Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 3, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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IN PENMANSHIP
HOWARD
1IELDLNO
It 118 the first lime fcho bail ever
cutne to lila office She thought It
wasnt quite proiier for he occupied a
little room nil alone awn tip In a
went high building nml she was a
stickler for propriety Hlio had tried
to got her mother To come but her i
mother was afinld of the elevators so
Edith liad ventured there alone
I cau stay only one minute she de
declared
Sit down and behave yourself said
lie Willi a croit affectation of stern
and Jack picked them up The first
one his eye lighted ou was addressed
conrriciit
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By Charles Vt
nooks
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tooutng envelope is only nn adver-
tisement Ive hud cm before
And he tossed It Into the waste paper
basket unopened
Why Inc wild Hdlth It didnt
look like nu ndMTtlsemetit
No of course not he replied glibly
If It did nobody would be taught
The trick nowadays It to buy rood
stationery and set a girl to address the
envelope Im on to those sanies And
now lets see what Coles has to say
llo tore open the envelope and lounu
i There no objection In the j l Tl T M
prediction lie rend the letter to Edith
world to your being here Many ladles
orue
Oh they do she cried Well up
u iity word you nre frnnlTnEbuflt
Many ladles come to this building
eald he on business of various kinds
I MS 6TAY OStV ONTt MtSTJTK
CLAIttD
Its a pity If the girl i fellow Is engag-
ed to cant occasionally shed the light
ot her presence upon the dark path-
way of Ills loll
The elevator man stared at me
said Edith
1 dont blame him replied Jack
Vou look absolutely stunning Hut of
course you know that so we wont
talktabout It Come here and let me
Wowy iou AtiL t > rt > ttlcctfor 3ryou
ver taw In yonr life
So Jack showed Edith a promissory
note with somebodys signature at tho
liottom artistically written by some-
body elso lie lllustrnted the measure-
ment of angles curves and pressures
nnd Edith became very much Inter-
ested
Presently however he noticed that
her eyes were wandering away from
his demonstration nud he succeeded
in tracing her glances to a certain part
of bis big desk There lay a heavy
book and front under one side of It
projected a sheet of paper on which
certain wo ls written In a feminine
baud were plainly visible
My clontest Jack the letter began
when oh when khall I see you again
My heart >
Whatever the lady had to say about
her heart was hidden by the book
I got that In connection with the
Howard will case said he Indicating
the letter
You got that snld Hdlth
Surely he replied Its a speci-
men of Mrs Howards penmanship
letter to her husband John Howard
The question was whether she wrote t
certain codicil In her husband will
and also signed It Incidentally ilnppy
to say she didnt
Oh thats bow you got It Edith
Bald with a iiueer bit of a sigh
Iook here little girl said he t
didnt know you were Jealous You
never showed It before
Im uot the least bit In the world
Blie protested
Just then the postman pushed somo
letters thiough the bole In the door
as n proof that he could size up any
sort of cotmnuulcntlon Hut the young
lady was not as much Interested as
she Bhould have been
Id like to see what that advertise-
ment Is about said t > ho stirring the
contents of the waste paper basket
gently with the point of her dainty
umbrella
Oh bother that said Jack Its
nothing but a hulr restorer nud thank
heaven I dont need those things yet
She looked Inhls eye Just one little
Instnnt aud though he was lying
beautifully that wondrous feminine In-
stinct which makes so much trouble In
this world Informed her that all was
not its It seemed
Just then there was n knock nt the
door for which Jack thanked kind
Providence He nuswercd It and found
a gcntlemnn who cry courteously re-
quested the nmotint of the rent Jack
