The Mineral argus., 1885-04-23
A SWEET APOLOGY.

II wish you wouldn't fidgct so,
Harry. How do you expect we can
get the pictures arranged when you
jOggle the table in that outrageous
manner?"
"Well, I'm sure. Nell" answered
the accused. deprecatingly, ''it s
rather rough on fellow to be CON-
PEELED to sit the best part of an oven.
ing handing the paste pc: and sorting
fancy cards. Thought you had out.
grown that sort OF thing when you put
away your school books"
THAT shows all you know" was
the cOntemptuOus rejOinder. "As II
these albums were not all tho rage,
and Alice, SO good and thoughtful,
bringing all the newest and lOveliest
cards from Paris. Why, my dear boy
(this in triumphant tone,) my book
will be long way the most beautiful
one in town."
ayes. KNOW" muttered the young
man. with reprehensible lack of in.
terest. "But you promised to let me
row you across Silver Lake this even
ing. The moonlight nights are nearly
gone and we haven't settled anything
yet, Nellie"
Cant you talk before Alicea I'm
sure we needn't mind her."
Here !, being the Alice referred to.
position as ''paster.in-chief."
"No, no, Nell exclaimed.
''rm going to get some more PASTE"
answered.
"Why don't you use mucilagep"
queried Harry. in conciliatory tone,
resigning himself to the inevitable.
because We haven't any, and they
are out Of it at the statiOner's. so We
thought little homemade material
would do rs WE'LL"
ION, no. it won't" calculated
Harry. with alacrity. II wouldn't do
any more just now. 1t would be far
better to wait and finish your work
with the proper stuff. Come (this very
pleadingly). little row will do you
good and Miss Alice will perhaps Join
u.s." continued our hero, with suspi-
ciOus lack of warmth.
Gracefully declining the invitation.
watched the young lovers slowly
treading Miller's lane.
"About an hour had elapsed. and
was comfortably doing my hair pre-
paratory to seeking my dOwny couch.
when Nell rushed in my room with
blazing eyes and heightened color.
and flinging herself on q chair, ex-
claimed. "Harry and have had such
. row."
"Indeed."I replied. unmoved BY
statement whose recurrence could be
estimated as happening about once
every twenty-fOur hours.
EYES," said Nell, somewhat crushed
by my lack Of sympathy, land, Allie,
1t was all about miserable box of
bonbOns which Fred. Clarke. that
clever young lawyer, brought me from
the city. Harry said he wished /
would get over my childish love of
sweets, that 1t was ruinOus to the di.
gestion, to say nothing of my lovely
teeth. told him he only made my
lite an excuse, that the truth of the
matter was jealousy. jealousy about
poor Fred, and he needn't think be-
cause he had just taken his doctors
diploma that he could commence prac.
tice with me rs his first patient. Well
you can readily understand, dear. how
one word led to another, but when
Harry wound up In his cOnceited way
by declaring medicine to be q noble
profession and law dcspicable one,
tell you couldn't stand it. and in
formed His Highness that I would
never speak to him again unless he
made me an apology, and what do you
think? The wretch laughed and
walked of. saying: oh, certainly.
Miss Nicolls, I'll make a sweet apOl-
ogy," and with burst of tears sweet
Nell, who after all was little more
than a child, relapsed into despair on
q macrame tidy, thereby reducing the
red ribbons to irredecmablc dampncss.
/. with my five years seniority, hardly
knew what consolation would prove
most efiicacious in soothing indignant
seventeen.
1t was useless to indicate that it was
mere boy and girl spat about stick
of candy. or that it was quite proper
for an incipicnt physician to object to
an undue indulgence in sweets. or to
hint ut the ilattery which is always
conveyed by the demon of jealousy.
All these suggestions were received
with scorn, from the indisputable fact
that Harry had made himself disa-
1reeable .'frOm the first" Objcctirg to
the harmless amusement of "making