The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-06-12

beauty Of how different MS IRE lhi5il'
be # such a divinity could exist in
mining camp. Hoeley. who haa ram
tight lean-to in connection with MS
store. and had been eherishing sneak
ing feeling all summer that he mighi
as well have a wife and a coy iireside
OF his own. could stand the strain no
longer. Is he waited for the inter
mission, which was 10 give the perform
ers a moment of relaxation, he formed
lis plans. and was ready to start for
the greenroom tent the minute he saw
the star of the evening temporarily eX
tingulshed under the old army g. ~
Time was precious. lie reasoned. faf ihe
show would be moving on early the
next morning. so he wasted no time on
preliminarles.
see here. honey he said, laying his
great paw on her shoulder, as If he ex-
pected her to vanish into thin air II he
did not detain her. there amt much
society In these parts, but think you'd
+ like us all if you knew US better, and if
you're willln' III join your show till
we strike a town with a parson to 1t,
and get spliced."
The eyes of the flying fairy darkened
and widened as ne proceeded. although
the language he spoke was not wholly
intelligihle to her.
"And yed live Just like lady he
continued; I'D never allow my wife to
work. You might do the cookin' and
washin' for me, and some Of the boys,
maybe. and a few little odd jobs like
that. but you'd never need to do reg
lar work unless you wanted to- He
ended with a confidential whisper as TO
the size of his pile of dust which had
been about as honestly come by as her
own peroxide locks.
\ dawn of understanding began to
break over her puzzled mind. But.
msieur. ees so vaire-so vaire-" she
laughed; and Hooley's heart jumped
into his throat. But while she hesltat-
ed for the right word the bell rang. and
the next instant there was n twinkling
of heels in his face as, with a double
handspring she was in position for her
next flight leaving the big man won
dering
Upon her temperance, the audience
already grown hoarse from shouting.
began. after the good. old miner fash
ion, to shower the ring with silver dol
lars. Thick and fast they rained about
her, sliding through the air like hail
stones, but mercifully missing a vital
spot Then. with a courtesy and plr.
ouette. she stopped. and taking Off her
slipper proceeded TO gather up the sill
yer shower
Pierre. always on the alert for some
such happening had overheard the in
terview in tho greenroom and the
green-eyed monster had marked him
for its own. For having only eyes In
his head to see with. he could pene.
trate no deeper into her heart than the
spangles on her bodice.
Hooley's temerlty fired the acrobat
with desperate resolve that tonight
should see the finish one way or the
other. He determined to grasp the
first opportunity to speak. but to his
surprise found II was not so quick in
coming. The catch-lne. which be had
10 hold in his teeth to keep the swing
moving, precluded all possibility of
speaking during that feat, lie held her
eyes in a long deyourng look as she
swung back and forth working M the
momentum of the bar wow or new
or," lie swore to himself. as he saw the
red-shirted miner take his plaee beside
the ringmaster as If the whole show be-
longed to him
Mon ange" he whispered. when ii
her next Night she turned with out.
stretched arms to him. and he longed
to drop to terra lirma and catch hcr
to his heart. but remembered just In
time that this was the dying jlb act in
which she hung head downward and
i caught the lower bar He CRASHED her
+ firmly by the ankles us she reached
+ him. describing blue circles In tho at
mosphere; but holding her ankles was
not a satisfactory substitute for press
ing her little hand and he did not seem
/ able to translate his meaning thereby
Meanwhile, Hooley, his hope Of hap
+ piness hanging literally by a thread
stood with arms upreaehed to catch
her. almost hoping she might fall
Easy. easy. little uni" he called. .'ff
that blamed Idiot isni careful you're a
sonerr' in proprietary tones.
The aerial artist rolled her eyes IN
+ ward until they reached .dewnwnr,l
and saw the bearded Hocley directly
underneath II
But. m'sieur, ees So" she. began
again; but the bar swung back. there.
was shower of golddus in his eyes
as her peroxide rlnglets swept above
him, and the next minute she was soar.
ing through the air to the arms of tho
resolute Pierre
And say!p the bearded face shouted
after her I've got a claim against
Murphys Dead Luck. too"
Adorable ange," the second greatest
artist mnttered, for he held the rope
IN MS teeth; and although he saw the
man ON the ground making headway,
Inc knew her safety depended upon tliat
Inc, and dared not unclnnch his teeth.
lie had no need of formulating his gu $
lion however, for he had often asked
It, and she had as often put him on
But, no." returned the angel, mis-
taking his lnartlculate mutter for re-
buke for losing time. zone, two,
three. she counted as she prepared for
the grand finale, a high swing to the
to., "a -. .o.4 fro,,, which eha wne D.,