Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-21
4 WOULD-BE PILGRIM,
BY c B BURCIS.
CHAPTER [.

up. Listen to me"
Melissa smiled.
"WiIl nothing make you change your
9Ilrul little mind2"
"No,hing."
'Oh, well, If you must sacrifice vour
self, you must. That fat Armenian Is
TOO many for me-"
Il think so Jack. His arguments.
csturally carry more weight. 1 want
Al object.
"A more disgu ting one than that
.oathsome Armenian 1 can't imagine. "
Jack picked up gsudy potato-bug,
aud hurled It iGto space at an i'm
.glnaTy Armenian. A crimson sunset
yed the brown waters of the Ottawa i q
rlood On the opposite shore, the
-aure ntlan mountains, long, low, aud
snakellke lifted their sinuous crests of
yreen TO the sky. Frogs chirped
nerrily in the Greek; a below as of
Jelated bulls came from their larger
brethren in the marsh; and the mos
quitos buZzed around in swarms.
Melissa waved them away with a fan,
&c she langu!dly rocked in her chair.
The young man returned to the
5erandah, and nervously stood behind
Melissa. "As old Sweetcrumb said in
Lis last Sundays sermon. Melissa, &
should like to make few remarks"
Very well, Jack; If I'm the sub
,ect OF them, they're rather unneces.
sary."
You might hear them first"
Don't quarrel, Jack" Melissa i'm
E!ored, ceasing a moment in her incon-
saquent rocking
81 should like to make few re-
marks-as / said before. You" his
hand shook sliP htly Us it rested on the
back of her chair-''You know l love
you-you've known it all your life"
Jack, thought it was something
hew."
Melissa's pretty eyes flashed
ominously. Jack did not see them, SO
he persevered.
''Of course, said Jack, well, it
isn't. Awful form, NO doubt, to be in
earnest. Hearts don't matter much
not shuck But I'm in deadly ear
pest. L love you too much to talk
about it. I've come to the con lu.
sion"
81 wish you had, Jack"
That you're the girl l care for; I
haven't half-a-dozen sweethearts, like
the fellows up at the Corners, and you
know it. You're the one girl 1 could
ride all over the world fOr-like those
Tennysonian beggsrs in the Idylis,
you know-and I'm not going to be
snubbed out of it. OF course you're
too good for me, Melissa. Still, if you
share your life with me, we'll average
up the goodness, and come out all
right. Fact is, we've both too much
money-it's spoiled Us. If our dads
hadn't struck phOsphstes' it won d
have been ever so much better for you
worse luck. It's ruined your life SO
far. 1t sha'n't so on doing so"
"Oh," she said, with curl of her
little red lip. REALLY, Jack. you're
quite impossible.
Jack come round to the front of the
chair. he was pale.
When a mans made up his mind
about the one thing he wants, he's
bound to have it" he said with q
resolute compression of the lips. 1--WE
loved you ever since We we're children.
Prosperity and the European tour have
filed your pretty little head with nc n
sense; they've been too much for you.
Because dozen Of people have failed to
touch your bePl + veT tbirk you've q
mission to 60 among those one horse
Armenians. Go, if you like, only III
go too. We shall be quite cheerful
little family party, and sing Moody and
Sankey in Armenian.
''ResIly, Jack, you're too absurd.
MIR. Hsgopian will be here tomorrow
to arrange details"
"Ragopian," he said disGustcdly.
I'd like to arrange some details for him
4ha
grsmme.
She laughed.
"D'you know what that great and
good man is doing at this moment he
asked.
praying, probably, The prayers oi
the righteous, you know.
Hes playing poker down a
Labelle's."
Did yOu-did you take 8 hand
JsckP"
No." savagely. "'In the game tha
ensued / did not take hand You
friends getting the worst Of it. Very
much the worst Of 1t. D."
Poor, simple, ussophistlcatsd chii'
of nature. Was his language p1ctur
ssque; Jsck?"
"1t had all the Wild, untrsmmelled
oostio sdjectiral fiueuoy of a child q
nature certainly. especially when NJ
lost"
''Oh, then, he is losingP
"Losingl Melissa, have you lost al
oride in your countrymen, thst yol
think they couldn't skin an Armenian
He wanted to teach them simple hftl'
Turkish games, but they declined, ant
taught him q few Canadian ones IN
stead. He's playing poker, or think
ge Is -. :.
give the sinner show.
"Hsgopisn's show enough snaKe
alive"
"Jsck, your conversation sayors G
slang, The Grand Tour has not ln1
proved you; civilizationls thrown ava
upon such a primevsl savage 70
grow ruder every day
s'It's that Armenian Pecksnid. He
60 oily this weather. 1t oozss out c
him by the buckets.
Melissa tapped her foot irapstiently
ssI blush for you Why didn't 20
take in this oppressed stranger whe
he came here to lecture"
s.Beoause he took me in"
"Ah. you've no faith In goodness"
.I'ye no faith in converted ArmeI
ians. if he's a sample of them. The
noIns over here with a smat tering {
Eaglish, and wheedle money out OF 1
70 build schools in the Gar Ien OF Eder
The fellows after you"
"You're too absurd. How womb
sound if he made love to me in Armer
ianP Lord Byron was very fond {
"Of whstP Armenian, or of bein
made love tor
Melissa rose disgustedly. "You'1
nopeIsss tonight. Let US join the fir,
nies."
She gathered her white skirts abor