Telegram-herald., 1891-08-14

uohe. Ee ASP>e0 faSo error ana NJ Arched
into nay lady's bower vita = cousinly
swagger, which absted the moment he
cav the inmate. for there was an oua-
inoas glitter IN that little weuaan's eye
tass gave hiu xoosraesh The game
Was ap. he sAw at once
Good day. SIR" said Nemesis In .
morning gown Kindly explain this
TO NE" And she handed him . teie-
gram;
Kiss naAxEvAnx: Sorry couldn't COMA
he.her IL coniay sext week
-hokr wExrrAKKa"
Not that Nick read all this He felt
SO ashamed of his iznominious position
tha. the letters SWAN before las ewes
All he could see was q cruel finger
and . eoatempsuoas eye directed
toward the door. which enunciated
"begoae. moro pointciIy than any
words could do. Nick's h-st impulse
was that of head,ons fight Then his
forensic instincts came back To him
for he was rising young lawyer-and
he resolved 10 raako . speech for the
defense. So he came to grips with
Mrs BrSthwaitc without mors ado
My dear Mrs.-cr-er-cr-Bla
this in the most dryly comicsl way
that made the widow, even in her
anger. bite her lips TO prevent . smile.
and won hearing for Nick). My
dear Mrs. Blank, viii! offer no ex-
cusc for my abominable conduct ant.
extraordinary tissue of lies, though
have one which ought TO plead power
fully in my behalf" Here he made u
motion as though to point out his
client, and gestured At those silent
jurymen-not more wooden than many
live ones-the chairs THAT excuse.
madam. is your own face. Yes,
madam"-and he grew aptly ailiter-
ative-'.your face was my fall and will
ever be my fate" Soto vocc-''Sounds
like line of poetry, AID ought to fetch
her" AS fact. sho did seem to be
softening somewhat Then our Choate
in embryo went on Just picking himself
up ia time from starting his pcroration
with o Gentlemen of tho jury"
Madam, speaking frankly, regret to
have to stats that l am not ono bit
repentant-as far as my own sin is con-
cerned-for what have done. In such
a cause. and for such q reward as o
few words frora those lips. though /
may say l au naturally truthful. I
would perjurc myself any and every
moment of the day. Any man wculd
have committed the same fault. tried
by tho same temptation. No man
could have helped himself Simon
Stylites hi1nself'-and he rolled Off the
name in the most sonorous fashion
''would have shown his own apprecia-
tion of your charms In the same way cs
j did if you had come up to that ascetic
old party and looked and talked as you
did with me-"
And SO on. and so on, for half an
hour, ending up with patching to
gether Viola's two sc ntences: Though
am not that played, am q gentle
man." after which came his pedigrce
from the first generation thereof, 90
that ho overwhelmed tho poor little
woman in . torrent Of words. Then.
too, she was half n love with him al.
ready. and secretly admired his con.
sunmate cheek. Finally he left his
card. begging to be allowed to call
having obtained her assurance that she
would think over the matter Of q free
pardon.
Less than a week after oil this came
. note for hiEa:
"DE AR Mn. WEYsRIncr:-Out Of my grea'
mercy you ere forgiven ! shall expect you Il
cve o'clock tea Yours, etc.
'DELLs nnA-uwArTE."
Nick went to that flvc O'clock tea
and to many other Eve o'clock teas a,t
other functions at the same cddress
The result of ell these visits is that ar
argument has sprung up between then,
Belle has been bitten by the sacrct
Egyptian bug that tho Bernhard
brought over, and is mad to visit the
pyramids and the Nile cataracts, while
Nick says that the doing of Switzer
land and Italy is the proper thing for {
newly married couple.-A. II. Sterne
in Lcslie's Newspaper.