Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

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%, tell me. Mr.. Castor. that you are not
Fisf, the poodle, growled d~iscontentedly
under the bed, as il to say: mo sucn iucA io'
the dogs" .,.o,,r.
agement to live"
S1,m sure I don't know what you mean,
Mr.. Castor. OF course we all want you 70
live. Why notT ,..s 4,;.
an the book that you hold there" said tins
scamp. ait is said that the price Of a good "o-
man Is above that of rubies. Now, I've no
PRECIOUS stones: but q woman can give away
| herself free gratis, you know, just as ! gave
mysslf away in love at first sight to you: -,
SYou shouldn't talk SO. It is very wicked"
$50 it isl growled the poodle in assent:
He still held her hand. She didn't Ike 70
snatch it from q poor dying fellow creature
yet.
"There is something said about the sweet
ness of the lips, too" he remarked ardentiy.
II should like to try them-in a dying way
only, you know"
This time she did snatch her hands away.
avon wicked mani" she cried; u don't like
Won one little bit. Why didn't you stop IN
the seal"
Castor watched her hasty exit from the
room disconnected.
Meanwhile Miss Wizard was conversing
with Pollux in the corridor.
"Do you read Froissart," she asked, lin the
black letter."
"You see we have so much blackboard now
Il mean musketry," he explained-"tbat we
nave no leisure"
"Ah! why don't they have tournaments and
queens of beauty now, as OF old, n your
noble professional"
"Ah! why indeed" murmured that art1ul
scamp, sinking or one knee.
So, when Lily ran out Of the room it was
to see Mr.. Pollux On his knee and holding her
duenna's hand, while he gazed up into that
ladv's face with a well-affected air OF
knightly devotion.
"This house is bewitched, /" she said, running
away.
aWhat must she think of me" said Miss
Wizard, abashed.
"What indeed!" said Pollux. "Stayl" con-
tinued the rogue, with an eye to further en-
tertainment. "Say to Mr.. Landon that so
long as there is such an irresistible attraction
in the house as yourself, we cannot, we can
not positively keep away from it."
Now, Miss Wizard was very fat, and, more
over, wore a wig; yet, such is female credul-
ity, she was willing to believe him at once.
$50 chivalrous!" she .murmured, on her
way to Mr.. Landon's sanctum down stairs.
"He is a noble young man-so tenderT
"Whoq" asked Mr.. Landon grimly, from
his chair.
aMr. Pollux. You must ask him to din
ner."
II won't They are after that silly girl Of
mine"
~He! he! he!" giggled Miss Wizard. II
could tell you a tale, but I must not-not yet.
OF one thing be assured, that Lily is not the
attraction"
sPerhaps it is Bridget, the cook, then. But
this I am certain, that out they 60 from this
house as soon as that boy in my bed can be
moved"
"Oh, gracious! What's thisa Here's a SOL
der in a red coat at the door," exclaimed
Miss Wizard of a sudden.
. And a soldier it was-an orderly in pursuit
of the young men. Miss Wizard almost
tainted when she heard that the Royal Bonn
bardiers were ordered on service to South
Africa Immediately, and that the colonel
had been sending messengers in search of
them all the morning. line erect on tne
drowned was remarkable. He jumped out
of bed and clothed himself in a moment. So
did his friend.
Miss Lily wept silently.
"As I'll never probably see you again, I'll
say good-by," said Mr.. Landon quietly.
Miss Wizard regarded Pollux with mex
pressible tenderness.
ut is like going to the Crusades," she MUIR
INJURED.
As for poor Lily, she could only return the
squeeze of her lovers hand-no more.
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At Majuba hill there are two graves side
by side, in which Pollux and Castor, un-
divided in death, sleep well. I wonder if
Lady Longworth ever thinks of them in the
whirl of London societys She is a great lady !
now, and her eyes are as much admired as
her diamonds.-London Graphic. I