The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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HANTROP, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 12,18S4.
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Prof. S. B. MORGAN, Principal.
Prof. J. X,. BOOS, Jkaaooiat* Principal.
This school losed its first term I'ohruury 1st, and ope tied again Febru-
ary -Itli. under moot favorable circumstances.
I.< Mat Km con vii i.*n i anil desirable. Facilities excellent. Kx|icii*os very
niiHifiutf. Instruction thorough. Kuiiiitur# and apparatus, all new and
til' modi rn sty le.
Young ladies mid gcnCemeii desiring u nooli, PHAiTti ai. education, or
preparing fur admission to tin1 I iiiversity. limy ••iit«*r at any time.
TriTms £'l and #1. per muntli ; Music and Herman, extra
Kiianl in |inv>ito tiiinilifn, j 'r week. Community moral and healthy.
I'm turlhi'i partii alar-, addii'HH
S. II MOH(!.\N, IViiiri|ml.
do ImH fVdar Creek I'. <>., Itiuitrop county, 'IVnw
WKIIUKII TO ART. "1 didn't know I am sorry-I x b. This whs iIi
' didn't mean—'' i end to her Hint love, and all the vis-
I Aiiold-laxhioned farm-lion<e, Inrje "Oh, never mind. I dare xav I | ion it had rivaled! Somehow she
| and ho |iitali|e looking; lowing''at- Was huv and ifood-for-iiothuiK on a never questioned whether it eoiild he
i tie ami hli atinx sheep j undulating farm. They didn't understand me. a mistake whether ten-year-old
and I don't Maine them ; I didn't Johnny was a trustworthy mown-
understand iiivself. Your fat her was kit of siu-h news? What right had
lulls, clad in autumnal verdure ; in
front, across the wiuiliug road.au
orchard wealthy in russet and gol-
den fruit ; in the rear, a hrook that
l goes gleaming past the capacious
ham, Ironi whose windows peep gol-
den sheaves, and under whose eaves
dill,: the swallows' nests. Such
were the features ol a pleasant rural
scene to lie enjoyed hy the wuyl'arer
iiIoiil; a certain road hi the autumn.
ahout the only one that sympaihiied
with my fancies. Ily the way, I
should like to sue him. if lie is at
home."
"He is at home. Come along,and
Sport and I will show you tlio way."
Ivan hirke was a horn artist. As
a farmer's lad. living in the midst of
nature's lieauties, his love for tlieni
The door im the farm-hoiise open* . heen fostered, aiiddevelopeil into
ed. and with a laugh and hound Le- , a passion thai made him the yexn-
lia Carter,a maiden of about sixteen, tion ol his good, prosaic lather. It
became certain that lie would make
the worst of had tanners.
At the age of sixteen, therefor.1,
owing greatly ('• Mr. Carter'«advice,
he had been sent away to school.
There lie picked up the rudimeiilM o|
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Special Attontion to Cwstom Work.
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THE MOST BRILLIANT, PURE AND PERFECT LENSE IN USE.
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lC««as at all Sours.
Ncne Genuine unless Ihe name "Hawkes " is stamped on the Frame.
peddler- will positively NOT he supplied with these lilusses at nil> price.
Morgan A' I.cji arc mv imlv aircnis in Hastriij),
W In n i I.n j.,. ■«•,..) imriil i.f iii \ I ol. tinili .I S|i«h'im U'ii run l.i' Imuiil iunl properly
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SHACKELFORD & LeSUEUR.
DENTISTS.
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MSTIN.
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larrollton House,
Went I', rail Mll. el,
<\i si in, . . ir.x \s.
)R A- D. HARN. Proprieior.
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Dry Goods and Groceries,
• -liKNKHAI.
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
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COTTON FACTOR,
Heart rnlral rrrliikl Ucpnl. Al STI>. U.vis.
