HAVE YOU A,NY 9
If there is any value in trying to
make the history both local and per-
sonal of the country, the present with
its broad interest's should be utiliz ad.
About two years ago the Mail and
EXpress, (New York) s nrted a “Geneo-
logical and Historictl Department,"
edited by Mrs. Milton Haxt 113n.
struck the need of the times,
grown beyond the most sanguine ex-
pectations of those concerned. As well
as the department. there is every week
in the Saturday issue of that papera
histor crl article by Mrs. Haxtnn.
Oflatethese have beeh devoted to
the signers of the compact on the May-
,flower, 1.620 They are taken in the
It
order of their signing, and soon Stephen.
Hopkins will be before the public It
is the editor’s hope to prove that John
Hopkins, -of Hartford, was the son of
Stephen, and to that end she asks the
aid of every one of this blood, male or
female, to prove her position.
'1 here must be many records that
have not yet been reached, perhaps for
want of thought. or from a careless dis-
regard of the subject. This is the op-
portunity, and if a sense of duty can be
impressed upon people living in Nor-
walk and Vicinity, much good may be
the outcome. This is smatter of com-
mon interest, the giving is not all on
one side, and if the records are sent to
the GAZETTE or Mail and Express, there
is a reasonable expectation of great,
perhaps unexpected results
When the article ts published it would
be very little trouble for the Hopkins
family to pass it into the various con-
nections they are cognizant of. and so
perhaps establish a point which will
make important history.
Then too, Brewster records are very
des1rable, embracing as they do, all
sections of Connecticut, and connecting
with the descent of those who as yet
have no authentic knowledge that they
are entitled to membership in most if
not all of those patriotic families. '
Will not any Nor-walk or other family
with old and perhaps long forgotten
documents of “ye olden time,” stored
in out of the way places, look all such
ancient papers over, to the end that 1m-
portant and invaluable ancient histori-'
cal and biographical facts may be
brought to light and authenticated, as
undoubtedly muchsuch matter could be-
' THE. 11101111111 mes.
The Stickies (luadruplets in Stratford
Doing Well.
_\
Mrs. O._ H. Stickle's, the mother of
the famous quadruplets in Stratford,
died Tuesday afternoon at her home
on Strawberry Hill, Stratford. The
sanitary condition of the house in
which she lived was very poor and it
hadadepressing effect on- her health.
Her ailment finally deveIOped into
typhoid malaria. The four infants are
all alive and appear to be flourishing.
The best of skilled attendance has been
at the bedside of Mrs. Stickles ever
since her sickness began.
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Death of Charles Bessdy.
Word was received here Wednesday
of the death at his home on St. Nicholas
avenue, New York, of Charles Bessey.
The deceased was for many years a
resident of Norwalk and lived in what
is yet known as the Bessey place on
Harbor avenue. He left Norwalk sev-
eral years ago and has since resided in
New York. He wasa merchant tailor
by occupation. Every year in the
month of July in company with his
brother Hiram, he visited friends and
relatives in town. He‘ was about 75
years of age, and was l‘o'nvsd and. re-
spected by all who 11'. w Mrs.
Sarah L. Bessey of Franklin avenue is
a'sister-in-law. The remains were
brought to Norwalk for interment in
the family plot.
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£31111.
Silver Movement Handicapped. '
In a letter to aKansas man, Collector
John C. Byxbee of Meriden says: "The
silver movement is handicapped by sev-
eral things. Among others the press.
In3this state the entire press, with one
exception is against Bryan. What are
called the solid democrats, those who
usually contribute for election expen-
ses, have bolted, so that the party is
without leaders or friends to meet the
A expense of the campaign. The Repub-
3 lica’ns have their . leaders and money
‘ enough to run their campaign without
friction. The Workingmen are for
Bryan, but they are poor, and you
A know what that means. In my Opinion
,Bryan will not carry an eastern state.’
Officer Sullivan Dead.
A Patrick Sullivan, the Danbury police-
: man, ‘who‘was beaten into insensibility
f: and almost killed by four toughs last
A, Christmas, died Tuesday night of brain
" fever. in3 injuries are believed to
s have been- the indirect cause 30f his
death, 'forhehad suffered with pains in
his head "ever since the assault. His
assailants are now serving j ail sentences
‘ of ten months each.
Premium Lists.
