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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-05-09

matt sur le quai. La voiture flat i
| fond Gle train, une minute aoras, ellie
await dlsparu, il etait inutile, mainte.
nant, de chercher 4 la le;olndre.
Les agents Sc legardetent queiques
secondes, desespeles, comprenant
gu on allait les accuser dc compiicitG.
lis apercurent alors la voiture du
luge d'instruction qui approchait, lis
penserent gull vaIait m!eax lie pre-
yenir tout de suite, ct is coururen,
le long du quaI. lis rejoisnirent
blentot Ia voitute ct criarent III CO.
cher d arrGter. lie chez lie Ia su.ett
descendit, ainsi que le jnge d';'.esruc-
ton ct lie gre!fier, ct lis Gcoltarent
avec stapefaetion le rtcit dies ;;s--seutS.
Cetait le plus vieuN 4ai pa9iait ::
fautfe approuv;tit awe .Es.s sr>tes
aesesptrts QuanI l. reefs fat Ter,
NINE, VI. List;,rs ,litd tn tea see
Rstoarnoas dahor,, i .en.,ie., q.
a eu lieu fesasion nous y tsplve-
rons peut etre quelque iadlce. It,
dams une heure, il faut que vos ordres
soent donnes pour que ces greains
ne sechappent pas. Il fiat battre
tout Paris. Les gems qai Sc me-
quent de Ia police seraient trop
heufeux. Nous commeneens 4 de
venir rilicuIes
Tn Instant apres, lis descendaient
tous sur le quai ct retroHgait ic ,.aHot
sur Iequel Iierese await etc enIevte
par son freFe ct par Ztphirin. Dams
ie fend, auPras ees rsss.lles, ttstieat
tItt5osGes les deaz b?a':ses= =b.anches,
Ct deuS sros pantaions de to.le, ayec
deaS cas4aettes de macon Sur le
cora dn cahot, Il J aFalt deaH initia-
les graves c. 6.
-Je N Ell doa;;;is lJien, al, le ju-e
d'instraetion eest 20 CIausic 6sar.tn
eier qui = mis- "a police aa Gel. de
i.atreter ct qui tient "a parole. Le
greain N0n settlement /. noa,
tciiappe, mais i nous ealeve ST suar
en- pIein jour.-t.u'on s.emlare de &c
canol
Eoyant aiors tles mariners uHe
l6gefe distance. Il pen$a qu'ils pour
raient lt.i fournil 4ael4aes sensei2ne-
ments. Il les intefrogea is na-
yaient rieH w.
Les maoistrats remonterent a!ors
ct traverserent le sont lies Beauz-
Arts.
lis retrouverent lie maIhentcux
cocAer toujours en contemplation
fevant les Geux voitures. Il await
detaehe son eheval ct. aldG par
aeHS gardens de i. paiz, il : orga-
nisait" pour lentrer chez lui. H.
Lisars Iui demanda aussltat des
renseignements sur les deux uavriers.
TN WEAK ct un jeune, lui rtpon-
dit-ll, c,est tout ce qne j'ai remar4a6.
Les magistrats revinrent au Palais
de Justice, OH la nouveIIe de leur
mesayen.ure sc repandit =bien vlte
dams la sale DIES Pas-Pertlus ct causa
Ia plus vive hiIarlte.
-Cette fols, du moins, 'eecria-t-on,
lie chef de la shrete sera force de
donner sa demission.
Il y await deja longtemps que
toute la presse demandait Ia demls-
sion du magistrat. Et lhilarit6 devint
encore plus grande lorsqu'on apprit
que, lon de donner sa d6mission, lie
chef de Ia sarete Sc cramponnait p!as
que jamais a son poste, ct que, rem
dant responsible lie We'll agent, qui
await etc presque assomm6 par Xt-
phirln, il venait de le reyoquer. En-
revanche, les ordres les plus severes
etaient lances dams tout Paris on
une veritable battue tous
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No ii

Ia fuite.
&c fut aussi laws de Celestin
G:igard, qui apprlt avec une verita-
bic joie la nouvelle de r6yasion de Ii
sGur de Claude. ii arriya, lie soir.
tout triumphant chez Angelina.