Fine Wagon Yard, with Plenty of Wood and Water, Free of Charge.
came racing out, with a shepherd
dog leaning and hounding hv her
side. Very charming indeeil she
j looked, wiiii S<. r lovely face and
I sparkling eyes halt hidden heneath
| the wide straw hat. as she ran gayly
I along the roadside or iu the fields,
! now stopping to rar. -s -ouie hult-
groivi, lamh, now wild with delight
us a stray rahlut hounded from the
covert and proceeded rapidly to leave
out "I -lulil li.e l it shepherd 'h>g
"Here, Spoi l, leti h it !" t-l e crii d.
a- -he lo.sni a -In k over a 11 .nip ol
thick lid •!growth.
t >n Ii.f'n i .si'le i i the i lump,
hidden troin \ lev.. - I a w.uiig man,
hu-ili 'kelehing. The In k fell lull
lip.Ill III- e.i-e| i,lid •' ikilll' IS J.ell-
i ll. K' t . • <1 I. . in !ii- I;;...
"Hang it !" he itrowleil. "who
llireir thai ' lis.king up ju t as |,e-
lia and Sport came ra. iii|j into siyht.
L< Illl slopped short a- she sm \ the
• !ranger, hut >p«ir . nothing ann>he«l.
ran on. p i loil up I he - t ii k. ipse I t he
easel hi doing . . aii.l. nth i ipiiek
hound .-si .11 nig the toll lolce <•! the
kick aimed at h:m, i.iuie uaggiiig
hack to his inistn ->.
"Haven't ion anything Udt.rto
'ih', .M; s. than running nvct tIi
j couii11'\ spoiling a fellow - work '•
' iplerieil the vexed >t I .lUger. as lie
pi. k. d Hp ill. easel and hrll-llcd olf
. I ill' W.I. i.i .. i ill'I III „• I,, ill. , ,|| V .IS.
11.• w.i a I, i.i" 'mi. dark-look nig
' \ i ii:: mail ot .1.1,1 t w •• nt v-1 wo.
\ he gl.llli' i al l.-'i t .i . : :i. nil
i - lit a lie I a lull ^ i' w "I lie i lir I he
?i*s| tlllle, hi- • \ pli — 1 • • 11 -"It. lied in-
to one nt iiiiiuiralii.il. She was
looping i>\el Sport tenderly, hut
tire was in |,•'r ' ie« ,i« fhe I" l i ! to-
ward the V.'lllg IH III
"!I w d-.i-' y'• ■ i kick in\ '1 s'?" -h.
d. tuandi d.
He W s i ho l! I" - j i .i. III ire i in -
ill V I ll II In loi l . W hell . slldd" II III ' i
e.il' led ill • ii- .al. and lie h.11 l>.
sk I' Ii lap •: I v.
• I'h.it s 11 he i ^' " .l l".•: I dare
say to lie kli'kt ll. he Ill-Were I
i arc!.—ly at leti.: i
"Ton don'l know Anything ah ni|
it I Ii - t lie I ie-1 dog ill ill' u orlil,
and V on re a ' I nt ■ Is I,;. k :i- I..111 ! '
s,|!i| te; 1 less l\' -ell.
Ih «k«-* 1 i « .I aw..v th'.'-fc,, his
III.' depi III!'"! "'I ll |s wm k.
"i Hi. well, he replied, alter au-
..th"i pa 1 e. "I didn't hint him much
a fie/ all lie was loo ipiiik hu me.'
'1 on uie nil to. thougli, and il w.n
ju-t a- ni'an ... though \<111 h.id.
" \N ell, VOU se. , | w as angl'N III cause
he n|i.i ; m\ work
"I don 1 care,'' said India; "Im
was try ing to please uie ; wasu t you
Sport y"
lie looked lit her again, t hell lit
the canvass, then added a tew more
st rokes.
"Ileallv. I don't see how lie can lie
l.lained t.n thai,' and In- g ain > d ad-
miringly at her.
Mil her the look or I lie words (she
wasn't used to compliment-) inorli-
lied her siunew hat.
| "llesides. I II make amends." he
] added. "How would you like a pic-
ture of Sport ?"
