Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-04

almost the victim o Tony Harto,'s adm IA.
ton; tnat sue was q lite .s ev~l,.en.l,; i.-
ten'eiv revived Wien he time came for her
to dance With him. Not ben, u rart.cu.
larry CO crlt d man he never suspect d for
a II om'nl that he. o. ali men on .ne face OF
this wide earth. occupied tie place VIII, Gu 10
hal always teiieveI to De filled b. Lucy.
80 'h'nk you are Urea ing her La.i. w he
said, when i..ey were smoking u pipe to.
get er after it was all over.
"B mly-If' echoed L,icy, in establishment.
"NelI, lie haps MT b any. bu. in a harl.
in'onsldera.e S!nd of wuy-never gcin:
near re-. Or asking her to dance, or any
thing. Al girls Ike a little alteAelon at an
affair like tbs"
I'D d ask ,.er." L,cv returnel. sAnd size
-we"-no; pwrec. saly wrefu>el M, tut she
told m sh hal on y one leit-the last; and
then, she ;diei, sue diun't think they would
bes yins so late. o. Course l thanked her
aud cane away"
And iiun'i lake i'll"
"Oh, no; what was the gocdi I-er-took
the hint instead, !" with q mlsera lie ATTEMPT
at inuifre e:.ce.
H~rrSnes. shook his head solemnly.
"Po r lit ! &. soul! Sac m snt We look %
bored as sac did Al tl.n.s. You sh,u.d hay.
s'.sed her early in The evening, AM not ia =
LET her al'ne till an ass like D'Albiac, or .
humptious idiot ike Carnegie had bad a
cfan"e Of boring her into giving them
Dances"
sIf sho had sDantcd to give mo ono. she
wonl Lave kept some" Lucy persisted.
u lin wv she hal me vacant at supper
time-,hc fourteenth" Hardness asserted.
"O,, v =. I know; bu. I was engaged to
Ii ly Mawry Tor hit, and l couldn't posi-
IL. 'hwrow Lady Mawry over"
'Oh, We !. If she k Mt one, You couldn't
really. unde' he circumstance , exrect more
than That. How feariuliy hot the ballroom
WIS. N yer danced in such a hot room in
all nv life. Positively, once or twic, I
Thought my tunfc mu; t have c!oked me-"
"Yes; it was vewrv hot" Lucy agreed.
"What an ass D A biac islr Harknes, went
on, CHI ertuliv. ut aIwav> seem to ma such
a piece of n esumnt:on-not 10 say CON
founded imruiance-for a fellow who danes
what he ca l. ',.eux.temps. and looks like a
SAUSAGE caperiny about by electricity, or a
marionette, or something Of that kind, to
go t king I'M the waltz 8 Of the be-, part
ners in the room. l SID Miss Weviand
what she thought Of him She Omitted
that she did not consider him exactly .
cheerful sort OF fellow
by the by, what did you talk aboutf
sal I.
"'oh. sail the room wa. full she an.
swerel.
"'And thenT I asked.
81 sa it was warm she told me-.
"'Ani the
"'Oi. thew: oh. I fell back o, tho the.
aires. and asked him il he'd seen Mime.
Tussaudhs l,,elv.'
"By J"ve" Hardness continued, with a
laugn. Anime. Tus>au = must nave heen
qni 9 a go lsend. It's my orini n oil DIAL
biac will be having a fit, or an attack OF
paralysis, b. fore long. He's left ,oo much
TO 20 his own wav si"ce Bootl 3 |. It the
eelmen Bottles u.ei to act uron him
like n mustard ,ouliice on all IL q ,mma-
tlon-on lie counte--lrritant principle, you
know"
aYes." returned Lu y. nbsent!y.
swell. I'm g"in 10 'urn in now. Good
nigh', old fellow; o.. rather. good morning,
TO" it is only q ql"rt"r 20 six"
"Good nich,." sal Lucy.
Astnat moment o. We w yland was Just
getting in'" her pretty, Viii e-cnrtnincd
bed. So bissfuly happy that slice, SCENE,
miles away from ner. She never t"iel ever.
TO clio e her ev"s, hut lay wild awake durin.
the res. o. til. night. hink.n = o rr it al
How gentle aud t. nler AMI con idera,e b
ha BEEN! H w big md brave an homes
he WIS! Porr Olive! If she had ONLY
known he truth, thar Hnkne:s had but
locke af Q" hr b clrse Llcy wns the
friend o! nj he ,rt, and lie hop,d one day to
81. her Lucy vii"