Telegram-herald., 1890-11-16

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81 a1solatsiF and satlEely h2aest tA4s
i1 sas Alnost ~ Lrosk.s a. 49, - lia -
hsr
a. the cad ~ ths usaEh.' he con-
tinsed. $50 rsA4y % propose. J 14d
s@rstsiiY prsp pars4 @Ay % BE- lsd into
it Inadvertently One Assty ~er1 ess
- reveal % secret Ihsa / 80 70 ell
alFssf pres-el Pt1els aegxar. 4nd
otsr 30 t44e tas sext so@s ~aesa@r ls
49, geiag ~ saY o. nok / believe Il
sa4 us4e that blat aaa lt 4zd failed.
/ snsal4nt Asss ~Alt Ted toF 4HY bo4s |
sho4ls have sszEtea rtEnt across the
Atlantic sce1R ca fssA hah cd
maa. dldat make IL ] couLaH'L
TIE very t4y that / aN1 set for tnts
proposal fell Ia love With asF 10 good
earnest. ~ rstAes. / perceived that
VS. IA love vita her sac sAsa's zirl
% strike aan Ike ms sua4ealF. Her
tsaaty xzs 100 sweet All a4surAL Ay
taste for bsasty AAd bees sdscated--or
rather iepfsved-by -alEag Aro0nd
Nes York. IA got - si.ia&iax that
Womaa ~ bs beautiful msst be pen
eilled 50 black and powdered 50 white
that hex facs looked hks erayon
sketch On the s0ssOm Of a s0Op-pi4te.
And she aasnt that kiad And when
nv better jasgnsAt came 70 life again.
aad / saw her as she really was. every
other face la the world went into total
cell pse. i saw how good she waA too;
and when this came over me. / could no
more have opened my mouth to say
loved her, thaR man With tAe lock
Jaw ooald bite big apple.
Il wAs her slave after that You
should have seen me rowing her aroaad
the bsy is the blaEiag sun. or carrying
her skoe aing implements and chair up
hill Oa hot day. You know that when
= woman GOES tOsketch she takes twelve
nmes as rnueA ssug as she can possibly
use. She always has a paint-box with
enough colOriAg matter IA IL 20 paint
desea barns Then she used % make a
model OF me. | had to sit on a log, hold
iag little brat In my arms, while she
got us both down on canvas In about
four hours She wanted the brat e.
pecialy. because IL was SO 'deligh fully
dirty as she called IT.
Two months Of that, old man, and
not word OF love have I said to her.
have withstood moonlight in a canoe
and banjo duets on the shores OF lonely
islands, and The sweetest confidence
that ever a woman misplaced, and l
have watched my pile OF borrowed
money fade away, and have thought of
the lnexhaastibie Doodle the old lady
must have left and yet have held my
peace.
Well STR. At last had TO como back
20 town. leaving nay heart behind me.
also left nay trunk. bat not with her.
IL she should find IL out" Jack fairly
turned green at the thought ''I made
the landlord promise never to reveal my
secret. ! told him all the lies that had
been fosming and seething inside Of me
ever since | had ceased 10 tell her any
thing bat the truth. What few winter
clothes have Ia the world are in that
trunk. and these gay and disphsnous
robes are getting moro and more con.
spicuous every DAY. intended that
they shorld excite remark, and in one
way my success has been beyond my an
ticipations- Do you suppose / could
have this hat blscked too?"
~ don't know, jack" said I; but
haven't you any plans?"
Certainly" he replied; 81 must work
and save. ] am getting eighteen dollars
i week. and there are nineteen attach
mepts on my salary. l have made a
calculation which shows that IL ever
get ont Of debt aud don't lose my sit
uation. nor spend moro than is absolute
ly necessary, my savings will warrant
me in marrying on the Fourth OF July.
IN the year $500. / firmly believe that
Uncle Joe viii live to that date, IL l
do"
why aren't you At work to-day?"
asked
Il am attending my grandnother's
funeral" said he. In other words,
Miss Leigh is coming to-day. She bas
been in Philadelphia She will come
over that ferry; viii pass up this street
I must see her. though dare not speak
70 her in This scRrecrow rig. She will
ride. Of course. and ! maJ-HeavenS
How1y. here she comes walungl Don't
you see her? What shall do2 / can't