could not remember havlug been glad
to see him on any previous occasion
but this time he welcomed him as a
friend nnd brother for thilr brief collo-
quy gave opportunity for thought
It proved unnecessary however for
Edith took her departure as toon ns
the collector was gone and nothing
more was snld about the letter Jack
escorted his llancee nrross the square
aud saw her safely aboard a car Then
he returnedto blB otilcv nnd made a
bee line tft the waste pajier basket
The lettc wasuot there
Edltfi has It said Jack speaking
aloud In the excess br his perturbation
She took It while I was talking with
that beast of a collector Of course
she wont rend It She took It because
she knew I would look for It ns soon ns
she bad gone and she wanted to scare
my hair gray
The more that Jack reflected upon
thlH conduct on the < art of his fiancee
the more Indefensible It nppearcd He
resolved to innko her repent of her
hasty aud baseless suspicions In sack-
cloth and ashes
Rut hold on said he when his re-
flections had reached this point The
letter really was from a girl after all
nnd I certainly did lie about It
However this wns no excuse for
Edith It merely Indicated a cautious
course as the best for himself He de-
cided that the first thing to do was to
see Millie Weston aud find out what
was In the letter
Jack did not do n good afternoons
work nor ent a satisfactory dinner
Very early ns New York counts the
hours be presented himself at Miss
Westons home She lived very near
Edith though the two were only slight-
ly ncqunlntcd
The Westons very correct English
butler Informed Jack that the dsughtcr
of the house was not at home She hnd
goue to her aunts In New Hat en
where the wedding of her cousin Miss
Annandalc had been solemnized that
day
Jack got nu envelope and sheet of pa-
per In the nearest drug store nnd pen-
ned this hasty note to Miss Webton
Dear MUH DM jvu write anyhlna to methat
could nuke llth angry It she should ee itf
Particulars In letter tomorrow Sincerely
Jsc
He cut It so very shprt because Jnst
In au elegant femlnlue hand and th ns he began to write he saw Edith and
envelope was of the best quality II
lnlght tie from a prospective client
und then again It might not The writ-
Ing looked somewhat familiar Could
it be Millie Westous
Jack wns on the point of slipping the
letter Into his pocket but that would
be fatal If Edith sew him so he mere-
ly put It uuder the others nnd laid the
lot carelessly on the table
Edith spread the letters apart on the
table and scanned the nddresses with
true feuilulno curiosity Jack felt him-
self suddenly growlug warm Jf that
leter was from Millie there might
poaslbly bt a tender line Or two In It
They had been rather sweet on each
other one summer at the Seashore on-
ly a little ttlmtloa and t > hearts bro-
ken yet It tva possible that Millie
might Juit have hrard df Jacks en
gagemept andliccn motpil to say some
tlilDg silly byway of congratulation
Girl will da Ihuie tlings
Heres ft Metter from Coles said
Jack briskly picking up the first that
her father pass by tho store afoot and
be wanted to overtake them to learn
cnnie to band CoISs Is attorney lu on rraasvrcD iuvssur at utiiwEsrosrs
the Howard rase I suppose he wants Ixivtii
10 hurry me up This is from Clark Whether Kdlth wouM be at home Utcr
le hnndwrlUng expert of Postmi and lu the evening tbtbls he succeeded
Hit te pleJaJ up the wsplrfuab Kdlth wm nut nulff us citnllal as the
York
111 mtammMmmmsn asssfis ill nil
sentimental iris hull which they bore
to each otheru > igbt hae led him to ex-
pert She Informed hlui that she would
not be homej tlll late lie might call
the followlugeyeulug i
AlKittt 11 o clock the ueit day he re-
ceived this IjTegrai ii
5
Ur John UarooodTilOll SUnnttorJ Dulldlnx New
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Certainly not frfy Mildred Wcston
Now then said Mr John Unrwood
to himself TII make Edith give that
letter back to ine and l > e Very humble
