The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-11
paused abruptly.

The girl was elaborately gazing in a direction away from the clock, and had assumed pose calculated to show at once the lines of her figure, and the abstraction of her mind.
 Nelly" said the clock-maker, stand ing humbly before her, Nelly Slowly she forced her thoughts and her eyes from the far distance, and looked him up and down. For a moment a little bewildered frown drew her neat eyebrows together. then a smile of enlightenment brought a dimple into play.
 Why, if it isn't Jim Morris!" she exclaimed.
 'I came to fix the clock" he ex. plained. I'm clock-maker, you know. But I suppose you've forgotten that as well as everything selse"
 I've such a lot of gentlemen friends" she apologized, "and it's so long"
 It's only three months" said the young man, responsibility. 'I SUD- pose" he went on dejectedly, as he sank into the bench, q suppose you're awfully mad with me?'
 'Why MT. Morris, the ideal"
 "Of course I ought to have known anyone as pretty as you was bound to have more fellows than one," he con- tinued, "and oughtn't to have chewed the rag when 1 saw you playing up to Michael Donovan, and swallowing his compliments as if they were 'Huyler's best but"-his voice grew choky-- you don't know, Nelly, how a chap feels when he loves a girl. Why, he'll plan for hours how to bring one kind look to her eyes, and he'll hug himself for days remembering smile-and then when he sees her looking up to another man, and blush ing and dimpling the way he's come to believe she only does for him why it's awful-that's what it is," and he brought his hand so violently down on the bench that his tools were set a jingling. But even if I was jeal- ous," he went on, that wasn't any reason 1 should have acted the way I did. Insulted you by refusing to take your word when you swore that you meant nothing-left you alone at the picnic to get home any old way you could and gone off and sulked for three months, l don't deserve you should forgive me, and that's fact"
 I'm sure forgave you long ago." interrupted the girl softly.
 Nelly incredulously. But what are you doing at the Station? Not, going away? I couldn't stand for that you know, now I've got you again"
 "I am going to New York"
 And so it's because you're going 10 New York that you are so fine. and look so pretty"
 S"Do you like my things?" she asked, and truly?"
 Your things are up in C.. and you're as pretty as a picture, Nelly. But what's the use of words. If all these people were mt here I'd show you what think of you. What are you going to do in New York;"
 She looked at him sideways 'I am going" she said slowly, "I am going to be married to Michael"
 He gave gasp. That's not true, he cried. She shrugged her shoulders. Nelly he besought, forgive me l shouldn't have said that, but you gave me fright l know it isn't true know you're just teasing me. But I've lost my nerve and cant stand for it. 1 Say you don't mean it."
 Whats the use of my saying any thing" she asked him, when you think I'm not telling you the truth? I'm going to marry Michael Don. ovan For two years l was straight to you, and put up with your jealousies and tempers, and turped down lots of better men because well, because I was silly about you But when you threw me off, and left me to be public laughing stock, did you think l was going to put on sack cloth and ashes, till you got good and ready to come back to me? Not much!"
 You needn't say any more" inter- rupted the man. T quite understand, Miss Mccullough. Well, hope you'll be happy and have lots of good luck" f He lifted his hat with awkward dig !, nity. and turning on his heel. marched towards the door.
 The girl watched his retreating form with frightened eyes, then Jim" she called, almost under her breath, Jim" He heard her and came strid- |