The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-02-19

] pains. But through it all she made
not the smallest movement, nor ut
tered the slightest sound. At last the
work was done, and / arose and look
ed around me. The lamp still burned
brightly, and the little clock on the
mantel licked briskly. just as my eye
fell upon it 1t struck three with a pc
culiar, soft, far-off sound, like a dis
tant cathedral chime. / can not tell
why, but a kind of terror seized me.
| stared about me and listened, but
heardno sound save the ticking ofthe
clock. Then / realized where / was,
and a dozen fears suggested themselves
to me. Who was this woman?
| Was she married or single? Was this
a trick to entrap me? Had she taken
too large q quantity Of the drug, and
was she dead or dying2 / shook her
slightly, but her hand dropped limp
upon the bed. 1t was long past
midnight, and / was in an un-
familiar part of the city. Had she
a husband or brother who would
pounce upon me at any moment? II
she was dead, would / be held respon-
sible? | glanced at the silent form up
on the bed, and then, packing up my
tools, hurriedly left the house. The
next afternoon, while working In the
museum, | CHANGED to glance up and
my heart leaped to my mouth, for be-
fore me stood the lady of henight be-
fore, her great lustrious eyes gazing
down upon me. Calling me aside, she
commended my work, paid me gener-
ously, and disappeared. have eve
seen her since. Ladies often have the
initials or monographs of their lovers
placed upon their arms. Once / put
the words Dear Harry on a young
lady's arm. | had a curious case
once. A very pretty and stylish young
lady came here in a cab. She wanted
the initial 'P' in a fancy letter placed
upon the top of her shoulder. You
see,' she explained, p standsfor Paul,
the--the gentleman; whom III am to
marry. Idon't want it where it will
show, of course; but put it just where
the shoulder-band will cover it when
/ am in full dress. Make it blue shad.
ed with red She screamed a little
when the needle made the first prick,
but she soon discovered that the pain
vas insignificant, and the work vas
soon doneto her satisfaction.
"'How pleased he will be- she said,
when it was over; but he shan't see it
until after we are married, she added,
as she went out.
"a few months afterward a herdic
stopped at the door, and the same
lady alighted and entered. You see,'
she explained, with a very slight blush,
that the gentleman whose initial you
put on my shoulder doesn't-doesn't
come any more, and ] want it changed
Do you think-doyouthinky could
change it to a B?'
"Oh, yes said /; that can be done
very easily
"sYou see, this gentleman's name is
Bashford, and / thought you could
change it easily
$50 / changed the p to a B, andput
on a few fourishes, and she left. /
thought / had seen the last of her, I'M
til a few months ago she came again,
and blushed in earnest.
"tWell,' said / laughing, must /
change it again? What is his name
now?'
ellis name is Mortimer; and OIL
we are to be married next week, and
my dress and veil are all done, and |
am afraid of making HIM angry, forhe
knows nothing of the others. Do you
think you could change the b to an
Mp,
"'That would be impossible saidI 1;
| but / ear cover the letter over with
some other design, if you would like
that
emo, / shouldn't like that. 1t
wouldn't mean anything she said,
locking almost ready to cry. Then
suddenly she looked up and cried ont:
oh, / have it! ] just dote on Beeth-
oven, and so does he. I'll let the b
stand for Beethoven, andyou shall put
on the first two measures oil his sonata
in A minor. Won't that be nicer
"Seizing a pencil, she marked a staff
and a few notes of music on O scrapof
paper, and handed it to me. /
sketched on her shoulder a scroll,
bearing the initial b in the centre,
and then drew in the staff and notes
as she had indicated. IL was quite a
nice job, but she was We " patient, and
finally went away srr:iig, and hum
ming the air which ! hadtattooed on
her shoulder"
did you ever see her again?"
IA few days later | CHANGED to be in
the Boston and Albany depot, when
a lady and gentleman passed me, going
toward the train. She had the look
of a bride, and as they passed me she
gaveme O glance and hummed the air
that ! had scratched upon her shout.
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