The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-19

"New York." he answered shortly,
"unless he's started for Kalamazoo by
this time
"The outrageous thing! Can't any
thing be done? She says she's going
to promis. old Hawkins tomorrow to
marry hia.."
"Who says SOP asked Rankine In
differently.
"You-you bruter sobbed the little
lady, bursting into tears.
'Tm afraid. dear" Arthur went on
after an interval of irrelevant discus
sion, that am something Of fatalist
about matters of this sort. It's fated,
I suppose. that she Is to do this fool
! thing. and that's all there Is about IL.
You mustn't blame BERTHE for going OF
| that way either. She's thrown him
down. and thrown him down hard and
| it hurts, and he doesn't like to stay
| around here. / wouldn't il you'd treat
ed me in that way"
I'm going to see her after dinner"
she announced in tones of decision.
won't be any use. Her duty is plain.
| but she won't see it. She ought to
marry him for his own sake and take
| him out of this cursed place; 60 around
the world or something. If she wants
to do something worth while for an as
sortment of her fellow men wouldn't
his ducats give her the biggest kind Of
an opportunity?
| May Rankine mentally noted her hus-
bands suggestion. Prolonged foreign
travel and a chance to study the old
masters with new master always ap-
peal to women.
"But it's no USE" Rankine added with
artful gloom. She's as obstinate as
mule and won't be budged. You might
as we'll stay at home and play chess
"Chess! Oh. you cold blooded'-
"All right" said Arthur quickly. "Tll
take you round and drop into the mill
Office for awhile to let you talk. Bet I
tell you again it's no use.''
''Ill hit that prediction either way"
he reflected. IF I'm right I'm wise.
and if I'm wrong she's happy enough
to forgive me-"
1t was some months before the Mat
tesons returned to Nepontic. They
were married in magic June and wan
dered Ieisurely around the world, for
tunately forgetting some things they
had learned and getting a new per-
spective of familiar ideas. They came
back as merry as grigs and presently
moved into the new house that had
been "closed in during their absence
and finished under their daily inspec-
ton after their return.
The first night under their own roof
Diana was somewhat distraught. FL
nally. with deep sigh for preface,
she addressed her husband abruptly
out of fit of musing: Herbert, | have
never spoken to you about those dread
full times when you left NepOntic. but
1 feel that now in the new hope that
we have. you know, l must speak. L
must ask you for the sake of-ask you
to be careful to guard against any in
herited tendencies that might blight
his-its future, you know. Oh. do you
suppose they will be transmitted to-
What kind of inherited tendencies"
demanded Matteson, starting up.
''Oh, any kind" she said hastily;
drinking, you know, or-or anything"
drinking? Never was drunk in my
life"
ooh, I'm so glad. But they said
when you went away
"Pshaw! It's a pipe dream. l never
was drunk. Father never was either;
so he told me. Don't believe grand
father ever was. Oh. the baby ought
to start fair that way. unless you're
tipping on the sly yourself. But great
Scott. Do you mean to tell me you
married me to reform me?'
''There was perhaps a little misap-
prehension," she replied demurely, but
l suppose it's my duty now to make
the best of it."
Washington, April 1S.-Gen. Joseph
Dickinson, who is the only survivor
of the adjutant generals of the various
armies of the civil war, is hopelessly
Ill In this city. He is seventy-thre
years old and Is suffering from general
debility. General Dickinson served
under General Hooker.