Ma!ntenant, Brigard venat toates
les NUTS chez Angelina la surveillans
avee plus de jalousie que jamais ct
Ii belle file lc laissait faire, s'amu-
santa .efendre encore plus amoureux,
ieSclter plus vivement par sa
coqnetterie endiablee. Ellie etait tiere
de Influence qu'eiie exercait sur Get
etle -roS>er, don't ellie await fraile-
meat ;!tve!oppe tous les mauvais
appetlts Er.in ellie await besoin
I. c.fe 'ia,iei.Vnent renseignee.
tt";st i.ttei:.;iie III but qu'elle amhi-
1'"na:ic, tt 4n'cile osait a peine
aEo4el i e..e-nitne. Par Brigard
eiie savaii tout
.I:.:tine it monter .c jeuna homme
! dan, lie houGioit, OH Angeln etalt
deja etendue, enveloppee dams IN
peiyaoir de laii.e rouge garni de
broderies noi.es, ct fumant sa ciga-
rette. E.l!e donna sa main fine Ct
pa tnmee al jeune Lomme, Gui Y
! dtposa un ba!ser tievreux. Et tout
aussit0t, elle dit ton indifferent
Mon AMI, je yais pouvoir yous
remhourser demain toGtes les sommes
que 1ons avez si genGreusement
tepensaes pour MOI. 1t j'en sals
rtellement heureu,e. Jai caIcult,
Gar je tens mes complies blen Ga
ofdre, j'ai calcule que vous m'aviez
dunat un peu p!as de deux cent mile
francs ; c'tst celia, II est-ce pas Ie
voas les reldsai denain, parce que
demain je t3ucherai heritage de mon
ooclo de Baltimore. Tout les dIli-
cnltds ~onc levtes NJ. Fourmont me
IL annoaet, ofiicielIemeat q soir, ee
soir.
Bgisasa sap,iaua avec humeur:
Que eet argent soft entire yos
mains ~ e4tre les miennes. il sera
toujours i yous, vous le savez bian !
Mats MOI, je veux qu'il soft
entire les y5trcs ie veux que voas
rentriez dams ThGritage de yos
parents -. ce premier capital dc
cent mile francs que vous avez
sacri FIJI pour moi d'abord puis !. ].
SOFT puiaque roas l.exlgez, Je
repyen(ifai ees cent mile francs
mais le feste, est i vous. C'est pour
yons que je l'ai gagne -. Et Dieu
salt comment ie l'ai gagnG ~. In
faIsant Dc l'usure En- prenant des
fonds dams Ia caisse de mon patron,
pour jouer Il Ia Bourse Y. Des spe-
culations insens6es, malhonnGtes
Des coups ne faire envoyer al
bagne 81 j'ayais echoue Et pour
vous
-Eous ayez reussi, mon ami, dit
tranqGillement Angelina. sans cesser
de regarder les spiraes bleuts de IL
fnmee lie sa cigarette, ne parlez done
pas de ces yilaines chooses Nous ne
manquerons plus d'argent desormais.
Noyez, mon ann je dis nous Dams
mes projects d'avenir, je ne voas
separe iamais de moi.-Demain. nous
aurons, chacun, deux cent clnquante
mile francs.
All CONNIE ie prGfe:erals IN
mot damour a tOute une fortune
s6cria-til yiolemment.
L amour, Brigard Quele folie
c'est IN mot -.
-C'est une passion qui me feralt
eommettre DIES crimes
-Chut, Brigard, ehut! ST Ton
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me extra dams sa celule CT lui dit
brusquement
ST voas avez que.que chose a
empo'ter, prenezle ear vous ne
feviendfez pas lei ce soir. Faites
yite
Ellie tressalIht, en- demandant
--Ou va-t-on me mener ?
En- &c moment. je Il en- sais rien ::
tout ce que je puis vous dire, c'est que
vons couche:ez aujourd hun a Saint
Lazarrc
Eile eprouva une yiolente emotion
ct baihutia
Saint-Lazare 8 mon Dieu
Therese ne savait pas bien exacte-
mcnt ce que c'6tait que Saint-Lazare;
mals Gle en- await touiours entendu
parier .aysttrieusemcnt, a voix basse.
comme de Ia prison la plus no<.'e, Ia
plus horrible de Paris :, la pius
honteuse aussi.
