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

face. annoyance On hs ~
"Ah, this is your old friend c.-
pose-the one you have snoto oarroh, Sun,
he remarked, pleasantly. A''' OF 50 ofteprs
Yes; l hadn't heard that be
from England, though" Myra w VIZ Was back
brush over her hair, and looking ps 81 running
in the glass as she spoke. az a. her fas
wife is with hims But what an h m if Bis
1t can't be half-past o." A'uf tocsl!
LUCKY VIC were up" said Pbilin
laugh; "or, rather, thanks to tha ip' with
and pirate in the cradle there -a1 6rigad
seems to enjoy his sleep until he lie Never
US of ours. Shan't 1 60 down LAS robbed
Myra| quite Ready
Il am quite ready now, thanks sa:
promptly; "and don't leave the boh sad Nyra,
till Maggie ONE up" S'y' PLEASE.
She passed Philip in CROSSING
stairs. went down
A tall, brown and bearded straDr.-
standing in the parlor, looking ut 4 e Vas
expectantly as she entered, both .ne door
held in friendly welcome. naads cu.
"Willp
"Myra!"
II am so glad-o
"Such a lovely SURPRISE
"And how have you beenw
Il heard you were married,
"And you never wrote"
VINO can reproduce the first hurried
of greeting after a long separation words
and smiles, and bushes and eaoar L. sFfch
gle inextricably. Everything is IRWIN WINS na'
said at once. After a moment or t, : "st
mists of feeling clear a little; it is s"e lie
speak, but not SO imperative, "Ae'h
Myra sat down by her friend on tho H.,
sofa. The welcoming look had not ouito uSe
out Of her face when she said imnraasiu1s"s
"Will, l must ask you something NOW
you remember the little hat mark I m,d 10
before you went away! put it in vou.H'a
myself the night before you sailedo n'
"Do I remember! l should tbint b.,
imagine what happened. The verv n'
morning I lost my hat. 1t was knocIod Isa I
my head and picked up by another man. vi
ayes, know" said Myra quickly. qru.
husband-by Philip Northam.n "W
"You don't say SO. Your husband, l.,
I got his hat in exchange. Ha, hal Thu h4
lost hats! It's about time we should re,u-
them now" 'I
But Myra was not smiling. The SAT- c.,
ing and unclasping her hands neryouslv
"W1ll, did you notice-did YOU examine ~.
little gift very clOsely!' she asked With a4nslG
hesitancy. "You know l fastened tim iirIa ns
self" LII n.y.
"Yes, | know. 1t was awfulIv kind NJ -.
too. l felt SO sorry to think l couldn't L s%,
kept it," ''AD ua''
"And-and you are sure YOU didn't so0 ~.
thing else with it-anything except tbs T.,
markT la
She spoke slowly, searching his face wifi,
her eyes. VIII
"Anything else?" he repeated, wondArir,,-
"What kind Of a thing, for instance Ido.,,
understand" U~'
She looked at him now with the brigbts,
smile he had ever seen her wear. ~
ooh, isn't fate strange, Will Isn't i srsn.
-dllu Soou: IL WCIlb leu us have orr oEr
way; it snatches from us the things we corss
but only to give US something 50 much be+s,
l am glad for everything, though-evrv.
thing"
"What a remarkable state of mind III
you think you could explain your meaning
littles"
"No," she said ,joyously; Il never car.r
v will. l am too thankful. And then
she added d~eprecatingly, "a woman must 4. +
ways be mysterious, you know"
"She always is, | know"
"She must be" insisted Myra, gently. aTh
conditions of her life are such. And. whit
am going to ask you now to be a lusJt
mysterious, too"
"But wherefore shorldst thou.' He gva
her q comical look of dislnay.
"That [ can't tell you. either: only if PhIHn
If my husband should ever show YOU
should ever tell you his romance of a bat
has nothing to do with you, You never t1i
like experience: no girl ever gave vus
hat mark, Or, if she did, You never lost t.
Do you understand"
II don't. in the least: but I can fOTovil
Will that answer
at is all l could ask" she answered
smiling on him gratefully. "-And one ohz
You will not mind if | call Won
instead of VIII, as | used to-"
walker isa frightful~nane..1 he said. r.
signedly. my wife calls me that when ls
to tease me. I suppose | can bearif
| must
"Oh. tell me about Your wife, Walhg.'
was Myra's reply. "Anl to think You mar
ried al English girl! I know she must b
II rp,;por Anl won will l:I-o nv dar /
Philip. He is so splendid and socoh'
often used to wonder what sort Of a nlaayn
ever would really care for. You seemed y
hard to suit"
"Did Il" asked Myra, with a deep, deep
blush. "Philip suits me-
It was rather strange, when the time cana
for Mr.. Carroll to examine his long lost AMI
derby. to do so with an ard
to try it on at the mirror and b.
aware that it fitted him. and to frrtBH
discover that the embroidered initias were
the same as his own. And still more stranse
was it, in view of these coincidences. to If
ceive from the hand of Nlr. Northam bsM
property as a gift.
II am pretty sure never 10 md te lS4
owner now" Philip said, thoughtfuIy: .la
hats an excellent hat and enough ID syn
And as the initials belong to yol, WY,
really think You ought to wear 1t o1' Obj
mark and all. And especially as it BITS !'
70 WELL" .,..
sit does fit me-" said Mr.. Carroll oph-,
Town confidentially at the bat as the sla u.
If a secret. But. for the matter Of tna,, u
nat bad a secret of its ~
Bridges, in Frank Leslie
The Lone Woman in New lork'
The lone woman in New York ahsS'
'oom. Rooms to rent are in every NUS
which is not tenanted hy the owner. Qua.
ng houses are not popular with the Eel1.
lesiring privacy or independence. 'l'9Sl
an always be found at prices 10 s|'
ecker, in localities that are de;EaoE. s'
With as respectable surroundings as a 4@~
,oarding house; and there are gooa les+.
ants everywhere. \ little gas stove .I
fishes the means Of getting a simple Cls-a
asst, friends are poached upon Tor llr ,;..,-
nd the nearby restaurant furnishes u~ ,F-
AS to the respectability of any plau' Nv
$ a doubtful question in a city Int
York, where personal isolation co.'u.', ns
Individual nresponsihility. Where ~ .,rp
las acquaintance with probably Tue es
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