The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-03

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His head brushed cluster of jasmines
near her. The incident held him for 6
moment. He looked at the flower. an6
the thought came. With lips that ha6
been false to many he would have
touched to lips that had never beer
false. He smelt again the odor of the
jasmine. He stepped back. Maud
opened her eyes
''Gracious, but you are beautiful
beautiful as jasmine!" Will uttered
A silvery laugh was Maud's answer.
viii could not bring himself TO relin'
quish the prize he coveted, SO he
fingered around Maud.
1t was night in juno that Mau
made good promise to be his partner
at german. Maud bad felt indisposed
that and the previous day. She was a
beautiful dancer. The evening was
passing happily away. just previous
to the serving of refreshments, Will. no.
ticing that Maud had grown quite pale,
sought her side. She turned to him,
saying:
THE heat is oppressive; take me out
on the piazza"
A light wrap was thrown over her
shoulders. and Will led her out In a
secluded corner they seated themselves.
AS Maud sank down, Will saw her
grow faint and fall. He caught her
in his arms Her head fell back
unconscious.
Yhe situation was delicious to Will
This beauty now laid in his arms; what
more could he want? A move OF his
head-his face would touch hers, his
lips meet hers A beautiful neck be-
witchingly cleaned out of its corsage.
The gods had been good to him. He
would no longer put aside the joys they
cast in his way.
VIII bent his head over the woman
to kiss her! He felt strange, strong
love for the woman glow within him.
The kiss was ungiven, the bent head
was held fixed in thought. He was
wretch to takeoadvantage Of woman
to steal Of an unconscious woman
what he had not yet dared to take from
her when conscious; 20 covet heart
to break it, when he was unfit to pos
sess that which he coveted. With these
thoughts there came to his sense the
fragrance of clusters of jasmine in her
corsage.
A few moments later the moisture of
her dampened handkerchief on her face
aroused Maud She lifted her head
from the back of chair where it had
been gently laid. With shiver, she
drew the wrap that now enveloped her
closer, saying:
II feel better now"
"Shau I take you home?" Win
asked.
Yes" she murmured. home VIII
took Maud.
VIII is almost forgotten memory in
the life of Maud-a faint, pleasant
memory. Maud has never learSed the
stories the odors Of her jasm ines could
tell her. Meanwhile, Win is not as
reckless as he once was. Memories OF
the odor Of Jasmine haunt the fight OF
his davs
A youth in the employment OF a
large manufacturing concern IN Pitts
burgh left one Friday evening to stay
over Sunday. On Monday he wanted
to stay little longer, and telegraphed
TO the firm: DO yon need me? /;
not, I shall stay" Ne response was
received. which 50 alarmed him that
be buried back q. noon Finding
everything all right. he was reproach-
ing himself for his haste, when his IN
cle, one OF the heads Of the firm, sent
for him He found the old gentleman
holding the telegram NY boz" he
said. sharply, this telegram. under
stand, is from you- IL reads: DO you
need ME? II not. Sh1Ii stay D!d
ron send it?' Yes. sir. came the an
,wer. meekly- You did Then let
ne tell you. sir. taGnderea the uncIe,
that have been here forty years,
and they don't need 1ae." The teie-
-ram was laid down, and the head of
the esta blisament picked up his nen i
The nephew knew ahat the interview |
vas over, and. just as he vas closing |
he door, he heard his uncle nluiieE,
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