-Allons D6pachez-vo vous oa
yous attend
In Sc retoUrnant ellie Wit deuX
garaes de Paris, dams lie couior,
Iarme an pied. Ellie allait p,eurer; !;
dependant ellie ne vouIat pas faiblir
devant ces hommes. Eiie Sc raidll
et, ramassant vivenent les quclqnes
objets qaon await permls a sa mere
de iui envoyer ellie dit:
-Je yous suis, Messieurs
Les .ardes de Paris Ia remirent i
oeuS agents de Ia surete, qui Ia con
dnisirent hors Gu Depot ct la iirent
monter daas une yoIture Et la
voitale partit immediatement au
4alop, suiyaut une autre yoiture, dams
laquelie etaient lie juge instruction,
le chef de Ia surete ct uu esetlier.
Nous serons vite arrives, dit un
des agents.
-Nais OH alIons-nou~, Messieurs :?
demanda Th6rese. Est-ce deja Il
Saint Lazare
Non, ma belle On passera
d'ahord par Ia rue de Rome, Ia on
avez fait lie coup. C'est pour Zen
quete.
-Ah ali celia vous dtgrise !?
dit betelient lautre agent.
Th6rese devint pourpre eli, sans
doute auralt-elle reponll avec vio-
lence, quand une voiX percante arriva
jusqu ellie. Eilc In reconnut aussi-
tot +; mais eut la force de ne pas
tressaiIlir. La voix chantait
One che ohe Canotiers de la
Seine
Ohe ohe ohe Canotiers de Paris
La volture, 4 ce moment, qaitt;lt
Ie quai Cont CT alnvait sur le 9uai
Malaquais. On await dtja depasse
le pont des Beaux-Arts. ThGrese
regardalt ayitlement tous les gems qui
passaient. cherclant celui don't ellie
await entendu Ia voiV, pres sentant
que quelque chose allait arriser, Sc
tenant prete 80.
Plcsque au meme instant, un choc
violent Gbranla la voiture, Qui sar-
rGta net, ct pencha du cote OH etait
Therese. lie eocher poussa un
juron 6pouvantable ct sauta dc son
siege Une voiture bras, menGe
par deuN hommes en- blouse blanche,
ct portant de lourds mattriaux de
await accroche sa roue de
droite a tune des roues de So voiture
avec tant de force. que l'ess;eu du
facre s'etait cass9 ct que Ia roue
5 6tait detachee.
-N'ayez pas peur, dit un DIES
agents Il Thtrese, ce II est rien. Nous
allons laisser ces gens-la sc dtbrouil-
Ter, ct prendre une autre volture. Il
faut que nous rattrapions u. Lisars.
rharaco no ra,,aniit nt,a nar =,
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frere ct Zephirln. On la lit sortir dt
la voiture ct ellie res,a aupres, avet
un des agents, taadis que fautre
allait la station de voiture Qni est
un peu plus loin. La dispute cont
nuaIt entire les deas hommes ct lie
cocher
-Oui, criait ceui.ci, c'est votre
faute Celia ne serait pas arrive, 81
vous aviez garde votre droitc Mais
vons allez payer mes degats ? Ne
| demoiir une roue =. Et cest mira
Gle que mes clients aient rien at
| trappe !! Justenent, je conduisais
| une demoiselle
-Mademoisellc, dit Claude, en-
otant sa casquette, excusez-noas.
Jespere du moins que yous ne voas
etes fait aucun NAL :?
Tnerese balbutia
| Non. Je vous remercie.
De loin, iautre agent faisalt signc
son camarade qull await arre,6
une voiture, ct de venl: avec sa
prisonniere
--Vous yous ferez payer a la
Prefecture, dit liagent qui etalt avec
Th6rese. Voulez-yous me suivre,
Mademo;selle ?
Et, la prenant par le bras, il len
tralna ; mais lis avalent a peine fat
qHelques pas, qu'un polng sabat,ait
ouraement sur le bras de Fagent.
