Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-23
A MODERN MELODRAMA.
Mabel Waited, and Her Patience Was ut
Last Rewarded,

Mabel Waited, and Her Patience Was ut
Last Rewarded.
"Once more and for the Inst time, Mabel
Hiokups, ask you to marry me-
"Once more and for the last time, James
Gaddleshacks answer no''
Remember, l hold the mortgage on
the old farm"
~ remember"
"This day week. then, shall foreolose
it. You and your poor old mother, who
sits weeping yonder, will be turned out OF
DOORS houseless and homeless, wanderers
Oh the face and hands of the earth. Oh,
think Of your mother, Mabel"
"Oh, have some pity, sir" walled the
poor, broken widow.
peace, mother" said the brave girl,
who intended no allusion thereby to the
fact that her mother was broken, peace"
Then, turning to her tormentor, she ex-
claimed: "False one! Seek not thus to
play upon my sympathies. No. I ans
pledged to marry William Dibbs and I
will keep my troth. !"
eyes, and where is William Dibbs nowp
Why does he not come to your aid9 Where
is he, sayf"
ZOE tne nrso oilne maoe1 huhg no, nef'u
an IN m4 n, iow' IL n ,Sos yn,n
IN. IN nrooktyn, ens na' na Nm. 80" .ho,.
out reef and Strengthened to her full
height. With one long, sweeping gesture,
which Bernhardt might have coveted, she
pohI0ou " VIZ 1o hop,
ueaYe. no' s,, ,nis nouse' oui "o''0'
1ouf no' s ~ - sn :. =, az, ,ox+
s' m M, IL. nou' ~ ~ 80 100 sn,, Nv w
weok. ~ Unon uuual Wis ioo. w. ~, A~ 1,,o
no Ilsne 20 preasne i1 p 10y "a. ~. s"ai , ,o
$3.50 49,, a,r ~ ro,, .,,;,l hut not into
youi omn COZ - ~ w., ~, ~
h'i m1 wv a.O,u aa,,1.tto.r s,,a how
Jain youtsoA' .us M ""us ~, III, 10 y
"eeplns inovno.. a.. 10y .a, ' &c.; ~ No. ''a.n
Ai0s, Nv" u..un sos 49, ."T 9"s So
strive 90 escor' uhe ouher lelo" nono'
NADER gave ohe .s'so, "nu slu my. anu
orled' " Is noO iear lol lh Ws, vl"0 NJ Tn
womans me, ou. lenr lor "u ~ u ~ ~
tnree long hlohsns l naVo NV na0 vns
s0ln'on u pen Ai' A''
yet o,,
ANA yeo whav! u,-
hlsing ironi her onaiI an" siAns
tnrougn ner YEARS one praVo ". 1 "a
ciaiheu; ooneonlns .1is .no s""o CO. VA
nam Will yev oohio !" VIC feso"o o'o''
olo Dill!
The week passed.
Each DAY Mabel watched tor inc post
man, but each day the gray oiad messen-
ger shook MS heao ana answered mn!
Never mino. tomorrow Will Drlhg
letter, she declared hoping against nope
Through the long DAY sne pore up brave
ly, but at night, when there was no eys TO
see, she Wept until her pillow was as wei as
sop.
The morning OF the foreclosure came
NO word from william.
1t was 10 O'CLOCK, and the Iriends ana
neighbors OF the Hickupses from lar and
near assembled TO witness tne sac some
ow and her daughter, ana some 70 trlumpn
over their down1aii' ZOE 1he i1AoRupses nao
always neia up ehetr nsAas' unisAe 'ns
ovner vulagers VINO JuAeu 'noln Aor""io
IKE pioyciers. ~,
James ACCOMPLISHMENTS so.o.leu up WIN
smile On his hahasolne' syn lHoe. INV .ail'
ing loose ieai On MS ouDl1o aofIe clgar,
whispered TO Mapei: ~ 10 no5 eoo ia.e
yet, my proud peAuty oay pus ene noGie
woro Yes ana Wis moIogage snali VI
Cancelled IN the SNAKE OF lamps taIl'
But she maze OUT onac she oiun : neal
him. -.
Suodenly tnero was conLloolon Al 0ne
boomers OF the CROWD, sklrts having gone
out OF fashion: way there! uangwayv
A man managed anu 9aIterou "orse
than tne survivor OF 1ale-frihceVon loo'
Dali matcn staggered ihto me open space
III Is Wunam! squealeo M"oeA AM
hung herseiI inoo ms arms ms ,..,,
ouonF ne groanea, goa ii1oie easy
1t was indeed william, damaged ~ II
true, bue ssili william.
He Kissed her tenoerly Oh Cne ioreheau
and then, picking loose mar from M
lips, inquired, HOW much IS Chls mort
gagop
six thousand hve hundred ana eighty
four dollars and twenty-five oents, re
turned Gaddleshaoks haughtly. Mor'
money than you ever saw.
Is itY" laughed Wlillam hgh9ly rs NJ
beokoned to strong DraWny man stand
l0Q 0ATO Nv,
Inc hard " man hau push carc III M
possess1on mu sn 4ha.,,, ~ h uno o, Io
-; le.ss n y noo uyHs ~, '4 h".a !,
gre y s,v'uVu ,a a G - o.,ar ~,