The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06


Col Wilds recognized Miss Malvina
also, and their meeting was an inter
esting one.
"Why. bless my soul, Miss Malvina!"
cried the colonel, ito think of our COM
ing together again after all these years
and under such delightful circum
stances. What's your trouble?"
IAN organ" murmured Miss Malvina.
"Only one?" exclaimed the colonel.
"Why, I've got thousand. and every
one of 'em out of tune!"
Miss Malvina said she was sorry, and
began inquiring about his symptoms.
The colonel entertained her with a
list of the most intense horrors, and
the meal passed off delightfully."-.
After dinner they played dominoes.
1t was a party of ghosts; pale faces,
wasted hands, on occasional groan, err
livened from time to time by hacking
cough.
At a quarter of nine Mrs. Weeks
dropped domino. Col. Wilds shrieked
"Fire!" and they were all carried off
and put to bed like babies.
In consequence of the excitement
Mrs. Weeks and Miss Paine went to rest
for another week, and the following
evening Miss Malvina and Col. Wilds sat
down to a tete-a-tete game.
Miss Malvina could not help noticing
how handsome her former lover had be-
come, and how highly polished and
pink his bald head was.
They were having n most charming
game. when suddenly a moth miller
sputtered into the gas and fell whizzing
among the dominoes.
Immediately Col. Wilds went off.
Poor Miss Malvina was so overcome
she scarcely knew what to do. Not
liking to sit gazing at her old friend,
who was behaving himself in a most
childish and foolish manner, she has
tily arose, and, walking across the room,
took from her pocket small box from
which she extracted an excitement
pill" which she swallowed.
In a moment the colonel was at her
side.
Miss Malrina!" he cried, "what is
II ( lou are III.
ITS only my organ" faltered Miss
Malvina.
In his courtly sympathy Col. Wilds
forgot his own Ills.
After this for a week he and Miss
Malvina sat down tete-a-tete, and dur
ing that time he never once exhibited
a nerve, and she almost forgot that she
ever had an organ.
But happiness in this world is short
lived and Fate is a cruel jade.
On the eighth evening, when the colo
mel and Miss Malvina were enjoying
the most harmonious game of dominoes
they had get played, and when each was
touchingly reluctant to beat the other
a note was brought to Miss Malvina.
She tore it open and read:
Dear Malvina-I pay for no well persons
l hear that you have entirely recovered, and
that that miserable organ of yours per-
forms its functions like ChYStian.
Come home at once" "
Miss Malvina laid down the note and
tear fell among the dominoes.
My dear Miss Malvina!" cried the
colonel, alphabetically, what is
troubling your Tell me, beg."
Alas! Col. Wilds, must leave this
haven of rest"
But why?"
MY aunt refuses to pay my board
any longer"
"Allow me to do sol"
"Oh! Col. Wilds!"
why not? I'm millionaire, I'M
married and of age!"
Miss Malvina blushed like a school
girl.
you are so lind-but what would
the world say?'
Nothing, if you will follow my
Wishes"
What are they?" inquired Miss NAL
vina, innocently.
"Be my wife!"
"But Col. Wilds, my organ?"
mo objection whatever" answered
the colonel, cheerfully; "it counteracts
my nerves."
Poor Miss Malvina; all the physics in
the world had been tried upon her and
all had failed, for no one had ever
thought of giving her a dose of happi
ness. That dose being administered,
her recovery was rapid and complete.
One day there was a quiet little wed.
ding at The Rest, and afterwards, az
Miss Malvina-Miss Malvina no longer
threw all her medicines out of the
window, she said to herself:
Dear me; did I ever think I'd live
to see the day when I would bless nv
organ!"-T.adies' World.