Ii lacha machinalement sa prison
mere ct, avant quill put resister, il
etait renverse sur la terre, 81 brutae-
mcnt, qn'il lu fut impossible de Sc
releyer tout de suite. L'autre agent
aui ouvrait la portiere de la voiture,
ct Sc preparait a y installer sd p,i-
sonniere, n'avait rien vi. QUAINT au
cocher, il etait trop occupe d exami-
ner les dtgats de son vieux vehicule
pour songer q ses clients.
En- moins tune mlnste, i. ny eut
plus persoane sur lie quai Aux cris
de son coilegue lautle agent ttait
accoura. lis seceu6ient lie cocher,
qui ramasSait sa roue. lis lai de-
manderent fievreusement
Eth bien Eft ees deux ousriers? !?
tous les avez laisse fiIer?
Files :. Les gueux :. Mais
aors qui ne payera mes reparations?
Les bandits ?
Les malheureuX agents cherehalent
vainement autour eux, en- avant ct
en- arriere ct lis ne yoyaient rien.
Ce ne fut ouau bout dun instant
qu'ils eurent lldee de regarder par
dessus lie parapet du quai.
VII
LIDEE DE BRIGARD
D'abord, lis ne remarquerent rien
d anormal car on he voyait de
blouses blanches nj sur les deux
points entire lesluels on Sc trouvait,
nj sur la Seine.
Soudain lis apereurent de l'autre
cote de Ia Seine, un canot qui abor-
DAFT ct, de ce canot, sortaient deux
hommes ct une femme, qui Sc preci-
pitaient en- courant vers rescalier du
quail Malgre la distance, Fun des
agents reconnut There's Garancier ::
ct quaint aux deux hommes, ce ne
pouvalt etre que les deux ouvriers de
tout d lheure qui s'etaient debarras-
ses de leurs blouses. Deja lis attei-
gnaient lie quai
-Cest un coup monte, dit Fun
nous sommes joues il s'agit de les
repincer, 81 nous ne voulons pas etes
revoques par lie chef
Et entra1nant son camarade, il
s'elanca sur lie pont des Beaux-Arts,
laissant le cocher en- face de sa vol
ture demolie ct de la petite yoiture a
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A Lesson In Natural history.

A gilded steer above the cupola on
the Exchange building at the stockyards
tells the cattlemen which way the wind
blows. The steer is work of art and
much admired, and yet it remains a
contradiction to the belief that cattle
men are observers of the habits of cattle.
"What does steer do when the wind
blows hard?'' an old plains cattleman
was asked.
HE turns his tail to the wind, humps
his back and waits for fair weather, "
answered the plainsman.
Theresa steer that doesn't" said
his questioner, pointing to the gilded
steer on the cupola, which faced ten
mile an hour wind, disregarding the
well known habit of his kind.
swell, if that amt so, I'll be beat, :"
said the old cattleman. "But it's just
like the market, goes by contraries.
Perhaps that's why it faces the wind.
But l guess more likely they let the
contract for that vane to a tenderfoot
who never saw steer and never was
out Of the city. -
Down in the yards the wind blew
from the north, and every steer and cow
had its back to the wind and stood
bumped up, placidly chewing its cud-
The pictures Of plains cattle in a
storm by Frederic Remington all show
the cattle with heads away from the
wind, and plainsmen swear to the COR
rectness of Remington s pictures. To be
consistent, the gilded steer over the Gu
pola should be reset to do as do his
brethren ON the plains and in the pens
of the stockyards As it is he is an an
noyance to many Of the cattlemen at
the yards, who are consistent in all
things Kansas City Star.
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AT unau instant rose colored flash
cleaned through the darkness Of the
room, terrific peal of thunder follow
ed, its echoes crashing and rolling as
if the building were about to fall upon
our heads. The sick man sprang con-
vulsively to an almost upright position
in his bed, then fell backward-deadl
The door opened. There was a pause,
and two plainly dressed men slipped
quietly into thereon.
''Dr. Clifford. | presumed" inquired
the foremost politely.
Jim nodded assent wonderingly.
