AFTEK LONG .ABSENCE.
* . , k / % *
Heroinunis room where 'first wo met ,
Andtwhere we salU furew.-ll with tears ,
Here , wlioro you swore. "Though you for
get ,
My love shall deeper gi ow with years 1"
Hero , where the pictures on the wall ,
The very rugs upon the floor ,
Thoamuiics : . objects you rjeill-
I um awaiting you once more.
( The.books tbst wo together raid
' From ait their sh&vds they bJckon me" ;
AH hero seaim living what Is dead
What 14 the ghost 1 Icar to Bed ?
tJnch..ngjd am I : did you dewiso
i My Jove as 8 mih ? it , lllis mh -rt !
You com . u Siivjigi r f 10111 yo . . oyt-s
lx > 0ii out. nnd miini - f'r t we j art !
LU i C ib .t j 'orr.11 C -
" A TELEPHONE HIDE.
* _ _ _ _ _ _
She hath a lovely voltho , " lisped
Shriplrinson Potter.
And she must bo handsome. " re
marked young Gubbins. with a know
ing puff at a cigarette. "It has
nlways been my experience that
women with musical voices are good
looking ; "
They wore talking about their tele
phone girl she who flirted with them
so naively over the wires.
She ith quite 'young , too , y'know. "
continued Mr. Potter picking a car
nation to pieces becauthe she con
fided to me that she wathn't out yet
Just fanthy ! "
You fellows QUL'ht tovirn vour
Diana of the cross-wires' to bo more
careful" growled Barker , head cleric
and general Diogenes in the famous
law office of Lastwill Testament.
When his ma/esty / the senior partner
called upon the law courts this morn
ing she halloed back and wanted to
know if that wasn t Charlie. The
old man turned purple and threatened
to see the superintendent. "
She must have thought it was
Charlie Dennison. " said Gubbins.
They are getting to bo a great deal
too thick of late , and last night I
heard him ask her to go out driving
this afternoon.
Bah Jove ! " ejaculated Simpkinson
Potter. "Of coutho she refused. "
"No. she didn't , " replied Gubbins.
- because ho said : rNo. 1C00 Smith
street All right Miss Mellerby. I'll
be there on time.1 But hero comes
the man in question to speak for him
self. "
Charles Dennison entered , arrayed
in clothes of bewildering cut and
wearing an eloquent bo : coat in the
lapel of which reposed a royal gar
denia.
"My dear Charlea " said Baker. "I
trust you are not going to do any
thing rash ? "
Dennison glanced around the office
with ill-concealed triumph. "I am
going to take our telephone girl , Miss
Mellerby , out driving he observed ,
giving every syllable full emphasis.
To his surprise no one made any
comment on this intell'gence. Gub
bins looked out of the window and
Simpkinson Potter placed his carna-
UDII siaiK oeiween tne leaves o : a
law book.
I do believe. " ho said at last that
you know all about it beforehand. "
All about what ? " queried Barker.
Oh. yes. You have to take some
girl out driving ; I'm sure we all
sympathize with you. "
\reth , indeed. Charlie. " exclaimed
Simkinson 3-otter ; "it'th a beathtly
nuisance , old boy. but never mind.
It will soon be over. "
Be sure to pret on Miss Mellerby's
good side. " said Gubbins. "My ex
perience is that telephone girls are
always deaf in one ear. "
Dennison waited to hear no more.
-You fellows are just jealous. " he said
and a few minutes afterward they saw
him driving a roan mare and a smart
dogcart around the corner.
x- v : -t * *
Arrived at 100 ; Smith street Charles
Dennison found the house to bo a
model suburban cottage , looking'sun-
nily southward and overrun with
flowing creepers
Just the place for young love. "
lie romantically exclaimed , as he
hitched his roan to a fantastic green
dragon on one of the side posts.I
wish to goodness Gubbins and that
lisping idiot Potter were here to
watch my meeting with Laura.