Mr. A. E. Kroger of Winnipauk has
left a numberof the Danbury Fair Pre-
mium Lists at the GAZETTE office for
distribution. Any one desiring a copy
an secure one on application,
and has ‘
WEEKLY nonw AiLK GAZETTE‘V
BOUND L111 11111111.
A bold daylight burglary occurred at
Winsted, Tuesday afternoon, at the
home of Robert Hoffman, corner Oak
and Beach streets.
and ‘a gold watch are missing and
Mary, an 18-year old daughter, is dy-
ing. She was found in a hallway on
the first floor ,by' her brother Francis,
15 years old, bound hand and foot and
in an unconscious condition. Beside
her lay a slungshot made of a piece of
calico with a stone in one end.
After dinner the Hoffman family,
with the exceptiOn of Mary and Francis,
left home, Mr. Hoffman going to work, A
Mrs. Hellman to v: s: t a sick neighbor
and the children to -.schOoI Francis
worked about the garden till shortly
before30’clock,‘ when he entered the
house, finding his slster as above stated.
Neighbors and the girl’s parents were
quickly snmmond, as well as doctors.
No marks of violence were found on
the girl’s body. but the ‘physicians say
her condition is-critical. A '
A neighbor who'l1Ves’ opposite. says
she saw an unknoWn man leave the
house hbout 2 and drive in a northerly
direction with another strangt r
is the only clue the police have to work
on.
the time.
PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Commissioner Seymour Gives Some Inter-
estingStatistics.
Commissioner of Patents John S.
Seymour has submitted to the secretary
of the interior his report on the business A
of the patent office for the fiscal year
ending June 30,1896. It shows 48,105
applications and caveats received, 24, -
585 patents granted and trade marks,’
labels and prints registered. and 15,580
patents withheld and patents expired.
Receipts from all sources during the
year were $1,307,000, and expenditures
$1,097,368, leaving a surplus of $209,722.
The balance invthe treasury of the
United States on account of the patent
fund on June 30, 1895, was $4,565,727,
making a total with the 1896 surplus of
$4,776,470. Applications awaiting ac-
tion at the time of the report number
8,943.
At the end of the fiscal year all but
four of the examiners had their work
within one month from date, two were
between one and two months and the
other two between ‘two and three
months in arrears.
James Sexton Dead.
James Sexton, Sr., died suddenly at
noon Tuesday while chatting with the
Rev. Father Lawlor, of St. ‘Mary ’8
church, at his home in Bridgeport.
Mr. Sexton was born in the neighbor-
hood of Queenstowc, Ireland, in 1827,
and when a young man became identi-
fied with the Young Ireland movement.
He came to this country in 1846, and
worked all over the country, from
Maine to California, until 1870, when
be located permanently in Bridgeport.
In the same year he entered the granite
and marble business under the firm
name of James Sexton dz Sons, and re-
linquished the control to his son, James
SextOn, jr., only four years ago. He
was the father of 13 chlldren, of whom
five survive. A number of years ago,
' he served a term as First Selectman, as
a Democrat. During the year he was
in office, he gave $2,003 to the poor out
of his own pocket, and it is believed
that his benefactions, during his resi-
deuce in Bridgeport, amounted to more
than $20000.
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Carey w11111esig'n.
Melbert B. Carey, of'RidgefieId, one
of the most influential members of the.
Democratic state central comm1ttee
stated Tuesday that he is in favor of
the gold standard and that he will re-
sign from the committee. He V said,
however, that his resignation would not
be the result of pique, but because he
believed that the members of the com-
mittee should be in sympathy with the
principles of the party,
——4->——
Wants to go to Holland.
Witte Von Capallen, of Westport, was
before his honor Judge Hubbell, last
Tuesday, on the charge of beingintoxi—
cated. He was found guilty and was
fined 310 and costs. You Cap said that
he had intended leaving for Holland
this week, and the Judge good natured-
ly suspended execution of sentence on
the promise of the prisoner to leave
immediately for the steamship wharf.
Gold Men to Resign.
It is reported that whenfthe Demo-
cratic State convention, called for the
Hyperion theatre, New Haven, next
week Wednesday, would meet, every
gold member of the State Central com-
mittee, numbering about 20 of the 24 on
the committee would resign in a body.
.A Chaihless Safety.
