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Show H A METH01)ICiVIi MA. H Lovo worlretli wonders, (is lmlh lccn H r-lld tijr nutans who men Vforo tlio H jircscnt writer manlpnlitctl tlio sentence H on 111 tjrpowritlng irnclilne. M It It rcmarlmblo that tlio T P. (me.in- B lntr tlio tender passion) shotiM lino K turned the luethodicnl man's methodic H illness to his undoing, lis Hourly liip- M ticnrd In the also of Mr. Oeorio I'olers. B I.OYualioiilil htvo nothing to do with n H lnanilntluglmslncssliotini, Tluraought B- to ho n placard to this effect hanging op M In nil well regulated business liotisus: H t Cl.rks tn Iota aro re-iuwtit t r the , K : rnsnscrment hot In ihlnkof ttiancinrM ' H t object Uttutn tb lioura ot 9 a, in anil 0 ! B UruiUcr H Now Cleorgo IMera um n vcryine- B thodlcnl person for to jouiik n timn. H Wlich a loiter got Into Peters' hand II H went through it certain routine, ntid tho H answer departed from lilm to tlio top)- H In j hook, nnd from tlio copt Ing lwok to H tho envelope, nnd tho enteloix', lrtlir B nnd nil, Willi Inclosures marked, Mint H Into tho letter lux with a n julnrlty thnt H nothing hut tho cilice clix It conld tinii- H lute, nml eren that, tho clerks Mid, was H not ns regtilir as Peters, for the) chimed H it niu Always fait lu tho morning mid B inlghtjr slow In pointing to 0 o'clock. BV It Is little ttumler, then, that Piter HBV stood so high in tho confidence of old man IJontlmm. Dcntlinin was Donllnm Ureal. &. Co. There wero no lirothcrs HBm nnd no company lint was merely tlio II rm natco it was nil lkntliam. I'er haps thero onco wero brothers nnd per- baps thero was onco it company, but Ba that Is nil undent lilstory nnyhow, nn 1 BVI bos nothing to do with thisstiictly mod- Bbm rnstorjr. And ItdM not Intcrfmivltli BVM tho fact that old llcntlmmV natno wns it Bbb iutUr thing to hat o at tho bottom of it BVS largu check. BVB Tlio clerks nerer rpecnlatod on tho Bhm jiroUihlo effect of lot o on I'otera b canto BVm It never occurred to them that such it BVm, thing ns Peters falling In lovo wns with BVB in tho bounds of possibility. Lot o, tliey Bb , nrgnnl, wns not nn nrtlclo thnt can bo BVS dockLteil nnd ticketed mid uftrred lmck Bbb for further Information nnd entered in BVM' the da book nnd justed on thtj doblt or BVM credit si o of n ledgt r, so what on earth BV ' ronhl Potent do with it it ho linl It! BBV Manifestly nothing. If tin y had known BBW na much about liuinin nature its you or I BVJ they would hato surmised that whin BVJ I'eters did full it wns tlmo to stand from BVJ BBj And who shonld Piters fnll in lovo BBb with but tho very womnii ot nil others BBi whom ho ought noter hitvo given n BBm thought tn in other words, pretty llttlo BVJ Mis Sadlo Uentham, if ouiUite. It BVJ made Peters himself cold when ho BVJ thought of it, for ho know ho had Just BVJ m much chanco of getting tho moon or BVJ tho laureatethip ns tho const nt ot old BVJ tuun Dontham. Tho clerks nlwit) Ml 1 BVJ that It wns Miss tladio who fell lit lino BVJ with Peters, princlpilly, I sniposo, lay pBVJ causa sho should liavo known better, BV and 1 think myself tlioro is soinething iBVJ to bo said for that viow of tlio matter. Anyhow shecamo to her father's placo ot business very ottcn nnd apparently Very unnecessarily, but tho old man wns always pleased to ceo her, no matter