The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-10-26

plnce ! can rent this house for so
month. l earn So week--and
have u little ncst-cgg besides. Gan
you. Will you--llttle girl, say some
thing to mc?" he begged.
Like most girls. Amy Noble had her
own plans and specifications regarding
the proposal which the only man in
the world, when he came, was to
make to her. This, It must be con-
fesscd, did not bear striking re-
scmblance to said proposals; but the
voice in her ear was terribly in earn
est; she dared not look up for she
knew his eyes were even more ter
ribly In earnest; moreover. the hand
that had just closed on hers was big,
strong aud firm; there was something
In 1t to clasp. But why continue2
Amy Noble was q sensible girl and
made up her mind in exactly thirty
seconds. And this is that other rea-
son, the one you would not tell mer
she asked in a very low voice.
THAT loved you almost from the
first? Yes. have read Of such
things. rather think laughed at
them-until you came"
They were married in early autumn,
but 1t was not until chilly night in
October when the master of the new
house was getting up steam for the
first time that he made his little con-
fession. The fire was going merrily,
and he had explained the intricacies
of the heater, in the event OF his be-
ing absent any length of time.
There think that is all can
hold in my head for the first lesson.
| shall get it all mixed up if you tell
me any more" the new mistress de-
clared.
Mrs. Jcrry"--this is what he de-
| lighted to call her-bis voice was
solemn, and he dropped down on one
knee in n droll attempt ut supplica-
ton. Mrs. Jerry. i am reminded Of
something must tell you"
Her eyes danced in a way he par
ticularly approved.
Il believe you know exactly what
am going to say" he declared in
| chagrin.
Certainly" her voice took on mock
severity, that you opened the
| draughts of Mrs. Brownies heater, that
day"
jeremiah, Jr., collapsed. mentally
and physically, and Mrs. Jerry's
laughter rang out musically. "Oh,
Jerry, do get up; you are getting
| yourself covered with dust"
"Never mind the dust" he said, as
he scrambled up from all fours. Nov,
madam, will you kindly inform me
how, when and where you found me
out?'
"Thc very next day, sir, when I
saw Mary. You were not cute enough
| to leave things exactly as you found
them; then was silly enough to drop
the card you gave me. Murder will
OUT"
How did you explain matters "
"Oh, l let her think you must have
been burning up old letters, or some
thing"
Mrs. Jerry, you should have been
a man! Your shrewdness would have
earned you nothing short of Wash
ington. Honestly now, weren't you
afraid to trust yourself to such base
deceiverW
1t might have been what she said,
1t might have been her way of saying
| It; however that may be. Mrs. Jerry
suddenly found herself picked up
bodily, and carried off through the
mice clean cellar" over the mice,
wide stairs" through the spotless
kitchen, and into the cosy sitting
room. At first she kicked and strug-
gled. then she laughed. and then. she
did exactly what was proper under the
circumstances, she put her two plump
white arms around firm. brown
column Of a neck and "held on for
dear life," until she was deposited in
her pet rocking chair.-American Cul-
| tivator.