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BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS ,
An Unwilling Groom How a Con
vict Remarried HisWifo.
A MOCK MARRIAGE UNTIED
A True rove Match A Fnltliloss
Uuiilllc-Iinrrclcil Marriage A.
Mecca For llrUlul
Couples.
Wedded.
Cora /.Inn Ditnttlt.
Oh , mighty Joy ! Oh' wondrous rcstl
Thine dear , to bo at last ( or uyol
My fulth'ull won , my love confessed ,
Anil fears dim ghosts of yesterday.
No more alone I Thy soul and mine ,
So Joined that , folded heart to heart ,
We count no future more divine ,
Nor feel they ever dwelt up.irt.
Thy royal mind its kingdom yields ,
That I , poor beggar at the gate ,
Mny , curried through its harvest fluids ,
He queen of nil its fair estate.
No mirthful fancy , pure desire ,
No brave , ilrm purpose , hidden still ,
No sudden touch of passion's lire ,
But bends to serve mo us I will.
Hero in the moonlight , clear and cold ,
Thy grand yet tender face doth seem
The image of some god of old ,
The deep entrnncemcnt of n dream.
Yet with some light and fleeting charm ,
. Or some poor show of uuclent pride ,
A dewy lip , n snowy arm ,
Oh , love , I know thou'rt satisfied.
Held in thine arms so warmly closed ,
The outer world sounds faint and far :
Thus blest how many have reposed I
Our loves are not as others arc.
They know not this ecstatic pain ,
Tills sharp , keen bliss they cannot know ,
The past oh , never conic again !
The future let the future go I
Together ! what arc words to show
The heavenly meaning of the hourl
The light , the rapture , and the glow ,
The subtle scnso of newer power ;
The speechful silences , and speech
Too fond for other hearts to hear ;
Tliti harmony of each in each ,
God knoweth I do love theedcarl
An Unwilling Groom.
San Fnmcisco Examiner : "Why can't
you wait a few months ; it will do Justus
well then us now , " baid a well dressed
young man to his companion , a young
lady in a black and white costumein the
corridor of the city hall yesterday after
noon.
"No , I won't wait another day , " said
the young lady ; "tlioro is the place to
pot the licons-o , and we can go right up
jtairs and get married by ono of the
" > %
judges ,
' "Say , May , you can wait just as well
B8 not ; nuclei am not in a position to bo
harnessed just now , and a few months
will not make any material diltercnco to
you. "
"I tell you I will not wait another
day ; " and by the determined look which
nettled across the face of the maiden her
companion must have- realized that
further rcsiHtenco was useless , for ho
accompanied her to thomarriago-liconso
ofllco , whore Cupid Wiseman issued a
Ik'oiiBO , entitling E. C. ConlilT , of Now
Orleans , twonty-hoven years old , to wed
May Clark , nged twenty-two , of Eureka
Springs , Ark.
ConlilT did not entirely give up his
hopes of getting the lady to consent to
wait a while , but all his persuasion was
vain ; she would not have it , but firmly
conducted him to the chambers of Judge
Finn.
Not having a witness , the ceremony
could not bo performed , but Miss Clark
would not leave , and the judge , wishing
to accommodate the lady , wont in the
corridor and secured the services of two
reporters.
This proved to bo another opportunity
for an objection , for when ConlilT learned
that the witnesses were reporters ho
said ho would defer the ceremony until
ho could secure his own friends , as ho
did not wish any notoriety.
The newspaper men told him how
foolish ho was to let Huch a little thing
stand in the way of his happiness , and
as the lady was willing to niivo them
present ho had no right to object.
But ho remained obdurate and till de
parted.
The lady , however , was not to bo
balked so easily , and would not leave
the hall a miss. Finally they mot Max
Warschaucr , who is noted for his wil
lingness to arrange matters in which
Cupid is concerned. Ho secured satis
factory witnesses and the ceremony was
performed. The young lady appeared
to be very happy when she left the hall
and took a car with her husband , who ,
in spite of his unwillingness to marry ,
could not help feeling proud of his wife.
How a Convict Hc-innrrlcd Ills Wife.
KANSAS CITY , Oct. 30.-In 1879 Wil
liam L. Wheeler , a prosperous stock-
tradcr of Miama county , Kan. , and Miss
Wilson , daughter of a wealthy farmer ,
mot accidentally in Kansas City , whore
the young man had taken a drove of
mules , and the girl was visiting with
an old school friend. When they re
turned home , much against her father's
wishes , they wore married. Six months
later the husband failed in business and
went to Texas , promising his wife to
come after her when ho became settled.
