Show A KISS ASTRAY i I 1 WO mrn were sIt y1 Unit nt a table In n quiet corner of the cafe ytllne of WC t 0 > > I upt yr 11 fq hlonaJi1l or iltore la of 4sw York evemr net fon t roan Iork 0 WIn er Ji I I I tot me 00 or the Ibo i otheikltibk UI glaaa tandtng i fore hIm examined lrpW It wllh gratullou mlnuleneaa and set u it few drop of the contents said was Nolhlng back on tho table by rlthnr be > und polio coniinonpiacft remark about the weather or a tUNt veto WIIUnl at another table Holh w1tIU tell n story Iho for lomethlngono to jo other to llten to II Hut Iho flr t couiu not npiHirently force hlmaclt Into II mood for eonndrnre and Iho second could not force a confidence not rr111 given be unmarrleu R 8iippolng them to rtrniiKer ould any that there would bo little to choose between them In the eyed of the other sex slog ODI one qulto no ittrirllvo AI Ibo other nod both would pui for finelooking Tlnally tho one who woe to tell tho story Interrupted l the exchange of trivial remark with Ihli apropo of nothing thai had lion before It Well of course thl end mo with the Templeton Oh I dont 1M why Jack WAD the Rnwer token up evidently whero It lAd ben left unllnlihcd on some former for-mer occailon Youll have lo go Ibo all the same Once In h while anyway any-way jut AI If nothing had happened No thl end the wholo bmlneii Naturally you dont ace why but you would If I told you everything Its just aa well though I wa ralher ex peeling to go abroad next month and now 1 ihall hove all tho cxcuio I need for going at once Hut > ho Oh no matter about her rye fin lihed myiclf In thai quarter for good and all llm nven so Why ihould yon Whata the wee of uprlndng that old tuft about other Ooh In the tea on inn Thla lint that sort of an affair af-fair wllh me IIke an Infernal am I couldnt keep It to myielf not from you anyway Hut I can rust you What did thoio old Templclon want to Interfere with It fort 1to been a trifle fait Io pent a pot of money Ive don heap of things Im not particularly par-ticularly proud of remembering Hut with her I would be only too glad to settle down I dont suppose I could nako much of a nit of working fnr a living now Luckily I dont need to though and I could bo a decent cltl ten at any rate Hut those Templ ton seem to have an Idea that Im a kind of wclldrciied tough and they let ma know through mutual friend confound con-found their friend that I wouldnt hate any chance with tier If they could prevent It Still Ive kept on calling there pretty often I couldnt atay away and finally one day I told her how much I felt toward her There was Jt long allanco here but Archie made no attempt to end It Jack L > o 1 I dJ I lWl I lil T t I 1 III J t I 1 iM I I JI1 11 I J I ft ilj lit DUMB KOIinOR bole a alp from tits glan whirled It around back And forth half a dole time on tbo taho by jLhp item And at m ll ol r lail went tin without looking1 upI up-I auppoio I may ns wall tell you the wholo Mng Wo wenton afterward after-ward junE the tame1 Ki u Wis Jar at tho Templeton paw They probably look rue to bo n prefty Ipduttrlouj caller call-er but nothing moro They took good rare bough not to leave ui together much Still wd found means of keeping keep-ing our affair golnc Inillhe promlicd to wait dear girl ai long as neceitary or < nntll Kof fatbirian4 motliV t cot nto a different frnmo of mind about me You know that war Ihave of drumming drum-ming out tune on the piano Tip Que lion seemed so Irrelevant that Archlo looked up amazed Why ya ho nniwerej ha tlly Whata that got to do with IU Kvcrylblpg qvcrythlns When I tilled on her I often used Id l ill down at the piano while walling for her to cpmo downitalra and piny tomo ml l > ody she liked I wa > Intimate I enough wth ihe family fbrthht I al had a tool Idea I mippoae that My playing woe n kind of Ion menage Hubolih of course Hut A fellow In my condition will luppoio anything gqmttlme Id ko playing louder than usual and wouldnt hear her when abe came Into Jio room Thoao Chive If the old folk nerrnafound aba would Ural up behind be-hind mo and put her handa on my ihouldtn Thon Iwell I uieil to put ny arm ip and pull her sweet little face down to mine and pihawl What the use of remembering that howl lowAnothr Anothr game which Archie filled ip by lighting a fresh cigar and offer ng ont to Jack who gazed blankly at It some minute without accepting It I toil then cpntlnued Night before lat t called on tier The maid laid abe waa dressing but ould gee me aa loon aa