The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-11-11
F0leo-- Brother lS4r< y wv Ho-
fu9es-- Why He Flageod the
Observation-Disclosures
OF ArIstocraoy,
It is by the seaside.

anu VAO 0Oe"AAOo IONo0A AAHS AAAeS>~S
answer.
"You would break our engage
ment?"
perhaps. It was q small crime for
you to make so great q fuss about.
You leave me for week. I meet a
companionable man in the interval,
wegrow trifie chummy"-
"a trife chummy!" he groans.
"Well, very chummy, ifyou like.
We walk, we drive together. He vows
he loves me madly. I allow him to
vow. We have beautiful scene,
worthy of Shakespeare. He begs q
lock Of hair. He wishes to enshrine
my memory. have not the slightest
objection. Snip. It is his. He dis
appears mumbling and kissing it.
You return. tell you all. You rage
and spoil a beautiful morning"
"You have destroyed my confidence
in you," he mutters.
II will not tell him next time," she
whispered to herself.
81 loved your subtle nature, / loved
your very perverseness, loved your
very name," he resumes. II shall
probably continue to love you, but
never again as before. A lock of hair
to that cad! The very thought is
madness. He possesses part ofyou,
the woman am to call my wife,"
"Why, no, he doesn't!"
"You yourself said It'll"
"You mistook me. ! said lock of
hair asss2
'Why play with words?" -
:, "But, love, look in my eyes. It
was only lock of my switch"
CANCEL! So you are not false?"
"Of course not-only my hair"
CANCEL! So you are not false?"
And the great sea loses it's color,
the sky wakes dim while it takes the
whole expanse of shore to hold his
rapture-Boston Globe.
Brother Hardesty Refuses.
Trustee-Brother Hardesty, how
much are you going to give for the
church this year?
Farmer Hardesty-Nothin.'
"Hayen't you had good crops this
season."
eyes Purity good"
Had any sickness in your fami-
ly?"
ono"
Lost any ofyour live stock?"
ono"
HAS anything happened to
your barns or farming implements?''
"Nothin,'
"Then it strikes me Brother Har-
desty, you are not showing proper
spirit of thankfulness for the pros
perity that has
prosperity? Say. we've had chol-
era scare, hain't WEI"
eyes, but the pestilence has not
come, and that is all the more reason
why you should"-
Hasn't come? I'm not talkin'
about the cholera. I'm talkin' about
the scare, See that fourteen-acre field
over yander?"
eyes"
"Well, l planted it in cowcumbers
for the New York market. Fourteen
acres o. cowcumbers! An they amt
with pickin'. That's what ails me
CAlo J ct1I, OIOCHcI ASuCIe1AU. Ae1AA
got no grudge, but l don't feel under
no obligations, by gumH Chicago
Tribune.
Mitigating circumstances.
A New York drummer, who is not
of musical turn of mind. put up at q
Texas hotel. He had been there be
fore and knew the clerk we'll, so hi
asked:
"What room are you going to give
me?'
Number g."
mo you don't. I had that room
last time"
"Well, what's the matter with mum
Der 81"
"In that room you can hear thu
landlords niece playing on the piano
in the parlor. Rather than sleep il
that room I'd roost all night on /,
pole stuck out of one CT the back win
dows."
"Why, she plays like a profession
al.''
Worse"
"But she is a very interesting lady.
"Bah."
Her uncle died since you were Der
last and left her a cool hundred thou
sand"
"Send her up my card"
Disadvantages Of Arlstocracy.
"How is old Vanderwump comm
on this morning?" asked Mr.. Murra,
Hill of Mr.. Fulton Ferry.
"The doctor tried to apply leeche
to the back of his neck last night. -
HE felt better afterwards,
suppose.
mo, he didn't for the leeches r.
fused to bite. They were of no use a
ALL"
"What's the reason of that"
eve are all very much puzzle
about it but know why the leeche
refused to bite"