Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-04-11

body had reach 1t much. It's called
The Amazing Marriage
"Oh, pass on thatl / had 1t once
and stuck In the third chapter. The
last time ! went East somebody gave
1t to me to read on the train. read
three chapters and was more amazed
than anybody in sight. The porter
was fresh coon and gave 1t to him
as my revenge. I'll bet it amazed
him."
You don't seem to have anything
In the nature Of preference, 80 far.
l wonder how this will suit you. S
'Notre Dame de Paris" by Victor '
| Hugo"
II don't understand French"
ITS English and it's quite worn out
as IL it had been read over and over.
| Several Of the pages are, falling out"
"Oh, I've read that. l just remem"
ber. It's rafting good story, too.
About the hunchback and the glpsy
girl who tells fortunes and has pet
goat The priest. who's villain, falls
off the steeple and clings to a gutter
by his finger nails with his enemy
watching him. It's the finest kind OF
a story"
What pity that you've read itt
oh, here's one that's evidently been
great favorite. It's in paper and
it's all thumbed and torn. Somex
body's written across the top, OF all
the damned fool people. Oh, beg
your pardon, l read 1t before l real
lied. The name ia Wife in Name
Only 1t doesn't seem the kind Of
title that makes you want to read the
book, does it?"
"'Wife in Name Only!'" he gave q
short laugh. 1T certainly isn't the
kind, of name that would make me
want to read book"
Nor me-" said deep voice behind
them.
They both turned to see Buford. the
actor, standing back Of the table, his
tall, angular figure silhouetted
against the pale oblong of the uncurz
tanned window. He was smiling
suavely. but at the same time with q
sort of uneasy. assumed assurance.
which suggested that he was not un-
used to rebuffs.
That. certainly" he said. us not a
name to recommend a book to any
man-any man, that is, who has or
ever had wife"
He advanced into the circle Of the
freight blandly beaming at the young
man, who, leaning back in his chair.
was eying him with surprised inquiry,
never having seen him before. The
look did not chill the friendly effusion
of the actor who, approaching Domi-
nick said with the full. deep resonance
of his remarkable voice:
Congratulations, my dear sir, con-
gratulations. Not alone on your re-
covery, but on the fact that you are
here with us at ALL" He held out his
large hand, the skin chapped and red
with the cold. and the long fingers
closed with wrenching grip on DOM
inick's. I'VE were not sure, when you
arrived among us few nights ago,
that we would have the felicity OF
seeing you so soon up and around
in fact, we were doubtful whether we
would ever see you up and around"
Thanks, very kind of you. Oh, I'm
all right now" Dominick pressed the
hand in return and then, bending a
little forward, sent a glance of implor-
ing inquiry round the strangers shoul-
der at Rose.
She saught the eye, read its behest.
and presented the newcomer:
"Mr. Ryan, this is Mr.. Buford who
is showed in here with us. Mr.. Bu-
ford came here the same day as you,
only he came on the Murphysvillo
stage"
| hoN.r
one of the horsehair chairs that were
sociably arranged round the table. The
freight threw into prominence the
; bony angles of his thin face and
glazed the backward sweep OF his
hair, dark brown, and worn combed
> away from his forehead, where pair
of heavy, flexible eyebrows moved up
5 and down like an animated commen-
tary on the conversation. When any
. thing surprising was said they went
up anything puzzling or painful they
were drawn down. He rested ono
hand on his knee, the fingers turned
in, and, sitting bolt upright, buttoned
tight into his worn frock-coat, turned
a glance of somewhat deprecating
amiability upon the invalid.
You, had pretty close cafl a.
g pretty-close-call," he said. IF the OPP
: orator at Rocky Bar hadn't had the
sense to wire up here, that would
have been the end of your life story"
g Dominick had heard this from every
8 member of the snowed-in party. Rep
i itition was not making 1t any more
agreeable, and there was an effect OF
e abrupt ungraciousness in his short an
= swer which was merely word OF
comment.