Arizona republican., 1892-12-01

accustomed graceful attitude in the TO. hected armchair was nothing less than the counterfeit presentment of Marian Chapman herself
 was wonder Jingieberry's eyes did not Tall out of his head, he stared so what situation it was, to be sure tu s'anu there and see in the glass a scene which as far as he could observe. mad no basis in reality and interesting It was Tor Jihgleberry to watch himself I gong through the form of chatting pieasahtiy there in the mirrors depths wlth the woman he loved it almost made nm Jealous, though the reflected olhSleoerry was so entirely independent oi the real Jingleberry The jealousy soon gave way 10 consternatlon for to tne wondering suitor, the independent renecuon was beginning to do that for whlch ne himself had come. in other words, there was a proposal going on m the glass and Jingleberry enjoyed the mover sensation of seeing how he nm sell would look when passing through a similar ordeal
 Altogether however. 1t was not as | pleasing as most novelties are. for there were distinct signs m the face of the mnr rored Marian that the mIrrored Jingle oerrys words were dlSlasteful to her and that the proposition ne was making was not one she could entertain under any circumstance She kept shaking her head and the more she shook II the more the glazed .lingleberry seemed to lmplore her to be his Finally Jingle perry saw ms quicksilver counterpart Tall upon his knees before Marian of the glass and hold out hls arms and hands toward her m an attitude of prayertul despair whereupOn the gIri sprang to her feet stamped her left foot furious ly upon the floor and pointed the unweI come lover io the door
 Jlngleherry was fairly Staggered What could he the meaning of so extraor dlnary a freak of nature. Surely 1t must he prophetic Fate was klnd enough to warn him m advance no doubt, otherwise It was a trlck And why should she stoop to play so paltry trick as that upon nIm: Surely fate would not oe SO petty No 1t was a warning The mirror had been so af tected by some supernatural agency that 1t divined and reflected that winch was to be, instead of contenting itself to what Jingleberry called "slmultaneity 1t led instead of following or acting CO., medically with the reality and It was the part of wisdom. ne thought tor him to yield to It's suggestion and retreat. and as ne thought this ne heard soft sweet voice behind him
 'l hope you haven got tired of wait ing, Tom, 1t said and turning. Jingle berry saw the unquesuonably real Marian standing in the doorway
 No he answered shortly 'i-iI nave had pleasant-v very entertaining ten minutes but l must hurry along Marian, he added. 'l only came % tell you that l have a frightful headache, and-er--l cant very well manage to come to dinner or go to the opera with you tonight.
 Why Tom" pouted Marian, T am awfully disappointed l mad counted on you, and now my whole evening will be spoiled Don't you think you can rest a little while. and then comeY
 Well, i-l want to Marian. said Jingleberry but to tell the truth 1 really am afraid l am gong to be ill I've had such a strange experience this afternoon f-
 'Tell me what it was" suggested Marian sympathetically, and Jingleberry did tell her what it was He told her the whole story from beginning to end what he had come for how he had hap pened to look in the mirror and what he | saw there and Marian listened atten- lively to every word he said. She laughed once or twice, and when he had done she reminded him that mirrors had a habit of reversing everything and somehow or other Jingleberrys head ache went and and-well everything went.--John Kendrick Bangs in Chicago Post