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sham went to 500, as he thought he had
been hidden. Here he sent in the card
MIR. GEOPGE CLIPsHAM, INTRODUCED
ny DR.. JONES'


ny Dr.. JONES"
After amoments delay he was admit
ted, and very charming lady came for
ward to meet him. Clipsham bowed, and
and, and a very kind to he so informal
and to permit him to be, but he was II
traveller, and had one night in Chicago
and then he was presented to Elinor, and
think the whole thing was pretty much
finished then, as far as he was concerned,
and so would you, if you knew Elinor
Clipsham as well as do. Then there was
little inquiry about DR.. Jones. But that
did not come out very we'll In the first
place, Clipsham did not hear very well
In the second place, he was good deal
preoccupied with Elinor. In the third
place, the DR.. Jones he was talking about
was the leading physician of Tamworth,
and the DR.. Jones the lady was asking
about was the Rev. Dr. Jones, president
OF the theological seminary in New Berea
But she was well bred ; she saw there was
some mistake and she let it pass.
very pleasant evening Clipsham had
1t proved that he heard Miss Elinor much
better than he had heard anybody for a
fortnight. The journey had been of use
already. Then they fell to singing duets
even on this slight acquaintance. She
plays charming accompaniment, and he
sings admirably, when he has no cold
his voice was all wrong. Then, when her
father came, it proved that they were all
going to Colorado Springs, on the next
day but one, and so 1t was very easy for
| Clipsham to make up his mind that he had
business which would keep him over day
in Chicago. Although he did not tell
them so, he made his resolution to stay
before he left the house.
When he had gone away Elnor's moth
er said that she pitied him because he had
snch horrid cold But, mamma" said
Elinor, did you ever know Il cold make a
calling you Mrs. Day"
Airs. May had not observed this. But it
was even so. AS for Clipsham, when he
| met them at the train, and took his seat
with them in the same Pullman, he was
no such fool but he could see that all their
seats in the car were taken for Mrs May,
Mr.. May and Miss May. But then he
supposed the p p. c. man had written
this wrong. When, however, the names
which they mad themselves put on the
books with which they travelled, proved
to be May, Clipsham gave up his convic-
ton that he knew their names better than
they did. AS he went on, indeed, he be-
gan to be wondering whether he could
not persuade Miss Elinor to change hers.
He was very soon on that plane of CONVEX
sation when he called her Miss Elinor."
Yes, Pullman is a very nice place when
the company is good. They sang in the
twilight, for Clipsham's voice improved
very fast, and his hearing gained so that
he could hear Miss Elinor, even when she
spoke in very low tones, of experiences of
hers which she would not care to have
that Russian merchant hear, who was on
his way to Alaska. The Pullman people
had not then advanced so far as to have a
grand piano in the car between the saloon
and the smoking-room. But these two
people found that they could sing without
any accompaniment. Al the station Clip
sham always managed to bring in some
thing-if there were no flowers, there
were queer crullers, or if there were nc
crullers, there were fossils. Sometimes
there was half an hours detention, and
then he and Miss May would have a good
brisk constitutional walk together
Now Clipsham had mining interests in
Colorado, and Mr.. May had smelling in
terests. And, while Mr.. May attended tc
the smelling Mr. Clipsham would wait
with them And while Clipsham inquired
about the mining, the Mays were not fan
away. And the Garden of the Gods" wa,
more divine than ever, when they dis
missed the carriage one evening, and un
der the moonlight, walked home together
with those strange old divinitles looking
down. in still approval of what thes,
younger people said or did. Altogether
the journey out, and the journey there
and the journey home were charming
Climsham never received one newspapel
: all the time, and he did not dream tina
he was growing famous. As for the Mays
they never asked nor cared whether h,
were public man or private man. II
was enough for them that Rev. DR.. Jone
had recommended him. Nay, they die
not long think OF that, For, give him
chance, George Cipsham is any wher,
, his own best recommendation. He is
modest man, but you cannot be with hin
l.,.- - hoo 1
quiet, true Christian gentleman. II
thinks very little of himself, but is glad
nay eager, if he can, to make other peopl
happy and good, and to serve the wOrlt
where he has Il chance to serve it.
Nothing, indeed, could have been bet
ter, or brighter or more happy in its re
I, suits than this Colorado journey. Clip
! sham threw off his cold entirely, and be
fore the journey was over he had under
= taken to take care of Elinor to the end c
; her days if she would let him. She, on he
part, has taken such good care of hir
from that day to this, he has never mad
: the wrong speech in the wrong place-an
he has never had that "horrld influenza
: again
! When he came back to Tamworth, i
i all the eXuberance of his new life, he di
manage to ask DR.. Jones how he eve
!, wrote DAY" instead of May" For tn
y calendar still hung there, and there wa
the "D" perfectly plain, in the doctor
writing
Then it was that thorough eXamina
y ton and explanation cnsued, and the
d Gertrude in tears, cor tess % to her moth
s err for she, poor chii. Nad ~ "er forgotte
, her sin. But she bad perfect absolutiol
: A beautiful doll, cyes-Shut-eyes, wa
e given her, and she has never been scolde
0 from that day to this.
; You would say that Clipsham woul
= have called on Mrs. Day in st. Louis o
his first visit there. Shut he has neVt
}, done so. His wife says she is afraid I
have him. He says he has found out thu
o there are no nice daughters there.
e Both he and Elinor bless Gertrude ever
: day of their lives for her little eXperimeI
II on his calendar.