The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-04

Z. -But didn't aie;. laughed Fob !
''40 course. IL ia known. yon were
10 anxious to witness its prize
stunt
.sYou would have committed sui
eide for my beneAtf How gallant Of
syou!" q
But not knowing"
Not knowing you were . goose,
you>did a few prize stunts. yourself.
I understand. They tell mo Acker-
man & Ross are going to take you
into partnership"
:Bully, isn't it?'' gloated Bob-"and
speaking Of partnerships, Doll, why
don't we go into partnership ON the
coral? AS Mrs. Robert Tarbell, L.
shouldn't mind your wearing 1t =
bit!" .z.. go 50
The hot red blood rushe dmaddening-
ly6nto mycheeks. My heart was throb-
hing furiously. els this-is this pro-
posal7'' gasped. .ft51i. 2 sfq+ :. a ~,
Bob leaned over and took my hands
in his. '.0h, my dear little sweet
heart. he said. eagerly.---...don't you
know how I love you! Don't you
know love you better than anything
in the world ?'
Better than, the coral?'' i asked
doubtingly. .sts4 I.ssi 1sss
"a Thousand, times better than any
coral ever built he declared. ITO
provetit you shall keep the fish, for
ever-only please take me. tool" e /:
+ They were very beautiful days that
followed. Days as exquisite as para
disc; as short as delight. Days that
fairly toppled over each other in
their cruel fight, And never knew
that they were numbered. l. let
them go without q good-by, glance.
Not that / did not value every beau
tiful hour that had passed, but what
was yesterda y-what were week of
yesterdays, when q new, day had,
come--a glorious new day made for
Bob and me, and q world of newsdays
coming after. e 49, ..i:s LII
We were to be married in June. A
good month is June; the days are
the longest; the sun shines the
brightest; the skies are the bluest.
Then, isn't June full of song-birds
and roses? What could be gayer
tnan June7 49,. ~ .'ia,:i ',i
1t was two weeks before my we'd
ding day that mamma and L ran
over 70 New YORK Tor elE.! 9 rev last ODDS
anu ends = needed Tor my trousseaq.
We went for day, and the day
heightened into, 9 week, with one de-
lay ana another; put at last all our
errands were DONE ana we were
ready TO return nome the day foi-
lowing. ,3.. 49, e. -. 81
had heard /. from BOD that nay.
He had beastiy cold. and was bark
ling like dog, ne wrote me, but felt
sure these good June days would
put more silyery voice IN his throat 'tl'1 g
by the time OF my return. sa'i
Somehow, l could not sleep that
night. That is, I fell asleep when 1
first retired, but woke at two o'clock,
and could not sleep any more. My
eyes seemed propped open with sticks
III couldn't close them to save me.
I got up and sat by the window,
awhile, watching the twinkling lights
OF the city; the silvery Diana, alone
on her tower; policeman; strolling
leisurely along his beat. 80 i4
-. And thought of Bob; and OF all
the dear future when we should be-
long wholly to each other, and how
! I should live for him every minute
of every day. Hgea. rs.il
4 And I took the little coral fish that
hung about my neck and kissed it
because Bob loved it, and what Bob
loved was dear: g0j 81 Ii s's 90
r And then very strange thing hap
pened. The little fish trembled in
nv hand. + cannot expect YOU to
A believe i'll wouldn't believe it nv
self, though quite distinctly I felt
Tits tiny, body SILVER in my hand. Yet,
! when / looked at It closely, it lay
quite still a,, z,.5.. ID. ..i ,s
1 But If the fish had not shivered, I
i was shiyering now, and hurried back
to bed. w a@ t,fT4f +.
GAIL nerves!". / told myself. "Gone
| to pieces, got paresis,n I quoted
4 sayaeeiy. The, next thing IN fancy;