about It too Ifshe Insists on knowing
whats In I l > i all right nud If she
doesnt iHThapH Id butter rend It to her
anyway a
He called that evening Upon Edith
and when nhe cntne Into the little mu-
sic room when they always had their
tcteatetes i he looked so utterly adora-
ble In the prjttlest of gowns that he
hadnt the heart to quarrel with her
Appaieutly slij dldnt WIS to quarrel
either Sao greeted him Just us If
there hadnt lieyti uny letter
1 wouiIer sald Inch In the privacy
of his own mind whether this Is be-
cause shes read It or because she
ashamed of having tnken It
Curiosity Inregard to this problem
eventually overcame his resolution not
to quarrel nitdhe said
Edith what lld you do with the let-
ter that you look out of my waste pn
per basket yesterday
He thutightrlt best to Introduce the
subject suddenly lu that way as If It
were not onqiilhnt he could possibly
have nuy motive for avoiding
So It renlljr wns a letter Jack
said she reproachfully And you look-
ed fur It ns soon ns 1 was out uf the
way
I hnd occasion to search the basket
for some fragments of a document that
I had Inadvertently destroyed said
he nud I observed the absence of the
the other
The hulr restorer you mean said
be lcll > OhiJnck how enti I love a
man who docsnot tell the truthY
There were jjteurs lu her eyes and
Jncks heart suiiile him He hadnt nu
atom of resentment left within him
How can yon love a man who does
tell the truth sald he since there
arent any They nre horn with the
faculty and bred to the habit of lying
And this witssuch n nseless foolish lie
If you linilutJbeeti Jealous about that
letter In the Iluward case n few min-
utes before Ijuever should have liven
so absurd Itutyou see that surprised
me so thnt I really didnt know what
to expect
It was wrong of you Jack said
she
Indeed It wns he answered Yon
may be sure tiSlll tint be so silly again
Tin 1 JiwpJT Hill I I nnd
there catit poi llily lie nuy earthly tm
son why you shouldnt know nil nlwut
It for what has she to say to me that 1
could wish to conceal
Prom Millie Weston exelnlmed
Edith And you called at her house
last evening Pn titer nud 1 saw yon
standing on the steps as we passed
byJack
Jack narwood felt n coldness In the
region of his spinal mnrrow but ha
preserved an outward calm
I called to see her father on a mat-
ter of business said he calmlv You
HEAD tT AtOUD SAID IIB
must be awntc that Miss Weston Is not
In town The wedding of her cousin
was In ull the papers
Was It Jack said Edith I didnt
see It Perhaps Im not ns much Inter-
ested In the family ns you are Hut
there Iwout be absurd any more t
love you and you love me nnd thats
all there Is nlwut It Now let me go up-
stairs and get thnt letter 1 have suf-
fered a hundred deaths for shame since
I took It
It was with obvious relief that she
put It IntoJncks hand He tore opeu
the envelope and then passed It back
to her
Head It aloud said he Im sure
lilss Weston would not object
Edith stretched out her hand re-
luctantly looking Into Jacks eyes He
smiled nndairged herngnln to read the
letter So she pulled It from thu en-
velope and read as follows
f Sew yon tor 3
Dear Sir Permit us to call > our altenttxn to
tbe merits ofour patent self acting trouscn
tretelier of which more Ihan tOOOOhl are njw
In usa lit thar United Mates and Canada This
msrelous eomfhsnre
That vas as far as Edith could go
A halt minute later her father who Is
a physician looked Into the nseptlon
room to see whether he had n double
case of hysterln In the house but when
the matter was explained to him he dp
elded that their condition was not path-
ological though there was contagion
I la it for lie laughed until he choked
The ncx dtir Jack uot a letter fiUm
D 0
Jllss Weston In resx > iisp to the partlc
I ulars which he had duly sent by mall
Of course she hud sent him no previous
communication It wns merely n coin-
cidence that the penmanship of the
young woman employed by the trou