how BVJ busy ho happened to bo. At first sho B rarely looksd at Peters, but when sho BVi did flash ono of thoso quick glances of BVJ Iiers at him poor I'eters thought ho had BVJ tho fovcr and nguc. Ho understood tho VJJf irraptoms later on. BVJ 1 I don't know how things enmo to n BVJ climax; neither do tho cltrks, for tint BVJ matter, although they pretend to. Ho- BVJ Bides, they aro divided in their opinions, BVJ so I think their collectho surmises BVJ amount to but cry llttlo. Johnson BVJ claims that it wns dono 01 er thotelo- BVJ phono, while Tarnam nays sho enmo to BVJ 1 theolllcoono day when her father was BVJ not there nnd proposed to Peters on tho BVJ ipot One thing tlio clerks aro uunnl BVJ mous about, nnd that Is that Peters left BVJ to himself would novcr liavo lind tho BV courage. Still too much attention must BVJ uot bo paid to what tho clerks say. What BVJ can they know nbout it? They nro In BVJ another room. BVJ Peters knew that ho had no right to BVJ think nbout that girl during business BVJ hours, lie w as paid to think nbout tho H old man nnd his ullalrs, which wire not BVJ 1 nearly so interesting. Hut Peters wns BVJj conscientious, nltd ho tried to do his BVJ! duty, Nevertheless tho chances nro H that unconsciously little Miss Bndlo occu- B pled somo small portion of his mind H ' that should liavo Ueu given up to tho H concerns of Bentliam llros. & Co , mid H her prosenco where the had not the H slightest business to bo threw tho rist of H his mental machinery out of geitr. H I It is t cry generally ndintttid now that H tho sprightly Miss Baillo managed the B whole otTalr. No ono who knew IMera H would ot er hat 0 git in liiui tho credit of H proposing nn ilopemcnt "nccuso him H of It," as Johnson puts it bho claimed H that while sho could manago her father H ull right enough up to 11 certain twliii, B jctlu this jurticular matter tho pro- BM I erred to negotiate with him nftcr mur- BJ rlugo rather than before, bho had n Ba gnat deal of the oil mini's shrewdness Ba had Bndlo. Housed to say ho would Bb not like to lint 0 her us uu oppouiut on a BJj. I Then the clerks nn) but hing tho BJJ' clerksl What do thoy Itnpw nlxiut It? BJI As 1'urniuu truly rtuinrkid, lasting n Bj gloom otcr tlio rist ns ho rjioko, "Von BJj may Bay what ) on llko itbout l'itini,but Bl 1 lyou can't (,et over tho uuw holosoino fuct Bl 1 that none of us hua got lur." BM Tl iralllnimi as of this undoubted Bjj'i truuiwusilutinilior inoilerKstnoiigiii BBl himself n betttr looking 111111 thaiil'o Bl Bfj Well, to como to tho nw ful point where Bl' Peter'u methoillcaliiiss marl uimtt'ic BMl npplecart. Thoclopemintwusnllbettlul, BM Peters quaking most of tho time, mid h Ba waatowritohernUttergitingnnnicouut Bj of how iirrnugomtnts ttcro progressing. Bl It will h trdly lie iridlted-nud )ct it it BJ iwsl))lu enough w lion 011 think w hit 0 BJ machlno n muthoillciil man i,cts to lx BJ that Piters wroto this eilstle to his (,lrl BJ on his di 1 U nnd put it In tho pllo nf li t BJ ters that wero to bo copl d into llu 1 BJj man's Mtirboxl Thoufllie boy phUd BJj up tho heap ut cxnitl tho usutl hour BJ took them to tho top lug rtws, w 1 1 the BJ thin leatu an I wjuitzeii Hum In; tin BJ lot e lelli r next to the 0110 lugliinliigi BJj "Dun But Vomsof tlioJtklrmitid BS find tho contents uott d." BJj Peters got tho lorner curled