Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-20

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 Wheelmen's Rest on the
 1/ SoutA pike at 5:45 tomorrow evening. Wv can talk tAe matter over oa our wheels. Very arectlonately,
 "EISA."
 Clifford Swan sat on an office stnol and turned this Gttle Dote in his fingers at the sane tine that he turned its i.a- Ia9t over in his mind. The clerk who Sat near htH could not res'St an ia- eu.s-ye Impulse to look at Mir Swans f1cc, and h. sstW that M7. swan was SMinpg satisfaction at himself: also. Ee saw taat ;Ae l!ttlr piep uf paper In Sr. swans fingers was Il feminine Eotc. and he drew conclusions. That clerk would have greatly amused him scif wi,h puJ,..G teasing questions to s.r. swan if the hitter had not been his superior II the bank So the clerk he'd his ,nace and wondered Uhat t..erc was iu the note To make swan look 50 hapry.
 Clifford swan took another dive into the four lines ot very modern feminine handwriting to refresh his memory as t. t.e wording. and then he !!st4litated Gcaia. II was. uo louht. n original N.Y of answering A.s rather o,d-fash- !opt-l proposal. but her originality was always ole of Eisa's great charms 10 th.s devoted lover. The Ikea uf meet IT; girl at a clubhouse on purpose to discuss a proposal If marriage with lar while taking n spin, And then taere was so:"rthlng so peculiarly sen slhlr lu the phrase talk the matter o~er" Elsa r,rlly was q very sensible c'rl- so sensible as to he all the more I:luant for this guitn extraordinary s-apd sanse of he@a SAe was nat the sart If girl to do anything rashlY; sAe would calmly talk the matter over Nhilr riding out in the c,Dl of The evening. swan E!cd that deliberate way of booking VI serious matter; he Judged from it that Elsa would te for ever constant when she diI make up Ter mind. True sbe had already had fom days 10 reply to his letter. hut he Ead got the least doubt that h the end her decision would he favorable Was h. not her Dear e. to begin with:
 So Clifford swan smiled as he sat at hs d"sk. Then he looked at h!s watch aad resolved to go and have lunch. He rs.t the watch into his vest pocket and folded the little noto and looked for tl,e envelope from which he had some what precipitatel7 torn Ii when ElAas l,tIe brother had put II Into his hands 9 quarter of an hour hefora. There l. was-a pink little envelope.
 Thp clerk next to Mir Swan nj this Tsa'a' indulScd his curiosity once more He slw Mr. swan book with tender smile at the envelope. and then he saw tl.e smile faint and fade and then he observed that Mir Swan had turned pale.
 Are you feeling badly. Mir SwanY' the young man ventured to ask with polite solicitude.
 Swan started and stared resentfully.
 "Feelng badlyT What do you mean"
 .'You look so pale. thought might cet you glass of water-or some thing"
 Thank you. Mir. Edwards said oNiu WILL II IoiIfu !aHSu. tlpll know that ever felt better In my life l believe I'll go out to lunch now-very light breakfast this morning.
 So Swan took up the envelope and the note and reached for his straw hat He walked out of the bank, gazing at tbe address on the envelope, which was: Miss Clara Henderson. Ad- dressed" The inference was plain That young brother of Elsa s-"Young Nick"-had had two notes to deliver He was, in his own conceit- born courier and scout, and 1t delighted him to ride his wheel all over the city, leav- ing notes and messages. If there had been no note for Swan the boy would not have stopped at the bank at all The wretched urchin had no doubt vhirled into the Henderson home, as he had whirled into the bank. dashed down his-Swan's-fate fraught letter with a curt, Letter for Miss Clara-no answer" and then sped away to chalk up his last record of letter-carrying. Therefore it was certain-morally- that Clara Henderson by this time had