81 have a very painful duty to per-
form in respect of your patient here, :"
continued the speaker fumbling a paper
as he spoke; "a very painful duty in
deed. But the fact is, hold a warrant
for his apprehension under the name of
Henry-Octave Henry on a charge
off,
my patient, interposed Jim very
quietly, has just obeyed another sum-
mons. The man died while you were
coming up stairs =
From the explanations which ensued
it seemed that our late patient had long
been wanted" by the police on no less
a charge than that Of murder. Doubtless
his unwillingness to be removed to a
hospital arose from his persuasion that
he was safer from detection in private
dwelling.
Guilty or not guilty of the crime he
was accused of, itswas long before Jim
and I ceased to speak of him. Nor, in
turn, had he forgotten us We were
handsomely remembered in the will he
had executed before the operation. But
we will never again undertake the care
Of a resident patient
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he HAD A sINEcuRE.
But Somehow the Ean Did Not Seem to
Wholly Realize It.

But Somehow the Nan Did Not Seem to
Wholly Realize 1t.
sit beats all, - exclaimed Mrs. Glover
top, who had just returned from q visit to
the city at beats all how some folks git
along in this world There's Harry Sta
vers, for instance. You know Harry When
he was to home here, he never was no
good at real work. He'd go dawdlin about
all day long starin into a book, and when
he wasn't readin he'd be scribblin stuff
for the papers and magazines. l never saw
the like of him, and always said he'd
never amount to nothin.
"But, lawl 1t does seem as though the
lazier and the good for notin 'er some folks
are the easier they slide through the world.
When l was in the city, I called on Harry.
/ always kinder liked Harry in spite Of his
shiftlessness. Well, what do you think
Harry editor of paper down there and
they do say he gets pretty good wages too.
''But, for my part, can't see how folks
can pay man for doin jest nothin at all.
Harry has nice room full O. books
and things and big desk with big
krinkly kiver that shuts up as cute as you
please when he amt usin 1t, and there he
sets all day, as grand as a lord, roeivin
callers.
"Folks are all the time comm In to tell
him what's goin on, and they tell him
what side to take on all kind o. questions,
and what ought to go into the paper and
what oughtn't; and, more than that, they
bring in stuff already written-enough In
one day, sometimes, to fill his paper for a
week.
"And they tell him jest how to run his
paper. So you see he don't have to bother
his head a bit about it.
81 never did see such luck. told Har-
ry he ought to bless his stars, for never
did see anybody who got Twin half SC
easy.
Harry jest smiled and said, Think SO,
Mrs. Clovertop?' jest in his quiet way,
you know. Think sol said 1. Well,
should think / did,
but, do you know, don't b'lieve he
half appreciates his good fortune. Some
folks, you know, never are satisfied. -
Boston Transcript.
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ESTABLISHED 1879.

ROAD ne dropped ana fired, the men be-
hind him loosing instinctively at the
same time.
The whole crowd-curs to the back
bone-yelled and ran, leaving one man
dead and another dying in the road. Mi
chele was sweating with fear, but he
kept his weakness under, and went
down into the town past the house
where the subjudge had barricaded him
self. The streets were empty. Tibasu
was more frightened than Michele, for
the mob had been taken at the right
/ time.
Michele returned to the telegraph Of
flee and sent a message to Chicacola
asking for help. Before an answer came
he received deputation of the elders of
Tibasu, telling him that the subjudge
said his actions generally were "uncon-
stitutional' and trying to bully him.
But the heart of Michele d'Cruze was
big and white in his breast because Of
his love for Miss Vezzis, the nursegirl
and because he had tasted for the first
time responsibility and success. Those
two make an intoxicating drink, and
have ruined more men than ever has
whisky. Michele answered that the sub
judge might say what he pleased, but
until the assistant collector came the
telegraph signaler was the government
Of India in Tibasu, and the elders Of
the town would be held accountable for
further rioting. Then they bowed their
heads and said, "Show mercyp' or
words to that effect and went back in
great fear, each accusing the other Of
having begun the rioting.
