Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

with large bright blue eyes and tawnJ
hair" said Quincy.
81 like such marked contrasts in hus
band and wife," remarked Alice.
$50 do l." said Quincy, looking at
himself in a looking glass which hung
opposite, and then at Alice; "but how
about Miss Whites picture?"
Can I trouble you to get one?'
said Alice.
mo trouble at ALL" replied Quincy:
but he went up the stairs this time one
step at a time. He was celebrating
whether he should return that picture
that was in his coat pocket or keep 1t
until the original should be his own.
He entered the room, took another pic
ture and another envelope and came
slowly down stairs. His crime at first
had been unprecedented, but his per-
sistence was deliberate felony.
"Now there are four left" said Alice,
as Quincy entered the room.
'tJust four" he replied. 81 counted
them to make sure" He sat at the ia
BILE and wrote. Evil this do?" he
asked: miss Bessie White, care of
Borden, Watt & Fisher Boston,
Mass?"
"Oh, thank you SO much" said Alice.
At this moment Mandy appeared at
the door and announced dinner, and
Quincy had the pleasure of leading AL
ice to her accustomed seat at the table.
81 took the liberty while upstairs"
said Quincy, ito glance at a book that
was on your bureau entitled, The Love
of a Lifetime Have you read it,"
mo-" replied Alice. 81 commenced
it the night before l was taken sick"
81 shall be pleased to read it aloud to
you," said Quincy.
81 should enjoy listening to it very
much" she replied.
So after dinner they returned to the
parlor and Quincy read aloud until the
descending u again sent it's rays
through the parlor windows to fall up
on Alice's face and hair, and Quincy
thought to himself how happy he
should be if the fair girl who sat be-
side him ever became the love of his
lifetime.
Alice finally said she was tired and
must have a rest. Quincy called Man.
dy and she went to her room. A few
moments later Quincy was in his own
room and after locking his door sat
down to inspect his plumber.
Alice id not rest however; some
thing was on her mind. She found her
way to the bureau and took up the pic
lures.
"Only four" she said to herself, af-
ter counting them. Let me see," she
continued, 'the photographer gave me
thirteen,-a bakers dozen he called it.
Now to whom have l given them?
Ezekiel, one; Uncle Ike. two; Mrs. Put
nam, three; Stella Dwight, four; Bes-
sic White five; Emma Farnum, six;
MI. Ringgold, seven; Mr.. Fisher, eight.
That would leave five and / have only
four. Now to whom did I give that
other %picture?"
And the guilty thief sat on the other
side of the partition and exulted in lis
crime. There came a loud rap at lis
door, and Quincy started up SO sud
denly that he dropped the picture and
it fell to the floor. He caught it up
quickly and placed it in his pocket.
AS he unlocked the door and opened
it he heard loud rapping on the door
of Miss PettengilPs room.
looking into the entry he saw 'Ze-
kiel, who cried out, Say, you folks,
nave YOU tHaI you nave OeeH
invited out to tea this evening, and
that we are going to give a surprise
party to Mr.. Strout and his friends?
/ am all dressed and the sleigh is
ready"
Without waiting for reply he dashed
downstairs.
While Quincy vas donnfng his sober
suit of black, with a Prince Albert coat
and white tie, Alice had put on an
equally sober costume of fawn colored
silk, with collar and cuffs Of dainty
lace, with little dashes of pink ribbon,
by way of contrast in color.