The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-30

Diademoisello Valentine. That is my
price-so DO paid only attor ! have aug
cedded.' AZ "a
rFor a chimney | You wander In your
talk, my dear air. g
~fhis chimney, Bir2 Send for NJ. Gar.
sniet, Tho architect Of the opera; add to
him q picked Jury Of engineers, chem.
istu, members Of the ingtitutc, prolou.
cora from tho Ecolo des Hautes Etudes,
aud II these gentlemen can do In three
months what l undertake TO do In an
hour, that is TO say, prevent II from
smoking-as also to prevent from Bmok-
inginIl chimncya with the aamo trouble
II asreo that you should treat mo as
though were indeed raving."'
'rrhe hand Of my daughtorl Tint is
q high price. Howovor, II rcallyyou do.
possess such secret, you will BIO ablo
70 mako money, great deal Of money
and IT +, llft
81 have aocrot In reality; and, as I
have high opinion Of 1t. you.will glvo
me authority 10 shut myaelf alone in
this parlor for an hour and you will
give mo your word not TO look through
tho koyholS ] only 20 to work on that
condition"
81 aaAs you please But why have you
not simply taken out pateut2 You
would avoid these childish precautions.n
II am not rich enough TO pay the first
premium on apatent"
".Well, I am going. Perform your
mysterious operations IN peace and
tranquility"
olco alono, Paaaoraud wasted tho
time In foolish proceedings rather out OF
place the gravity Of the circumstances
considered. An attentive apectator-but
Passerard had banished apectatora-
would have heard him hum the air:
Cca. lei QUO Rose rcsptrc, {,
Z Tho samo surprised spectator would
have eeen him 90 from one piece OF
furniture to another with a delighted
air, walking az in dream among tho
beautiful furniture, extend himself nj
fulllensth upon the soia-hero Valen.
tine must have sat then install himself
Ina small chair-this low scat Is with
out doubt tho one sho prefers !-then
gaze for a long while at q young girls
portrait-that is her dear picturel-and
throw kisses attic you, ever to you'll
These frivolous proceedings having con-
spmed the appointed sixty minutes,
Passcraud opened the doors and called
everyone.
Have fire made, sir r
Passeraud obeyed. Tho chimney had
now clear, strong draught. A gentle
warmth breathed through tho Chilled
and frosty room. There was not the
least smoke. Passeraud'a genins Hhone
out liko the sun; he who could not zoe
twas blind. SIS
II. Is too delightfulr' exclaimed n.
Laman.in rndiantly. Valentine this
dear young man is great engineer.
Ho sball DO my aon.in-law with your
coneent" s},.s5.
"ohi yes. papa "
III
hyeIr after these miraculous events
Madame Pesseraud (neo Lamantin) had
q son aa beautiful as the morning.
Upon thia occasion NJ. Lanentin made
the following speech:
My dear con, explain one thing to
mo; three months ago the railroad com
pnnios adopted your automatic brake;
gold showers upon YOU from all sidcs;
the right 70 use your patent Ia pur.
CHASED In England, America, Italy,
sAustraiia, tho Indies and Spain. You
arc now rich, not from your wiie's
dowry, but OF yourself. Docs pot that
mako you think seriouslv7 But to
come 70 what is troubling mo you have
on. hand another invention, and you do
nothing with II,
ITO what invention do you allude,
sir r :.
tWhy, what else could 4. DO bu! your
secret for preventing chimneya from
smoking2 Ahlyou are not going to
tell me now that You arc too poor to
paylthe premium 7"
Father, you viii obllge me to tell
you things I would rather koep 10 my.
eslf."'
"speak ont, spoak OUT
"Well, then, know that did not euro
your chimney Of smoking, simply stop
ped making it smoke There is a shade
Of difference. between those two things.
NY room then was up under tho roof. I
hsd only to put cut my hand to check
the drought, by placing something, no
matter what, over tho luc--a plato, for
example. It was your fault, too; over
since tho world was made, cruol fathers
have forced lovers TO carry OF thcir
daughters By stratagem. did as every
ope does; improvisod a little comedy.
My excuse is that Valentine helped me !;
itwss sho who commissioned the con.
ciergo to represent mo us tho areatoet
chimney builder Of the vicinity. For
give. US both and console youraclf by
thinking that II 10 fato which 90 rules,
for those who love each other must
gucceed In their plans; thatis lnw.n