The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-12-31
"was Il quite fair to herr"

'You had left her waiting for you"
cried Elsa.
"But, then, you see, she didn't
know" I reminded ner.
"Of course" answered Elsa, with a
smile. "How stupid Of meg'
"You-you were forgetting" sug-
gested.
ayes, II was forgetting" and her
face grew grave again.
"In any case" said, at would
have been impossible to leave Howard
In the lurch."
$50 you stayed?"
"Why, yes" ~
"And did the most Of the yorkr
"There was no one else to DO It."
"And when he was Ill, you nursed
him?"
"Pm afraid the poor chap had rather
n rough time Of it." said.
"Well, you know" cried Elsa, 81
think you always were a little roughw
"Not like the johnnies in the pic
ture over there?" suggested, as we
reached the end OF the gallery and
turned retracing our steps along the
other side.
"How do you like this oneT she
asked. 1.-THE picture on the right"
isn't it supposed to be a tourna-
ment" l inquired.
"You see the woman with the fair
hair?" cried Elsa, in q curiously nerv-
Gus voice.
at is something like your own
color" remarked, as we stood yard
apart gazing at the large painting.
ooh, but her hair is fairer than
miner said Elsa, looking fire at the
canvas, then turning her blue eyes
quite anxiously to mine.
81 don't see much difference" I as
sured her.
"She appears to have chosen the tall
knight for lier champion" she suggest
cd
Lucky beggarr' answered.
"Do you think he is luckyT asked
elsa; and she held her white gloves
by the wrists in her right hand and
struck the palm Of her left with their
fingers,
Immensely"
"Why2"
ain some way she suggests your
self" l answered.
"Do you notice anything inappropri'
atep she demanded.
Inappropriate"
"In-in the picture| \
Nothing whatever"
Don't you think" she exclaimed, as
she turned her eyes toward 1t, chat it
would have been preferable If the
knight had chosen the ladyT
after all" said, at wouldn't have
made much difference"
"You-you really think 1t wouldn't?"
cried Elsa, Frightening in the most
extraordinary fashion.
at seems to amount to very much
the same thing"
"Why, of course" she answered, and
her clear laugh rang through the gal
lery.
Especially II the chap got killed"
"Oh! why should you take such n
dismal view?" cried Elsa. For my
part" she added, II feel convinced
they married."
"And lived happily ever afterward"
81 wonder" she said, quietly,
whether you can tell me something's"
"Whatp I asked,
at appears perfectly certain that she
has chosen him"
"Not a doubt about It." I agreed.
"How did she let him know that
he-that he was chosen?" asked Elsa,
looking up into my face.
ut may sound a little unroman-
| tic"
"Oh, we'll" she cried, with a curl
Gus timbre in her voice, 1--WE quite de-
cided that romance and chivalry were
| dead"
quite" replied.
"Well, how did she let him known
"I imagine it was a prearranged
thing"
"Still," she insisted, "there must
have been some way Of announcing"
"Oh, WELL" said, II suppose she
SHE'D a glove at him, or something"
And as 1 spoke, Elsa raised her right
hand, and the next instant one Of the
white gloves fell upon my shoulder.
At first II semeed to be an accident,
but her face all gayety and smiles
one minute, grew grave and fearful
the next, and then UNDERSTOOD
Thomas Cobb, in Black and White.
Goats with Gold Teeth.
An American traveller, just back from
Northern Italy, declares that he found
gold in the mountains about the head
waters of the River Ticino, and is
going back to work the mines if he