The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-12

but he gave them each diamond ring.
and strongly limited that he would re-
member them further at some other
time.
He invited them to his house, intro
duced them to his family, which was not
extensive, as it consisted of one daugh-
ter, and so turned their heads by his
little efforts to show his gratitude that
they became mere bundles of unmiti-
gated conceit. At the imminent risk of
losing their situation and FORGETTING
their only earthly means of support,
they prolonged their vacation two
weeks beyond its proper limit, Fox tel
egraphing to the grocery and tlAe hard
ware store that Robbins was afflicted
with high fever, and that he was nurs-
ing him, and that he would bring him
home at the earliest possible moment;
condition of things that did not CO
incide well with the healthy glow and
plump appearance of Robbins when he
returned to his desk one month after
leaving il.
AS matter of fact, Perkins," said
Fox to me one evening shortly after
their return, sit was mighty risky
thing to do, but simply couldn't tear
myself away. / don't mind telling you,
in confidence, that it's pretty much a
settled thing between Miss Barnes and
me, and, of course. under the circum-
stances, just had to stay"
Now this rather surprised me. as
hardly though there had been time for
anything so serious as that; but Fox
explained that he was no slouch when
it came to love making, and that it was
all just as he said, but that must not
say anything about it yet, particularly
to Robbins, because" said he, Robbins
has got fool idea that the girl is stuck
on him, which is all nonsense"
This prophecy about Robbins proSed
to be entirely correct. 1 came across
him that same evening gazing in medi-
tative way at the ground and poking
holes in it with his walking cane.
Robbins" said |, "you lock as though
you had something on your mind.
What's the matter?"
"Why, the truth is said he. Il have
got something on my mind, and if you'll
promise to keep it quiet I'll tell you
about It,"
II won't say word 70 anybody" said
|. 'if you don't want me to. What is
it?"
Robbins looked carefully up and
down the street and then toward the
sky, as if he thought there might be
some one housekeeping IN balloon,and
| then said:
L am thinking about getting mar
ried"
no" said l, lis that so? Whom are
you going to marry?"
why, girl | met at Bar IIarbor
Miss Barnes, YOU know. BY George,
Perkins, she's a girl among thousand
OF course, we haven't got the day fixed
or anything like that. but it's all rIght."
You haven't got any rivals, have
you?" said /.
Not one" said Robbins. FOX has
! an idea that he has q chance with her
| himself, but he's conceited idiot,
Don't you think we might go and take a
| ball?"
These disclosures possessed certain
| amount OF interest. Barnes being =
millionaire. his daughter was rather =
valuable prize aside from her charms OF
person, which Robbins had been IN
clined to dilate upon. However. it wa,
no affair of mine. so left Fox and Rob.
bins to their own devices. which J un.
derstood consisted largely in frustrat-
ing the detective efforts of n shipping
clerk in the hardware house who had
been deprived of his vacation entirely
10y the long absence of Robbins. and
who displayed dangerous inclination
to probe the whole thing to the bot
tom.