letters BJ still damp, nnd put the in nil in tlis.it BJj right tut elopes mid badio got hers in BJ duo tlmo, but did not know tuougli Bl itbout buslniss corrtsiwndciiio to know BJ 1 that her lirst lore letter wns written in BJ copliigluknnd had been thicugh the ' Bsl 1 ftesa, u l.Bf9 next tin) wnru ohl man lleutliamwa' looking over thnlcnvo of tho Jirevh n-day's n-day's letters i 0 suddenly l gin Jo chui klo to himself. Old Utnthmn hid nery comfortable, good nalured, will to di chucklo that wns 11 pleasure to heir Kvcii IVr.r j nhnost smiled ns ho heard It "Peters!" "Yes, sir," "IInvoOU nil tho letters, Peters, that these letters are tho answers tor" "Certainly, sir." "There is 0110 I wnnt to see, Peters." "What Is tho naiiie, 1 lease?" "Petty. I did not know that wodenll In this lino of goals, Peters." "II. W. Potty, Mr?" "I didn't know tho Initials. Hero's tin letter." Peters will stricken. IIo wntnppnllrd dumb blind Tlio words "Durlliu Petty" danced lforo hlsoyts. Ho fell his hair lieglnnlng to raise Tlio lmli ill 1 not fall f n m his hand slmpl cause ho hold it niecliniilcallj method icnlly. Old llentliain roared, Hun closed tho door 10 that tho clerks would nol hi ar his mirth. "That's ono on ) on. Peters. It's ten good to hctii. I must till that down nl thn club." "I wouldn't if I wero ou, sir," said Petirs, slowly rccoterlng hlssnixs 111 he snw tho old niin had no suspicion bow tho land lay, "No, I suppose It wouldn't bo quite tho square thin,;. Hut of nil luin in tho world, Peters yuiil Why 1I0 ton tlojw? Why not innrr) her respectnbi) nt tho church or at hume? You il ngn I going oft like Hint nil ) our llfo," "Miss she that is prefers It thai wn) ." ' Oh, romantic, is she? 1 wouldn't ill It, Pelirs." "There nro other reasons." "Father or mother against, n trail, 1 nupporo. Will, )ourifer them to mo I'eters. 1 11 tpcnk n good word for ) oil Hut what am 1 to do ithllo )ou are away?" "I thought irhnps pirhniw J11I111 sun would take my luo." "All right, 1 ran put up with Johnson for 11 w cek, ma le, but think of me nnd get bulk as sum as she 1 1 lit ) oil." It old Mr Dcnthaui did not mention il at tho ilub he di 1 nt homo. "You ruucnil r Piters, Hndlo No nol thnt was Juhiitou. Peters is In 111 room, ou know No, the redhoidtd man is l'limam I lo s in tho other room Piters has the desk in tlio corner, htul 1 l fellow on tho streit Hter so ninth older than I nm In manner of conrm Tho last man In tho city 3 on wonl 1 sus pect eif being In lute. Will, ho wrotu nnd so Mr. Ihiitham told the stor. Bndlo kissed him boinewhat h)sterlc nllywheu ho iroinlsed to sny n 1,01s word for Pitirs, nnd said he was let kindhearted. "Uesldes, papa, )ou ought to hivo a partner in tlio business, There Is no com pany, ) oil know," "Illcsi ) ou, my child, whit Ins Peters wedding to do with tho couipau? Ill is taking tho urtner, not mo. I cau'l tnko Piters Into partnership mirely be canto ho chooses to get married." "Oh, 1 thought that wascustomar),' said badio. There wai no c1oemcnt nftcr nil Tho clerks say that Itwas tho lousilin tious Piters that persuaded badle out ol it. Hut ns the ol 1 man found ho hid tc gite way it ininu to the tamo thing. "B idle," tho old man tnld, "I think III chango thonamo of tho linn. Ill retire! nnd It w 111 bo after this, 'lloiitham llusbind & Co. " Luko Bhari In Uuf f alo News. |