I had better not call her Laura *
at .first by the way. Things that
sound all right over a tel
ephone wire may be quite startling
when one is brought face to face. "
Here Charles opened the gale and
strode up the short gravel path.
Everywhere in the garden he noticed
the traces of a woman's tender care.
"And yet" he murmured , "they talk
about telephone girls only caring for
chewing gum and iiirtation. "
His ring brought a pleasant faced
matron to the door.
Mrs. Mellerb3' . is it not ? " asked
Charlie , taking elf his hat with his
best air. He had a reputation for
astuteness and was much gratified
when the lady nodded a smiling
assent to his question.
And you are Charles Denniaon. 1
suppose ? " she saidVe did not
expect you quite so soon , but earli-
ness.is an excellent fault Won't you
come in ? "
Of course Charley went in. re
marking to himself that Mrs. Mellerby
seemed much better than the general
run of girl's mothers. She could not
be more than 40. he thought , so that
the fair Laura was probably not 20.
Moreover. Mrs. Mellerby's plump
figure and distinct traces of past
beauty promised well for Laura's ap-
pearanca
vvThey entered the pretty little parlor
and sat down. Then Mrs. Mellerby
"laugneoTgayly "and .said. ' - WelL
Charlie , which shall we talk about
first -the weather or your dogcart ? "
Charlie-'Jaughed likewise , although ,
he thought the use of his Christian
name a little-odd.
, „ "Lot us talk about the dogcart. "
" * * *
, ,
" Very well , "replied Mrs. Mellerby.
Under those circumstances I fear
I efcall have to begin with a dlsap-
polntmant. The fact ia dear boy. the
girl who was to have taken my place
Is sick , and 1 am obliged to cro to the
office this afternoon. I am very sorry
to break off our engagement , but you
see it is impossible for me to go out
driving to-day. "
To say that Charlie Dennison
jumped fully a foot from his chair at
this speech would be no exairgerat'on.
' "I I Uog your pardon ! " ho ex
claimed.
If Mrs. Molierby noticed his stiu'tled
expression of countenance she mistook
or pretended tomistako its cause.
(
"I know it's a shame. " she said ,
deprecatingly. "but what can I do ?
They are very strict at the central
office , and I am obliged 10 go. When
you called mo up yesterday. Charlie.
I felt sure of getting off this after
noon. Now I am compelled to answer
hollos' from all parts of the city for
six weary hours. After aiL it is ju-t
ns hard on mo as on you. "
By this time Charlie Dennison had
managed to collect his thoughts. But
what thoughts ! So this old woman
was the "Laura" of his dream i. the
fair telephone ingenue whoso flirta
tions seemed buov ant with breezy g rl-
ishness. How the boys would laugh
if they knew. It was a kind fate
which had saved him from this alliic-
tion. in his heart he blessed that
other woman wno had fallen sick at
such a propitious timo.
"Pleasn don't bo mnd jihmit it.
Charlie , "said Mrs. Molierby.
Charlie was obliged to say some
thing. "A man c-can't help being a
little disappointed , you know. " he
stammered hypocritically. "I really
c-counted on taking you out driving.
Now I shall have to drive all alone. "
.Here , with something of his
pristine spirit he contrived to make
a wry face suitable to the occasion.
Mrs. Molierby laughed. "Suppose. "
she said , "that 1 were to provide a
substitute. It is curious that in all
our long1 telephone talks I never re
membered totell you that I am a
widow. But I am. and have the
dearest little girl imaginable. I was
going to ask you , if it would not bore
you to much , to take her out for a
short drive in my place. She is just
wild to drive in something else besides -
sides a street car. "
Poor Charlie's heart , which had al
most reached its normal condition ,
fell rapidly at this suggestion. It
was certainly a case of "out of the
frying-pan. " etc.Ho had only
escaped the horror of being obliged
to squire Mrs. Mellerby through the
city to find himself confronted with
the oven more obnoxious alternative
of playing dry nurse to that lady's
"dear little girl. " "If you are not
afraid of my mare. " he said , with a
painful effort at looking unconcerned.