The Pope Manufacturing Company
has decided to put a chai-nless bicycle
on the market next year. The company
has been experimenting with a chainless
wheel for the past eighteen months and 3
has come to the conclusidn that the
wheel is practical and will be successful.
—-Advertise in the 111...... ,3
Two diamond rings
Th‘s-
The booty taken '1- longed to the.
injured girl and wa. on“ her person at?
.women’,‘ properly accredited,
WHII__3___ l8 SHE?
Greenwich has a mystery. Whether
1!: is a case of murder- or suicide is not
known. Medical Examiner Jones and
the authorities are puzzled._ Sunday
morning the body of a woman was
found floating in the Mianus river. It
was viewed by numbers of people, and
was identified by two men as that of a
Mrs. Hansen, The poles went to the-
house of Mrs. Hansen and found that
person very much alive. The resem-
blance, though was very remarkable.
Inquiry was then made as to who the
woman could be. None of the villagers
knew her. She was well dressed, and
was apparently 30 years old. On a
handkerchief was the initial “1‘,” and
on the chemise “H” was embroidered.
The features chewed marks of dissi-
Apation.
Walter L. \Iain’ s circus exhibited in
the town Saturday, which leads the a11-
thorities to believe thatshe Wasa circus
follower. At present her identity is
clouded in mystery '
PBOHIBITIAON TICKET.
State Officers Nominated and a woman
Suffrage Measure Tabled. '
The-Connecticut Prohibitionists met
in Convention at New Haven Tuesday.
Nearly 400 delegates, many of them
were in
Warner Hall when the body organized.
Allen B. Lincoln Was temporary Chair-
man.
The followfug state ticket was nom-
inst-ed:
For governor, Edward Mansfield, of
Winsted.
For lieutenant governor, Charles E.
Steale, of New Britain.
For secretary of state, Wilbur L.
Chamberlain, of Mansfield. '
For treasurer, George P. Farm, of
New Londen.
For comptroller, Edward C. Barton,
of East Hampton.
Electors: First district, It \I. Stan-
ley; Second district, A. Hall, of Cites.
ter; Third district, J. A. Copp, of Gro-
ton; Fourth d' s. riot, O. iver S. Beard of
Shelton.
W. P, Bradley was nominated for
congressman from the Second congres-
sional district and F. L. Wooster of
Winsted, from the Fourth district.
The First and Third district candidates
will be nominated later.
" There was a contest on the adpotion
of the woman’s suffrage plank inthe
platform. It was voted down at the
rate of three to one.
Edward Mansfield, the candidate for
governor, is a farmer, fruit grower and
driryman living at West Winsted. He
owns a farm of 600 acres and has 70
head of cattle- He was a candidate for
lieutenant governor in 1894. He was a
Republican until 12 years ago. He is
65 years old, and has four sons, all of
whom are college graduates.
Charles E Steale is a native of New
Britain, and is 50 years old.
Wilbur L. Chamberlain is connected
with the 8101 rs agricultural school.
3 Bryan is Coming.
Colonel Graves of the Democratic
state central comm1ttee has received a
letter from the Democratic national
committee stating that William J.
Bryan will come to Connecticut on or
about September. thirtieth. He will de-
liver two speeches in this state. one at
Hartford and the other'at New Haven.
his wife as soon as he comes out.
THE BA_I_I__N DANCE.
Miss Eva L——_ Ferris, daughter of
Senatbr John H. Fejris. gave a most
delightful as well as novel “barndance‘,”
Tuesday evening, to her manyfriends,
in the spacious barn at the rear 30f
their magnificent residence on 3West
street», South Norwalk. ,
The gimnd's‘about the btrn3were
brilliantly , illuminated with VWelsbacb
light=,' while from'the apex of the brim
to a point withid‘ the grounds were
strung at equal distances apart. lanterns
which With the back ground of clouds,
twinkled like a myriad of stars,present-
ing a beautiful as well as picturesque
sight that could be seen and admired
from nearly everv section of the city.
The large barn floor had been placed
1 in excellent condition ' for dancing,
while in one corner was stationed Prof.
Weidenhammer‘ who d1scoursed rhyth-
mical music from the piano.
