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Show THK JOLLY MANDAMS. Ikfore Clementine went down to Mill town for tli a iinntLe r she inafo up Ut mind tint she would bend nil licrenrr glet to vhetdls Aunt Xluxbo cut of His. eld bloo ginger Jar that Uncle Jnlmi lad brought borne from China, liltU thinking that tho tM slant eyed, fat Mod timtitUrlu would tako mch a jocular jocu-lar Interest in l.cr Joj i rnd sorrow s. Thu old Uuo jar hod icrchod fur winy -retirs on tho corner of tho high mantel jUvoln thu oM faihloTtpl country Af lor, Mid Aunt Thabo knew that If hf guva It to Clemenltho th wotiM haro a ilrcadfnlljr locenotno fttllotc ere ry tlm the ttood oa n chair to lmt tho til clock, tha ahcll, 1U iMlervaiw, tlu frathrr farui and other cvuifanloitf cf 111 lofty ftbodo. Hut Cleiucntlno vtu an aicoini'lUhotl wliftUer, and tho fond pi 1 aunt Anally tald alio in f flit Lay hei wlnh When Aunt Popbo gavo orcr to Clrm fnttno liPrMht and titlo to tho old Mu4 jar, Itandall waa leaning In tbt window and idly aUUnffroMlearcfl from the old rlfmblog vino through the tn?ihM of hii tvnnta racket. llotyinitathUodwUhliw llrtty udmlratlou for tho antUiuonnd uiiIquo In china, And wa glal thatiho lind attalitfrl tier hentt' dealrei but inoro aUorhlng tntvrctt pouetitet. Ml manly breatt. Clementina wai polng homo In tho mornluf. and bo had been trying lu vain for fttvera rtaya to gtt tho fcoblo cour ago of Ida ardent conTlctloni up to tho dcclaratho point bho waa iticli a lively, live-ly, fun living tclrl, and lore, you know, U mch lntnely avrloua butlncia, B cral llnica Itandall fandetl ho ha 1 found her In a aober and ttli'Ir tcccjitlTO framo of lalud, vrben, with a trlflin, jcflti iho wouU defeat Lli Intention and put thu UttJo col to fliffht. Now, Iiotrotcr, when tho alnnt tyt mandarin en tho blue jar winked at hliu through thoviiici, Itaudallaaii to blm telf rntbuilaitlcallyt "Woll.oidboyt lliafitlio Tery tblnjjl Tliaok you for tho bright Ideal Aro they all at cloTcr oi sou aro over In Chlnar Tliat nfglit, In bis room tinder tho rnvpit, ho constructed an elxionit letter to Clflinontlne, and In tho early morning ntatcol Into tho arlor and deposited It In tho rotuU boaom of tho old Uuo mau darln. "If aho find It before alio rocs borne It la all right," laid tho timoroua. adoring fr-Uow, "and If iho daWt find It until tftoruard It will bo allrlsht too." Hut tho mandarin felt n littlo fnnny tint biyi ao Then CUineutlno jmcke! bir trunk ho luajifrod hertoatult tho kinder jar fnll of l.rrallkeri bore, that IhoprecIouiarUcIoinlsht UVo no rlaka if brrakaso In Ua voyage1. Bo, wlun Itandall inrteA from ber at tbo at M Ion fthomadonorlgu of Lncwln anj thing In particular, and hla hofulbeart do elded that alio would lurcly fiud tho let ter when ilia reathod home, and ho would thiu bear from bcr. Now Clementina wai a (rjrl who al un)i bail n (treat many thing! on ber lolnd, and when r-ho bad uiijiacked tho treaauredjir and placcil it oun dainty table in her;retty parlor with u wlf ronffratutatory thonjht that it waa r-o refpectablo to bavo Uilna that onu'a rtlatlro had brotuht from Clilnn tho holly forgot tho enrlou load that tho mandarin liad ou Ida brcait, Bliu mUted her atlkeii hone, of courtc, au 1 petit-red Aunt lNitcbo with mtftJifel about them. Jn MtlUowii, at )oti may limulno, Jlandall waited for tho nnawer to bli letter. Awhile bo u alted patiently, then Impatiently awhile, and then dived into hii law Uwki with that ''comixMuru of ettlM dlstreu which I oven Iiato know n In Jury ago and ell mo. Ho dll