Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-02

inc same unaccountabic manner that former
pupil had done, or il was lazy, was lust
Ike some coniounded drone that had preceded
me- IL has always been mystery TO me why
people could not have acted or done different
~ before ! was placed upon this mundane
sphere where | seem to follow their idiosyn.
crasies.
OCTOBER 50, 1857.
This thing has been going on for some time
Out IL Is only recently that the dreadful state
% my existence has fully dawned upon me.
before could not realize lit all seemed
s"Ilc hoIrIOle mIstakc-but now the blow falls
WIN crushing force, and tis all too, too real.
Last week. the time hanging heavy on my
hands, l crossed over to Long Island civ ~
'aNe the traln to Far Rockaway, where several
oi NY friends are spending the early fall As
s'oou III 'he long, dIngy waiting room a man
hasiliy dressed in check suit, heavy jewelry
"uu an that goes to make up ''sport,"
iusneu up TO me, and thrustng twenty
uoi'ar OIL INTO my hands, muttered some ex-
ousc ABOUT being so long in paying, ana was
Ch' leInaps ala not exert myself to stop |
MIN, for the rarity of such an occurrence |
4eHuereu me speeches. FOR the moment, and |
when at last recovered myself, NV unknown |
debtor was out Of sight.
All the way down to the beach | ruminated
over tue strange way in which became twenty
dollars richer, and am afraid that responded
in an aOstracted manner to the warm greet
ihgs OF my friends who met me at the denot
ror uaI or two had plenty to do aud life
was as serene aud pleasant as possible But
NY NeAesiS sun pursued me, and yesterday
as lay on the shore, watching the restless
II lfrfr In,
heard sound as of subdued sobbing nearme
and looking up, beheld two Old ladies g,zino
htenily at me aud bathed in tears. II oc-
Cured to me that might be the innocor.
cause OF their grief, and as it was the first
time in my experience that had occasioued
anything oil the kind Immediately incurred
the reason. Great Heavensl learned dot
one OF them seen in me the features of her
departed son, aud the other went becauso
was tue counterpart Of her first husband. NV
apologies availed nothing do MT sec how
was 10 blame anyhow, as their symptoms I'm.
creased at each word of mine, and finally
was Obliged to beat a hasty retreat. Long
Island with two old ladies. each of WHOM
WISHED 10 claim Inc as deceased relative was
too much for me. invented some sort Of er-
cuse to my friends packed nv yallse and
took the train for the city. stoppjpg lonr
enough in the city to have nv whisllers shaved
DiT. GU
As got out at Thirty Standardization . d
ioung and pretty girl cspied me from tho v
'ther end and rushed across the room 70
ore could guard myself, her two arms were q
around my neck, and she had kissed me heart. il
ly two or three times, thinking, as Isoon dis p
covered, that | was her betrotbed for whom |;
he was waiting. / would not have cared n
much for that but the real fellow turned mr. ST
ust then, and l barely escaped tbrasbipr s.
indeed, think lie would have wbjnnad ,oa n,
hen and there, but for the fact that ,voo o,
anger than he =,
when reached my room, my mind was IN ~
state bordering on distraction felt like n N
oohed man. The dread reality had sudden %
come upon me, and / paced up and down v
ke a Gagged beast. Could nothing be DONE, IN
lelt as though l were under a spell and 7 II,
'aHy wished Tor the good old days whom az
ltches we're burned at the stake might So
Zen nave picked out an enemy as having Ia I'm
ltcneu me- and had the pleasure of seeing nj,
Ut SLOWLY slzzle In broiling fire. These wc,c IN
y Feelings then, but j am usually an nm m,
peacetulman, md haven't an enemV 7 g
my knowledge living or dead A blael,
Qua seemed to have gathered about me, and Az
iet MS though were living In an uncertain IN,
,stence like that ascribed to Buddha. neither .sT
'eping, waking, nor in trance rang the Z
ii at this juncture for the porter, who acted an
sort Of valet. He came up smiling and an
wing. After giving him some trivial order. tb,
dismissed him, feeling somewhat quieted mi
+ he, at least, had recognized me. wa
AT the dinner-table seemed 10 everybody 70 sto
the same as usual and improved greatly I'm
rits. decided to go out that evening. exi
range chance caused me to pick up an invita- ius
N, that bad received TO an impromptu marty ioi,
zen that night and l decided to accent H. q
me little time was consumed in dressing frs
u got to the house late. The hostess are
$. Parker greeted me warmly. "By-the- but
v, Mr. Stevens" she said, after her well Won
ne, there is some one here want Won TO wei
et-Miss Earle, charming girl will in Ia.
duce you later" Another arrival then his
lined her attention, and was left to nv. now
T. CHANGING over the large parlors, I saw mer
It / knew nearly every one there, and de- Cqr
ed that particularly striking girl, stand. -
to ono side, was Miss Earle. She was not mar
Y tall, she was rather petite I'm fact, with n in
rmlng, animated manner and most lovely vas
E, bright and enchanting TO look upon. As dIsg
Iught her eyes for an instant was dunn well
nded Such radiant eyes had never seen sum-