Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-29

er corner and appeared buried in
Pleasant enough, doubt r
ess, for eyer and anon q quiet smile
made the dimples come and go in her
air, white cheeks. She drew on her
lat, smoothing back her "wavy tress-
with q small, delicate and very
white hand. 9
"Pardon me, Madam, but perhaps
you find that draught too much; l y
shall be most happy to change seats f
with you, if you do not mind riding q
backwards" j
"Thank you, very much," she re- {
piled, looking up and revealing a
pair of the merriest laughing blue /.
eyes that ever. won a heart. "You
are very kind; but this breeze is de-
licious. ! am so warm aftsr. my hur-
ried walk; indeed, it was a run"
"But are you not afraid of taking
colds Shall l not partially close the
window?"
mo, thank you. i don't mind it
at all, and we shall soon be in New
castle. / was foolish not to have ia
ken more time. But l must be home
by FIVE; I had to catch this train,
even though l was obliged to enter
this compartment with rather more
haste than dignity"
"And would he," ventured Algy,
"would he be so very, very angry,
if you had not come until the next
trainf"
"Oh, no, indeed" this with q quiz
ct, silyery laugh. that just showed
two rows Of even, white teeth; che Is
never angry with me-
81 suppose he loves you too much
. even to be angry with you, and you
love him too much even to give him
, an occasion for anger"
"Well, OF course, Hove him. Blu
1 am SO young and frivolous, and 81
- fond of q quiet good time that doubt
less I do give him plenty of reaso1
for being provoked with me, if b
. were not such a dear, good old nan
"Your husband is older than yor
:, then4"
"Ever so much-ages, almost-an
as good as he is old. He was m
fathers dearest friend"
"Then you're a sort of an old mar
u darling, Ell? Don't you find it rat
er irksome!"
mot now. At first it was a hit
bit so, but now he lets me 60 on ju
o. as l like. There are times it is tru
w when / miss that ineffable somethii
u that comes only to two natures pc
u fectly in harmony one to the othe'
There was a dewiness about tho
oo wondrous blue eyes, that caused
strange shrill in Algy's hitherto &C
fa mainline heart. A culver of those d
iu- ,cately cut lips-a sigh, inexpre
IDLY longing. Algy, Algy!
'er "Why longer suffer this thraldo
'ne them Shake off these hateful fette
81 these close binding bandages
wealth and age; let me be to you
% that be cannot. Nay, hear me.
~ love you! 1 adore you! Fly v
me and IN other lands l will devo'
was life-yet young and full of love-
lere giving you that happiness for VIII
ZOE. your soul yearns and he can
MI grant. Oh, say you will be min
Tue "Sir! This is unseemly. Al
We are at the station. Though I
oot serve this treatment for having
'peo warrantably assumed that you we
5s- gentleman, 1 wish you to underst'
wing sir, that I am a true and faithful
o"e, mans darling"
q She left the compartment, an
,esti- -, ;,s,o,+ voa ,ost in The crow
1901 passengers, leaving poor Algy SO
sea alyzed with the look of mingled s
10 D. and mirth she bestowed upon
with her parting shot, that he c
the hardly summon strength to rise
llarly the kneeling position into whie
to had thrown himself in the ferv
and his pleading.
aw a Like one dazed, Algy left the
occu- trail Station, and walked-he
the not whihef. He did not feel j.
oking the mood for going to the club,
anted strolled. aimlessly about for
Igghts; hour, and then started for ]
les OF thoroughly heart-sick and sore.
sually he was thirsty, too. He harper
Iot be remember that he HAD had ne
cation but one B. and S. all day long
as this thought occurred to hin
as he was in front of the Crow
gate tel, he turned in, entered the br
the bar-room, and there-laughin'
: shut low, quiet laugh, her eyes bri
excla- her teeth winter, her hair tt
than ever, serving B. and SIS
,d-bye. the bar, as she related to the
ye." of admiring young swells no
ahmed had been mistaken that aftern'
ed off, a young married lady, uni
almost welded, was poor Agy's "Old
Algy darling"
VIII 81 Don't Feel Like Work.
9 lady, 1t maks no difference what
arp run ness YOU are engaged IN; v
|vou are q preacher, a merch