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Hie Atonement
? Remington tossed his cigar stub
4 ito the grate, and lighted a cigarette.
< **I don't know why I am telling
yoa nil this," he observed?"I was
always one to contend against confidences."
He looked at me In a half-qulzilcal,
half-tentative way, as though unconsciously
pleading for encouragement.
1 watted a second before I spoke.
"And I am at a loss to- understand
why you haven't told me before,
considering what good friends
we've always been."
I regardod him almost hopelessly. I
I had never Been a fellow change bo.
Up to the time of his marriage, flve
or six years before, he was the Jolllest,
most open-hearted, ingenious
boy I bad ever known. The wedding
took place In Ireland, and to an Irish
girl. She was reputed to be beautiful,
and as good ae she was beautl
ful. Thc.v lived together Just three
months. After the Reparation Remington
was nover the same.
No ono ever knew the real cauee
of the rupturo. Neither vouchsafed
any explanation, and the public was
too wise, for once, to invent one.
When he came back home everything
he said to me was:
"Don't ask me any questions,
Tom, I loved her?and I'm a brokenhearted
man."
To-day for the first tlmo he had
given me his confidence.
"She was young?very young. I
didn't give hor a chance?not even
half a chance. I don't believe she
was guilty, after all!" he broke out
enddenly.
I looked at him closely. The expression
on his face showed me that
he had Buffered, and would continue
to suffer an few men do.
"I can almost believe that you are
still In love with the woman," I reflected,
after a slleuce.
Remington, too, was silent (or s
time.
"At least," -be remarked finally, "I
shall never care for any other."
"Yet you divorced her," I obBervod,
curiously.
"My entire course was marked out
by Impulse?fierce, passionate. Had
I loved hor less, things might have
boen different."
As he spoke, he pulled out his
watch, and started with a little gesture
of surprise.
"You mustn't think of leaving
without seeing my wife," I objected,
laying a protesting hand on his arms.
"I want you to meet her; I want yo'l
to see what admirable taste I have lp
electing & companion. "We've been
married Just one year, and I think I
can truthfully say that she has proven
my Ideal of a perfect woman."
Remington smiled and passed
reflective hand across his forehead.
We smoked away In silence for
eeveral minutes, and presently the
door opened and my wife softly entered
the room.
8he wore a dinner gown of pretty
pale yellow stuff that fell about hor
In graceful scallops and mnde a faint
znuslo&l swish as she moved.
Muti uaiu? junner into me ugnt
toward us, Remington stood up and
I "I DID KCW OIVB HRK A. CTIANCK "
acknowledged my Introduction with
a low how. When he lifted hie
face It was the color of ashes, and
the roan seemed to have aged ten
years, In the ghostly glare of the
fire.
' My wife had left the room to give
pome order about the dinner, and
Remington turned to me with an
abrupt excuse for leaving.
I "You will make my apologies to
your wife, old man? I'm positively
111?too 111 to keep up much longer.
Fact Is, I've been feeling knocked
out all day, and wouldn't give In
When I feel hotter, I shall be glad to
drop in on you both at some future
time.
Several months after leaving I*ondon.
Remington wrote the following
letter:
"Dear Old Tom?I do not need to
remind you of the conversation we
had on that laat night at your houae.
Do you remember all 1 told you
about her? You will recall that 1
was more than half Incllped to condemn
my own action all the way
through. Well, Bince then certain
facts have corao to my knowledge establishing
her complete Innocence
beyond the question of a doubt.
"Ood! how I've suffered! Rut It is
too Into now for me to make any
reparation. She Is married again?
married to one of the finest fellowa
X know,
"If you should ever chance to run
across her, I want you to remember
that aha Is Innocent.
"Sincerely yours,
"Remington."
"And my wife, with her pretty
Jrtsh brogue, says she pities my
friend, Remington.?N. C. R., In U
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CHJSKK OF A STOWAWAY.
When It Came to Work He Wm
Anxious to Have the Trip End.
1 Young Captain Scalby of the Mediterranean
liner Cretlc was talking
about stowaways.
J "Most of thoeo fellows/' he said In '
1 his deep, resonant voice, "have an *,
I excessive quantity of cheek, of brass. 1
"Once we discovered a stowaway a
I few days from New York and put
| him to work In tho galley.
"A woman on a tour of Inspection
paused by the stowaway an he sal
| peeling potatoes.
| '' 'How spon do you think we'll
| reach Naples7' she said to him.
"Well, madam," he replied, "I'm
| doing all I can to get her in by Tuesj
day.' "?-New York American.
No Hum Done.
