Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-24
typewriter Gamsel, and she handed him a

typewriter Gamsol, and she handed him
letter. He read this
DEAR SIR Circumstances over which we
have no control necessitate a reduction of ex-
penses. Your resignation will be accepted on
the 1st of the month. THE COMPANY.
The clerk looked out of the window ST.
lently. Outside the people were hurrying
along the street ceaselessly. 1t was like q
huge torrent. He read the letter again,
smiling rather queerly. Then he opened
small drawer of his desk and took out
very small tin box. 1t smelt of peoples.
He poured the contents into his mouth
and threw his head back, swallowing with
quick gulp. Then he looked out of the
window again, and waited fora certain
Circumstance
One of the last things he heard was the
Company saying to the lovely typewriter
damsel, Wasn't this the night you were
going to take supper with me?"
There was great deal of applause at
the conclusion of this tablcau. The king
came SO near to smiling that the chairman
began to feel safe and reckless.
Hi will now present to you," he an
nounced pompously "ha Domestic Detail,
which will be the last hof hour hattrac-
tons for this day" He bowed very low,
and, still bowling at odd moments, return
ed to his chair.
The king frowned as he watched him,
but he said nothing, for tho play was be.
ginning.
These two this young man and his
wife, had only been married little over
year, and that year had been as dream
of perfect happiness. These twain had
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lightful way possible. All their joys and
sorrows they had shared.
But now there happened to them Cir
cumstance that wrought a cruel change
in them both. The Circumstance was q
lovable one, and that was the pity of it.
The young husband looked at the Circum.
stance and began to feel fearful hate to-
ward it, for the reason that he caught his
wife looking at 1t with love in her eyes.
And there were moments when she, too,
looking at it, found her husbands eyes
fixed lovingly upon it, and then she hated
it fiercely and hlindly. AS for the Cir
cumstance, it kept smiling to itself.
Jealousy and unreason reigned now be-
tween these two, They grew nervous,
touchy, irritable. Each feared that the
Circumstance was robbing him or her of
the others love. And then again, there
came moments when, driven by pride and
vanity, each determined to conquer in the
fight and win the sole title to the Circum-
stances love.
One day a fearful thought came to them
both Each struggled with the thought,
but it triumphed Then they gave way
to it. The thought, in each of them, was
that If the Circumstance were out of the
way they might return to the old days
when they loved each other so dearly
The Circumstance was lying up stairs,
asleep. Through the half open door the
husband approached on tptoe. He went
round to the other side of the couch, and
in his hand which was shaking little,
was glass of water He had reached
the farther side of the couch and was just
pouring white powder into the water
when his eyes took on queer fixed stare.
Through the half open door came his
wife, and in her right hand was a glass
of water. Her eyes were fixed upon the
face of the Circumstance, and in the lines
of her own face battle was raging be-
tween Love and Self Sacrifice and Hate.
The eyes of husband and wife met, and
two glasses of water went crashing to the
floor. Quick signs of shame dyed their
faces, and after an instant of helpless con-
sternation they came into each others
arms, and for a long time held each other
SO, silently.
When the Circumstance awoke, it heard
them speaking all manner Of strange
things
1--WE will never let it come between
again" they were saying. 1--WE will love
each other first, and for it we will have an
equal, though secondary affection. But,
arsJ uf all, W. will love caoh othor."
The Circumstance smiled to itself,
thinking they might have come to that
conclusion long ago without all this trou-
BILE and heartache. 1t did not know how
near 1t had come to never waking from
that sleep. And then, as the full purport
of their new resolution came to it, the Cir
cumstance clustered with mighty obiec-
tions. To be second in their affection
mean nothing more nor less than defeat.
But they merely listened to it's ragings
and smiled. Wait" they said; present
ly we will attend to you. just now we
two have long fast to atone for" Then
in delicious whisper, Come, dear, let
us go for walk alone together as we used
to in the old days"
And they went out, leaving the Circum-
stance bowling with defeat and wounded
vanity.
For the Circumstance was their own
child
A queer curl came to the kings mouth,
something between smile and sneer.
He called the chairman to him. "You
will now receive the reward Of justice
he said. "Kindly step down into the
arena" Then he gave signal to Cir
cumstance by his side, and this Circum.
stance went down into the arena with the
chairman, who was white and trembling.
The chairman, in fearful apprehen-
sion, started to cry out for help. But the
vast audience, in fashion since become
quite universal, had already arisen from
it's seats, and with much rustling of skirts
and fans and crumpling of paper and shut
ting up Of opera glasses and talking and
laughing was proceeding up the huge
aisles and out of the Coliseum. So what
left unheard.-Percival Pollard in Chap
Book.
The Way He Liked His Hair Cut.
"How will you want your hair cut,
sirf" said the talkative hairdresser to tho
man in the chair.
minus conversational prolixity," re-
piled the patient
''How's that, sir?"
with abbreviated or totally eliminated
variations"
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