ponlble Af j T WI r I I Ir my usual fanlnn i wnt 10 drum nlno on the piano I rr ulImhr I was flap OK at that Him tu hovers tang lu I tdn Alien they 0 re burled alive 1 wit blue and It memed tll nt the alt 1I111n I aonTWHi h ten hurled allTr 1 1 III ubt In thktamh lib Temple pn I n AdloMfr irftu Know boll ions 1t > JC1 s I It 1 it ftl In the nil IvilBtnly Jrfflt the light preatir 01 two hand on toy ihmilder and I rem hr4 I bock o > ef nf head ae I had I t it reuo4f lime I leefore and drew het fate glut kly down to mine and kld It taadl In another second 1 hail Ilapel I t oft the piano tool In dumb III rror I had corn the face and II waent my little girl at all bill her nOlhtr ol III Tampleton heaven know what had poweiaed her to do who she did but the had done li I 1 iwolatHy gnipnl mih embarrassment tllli bran Hammering all aorl ot rats trah apolnglei dnilly blurting out like a diubledcd dycd Idiot as I we I dldnt dhlnt knowIt wasyouh Who did you think It waa Thai wa all tin old lady ald but she said It Wn a norlh rule sort III deadly eoni > o ure that set me ahlver I ng to my Minln with a eel pcrplra tlon I Mw In i nn Instant tint I had wtrayel everything l plunged deeper Into complete Imtwlllty Jly deer lire Templeton I didnt exactly mean that ID sure I didnt mean p thing but I was 10 tartledIi fact II l Im m not at all well thl even inc Ileaie glee my compliment la Mil Tcmplelon and say I wi not feeling well and had to leave without lIelalC her pond evening With thai I fairly ran out of the room and the home Djr the way 1 left thai cam you like 10 much al Ibo homo but Im limed pq long ni I got out alive Now do you think I thai do any moro railing al the TemnlMnnat If Jack wa expecting i either ajrm pathy or advice now that his tory a na told he certainly got neither ar ticle from Archie who broke out Into a peal of laughter that attracted the wondering attention of every ono In the room and sun itartled the sedate wallets I I really beg your pardon old man ho fall when ho could finally peak hut there I a tremendous funny slur to your adventure lloneitly my dear Jack Im not laughing at you but just think of making inch an awful brink with old lady Templelnnl Why ihoa tho main brace and chief pillar In Dr Hartoni church and thlo la I her first scandal In her long and highly rot tpcctablo careerl Jack gated ruefully at Archla Well he sighed I dareiay there Is I omcthlng funny about Itfor soma body else Hut how about mo and her What ihall I doDo do-Do Do nothing old man waa tho htlarloui rejoinder Youre all right and Ill bet a hat on It You Just keep quiet and wall Mcauwbll trust to mo to keep mum When Jack reached his bachelor quarter that night he found this outs awaiting him himWort Wet Fltlyllnt Street My Dear Jack What did you do to mamma the other night I came down italra and found her In the drawing room Iud of you The gentleman > ou call Jack rather familiar U ictmi to me Is I 111 she sold At least be tola me 10 and be Coked ma to present hie apologlr for not waiting to see you Of course I wai dreadfully frightened but mamma Bald l she waa cute the Illnen woe not In any way dangeroui became aho know what caused It Were you really very 111 Jack Do you know mamma wai Juit ai sweet as aha could bo about It She comforted mo and wild I should write thla polo to you with her compliment com-pliment ho on very particular about my putting that Into ak you to call at tho houio tomorrow morning Sho lops iho wool to talk to you about your Inraa iho told mo to bo luro to underline that word And Jack iho actually laid iho has boon looking up pur record and olio convinced you larva much better yotine nian than ibo baa been led tojiollovc YIt will call tomorrow ai early a I poe Ible wopt you Jack 1 ihall have Iota totell yoii Always yonia Dectlibtr 10 189G GIIACH I rather ueu there will be a 1 good deal tc fell all around In that house when I get there thought Jack ai Jio performed aomo toollahncia over the llttlo note I dont undontamT a bit a hat Mr Templclon la driving at but Ill call lo BCD her tomorrow wllh my life In my band If the hcaveni dont fill In the meantime a Jack at the present writing li I a decent citizen at any rixto and a married ono Ho recovered that cane from the Temlll ton homo omo time ago by the by and Archlo U I carrying It now U n gentle reminder that certain cer-tain thjnga lira not to bo dliciimJ out aide of certain circle ArchIe ilio Im a bat more than usual In lull col Itctlon of bcadgtar |