Several months after his arrival
there ho became involved in an un
fortunate fight in which a man was
killed. Wheeler was convicted of the
murder on circumstantial evidence
purely and was sentenced to servo fif
teen years in the San Antonio peniten
tiary. The father-in-law at once ad
vised his daughter to apply for a di
vorce. She finally yielded and obtained
an absolute divorce and the restoration
of her maiden name.
Upon September 19 last , the governor
signed the pardon of Wheeler and ho
was released. When ho entered the
penitentiary , being well educated , ho
was placed in the dispensary depart
ment and there became a good pharma
cist. Upon his release his Fort' Worth
friends raised a subscription and set him
up in the drug business.
On Thursday last the young man re
turned to Kansas and wont to claim his
wife , ignorant of the divorce proceed
ings of years before. His advent cre
ated a sensation but his father-in-law
drove him away with a shot gun. Sat
urday afternoon ho wont to Lyndon ,
whore Miss Wilson mot him , and the
two drove to Quonomo , where they took
the train for Ottawa. The groom tried
tosccuro _ a , license there late Saturday
night , but failed to find his honor the
judge. At 10 o'clock ho applied to ono
of the justices and tried to persuade him
to perform the ceremony without a license -
cense , the squire would not hear to it ,
and yesterday they were married tit
Platho. Wheeler is twenty-nine years
old and in the bloom of manhood , but
during his term in prison his hair
tu > tied snow white.
A Mock Marriage Untied.
EAU CLAIUU , Wis. , Nov. 9. A great
social sensation was recently created
here , and iij other cities where the lady
in the case is well known , by the marri
age in fun of Miss Clara Foster ( daugh
ter of Millionaire Foster , this county )
to Edward Foss , station agent at Fair-
child. Interest is added to the case by
the fact that the charming young lady
has a twin sister who so closely resem
bles her that many are unable to toll
the two apart , ana the sister who had
nothing to do with the escapade has ox-
porienecd as much annoyance as Mi&s
Clara , who did not leave her room for
several days after the affair , while Mr.
Foss , who is a gay grass widower , was
at times quite uncertain which girl ho
had married. It was at first supposed
by the distracted bride that the only
way to escape was to bo formally di
vorced. The matter has now been sot-
led after some worry. The rumor that
Mr. Foss was demanding $ .500,000
from the young lady's father us
a condition of release being
quite unfounded , as Mr. Foss is too
much of a gentleman. A plan was de
vised in n consultation ot the village
wiseacres and lawyers with assistant
counsel from Augusta and Eau Claire.
It was concluded that a divorce was not
necessary , but that all parlies must go
on record as havingcjigagedin the mar
riage ccrcmon'J without any serious In
tent and merely as a jest. Accordingly ,
bride , groom and justice of the peace
made solemn affidavits to that effect ,
and the bride and groom "exchanged
receipts. " as it were. Of course , this
remedy may bo legally wicked , and it
was probably advised by the lawyers
simply to quiet agitation. They acted
rather as physicians than as lawyers.
At any rate , the matter ic considered as
settled in this wayand the millionaire's
lovely daughter smiles through her
tears of vexation and grief. "It's all
fixed now , " exclaimed her twin sister
( they are just nineteen ) , "and Clara
will never do such a thing again. I
think it's horrid to have your own twin
sister get married in fun , and to bo
caught in earnest ! O , it makes mo
shiver ! " Both the young ladies are
highly accomplished and popular , and
the villagers have hardly yet got
through congratulating them on their
escape from the rather serious consequences
quences of an innocent joke.
A True I eve Match.
A Detroit ( Mich. ) dispatch says : Mrs.
Oarfield has in Mrs. R. Haw ley , of Wil
lis avenue , this city , a valuable friend ,
who gives an interesting version of Mrs.
Garfield's call to Europe , and of the re
lations between the Garlleld family and
Stanley Brown , the late president s pri
vate secretary , who was reported to bo
engaged to Miss Mollie Garlicld. This
knowledge comes from private letters
from Mrs. Garfield , and from personal
intercourse with the Garfield family
and Mr. Brown , allot whom were guests
of Mrs. Hawley during the summer at
her homo in Godeich , Ont.
