The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-21

but because | play tennis with YOU"
Oh" cried Miss Ea>twater. rs she
retied the yellow bow on her hat.
isn't it too bad then that am going
away tomorrow for the rest of the
summer?'
Going for the rest of the summer!
Clymer was sure none OF those twenty
two happy men with licenses in their
pockets had ever known such suffer-
ing as this. He leaned against tree.
He could not remember feeling sn
strange since that day he tainted in the
office, after being up all night with
the poor agent who had the rheumatic
fever.
Then YOU are not sorry to goe" he
whispered. You will not miss me?
Lydia Eastwater tied the yellow bow
once more. 1t was growing into II
deeper twilight. The one bar OF red in
the west was NIL there was left of the
day. Sne hit moth that iluttered bv
in the dusk.
"Why. yes. shall care. shall
care very much indeed" She locke
straight at him. aud the red in the we;
got into her cheeks. Clymer startrH
forward. throbDing with uew life
He forgot all about the first act ami
even about the fifth one. All he saw
was girls eyes. All he felt was her
soft lips.
Then the other PLAYERS came walk
ing across the lawn in the twilight.
aud the next day Mis-, EAstwater went
awav.
Clymer wyotc to her. Of course. He
A... o.. A. l..
the county. BU tnu answers we're no,
just what he lad eApoc.li tHcy would
be.
They were full of pleasant gossiping
and even of the expression of those
girlish opinions which most young
maidens hold. and which so strongly
resemble coprhouk notices. But She
said very little of just the sort of thin.
that Clymcr desired hcr to say. He
consoied himself hy looking ut every
applicant for license who thrust his
face in at the little window and reflect
ing:
An! my man. rou look happy now.
But | know what Won have been
through! You may not heIieve it, hut
| myself nave experienced the rapture
al
now in the midst of the psrplexilic,
which are SO necessary TO the progrcs,
Of the play. My dear fellow, take thi.
A..ed-out blank with my blessing. II
looks very commonplace. perhaps. To
tLe uninitiated. But you and | are
perfectly aware that ii is the passport
to heaven"
None of these remarks were audible.
Of course. They were the combined
soliloquies of Clvmer the lover and
Clvmer the clerk The man who sup
piled the office with legal blanks stood
aghast Mt this time at the number con-
sumed in what was technically known
as Cupid's department.
They seemed so remarkably in ex-
cess OF the number of applications re-
corded that the night clerk might.
with some show of Justice, have been
accused of throwing them into the
waste basket.
And it is true that they did 20 there.
but not until deal of labor had been
expended upon them. not until the
blank spaces revealed the fact that
Clymer Ames, who lived in certain
city, township, county and State and
who was of such and such an are. and
without legal hindrance or incum.
brance of marital sort, received
herewith permission from the clerk 10
marry Miss Lydia Eastwater. whose
qualifications were then set down.
One day a stranger entered The
oilice-a fine fellow. with elision of
the -" and swing in the gait.
Man of Importance, of property. of
temper aud enthusiasm. " said the clerk
to himself after his usual manner of
summing up his customers.
Il want Il marriage license" said
the young man gayly and pcremptori-
iy.
Name" said the clerk. irving To be
periunclory, but actually tIlrobbing
With sympathy with tnis happy youag
animal.
Alfred Sidney Johnson Clayton"
Name of lady?"
Lydia Ernestine Elstwaler."
The clerk went on ii ling out the
rest of the blank. and did not move
muscle. The lover-but there was no
lover except the youn@ man who went
out swinging his shoulders as he went.
And so the peace of Cnpid's servitor
became, as was mentioned at first. lik"
a batch of bread made from stale yeast.
And though he works for love. he and
his clerk do not speak when they meet
and the capricious boy has even been
seen to fold his wings closer about him
with an air of contempt when he
looked ut Clymer Ames. clerk of the
court aud issuer of marriage licenses
-OAQahd World Herail
Looking After the Little Things.