Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-04-27

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wes willing 10 throw away his lifesn
mol You don't mean I'll Wen, vel, I
Am surprised. Heartlso littls jads that girl
s. anyway; just liks hsr fsther.~
On, papa, you do her injusticA she dh
discourage him, then, bscauss-well, bsca,,ss
be was poor, but, Of cors, shs nsvr dreamed
be would take II % 10 hsarts
And, Of cours.. shs know hx fathsr would
frown on any such matchsw
"Of course, rich men donY lfks 10 - shs,r
daughters wed povcrty.s
"Oh, that's nonsense, my dear: any fafher
| Of sense viii look first at the charsctsr end
capabilities Of his daughters loves, and q
they are all right the purse is secondary. A
for Osborne Palmer, ! assure you, my dsar,
have watched him closely since he has bcen
here, and consider him q very flne fellow.
or course, his would be suicide q against
him, but I've como to tho conclusion that
worry and starvation had made him two
thirds crazy"
"Do you think girl wouldr-
BE lucky to marry himi Yes, do, and
you know Of any girl that thinks Of doing
so-now hush my dear, don't speak, Don't tell
me anythtngi have very particular req
son for not wanting to know anytbing--you
tell her or him, or both Of them, that to save
all fuss or awkwardness I, II werc him or
her, would slip of quietly and DO married"
But, papa dear, do you really mean that
you would forgiveH---
There's no question Of forgiveness You
just tell Osborne what have said, and II he
has tho sense give him credit for be win un-
derstand me.n
At this moment Palmer himself came into
the ROOM There the conversation Terminated
abruptly.
For some days thereafter Mr. Clyburne
wns 50 good naturcd so almost generous, that
every ono observed It.; his fellow directors
and associates nudged one another and said:
"Nows your time talk to C1yburne on such
and such project; !" and his clerks whispcre<i:
"Ilow queer Mr.. Ciyburne seemsi Wonder
II he's going TO diet"
One intimate friend, venturcsome fellow.
had the hardihood to say.
what tho mischief has come over you late
iyf never knew you to be SO genial Whom
have you neeced this weekr
"Oh, I've got such a rich thing on Obcd
JennessT replied Clyburne, chuckling TO
himself for the thousandth time. didn't
cost me anything but a little cadvice-cheapest
thing In tho world, you know He can't get
ahead of mo on this scorci'
The friend didn't mention this TO any but
ten or his most intimate friends, and ns they
were equally secretive it did not take long 70
set every man on change to slyly watching
Obed Jenness. They naturally supposed that
Clyburne referred to things financial, not
matrimonial.
Bertha visited Daisy quite often about that
time and Mr.. Clyburno 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 a visit, servant
came to Mr., Clyburne as he sat at breakfast
and tremblingly said.
MASS Clyburne, sab, Miss Daisy amt In
her room, sahr'
"Nol Como for walk, SUPPOSE
lis feared not, sab. An an Miss
Bertha done gone too"
They'll probably be here soon. Keep
somo coffee hot for them"
"B-but, sab, Mary she say as how do beds
amt ben slcp in"
"Neither of theml' asked Mr.. Clvburue a
littlo anxious.
"N-no, sah; an yur's note Mary foun'
in Miss Daisy's room," added the man. hand
ing tiny envelope to his master, but stand
ing as far from him as the width Of the silver
salver and the extent Of his long arm 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
Mr.. Palmer is about to act ON your advice:
Bertha and are to meet him at Dr. IS at
u O'Clock tonight, for we think 1t hest to
have friendly witness to such matter"
"lia, ha, hal" laughed he heartily, to the
surprise and delight of the alarmed servant.
~ understand it now. Miss Daisy will bo
home pretty soon, but it is not necessary to
give any hint Of this little affair to your
mistress. She has a severe headache ard Il
will only worry her Send Mary herc.n
Mary quickly appeared, for Silas Clyburne
was terror to evil doers, and she, too. was
cautioned TO silence and her fears ali allayed.
Silenti Yes, truly they would be very
silent, especially when each of them received
SO bill with the remark: am give you as
much moro If you will ever again bring me
such good news.n
And now," said he to himself, as he was
on his way down town, show best TO break
tho news TO my dear friend Obcd. Hal hal
hal How hc will rage and fumo! Wonder
what I'd best say. Guess III just hand him
Daisys noto 10 me and watch his face while
be reads it, By the way, haven't read il
all myself"
Drawing tho note from his pocket he began
to read; "'At DR.. s. um I've read that.
um, um, such deed, and who can DO bet
ter one than cousinl Bertha goes home to-
night. oh, pshawl then the fun Is over
But what is thisi i go with my husband
Why, why, what-'Your loving daughter,
soon to he Daisy Palmerp Am crazyP
No, he was not crazy. In his greed to
work a mischief TO his enemy he had not
allowed his daughter to explain that 1t was
she, not Bertha, with whom Osborne Palmer
YVES in love lia jumped to the conclusion
that she was referring to Bertha all the time,
and, lol he had done as the wicked often do;
he had himself fallen into the pit that he had
SO carefully digged for another.
"If | am fooled old Obed shall not know
it; I'd not give him that satisfaction" was his
decision
But, though he put bravo face on the
matter, no one WAS deceived, and he knew It.
They whispered to one another and won
Tered where Is the little game he was to
olay on his enemyr
or course Daisy's husband In Daisy's eyes,
$ far too precious TO risk his life in opening
my more of papa's possible bombs, so Mr.
Clyburno Is again in search of s1ch a deputy
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A professional funny man" says that
he once gave humorous lecture at
which all his audience roared with
laughter, with the exception of an old
man in one of the front seats, who pre-