In one of the smaller rooms decor-
ated with fltgs and-bunting, lemonade
was served throughout the evening,
while Caterer Lane provided dainty
refreshments. A
The charming haste-e had arranged
twent! dances on the program which
were or j oyed with a zes. that did honor
to her selections, and durin2 the inter-
mission between the numbersthe merry
party or j )yed walks about the illumi-
nated grounds where the cooling
breez as refreshed them for the ensuing
dance.
Among those present were, the
Misses Amy Ferris, Emma" Lockwood,
Helena Hill, Ethel Ferris, Ethel Keep,
Louise B. Woodward, Grace R. Bying-
ton, Alice Cram-,Marie Newcomb, Maud
Wheeler, Clara Belts, Emilie Jennings,
Ethel Slater, Helen Swartz, Mav Hig-
gins, Mai Curtzs, Vera Wood, Naomi
Smith, Daisy Scudder, Benla Jarvis,
Charlotte Bosch, Adelaide Moss, and the
Misses Host, and Laurie, of New York
city, Nettie O’Strander, of Laselle, and
Grace Adams and Jennie Ferris.
The Messrs. Edward Partridge,
Charles Rodgers, Willard Comstock,
Charles Sw'artz, Ward Gregory, How-
ard Mossman, Ben F. Andrews, Eben
Hi1l,,j 1., Albert Mossman, lobert Van
Buren, Louis Leonard, Harvey Betts,
Frank Ferris, Clarence Cram, George
E. Cram, Frank Sherman, A. Dwight
Keep, Samuel Hoyt, Stephen Jarvis,
George Woodward, Homer Byington,
H. W. Bodwell, Elbirt Fitch, Fred Hill
and Mr. Sturtevant, of Wesleyan
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Wants to Harry.
The Bridgeport News says that H. C.
Biker, the young man who secured
money..3,under false pretenses in this
city, and later tried the same caper in
Stamford and was arrested and sent to
jail for-”eight months, “while on'his‘w‘ay
to the institution-wrote Va letter, to his
girl who happens to be a widow, {telling
her to wait for him. He will make her
She
has money but her conservator would
t let her use any in behalf uf B.ik€l'.”
It is thought here in Norwalk that
when Baker’s time expires he will have
another warrant served upon him for
his transactions‘in Normals. Possibly
the officer will wa1t. until af1er the Wed-
ding before he places Baker under ar-
rest, but we doubt it.
.9.
No Hope for Ex-Congressman Miles.
Ex Congressman Frederick Milts,
who lies critically ill at his residence ht
Twin Lakes, is suffering om an or-
ganic disease and there is no hope of
recovery.
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PRESIDENT nuiFEFdeE'II‘BAi‘Es
Is to be Elected. and the
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. ticed car could have detected a change
, length Fred found himself at Florence’s
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HE IS JUST AWAY.
_I cannot say. and I will not say
That he is dead—he is just away.
With a. cheery smile and a. wave of the hunt;
He has wandered into an unknown land.
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh. you—who the wildest yearn
From the old- time step and the glad return-
Think of him as faring on, as dear
In the love of there as the love of here. .
Mild and gentle as he was brave
When the sweetest love Of his life he gave
To simpler things: Where the violets grew.
Pure as the eyes they were likened 10..
The touches of his hand have stayed
A33 reverently as the lips have prayed:
When the little brown thrush that harshly ,
chirred
Was dear to him as the mocking bird:
And he pitted as much as aman in pain
A writhing honeybee wet with rain. ,
Think of him still the same. I say:
He is not dead—he' is just away!
—James Whitcomb Riley. in Fhilade'. out:
Times.
RIDING F OR A FA LL
It was a perfect day for wheeling.
Even the slightest breeze that took the
curl out of their bangs, as they sat on
the piazza of the O’Shun Heuse, seemed
to invite Florence and her chaperoning
aunt to go for a spin. But that good
fellowship necessary to an enjoyable
trip did not exist, because Florence had
adwellzfounded suspicion that her dear
aunt had that morning intercepted a
letter from Fred Lumsden, and the
aunt was feeling that her wholly un-
prejudiced' lecture on the evanescence
of misplaCed love and the durability of
American dollars Was not being proper-
ly appreciated.
It 15 probable that 111 spite of the glo.
rious weather nothing more exciting
than an ordinary family quarrel would
have happened, had it not been for the
efiervescing energy of Fred, who ap.
peared on the scene'in that unexpected
way peculiar to true lovers.