She came torw-ard and saw not on-
ly Sport, hut hersell liending over
| him. lie drew out hi- sketeh-hooh
; in the meantime,ami hasiiU sketch-
she to expect anything ditt'eii'iity
What more natural than lor Inm to
marry ?
II Lelia.when she had 111 rued Iron: the -k\
the road, had looked far ahead, she
would have perceived, just rounding
the hend, a form whose uniiiU stride
she would have recognized nt a
glance. It was Iv iii Kirke, and lie
ipiicki'iied his aid ady rapid pace as
he caught a glimpse of her as she
piis-ed 111 among the trees. •
Her eyes were still moist, hut she
li ad passed the lii'st eoiivul-ive soh-
hing when she lie nil his step, and
before she could flee he stood he lore
In r.
"Mia," lie exclaiuieil. as lie 1 lime
III MM MIS IMI WIVES,
\ lleri lpl An kri'|i Theiu Fruai iiuarlliifi
New Vork Sun.
The |(ev. C. C. (loss delivered his
eighth Sundry lecture on 'Himbaiidi
and Wives," last evening in L'tal.
Hall, Kighth avenue and Tiventy-
lilth street. He said : "I wiliahow
husbands and wives how to brighten
01 domestic life, Thev
should adapt thi'iiiMdvcs to eneh
other f ta.-tes, habits, temperament*,
likes ami dislikes. Neither should
formally command the other to do
anything and neither Should become
glum and obstinate. Ill all kind*} of
art from a fellow -Indent, iunl in • forward with agl id-mile, "I thought
|l*Vlt> W. .loNFh,
JoliN I'. Phais
i). W. JONES & CO,
Id, ruiiicira* A truiir, A|ivr|\
—jFurniture und Carpel#,—
House Fimiisliino (ioods,
HV I*'Alt I. VUiJKSI' STOCK IN TIIKSTATK.
ing Sport on a leal, tore it oil and , ot plavmg with
handed it to her w il h a how.
"Isii t it lovelv !" she exclaimed.
1 "II ow could you do it so soon V W hat
are you going to do with tin- large
p 1 • I lire
"I have sniiic hopes of winning a
prue Willi it 111* \ I «|iring. I'ne 1111 ti-
nt s ago I fell like g i lllg it lip ; II e
I tci I rather 1 ontid. nt of it That
was fill' leas. 11 I s|ii ke lo I.Ill as I
' did at liist. I was afraid via would
• 1 aw iv. I in ide y on a'lgi v
"I Mas angry, and 1 called
brute, ton, illiln t. I? Well, I
' 1 are ; you had no right to kick poor
Sport ami -lie pouted prettily,
whereat lie laughed and humbiy
, begged Sport's pardon.
j "Isn't your name Miss Carter?"
, lie inquired abrupt ly
^ es, sir, il IS."
"Ii.il you ever hear ol a fellow by
tJie name ol I van K irke?'
i "\N h\, le-, of course I have. That
| L< old l\ like s miii ; the one that was
; a la/v. goist-lor-iiolhiiig fellow, and
didn't want to he a laiiuei.aud went
| away ti\e or six \ears ago.''
lie hit hi# lips am,I smiled
"I
spare moments applied tlieni with
such skill ami originality 11s to gain
the attention of a wealthy gentle-
man, who eventually became his pat-
ron.