Early in the dawn, after nights
patrol with his seven policemen, Michele
went down the road, musket in hand,
to meet the assistant collector who had
ridden in to quell Tibasu. But In the
presence of this young Englishman Mi
chele felt himself slipping back more
and more into the native, and the tale
OF the Tibasu riots ended, with the
strain on the teller, in hysterical out
burst of tears, bred by sorrow that he
had killed man, shame that he could
not feel as uplifted as he had felt
through the night, and childish anger
that his tongue could not do justice to
his great deeds. 1t was the white drop
in Michele's veins dying out, though he
did not know it.
But the Englishman understood, and
after he had schooled those men of I'll
basu and had conferred with the sub
judge till that excellent official turned
green, he found time to draft an official
letter describing the conduct of Michele,
which letter filtered through the proper
channels, and ended in the transfer Of
Michele up country once more on the
imperial salary Of SO rupees a month.
So he and Miss Vezzis were married
with great state and ancientry, and now
there are several little D'Cruzes sprawl
ing about the verandas of the central
telegraph Office
But if the whole revenue of the de-
partment he serves were to be his re-
ward, Michele could never, never repeat
what he did at Tibasu for the sake Of
Miss Vezzis the nursegirl Which proves
that when a man does good work out
Of all proportion to his pay, In seven
cases out of nine there is woman at
the back Of the virtue.
The two exceptions must have suf-
fered from sunstroke. -Rudyard Kip
ling.
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Bicycles For Bows.

do not for an instant hold that the
bicycle is going to redeem the world or
turn the rising generation into an army
of saints, but I do know from personal
experience that the boy who rides a
bicycle and comes to school with a
healthy glow on his face, that means a
good circulation and hearty appetite,
produced by exercise in Gods fresh air
and Gods bright sunshine, is a much
more tractable lad than is the same boy
when he is allowed to NOPE around the
house or the corner grocery, listening to
the vile stories of vile men or concoct-
ing some deviltry Of his own. And not
only is he more tractable, but he is
more teachable, he learns more, he is a
better boy and will make better man.
-Womankind.
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DR.. Nansen,s Pedigree.

DIR. Fridtjof Nansen's name being
now mentioned all over the world, his
pedigree has been the subject Of recent
research. The result is that the earliest
Of the forbears of the Norwegian nav
igator of whom there is authentic knowl-
edge was Ewert Nansen, merchant at
Flensburg, in Sleswick- Holstein, who
died in 1913. So it is stated in the
"Genealogia Nanseniana, which is
contained in an important collective
work by Christopher Guessing (Copen-
hagen, 1871. Ewert Nansen's son
Hans went with. his uncle ON a mer-
chant ship to Russia, became afterward
interpreter of the Russian language at
the court of the king of Denmark and
later on special Danish envoy to the
car. Subsequently, as chairman Of the
Icelandic Trade society, he made many
voyages to Iceland and Russia and
wrote in Danish Compendium Cos
moraphicum Danicum, which had
many editions (1633-46). All the other
Nansens are traced from these ancestors,
one of the first of whom thus showed
already bent for travelling and for
writing ON his travels. A clear case of
hereditary character, going back to two
centuries and half Only it is to be
hoped that Ibsen will leave the subject
alone and not write drama called
1.-THE Man From the Sea- Pail Mall
Gazette.
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Tom, you couldn I be jealous OF sucn a
fellow-a man with no idea beyond his
counter ?
Then Tom kissed her
waited for no more. Fortunately
caught the down train AT IL o'clock
was in the city At the depot l met
Simpkins about to start for Albany.
''Simpkins, 1 said, I've heard you
speak Of troublesome nephew you de-
sired to provide for. y
"Confound him, yes, = said Simpkins
my head clerk s place is vacant, 1
said. ''Tell him to come to me.
''Thank you, said Simpkins.
Iwaited for no thanks l strobe away
and wrote Dobbins that his services
were no longer required.
have been married a year to Miss
Briggs, and her father failed five months
ago. Simpkins has just been arrested
for embezzling sundry sums of money,
and yesterday / passed Tom Dobbins
and his wife in the street. She is ex-
cessively pretty-lovelier than ever
and l feel quite sure, despite all that l
overheard, that her heart is still mine
in secret. Of course she could not admit
it, not knowing I returned the senti-
ment. But when I remember how much
we were together feel sure it must be
so, and that two hearts were broken.
Quite a romantic story mine Dom
you think so?-Exchange.