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Show I nOW HE WON HER. ! "Uwm Im the rear laM that Um(o Clereland end beuaroe einfilnred in a i hardware afore rn Fnpcrltir itmrt. , k"f frw boanJere a what le now known "Mr landlady wm ftncomnlUhm! ami bad evidently etn b?tir daye, but the dentil of her huet.and left hr In wdwed 1 elrcumataneae. Hhe had twn ilatightcra, both llralr, Intfllljtfn and pmead f frenea that only ontne from n-'lation with tha battr nlana nf anrlfty. They wore of eitrrmely my ill position, nrtd I hnd r nut been at Ilia hnuae month before I was bofMlaeely In lava with Knnny, tha f eld, and IhitiiKh at tlin her mniinn i ii ward ma waa tandrr and enomirafrttiff " ( alia oarfull amUka, rlTl'i ma an n.r- j tunlir to oa alone with bar lone; ati itiich . to declare my iaaa.iu, ! ''Tha winter had nearly naaepd, without find In oia any farther erirnnc.d hi my eult, until ona ntHhl In K.hninry. fifi-r a baavy fall of annw, I ekml Kiwttir i t.ike ft alrlffh rlile with mo, to whlrh flm cm-' cm-' arntrcl, Mid aftrr te I irwnml a I kh lppltif a pnlrof hiMa aHiiilil la f uitd Intheelty, drove up to tlm home of toy j affinity, and la e fw mlniitm wa wtr fehlrlloff away out on thi Oavrlaml mid Jhladlna turnpike. I lml taken ilmt ruad partly beoauee It lad toward my olil hme, ' mid eleo nwliiR to Hi Iwliiff ) tmvtld at night than ihai'therlhori.unlifarlffitlltiK 1 fnm the city, and wa wrt not likely to ' b Interrupted lu ntirrlda or rouvrraatlnti. ' The night waa Jnel ronl ennutfh In nmke It neceeaary to pleoe mr arm arm ml mr f companion, tha horere were frisky, and tha mucin ahona with that paruhur light W tilth la preferred by luvera to all olio r, I Utileaa It Im that of a parlor lamp lunnd down an low Uiat m an lllutulnatur It la " Through Ilmtklyn Inwnahlp wa whirled out Into tha country, whHra tha IttfhUfrtjiu tha fnnnhniiMM Iwrama nioro , vattarwl, and tiia Im ItiaT ot a wnt-hdtf waa tht only aound hiftrd. Fannr, who had pravlouiljr lunii, Uuifhtfl and thattid t tuirriljr on our rlda, now brrmun .jnli't. f iti wa oa ma to a rla lu lha rmi! thai dla- : rlrwadalrvH itrlp of two or thrro n !! In lotitfth Iwfora ua I anld to tujrMilf, '!'it- ( tof wa tiara travtdod tha Mod tiow lu ' 1 )w I will aattla my fata and ao liouia a ! . )iplar or mora rniattrAhln man.' I '-Hardly had I coma to thla onnolualon twfnra 1 hoard a pullar rtiihliitf ound i hahlud ua, and louklUtf nhund oould a ' ( fluok of aharp coining at full iimmmI toward i , and twhtud thnu wnra two or thraa d-ira, whlrh aoonuntl fur tharrlyhiof tha t aliap. Which would douhtlaaa run for ! , tnllaa bafora atopplnir and raiw thrlr own- ar munh tmuhlp In hunilnn thani up. Hut t hrtKht thought nama to ma. Kauny waa a ally girl and had navar aran a aharp aava 1 In tha ahaa of cutlata rr n at hr mothat'a tahla. 1 would lndulg In a airatagyof tha kind whleli la oouldrtd 1 fair 1b lo?a or war, Luwarlug my volca to tha not of tha alaga JlbbnAlny whnra lia apaaka of tha daath of bla paronia, wlfa y and frlanda, I aald, ''nny( my girl, ara 1 ya brava aan yoo baar tarrlhla nawaf' ' 'Why, Ilanry, what la tha maltar what Biakaa you ao paluF' Aaauinlug a Inora j traclOTokMl rapllid! ' 11a Arm, daaraat mly on ma. Wa ara fulluwad hy wulrv. v. ljtiukbahlod yon and you eaoaaa tha ntoo- atara, who ara alraad thlratlng for our blood.' "Hha garaaharrlad gUnna backward, hard tha ruahliiK aound of many ft, tha dp bmathlng, which, whan haard lu tha forvata of tha north, oauaaa tha wtldrat dla-nay, dla-nay, than drawing naamr to turn aald, '1 ' did not know Uwra ware any wolvaa au 1 nw tha olty, Jianry.' 