Harry Garfield is engaged to marry a
Miss Mason , who , with her twoyounger
sisters , is in England , and ho cabled
his mother to come over on account of
Miss Mason's illness.
The marriage of Mr. Brown and Miss
Garfield was not expected to take place
before next summer at the earliest. It
is the present expectation of Mrs. Garfield -
field and her daughter to bo in Mentor ,
O. , by the Christmas holidays. There
could , therefore , have been'iio thought
of escaping from the wedding by mak
ing a trip to Europe. Mrs. Hawley is
also in a position to know that the en
gagement is the result of genuine love
on both sides.
A Fuithlc-hH Ijov > r.
A correspondent to the Now York
World writes : The town was excited
Sunday over the fact that ono of Win-
throp's most estimable .young ladies had
been deserted by her faithless lover al
most on the eve of her wedding day.
Great indignation prevailed , and if thu
the excited townsmen could have put
their hands on the recreant swain
matters would have gone hard with him.
Six or seven years ago a young man
hailing from somewhere in East Maine
visited Winthrop and became acquainted
with a Winthrop girl , the daughter of a
respected citi/.en. This acquaintance
had lasted about six weeks , when the
young man wont west. It is certain that
for the past year or moro ho has been
located at Helena , Mont. , where ho is
said to have moved in good society.
During all these years , too , he seems to
have found a place in his memory for
his Winthrop love , and has constantly
written the young lady during his entire -
tire absence , and the young lady has re
plied to his letters in kind.
Recently their correspondence has
been of a vigorous kind , and when the
young man wrote insisting on n wedding
this fall the young woman , with her
father's knowledge , gave her consent.
This done she gave up u clerkship in a
millinery establishment and went to
work getting her clothes ready and af
fairs settled generally for her approach.
ing marriage. About the first week in
October the young man put in an appear
ance and was warmly greeted tit the
girl's homo. The young lady introduced
him to her friends in Winthrop and
oven took him to see her relatives in
Monmouth. Ho also took her to Dexter
and introduced her there to his own
family.
On their return to Winthrop , about
October 17 , the banns were published
and the license was to hove been issued
Saturday. Thursday morning , quite
early , the voting man greeted his in
tended wife's family pleasantly andtell-
ing his bride-elect that he thought ho
would run down to the village and have
a chat with old friends , ho went out.
Returning in the afternoon he bade a
light farewell and was gone. That was
the last seen of him in the girl's homo ,
as he hastened to the station and took
the 10:112 : train for Boston , writing from
the train to the express agent at Win
throp to go to the girl's homo and get
his trunk and valise , which ho wished
forwarded him an Somerville , Mass.
When afternoon came the deceived
girl watched in vain for her lover , little
dreaming of his conduct until she had
read a note which he had mailed her
and which reached her the same day.
In the note this cool trifler calmly an
nounced "that things hadn't turned out
just to suit him and 'ho ' had concluded
not to get married just yet. "
Of course the young woman was some
what overcome at first , but on reflection
she cheered up and carne to the conclu
sion that she had bad a narrow escape
from a bitter future. The people hero
were far from taking 'such a calm view
of the matter , having known the father
and daughter all their lives. To-day A
crowd of forty men got together and
avowed thc'ir intention , in the absence
of the culprit , of seizing his baggage
and burning it up , together with his
elligy. These were all men of middle
age and well known in business circlcH
hero. The father , who is a very sick
man , did not wish , however , to give up ,
the property , and in deference to his' '
wishes the scheme was abandoned , Ono
of Winthrop's richest citizens has
offered to buy all the tar and feathers
necessary to coat the young man should
he appear here again.
A nridcRrnom in Splints.
Mr. William Lundio , superintendent
of the Consolidated Gas company's
works at Forty-second street and the
North river , Now York , was pretty
badly shaken up when the Rossovclt
hospital surgeons picked him out of the
debris of the retort house Sunday , Oc
tober 1C. and put him in their ambu
lance. His left leg was fractured and
his scalp was lacerated. After the
Roosevelt hospital doctors had put
twelve stitches in his scalp and placed
Mr. Lnndic's left leg in plaster of Paris
splints , tlloy admitted to Mr. Lundie's
bedside the young lady to whom ho is
engaged , and to whom ho was to have
been married the day following the col
lapse of the gas house.