It must he confessed that he was
singularly fortunate. l p to the
present little . 11 the i i ter h ird-hips
ordimirilv attendant on an artist's
♦urinative p. i:in| had fallen t" his
lot. With Ihe advani igeof a w al-
1 ii v pat r ; •; uial. 1 >v e • >t I>• : x
and int' :l.g. ni ■!, 11. !i" h .d made
'rapid advancement, ib had mad.
during that tiin>. two or thru- vi-its
horn.- ; but. although hut a mile dis-
tant from the Carters farm, he had
not -t en li.dia before since -h" was a
lilt le In ckle-l; ced gil l.
lie was now at home for a month
or more. A 1 ri/.e had be.-n iilf. i'cil
to viing artist-, and lie had resdved
to ci-IIIpete. It was |m|-this purpose
that he was at work up. 11 the beau-
tiful land-cape scne in the ncigli-
I• i'lioi <1 ot I.i lia home, when liiter-
rtipi. d by her and Sport. He w,:s
'puck aj'piaciate h M' t''esh beautv.
and a -ii. 1'i'iit over spurt, with her
anil- around his neck, and h'-r indig-
nant glance directed at bun. lie
pi on pi; \ - aw w hat an addil ion t lie
•ceile 1 .ii id lie to his pu t lll'e.
I luring till' I,. \! few Weeks 1,1'lia
-aw much 1 the young painter,
Si., vi-ited I 1111 dails at his work in
I il • iii Id. Mid w ille 1) 1 || i ,e pi. gl' «s
till picture III v 111, II -lie 1, III ll' II-
I i „s gi, ,1 au lulel 1 si as In ilii- • 11.
as her ow n pi 1 It v fa.',. !, roe 1 .111
iiiii orlant leaMre A iuii"( it
gii i. r one more acijuainled w • It
: lie v. orlil, inighl il .ve ohj- , ted lo
the publicity therein gi\< 11 her.
belia did not. She bdt vei \ pru'iil
ot it, and grateful to the a 111-1 for
the 1 III p 11 im-111.
\|i. r their miciiH nlimitil lii'sl
ire. tllig. it did Hit take I ng fl - r
tin in to become th" -t o| Iricml-.
Ivan told her 1 I hi- life in I..union. 1
III- sin cesses and hop. s, ||ie 1.,. 11 Old
Won.eii with wln iii he iilillgied, the
customs ol -i i iet\, and main olln i
things w inch l.i . 1 mils kin w as she
knew of l.'irvl iiul 111"I• 11 ;.*h books.
I'lie more lie s;iw ot ||el I lie tilole
lie admired her. and dre.v |.i\orab|e
comparison- I el wcell her and 1 ei lain
1 U-dei keil and powder, d ball-room
visions he had -ecu Owing to the
difference in their ages, he felt little
111 hi hi'sitation hi expressing his :-d-
1u1r.it ion l ii an if she had been a eljiJ.i
plaiting on his knee.
True love runs smooth and rapid
till it becomes hc\olid control, what-
ever it does lifter ward. So if was
with Lcliii. She loved with tier
1 ' soul, and did Hot eicli s 11 sp 1 I
.11. Conseipienlly. when Ivan, with
his picture nearly completed, hade
her farewell and returned to London,
it was like a rude awakening, a cnu I
i shock, that seemed to stun hei at
tir-t. Lite became a wea'y wailing
I'm what she dare.l liol hop.- S e
seemed to have gone it ;i s|,.p from
girlhood to womanhood ; and in-t."id
Sport and oilier
i'selt about house-
sa' and drc.imed
I saw my little foie«t 1n1.nl turning
into the wood. What ! you must
have been crying."
Lelin made one heroic effort for
self-control. Whalev.-r might liap-
, pen, Ivan should never know of In r
hopeless love, tiulj.ing down the
rising sob, and rapidly wink ing t wo
or three limes. >he answered
"I haven't." It v . !ht lir-1 lib.
and she we. it on t 1 , In In. 1 ale v.' .Ill ' —
t nisbiilg re;: ! 1 • <. "I huv. I
siiee/.ing. 0I1. " !..• ed ! .11 -1 -f .•. inv
feet ar ' wet : • le |'.oi|iled t '
two tiny shoe- lihgliily damp. "Ilet
I am very glml l" see you Ivan. 1
thought von wasii t coming I ill to-
morrow."
"I thought I would g'\.' you 1 -.Ir-
prise. Have you beard t! e news?
