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Show A TYPEWRITTEN COURTSHIP. pi(Tft,lH IfiilM Joa laughed. "My dear fellow, what a mountain you mike out of a molei JiV'S 41' 1WH hill. If she cares for son sho won't let sour handwriting stand In the way of Si 'I & fl' her accepting sou." jRkj J '-'j-'irll 'That's what I thought afterward. Itut sou know what Idiotic things ono J.vA p, jf," iffjWI does now and then, when one gels nn Idea into one's head. I toro up tho letter yjt 1 .)) fjil I had wiltten and wrote It nn n tspowriter." '61r' jinaiifl "Did sou tspewrlle It nil''" he usked. fifiu" t ! SsH "All but my address," said Wilght, "which I veilly believe I forgot; and $jB,'i Sri liil my name, which I wroto us well us I could after taking pains to make it ii''v ii' I fliliil 1'Klble." Ij''i,Kv.HH "But doe she know your handwriting or sour address?" asked Joe, Bpf'sMk r!flB I don't know. I don't think so. I never wroto to her before, so I don't ?ftfl' lijlH suppose she would." . E' ti'.wlH Joo found the way clearing. ""' kWfil' " ' t' (fl "I wasn't far out of the way when I told you I had been n fool, was I?" RHf it iH asked Wilght. , lij'V jjjj' H "Well, sou certainly bungled It a bit," answer Joe, "but was It a lone jf Vi ' !, ,H iH letter"' u '. ,fiiUH "No, only two or three lines. I Just told her what my Income) was, and fi' ;? ! iH asked her the usual question." P,i' '" l V)b "Well, sou've got enough tn marry on, If S'nil begin qulctls-," slid Joe. &LM "I don't know so much about that. Two thousand a sear doesn't go so! Jjft ' I liH very fur nowmiiijs, does it?" Sf:' ' 1 ' Hsih Its enough If the girl is .i sensible girl," said Joe, with all the sang frolit BSr V H of nn old benedict, though he was delighted that his friend had let out tho exact kJ-U' 'fj vH It was hnrdly to bo supposed that two men should propose to tho same girl Kr ill ijlssifl nn the same day In two tspenrltten letters, nnd he felt Hint It must havo been U& ' Ii JrWilllfl Wright who had written "Ills' letter. He was hIso greatly surprised, for ho had W98 i?, jfl B no Idea that Wright was tn lovo with her, but ho would make sure. 8f ?!MklalisiB Wright snt still nnd smoked Interminable rlgnrettes. H Vf MflH B "What would sou ndvlso mo to do?" ho nsked at length. jffilflt ijltll "That depends upon tho sort of u girl sho Is. Do I know her?" nsked Toe). Ww j,S t?j Wt H "Well, I don't think sou could guess, nnd nobody knows of It; but, as I hava ITffS'i ' l JiH told sou all the rest 1 may as well ronfess that tho girl Is Anna Davenport." ?!' Ii", f E H "What!" he irled, "Annii Davenport7" JifJii! 'l Biisll "Yes." said Wright, looking up. "Why not. Does that astonish sou? ' IB I ill r liliH "I should think It does." replied Davis, 'and I'm frightfully sorry that jou WW A h ft ftH should havo told me a word ubout this." SiVi i if if iWWH "Oood heiiveus. Why?' , K, i ' sWWWa "Whs, foi tho simple reason that Anna Davenport Is engaged to me." tmm J 'i t IH To sou?" gnsped Wilght. taken completely aback. SISb h B H "Yes, to me," said Joe "She promised to bo my wlfo this very afternoon. fSfil IBIH What a singular thing1 that sou should havo come nnd told me this. I'm hor- ttsB'l'' ifH rlbly sorry, but it can't be helped I hadn't the slightest idea that you wero 9W -'!t !ikilH ln love with her. I'll never speak of It tn a soul." IHlS & rriH 'Still, what hnd I better do? I'm afraid I can't congratulate ou very HH9 ' , ) "ilssH heartily us set, old man, but sou II understand?" (KiR " 3 !IH "Perfectly." saldJoe, synipnthetlcally "but will sou leave It nil to me7 You Hi I ' ' j know I can tell Anna plainly thnt son told me of tho whole affair, and she, I'm SI r, .liljIIH sure, will never mention It to nnsone else. Of course, It will he awkward for (BE '' ' JirBfl hei to wilte to sou now, knowing that we arc such good friends." IHffl ! n i(liaJB "Tell her not to write at all." Bald Wright, "but say that I wish you both MS i i&TsflH tho greatest possible happiness." IewS i-JSi" dflflfl When Joe was nlone ngulti, and had thought tho matter over, ho felt that ijjSH , $1 I l8Bl he had done a rather caddish thing lu acting us he had, but he breathed con- GBAa ' A cl8Bi slderiibly easier, und lie felt pretty sure that Wilght wns a man who was h. Bg k" .''(nBfl ways In nnd out of love, und that ho would soon forget his passion for Ann i. MHl j ,, '4'i9Bi Wright's income wu much tho same ns his own, so thut would mnko no dim- MB i 1 mIBbH cuity. nf : i l.flSM The only thing that holheicd wns thnt signature, and that was soon cllml- Ml ''5,'.3HBwJ noted, ns he remembered that both Wright and himself were Josephs. He had HHk I, ltVJ probably simply signed tho letter Joe. Still Divls wanted to get a eight of IMP St','. 'tllH that letter. ! f 'HJBH Wright said nothing to any one. and wns evidently delighted that Anna had IN ; IS fldnBH never referred to tho letter when sho met him, lllllo knowing, of course, of tho K ' M ' ''flBH mistake that she had mode. Neither did ho again broach the affair to Joe, hut ffi'ift ' MElflH lather kept out of his was, nnd as Joe had anticipated, he soon got over his ftl I .(l1 i jIBfll cruel disappointment, for a few months afterwnrd ho told Davis that "ho had Oil? f " ImH mado a mistake aftei all in believing himself to bo In love with Anna, and that K 4 ' Fclflfll ho whs genuinely In love this time with tho sweetest girl In all tho world." SB fy ' 'l Joe often wondered that Anna never referred iignln to thnt fateful letter, 11 M ' ViHbI and began to think thnt something had happened to It. But ho was not anxious BilW t to bring up the subject again. iHiiiii' ianBal Still, when they hnd been sometime married, Joe told her nil about It, nnd Kl8''li JilflBj nsked her whethei, After all, ho hnd done so very wrong. Ho was pretty cer- Kn '?,. " v!fflH tain of her answer and her forgiveness, especially as he pleaded that It was only fiS Til 'tUnH his loio for lier which led him to do ns he hud done. RBtiSr:!' 'fflHI "Well, It was very wiong," Hiild Annn, "very wrung, Indeed, but I am very HQ Sffi'r iHlH glad that you did It, and ns I am very happs, and Mr, Wright Is very happy. Ml SJ ,, & I I don't see thnt matter"! could Imvo boon improved upon." HI jjj ,., ftjHH "But what have sou done with tho letter, dearest?" asked Joe. Wa 5ffl ' !flH "I mlslild It," nnswered Anna, "nn tho very day that I received It, and Sa 1? l! iitssH could not llnd It again, though I hunted high and low. Hut It has ull comi out TV Hl , t'lBH right, and it doesn't matter linn." lijf iW, EflBl I wonder If I should tell Wilght?" said Joe after n moment's thought. 0 Tm' ))9H "Certainly not," was Anna's prompt reply. i rj , 'i 'k9H |