scrs sttctcher company lo ndilrens eu
telupes In pursuance of the game
which Jack himself had cxphilucd
cbaUccd to resemble s Westous
sulllcleutly to iltivUe even the eye of
Mr John Harwoud vxiiert In pcuuiau
hip
The Dnkr Still nt Home
The lluke or tonunught In his ef-
forts to go out to light the Iloers nn at-
tempt which was frowucd on by lien
eral Sir Uciherx Itullcr got us far ns
halcg his royal mother Victoria ask
that he be seut It was supposed that
this would be effectlre but the general
t tnply replied jltiilntn you hae
many gallant ufllcvrs but only three
sons Kt + p them nt home And the
duke has not jet Marled
Sntne Are So Clever
Is It hard to propose to a girl ask-
ed the novice In nffalrs of the heart
Sometimes Its it good ileal harder
not to propose returned the man of
worldly experience thoughtfully Its
alwiys well to be on your guard
Chicago Post
In the good
old dajs u
mans care for
his health was
marked by the
completeness
of the armor In
which he lock-
ed himself up
It was very un-
healthy in
those merry
days of jovial
rofiber barons
to Iw outside of
the steed ense
of knigthood
It was steel vs
steal every
hour of the
day In our
times a man-
n c e d s to be
armed inside
rather than
out The
gentle gent Is
like line in that he laughs at lock-
smiths You cant lock him out but
j ou can make it so mighty uncomfortable
for him that hell be glail to get out and-
s < ek some other lodging
The greatest protection against disease
is a healthy condition of the stomach and
other organs of digistion and nutrition
Health is the true armor tigaintit the
genii The health of the stomach nnd
allied organs is assured to those w llo use
Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
It purifies the btooil ltrehfthenirlhe
stomach nourishes the nencsand gies
new life to the lungs
There is no alcohol or other intoxicant
contained in Golden Medical Discov-
ery
t need ten bottles of Dr Fierce Golden Med
ical Discovery and aeverot LiUor tits Mletunnt
Pelletsn year afro t hit aprinirand have had no
trouble wlllt indigestion since writes Mr W T
Thorarwnn of Townsend Broadwater Co Mon-
tana Words fall to tell how thankful lam tor
the relief as t had MitTered m > much ami it
aecined that the doctors could do me no Rood
t Rot down in welrhl to izs ponnds and was not-
able to wort at alt Now I weigh nearly iCo and
cau do a days work on the farm
Dr Tierces Pellets cure biliousness
THE DRUMMER FOR 1900
The briskest drummer on the road
Has come to town today
Upon his back he hears n load
Come look ht his display
Hen malilra Is nn honest heart
Tush N i coquettish wiles
Its pierced by Cupids choicest dart
The price is winulni smiles
Here ynnth are honor jtlory fame
Aud ull that you desire
The prh e to erery one the same
Toll and nnihltluus lire
Here statesman Is the prize you crave
A chance to rule nnd guide
The price Is tolling like n slnve
Anil truuuillDg on your pride
Here isMt la yonr wrrntb of hays
Thats bought with tears and pain
Here painter boiurht If weary days
The honor yon would gain
tlrres happiness to some a gift
To other past all price
Here cluuds uf grief that show no rift
Then scatter In s trice
But though both griefs and joys are dear
Theres much be aires away
And yet for all you icrt I fear
Youll sadly overpay
Most whlmalcsl of gripsack knights
He tumbles down his wares j
And laughs to see hU choice delights
Oerwhelmed by foolUh cares
Hut who can blame this youth sublime
K rivalry hr fears
He trarejs for the house of Time
The youngest of Its years
Go welcome hlci with pomp aad pride
Come make a Joyous illn 1
Throw biilli your doors and windows wide
Aud let the Now Year lu i
I McAnTnua
I Freparlair to Be Iltaanpolnted
I am really delighted at the Inter-
est my buy Tommy Is Hiking lu his
writing said Mr Hlctclby He
spends two hours a day HI If
Ueally How strange How did
you get htm to do It
Oh ns for lhat 1 told him to writs
me out a list cf everything he wanted
1 for Ihrlstiras and hes still at It
