St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-17

Dolly Roseleaf to wife. Anybody, with
the eyes of the average bug, could see
that pretty Dolly was not in any sense
woman of the world, nor calculated to
hold the affections of her lord and mas
ter.
Society agreed, also, with something
. like animation. that Lesbia Gaiety, born
Trefethern, would have been the filter
choice. Lesbia was mOndaine, from the
sole of her dainty foot to the crown of
blue-black hair that adorned her shapely
head, and much more TO Harry's taste.
Moreover, it had looked. at an early
stage of the game, as if Lesbia held the
winning card, but Dolly unexpectedly
played trump. and Harry was hers.
Shortly after Dolly's marriage, Lesbia
was united, in the more or less holy
bonds, to old Gaiety. Gaiety was an
EngiiShman who, after spending two
thirds of his life in India, where he had
shaken the pagOda tree to some pur-
pose, came to this country with two
millions and one lung and fell an imme-
diate victim to the destinations of la
belle Lesbia.
'Decidedly," said that young woman
to Dolly, on her wedding day, two
millions and one lung are better than
two lungs and one million. / have some
thing to be thankful for"
'Why, Lesbia." said innocent Dolly.
Don't you love Mr.. Gaiety?'
''ProfOundly," said Lesbia, with a
short laugh.
After eighteen months of welded
bl SIS Mistress Dolly was still as guile
les as her own babe, and Harry
Oh after found himself wondering, be-
tween dutiful and cool kisses, why he
had never discovered that his lovely
Dolly was trifie dull.
He was still ready to declare that she
was the lOvelieSt and dearest girl in the
world, but it was no longer impossible
for him to stay away from her. now and
then, of an evening. And if the ''even-
he felt no twinges of conscience as he
crept quietly to her side. If she stirred
at his approach, he kissed her soft
cheek and called her ''little sleepy
head" saying that she couldn't guess
how long he had been home!
Whereupon Dolly, the unwOrldly,
would rub her drowsy eyes. and blame
herself roundly for heavy slumbers.
Dolly felt little blue. just the same,
when her lord took himself off nearly
every night after dinner, with glib muir
murs of "business," and "beastly
politics." But she held up her rosy
lips to be kissed, and watched him out
of sight before she tripped up stairs to
pay loving court to the infant heir to
theoChatter millions.
''It must be my fault" she thought.
'Oh, if l only knew what it was Sand
if could keep him by me as used!'
One morning, it chanced to be in the
fiowery month of May, Dolly Chatter,
clad in the nattiest of spring costumes,
sat in LesbIa Gaiety's Doudoir, appar-
emily in the gayest spirits.
My DEAR" Dolly was saying. ''they
say it is simply marvellous! Men who
have stayed out nights for years are
kept at home like chickens, by one
little dose.'
''Some invention of the devil,'' Lesbia
replied, in her slow, insouciante voice.
Not at ALL" gurgled Dolly. sit was
female physician"
"The same thing" declared Lesbia.
But tell me, ma mie, where can one
get this wonderful drug?'
Il don't know. Elise Carnegy has a
large bottle of it, and she gave me a
try" And Dolly produced a long phial
from the mysterious depths of her
voluminOus Redfern drapery.
elise Carnegyr" laughed Lesbia.
''Does she intend to try it on Carnegy, 1
wonder? | guess she would be glad to
get the old fossil out of an evening in
"Lesbia." gasped Dolly. Il am
afraid you are awfully immoral"
Lesbia stif1ed a yawn. ''If | could
find drug that would keep Mr.. Gaiety
out evenings, would try it irreligiouS-
ly. But since John Gaiety won't go
out O. nights, am forced to have my
visitors-in the morning."
THAT meaus that you want NE to
go!'' said the amiable Dolly.
a. X y
At O'Clock on the evening of that
eventful day, Mistress Chatter, attired
in combination of pale pink and white
harmonized perfectly with her flower
like beauty, and made her look for all
the world like graceful, nOdding bios
som. sat in her fragrant, pretty drawing
room awaiting, with much anticipation,
the coming OF her husband.
In her pocket the long phial, filled
with the all powerful drug, was safely
reposing. Dolly fingered it occasion
ally, wondering how she could cOntrive
to administer the potion. Then her
mind reverted to the possibility of evil
effect! Suppose it made Harry ill?-or
even cross! She wished she had some
body to try it on. first.
Fate seemed to grant her wish, for at
that very moment no less a person than
Reginald de Roue, one of Harry's bach
elOr friends. was ushered in.
Now, Dolly liked Reginald immense
ly. but that did not prevent her from
resolving, while she greeted him with
graceful warmth, to try the drug on
him.
But how could she bring this about?
After considerable mental cogitation.
Dolly declared her intention of making
with her own hands a capital hot
weather drink for her visitor, who had
admitted that he was a little done up
by over work-he neglected to mention
the nature of the eXertiOn.
Harry thinks there's nothing like
it," Dolly cooed. 81 had it from an old
East Indian. No, shall not let you
see ME mix it, nor tell you what it is {.
The clubs would have it in no time,
and they are attractive enough al
ready"
The mystic compound was prepared
and absorbed with All extraordinarily
successful result. De Roue stayed
and stayed. Dolly was charmed at the
result of her experiment, though as
often happens with the experiments of
amateurs, the result was not precisely
what she had anticipated.
Still, there was no doubt that De
Roue Stayed!- that stern enemy of
bliss, the clock, tolleG the hour of
twelve, before he thought of departure.
A quarter of an hour later, the con-
ventional little candle' kindly throw
ing its beams in an opposite direction,
and all in the dusk, De Roue kissed
pollV;S mink nalIO
Tomorrow" he whispered.
"To-morrow," she murmured, yield
ing the pink palm second time.
Then in tremor of wonder at her
own naughtiness, Mistress Dolly sought
her chamber. CLEARLY" ran the little