'Nnllhar did 1 think tbarawara any I rplld, 'but It I Mini wa wara mlatakan, for thaaa Uhlnd na ara of lha gray aiiarlaa and moat dan Kroua of any to maav lirlrm by hunawr, j thoy hava approaobad tha aattlamanta, and onlaaa our horaaa eaa o to tha (ooa tavarn In Panu bafura wa ara evartakoo "At thla juaotara tha old early horoad 1 laadar, Urad and out of wind front tha long rut, gava vaat to a prolonirad blaat whloh 1 waa faarfttl acMiigb to arara a girl Itm j timid than Fanuy. X aawad oo tha boraaa' bltaj fWurlihad wurwhlafrautuialbt around tnam nnUl tfiay wara arrtWI and appar-antly appar-antly doing thtlr ftaat tofnapa tha fat lo hind thrm, but I waa arartly holding thaia bark to allow tbf wolvoa ( !) to got cluaar. Onuaiua tha bloody horda, panting fur hffih, ii. (ire r and nfarer, until I be ffau to throw out rottoa and hlnnkola. ' lhaaawlll knapthAtn ohowlng a frw mln ulaa,' 1 mid. "and w may rarapa.' Hut tha thwp hul no apiailia for tha rotwa and warn ol.a hohlnd na. "I nnwn in the ili'igh, gnra tha rclua to t Kflnnr, tAjliig. 'Ilrlva for your llfo I will ' anrrlfhe in lf for ynul' and made a ; movrmant a If to Jump out of tha igh. , '.Nffprl N'fr!' hc rentnfd. 'Wa will dla togothnrr And nh pullrdmadown ha-i ha-i aldfl hnr to annlt har fntr. Vhlla thiin am t ployrd I iitwhImI In ohtntnlng n hanty avnwal of KatinTj at tha Minn Uino I km , hulilliig hark lha horara U lat lha puratiora ! go hy. They c:imi t hr mnnalxri ajarAtcd I and pammI it nn tlia othr alda, whlla I li-l-l my ht nvar hrr f.fr 'th-it nha might i not aaa tha dreadful daceptlitn 1 had plnyad upon har "hha fnlntad tha montatit wa warn nrr-i nrr-i tnkan hy tha woItm, anil, without trying to roviTe har, I turnad tha hnraa homa-' homa-' wanl, and only it op pod to pick up tha ' rob whh hj had boon thmwn out to rhovk I lha frrorlou anlmahi. After driving a 1 inlla or two my townt1l.im'd wlfa mvivid i aiiftirlontly t h-ar how wa war anvrd hy j a party of lolirh rldora who met ua Juat aa wa wi re aurrotindad. Tlioiigh narroua and wenk from tha rft0int, aha m-oT ami hot InioyAncy of atdrlta Ix-fora wa arrived ar-rived hfinin ami hnd promt to kaop our alvantura a aorrot, aa I Infurniad har the 'ownvrof tha horaaa would charge mo a fearful prlrn If ha kuew to whnt to1-i hta ktofiit hwl lKon put.' And that la my ad vaiitura Willi wolvue aud bowl came to luarry." Hut did your wlfa nvar And nut tha dooppllon yoo prarlh-otir" wa akid the ' old aotiler a he laughod again while thinking of hit hoyUh pnink. "Not until olght yaara ago," ha ivpllod, ; "when 1 told Iwut It one vveultig whan he waa Ironing." , "What did aheaAyr1 ' Not murb not very mnrh," aniworod nur old pimanror. hut, removing hit hat, ha ihowod in a triangular ipaoa nimn hli heftd, run h Aa might hava hoon mwla hy a hot m nothing iron, and with not a hnlr UiH.ii lia fltirfAL. Wa thought h aouy waa I tavaugi-d. Kiohange. |