The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-01

An electric railway on the desert.
The Carpathian Coal Mines, Limited,
the Bosnia Oil Pumping Association.
I'm at the bottom of the box, and"
be paused over rapid mental calcu.
lation-"you've invested--and lost
exactly $95, 900, some odd dollars over
the rottenest speculations that ever
were doomed by bucket.shop. You've
had the worst-and the whole thing
IS wonderfully puzzling."
There was a new tone Of seriousness
in his voice, his eyes were brighter
and the fold between his eyebrows had
been pressed out by some invisible
fairy ironer. The sullenness, the mood.
mess, the depression we're gone.
"Please give me a cigarette His
wife took one from the case he held to
her, and as he gave her light her lit.
tic finger stole out and timidly rested
on the tip of his. "Yes, as you say,
l have bad the best advisers"
"And you've managed to muddle
away all your money without getting
anything out of it,"
"Your pardon!' She blew ring
of pe,fumed smoke, and watched il
spiral upward, growing paler. "The
money did bring me something. First
of all, it brought about-one quarre
if you remember
81 do not forget-but these worth
less investments!'
"They will not prove worthless in
the end. They are goin! to bring me
in hundred times the value exchang
ed for them" The hand holding the
clgaretts shook little, the ropes OF
pearls swayed.
"They will make me-rich-as you
have said; a wealthy woman, in the
way in which a woman would be
wealthy. 'Countermarks,' Reefs,
'Airship General Omnibusses,' Jump
ing Cats Magic Skirt Hangers,
and other things are genuine invest.
ments l assure you. l would buy
them again tomorrow if l had any
money left. Unfortunately"-she was
watching the face opposite with des
perate eagerness, though her tone was
calm and level, and her dropped eye
lashes were languid-"unfortunately
1 am a pauper-dependent upon my
husband"
"If it were not beyond the bounds
of probability, l should suspect you o1
being"
"Glad?"
"Perhaps not quite glad, but Ger
tainly not sorry"
"Y es? Some husbands would
mourn"
II am not one of them. Were you
going into the drawing room?"
Eyes"
"I'll come if l may. You used tc
sing to me-a year ago. Will you
give me some OF the old songs to
night?'
II am out of practice" she murmur'
ed, but she went to the piano and sang
"Love's Coronation" Her voice throb
bed across the gulf of a years astrange
ment with message of love, of longing
and peace.
He received it, standing very erect
and stiff upon the hearth rug, calm
cool and composed, the model, to all
appearances Of an ordinary husband
of the superior class, but his collar
seemed to st,angle him, and the heart
beneath his formal shirt front beat
madly.
"Thank you," he said, as she finish
ed the song, II always liked that
"It is certainly appropriate to the
OCCASION" she returned, "and would
be more so if little altered. For
havn't even half crown to give you
if you wanted one, l believe"
"You take your losses very coolly!
he observed.
GAS had the honor to mention be-
FORE" she returned, II don't consider
that l have lost. 1t will be winning
in the end-for MEL
His back was turned, his elbow rest
ing on the mantel shelf. She knew
that he was intently studying her re-
fiction in the mirror above
"What," he asked, "do you expect
to VIM"
Her arms went out to him. With
long, trelnulous cry, she uttered one
word:
"You!''-Lady Pictorial.
"John," she said, "you'll have to or
der some more coal"
"Well, if there isn't a good exam.