Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11

Madre Goose. Who the devil she was.
this MadIe Goose idiotic?"
Then, with Becchauallan air and
arms upraised, the Bottles OF Cham
payne bore down on the puzzled bal
let-master. ''Dry Champagne on one
side," he directed. "Sweet Champagne
on the other, my dear" he added. ad-
dressing a pretty little girl. "Why.
you dance with the Drys. You not
Dry. You are Sweet"
$50 the boys tell me-" she said, and
cast down her eyes.
Eyeline's Luck.
Eveline Morton was employed by a
large London mourning establishment,
and she had been sent down according
to the advertisement, to "tit" re-
Gently bereaved family. She had been
told to take a cab, but there was no
cab to be had, and North Lodge was
''Quite three-mile walk"
Eveline paused suddenly and looked
down the path she had TO pursue with
frightened eyes, for she distinctly heard
footsteps. The footsteps approached
rapidly, and soon a dark figure came
IN sight. Eveline shrank back to get
out or It's way, but it moved also, so
AE
"Good-nightl" said gruff voice.
"Good-nightl'' repeated Eveline.
"It is dark night for you to be out
in," went on the man. ''Have you got
such thing as copper about you to
give poor fellow?"
Tremblingly Eveline took out her
purse to look for penny; as she did so,
it was suddenly snatched out of her
hands. Eveline gave little cry of dis
tress at the loss of the money; but she
was too much alarmed to utter a sin
gle word of remonstrance. The mans
burly figure still barred the way.
''Let me pass" she pleaded. 81
have no jewelry. My purse was the
only thing worth stealing; you have
that. so pray let me 60"
Don't be in such hurry, pretty
one," said the man with a hoarse
langh, and he caught hold Of her arm.
''I want to speak to you"
''Ohl pray-pray-let me CO." cried
Eveline, dropping the parcel, for her
poor little heart was beating almost to
suffocatlon.
mot til! I've given you kiss" he
said, insolenty. You are a pretty
girl"
And he drew her nearer to him, SO
that his rough bearded face touched
her cheek. Eveline pushed him from
| her with all her force, uttering scream
after scream. Her terror gave her
sudden strength, and for quite min
| ute she kept him at arms length.
tYou little vixenp' he exclaimed
| with an oath. "I'll have that kiss in
splts of all your struggles; l will, by
-
He never finished his sentence, for al
that moment well-directed blow from
a powerful fist felled him to the
ground.
you cowardly blackguardl" cried
the newcomer Indignantly. "Ho "
dare you insult ladyl Stand up, and
let me knock you down again"
But this the tramp wisely declined
to do. He rolled over IN abiect terror,
whining out an appeal for mercy; as
the young man spurned him with his
foot.
81 am indeed sorry that you should
have been frightened by the fellow ,,
said the stranger, lifting his hat and
turning to Eveline.
The girl tried to thank him, but heI
emotion was too great, and putting
her hand TO her eyes she cried bitterly
while the young man looked on sympa-
|
do or say under such embarrassing
circumstances.
MY parcall'' she exclaimed sud.
denly, thinking OF her employers prop.
erty.
''Is herel" returned her new friend,
picking it up as he spoke, land youl
purse, too," he added, for in the
struggle the tramp had dropped Eve
lin IS shabby little portmonnaie.
yeline took the purse and theI
mechanically held out her hand for the
parcel; but Ralph Vernon-such was
the name of the gentleman who had
come to her rescue shook his head.
"I'll carry lt,'' he said, obviously
"You don't think l am going to leave
you in the lane after what has hap
pened. Where are you goingp"
ITO North Lodge" faltered Eve
line.
"You will find the Thursbys in great
trouble" said Ralph Vernon, looking
at her curiously.
81 know it," returned Eveline, col
oring. 81 have come from London to
make up their meurning.".
"Oh!'' cried Ralph, little surprised
for he had imagined that she was som'
poor relative, at least.
|
than before, and Eveline felt so glad o.
his company that she soon Frightened
up, even laughing at the recollection
; of the tramp, as lie crawled away OF
his hands and knees, and then sud
denly sprang TO his feet, dying off like
the wind. 1t was too dark for Ralph Il
distinguish the girls features plainly
but he could see that she was pretty,
and that her figure was slight ant
graceful. Her voice, too, pleased him
1t was 50 sweet and refined.
The little dressmaker was lady II
every sense of the word.
"Pray take my arm," he said, kind
ly. 1 know you are very tired and up
set by the fright that ruffian gave you.
But you have the parcel to carry,
returned EvelIne, hesitatingly.
al can manage both you and tn
J parcel" he told her. with laugh.
"You have never carried parcel be
, fore in your life," observed Eveline
as she accepted his arm.
"How do you know thatp" he asket
= good -humoredly. "Well if L hay
, never made myself useful before. it
high time began now."
, s'Don't you know that 1 fell desper
, ately in love with you that night whel
1 rescued you from the tramp" The
were sitting together in the conserva
r tory some weeks after Evellne's ad
venture. "At least think did, a
! though it was not till 1 saw you pee
} at me through the window that kne'
, how exquisitely pretty you were. B
( my wife and let me take care Of 20
not only on dark nights, but all you
D life."
8 And Eveline said yes.