Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-05-04

Nothing much. c:.swc.o,. C".n. :.
the colonels going hc:,e to-:aolvow. Lle2s
him."
"H'm--ficld day crst. Of course"
"Oh. yes; rho i.g-cl t.:irC. Cut Mrs
Barnes got another b:by th;s r.cI,ing,
and the colonel's going to stop fort
night"
''Another-thatis seventeen. aint It?
By Jovel | don't lsnow how that long
suffering woman stands It. Ey the bye.
havc you seen anything of the LcsliesI'
Eyes; they were at Ira Pagets tennis
yesterday. some Of then. WLyY"
''Eecauss heard In town that the sec.
ond one B going to be married. that's
ALL"
''Ah: very likely. BY tho bye. Mrs.
Seton has tea on this afternoou--music
aid all that. lpromised to look in. WIN
aay of yon chaps conner"
Il will" said Beautiful Jim. promptly.
lie was always ready for feminine society.
even though he had only just got back
from Eve days leave spent amid the
rush and hurry Of the best part of the
London season.
Jim" said Owen. as they walked down
toward the town together. that cousin
of yours is very pretty. isn't she?"
''Oh. very" returned Jim. without q
moments hesitation.
Did you 60 about with her q lott"
"a goodish bit. said Jim. vaguely. yet
in tone which conveyed to his comrade
that he had spent the most of his leave
In the company Of Miss Nell Marchmont.
'And are You likely to-
''Oh. my dear chap. not bit of It'll
'rnt tyrrIs 70 M In, fnR
that kind of thing. Nell would Just laugh
In my face Faith. no. Nell and have
done the brother and sister dodge too long
for either of us to have any ideas of that
kind. But why do you want to know. old
chapy''
Il just did want to know, that's oil. :"
Owen replied. lamely.
Beautiful Jim walked on for full Eve
minutes in silence.
Have you ever seen her" he asked. at
last
"Yes. returned the other. shortly.
"u'm. muitered Jim. Is II he began to
see light at last, then after another pause
and with total change of tone: "ies. she's
q pretty little girl ard good little girl.
and Id break any fellows neck who said
q word against her. but that's all. ]
never thought any further of her, and Ill
stake my life that she never did Of me-"
And then they walked on in silence
again. yet feeling different, both of them.
Owen intensely relieved, for, although q
handsome man and popular, he would not
have cared TO enter the lists against old
Jim, who had been his special pal ever
since they had been together in the regi.
mcnt.
As sfor Beautiful Jim. 'hewas greatly
pleased nt his discovery - pleased as
Punch. as lie told himself--andyet he was
SO tickled by the idea Of such q man as
Owen being seriously anxious lest little
Nell Marchmont should have been snapped
up by somebody else-little Nell, whom
only the other day he had caught sliding
down the bannisters like the regular lit
tie tomboy she was still at heart; little
Nell. whose lately acquired airs and
graces invariably gave him the most in
tense amusement-well, 1t was funny.
But then. as Beautiful Jim reminded
himself, to man with an ordinary in
sight into our poor weak human nature
and blessed with fair sense OF humor.
the doings and undoings Of most people.
and particularly those whom we know
best, are funny, very funny.
And for old Owen to bc "gone" on little
"how could make old Owens hair stand
on end If liked" Ay. how many bit OF
mischief be and Nell had been up to to
gcther-before she began to give herself
airs and graces. of course. There wcs
that time. for instance. when they had
all been at Scarborough together. years
and years before. wEcn he and some other
fcllows-ycs, lie called them fellows"
though they were oil little better than
children at tho time. and little Nell tho
youngest Of the lot-had cot themselves
up in seedy garments one dark October
night. and had gone round the streets
upon the South cliff singing, not only
they, but also little Nell. huddled up in o
huge shawl, with a bandage tied over one
eye. How we'll he remembered It'll Her
father and mother were dining out ut u
very smart house indeed, and this party
Of young rucians had gone and sung out
side the windows. and had reapcd goodly
harvest, when Nell was supposed to Le
safe under the wing of the old nurse who
had nursed her from q baby. Yes, but
the old nurse was easily bamboozled, and
Nell was OH adept ut that process. ''Jove.
how she'll twist old Owen round her iin-
gers by and BY" chuckled Jim to himself
Is he thought of it.