Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-14

very remarkable in her going out, If sh,
: wanted to, only she might have known
he would be along about that time, even
though he had not set any particular
hour, and he turned away, somewhat
crestfa!len, and feeling very much in
need Of sympathy.
On the very next corner whom should
he meet but Alice Dane, full OF some
enterprise she had for getting up a char.
liable entertainment, and she walked
along with him for several blocks chat
ting with great volubility, neither Of
them aware that they were followed at
distance by Nellie, who had spied them,
and from one or two chance words that
she overheard and construed TO salt her
own jealous fancy, was convinced that
they were flirting, and then went home
and proceeded to make herself misera-
bic for the rest Of the afternoon.
BY the time Joe called in the eve.
ming, she had a genuine headache, and
was not able to sit up, and so Joe was
content to leave bnnch of lovely. long
stemmed roses with his regrets at her
indispositlon, and go away, while Mel
lie cried herself sick over the roses, and
then with feminine Inconsistency tossed
them into a corner.
But the game of hide-and.seek could |
not go on very long, and when Joe
called the following day, Nellie decided
TO go down and meet him, and make
herself mistress of the situation, by de-
claringr that their engagement was
mistake which she desired to cancel and
retract. This she did with a GOODNESS
and self possession that surprised even
herself, and brought poor Joe to the
brink of despair.
He was sharp enough to see that some
thing was the matter, but what it was
he could not form the slightest idea of,
and Nellie refused to enlighten him fur
ther than to say that she had made up I
her mind that they were not adapted to I
each other and to lay the pretty little v
ing on the table, from which Joe took ?
and put 1t in his pocket, feeling very
much as If he had been to a funeral. a
lie had, moreover, in the first exuber- a
nee of his good fortune, conided the
act to one or two of his trusted friends. q
nder pledge of secrecy, with the in a
vitable result of course that it was by u
his time pretty generally known through d
he place, and as he returned home that Il
light, several who CHANGED to meet him az
congratulated him. sc
Toe was too miserable to contradict W
1em--he just went on to his home and "t
nut himself up, wondering if he had in
cen really drunk or crazy on the night hi
! question, or what had happened to
ring the beautiful air castle that had pr
zen reared 50 promisingly tumbing lo
,out his ears. he
BY the next day, however, all Bliss ne
lie was talking about the matter, for a S
course IL had leaked out that there an
as quarrel between the lovers, and tn,
erybody had theory that each de. on
AIRED was the correct one. AL
Meantime the comedy of errors wont ito
J.; Joe met Alice frequently and almost =
Oh time he was called upon to render Ne
r some little service-to help her over bee
muddy street, to offer her half of his the
lbrella In a sudden shower, to button the
etractory glove, or pick up fallen on
ndle, and on almost every occasion, sati
lie, who seemed to be ubiquitous, to 3
ne upon them lust In time 10 see the ~
ale, which of course only tended to Mel
firm her suspicious and increse her is o
happiness. g,
oe had made few attempts to regain pos
favor, but unfortunately such ef- mis-
IS, coming on the top of of some ad- that
onal but unconscious dereliction, ord'
been repulsed with fine scorn, so at Sha
he gave it up IN despair II
at he was not an adept at corcealing left
feelings, and ere long Alice, with her sure
X wits perceived that something was Cha
matter so II
ne had heard the rumor of the en- stoo,
sment, and of course was fully ding
re of the state of affairs that now what
ted, and, setting those bright wits of of c
to work, stumbled upon the key to
difficulty, or thought she did.
all events she was determined to
I to the test, for she was one of those w,
creatures who did not believe In meet
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,ouid help II. IL.