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I'd worked and waited f. get those blossoms

you'd know the Value oil tnem.
This extin guished the last spark Of resent
sidsratcly absented himself during the pres
'i II vas e evening; dinner was over and Mr..
Rinklo pushed back his chair with an air q
S c ate and ndss Tnn
quite natural after what had happened. he had
merely stated to Mrs Lent that he cha, had not t
dinner. he had given Mrs. Lent Q fulI account
from ms the eistern only BY saying that Mr. Hap.
field had happened TO come. into the violet
hGafr and ss hSDss Pun oa GOOD mnco po
s sels iiyH II was never fst'sr 'v
that While was making II You we're, down
in that dreadful hole how fast would have
Mr. Rinkle crossed his legs and smiled; He
was In state Of great good humor. know
you would. Mrs. Lent ! know YOU would. But.
after all perhaps it's Just as We'll you didn't
'3 She looked surprised. Don't you think I
G GoSs ., have helped you out as well as any
w 81 course you could; wasn't thinking, Of
that" said Nathan Walking s;i up nnd down the
his hands tosethsr, and then he took his, hat
cisar away the dinner things. Ri 10 back in
Whom lie returned he brought with him the
second gest spray Of npwsrs n IRON shs es
Uni Nicely" said he, ALLOW mo TO present to
the loyeliest woman on earth the loveliest
flower. at least Of tho peargonium family.
that was ever grown by man.
had he ealleS her eey and what did HiG he
moan by. bringing her that almost sacred
flower? ~ don't gna%rstad' os she EnspedIv ,
down or think about doing kitchen work.
There is nothing SO important as what l am
~
She understood now. Flnshins and trembling
she could not spe" hut shn oT o?E%d nn hm
Not nothing of tho lesson that he had learned.
it WAS m hour a'terwar.. The room was, in
| He had Just finished giving her full account
Of the Interview 9s e., n42 "ESoTheard between
Mss nEhS nv. tn YG ha sa onr
We were merely two good friends. but now
| that We are. the same az ono couldn't help
'e IKE widow yfa was yse 50 we'll aware Of Nahans
desire To- toll things about reoplc that faint
had proposed to her because there was no
other way in which he c9nld jnstiiy himself IN
telling her this WonIhervbt on o, nnWS nus
o' After all." exclaimed tho iubilant Nathan.
the Reverend Ezekiel ornmp brought me a
Mrs Lent locked q, him i'm inHu55insly what
Ncey SFne saa S Ss" hem two had ro s.
| away without knowing was i'll tho cistern.
| and I'd had to wait till Gottlieb came and got
| me out, and that rascal didn't show himself
| till = O'Clock this afternoon tEered been a
| fight; and a. he is big fellow. and I'd been n
! fiery mad one, | wouldn't have been In u fit
state this day to make love to anybody. But
| II was the name of the Reverend Ezekiel
Crump that brought me bouncin' to my feet.
and got me out of that hole viii le was in
such n state Of mind from hear in what heard
| and thinking about what | imagined that
was ali one tinGle OF CLOWN excitement from
| my head that was in the air to my feet that
were in the water. and | kept thinkin and
thinkin about it, till early In the afternoon
made up my mind that as soon rs | could get
the days work done and dinner was over
wouldn't wait any longer to declare my love
Just as younl, Hapheld couldn't wait any longer
to declare his
talk put this disposition into you'"
lie threw one arm over the back Of her chair
No. indeed. Nicely he answered. 1t onll
brought it out
show. dressed in his best clothes and wearing
, in his buttonho!e the remaining spray OF bios
sons from his new peargonium. His brothe
florists stared with anaZement at his adorn
ment If YOU had brought yesterday TIL
plant that bore that flower one OF them eX
claimed. You would have gained frs
"Oh. I got prize enough" said Nathan. will
an air of superiority to Horticultural distinc
tons. and the Reverend Ezekiel Crump mus
wait till next year for his turn