The customer at (he five cent
' lunch counter, with gome exertion,
had dug a spoonful from the con- I
tents of the side dish.
"Walter," ho said, "this tastes dlf- |
ferent, somehow, from the mashed j
potato I usually get here."
"It Is different." said the waiter, 1
inspecting it. "It's the chunk of put- ;
ty, for a broken window pane, that
the old man has been making a fuss
about for the last ten minutes. He'll
be glad to get It back. Thanks."?
Chicago Tribune.
No Time to Ix?ho.
He was poor an? enterprising and
she was rich but homely.
"Will you murry me?" he asked
abruptly.
"W-why, this Is so s-sudden," she j
exclaimed. "Give me a little time to
"Can't do It," he Interrupted. "I 1
need the money."
And so they wore married and
lived more or less happily sver after.
In the I?lm Future.
"Why so blue, Reggy?"
"Why, confound It, I was goose
enough to ask Miss Dashing to be my
wife. I haven't enough at present to
support myself, so 1 must set the
date ut> far distant as possible."
"Oh, that's all right, old man, I
Tell hei* you will marry her the day
the Panama Canal Is finished."
Th. ?1 *
?iav WV/ UI nmilll*9S?
"A woman's tears are sure to find
sympathy," said the kind-hearted
man.
"YeB," answered the cold-blooded
one, "And yet when you see a
woman crying you can't be Bure
whether she has trouble or has been
enjoying herself at a matinee."'?
Washington Star.
Puckerlngs.
If wishes were horses, some beggars
would still growl because they
were not touring carB.
Conscience, unlike lightning,
strikes often In the same place.
A philosopher Is one who can remember
his Injuries without forfeiting
himself.?Puck.
At the Salvation Army Dinner.
There cume to the fed a poor exile of
Krin,
The beard on his chin had been
growing a week;
He did his own part In the grub's
dlsappearln',
Then drifted away, too much
crowded to speak.
Violent lie net ion.
Sarah Brum?How la your Browning
club getting along?
naran nciium?we round It dull
and uninteresting, and we've worked
It over Into a candy making club.
You ought to eeo what splendid
fudges we can turn out!?Calcago
Tribune.
Rural Remorse.
Bald the farmer, "I'm dreadful. I
think;
Of perdition, this sure la the brink.
It must be the rye,
Of which large fields are nigh.
But 1 drive all the cattle to drink."
?Baltimore American.
The Club Woman's Spouse.
"Does your wife Insist on knowing
exactly when you get horaeT" asked
the Intrusive friend.
"My wife never knows when I get
home." answered Mr. Meektou. "1 m
always home before she Is."?'Washington
Btar.
Money In Imitations.
"There Is a man who has piled up
a fortune by a career of deception."
"Then deception does pay? Is ho
a grafter?"
"No, he manufactures false teeth."
?Cleveland Leader.
"Do you think that the automobile
will displace the horse?" asked the !
conversational young woman
"It will," answered the nervous
young man as he gazed down the
road, "If It ever hits him."?Lampoon.
The Handsome Apology.
"You owe me an Apology, sir. You
called me u dog."
"My renmr|< was too sweeping. I
do apologize to the Injured party.
Not all dogs are cur#-"'? Baltimore
American.
Same Old Story.
Mrs. Smith?Oh, dear, I'm com- |
pletely worn out! I was up more :
than half the night with a toothache.
Mrs. Jonea?That's too bad. Did
| you go to the dentist thla morning? ;
Mrs. Smith?Qfc, my, no! It vai
> my husband's tomh that ached.
i
1 Mrs. Tnlkworda?Henry, you were
talking In your sleep last night.
Henry?Pardon me for lnterruptfe*
>ou.?Smart Set. . ^ _
The Tantalus of the Fire
I must confess I stood at the door
with some trepidation. I had not
seen Muriel for a year; she had been
abroad. Onoe, Indeed, I had heard
from her when there came a gift a
week after Christmas with her sard:
"Please acoept?even though I am
a little late"?If Muriel had only
beeu speaking of?ah! Muriel?Muriel!
T A saefhhla. -W. .kl
a ovi IUU1CI, PUV ml; w UU WUUIU
give the girl he loves economy for
luxury, hut perhaps I hoped. Perhaps
I should write a novel, the
great phantasmlc novel?and perhaps
platonlcs would prove the entrance
way to love.
Perhaps?perhaps! And that was
why I stood there In trepidation?a
year is a long time.
In the library I sat by the Are.
The snapping flames butlded a palace
of dreams?the Rlvlora with
blue sklos, the green of the grass,
the gold of the sunshine, the song of
the birds, the soft strings of a mandolin.
our villa!
