The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
AN EXPLANATION.
A Young Man Who Pound . Club
 Among the Roses.

Among the Roses.
 A sensation vas created when young Mir. poddleton vas found lying on the street with hole in that bulging part of his head which arises in dignity and su- preme intelligence above his eyebrows. The town paper. sharp oi insight and vivid oi imagination. contained the fol- lowing:
 |, is our sad duty to chronicle tha, last Thursday morning. lus, when our earliest risers were alive. cur highly re- spcc.ed and able ,ownsman, Anthony Poddleton. was found on the street in helpless cor di,ion. Mir poddleton is a man of sobrie,y, of sober worth. and the fac, that he was found in such a condi- tion, led at once to the belief that foul hands had dealt with him. Blood oose d from an incision In his forehead a Id his general weakness and inability 10 ae- coan, for his injury, leads h.s friends to Aa& eOnAhA1thG ONhtEt th&s uG W8n &8yt&AA IL is well known that he is the secretary of the mutual athletic association. and tha, he nigh, have sesenty-hve or eighty cents on his person. but why thirty five cents should have been left in his yes, poeke, is something which the shrewdest detective does moi understand"
 The cause of the young mans mishap IS easily understood to one man who does no, care to become publicly idsn,ihed with the sensation.
 Some time ago, young Mir roddleton. clerk in Maxon's bakery, met M,ss Pauline Morris. daughter ofthe man who built the city oulveus. He knew A, once that without her he ~ould always be mis- erable, bu, at the same time he knew that her father, proud and naughty mn would nc, consent 10 union. Up to date fAin, hear, has been very tigrag in the winning of far lady, so the sensible young man decided to consult not the man whose heart was surrounded by the peiioard,um Of sheet flint, determined to win her on the free election plan. She was not hard io win. She put her soft arms around his neck and said, "I am yours, regardless of the previous condition of which we hear so mueh.'
 An, springt,me oi love and joy for h,rr 1oa s.E h.. .xp1nut,sat, aaA withou, the suggestion of doubt. She would listen not 10 the vol, o. her father, but would mee, him where he would
 The night before the new spaper tragedy. Jusl recorded above. she agreed to meet hm al the fence where the rose bushes leaned over and whi.pered in pesfimed siler oe and ~te cite nervous lilac mu mured in d,sapproval ot A stronger soloe than the sof, whisper of redoienoe which S born of spring,ime purity and the ripening of glonsed buds.
 You will always love me- she sad.
 Yes, al~ays." sad the liar in a whis- per, which he believed to be truthful breath, until the sunsets cease to be red"
 Bu; they may ce..e to be'red a, any moment" she replied.
 No" said he, drawing himself ap ~i,h the jerk Of knowledge. The scientists marvel a, red sunseta did so last year. and have begun 10 do so now, but tn truth sunsets have alway been red. Whea was boy 1 sas that sunsets were red p My love is m advance of the scientists" she said. "O Of course you know. bu, the men who devote their lives to the sub,ec, do not, Will you always love me.7
 Will the sun always shine 7"
 Let as think SO Let us think ina, ii has always been bright, tha. love in years long gone is the same as the love that nos lives in golden glow. My father does no, like you. This I n, frankiy. He would rather that 1 you'd marry some man sho can spii on his hands and hop over . river bottom cioa--"
 {. But show me the ciod- can hop over itr
 You do not understand. mean that he would welcome man whose business ii is to leap over a olod. He does not think you have any sense-r
 Foolish man. said the lover
 Fooli&h mar, of course he is. All fzthers are foolish. had more sense-