Nevada County picayune., 1888-09-19

my dear, have watched him close ly since he has been here, and I con slider him a very fine fellow. Of course, his would-be. suicide is against him, but I've come to the concus- ion that worry and starvation had made him two thirds crazy"
 Then you think girl would
 ''Be lucky to marry him? Yes, l do, and if you know of any girl that thinks of doing so--now hush, my dear, don't speak Don't tell me anything! have a very particular reason for not wanting to know any thing-you tell her or him, or both of them. that to save all fuss or awk- wardness, l, if were him, would slip off quietly and be married"
 "But, papa, dear, do you mean that you would forgive"
 There's no question of forgive ness. You just tell Osborne what I have said, and if he has the sense l give him credit for he will understand me-"
 At this moment Palmer himself came into the room. There the con versation terminated abruptly.
 For some days thereafter MT. Cly- burne was so good-natured, so al- most generous. that every one ob- served it his fellow directors and associates nudged one another and said: "Now's your time to talk to Clyburne on such and such prof ect - and his clerks whispered: "How queer Mfr. Clyburne seems Wonder if he's going to die?"
 One intimate friend, ventur esome fellow, had the hardiheod to say:
 What the mischief has come over you lately! l never knew you to be so genial. Whom have you heeced this week?'
 ''Oh, I've got such rich thing on Obed Jenness!,' replied Clyburne, chuckling to himself for the thous- andth time. Didn't cost me any thing but a little advice--cheapest thing in the world, you know. He can't go ahead of me on this score p
 The friend didn't mention this to any but ten of his most intimate friends, and AS they were equally secretive it did not take long to set every man on change to oslyly watch ing Obed .Jenness. They naturally supposed that Clyburne referred to things financial, not matrimonial.
 Bertha visised Daisy quite often about that time, and Mir. Clyburne lost no chance of publicly insisting that Bertha must send for her things and remain the rest of the week with Daisy.
 One morning, during visit, a servant came to MT. Clyburne as he sat at breakfast and trembling, said:
 Mass Clybnrnc, sah, Miss Dai- sy ain't in her room, sah!"
 "No! Gone for walk, sup pose"
 "I-Ts feared not, sah. An'-an' Miss Bertha done gone too.
 "They'll probably be here, soon. Keep some coffee hot for them"
 But, sah, Mary she say as how dc beds ain't ben slep' in"
 Neither of them?'' asked Mir. Clyburne, little anxiously.
 "N-no, sah; an yur's note Mary foun' in Miss Daisy's room" added the man, handing tiny en- velope to his master, but standing as far from him as the width of the sil- yer salver and the length of his long arms would permit.
 Mir. Clyburne opened the note calmly; he suspected that he knew what was in it; he merely glanced at the first lines
 Darling Papa-This is to tell you that Mir. Palmer is about to act on your advice Bertha and 1 arc to meet at Dr. -'s at eleven o'clock tonight, for we think it best to have a witness to such matter.
 "Ha, Ina, ha!' laughed he heartily to the surprise and delight of the alarmed servant. II understand it :, now Miss Daisy will be home prct- ty soon, but it Is not necessary to give any hint of this little affair to your mistress. She has a severe headache, and it will only worry her. Send Mary here"
 Mary quickly appeared, for Silas Clyhurnc was terror to evil doers, and she too was cautioned to silence and her fears allayed.