The Dolores star., 1903-10-30

thinking deeply; thinking some thines
| would not dare think aloud, when
was suddenly brought to my senses by
my fair companion saying: Well I'm
ready 90 was IL had 10 be, and
at once arose and grabbed up that
wheel. OF course. before i could start
her homeward it was first necessary TO
| get her on to tbe bicycle, and trem-
| blexl as thought of the task before me.
| This time l hraced myself against a
| fepx,e and held onto that wheel like
| Criln-visaged death, and when Miss
| Jones boarded it in really artistic style,
! was greatly pleased. / started her on
gently and then took hold of the saddle
again. prepared to trot home back of
the young lady like q dog following its
master. / was ccngratulating myself
upon the little trouble experienced m
getting her started. when the front
wheel OF the bicycle began to wobole
| and chug, went the off handle bar into
fence Luckily, was on the opposite
side of the wheel and pulling territically
at the nigh handle bar I got it and its
burden again perpendicular. This time
I asked her II she were injured. and
showing me an nwful-ly bruised hand,
she bravely replied. n little, but it's i'm
material Why. the skin was scraped
of the whole side OF her hand. but she
bore it like heroine. And right here
wish to say that began TO think just
q wee little bit more OF Miss Jones than
had while we were sitting at the road
side o way back.
Once again she started homeward
and by the way she pumped and pushed
those pedals know she was mad about
that accident, and as she gained speed,
also begun to realize that my powers Of
endurance would give out ere long, un-
less she reduced her gait. At last had
10 give up but said nothing to her.
le. her guide on homeward, as l thought
she would soon notice my absence and
then would either dismount or fall off.
cared not which. But she went on and l
gradually lost sight OF her in the dark
ness that was growing upon the face Of
the earth. was glad that she had gone
and lcisurely climbed upon rail fence
At the roadside and sat there meditat-
more meditated the angricr got But
At last it dawned upon me that it was
not the proper thing for me to be sit
ting upon q wayside fence and leave q
young lady to take her own way home
after nightfall. Horror of horrors! sup
pose she had fallen from her bicycle
and at this very instant was lying in
The road, possibly with broken leg
or injured in some other way so as to be
unable to move. Suppose team Of
spirited horses were approaching and
the driver could not see that PROSTATE
form and ran over it. Ugh! the very
thought made my blood run cold. l
jumped from the fence and started in
the direction in which Miss Jones had
gone. walked along slowly, but as
more horrible possibilities came to my
mind l went faster until at last was
running as fast as could, but even then
! thought was going at snairs pace.
Half dozen times l Imagined 1 saw
Miss Jones on the ground ahead of me
but always found it to be but q hallnci-
nation Of my wild and disordered brain.
l did finally reach town and because
bad not found Miss Jones lying on the
road In q pool OF blood was sure that
she had been spirited away or kid
mapped.
IL rushed to the home of her parents.
Her brother John was sitting on the
porch smoking q horribly rank stogy
and when excitedly asked him where
his sister was he looked at me as though
he considered me q lunatic. implored
him to tell me. for the love he bore his
sister,
"He looked at me again, then aloyrly
turned his eyes toward the side of the
house. Ny eyes followed his, and there
Miss Jones stood. cool and collected
with heavenly smile on her face, and
bow beautiful she looked. But fell
70 tho ground in dead faint and when
next / realized anything was in my
own room at home. with my dear moth
er at my bedside, l looked at her ques-
toningly, and then said: Mother, how
many weeks have / been i'll? She
looked frightened, then answered:
Why, my dear sou, you've been here but
few hours. John Jones' and his father
brought you here. They said you
tainted Mt their house. Tell me what
the trouble is After getting over my
nstonishment told her about my awful
experience of the evening. She laughed
at me and comforted me, but say, tell
you got even with that j ohm Jones for
palming his sister off on mo that night.
You want to knew hew did It? Well,
I just took her from him, from his
mother. from his father-I married her,
that's what did."-Budget,
THE JEWELERS. FANcIfs.