"Yes ; Johnny just told me. I —
suppose you ap- too happy to live,
aren't y 011V"
Her words were uttered plea-'antlv.
' but her hands were clenched till the
nail.- were imprint, d
11*
ami
1'riecn Attractive.
Aua' u, Se|il, 'Jot In7',i.
julllO'7'J
K. :i 111111:11 I.m Invited
U. WfUSHVJ, CO.
pets, she hu-tc.l In
hold matters or
ahout tlie p ul.
With the coming spring sh. re-
g lined much of Ii.t old spu it, and
hi' I laugh echoed among til" il 11 Is
again, not so |n.I | and 1 irel --,
lornierU. but stiil in r: \ and >pir!,-
liug. (l w 1 s one alt 1 no.ni in .1 line
a-, wandering along the 10. ni -11 , she
met I \ an'- 'inle In.dlier, I"I111 e •
" IVall - colli ii|. In.Ill'• to-1,I.n 1. ■ v ,'
you a said Joliuuv, with st.u 1 ling snil-
don't ness.
"So soon ?" exclaimed I,, lia.
her heart began to Hotter p.'io'u! \
I "Yes; and he's been III.11 in ii, 1.10 '
l.elia looked at the child in dumb,
while astonishment.
i "I heard ma telling Mr-. I!rove
this morning.' i<uitiuucil .lolii'iiy.
1 "she dn111 t s iv in 01 11 I ; she sil l
wedded ; but il means I lie same,
don't It?"
"N .••, ih ar, il lili ills the s;i|,|e.
She l imed with 11' 1 iv> ring ! 1 p-
ami heaving bos.mi ami walked rap-
idly away pa«t the wild roses thil
seemed to look lilUl' her, {i'leied ilid
.surprised at herlievb'ct pi>' ill the
•, thut ap*
a drc ir x
ma.-ks of tin
in tie'll"-h.
"No. l.elia. I he fact is. I don t
l.el nearly a- llappv as I expeet.-d I
should;' and lie poked the grass
musingly w ith In- cane.
"Not happy !" and Ijeliu looked at
i 1 i 111 in aina/eniciit " I hen yon
"Then I don'l iles.-rV'.' 111 x good
fortune, I know it. I'm a- wliimsi-
1 al ii- a 1 hild. When I h it her. ! i-t
I,ill I could tiunk ol nothing c|-.■.
1 was a blind tool ; and as the lime
pa-sed and the momentou- day ilr. w
nearer and in are!'. I found out t hat
I hat 111 V h PI" ne depended 11 pi 111
I fl llillg ell' ' , el V il l rent .'
l.'dla s cheek hceaine livid. \\ ith
ijuick 11111 i11'> 11 she divined Ins 111.'ail-
ing. lie had marrici' anoiher while
l.'\ ing her, 11 ud ha ! i.iready repent.-il.
Iiul what right 'ia<. he to icll her o|
this? What light had lie t 1 >neak
to her 111 lhat tender ton- now
h" was married r
"l.elia. I have come back t • tell
you that I love you : that 1 have
loved y ni. th'nigh
With flaihinu eye* he drew bnck
the hand In- h ,u taken.
" riiat will do,sir. 1 will lie,11 not
oin more «.ml !"
He looked in auia/.euici't at her
sudden anger and .-corn, lie would
have s|.oken lull her, oil jus[ tin u
.loliuny 1 a mi.* racing through the
woods and lliing his arms round
haii's neck with wild exclamations
ot delight.
"i Mi. Ivan, did von bi ing your
wife':' was his eager inquiry shortiv
"What do you iihvii, Johnny?
W hat llOllsell-e |s 11; 1 - ?" lie asked.
"i 111 . I k ' - all about it : s.i does
l.e'ia, Y.. 1 1 * 1 i 1 1 make tool-o| us
Call lie. le ila I I *11 mI ma telling
about it ye-lerdi.y ."
,\ Jf!e|i in slie ll'to I X-'
" n lia' was it mother said. John?"
