Telegram-herald., 1890-12-14

osas ths pi-es ssET seoa. aaa all be-
eA.1ss be 1@pgaaa4 - Be- iala - : sesx
% fse ca aeeoaas u "A aeei.lsne Ia
~c4.d have sasa oeEaef fsf al eoa-
eerssc Il be had s4kea the hss hantre.l
agiials 80 oaeFs1 hial. ks shsal4 a..
hAss oeea rl1 st hial slfa al sblir.-
t1as eanae.s.t
"Afm'a4 talls ne aa mskes very rael3
progress IN hia stuaisi All ls really >
serY rauaElf ALE n4n. responded Ars.
Del4lo, eitaous accepting Ar. Wlleo4s
Fsnafas la tasLf serio1s ssase. Thea
noEielag tnat haF 4gpazsatiy 1g0t ul48-
ass q tre.tiag = sa8lses vbleh saca
bad a saort bsNe betoas lhoaght - seri-
cgs aie aos sesu - plsass Mr. y H4eox.
v1o remained garfsesly sllsas aad eon>
tiaasd - se4d tAs sveaiaK passr. shs
again sgoks; '.3lr Wlleox~ Ths tone
"a shieA she 41drss.o8 her ED friend
was quiEs saiicisati h4d t1s paper beea
hot The venerable millionaire eo4l4 not
have dropped Il quicker. aa8 ia an Ia
st4hs hs 49, al attsnti0a DO yoa
nos tnink it would bs wise t. eoueoes
sons plxn whereby Ne could. Tor /.
time at least. Interrupts ths studies
Which are icing pursued wi5h such Ia
dsfatg&sla zeal IL this house"
'srbAs l. somsehing which has oe-
cgreed 60 ms yery msny times OF late.
bat I have been Waiting for the hrss
suggestion % eoms fron yoa. was the
answer.
'And I am very much puzzled 70 con
e-fvs of = suggestion which = worth Of
fsring, answered the sidoW.
For = fsN moments they both a.
pearsd 70 DO lost in thought fEom whLeh
qaiet state tkey convergcd simultan-
eoasly sap" they began together,
aad both smiled Nrs. Delaro gave way
a. Mr.. Wilcox. Who said: Il will wager
a pair of gloves. which Is the most se-
rious amount l ever bet in ny life. that
Ne are each thinking OF the same thing -
That - probably So" said Mrs. De-
laFo. "bat | viii defer TO you and per-
nit you 70 give your suggestion hrss"
We'll l vas about 10 say, suppose
that when Percy comes back Ne AL 20
% Europe"
Precisely the current Of my
thoughts" Was Mrs Delaro's ready
response.
Then Percy can not como back a mo-
nent too soon and this Mr.. En- erick.
whoever he Is can purs ue bis vocation
without Interruption. For Arinids 5
future. which Is really threaten (and
here the old nan spoke with greatearn-
sstness) is Tar TOO serious a matter "a
b trlaed with. and must DO sacredly
guarded"
II Mrs Dslaro had only guessed the
true meaning Of these words OF one OF
natures gentlemen. she too would have
rei0iced sc their import, but she did
not or she would have been more earn
est In her manner.
Let Percy remain where he is for a
few weeks longer, then II he does no.
meet with any success. cablO him 70 re-
turn home. said the widow.
AT any rate l must send him a
message tomorrow. for / have not had
a word from him now for three weeks,
and my instructions were that he
should send = line or two AZ least once
week. were Mr. Wileox's next words
There was just the slightest look OF
alarm In Mrs. Delaro's face IS she
glanced up at Mr. Wilcox and ques-
tioningly said: "You dc not mean that?''
Indeed IL is true" be replied.
Then fear some harm must have
happened him" said Mrs Delaro-
'So, l hardly think that He may
have had occasion TO 90 up into the
country hurriedly. and. anticipating
that he might have \ message Of in-
portance to send us. has delayed his
Communications. In fact, there are a
hundred things which are liable to
happen on q journey Of that kind" were
Mr.. Wilcox's words as be again took up
the paper.
I'm the meantime think IL may be
es we'll 20 caution Armida, mildly,
about making too free with Eugene
Brsgy. And by the By l forgot to
tell you" there Mrs DelarO INDUCED in
q suppressed ripple OF merry laughter
that yOur old friend Dir. BlOdger who
turned up again SO unexpectedly few
DAYS since has made it his business to
investigate into the antecedents of this
bumptious young grocer, as be terms
him. but be does not appear 20 have any
ching 20 report at present beyond the
fact that Mrs Breezy is a very estima-
bic woman and knows good soap from
bad
when Blodger dies" said Mr.. Will
cox I think some one will have 20 in
vent Al inperishable soap monument to
place over his grave, for never knew a