“Good morning, ladies!” he called,
with an effort at boldness that only .
made the blood mount to his cheeks.
“Beautiful day—er—isn’ t it? ’
‘ Beautiful! I‘ m so glad to see you,”
said Florence, with an accent of sincer-
ity that was perhaps emphasized in or-
der to spite her aunt.
“Perfectly charming,” said her aunt
in the twinkling tone that reminds one
of the chink of the ice in a glass of
frappe tea.
“I did myself the honor to call on
you. ” Fred explained, as he leaned his
wheel against the hotel steps and took a
chair near Florence, “because I am'go-
ing West to marrow. I have secured a
position as civil engineer with a. West-
ern railway company that ls prcjeeting
abranch line, and as I had a dayto
spare I' thought I’d' come down and bid
“So kind of you, I am sure,” said the
dear aunt. I am so glad—£01 your
sake, Fred—that you have this position,
for I think a. young man should begin
his life as soon after leaving college as
possible. I have no doubt that in a few
years you will be a. railway magnate.”
She rattled on in this vein for a
couple of . minutes, all the time
thinking: A
“I mustn’t allow them to be alone to-
gether. I know what these partings
mean. He has come down to propose
to her, and she—the little hussy—will
accept him. If I lock her in her room
it will cause talk, and I can ’t keep track
of them all day in these corridors. Oh,
what shall I do?”
Whén the light finally broke a prac-
in her tone, as she exclaimed enthusi-
astically:
“Really, Fred, I am glad you have
come down, for I have been planning
for several days to take a. party from
hereto the little casino they have at
Clam-Shell on—the-Sea, about fifteen
miles down the coast. We can spin
down there in a couple of hours, have
some refreshments, and then spin back
in time to catch your train for New
York. ”
“They will be along with the other
young people,” she thought to herself,
“and will be kept moving so that they
can’t have a long chat, and, anyway,
if they can pedalc and propose at the
same time,” she remarked to herself.
“they are a great deal cleverer than I
thin.
For the first mile the crowd was well
bunched and nothing happened. At
side. and managed to stammer:
“Don’ t you feel you’d like to spin a
little faster?” _
A glance showed that she perfectly
unde1,stood and a. moment later they
were quietly drawing, away from the
pa rty.
“Hello l” exclaimed the inevitable
idiot; “have We scorchers with us?
Well, I feel like doing a little scorching
myself 9:
With that they all struck into a.
that left thechaperone behind, hutoye:
hauled the: runaways. . That scheme
was undoubtedly a failure. .
“Let _us fall behind, then,” suggested 1
Fred.
After a slight hesitation, for she did
not wish everyone to see what her feel-
rigs were, Florence slowed up, and soon
she and Fred were abreast of the dear,
good aunt, who had noticed their ruse,
and was following panting but trium-
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‘ ‘Really rt, is kind of you, ” she panted.
‘I am so glad. you were thoughtful
enough to w ail; f01~_me.I am willing to
go along j use as slowly as you please,
or- I love. to look “at the scenery.”
Fred groomed 11nd,,Florence bit her
jp. Now. _ Some may wonder why they
lid not strike down a side road and
cave the pat ty altogether, but it must
1e remember ed that their love making _
“rad not piog 0Tossed yet beyong the Ian
guarre or' the eyes, and of the hand-
clasp.
It was the-:1 that an idea occurred to
: red that proved that he hits engineer-
1 11.. r skill that. will enable him to rise in
the .101l1l some dav.
L
g'llu.
1 w ere tear .3 in her eyes.
' enoe gave a. little scream.
“I’ll tell you what let’s'do,” he called
out. "Let’s scorch from here to the 'ca-
sino, and have the last man who gets
there pay for the refreshment, and let
the first. lady to arrive be given a. prize
of her own choosing.’
He had to all appearances gauged the
enthusiasm of the party to a nicety, ,
and before the good chaperone could
protest effectively, all the young people ’V
had gripped their handle bars and
leaned forward and commenced pedall-
ing for dear life. They drew away ‘
. from her rapidly. aud were coasting
down a long decline before she had
time to even guess at the significance of
Fred’s scheme. 3
Fred’s heart rose correspondingly as
he saw how his scheme, was Aworking.
_He calculated that they were; traveling
at about twice the rate of speed of the
chaperone, and that within half an hour
they would be far enough ahead for his
' purpose.
