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THE COURIER.
ARARAT.
The Ark, upon the
mountain's crest,
Is anchored in the
rock's cleft breast:
Its yielding hull,
in gray decay,
The rounding years
wear fast away.
Yet, glows in heaven
the holy sign,
Of covenant with
Love Div.'ne,
That, nurturing dew
and kindly rain,
Shall feed the grass
and fill the grain.!
Adown the slopes
the vine grows green,
The clustering grapes
have purple sheen;
The herds and flocks
divide the fields;
The broken tilth
its plenty yields.
Our Lord is patient
gracious still
Through all per
versity of ill;
Alike to evil
and to good,
His bounty yields
their daily food.
But, are His
altars overthrown,
And stand His
prophets all alone?
O purge the floor,
thou mighty God!
Compel the nations
KSH CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES
You can find more Genuine Bargains in our
Establishment than in all others put together
f. KK We purchased the Bo3's'
uf and Children's department
The handsomest line of m , ,,,. - 0n
Men's Smoking Jackets, j and . their gtock
Bath Robes, Pjamas, and j of . CapS) Qvercoats
ever shown. fe AT RAI
Beautiful new designs of
by thy rod.
IDYLA-
The Correspondence of Dud
ley Renton.
MY DEAR TOM:
Now for the social whirl. Everything
this week has centered about thB Prjm
last night. It was a big success. And
ister Dorothy felt quite proud to lead
the grand march with her Senior
brother. All the old set were there
smiling and jollying one to bis face, the
same as ever, old man. Then there
were a few new ones. Among them a
mighty fine girl from "some little toan
down in the corner of the state where
Jimmy Howell hales from. Sht's a
small brunette, I a. big b.own e tslhat
make a fellow's heart flutter, and
dark hair, which she wore high, with a
red rose nestling in the tresses. She
carried a bunch ot the same flowers
against her simple white dress She
was bright and a good talker and differ
ent from most of the others. She said
about what she thought and had a dash
of fun running through all her sayings.
She's just the kind of a person who'd
have made a practical joker if she d been
a man. Oh, yes. I forgot -to tell you
her name Fannie Phelps, Jim called
her. And she writ?s it in big thin,
wire like letters, rather ghost-like in
their effect if you can imagino such a
thing. I 6aw it where she had written
on the outside of her program. She's a
girl I'd like to know better about the
first 1 can say that of but there's no
chance, as she leaves tomorrow for the
east somewhere and I sail for Germany
in about a month.
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 20, ISiU.
The first morning out I bad been read
ing "Under the Red Robe." and in going
down to lunch had
on my steamer
we ran into a gal
back to the deck I gathered 'ip my
things but could not find the book
Thinking it had been blown overboard
I took to my stateroom. When I walked
abroad four days later I bad forgotten
all about the book and pretty much
everything else.
I then knocked about southern Eu
rope for the next three months and in
the fall came up here to the university,
imagino my surprise to find my old vol
ume "Under the Red Robe' awaiting
me, and with it a note from a young
lady signing her name Frances Phillips
She said she had read all but the last
chapter of the book in No York, had
intended finishing it while I was at
lunch and returning it before my return.
But the gain coming on she had become
deathly ill, had b;en carried to her
room, and the book with her. When she
was well enough to remember the inci
dent I had landed. So she hastened to
send to ti me with many apologies. How
she knew I was here I hare never been
able to find out. There was no address,
and as the post-mark was three months
old and had been rubbed off. I had'no
clue to her whereabouts. But one day
a few weeks later I ran across her nami
among the arriva's at a Berlin hotel. 1
at once sent her the book asking her to
accept it as evidence of my entire for
giveness. She answered thanking me
in a half-serious, half-joking tone, and
well, our two notes lead to a regular cor
respondence. I don't know why I
Btarted it, but there was something fa
miliar about her letters, something in
the tone of them that reminded me of
some person I had met but I could not
place it. Theu she wrote and said she
bad heard a great deal about me from
some college ftiend, and that only made
me the more eager to find out who she
was. But I had to consent to ask noth
n j o f her as to her identity. I promised
and for two years we have been writing
once a week. She is staying with an
aunt in Portland, Maine. That is all I
knojr ot her identity. But these two
years of letters have told me more than
6he ever thinks. They have revealad to
me a character pure, tender, kind and
lovable. And I know my love for her.
I have declared myself and. as I said be
fore, have all but bean accepted. I am
to meet uer in Portland on my way
home next month. If I am still satis
tied, she says, and still of the same
heart, I shall have her consent.
Leu'sig June, 1S9G.
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' ms ate for a Christmas gift:
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xecK ocaris.
New designs in Braces,
Plain and Initial Handker- Hw . . , ,
W blouses, caps, etc., at
chiefs, Umbrellas, etc. 53
J and so cheap.
U Mothers r nenu waists,
one- 2
half price.
Our Shoe Department is loaded with good
things for tiny prices. Ladies' Shoes. Gents'
Shoes, Men's Shoes, Boys' Shoes; Largest
Stock, Lowest Prices. We Eepair Our Shoes
Free; Shine 1 hem Free.
MAYER BROTHERS
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love with him that night and I do not
believe he has changed, but even if he
has, I shall know bim in an instant.
But, my dear Edith. I am tiling jou,
and so, wishing you equal happiness, if
such a thing is possible, I am, as ever,
Fannie.
IiAttnv G. Siikhd.
THEC
Jprincess of Jales
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MY DEAR TOM:
Don't be surprised at what this letter
contains. So much of warning. Now
for the "burden of my story.' My dear
boy, your congratulations. I have prc
posed and all but been accepted and by
the dearest, truest girl in all the world.
And all this with never having as yet
seen her. It is quite a story and starts
with my coming across two years ago.
MY DEAR GIRL EDITH:-
Yes, at last it is true, and he is com
ing back next month. I am the happiest
gill in all the world, but I shall almost
feel ashamed to meet him. Will his love
be great enough to forgive it all? If it
should not but I can t bear to think
of such a thing.
I often wonder how he has pictured
me tall and slender and stately and
fair, or short and inclined to dumpinees
and dark as I really am. lie never
dreams for a moment that he met me
out at the Senior Prom during his la
year in Lincoln. A6 you know I have
never told him a word about my looks,
my family or my face. I have alwaj s
said my lover should win mo for mjself
alone.
How I hope he will not be disappoint.
eJ. 1 have planned jnst how I sbal'
meet him. He will call in the evening
and I shall have auntie let bim into the
parlor. Then I shall come into the room
dressed just as I was at that party in
Lincoln -in plain white with my bair
done high and a red rose in it and a
bunch of them in my arms. I wonder if
he will recognize mo. I saw him but
t lat once and I could tell you just how
he looked. I believe, Edith, 1 fell in
is the name of the latest
st vie of . . ,
HMBRELLA
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in our stock of Holidav Goods.
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Some maid with whom
they have a match on,
And hug her in
the good old way,
Small boys with sleds
are sure to catch on
The Driver.
Mazie Teddie Thoughtless ought to
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0 Mazie He s got a cold in his head.
BUMSTEAD TUTTLE
1141 O Street.
Talkerly- I suppose you've read the
cream of all the recent literature?
Criticus Well, I've skimmed it.
MID-WINTER HOLIDAY RATES.
On December 24th and 2oth. also on
December ,11st 1897, and on January 1st
1893, the Burlington will sell round trip
tickets good to return until January 4th
1899, at rate of fare and a thiid to points
within two hundred miles. Apply at B
& M depot or city ticket office, corner
10th and O streets for further informa J
ton
G. W. Bonnell, C. P. &T. A.
1. 12-21 '97.
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