The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-21


srr-r. man sIrisI up hi> IONS, antpnt
fag,h tho strength which hal hIthrr - lam
dormant. MANY years before h hal -
-ua IN write a book. WhIch he hal
not tn energy 10 finish, h. Gow took 1t
I'D ain. and worked az II day AMI night
Fame and fortune opened opened out teforc
him: ussleSs before, they had now lecoms
priccless, for did they not Lad ts-kow the
blood coursed IN his veins at fhs thought -
Eulalie
The eat-thst subtle bond Of union b.
tween him and her-hsd grown quite
friendly As he wrote she often sat on tha
shou'derei sholar bending over lis dess,
his sal,ow face flushed with his exertIons,
and his dull eyes frightening as his pen
raced over the paper.
But about this time dreadful uneaSineSs
-eizel upon him He had not seen Eulalie
for a fortnight When thu fortni hit grew
into month, and tha month mtn two. lie
be,ame ~ alarnsd h. could work NJ
longer.
At length, in despair, h. again catarei the
shop where he had ,kei h. rane ho
had sem her there many times since Tho
came dapper assistant was arranging SioSos
In loN and the whoie sene was 50 exa tly
the same that Bond paIsti in tewilIer-
lnent, half-inclinel TO think tho past few
months had been dream Advancing 10
the counter he Stamulersl out:
Have you seen her lately The lady!
" hat are yo. staring at. You know WHO
m2an
SOFA hrg" exclaimi the assistant, with
fash Of remrm!ranrr TIL lady oh
an that's good io.c." H. emici with IA
most oh ,ectionatl' laugh
"A gool joief' said Boni ahsrntly. Il
don't undcr>tan YOU
YOU read tie papT,, | suploi', sir
Il don't Speak plainly, nah
Thu lady h. srinn,pl ~ he slpikc-"has
just been tried for obtaining gouls IN false
pretences'
You liz, you cur sllont Il Bonl Quick
As lightning hi, eIinehel fist shot across the
counter AMI ilatt ne the atoni,lcl youth
against the shelves behind
A crowi collected in a m ,neat Drunk, "
said one, Mad. said another, and tho~
lehind began to press forward, AMI those in
front to sheer away In truth, this gannt
,reaturc with tn flaming eyes lookei VIC
lent enough for anything Amid general
clam'r for tho police, the proprietor of the
shop fortunately appeared on the scene Ito
was NOT gong To have fuss made there. hs
said. 80 Bond was hustled into the s.trnt
He tdrnei when he ct clear of tn, crowd
"Triel, plor thing no shouted ba k.
"lIui she was acquitted swear she wa,
arquitt.l'
she was guilty, though. erie the assist
ant, yciously shaking his fist from tho
doorway.
Shut up you IDIOT" cricl the propri-
tor. And shaking the youth by Tho sholl.
dcrs, he pushed him back into tho shop
Bond scarcely knew how be got back t,
his rooms His pile of manuscript lay on
I'll" lc the cat sat purring before tho
fir, everything was precisely rs h. had lft
it. But oh, how different it all SCENE / lie
dropped into chair, and tho veins stool
out in hiN palo forehead, and his hands
worked convulsively. Eulalio in fclon's
dock Gould men b. so mai, 50 cruel, 50 I'M.
just! II was imposdl L.
tine solitary idea now took possession of
hlm-to find Eulalie, though with what
object he dill not dotermiuc BY strange
chance bo mot her in tho street next day
met and scarcely recognized her. MovlnI
swiftly and stlalthily along, as il she
feared ~ b. sen, with her hair in disorder
her facs no longer touched by that art u
which it hal largely owed its beauty, and
her dress old and slovcnly, sho was indeed
dreadfu!ly chang 1t. Bond started lac,
when he saw her, his Inc, deadly white; he
pressed his hands ~ his hart, il gave such
q painful throb, ho coull scarcely believe
his own eyes.
His earnest gaze seemed TO lscompost
her, for she droppcla ia'lci old umbrella
in the mud, VIII r6upon he rushed forward
picked it up, ami handed 1t to her. Shr
took it without word Of thanks, a scowl
being all she gave him. Then she hurried
away, leaving him in panied bcwl'l"rmcnt
"A bad un, sir, said n policeman who
had been watching this littlo s'enn "A res
ular bad UNI lIo winkcd in the direction
Of the rctrc1ting woman
But Bond was already ont of car.shot,
hurrying after her in obedience to all irrcslst
ihlc impulse to offer her all he had, ycarn
ing to tell his love and acquire tho right 70
protect hor Though his ideal was little
more than II memory, the woman remained
and, in his cyel, she was still beautiful
But though he divcd down ono obscure
street after another he could not find her
And at length, murmuring to himself, "Ah
yes. her smile was very sweet he YEARLY
dragged himself back to his lodgings
Once again, and for the last time, he saw
her. It was on the following afternoon II,
was sitting at thu open window, absently
caressing the sat upon her lap, when shr
happened 81 ,a4s by on tn opposite side OF
the street Looking up at the window shc
suddenly stoppc and stared Before he ha
recovered from hi, surprise she street
out her arms and cried:
"Oh, my russc. Nell, Ncll, como to me.
TIL cat sprang through the window and
cross, the street in l,ss thnc th,n it takes
10 vritc the vorl, There could scarcely
be ,.pu1t about tho ownership. The AM
nal, with ar. hnl hack and Strengthened
tail was ,lelighteil rubbing itself against
her shabby drts', AMI she was benling
down. talkin., 10 1t As 1t were her chill
Bond was not slow to grasp the situation
He rose hastily toeyplan the circumstance.
under which he hal bought the cat from 4
lat, whom he had believed to be the ri ,htfu
owner He was II mblins in every limb
for hal not his opportunity come at last
a. some one la, sad II always will come t.
TIE man vino waits Numbering Down th,
stairs, he Whispered to himself gwen th'
at lDyes her and she byes it | knew she
wa, cool AMI pure and lovely
i must npolpsizc, b. Logan advancing
lwkwsrlly Miss Miss
Mrs 1iayers.n she said, rather def
antly