••si.,, t.dil Mi*. I. i ove 1 hat llow
\ ei'd W >11 the \ oli d Im* more
lliall ever wedded to Mis S,i„|. hislx
"And von told l.el'..1, did von? '
"Yes.'
"Johnny do von >ee that -ipiirre;
silence, a glum sih'iiee i- the worst.
W hat shoulii you do, then ? Why,
harmoni/.e your views. For instance,
take a wife who runs alter every new
fashion, and tiuallvgets 011 an unbe-
coming dr. ss. Suppose the husband
snaps out, 'Take tha. dress off- take
11 oil'. I tell you !" I lout you think'
Unit woman like the hutch Justice,
ol the I'eace, is swearing nil over in-
side r Hut, mi the other hand sup-
p.. e the husband says, "Just step
in front o| the mirror, den*-, and tun:
how you look." and he pulls if up
here i.ii'l there, and shows how it
mi.-hi O'lui - her. Then s]iL. ^ot'fi
and tak's thai dress oil. I tell
yoi we can't ami won't be driven
any more t ,.l . other annuals,
I notice nls. 1 that im i.andh and
wive- ; 1 _h t to iie can lul iu tho
11-. of tie ir llngli-h. One of my
ela mall „ >1 to b • a Doctor of
iin ty 1 hat don't amount to
any iliiug, a- it is not hard for any
loo1 to become one il he low money
ml inlluence ['Oh! oh!'from tho
pe pi.- ni the aiulieiue |--aud thirt I>.
II had a wile, who said 'me' for *I,f
and 'is' for 'are. mid her husband
and she had a fuss every little whtlt.
il nil it. The tault was hers, for
•lie could have stopped her blunder-
nig habit, while it w ;i« impossible for-
her husband - fine ear to get used to
her bad use o| language. The prin-
ciple can lie applied to all other
things. Marriid people ought to b
■ archil to avoid giving offense t
each other's taste. Another thiti)
I kelll.lt yy. ! I -de y'(doped young CO
pic standing al t he hy menial alt.
One develops into a solid, plump 1
I nudity, wide the other beconi
lean ami lank and haggard, b
I'haiaoli - lean kmc. K.a h 14 liisa
pointed iii the way things inn
turned out. iiut didn't they pron
is.* lo take each other lor better 1
for worse? 11 the husband shoul
ih y. lop into a leviathan, Ihe wjj
oiiglii to be satisfied. People's hal
its . haiige alter marriage. | kn«'
a man who became a drummer for
dry goods house.and slaved ayy ay tro
Inline nights, while his wife "got I
grumbling at iii- absence. I'inall
W ho yy as to blame
lie 1 alive he dioul
that there yy as a row
I'lie man w , >
nave 1.
inaiueil In111.'. 111 .in bus,tie*
od.
I II give y mi halt
catch him."
\s Johnny darted aw ,y
turned lo l.elia, and time
ih en earnest 11. 111 In- y inc.
spoke,
■ ! id you I • li-'v. it. l.elia:
' \ I I didn't klioyv
said
"Ney.,' mill 1 I '..'iiiv.
a 1 low u il y .hi ll
I van
ya- a
as he
J oh mix
\\ d.led
I"",; ene .g'i to k' ■ p Ills w lie's ilCUl
warm. I yvisb to liod, 1 was goin,
to -ay, that people could get out 0
their heads the notion that i t th
tiist little marital nav that spring
upalti'i' uiarriage they must get ii|
and separ. 1I1 ."
"Wliit can't lw I'l.ri'il,
M ii-l lie en.I1111 il,"
A Peculiar Meeil.
