The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-13

ties in the shape of yellow and green or purple and pink ticIes and head oDver- |tngs.
 Now. on an Inflated day. while Guiiei-
 mas patron saist must have been nap p.ag, the whelp's master chRnced to catch a glimpse of her when exchanging his huge brass timepiece for a few mis- |erable bits of silver. and he cared not 50 much for the money dolted out to him reluctantly from the small. iron bound til by Emanuel Antolotti as he did for Hooking, with an eveli and ili-concealed desire, at Emanuei's pretty daughter It was not the only visit that he paid there after to the little shop. and there came day at last when he changed his cloth linz stained and unneat. for suit Of homespun, bought, with much argument and small expenditure, of thN second- hand dealer. Then, after trying to cleanse his veinous hands of the grime that had entered the pores and outlined every gnarled and swollen knuckle, he again visited the little shop where Gulielma busier herself. with sleeves rolled up and skirt pinned. like a fishwife's, above her quilted petticoat.
 .''I have come to ask you to marry me" said Kadish Anakim, his thick tongue making an unholy mix of the words, and at the same time bestowing a grim smile upon the lauy OL HIS CuolCeS lntehueu tO reassure her of his honorable intentions. His powerful and ugly form seemed with its hugeness to blot out all sunlight in the little room.
 ''Cawl Cawl Ca-a-a-w! shrieked the enough with foreboding emphasis, as he ran backward and forward along the floor of his wooden house, scattering the sand and hempseed with wicked pleasure on the shoulders of Kadish Anakim.
 Culielma turned, startled. from the shelf she was arranging and eyed the newcomer with evident disfavor.
 And that will l not do." Her spirit rose and her color with 1t. r The man was offensive, but there was nothing to fear save his looks, for out of doors Gods sunshine spread glorious iy over the street and roof top, and from the distance came the homely, comfort able sound of itinerant fish dealers and basket weavers calling their wares. and just passing the door was Louis Gregorio, with his wooden handcart full of fresh pineapples. She had but to call trifie above her natural voice for him or Hans Laubenheimer in the nearest shop to hear her. No; truly she had naught to fear from this ungainly fellow.
 ''You are a good looking girl and good worker. My woman died last year; want another to keep my house." i "My father must answer you, sne salu' land will obey him in the matter" She knew full well that Emanuel had ambitions for her in quite diff ferent direction, and she also knew that the selection made by him from a mercenary sense had been ap- proved by her from the dictates of her own heart, but she felt she must deal with this rough suitor tactfully.
 ''The old man is down at the dock' drinking with the men from off the Zeal ander. and there I saw him not ten minutes ago. He will be bringing some of his new customers here to do a little business later, so we had best be finished with ours now" His lips writhed in sinister smile as he watched the warm flush die slowly out of the girls face, leaving her pale and wide eyed.
 "Ah, then, he will be home before long," she said, trying hard to maiutain calm