Florence didn't understand exectlyA3
what his plan was, but she kept the
pace along with the feremost. She ap-
VA‘ peared to advantage on the wheel, and,
as her _color rose with the exertion, he
thought he had never seen a layelier A
sightf, Her lithe, athletic figure seemed
to swim through the air with that pe-
culiar grace that the poets ascribe to the
gait of goddesses. _
Up hill and down they went, without
abating their speed, until the cha peroneA
was probably three or four miles be-
hind. Presently they coasted down a
hill into a little valley where the road
was Wooded On both sides, and Fred
saw that the opportune moment ”had
come. Guiding his wheel until he was
near enough to Florence, he said:
“Wouldn’ t you like to rest for a. few
minutes? ’
She made no response, but kept right
on. - -
“We have both lost the wagers, any.
how,” he argued.
Her only notice of his remarks was
a. slight, heightening of color.
“And there is something I want very
much to say to you.” .
Her color increased;
"Miss Camden—Florence l"
“I mustn’t,” she half gasped, “I did
wrong to run away from aunt.”
“Well, wait for her, and I will wait,
too.” .
saNO'”
The truth was that Florence’s maiden
modesty was beginning to assert itself,
and she had been thinking that in at-
tempting to rush ahead with Fred, and
then to fall behind, she had been too
forward. Poor Fred! In his college
course he had been taught to deal With
the laws of nature, but not with the
whims of woman, and he was almost
nonplussed.
Already the others of the party were
passing over the crest of the hill, and
they were in danger of leaving the lit-
tle valley without anything being ac-
complished. But. still Florence kept
scorching along. Even despair adds to
the resourcefulness of some, and sud-
denly the lines of Fred’s face hardened,
and he raced past her up the hill.
When he had gauged the distance and
direction accurately, he turned and
waved his hand at her as if waving
“good-by," while his wheel went di~
rectly toward a log that lay‘ by the
roadside. A moment later he struck
and whirled through the air entangled
with his wheel, with his arms and legs
flying like a Windmill. He was picking
himself up as she passed. She wavered,
the Wheels wobbled as if she were go-
ing to alight, but she straitened up and
disappeared over the crest of the hill.
His despair was complete. He didn 1:
care if he had ruined his wheel, or shat-
tered his anatomy. His heart, how-
ever, was the only part of him that was
injured, and it was rapidly sinking out
of its normal position. He had certain-
ly been mistaken. She did not care for
him. -
Without looking to see how much he
had damaged himself, smarting inward-
ly and outwardly, he sat down on the
log, buried his face in his hands, and
felt utterly miserable. He was begin-
ning to hate himself, Florence, her
aunt and the whole world, when sud-
denly he felt a light hand laid on his
shoulder. .
“Oh Fred, are you really hurt? I
saw that you really intended to take
that tumble, but it was horrid of me to
go along without asking if you were
hurts—when I knew you had done it for
my sake.”
The humor of taking a. header for any
one’s sake did not appeal to either of
them just then. '
“Are you hurt?”
It was his chance to sulk, and what
men can resist sulking when he has the
meet: charming girl in the world , to
coax him into g00d humor?
“Speak to me. Fred. You are not
hurt, me yen? Oh, you must be—and—
and—shall I get. you some water from
the spring? Oh, do speak. Look'up at
me!” '
She pulled his hands from his face,
~ and, a: he looked up.,he saw that there
Just then Flor-
Uh, Fred, there is auntie coming
over the hill!”
This was all the tonic. he needed. -
Seizing her hands, he exclaimed hur-
riedly:
“Florence. you know why I wanted
to be alone with you. I love you-shave
loved you for months! _And now that I
am going away, I want to know if there
is any hope for me. Will you be my
wife? ’
She looked down the road at the ap-
proachingl Nemesis.
“Will you be my me? I know I
don’t deserve you, but I Will work, I‘
\villdvork. Some day yen may love me
a little. A” 3
. She blushed, then glanced at the fig-
ure coasting down the hill. _
“Yes. Fred, yesl Oh, do let us hurry
away“ Aunt will be here in a minute
or two.’
“Then you do love me?"
A moment later she was folded in his
arms. What the sun saw and the cha-
perone suspected need not be’desc'ribed.
--Truth.3
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