The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-01

from his mistress room sat looking down
at the disturbed writer with infinite inter-
est from the open transom over the door.
But finally Dick managed to compress
his hopes, fears and desires into four
! closelv-,voven yaros Of co,nuorciol motto
| .Jf may ventnra To hona ,, ba said in
| q hurst of orioi,,,lit,y Mt mo c1oso ,,,.in
Won ,yoar. at ,.our throat when Won como
down to dinna,. ono If t,a Iaan,,o,,,i,,a
the chamharroa,d 1of+ ~, ,.o,1r G,.assir,l,
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nisbed little anartment w II, its a+r,os-
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the letter ON q lboi,t whore Il ,.o,1I ,otl.h
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Withdrew
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if was emntv Sim talyino adT-on+oro Of
Dicl,,s absence hSd nrobob I1, dasce,,a cd
| in quest of more bonbons II was a yyav
| he had
But thorough search Of the room which
Mrs. Browns sense Of propriety did not
| permit her to enter, revealed no trace of
| the missing link. So finally the lady took
| q HIGHER HiUht the second third
| stories whittier the cratic Sim was wont
to escape whenever he slipped his chain,
which on an average was six times a week.
| Ten minutes later Mrs. Brown, with
| heightened color and Sim struggling in
her arms, passed Mr.. Blake's door and en-
| tered her own.
| But Blake had little thought for captor
or captive. The Marguerite refrain-''she
| loves p1e-loves me nOt'-kept repeating
itself over and over again in the mind of
this usually matter-of-fact young man.
| Would she or would she not wear his roses!
| Hope suggested she would-fear took a
contrary view And so the pros and cons
struggled for precedence till the summons
to dinner.
! Though Dicks back was toward the din
ing-hall door, he knew with lovers clair
voyauce when Francie entered. Above
| Ine ClaJIcr OF Cndlr legs, the raJJle oil dish
es and babble of voices he heard the soft
rustic of her dress before she reached and
passed him. but he had not the courage for
the moment to look up
Not until Francie had +al,en her accus-
toned scat at the table directly onnosite
did Dick raise his eyes to learn his fate.
And then his heart almost stonnod heot
ing He saw nothing of the little smile
and nod of recognition. All he saw was
| that o+ F,oncia,s ,yb,-otb,0o+ or,oi,.,,I,,I h.,
a dainty ruffle scarce wbiter--,o roses ,csre
pinned
How Dicl, managed to oct tbrourh tho
form of eating that ThanI,scivino dinner
he does not l1no,y To his dav He ate and
drank mechanically of the cdoro1rs turkey
| that tasted to him Iilse the oehee Of Dead
Sea annles Side dishes were an abomi-
nation and mic n hollow n,ockerv rho
only time he ventnrad a second GLANCE in
Frnncie,s direction she was chs+tine, e,oiiv
with that Internal vonno Golden Of ,vhon,
he had LONG been secretlv ie,IonS And in
metaphor this was the last feather
..Guess Won left vour annetita ,r-stoirs
Ell RIalIe2,, cheerfnIlv remarlred Wjdrer'
| ON his left entirely nnahashad hv D;cIy,s
angry clare
The Rev Mr.. Putter Dicks mis- a.ris saw