\ curious kind o| weed whic
grovy- in ihe Vikaiis.is valley has ol
t*'ii proyed misleading to sportsmen
It i« -haped lik. a ball and varies iu
si/e I'.oiii one loot or less in (.uimeter
to hy.- ni- -ix Icel, -.im., specimens,
being as tail a.s a man. It grows
upon a -in 11 stem, whi"h is. how-
• y.'r. -tout enough to bear the mas:
till il had t".p tied and dried, when 1.
pull ol yyiinl .!! blc.yv it over iunl
.nap the slendei upporf. Then it
1- that every g -I ot wind sends ii
rolling over Ih" prairie, bounding
"V. r biislie* and locks yy uli the great-
e-t . la-■ icily ami lightm s... Wliei
tin wind is strong and high thesi
1 nihluie uee.ls pi, -.cut a most pec ii-
hit appear,on e .is | h.-y bound lion
rock to rot k. and 111 more than one
instam 1 ' 11.11 • er-, have mistaken then)
for In -ous am I fell 1 iisiderable irrita:-
l "U l.i u| -sihility of briug
t belli yy ;t h in 1 .iii ge, al I hi 1 r guns.
•-# • ♦-
\ Han^in ns | \1crtn1enl.
\ lie c. an! d
I
1 • hi art' i " uioih.
nil i . ic. Oh. i. 1
lllll." Ill i . I 1 ill), b I I I
1, o May I not ii.m
•ll T
pin r 11
a better?"
Six iii'iith - lo.-, i . th ix y >v
.•red little iim 1111 y clinia h, hi-. i( i"
ti.ui yy as 1 - ■ 1 il t.i his entire -ails,
faction
"I Mi-
nt her .1
-y n; .1
illesitiel
1 •
I'
1 rods
Was 1'
I,
1 ii
1
W hit in'! 'in • 11 I - th" monn
,e.l t be proles - ir.
• d til it lie didn't
t illHlietiee it had
Ihat ii had a ten-
1 ■ u 1 it led awful
Ml 'i •' I'l'i -s.
upon the lit i
I'lie class w
. know e\act ly w '
upon tie tied, but
dcllcv to iiluk"
-< in 11111 v. Hurling
im I hut la/y >1 -l .r-11 ot hinu
t'dlow," lie-aid : .f. least I yvas bright tilings of i.niui
I hope Jl liny e iuijM.y.,. i-t 'IJ. e I bell, ei I ..re, t hal appeared but
(bough I don't waul to he-1 «.rnier mockery and fell up, u a
even ni" " 1,ml with n deep, beart-bt
ni" -y
il in
"ll (lure's anything I lov«\ it's
i.t-i 40 .se, leuiark. I i't'Mdersou,
- lie | t. 'd up III • | it" for 4 se 'Olid
■ IpiM .. .'t dm- y a credit,' *:li.l
..f: " there's nothing *0 btnntiful
iff. >t ion 1111.. nig tie litem Mr* i if a
1 i-t ." H VI I T • I Pt
deyeb |nneni
"I y.-d the
' an ' 'inn ;ng and
v. ll-kaown
on l ime, is
on in. lingerie.
^ y . 1 * . 1 . on wh. 111 the
me-'" ■ 1.• t • ■ 11. tally jiraeticcs, W)ts
'• ■ ' ' •• 1 'gi I In iis. and, af-
' 1 ' '. aiow n into a cataleptic
■ p. yy '« -nlmiiltisl in the most
lllglo'ill ■ ideals, hi o|'. of these
•I' lie-ad ami arm of 'he girl K-ru
!'"• "• •>' e ui■ nith ef the lion,
yy li • h > Iptcyiou-ly been infiirialrd
by Ia-l. it. m its tu: ler ■ whip.
HiU ihe ap|i 11. ni > r, ,i 11 dy dn) not
e\ it. Ill" a I'ilt i| |-| 1 tile. At the
cud of the s. .ii" ♦ I.. go I yy in re lesMnl
and w nl snnttng nwiiv, while ihi
iii.'siii.'rist earni I rii h biurelii.-. |' l
N|all Iia/elt •.
Moil. ami 'n.ne Kie two Ihim
in. 11 yy a k h a. -t lor, and alter ilea
one is yy ill, to tin III jil-l about
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