TlI5lu
I PERSONALITIES
l Sedge John W Henry of Knnsns tfty
spends a large part of the time during
trials lu making pencil sketches of real
aud fanciful personages
Alfred Ingerhelm Sweden nnd Nor
I Ways new minister of foreign affairs
has been In the diplomatic service ever
tlnce he was t J ears old
I liOteruot Elect Nash of Ohio Is it
widower nnd the social duties of his
administration will ilevohe upon lilt
I stepdaughter Mrs Itnbcock
I Mr Herbert Spencer whose name U
I knunn all over the world ns thnt of
one of the deepest thinkers of the cen-
tury Is the son of a schoolmaster
I Miss Helen liny the daughter of Sec
j rctary of State Hay Is said to hate
tinned her attention from verse to
prose nnd to be now at work upon it
novel of London life
Captain Henry Kelley of Milan 0
Is the oldest Ihlng citptalu of the great
lnkcs He Is still on duty aud liegati
his work nt the nge of on the old
steamer Suiierlor In lb11
Dr Culvln line Smith professor of
drawing In the College of the City of
Hew York hns made a specialty of col-
lecting watch movements and has M
of them and as many wntcb bridges
Mayor Hayes of Ilaltlmore who tools
oHlce recently Is throwing Into tltj
wastcbnsUct uurend till innII applica-
tions for otllce 1 shall not tsitiHldeC
applications for any position until aft-
er Jan 1 he Kays
John J Johnson who died In Krlvnn
Ba county Yn the other dnj was ontt
of the Utter bearers who carried Ktoue
wall Jackson from the Held when that
general Wns mortally wounded nt
Chabcellorsvllle May 1 1XC3
Ira I Hankey says that his most
popular hymn The Ninety and Nine
Was written U years ngo In Edin-
burgh A new hymn wns needed Hi
saw the verses In a newspaper sat
down at the piano worked out tun
music In l > minutes and never altered i i
a note since
General Otis hns a keen sense of hu-
mor The other tiny n Philippine na-
tive remarked upon the giant size
of the American horses and asked
what was done with the smaller one
In the United Stales Oh replied
General Oils we use them to pull
baby carriages
Ibsen the dramatist never dines at
borne Eery tiny lietween 12 nnd I
be Is to be seen sitting in solitary srnte
at a little table lu the big dtulng room
of the Grand hotel Cbristmnla Tbeiv
he rarely speaks to nuy one except
the waiter but says that from tho
oth rCTcstg ajjpjafijiir
material aud Tugscitli BBpf ls worU1
Tise Snrcli of Civilisation
Once upon a time some savages weriT
seized with a determination to become
civilized
Accordingly they studied boohs They
also tried to learn to like 0 oclock din-
ners But their efforts were without
avail
Finally they consulted a soothsayer
You are going the wrong way nlwut
It declared the soothsayer Tho
thing for you to do Is to go out In tho
wilderness and discover gold nnd the
genius of the AngloSaxon race will
do the rest
For the soothsayer besides being
Tersed In occult arts took a dally pa-
per Detroit Journal
Ingratitude
Ho your faithful dog rescued you
from a highway robber
Yes but If the miserable car watt
only of some breed Pllegrnde Blat
ter
KxpAanilect
Grim vlsaged war has smoothed
his ruffled front quoted she 1 won-
der what thnt means
Dear me exclaimed thr superior
girl who Is never at a loss for a re-
ply How little yon know about thu
classics Thats n roundabout way of
saying that Mars has Just got his puck
ageof laundry back It scelns kind of
fnnny but we expect queer things lu
poetry you know Washington Star
Wanted to Keep flt FrlfndsMp
Jack You wont let me live a V
Why you loaned nu X to Jones nnd
hes almost a perfect stranger tu you
Tom Well
Jack Well Im an old friend uC
yours
Tom Exactly Jack end I dont
rant to lose you Catholic Standard
and Times
Sett Erl4e t
What Is tbe title of Jew essay Y
asked the kind father
The Value erf Time
Im KfYnld It wont dc nyfcoJy
with a proier comprehension or that
topic would know better thnn to s t
Wwn und write esunys about Iti
ruhnct S an
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