But Mr. Lundio and his sweetheart
talkt-d " the matter over in the hospital ,
and" finally concluded to put the wed
ding off for one week. So all last week
the young lady called to see Mr. Lun
die ; and the surgeons smiled , and the
other patients in the ward smiled , be
cause the surgeons knew and had told
the patients that Mr. Lundio wouldn't
bo able to leave the hospital for weeks
and weeks to romo.
But the visits of the young lady
worked a wonderful effect on Mr. Lun
die , and yesterday morning ho toldHho
doctors that he was going to be married
on that day.
"But you can't , " said the doctors.
"But I shall , " wiid ho.
"But you musn't , " said they.
"But I shall , " ho repeated ; and when
the young lady didn't pay her morning
call as usual , the doctors began to see
that oven they had to stand aside when
Ctipid , M. D. , was managing the case.
\csterdaynftornoontho doctors put
fresh bandages on Mr. Lundio's head ,
un'l two men carried him and his bed
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down stairs and put them into an ambu
lance. A doctor sat on the tailboard
and a driver climbed up in front , and
so , in a rattling ambulance , Mr. Wil
liam Lundio rode to his homo , whore ho
was married to the woman of his choice ,
just ono week after the doctors had pre
dicted that ho wouldn't do anything of
the sort.
uMr. and Mrs. Lundio are now on their
wedding trip , and it is not to the hos
pital , either.
A Double Barreled Marriage.
Atlanta , Ga. , Dispatch to New York
World : The Catholics of this city are
astounded to learn that Martin Amor
ous , a prominent member o' their
church , had been married to a Miss
Williams under a ceremony performed
by Rov. P. H. MoMahon , a Catholic
priest , and Rov. J. U. Hawthorne , a
Baptist preacher. Doubt was expreesed
as to whether , in the face of the laws of
the Catholic church , Father McMahon
had assisted at such n ceremony at all.
The correspondent called on Father
MeMahon , who paid : "Tho report is
false. I had nothing to do with Dr.
Hnwthorno. I would not lend myself
to violating the law of the church , even
by indirection. Mr. Amorous ar
ranged with mo to olllciato at
his marriage. The bride signed the
agreement usual in case of mixed mar
riages that her children should be
reared in the Catholic faith. I married
the couple and hold the marriage
license , which I will turn in to the
proper ollicors to-morrow. I am positive
that Dr. Hnwthorno did not marry them
before they came to mo , and as for any
thing which may have happened after
wards it amounts to nothing. "
Dr. Hawthorne was then sought , and
from him it was then learned that the
couple had been remarried by him on
their drive back from Father ilcMahon's
residence ; that he' knew nothing , how
ever , of the previous marriage ; that ho
also was in possession of a marriage
license" , whicn ho shbuld' have placed
upon record. This developed the curi
ous fact that Armorous had taken out
two licenses , had been married twice to
the same lady , and that while ho is
abroad upon a wedding tour ho leaves
the clergymen behind him struggling
to place on record their respective
licenses.
A Mecca for Hrldal Couples.
New York Telegram : Marriages at
the city hall are of daily occurrence.
Persons of all nationalities conio there
to have the nuptial knot tied. These
votaries of Hymen arc of all ages , from
the miss of sweet sixteen to the gray
haired matron , and from the man of
sixty to the youth of twenty. Early in
the forenoon Italian bridal parties , and
they are the most numerous of anycomo
trooping down the city hall corridors
to the chamber assigned for nuptial cer
emonies. There the matrimonial clerk ,
Mr. Henry Van Pelt , makes out the
marriage certificate , and when an ac
commodating city father comes along to
officiate , the waiting couple arc made
one.
one.Somo of the aldermen have con
scientious scruples about marrying per
sons , but the majority of them rather
like the dignity of the thing and per
form the ceremony with all the solemn
gravity of a bishop.
Alderman Walker has married moro
couples than any other member of the
board. The linguist of the common
council , however , Alderman Conklin ,
unites couples in half a dozen lan
guages.
Alderman Flynn has a peculiar idea.
Ho will not marry a widow whoso late
spouse has not been dead at least ono
year , but ho always gives the aldermanic -
manic blessing. The civil marriage is
rarely sought by persons of Irish birth.
CONN L HI A tilTIES.
Kcllar , the magician , was married at Kala-
mnzoo. Mich. , last Tuesday to Miss Eva L.
Medley , of San Francisco.
Miss Lottie Roebuck , a Georgia girl , dl
appeared on the night before her wedding
day. No trace of her has been found.
A tailoring firm at Orawfonlavlllo adver
tises that a marriage license will ho given to
every young man who will buy his wedding
suit of them.