not drenn that tho ilant eyed mandarin would ho guilty of tbo unffentleioanly trick, of luUrceptlnp n lo letter. ISut tho fuu lovinjf mundarln knew whut bo wna about. Ho waa not with outrxporltncolu tbcw matter, and bu wanted to punUh Clemen 1 1 uo a trifle, and brlntf bcr to the proper condition of aerlouhiiraa. And Cltmentlno was feeling tho Una lion w itli all tho aubrlt tr that waa ileflr able, bho bud kuspoctM all' summer that Uandall had a tender feeling for hvr which iho felt quallUnl to irciprocuto, but iho waa a roud uirl, and conld not, by a U itlHT'a weight, Iniltif ncc tho bab auce of hla uttentlona, Thcrefort', ho hind ber tinllr-i.tho hnd Wni not a littlo woundM Hint be hud allowed her to come hum ft without bavtujf tiren ex-prewlon ex-prewlon to bli lentlmeni. So hint, too, ijoiv took on a aobor conn tenattce aud lhintihtd thought Aud rr jfrtt bv jolnlnjr aoveral mw clnbo and taking 1'ieuiuaraliiri in two or threo inoro cban tiblHirKitnlzntloiis, J tint IWore Chriatmae Itandall oni day experienced In Ids tirtnt a cort of lui p Mte Intlmntlaii KibApaiillrpct from tho alnnt f)tn mnii'1 nn, who know" that lit mlicht ltenr 1 1 aouuthlng to hla tlraiitnntrhoKhonld go down to tho niy nit't iall upon . u iut lint to, aft r mnfutilor'i t ncotu lheiutuiT, bo brtouk lituarlf thllhtr I Jlowaat;rni nruiy recti vrt( by Clem tutu.0 thiiru, BravloUily woysU foe a1 ynnnmanwi .1 4 -n th trlflrr with bcr Invi bit af4.ilnuand In MiTMhimcelf tn Atnrr chair nrar tho ITftty labia wlv h held hla oljl frlrua-th frlrua-th blue jar A h talked wltli tlementlnc-i littlo ctniAlralntbvInjf ap-Mrei.ton both tldra -Iik tool with lb IM of tho jir, anl the alant tyt-1 mandarin appeared to wink at blm thrcotlineo rry knowlncily Under aome occult but lm-Kntlre pretturo Itandall remold tho tldnnl touched wltb bli AnKer Hit iliktn texture cf aome tnrtrloti. conteMs. CuiloMty further cointrnlned hint, and ho pulled from tho Lvtoni of tho now jubilant maudariu a pjlo blue at tit lo of aiugular derlptKn for a parlor ortiament. and following It, he eitrl-catedapnle eitrl-catedapnle plukittlp cf almllar ihaia anditructnre. Turning to Clmnttno for explanation explana-tion of thcM nnforM-n apparition, bo found her pvfchlei with wild ryed ai tortl'hment, and, wUltoul a word ir (tur, aho altollhocld blue jar ant hurried from tho roci i. lUndall milled tho fint real, aoul Mt. refrcahliigKinlla that bo had Indulged in fur MTcrul montha. and vowe-l by the plUU of tbo cM 1 1 tit eyed that bo would atay rootetl to tbo it until Climtnttno retnrned. What aho raid to Iho Rtnluiof the Jr a aho flew up itaira with It wily tbo tnindarinrAU reveal Aa ttaudflll rvtccd tho parlor, nulling bl muitatlm and wondering If CIemc,n tlne'ifkevu dtiw of bunior wonll carry bur aafely IhrmKh tbo tryliiu bnnr, bo raino shamefacedly Into tl room, lcor Ing In one hand tho 1 llnklitff ol 1 man-dirin.and man-dirin.and in (hoollwr tlto pleAdintc lt ter bo lnd borne eo long hid In bla cUver old iKxvom. Ittitdallin'tthodear ftlrl more thin half way, an 1 an alio whimpered gently on hla ihouldcr, bo (.roiatfttd tievcr, neier, never to telL- And when tlmy wVro married, If yet believe me, tint ridlculou" tdd (ringt r jar ncoompMilcd tUm on tbctr wwMtntf trip, and Itandall itictcl thobotum cf the ifrotrf-juo mandarin full cf Cb men tlnVa brlJal roee. them to fade, and theto forever to remain. KoWtaaltacdill nter told. and Clem rntlue tierr told, tho entire rrpotil bitltyof thUm elation Hoi between )ott and mo and tint finger jur. Kmnu Carletoti lu itoijiauoo. |