The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-01-13

wickedly to himself. and
claws on tree stem 90
darkness. :, ID
Next morning l tt,d d-4rAS r
going back to her, and ash -
he heard of any old country
his in the market to let me
also advised him to have his I
The cat was there at the time,
looked up, and then folded in b
and yawned, and went to sleep
For by day he's an ordinary, unins
gent brute enough. 1t is only b
he gets so Economically and Gle
satirical. So / went back to tow
ing to see Edith and hear her.
and feel her little hand. My G
ness had entirely departed. ~
D'you know the Corinthian
a snappy print, and the mouth p
the Vampire Club. read j
train just to get in touch with tn.
again, for I'd been buried aliye 4
1t didn't seem as smart as usu
the Jokes struck me as just
broad; but what was the fresh
phere of Triggs' place still
about my mind, don't you knot
Edith's eyes Hooked out O ~.
page, ard | couldn't get interested
anything but my own thoughts.
length, however. came on to a p;t
graph that did rouse and chain,
attention. 1t ran thus:
Congratulations to CHEEKY
Soper, the genial Vampire. Il
has dropped on good business (
tune of fifty thousand. Glasses,
boys. -
Now, though l have saidIsNEs
will say again. that Soper's foolN
he has stray good points, and I'm
to hear of this. He possessed an
mously we'll off aunt, and now,
pose, she'd dead, and better off
ever; and SOS Soper, don't you
1t happened that the Vampire
lay between Charing Cross and j
chambers. therefore dropped,
upon my way, to congratulate 81 e
He was there, but somehow he din
look too jolly when he saw me. ] y
him that 1 was glad about the moe,
and he said he was toe, and thai
would be nsef-l- S.n1, he didn't appe'
Jolly. l made sure he'd have bee
brimming over with "slde," but he v
quiet asa worm, and restless snn
shifty. 1t occurred to me for
ment that he might have
aunt, though that didn't seen, u,
nature, don't you know.
He drank some champagne - a
then, feeling that though of soul
Soper was little cad, and did
understand women, and had advis
me all wrong about Edith, yet ]. miq
as we'll tell him my opinions I
changed-I did so.
I said: I've altered my mind all
gethered about E. M. I've come ba
to marry her. Good women are scari
don't you know.
Soper turned blue. Haven't Y
heard7 he SAID, family.
Nothing from anybody. I'd ratF
fancied should get line from M
Marchant, but didn't.
You'll find some letters waiting
your rooms, he explained.
1 asked him if he was i'll. Then, "
horrible effort, he said:
is like this. You've changed "
mind again. Well other people chan
their minds too. They ought to h;
sent on her letters and-and mine.
Yours
Yes, mine, he answered; and
his fat hands were shaking and his BIZ
eyes squirting like a crabs.
The truth is, Miss Marcia
felt she'd make a mistake, a
couldn't live her life with you, ant
and
Who's the new johnnyl was a
could manage 10 say.
l am, he answered, bristling up
a dog in fight. You needn't lc
like that. It's all fair in love. l dlt
cut you out. You cut yourself
Somebody told her why you'd g
away.
Who could have? There's only
knew it.
He tried to lie to me, but the
, stuck in his throat. 1t was what tt
trical iohnnies call tableau, don't
know; and could have sworn I
T Triggs' cat on Soper's shoulder, wi
:, ing those damnable green eyes at m
Certain words fashed into my m
had a sort of inspiration that ch
pie only gets once in lifetime. So
You asked her to marry you
T your fifty thousand pounds.
looked into your face and then h
her head down. She stole her h
into yours and said, haven't you
that 1 love you? Why, dearest, l
" as I have never loved or thoue
:, could love. It's not money "
!, but love. I'll make you good Ii
true little wife; and thank God
bringing such happiness into nov y
Soper turned several coloo
s had never seen before anywhere
looked at me with. w. pp.
i, noddsdi lsssy. Al1ks
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