The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-28
trary. my thoughts have been wand
somewhat strangely
aTn what direction, may aski'

eagerly, what 10 You meane Dld you say
in miner
@when you asked me what suspicious day
this was, thought you were going to your
own wedding" she said.
The major stared harder than ever, and
his lower jaw dropped on to his satin stock
He took his new hat of, and brushed it the
wrong way with his coat sleeve, and then
put 1t carefully ON again
God bless my soul, what an extraordi-
nary thought, be said.
Not very extraordinary, surely
@Ihat any one should think-that you
should think-I was going. TO be married this
morning! Dear mel wish YOU were not
troubled with such silly ideas, Miss DAILY"
@Siilyn
81 would have preferred Your thinking |
was going to be hanged" he said, techily, as
he walked away in great haste
sCross old bachelor," said Miss DAILY. with
a pout, as she turned 10 her books; 'it is as
well, for the lady's sake, that you are not
going to be married, Maj. Crawshaw.
And certainly Maj Crawshaw was not
particularly amiable on his nephew's we'd
ding day. He scowled at the ministers
there were three divines to tie up young
Todd and his bride securely; he prompted
yeung Todd in his responses in an unpaces-
sarily high kew: abused the beadle on the
church stems for getting in his way and
tumbling over him, in undue haste TO par
tieipate in the general distribution of fees;
and at the wedding breakfast he was graver.
and primmer than befitted the occasion He
was very thoughtful, also, and made but q
clumsy spiutter,hg speech IN return ior some
one proposing 1ne pf,uesioo relatives,
ana sa' uo"h ois'u, oeN' IN '''i'p'' 'i'ei "'fo
AT MS own ih'seiaoi7 iaiiuie
i was never 80 eiiparrasseu III my me
never SARAH ne Stil'' 70 MS SISTER, VINO was
at MS slde III purple NeNe" hae leiiow
ought 10 nave peeh sno' ior Juggling III sueh
a toast hiaicuious!
uohs 'hihN you 'ue qu,.e Wen 'his
morning. ieii''' Aeu Do"dsel "'s ioo''
"as never 81 wen IN ~. me
lou seem a niue ou' Oh sor's 10 me
aoh h'io" "haV you h'eai'' sfo"led
NE MAJOR ou' I'm III sot'S-heapS OF
Them
An! well we nave You TO thank Tor all
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"Sae never meant anythinG Of the sort"
John, how do yal know" exclaimed his
sister; "how can you tell''
"She was worth half dozen Of your cub, ="
he cried. "Sbe would not have looked at
hin-she would not have had him for twen-
~ times his money. There is nothing like
design about Miss DAILY
Il cannot understand how vou-r began
his sister. when he snappei off her connect
IRE half way.
~Nobody saws Won do understand, don't
try" he cried. "Miss DAILY is lady, and n
friend of mine, and I'm not going to sit
here and hear her abused. Il is not likely"
a friend of yours, John! Did YOU say a
friendn
uyaS Jd;5 COW trend,
aRIass me, von tpoyy bar tbara II bon,
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aEar TO- eId 70 Ia tb;nl;n,r Of vo,r own
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| mi ali .t,, la,ra-i.s f,o,tir- AWAY iron, bsr
and her children
| aMucb Won know about that
| They wore the majors last word, that
| ,ftarnoop and tbev ornrassal and disco,-
| fitted Mrs Todd very sarious,v She remo,r.
| lare1 tbar, too. tbnv roso ,iyi5Iv bafo-,
| bsr .e-.i, fa,v ,,orti,s ,ftcr,,orI and sbe
| ccu1J only SIGH and s,v 81 ,honcb. A.
much y .ddi,,, !, r,or,e,te moro tittar tt,t
| there was no trustin,, any man"
| Mai Crawshaw dinad at the International
! that evening He wont straight 10 tha In.
terpatjopal in fact desrita his bad tamr,ar
and his bad arpetite after heavy luncheon
| He saw Miss Dalv after dinner that even
Inc He strolled into the counting hguse
| and told her all The news. hut she did no,
appear TO be Greatly intaresteI and even an.
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