Evening journal., 1890-03-11

ror, aud decided that ''blackn became her
greatly.
She sat down and drew on her gloves. She
remembered that, after ali. 81 was no great |
age
How wicked of me to think of it, = She |
said 70 herself: 'sbut wonder whether | ever
shall do like other widows and marry againg
1t viii be lonely, and poor Tom always said
that any one who had been happy In one
marriage would surely make another, I've
been very happy--very. Poor Tomin
She shed tear and took from a glass on
the mantel bunch of tiny violets which she
had bought out Of pity from a poor little
flower girl. and put them in her belt.
Grape has such Al close SMELL ? she said
by way Of excuse, land no one will notice
them.n
"Good heavens, selinaln cried voice be-
hind her.
She started up
Mr. Cassidy, or bis ghost stood in the door
way. The ghost was but the thought of an
instant, and as we have seid, Mrs Cassidy
was very healthy. She did not faint In
stead. she uttered full lunged, resounding
shrek and threw herself into his arms.
"Oh, TomI'' she sobbed, tom, Toni How
did you come to life aghinr
Haven't been dead,n said Mr.. Cassidy
land cabled. Good heavens, what a mass
Of black Grape you areln
You wouidnt-have--liked me-not to
mourn for you, Toni" sobbed Mrs. Cassidy
when I--I--thought was dying--I man
| aged to say-de-de-deepest black there s
''But / didn't want to be mourned forln
said Mr.. Cassidy.
II didn't put it on until they found yor ~
4 l-.ad Il
| full didn't know you, but you were identi-
fed Jack identified you, and there's the
handsomest shaft over your remainsin
II haven't any as yetln said Mr.. Cassidy.
ssWhy are you herel Why are thoss strange
| people in our housep
Jack sold il for me, and settled your bust
ness up and brought me here. He was very,
very good, in my aflictionp said Mrs. Cas-
sidy
"You haven't been in afIlictionln p said Mr..
Cassidy.
Il thought was. It's all the same thing.
I've been through everything said Mrs.
Cassidy.
"And you seem to thrive on itln said her
husband angrily. "You're a very blooming
widow, indeed And that busybody, Jack,
has been putting me ont of the way as speed
lily as possible settling my business-selling
my home, indeed And cabled to you.n
II don't know what you mean by cabling,
said Mrs. Cassidy. "But l know that to &c
Off that way was a terrible thing. Without
a word or hint Tricking me, frightening
me. If you'd been i'll or met with an aeci
dent-but to go off and never send a word al
this time can never forgive you
"Ohn said Mr. Cassidy "You never go
the cablegramln
! ''If it's like telegram, never did, p sait
Mrs Cassidy. "Why, Tom, have you beer
to Europel"
"Tve been to England" said Mr.. Cassidy
"You see, as went down the street with tn
oyster can heard a carriage behind me an'
it stopped, and somebody called me-'Cassi
] dyi' | stopped. 1t was Billingszyou know
/ Billingsl Jump in says he; want to tai
to you, and I'm in a hurry
q $50 IN jumped He told me he was goin
on board a steamship-the Spread Eagle-an
that as there'd been delay, she'd startabou
n in the morning, and be wanted me to se
i him of. Well, Selma, couldn't say no.
= Billings is my particular friend-and ! wer
/ with him. Knew you'd excuse me, and j wer
+ on board, and we looked at his state room an
we-had bottle or two Of ale snd-well, the
s / said must 60, and he went out Of the stat
i room toget a card to write his London addrei
S on and thought I'd try whether his bert
Il was comfortable, and stretched out on /
1t had little blue curtains to it, that drew u
|. and down. drew them down.
IS "Well, Selma that's the last / knew unit
D. It was broad day. 1 walked up to find Bill
ings looking at me.
It ''He had come back, and as thecurtains hi
v me, supposed ia gone Off Felt angry that
il didn't say good-by, went on deck TO see I'll
te last of land, and was just going to bed hin
self There was a pretty kettle of fish; /
II been carried off. ] sent for the captain.
{. was like rock; inclined to believe me a sol
D. Of stowaway at first / raved, roared,
made a spectacle Of myself before stranger
,e but when people understood that left a wi
E who expected me home in ten minutes, an
Dt my business at skies and sevens, they con
II passionated me If we'd met the right steam,
A. could have got home; but we didn't. Iwel
to England. Good Lord, how wretched r'
II beenl / had 20 borrow Billings shirts an
ID stockings. had enough with me TO pay m
m passage back but hid that. cabled instan
le " on arrival, and came back by the fir
d steamer. Aid now / ind-well, / find 4
a dead-dead and buried. I'LL kill Jack frs
s. and then 60 and drown myselfn
" But Mrs. Cassidy understood now. She ht
" taken off her bonnet and veil, and she vi
as petting him and crying over him as If he be
rs been a baby and begging him to tell her
le was not all dream. And then a ring at Il
ID bell. And there was Jack with a cral
b around his hat and prayer book in his han
S He took his ''blowing upn quietly al
a. wrote a paragraph for next morning. pape
n while it was going on, heading IT,
q THE DEAD ALIVEl
70 HAPPY RETURN OF THOMAS CASSIDY.
e And he once more took time by the for
p lock.
He unsettled the business; bought back q
Vs house and furniture; induced the stone mas
le to take bacl-at slight reduction-th sha
a. which marked the grave Of the poor drown
y tramp who had been identified as Mr.. Cas-
dy. and had the satisfaction of restoring
~ friends TO their old quarters as by magic
X Asd SO. one evening, as the two sat toget
:, er in their little parlor, Mr.. Cassidy said
s- his wife:
m s.Selina, we haven't had those oysters u
re If you'll see to the frying pan III go and g
's' some And / swear III not mysterious
an disappear this time
lg He did not. And as they ate the fritte
ly Mrs. Cassidy declared that it was all exact
VA like a dream, horrible dream, that S
N, could not bear to think about.-Mary KY
"a Dallas in New York Ledger
v
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ne A person who has written letter C
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