Mohave County miner., 1891-01-24
4 MODERN MILES STANDISH,
Just the old tender story,
Just glimpse OF morning glory
In an earthly paradise,
with shadOwy reflections
la a pair Of sweat. hroy9ly, n..,.. :,

Just glimpse OF morning glory
In an earthly paradise
with shadowy reflections
Ia pair OF sweet brown eyes'
h ID. BlackperS.
"A favorpn repeated Rob Bonnell
leaning back in his pine Office chair
the arms Of which were becomino ~
tcuuated from the persistent whittlipo
Of It's successive occupants, "a dozen 4
i cau.n
II knew you would" (" declared Henr,
DreieS In tone that il confident was
also full of vague relief. I'm fact
featiy wrote Linnet you would 90"
You did. eh?" returned Bob, tiltiny
back and teetering on the rear legs 81
his chair In dex,erously reckless
manner that would have driven a moro
smpressionable individual than his
partner Wild with nervousness. .sFhat
was a~iully kind Of you! But where
am TO 60? And who ia this world il
Linnetp If you would only supple.
ment your disposal Of me with little
information | couldn't be sufficiently
grstefulir
Dreier grinned amiably. and shifted
mis- position in the doorway of the
small, western grain Office. Like most
men SLOW OF speech themselves. he
was prompt TO appreciate the ready
raillery of another.
Why-why Linnet is,n rather ayk.
Sarsly. 'Linnet Josylan, you know. y
IN sudden comprehension.
Ihe bride-elect- You never spoke of
her otherwise than as Miss Josylan.n
Didn't Ia By the way, don't be-
lieve ever told you much about her
anyway beyond the fact that she is a
KIND OF distant cousin Of mine. and
that we are to be married next Thurs
day"
no. y replied Bob with a shake OF
his handsome head You never did"
he was tall, well-knit athletic
looking fellow. There was in his
whole bearing certain easy grace
&nat irrefutably bespoke good breeding
aud gentle associations. His dark
skinned. tinely-chiseled face was bright
with humor and alert with inteili-
gence- In every sense of the word
was Henry Dreier unlike him. He
was OF medium height and heavily
built. HIS movements were deliberate
to clumsiness. His face was large and
round, and florid and fat His stubby
streak of sandy mustache reminded
one, OF that OF Mr.. Jefferson Brick,
which Martin Chuzzlewit mistook for
"a recent trace OF gingerbread" His
mud blue eyes were most kindly. In
deed, bis general appearance was
graphically stupid. Ia reality Mr..
Dreier was the least stupid of men.
he was most keenly aud practically
shrewd. His look Of bland Innocence.
almost Of helplessuess, was mask
with which Nature had capriciously
presented him. Those who fancied |
they conld by superior mental agility
compass business or personal victory
over Henry Dreier were apt to find |
themselves confronted with counter |
move on the probability Of which they |
had altogether failed to reckon. But !
he was hopelessly unromantic. There /
was no denying that fact. He had not |
IN his composition = single grain Of |
sentiment. And in bis life love would /
he, rs Mime. de Stael ayowed IL was in |
the life Of all men, merely an episode. !
or this Rob Bonnell had ALWAYS felt |
sure. but when now his partner went
on 10 speak of his sweetheart in his
prosy. matter-of-facs way he was more
than ever convinced he was correct in
his deductions.
'-She's an eastern girl. Her people
were wealthy. She was educated with
the greatest care. She grew up think
ing life was to be for her Just u long
procession of pleasures. Well, one
day her father went all to pieces ON
the Board Of Trade. The shock killed
him. His wife didn't last for many
weeks after him. and then Liuuet
found she must either work or starye.
The former seemed. as you may sup
pose, the more acceptable alternative
She wrote 10 cousin of her father who
has a ranch out here, asking him If she
could secure employment teaching in
this part Of the world. There was
chance Of her obtaining the district
school so he sent her word to come.
She did so. She was too late. The
board Of directors bad given the place
to an earlier applicant. Linnet had
not enough money to take her home
again. so she was obliged to -emain az
Blatchford's. Know thein9''
No. Rob didn't know them.
well. they live over by Concoriia.
They. are the relatives of Linnet's !
MeanP You may bank
on that. They think more OF nickel
than do OF dollar; and they've more
dollars than have. They told Linnet
she could do the housework for her
board. Aud the housewofk Of their
big barrack OF a place is no joke.
She was plueky. She tried it. But
you might as well harness butterfly
10 a plow as Liuuet 70 drudgery."
He paused TO weigh load Of corn
Tor a man who had driven up ON the
scale outside. Then he scribbled
line upon the battered book that lay
,n the sbelf-like ledge just below the
dingy window pane.
II used TO 50 TO- C0acogdis pretty