The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-05

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| 1--WE might wait little longer.
you and L ought to come to some under
standing about this thing Joe How long do
you propose to waltz"
| That's right old man. like to hear fell
low talk business" Joe laughed back. Sup
pose we say, till Easter. 1hen if Elise won't
| take one of by that time leave the
field to Scadleigh.''
| So these two businesslike youths made this
compact, with the understanding that each
should do his best to win Elise, the caprcious
in the meanwhile. This arrangement left
them a clear ten days siege activity.
Judging by appearances, however, Scad-
leigh's chances were by far the best. Elise
visited him every day. bringing him jellies,
the work of her own hands, ana foWerS-but
not anemones for she had undergone "a re
vulsion of feeling that made her vow never
to look upon an anemone again
| Considering the privileges he enjoyed as an
invalid, it was not wonderful that Scadleigh
made no haste to be up and about. 1t would
have been worth scalpful of gray hairs
even, to have Elise sitting by his coucn by
the hour, chatting with him and treating him
With marked Difference one who had been
her knight even to the death But a time
came when the doctor could not longer allow
his patient to spend night and day loungng
SO Scadlelgh had to own that the swelling OF
his ankle was gone, and that he could walk
as well as any other man who had not taken
| exercise for two weeks.
I 1t was only three days before Easter and
Joe Benton was enjoying a few minutes
! tete.a-tete with the lady of the three beaux
| having gained so much time over his rival
Breck Mcknight.
You put me in mind of that woman in the
poem" he said-"the one that made the fel-
low jump into the arena
What Woman?-why?"
one cropped her glove down where the
oogs or hons, or whatever they were were
having fight. And then this fellow i,1noned
down and got it,
"Oh. And who reminds, vo,, of ~ eo,I
Joe?" - 'Ne -eiio"'
Ben SCa0lelgh of On,
| Only what?' ~
Ben didn't get the glove"
Joe laughed.
~ one didn't get a chance to do anything
The fellow that went and risked his life fo
get her glove just flung it in her face and
never spoke to her again"
Ihen there was silence.
Joe, said Elise, timidly after r,on,an+
OF Two; would you have done that-fung the
! glove in her face?' '--o
b. soa[ suppose had brought you the glove-the
oashet mean-what would you have done3s,
III py the way" said Elise, suddenly re-
memoerlng. Il haven't thought of that bas-
ket .!vai an this time. Who has it?''
| 1ou haven't answered my question
wen, do want to have that basket loo
SuPpose II s oeen lying out there in the wei
all this time. Mamma gave me that whan r
"aS 90 qulle n e. Httle girl 1t must be ruined
Ot course. Do you still want it?" -
2 "Anythfng?"
| well, QedTly@'
And at that point McKniebt o,,,o to-
El1se'S Sittingroom. ~
Breck" said Joe; Elise wants her has
het, says she'll give anything to get il hack ;,
NIcAilsnt gave an inQuiring glance at the
glri, VINO smiled awkwardIy and blushed
1Hen 'oe went away, and although it was
liiuch TOO dark for him to have found a cbi,
basket in railway cutting two miles 80
sloe OF toWn-for it was nearly ha1fnos+
eisht OF a March evening-poor Breck fairly
silnniereo Wlth anxiety. He was silent and
stupid, and Elise felt relieved When he ia
goodnight although it was not vet 10 o,clocie
| very early the next morning the braken,an
on freight train passing the scene of noor
Ben Scadlelghs tumble saw young nsn
searching for something in the drain
Ill, mate, one of them called from ,h
top of a box car; lis this here your Klone
dike?" 1Aion-
| Breck Mcknight looked UP, swore felt like
a fool and went home
But on Easter day two packages were left
! at Elise Cabel's door. One of them was
satin covered egg. The card attached read.
FROM one who is only too happy to have
rlsked his life for you." and INSIDE, imbeddaG
| IN carame!s, was a ring. The other contained
little chip basket, decked with ribbon @hon,r
of Elises own coors and in the basket 49,
three eggs marked "B. McK.,' ..B s" an5
u: B. The card said, Choose your egg anG
tell me your choice this evening" =
/ That evening Elise showed Ioe bar
ring. But she did not wear it. ne"
Ben Scadleigh takes too much for sranta5 ;,
/ she said. "nleo'
Then she calmly peeled the egg r,,s,..a,z
b. 5. and threw the shell into the fir. I,
Then she did the same with the 400 s, ,,s Ia ltre
B. Nick" = a. - 90 -Atoi Aeo
II m going to get some SALT she said =.
she turned to Joe from the door, and u,ssI1
eat ard-boiled eggs together :" ""sS - s
9hail ma .t. peel this one?S Joe asked, holding
/ mo; I'm going To kean +bo+ 49, }, ,E3s;E