The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-08

I'll let you OFF on II question like that
The man who can explain such MATES,
to his wife hasn't been born yet II
you admit that You did care for Myrtle
once your wife will bc gricvcd. If You
say that YOU never did you'll feel mean
and traitorous to II memory that lies in
your heart like Il rose that has opened
while all the other poscs in the bouquet
have withcrcd because they were full
blown too soon. But il is the part OF
generosity, Howard, my boy. to suffer
even shame that your wife may be re-
icvcd in her mind.
Care for hcr?" said he. Not cspc-
cially. Come, you're not jealous of Il
girl who lived so long ago-who trotted
down the side of Ararat with Noah and
me. after the rain. You know; I've half
trunk full of pictures downstairs il
the janitor's hurglar-proof storage
room, where tranps crawl III to sleep
On cold nights
So YOU have. Howard? And they car
stay there. or the tranpS may clopc
with them for all You care. They're OF
Il later era. This one You abStrGctcd
the other day when You were looking for
Old manuscripts, and it touched the
vulcanizcd rubber pumping apparatus
which keeps your blood i'll circulation
and which YOU call heart when you
converse with your physician. Perhaps
you do not cherish her memory. You
may be too selfish. Perhaps it is the
freshman YOU like to bring to mind by
looking at this sweet. innocent face
the freshman who has been nearly
twenty years in the grave which Care
digs for our youth. But ut least YOU
remember who ii was that taught him
| N those dangerous days how good a
ding is purity for boys and girls alike.
And it docs YOU credit. But don't at-
tempt to explain your sentiments to
Maudc. Lie, if YOU want to: say you
never cared for that girl.
January IL have found out why
Fielding discriminating, for the sake
of argument. that he does lic-about
his cash. Maudc chascs him up awfully
close She does it for his good just as
his grandmother used to spank him with
, 4 slipper. But it hurts. No man with
4 soul above pawnbrolSing can keep
track of his money in New York. 1t is
such an expensive place. One has to
drop a nickel in the slot every time he
draws his breath. 1t is evening, and The
frugal oil lamp is lighted IN the parlor:
but the gas meter has not heard about
il. The meter cannot stop to consider
trtlcs.
''Howdy," says Maudc. did Won get
your check from Colddecll and Cimch-
player to-day for that story?"
YES, my dear"
"Twenty-tivc dollars~?"
"Twcnty. owed them five"
"What tQrH''
For my !. o. U. That's all know
about it,
..Wcli. say twenty" She continues.
Here's sixteen: and. allowing one for
lunch, cigars and ear fare, that leaves
three Where is it?"
II have been needing q new ncclltic
for long time" says Howard, in des-
! peration.
So YOU have, my boy, but You didn't
buy one.
Where is the nccktic?" asks the re-
lentless pursucr.
81 left it down town"
Yes, you left it down town in a
store on broadway.
"Wcll,' says Maudc ''bc sure to
| bring it home tomorrow. And You can
bring those other things at the same
| time
She mentions the other things. How
a:d. am shocked. So you have been
playing this game right along. and your
! Office is stocked with phantom pur-
chascs. every one of which accounts for
some deficit in your accounts? It's
pretty Slick trick; but suppsoc Maudc
should go over there the same day?
January 5.-Nothing very bad to-day.
| lTpv,lt- cn,pn homo Into Cocl, ill.,,
tally by nine dollars lie said that he
had Il very unexpected call for money
So he had. He raised Jim OBrien five
dollars in the last jack pot, and moth
ing in the world WAS ever more uncx-
| pcctcd than the call" lIoyvdy stood
pat on an ace full and Jim held 10 Il
queen and drew as many moro OF them
as are ever found in gcntlcman's
game. | think will pass this story To
Maudc without making n fuss, for it
was very hard case.
January G.-Maudc has been over to
the Office. She took two grpsaclis to
bring home the things which lloyydy has
been buYing-in his mind-tiuring the
past month. He was out, but his desk
was unlocked. She went through the
drawers. She did not find any of the
things she was looking for, but she
turned up four packs of cards, hun
drcd celluloid poker chips and few
other things which interested her so
much that She was still engaged in en-
anining them when Howard arrived
lie told the truth that time, and think
he felt better afterwards. He made
his peace by giving Maudc sum of
money equal to the value of the alleged
articles and sending her out to buy