Senator Hawley after his marrlago will
with his bride ho n guest of Mr. Charles
Dudley Warner at Hartford before the open
ing of congress.
A young man who had been compelled to
marry u girl at Jamestown , N. Y. , shot him
self througli the head us soon as the cere
mony was concluded. >
A Michigan belle , who was jilted by her
lover , has brought suit against him for $3.000.
Two thousand of this Is for her lacerated
heart-strings the remainder to reimburse
her for her trossoau expenditures.
In a police station nt Norfolk , Va. , ono
morning recently a young man , who had
been Jailed the night before for drunkenness ,
begged the authorities to keep his numo se
cret us ho was going to bo married that
night.
A young man at Xenla , O. , deserted his
bride on the day of his wedding , and got as
far as Cincinnati , when his heart failed
him , and ho turned back. The wedding was
several hours late , but the bride was made
happy.
An Indiana young man. after making love
to two girls , borrowed money of ono to pay
the expenses of marrying the othor. Ho
need not bo snrpi ised if his wife soon offccs
to pay his fair creditor double the sum loaned
him to take him oil her hands.
A young man at Tiflln. O. , courted a young
lady until 1 o'clock in the morning. When
ho started to go homo ho found the door
fastened with wires so that ho could not open
It. When ho tried to crawl out of a window
ho was arrested as a burglar , and had to bo
identified by the girl.
A colored man of Smlthvlllc , Ga. . finding
that his lady love had been locked In the
house by her father , climbed down the chim-
ni y. The father , on returning , discovered the
dusky Adonis with his daughter , besmeared
with soot. "Du ain't up usoinstoppin' doin , "
said the old man. "no dcbbil Is uftor dom ,
but do Luwd work wid um. L'cm go
along. "
The new fad In wedding presents has about
ruined an otherwise happy couple in Phila
delphia. They received 200 presents and
there wasn't anything nmdo of the precious
metals in the entire collection , which was
cut glass and bric-a-brac , and there was so
much of this bulky and Intrinsically worth
less stuff that their house will not hold It ,
and they will bo compelled to build on a
woodshed in which to store it.
A gentleman once wrote to a lady whom ho
had offended by his dilatorincss and who for
a long time had refused to speak to him. His
letter was earnest in supplications for for
giveness. It concluded with "Ono word
from your lips will make mo happy. When
and where will you speak iU" Her answer
was "Next Wednesday at the altar. " To
which ho sent the following reply : "I will
bo there. "
A young man of Nantlcokc. Pa. , became
engaged to a highly connected young lady ,
and elaborate preparations were made
for their wedding on a certain date. The
minister and guests were all assembled ; the
hour came , but the groom did not , nor has ho
yet appeared. Ho sent a note to a friend ,
which read as follows : "I love Nora dearly
and would like to wed her , but something
tells mo that I must not. O , if I could only
drive off this fooling. I believe In my heart
that I am not good enough for the girl. " It
is believed that the young miniwho is a very
bashful man , was afraid to face the lurgo
wedding party.
IlETjIGIOUS.
Of the 800 Baptist churches in Now York
state over COO arc without pastors.
The "Peter's Pence" collections In the
archdiocese of Philadelphia aggregate about
120,000.
The jubilee of Congregationalism Is being
celebrated this year in some of the Austral
asian colonies.
The Reformed church In Hungary has ex
isted since the time of the great Reforma
tion in the Sixteenth century.
The sensation produced by Ilov. Charles
H. Spurgeon's secession from the Baptist
communion is considerable.
A Sioux Indian missionary says there are
2,000 Sioux converts now living , and an ecjual
number have died in the faith.
A Chinese tcmplo costing $15,000 has been
erected in San Francisco and dedicated with
all the barbaric splendor of Pagan ritualism.
The nine hundredth anniversary of the In
troduction of Christianity into Russia will bo
celebrated in 1SS8 by the baptism of a grand
duke.
The steeple of St. .lames' church , Newark ,
Is said to bo the tallest tower in Now Jersey.
Its height is 243 feet from the sidewalk to tha
gilt cross on the top.
A man has been discovered at Portland.
Mo. , who has been for many years a secret
agent of the Mormon church. It Is said that
ho has nmdo a number of converts in Muino
and Massachusetts.
In the eight years Just past the American
Sunday school union has established in the
Indian territory 17 ! ) Sunday schools with 073
teachers and O.iWl scholars. The work has
been extended among eleven tribes , with
each 11 different dialect.
