The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27


tuh woik ii fr all its woith.'
The courtship OF Miles Shcehan was a protracted
affair
The fair Angelina proved perversc and hard to
WOO; and, be it added, much harder to win. The
other suitors, too, were the cnvoys successive
ports unfoldcd, most importunatc and most liberal;
and competition waxcd ever kcencr
A pearl necklace and a diamond tiara added
to the captains gifts, to be succeeded by other (and
most cxpensiv~' fcwclry; while the cost of theatres
to which the ~. always escorted by the
prototype Of ''e ancient john and OF candy and
Aower- grew ever heavier and heavier.
And Captain Shcchan spent hours thumbling
the little gilt-cdgcd volume and wondering why it
had before occurred to him to follow up the line
OF thought as to what would have happened if the
Priscilla therein mentioned had not been willing in
Stantcr to accept the other Miles the other John
At length. evening. the second day OF the
seventh week, nc resolved 10 screw his courage TO
the sticking point and interview his Hearts Desire
Tor himself
1t required no little effort, and no less dctcrmna-
ton. for the captain get his courage to that point
and to make it stick. However he at length
cccded and, lest his courage should become unlooS
cncd and slip far down and make the visit impossible
of fuhllmcnt he quickly wiggcd into his tan driv-
waited away toward where lay Wolf Tone Bradys
East Nineteenth Street fiat
1t was glorious evening OF early September, The
sun, which had dropped behind the dirty. serrated
roofs of the Western skyline. peepcd at him coquet
tishy adown the darkening depths OF the
streets
With rush and a rattle and elevated
train passed above him, the changing gongs Of the
troleys made music beside him; and with them rose
he of nd he all NJ nj
children and the harsh tnny music of hurdy-gu
dies
But these things had no interest for Captain Shcc
han, whose thoughts were with his Hearts Desire
and the last and most royal gift that he had given
hcr-a French touring Of the latest model
The cab in which he spaciously rcclincd ratified
swiftly onward All OF sudden as ii neared side
street, there the frantic honking OF an auto
mobile horn and with it the excited, warning cries
of passcrs-by; and in another lfnstant. big rcd
automobile had struck the captains cquipage. with
harsh, tearing impact two points off the port bow
The driver OF the cab was spread fatty upon
the top OF his vehicle. The horse suddenly and sur
prisngly sat down between the tracks. Then the
captain, huge bulk rose in beautiful parabola and
soaring gracefully over the dashboard Of the cab
alghted in lump in the tonneau of the car which,
from momentary pause, sped onward faster
and ever faster, up the crowded thoroughfare, in
threats and angry yells of excited populace.
They had gone fifteen blocks ere the captain could
find foothold upon the rocking floor. But at length
he did, and, olingng with frightened hands TO the
robc-rail, he leaned forward to get look at his
captor.
And his eyes 5uleed in fat surprise; for the man
who guiding the great along the jumbled,
plar-studdcd thoroughfarc none other than his
lovc-courier, Dugani
For a space he able to do nothing but gasp,
for the shock and surprise had quite oerwhclmcd
him; and his tongue found aught upon it to say,
they had turned down side street and had stopped
before his door.
1t then that asthmatic gasp brought him
the attention OF the chauffeur, and Dugan took
his hand from the emergency TO find himself staring
into the empurpled visage of Captain Sheehan
We'll, I'll be dam'd!" he exclaimed; and there
could be the slightest doubt but that he meant
The captain whcezed with congestcd converse
ton.
Well" cried Dugan length. where you come
from"
Il was in tn cab." returned the captain; and his
vocabulary suddenly returned him in verbal
coudburst
But Dugan with an nsoucant but authoritative
wave OF the hand interrupted him in the middle OF
his pct phrase at which, such the captains
prise, that he stopped suddenly that he almost
he knew.
Very pretty talk" said Dugan critically But
amt got time tuh listen now. fr I've went intuh
tn reel estate business wit tn money yuh give me-
an a check ]. be comm tub yuh to-morrer. But
got tub go take customers out in tn ottomo-
bee tub look at piece o prop'ty in tn Bronx How
ever before ofiishuy cavin' tn force. feelin
that oughter come around an tell yuh that An
gcllna BradyS been married fr seven years tub
guy who's drummer fr wholesale glue house an
who don't get home but oncet a month; SO L din
waste none O my time O your money
there; an I'd advise you not tuh neither SO long"
Whercat Dugan threw off the emergency and
threw in the clutch and vanished in cloud OF dust
The housckccper, coming into the captains study
late that night in pursuance Of her window-lockin2
obligations. found him sitting with three-quartcrs oi
unghted cigar in his mouth while. scattered all
about him the floor the torn and tattered
remains OF a little glt-cdgcd volume the mutlatcd
Gtlc-pase Of which bore, in ,rampled gold letters
The Courtshp OF Miles Standsh"