Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-11-13

come horos one Of them while pretty
Alice n looking on. And then"-
SO settled was Mason In the certainty
Of laughing last hat he regarded with
composuro tho way IN which the party
took seats in tho great mountain wagon,
though it was hardly in accord with his
desire FOR Paul and Alice were sido By
side. like Darby and Joan, with tho
Dlontol sisters as prim and domuro
neighbour Tho return win bo slightly
different F" he unused. with a triumphant
smile, "and II will be dark then too. ("
CompUnotion for two uniDlendod
wrongs bad drawn Paul 20 Alice Be
lated appreciation aud poignant regret
had dragged Alice close 10 Paul. To the
inhni;o ropugnanoe Of the twins, this
couple incontinently INDUCED I'm soft
and cooling phrases, and more than once
on the drive were undeninbly holding
banda And, still worse, when there
was a heavy jolt Paul embraced Alice
with exaggerated tenderness, although
she was safe and secure in an interior
corner, and tho unprotected maidens
who should have been his care were
bobbing up and down like electric balla
Ere tbs destination was reached that
respectful admiration which the Man
tell girls had shared for Paul Dupont
had faded away, It's place permanently
retained by indifferent contempt
"Sappyl" whispered Sophronia
~''5poonsi'' concurrod Abigail.
But hapless Mason Welles was un-
aware Of there changes Of sentiment;
otherwise wien the cloth was spread ON
tho ground and the hampers were In
process Of unlading he would not have
been SO intent on sending Paul hither
and thither and on employing the Man
tell girls with distinctive errands. His
eagerness, too, prevented him from per-
ceiYing that Alice was studying his
maneuverB with doubt and aversion.
Everything seemed TO be working Just
to perfection Paul was engrossed with
. kettle, some damp kindlings and a
broken match down in the ravine, hid
from the sight Of every one excepting
his wife Sophronia had been inveigled
on tho heights after berries and Abigail
down the road to the farmhouse for
milk, each sister believing that the 9TH
er was close by.
"Ill take a shy at Sophronia first, "
Mason resolved. There's more of the
March hare about her, / think" And
no clambered up tho rocks to her side.
Look down there, " no said, pointing
to Paul. There is your darling quite
alone"
s~ophronia glared. "What. you empty
pated fopr" she screamed do you
think You can insult me with impunityl
Take thati' and she cast the pail Of
berries full IN his face.
Mason did not await further eccen-
tricities He sped like a chamois down
the mountain side until he came upon
Abigail.
"Your sisterr' he exclaimed Look
our for heri She's crazier than a looni''
"Insolent puppyi' retorted Abigail,
and the milk blended with the berries.
Mason turned and fed, in fear Of
other ~singularities; but, alas, where
could he find shelterl Down the path
was stalking the vengeful ~Sophronia;
close behind him painted the indomita-
BILE Abigail. In a furry Of terror he
70 AllC0 blud. Dave me,
Alice, from these harridansi' he inn
plored.
Really, Ny. Welles, " said Mrs Du-
pont s%cornfully, you are quite as ridicu-
lous as you look. Wait q moment and
my husband will take care Of you and
Of me too"
But Mason did not wait. Far down
the roadway ne saw the Mantell twins
soberly plodding to the hotel, and he
realized that in their union lay his
strength. he followed, but at q dis
tanoe, and when they had reached the
destination he hurried to the railway
station and took the train for a distant
one. And Paul never consulted Hodges,
the proprietor, about the sanity Of the
twins. They ignored him, pursuing
their studies with a unity that no sur
geon's knife could eradicate. Neither
does he reply as formerly to Alice's gen.
tie questions, for, in a proper apprecia-
zion Of felicity, he has lost all presump-
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