
the daughter of a wcaltv mine owner of
the district, and she dropped him note
TO the effect that they would hereafter
meet as strangers.
Two dreadful months slipped hy
Ricd had SINK into a state of hopeless
despair, and every day the EctipSe called
the public to witness that something
should be done. or he might do violence
to himself or others, and simply pointed
TO the Ncas to corroboratc is state
ments. This evidence was generally
regarded as conclusive.
Meantime another trouble had arisen.
All of the employees of the Office had,
a Il matter of cou Sc, fallen Violently in
love with the lady reporter. and this be-
got a GOODNESS ard misiruSt among
/ them which eliminated IN the prc5~man
+ smuggling the city editor with an ink-ro!-
t lar. and the book-kecper declaring that
he would work no longer in the same
office with % depravcd = wretch "a the
! foreman. Then they resigned in Il
| lody, and their pla 'cs had to be filed
! by migratory and irresponsible chara =
| tiers, who would Get drunk ut uncNprct-
/ ci times, ovcrrlraw thor salary and then
! gcntly and almost impcrccptluly fade
/ away.
/ The Nc,c; had long since ceased TO
! pay expenses; enormous paper and ink
( bills accumulated, and Ricd began to
I seriously me litate fl ght. One after
noon, white sitting in his deserted
counting room, he happened to ser that
/ the display advertisement of Golden
! berg, the cloth cr. was running longer
/ than tie con;rac: time, and. as hardy
anvbp.!y advert St then, il hadn't bcc>i
noticed Icinre: 50 he turned to TIE
speaking tube, and yelled up to the
+ foreman:
/ ..-av. Charley. kill Goldcnberg to-
day. He ought to have been dead last
! week.
Miss Nolan listened appalled,. and
tn II slipping on her dpiman ran over
/ to the store AID confid ntially told her
! best young man that nicd and his fore
man were making it up to murder Mr.
| Gold. nberr. lie felt it hi, dutv to tell
the old man, who lost no time in get
! ting oiit Il warrant for both Of them TO
bind them over to keep TIE rcace.
! Nearly all of Dolores was in the court
| room, and when Miss Nolan WAS placed
on TIL. witness stand she told her : oI.y
in such Il simple. rlighttOrward, ch Id
ish way that It carried conviction, 1t
least liicd', convict on. with it.
"lts a satanic lie roarcd the
Colonel. " hen h. was sworn, forgetting
his molesty and everything else in his
desperation. - hat wretch has fal en-
upon mo like n biz hit and ma;le Il hide
oIs. barr n desert of my lie. l printed
four thousand papers b fore | saw her,
and now the Nc'rS has scarcely more
circulation than = last year corpse in
! the cold and silent tomb He paused
! for breath, while the court fined him
| ity dollars for contempt. and then
! went on: "Shc has branded M as 4
maniac, stamrci M as 4 drivcling
| idiot; my friends avoid me, and seldom
or never offer to snake me Tor the bee.
| AS TO this las, mon,trot;s falschooj. the
remark Size referred II concerned an ai-
| vc!tiscncnt. your honor, 4 plain, un-
warn ;shc.l di-pia; advert Scment, and
| was corchcd in a tc unhealthy aS inno-
cen. of bloods!icd rs the flowers of
Nay.'
Tho fnrornan sad he d-dp't o,-e~.
ne cared t. say an.thing. He also re-
marked that he was no! Il hog. and had
Il faint glimmering idea when he had
enough.
Is TIA, all the 'cfcnse YOU have TO
offer? inquired the Judge.
1t is, sir ca~prd the Colonel.
"Thcn, sir, tie Court finds youI
s:or. PREF rostc ors. and binds Oh over
in the sum of 5000 to preserve the
peace and dignity of the State of Co.or:,-
do
Then came an awful crash in Ricd's
affairs. C,ed.torS swonpcd down like
rOTmorant=. aud tie Ncrs' outfit was
Il spnscd of pc c:rcal to the cob offices
| ny tLe Sheriff. The Colonel tore I. ;
| hair, and. for n time, was dcncutrd in
cvrnest. He had lucid intervals, However.
and in one of them gave bond and II, d
| between two suns.
Nearly a V a. aft l. | met him in Den
yer. 1t was most unexpected He
| looked old and sccdv, and his coat was
| pinned in several places where the but
tons had gwen way; still he seemed to
| De living Il life of glorious ease. We
talked Tor upward OF an hour on old
times, and then he excused himself.
| saving that his wife would be expecting
| him home.
..Your wife, l exclaimed, in aston
| iShmcnt.
Yes" he said, composedly; don't
YOU remember her-nre Nolan. The
fact is he dropped his Vol e lower,
"shc is working for society paper here.
and supporting us both
He started away, and then turned
round and cried ont in n hAarse, wild cX-
ultation: "Revcn9e. me boy. revenge!'
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