The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-08

| better view the playmate of her child
hoods days Your hair never curled SO
before; and what a nice mustache you We
gotl | shouldn't have known you, Tom p
Nor said Tom, roguishly.
"And you've grown so tall declare,
Tom, you're splendid
81 could return the compliment, If
dared. But where are all the rest of the
family? The house below is as empty as
a haunted hall"
ALI gone to welcome that horrii, poky
old Professor La Place, who has gracious
ly indicated his willingness to pass few
weeks with US. Tom, do hate that pro-
fessor."
"Hate himl What for"
"Oh, don't know, Pm sure. He is q
snuff-dried, conceited old wretch, and
III wager box Of gloves he wears spec
taclesl"
Nonsense, Mary? Why, he is only
twenty-six"
Il don't care; know he is rheumatic
and wears spectacles, for all that. And,
Tom-now if you'll never, never, breathe
a word of this"
81 won't, upon my honorp said Tom.
well, then, papa has actually got the
idea into his dear old head that would
make nice wife for the professor, and
-
Mary turned away with crimson in
dignation flashing in her cheeks.
at is too bad of you to laugh, Tom
never, never will marry that manp
81 wouldn't if l were you," consoled
Tom. But, Mary, wait and see the
man before you decide. He may be quite
decent fellow"
moi" said Mary, shaking her head
and biting her cherry lips firmly. 81
hate him beforehand
What spiteful little puss you are ~
said her companion, laughing.
"No, Tom, Pm not" And the blue
eyes became misty. II love papa and
Ruth dearly, and love almost every.
body. like you, Tom, but 1 hate Pro-
lessor La Place. And | want you to
promise, Tom, that you'll be nv friend
and not allow him to tease me into walks,
or rides or tete-a-tetes of any kind. Will
your
Would he? If she had asked him to
precipitate himself out of the pear-tree
upon the steps below, with those eyes
fixed on his. he'd have done it; any man
of taste would.
81 promised" he said, and they shook
hands on it.
What a coy place for chat that
gnarled old tree was
And Mary sat there watching Cousin
Tom, how much he had changed in the
ten years that had elapsed since she had
met him, and she wondered whether Tom
was engaged to any pretty girl; somehow
she hoped not. Now, why couldn't Tom
have been rich, like that horrid Professor
La Place, instead of poor medical stu
dent, and
And when the large black eyes were
suddenly lifted to hers, Mary felt as
though he had read every thought in her
mind, and blushed scarlet.
"Come, Tom," she chartered, to hide
her confusion, "we've been here long
enough. Help me down and / will
show you the old sun-dial that we used to
heap with buttercups when we were
children"
A rumbling of wheels; it was the re-
turning OF the carriage, and Mary chung
to Toms arm.
"The awful professorp she whispered.
"Now, Cousin Tom, be sure you stand
by me through everything"
''ro my life's endl' was the whispered
answer.
But there was no one in the carriage
save Mr.. Thorne and Ruth.
1t drew up on the grand sweep beside
the two cousins.
"Where's the professor
He was not at the depot" said Ruth,
But Mr.. Thorne had sprung from the
carriage and clasped both the strangers
hands in his,
ia Place, is it possibleI Why, we
have just been looking for yon at Mill
Station"
II am sorry to have Inconvenience
you, sir" was the reply; but came by
the way of Wharton, and walked over
this morning"
"Never mind now, so you are safely
bere?' exclaimed the old gentleman.
Ruth, my dear-Mary, let me intro
duce you to your cousin, Professor La
Place!"
Mary had dropped his arm, and stood
dismayed.
You told me that you were Cousin
Tom"
THAT is my name, and / believe | am
distant cousin by relationship. Now,
Mary" and the black eyes sparkled,
"don't be angry because / don't take
snuff or wear spectacles. / beg the
other Cousin Toms pardon, whoever he
lie; but am very glad he isn't here.
Mary, be just, and don't hate Cousin
Tom because his other name happens to
be La Place."
But no doubt it was a very perplexing
thing to have two Cousin Toms; and so,
about six months subsequently, Miss
Mary contrived to obviate that inconven-
fence by allowing one of them to assume
q nearer relationship; and in spite of all
her assertions to the contrary, she is Mrs.
Professor La Place.
For it is a solumn fact in this world.
that whenever a girl says she never,
never will do thing, she is pretty sure
to do it the first chance she gets; and
Mary is no exception to the general rule.
Civilization Destroy ed by Stimulants
One of the strongest arguments against
the admission of the Chinese to equal
stafus with Amerieans Ia tho vida nrov.