Arizona republican., 1892-12-01
THAT MIRROR.

.,snd it He had examined his heart
 '.,,rafully as he knew how, and had
 ,J at the entirely reasonable con
 T"; ,..;,r that he was in love. He had
 '-., ..r symptom of that malady When
 ,e., Marian Chapman was within range
 hi. vision there was room for no one
 ', tbere. He suffered from that pe-
 -g.r optical condition which enabled
 ,,., .a, to see but one thing at time when
 I,, ., was present, and she was that one
 ,;rc which was probably the reason
 ~by in his minds eye she was the only
 ~,map | in the world for Marian was
 ,,sr present before Jingleberry's mental optic, Tps had also examined as thoroughly ., he could in hypothesis the heart of si, "only woman, and he had-or ,sopght he had, which amounts to the sms thing-reason to believe that she .,jnrocated his affection. She certainly
 ,.smed glad always when he was about.
 Sbs called him by his first name, and
 ,,nstimes quarreled with him as she
 ,rarreled with no one else, and if that
 Tssnt sign of love in woman. then
 Treleberry had studied the sex all his
 yssrs-and they were thirty-two-for
 ,o,bjpg In short Marian behaved so
 Ike sister to him that Jingleberry.
 moving how dreams and women go by
 srtraries was absolutely sure that a
 s,,er was just the reverse from that re-
 stionship which in her heart of hearts
 ,be was willing to assume toward him. sni he was happy in consequence.
 Believing this, il was not at all strange
 that he should make up his mind to pro use marriage to her, though. like many o,ber men, he was somewhat chicken hearted in coming to the point, Four tines had he called upon Marian for the sole purpose of asking her to become his wife, and four times had he led up to tbs point and then talked about some hing else What quality it is in man that makes a coward of him in the pres nce of one he considers his dearest friend is not within the province of this narratiye to determine, but Jingleberry had it in its most virulent form. He bad often got SO far along in his proposal s. er-will you-will you"- and there he had as often stopped, con Rnting himself with such commonplace conclusions as "go to the matinee with me tomorrow or ask your father for me if he thinks the stock market is like Iy to strengthen soonY and other amaz- ng substitutes for the words he so ar iently desired yet feared to utter
 But this afternoon the one upon which the extraordinary events about .o be narrated took place-Jingleberry had called, resolved not to be baked in bis determination to learn his fate. He lad come to propose, and propose he would, ruat celum His confidence in successful termination to his suit had )een re-enforced that very morning by be receipt of a note from Miss Chap nan asking him to dine with her par nts and herself that evening. and to ecompany them after dinner to the pera Surely that meant a great deal. nd Jingleberry conceived that the time Tss ripe for a blushing yes" to his ong deferred question. So he was here the Chapman parlor waiting for the Oung lady to come down and become ls recipient of the interesting inter- Dgatory," as 1t IS called in some sec Ons of Massachusetts
 I'll ask her the first thing" said buttoning up his Prince lbert, as though to iInpart a possibly eeded stlffening to his backbone. She lIl say yes, and then l shall enjoy the inner and the opera so much the more. hem. wonder If am pale--l feel ,rt of-um- There's a mirror That Ill tell. Jingleberry walked to the lrror-an oval gilt framed mirror, ich as waa very much the vogue fifty sars ago for which reason alone, no 'ubt, it was now admitted to the gold Id white parlor of the house of Chap an
 Blessed things, these mirrors" said nsleberry, gazing at the reflection of 5 lace 50 reassuring I'm not at all .e. Quite the contrary I'm red as a nset Good omen that! The sun is ttlng on my bachelor days-and my arf IS crooked Ahr
 The ejaculation was one of pleasure, pictured in the mirror Jingleberry W the form of Marian entering the om through the portieres.
 How do you do, Marian? Been ad- ring myself in the glass" he said rning to greet her 'l--er"---- Here he stopped as well he might, for
 addressed no one. Miss Chapman IS nowhere to be seen,
 Dear mel said Jingleberry, rubbing eyes In astonishment. How extraor- iary. l thought sure saw her-why Id see her-that IS, saw her reflection the gla- Hal hal She caught me zlng at myself there and has hidden de walked to the door and pulled the 'uere aside and looked into the hall. ere was no one there He searched 'ry corner of the hall and of the din room at its end, and then returned the parlor, but it was still empty. d then occurred the most strangely accountable event in his life.
 IS he looked around the parlor he for second time found himself before the 'ror, but the reflection therein, though