Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-28

cellar
Now, you see, oBTien, it will all
have to come out The underieed Is
not right" Nina sat bolt upright again,
her eyes staring wildly in the darkness.
II was Towards voice Then followed
few orders about valves, drafts and
gauges. which she did not understand
in the least, but it was voice she
could listen 70 forever She forgot
about the cold
''Now. O'Erien you 20 and got the
tools ana hing Mason along with you
] am going 10 stay here a minute and
look things over 1t has to he done
right this time. rhis il nice coudi-
tion TO find THINGS in the very day |
gc5 home First thing | heard when
got TO the office. How many more
jobs like this are thcre?'
Nina did hot listen TO the explana-
ton that followed. Her heart was In
her throat and she scarcely breathed
His words rang in her ears. Howard
just home Yesterday. What could It
mean? Oh it was only too plain what
it meant lie had come on later
boat, and she had wronged him. She
had allowed her petty spite to drive
away the person she loved lest in the
world
There was no more talking now. only
an occasional scraping as though so.le
one was sliding the campers How
ard was evidently there alone
Suddenly q flush dyed her cheeks.
Her eyes grew very blight, and lit
tie smile lowered around her lips. Her
heart was beating fast now. but her
lips tiehtcucl She sprang out of bed
and thle on dressing gown. she
ran quickly to the wall and stopped,
with her lips close to the wrought iron
cover,
"Hellow she called
Hello
rs that The man from Van Norton
q HemphNs|
Eyes, madam"
"Are you fixing the furnace"
"Yes: it IS in pretty bad shape"
as there amy heat IN it at ALP
NO; ! am standing inside"
Can any one hear us?"
II have closed all the hampers but
this one
Are you coldf'
Very This cellar is like Green
land"
why don't you 90 to the kitchen
and get warm?"
II am happier here"
"That is a very odd place 10 he hap
py, inside a furnace, o'clock in the
morning. dark, thermometer down to
zero You must feel quite hilarious"
81 am more hilarious and less cold
than l was at G last night"
"Why las, night. may | askF
"The cause of the fall in tempera-
ture was letter which registered
about 30 degrees below zero f."
"Did-did you think soY'
Didn't you mean it sou
"Are you quite sure you know who !
am?"
Are you sure You know who l am"
ooh, Howard. can YOU ever forgive
me? | am SO miserable. | heard your
voice, and | couldn't let you go with
out at least saying goodby.' Did you
know | was here?
"Ies. Nina; the addresses were the
same. How soon can you be down
here and get this riag of yours?"
Darling 90 YOU forgive me and do
you really love me still?"
Love YOU, darling? l counted the
minutes all the way home. l had just
reached the Office when you called me
up"
"Then You knew it was ~
"No, dear, bat / do now. | was so
happy to hear voice like yours that
fairly laughed out loud. Darling. do
hurry down, If | can't see your dear
face in two minutes I'll climb up this
pipe"
what did you think Of my terrible
note, Howard, tell me?'
What. The sassy little letter You
wrote yesterday? Didn't pay any at
tentlon to It. saucebox! Are you com
ing down or are you not? | am going
to turn on all the hampers, and every
one can hear what you say. Now, will
you Gomez"
'Just one little word more Howard
What did you come out here so early
for?"
else?"
'And all that noise
Did it on purpose to wake you up.
You didn't think 1 was going to wait
any longer, did you?" shamelessly.
Howard, l cried all night"
''You deserved to-" severely.
4'And, Howard
a warming rattle of the damDers In
terrupted her. She laughed happily.
"All right, dear, IN two minutes
And something that sounded suspi
ciously Ike a kiss wended its lonely
way through the crooked tin pipe.
Joking With Handel
A musical Joke Of a stupendous ma
ture was played upon Handel when he
was the manager of the kings theater