"I shall be most happy. But I fear
the brute is decidedly restive "
"You are an excellent driver , I'm
sure. " replied Mrs. Molierby , sweetly.
"Yes. I think I can trust my Gertie
to vour care. Excuse me for a mo.
ment and I will call her.1'
When Mrs. Mellerby left the room
Charlie Dennison covered his face
with his hands. _ This. then , was the
punishment of "his indiscretion. He
could yet escape , but escape would be
cowardly ; and. besides. Mrs. Meller-
jy might tell the story to the other
'ellows over the telephone. On the
whole it was better to remain aud see
the thing out.
His thoughts were interrupted by
the mellifluous voice of Mrs. Mellerby.
"Charlie. " murmured that lady per
mit mo to introduce you to my
daughter. Gertie. "
f Charlie Dennison almost shouted
when ho beheld the "dear little girl"
who stood in the door. Tor the 'dear
ittle girl" was asNfair a specimen of
eighteen-year-old beauty as ever his
eye had rested on. She was not so
very "little" either , being quite as
all as her mother , and looking , with
ler wavy brown hair and great gray
eyes , like a vivified portrait of that
comely personage taken many years
Before.
Charlie's system felt by this time as
if it had undergone a succession of
electric shocks , so that Miss Gertie's
irst impressions of him were hardly
'avorable. It is needless to say that
Charlie at once foreswore any idea of
flight He took "his Laura's" daugh-
; er out driving with the lightest heart
n the world , and drove twice beneath
, he windows of Lastwill & Testament
to the unspeakable chagrin of both
Gubbins and Simpkinson Potter.
* * * * JT
Mrs. Mellerby uo longer occupies
ler seat in the central telephone
office , but when she wishes to send
word to the bovs in Lastwill & Testa
ment's she tells her son-in-law ,
Charlie Dennison. about it at the
breakfast table. N. Y. Press.
Eiirops's Wild Korses.
The wild horses that roam over
Europe in immense herds appear to
have furnished the chief food of
early man in Europe. Enormous re
fuse heaps , consisting mainly of the
bones of wild horses have been found
outside of the caves , as in those at the
foot of Mount Pellogrlno. near Pal
ermo , where the floor is formed of a
magma of the bones of wild horses ,
which were either stalked with spears ,
driven by the hunters into pitfalls , or
chased over the cliffs. Similar deposits -
posits have been found at the cave of
Thayngen. in Switzerland , and in
front of the rock shelter at Solutre.
near Macon , where there is a vast de
posit the relics of the feasts of these
savagea nearly 10 feet in thickness ,
and more than 300 feet in length ,
composed entirely of the bones of
horses , and comprising the remains
of from 20.000 to 40.000 individuals.
Same Kcre.
American Girl a"it customary for
Borne one to give the bride away at a
wedding in England ?
Englishman Yes.
-i-But the bridegroom is not given
away ! "
"No ; but he is sometimes Bold. "
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1892 , on August 30 and Septem
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generally , this department may
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with their friends in the east
in the way of sending by mail
such matter as the different
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directing attention to the very
low rates that will be made to
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The company has recently
issued a pamphlet in regard
to the agricultural resources
of Nebraska , which will be
furnished free to those who
may desire to mail it to their
friends in the east. This
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northwestern Kansas and
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to other parties who may be
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THE plan of placing the national
guard unclerdirect supervision of the
secretary of war and establishing a
bureau of the national guard in the
"War department is now discussed
by militia officers all over the conn-
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of officers and the authority to train
the militia are reserved to the sev
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if the authority to control the state
militia forces were vested in the
"War department. The national
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under the present system by those
who have made a study of it , and
the measure which they propose
may prove to be the only one by
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Bee.
TOM PLATT , who was perhaps
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out with a cheerful admission that
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to the fight for Harrison in his us
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Hill has.never once whispered that
old refrain of his "I am democrat , "
since the adjournment of the Chicago
cage convention and the terror of
Mr , Whitney visibly increases.
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