And Muriel, dainty, fragile, innocent.
brilliant, a rose, soft perfumed,
splendid, God's handiwork, leaning
over my shoulder reading the great
novel; surely, a palace of dreams?
Tantalus of the Fire.
She put her slim hand In mine.
"Jarvls it's good to see you."
"I am still the same Jarvls?dear,
I hope. And are you still the same
Muriel?"
"Yea," she said, very softly, "except
that I am the happiest girl in
the world. Oh! Jarvls, you shall
know first of all?I'm engaged!"
"Engaged?" I asked, quietly, so
quietly that I wonder now.
The Tantalus of the Fire smiled
as I leaned forward grasping the
Vanishlna Mlirlel 4 lrtir aronn
the blaze died awa>. Something In
me snaked. too?the Are of my life
went out.
"Oh! Jarvlg, wish me happlnesB."
she begged almost sadly.
"Happiness!" 1 said. "I wish you
the greatest happiness in the woriu.
We have been such friends, such
comrades, that gladly I pray you
may have entrance t'o the land of
the Heart's Desire, to keep you, to
guard you. to save you from sadness
and sorrow."
"Jack's a dear. I have told him
about you; he wants to know you;
he's upstairs; shall I bring him
down?"
"No," I raid, "If you don't mind
we'll postpone that. I'm Just In town
for an hour, and I must rush In a
moment to catch my train; It goes
at 5."
"Oh! I'm sorry; can't you stay
with us for a time at least; you can
chum with Jack."
"I fear not."
"I'm sure you'll like him," she
concluded.
"When I'm married." she said,
timidly almost, "you must come and
spend a month with ua."
How could I? How could I not?
Then suddenly the clock began to
chime?one-two-three-four-five.
"Oh! you've missed your train,"
she said.
"There was no train," I said?
Heaven forgive me.
"Then you don't want to meet
him?" sho asked, all sad.
"I could not yet. Good-by!" I sRld
quickly, and I took her hand and
kls?ed It, ijently, very, very gently.
She drew back half frightened.
?Ah I W * J
urn jtu i m, iiuw cuuia your"
"How could I not?" I said, brokenly;
"but, Muriel, dear, I ehall be
your friend always?always. I
pledge you OodBpeed for your future.
Forget me. forget that I loved
you, because It In my Borrow deep
down In my heart that I Wuii not
strong enough to be strong."
"Forget you!" ahe said, and there
wero tears In her eyes. "Forgot my
Jarvls, my beat friend, the best
friend a woman ever had, faithful,
honest, strong, truo, always unselfish
?forget ray Jarvls!" and she leaned
forward and kissed me on the forehead.
As I walked away I looked back
and saw t'no tears sparkling In her
eyes. And the memory of her was
so strong upon me that I bowed my
head and sobbed and sobbed.
TV.. -
un isimi uu>?i i> nun unwnuen,
Muriel is still dainty, fragile, innocent
and Jack Is a splendid man. I
see them both a good deal, and Muriel
still calls me dear Jarvis.
I have given up smoking and I
have not been to the theater for
many a day, but at least little Muriel
and little Jarvis have all manner of
wonderful toys and love their Uncle
Jarvis.
They climb on my knee and ask
me to tell them of my wonderful
palace across the sea. And I tell
them of tho Riviera with blue skies,
blue seas, the green gruss, the gold
of tho sunshine, the song of the
birds, the soft tremolo of a mandolin,
my villa with a lady?dainty,
fragile, innocent, brilliant, a rose,
soft perfumed, splendid, leaning over
my shoulder reading Unc'e Jarvls's
great novel. Ah! the TantaluB of the
Fire.?R. C. M., In Illustrated Bits.
Thinnest Breastplate.
Probably he thlnnent and lightest
broastplate evor Invented has just
been brought to the attention of the
Italian military authorities by Dr.
Ouerrazxl of Pisa, where tests have
been made by army experts. It protects
the whole front agatnRt hand
weapons or bullets, and Is less than
one-eighth of an Inch thick. It can
be worn under ordinary clothing
without causjng any observation.
Only two and three-fifths children
now to every American family?and
the American family at ill figuring to
cancel the fractlQU.
i NOTICE.
I Notice is hereby given that tt? pi
! visions of an ordiuanoe relating to the
rnuning at large of oows, horses, hogs
and other neat animals will hereafter I
be strictly enforced, and that all violato
s may expect to pay the penalty prescribed
in said o'dinanoe.
By order of oonuoil this 9th of February,
1900.
A. R. MuElhaney, Clerk.
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