The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-21


Mark from the hiss had felt d iiutter-
ing Of the heart. Ihe white roses bound
with blue ribbon Kitty's colors- were
Of course for him; could be for no other:
but his face Btill maintained It's severe.
scowling expression. Ho slipped back
into the house with has treasure. and
Larry went on doggedly picking straw
berries for breakfast. but the thought Of
the ifnpudeuce of that Jack on the other
side Of the wall, who had dared to raise
his eyes to Susan, burned like a live coal
in his bosom.
As soon as his task was finished there
fore, he went carefully about the place
gathering in neglected corners all the
ncttles, brarnblcs, burdoclzs and thistles
no could find. These he tied up into an
immense bundle with a bit Of rope and
threw over the wall into the Childers'
back yard as return for the tender
token dispatched to his Susan by the
Same route. AS it happened this large
bale OF weeds came near hitting Mr..
Tom Childers, who stood near the wall
exercising his Inastiff ia the art Of
speaking for pieces of meat which he
threw. into his gaping jaws. on the
shoulder.
Tom uttered some bad words, cried
out to his imaginary assailant to come
on and have it out with him then and
there, climbed the ladder and peered
over the wall, but seeing no one in the
Spoffords garden, got down again and
carried the big bunch Of nettles and
tllistles into the dining room where his
f.sther was taking an early breakfast.
Kitty was there pouring his coffee as
usual, and looked as good and innocent
as the new laid egg upon his plate.
See here, sir, = said Tom Juggling the
great bundle of weeds, ..this has lust
cone over from the other side of the
wall-the last compliment from those
people"
Old Mr.. Childers stared hard, grew
very red in the face, and began to pound
Oh the table. by Jnpiters' he bawled,
I'll take that in to Grundy. lie said he
observation-disclosures. ctlard elncnstrati
yes, those were his very words-of the
blanked malignity If that family, and
he shall have 1t. Do the thing up, Tom,
in parcel, and I'll carry itin town nv
self. The thing shall appear in a court
OF justice. sir. Twill spend every cent
have in the world rather than let this
thing go UNPUBLISHED. G1undy is trying
to persuade me not to prosecute for
malicious disturbance Of the peace,
wonder what he will say when he sees
the evidence am going to produce to-
day. the mysterious, threatening note
and this fresh insult heaped upon our
heads"
Tom brought paper and Irvine, and
getting down ON his hands and knees
strove to compress Larry's '.bolxy" into
decent dimensions. Kitty, who had been
watching her truculent brother as he
puffed away at the task. broke into a
convulsiye little laugh.
.'Oh, papa. You don't mean you are
going to carry that thing into town.
Why don't you express it2 Ii looks like
bale Of hay, such as one sees strapped
to the side of a donkey in Italy"
"A donkey and bale Of hay for
soothp' and old Mr.. Childers, glared
savagely as his only daughter, the idol
of his heart. eff thought Mark Spof-
ford was at the bottom Of this" he NUT
tered.
Leave Mark to me" said Tom, still
on his knees, and turning the corner Of
his eye up toward Kitty. II have rod
in pickle for that fellow" Kitty sal
bolt upright and busted herself with the
cups.
..Do come to breakfast said she
sharply, "or / shall send away the
things"
"Yes,n continued Tom, as he eyed
Kitty even more critically than before,
81 am just spoilinGfor a fight with that
old Mark. ! can lick him now, I
am sure of it. or if can't my dog Grip
cam
10 Be Concluded Nert Sunday