, 1889-08-17
TIT FOR TAT.

In the days when all the world was
romantic, and no one was ashamed Of it,
two gentlemen Of England conceived
the preposterous, but at the same time
rather fashionable, idea that, because
they were friends, their son and daugh-
ter. then infants in their cradles, must
love sach other when they grew to be
man and woman; and, haYing compared
notes and found that they quite agreed
on this point, set TO work with n zeal
worthy Of n better cause to orange mat
tiers so that they must turn out exactly
,as they desired.
Consequently, each made n will and
matters were so arranged that if either
of the young people declined the hand
of the other, the young person would be
ipenniless, and his or her estate would 90
TO the other young person who was will
ing.
After some ycars the gentleman whose
child was n daughter left his native Eng
land for America, while the other, who
was n widowor, his wife having given
her life for hat son, remained in Eng
land, so that the ocean rolled between
the romantic friends
The English resident was named Ed
mad nar-uo,. .ho aaa.
Ch,rIas soahria6,
poth - ,roaI,hr o,a h.o, All.
children up carefully.
AS they grew older they permitted
them to correspond with zach other, but
each detcsted the task so that the letters
were written by the elders themselves.
Once, at the age of IA, when news
came tbot r,tlo Harold uarrinotor had
saIIa, - - L.at.aa -
FIJI SaaLr;nh, - - ~ -. hIe,
sha Col, 80 80. an1 -, r.. -.
L. IL - 70.
hut tho oirI u,ho oo,,Id noror H. -
the bov,s name with aryth;nn ILL.,
,iaroo rae,saa n,r 4
om;ahIo ant.,1o
al xyisb ba had hroLor HE rool 90
,bot miobt rarar baor 49, -,
III, - .haaatI -" ha19W.
rorad ct .s.nd ,ro,,t ,nL;.a ehzn
So ,c,in nommo wroto ,ha la,tar
irr 0rst Iocl,od EIsio ~ Ia darL go
Nv wov ~ r,,nish,non
.hnd L., 80 - na hnl.s
40 urra.Iing > sLo coil 80, hroLan -
cousos rroot naI, on1 - -
Ia,nn cor l;so
"a nice thi,r for r,o ,ba+ ,.or,a 10 70
lam 10 MARI him - s,i5 EIsio
Indaod 70 sIo bo5 ~ asawm,oho,,
M bor motbor dos;rad E1sia yra,iIJ -
had onnortrnitv enorGb tonxoroiao tLaso
f~eaI;ngs fo- TO- ,n,Ina Lotratba1 -
ALWAYS in some nickIe md bod noorIv
drowned and peorlv sbot bi,,saif . dozan
timos oSayno,Linr ~ IL
II y,as Il, for tot az Ill $3.50 g.
@'i $50 N'NANf ~
old bod rocoiyod ,ho infornation lei :
oontemntuons Indifference amonnting 10
benrtlessneas and bad indaod said d.,
he diJ NOT are
He hated Girls and ,bis oro ,ho wors.
of Thorn ali
So with tho oce,n batvvoor ,bor, tbo
voung naonIa crey 10 m,t,,r;tr ond tho
yeor annraacbed !, which ~, rrora 70
meet
Rn, mo,rr,b;,o oil sor. cd .,;,u,
bapnened Elsie lost hotb har father
and mother and oyav In ErcIard NJ
Harrington d;nd euddan1v of oDonloxv
So tbe two mon who nod ootod g.
ward for 90 mony yoars 10 noo,inr whar
their cbiIdron ycro morr;a5 na,or u,at
again
Mr. HARRINGTON vro,,Id NOT brine HE
son 10 Americo 10 SOC HE lovolv Else no
be had nrnnoscd and hut for So ohsti.
note vie tbo mattar n-orId - -,
dronnod for tho Iost tbina tha ro,nn
no,nia dasirod - - -
Rut the vo,ng nor urosof 400 and
tbov opng iadv also and tho nronortv
mnst no so.,Ioj "a - 80 ratp ~.
motcb y,os o;,hor 81
TIL ia I.uroar. a. 49,
affair rested knew tba faelings Of their
u,ords Int ,bor i,dra5 g. : n,oat;na
might mend matters, At least it was