A column of brick masonry about twenty
feet high is still standing , overgrown with
ivy , amid a group of line old trees on the
James river. It Is all that remains of the
llrst church erected by Englishmen la
America and was erected by the Jaincstowa
colony in 1(110. (
The met hod 1st Episcopal church has In
Kansas ! l'l ' ) traveling preachers , 70 adnllttcd
on trial and 51' ) local preachers. It has 57,200
church members , 12,81 ! ) probationers , f 1,813-
010 worth of church property. Its Sunday
schools number 785 with 8,58' ! oOIccrs and
teachers , and 02,238 scholars.
The fall convention of Jewish ministers'
association will meet In New Yoik , Novem
ber 38 and 29. Addresses will bo made and
papers read by Dr. Ootthoil on "Somo Pas
sages in Kohclett. " Dr. Kohut , "Talmudlq
Analeika : " Dr. Wise , "Jewish schools hi
Ancient Times ; " Dr. S/old. Baltimore ; Dr.
Hothlehoim , Baltimore , "Tho Prophet Nr-
liuin ; " Dr. Jastrow , Philadelphia , "Tho
Duty of Congregations to Provide Congrega
tional Privileges for the Poor ; ' , Dr. Lcucht ,
Newark , "Congregational Partlcidatlon la
Public Worship1' ; Dr. Morris , Philadelphia-
Dr. Aaron , "Tho Prophet Jeremiah. "
nitlGHT IilTTIE FOLKS.
Mother You must put your dolly away
to-day , Flossie. It's Sunday , you know.
Flossie I'm Just playingsho's dead , mamma ,
and we're having a funeral ,
A little girl in a primary school was asked
to tell tno difference between the words feist
and foot. She said , "Ono feet is a foot , and
u whole lots of foots Is u foci. "
"Tliero are fire gold dollars , Raid old
Hearty to his young grandson ; ono for each
of your birthdays. What moro could a little
shaver like s-ou wish j" "Only that I was as
old as you , graudpa , " replied the young finan
cier.
cier.Littlo
Little Ruth sat at table and heard each re
mark made as the plates wore passed. Ono
wanted a "small piece , " another "a very little
tlo , " etc. When It came to her turn she
reached her plate out eagerly towards the
coveted food. "I'll ' take too much , If 'oo
pease , papa , " she said with naive sincerity.
A certain Sunday school superintendent
goes to see little Clara's big sister qtiito
often. "Children , " said ho to the school
last Sunday , "wo are told in your leaflets to
day to love the Lord. Do you know what
love 1st" "It's when j'ou hug my sister la
the parlor , sir , " spoke up Clura from thq
front row.
Papa to Adelaide ( whoso mamma Is away
for a few day ) : "Wo miss mamma awfully ,
don't wo , Adelaide. " Adelaide ( hcsltut *
ingly ) : "I don't know , papa ; probably you' '
do , but she fusses so , I think it tries my
nervous system. " At another time a stiimgo
child was introduced to the tiny hostess witll
injunctions as to his entertainment. With a
superb dignity the suggestions were checked
by : "My dear , I have played with children
all my life. " }
The conversation had been about children
In general , and the mother told the following
story about her own child , a little tot not
moro than three years of ago : "Tho other
night she was kneeling bv my side and sayIng -
Ing her prayer of 'Now 1 lay mo down to
sleep. ' She got as fur as 'If I should die before - *
fore I wake , ' she stopped , and being In a
hurry to place her in bed , I said , 'Well , go on ,
what comes next ? ' The little eyes were
sparkling with earnestness and deep thought ,
and after having apparently settled the
question In her own mind , she said In her
baby way , 'A foonoral. "
Charlie , agoeight , brought homo a slinking ;
yellow pup , bow-legged , droppiug-tailcd and
shame-faced. He cared for in tenderly , fixed
a dry-goods box in the back yard for a ken
nel , and on every possible occasion exhibited
the animal pi oudly. His sister , Ella , ago
eighteen , asked him facetiously : "Whore did
you get that dog ! " "I bought him from a
man for 25 cents , " with the pride of owner * ,
ship. "Mercy 1 The Idea of paying 25 cents
for that horrible beast 1" Charlie's cyca
flashed indignantly. "He isn't horrid , That
shows how much a girl knows. The man
told mo ho is a full-blooded cur. "
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