Los Cerrillos rustler., 1888-11-30
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praF.dca fhcg DID 30 auHag he oiEcr
baanlcrs
uicE Blake. who had thc raam opnos tc.
uas ucref annoyed Is Mr. browns l.efs
lmdrcd -curraliT artakinE. theF were Cd
hima solrcc of rcrpetual - and 6 miarL
II mighi have b. the extreme iuierssi
3 aich be- tnnk la thnm ali-thn alligator
rNcericd-ihat led the fair widow tn fancy
tat iu splic of her "a years of seniority
she bad shade q conquest uf thr Handsome
yourg Fellow 80 whom the had cast lan-
sui hing eyes
n.rs himself was far TOO modest 20
dream uf the interest b. had aroused in tbc
widows heart lnieeI be would a. soon
have thought Of making love q Mrs Ban.
ter. his landlady. who was Old enough O.
b. his mother even hai hts an ,rtiuus not
already been pre-cmutcd
Her name was Prank or Fraac.e-ac-
curdinr tn the fancy II her friends Dlrk
called her Miss Franrie alw lys. ending
the tine when be fnnIiy hoped O. enll her
Franc.c darling Her room Vas up three
hirais, and AIRS 1hendpsia Brown always
spoke Of her In viow OF Ter occupation ~
'tbnt type. writer girl"
But MrA brown was thirty odd sHuc-
what high colarcd. Inclined 90 smipu uiuf
aud a Lanriry wave. while Fraucio was
nineteen. with a graceful. wcil.ruundnl
figure uul a firm. elastic step. suggestive
of perfect health And when ] add that she
had e sweet rcfucd face, lustrDu -dark ewes
and heavy hair curling tcudrii ilk' over "a
broad. white forehead. anl was. withll as
good rs she was pretty. u will be- readily
seen that the dow ha the best OF fem.
ihiue re sons Ter speaking In a sighting
way Of Francis Bruton.
Now, Dicks heart bld long before gone
out into Fraucie's keeping n the young
girl herself was aware oi this she made no
sign. Why should she when he had never
spokcn-in words But on this particular
dag Dick Blake had resolved 20
"--put u 10 the test
And win--or lose Il all"
This, then, was the meaning Of the sheet
after sheet which, completed aud torn up
In disgust filed his waste paper basket
Thanksgiving morning, while small sim.
the monkey, having temporarily escaped
from his distress room, sat looking down
at the disturbed writer with infinite inter-
est from the open transom over the door
Blu tnally Dick managed TO compress
his hopes, fears and desires into four
AAht' shNhhA tttANNH " A'AAAaNiNh AAtAA AAAAas
III may Venture to hope" he said. Ia
burst Of originality at the close, will
you wear at your throat when you come
down to dinner one Of the Jacqueminuts
the chamhcrmald left on your dressing
case this morning and signed his name
This epistlc, enveloped aud addressed, he
! took up-sta,r' Miss Francie's door stood u
| little aiar. lie rappoi once, twice, but
ouly echoed replied. Hesitating moment
Mr.. Blake stepped softly in and with u hall
revcrent glance about the prettily fur
nished little apartment with its atmos
/ pherc Of womanly purity and taste, laid
the letter on a chair whore il would catch
the young girls eye on entering, and
withdrew.
| He was met on the lower corridor by
| the stylish widow, IN most becoming
morning ncgligec
Had Mr.. Blake seen her naughty, naurh
| Is SIN that morningi
MIR. Blake had He was even then placid
| ly muuchiug bonbons In his favoritc resor