McKean County Miner from Smethport, Pennsylvania • Page 2

Coming Back to Clarissa By, JOHN 0, FIELD After David Walllston learned through a two-line newspaper Item that, reached him In hli remote min Ing camp la South America of the death of Mr. Wynne, his first thought Wat to come straight back to Clarissa. But on second thouxht he waited tiro years more--two long years of torturing uncertainty--not because he loved or even rveiwted the memory of the old banker who, because of bis 1 h.id slrppod between, him and girl he loved, but out of respect to the feelings of Clnrlaia. Of could not long lament the taking off of a husband had been forced upon her by calculating and ambitious parenti, but there was a delicacy of feeling about Clarlina-- delicacy for which David tier all the more dearly--which he felt sure would Bake her shrink from a hasty second marriage. Biactly oo the eiplratlon of two rears Darld came north.

During all the.eight years he had been gone be bad never forgotten last words to Clarissa. Those words back to hundred times more compel- Mngly when their cbaacea of ever tee- Ing each other were the slightest Clarissa had said nothing, but, as she turned her face' from bis, David had seen tears In the gray eyes; and It was the thought of those tears, lightly at they may been.shed, that kept David from forgetting. And what of Clarissa, David began to wonder, as the ship that bore-hlm home drew, up tvtr taoutht I thoulf It It ttrufe how things turn out, Itn't Ut Jflu thought you would me, tad you didn't, and I thought 1 shouldn't ore and--" here the laughed and quickly retained her usual, self posseaslon. "Well I almost think I would have Uked having you nearer than South America WAS WILLIHQ TO OBLHit Voting Man en Clothing Theugh He Came From Qae Company, "I've come to see about the mantlet, ajlss." ItTwaHkHscTmuch what hadl "Oh. I'm to glad you have come Jutt said but the way the said It that will you ttep Into the draw- distressed David.

It was so unlike the room old Clarissa, to unlike the Clarlaaa be 1 The jouug man stepped; he.wai had hoped to Hnd. Of course, David with hit pleaaant reception, didn't eipect her to show any great After awhile ma came In anil Mid: regret for the. man who had protablr. "How do?" So sorry to- trouble him, j- i-- would he mind If they tried the oat Her daughter'i was a trifle too full, and her'own was a trifle too lone, she thought'. Perhaps would be good enough to see.

The young man said he would be only too delighted. made her life unhappy, but surely at her husband he' deserved more, consideration- than Clarissa evidently felt. David was utterly at sea, and be felt a tudden but decided unwillingness to go any further with Clarissa until he had had time to think things over. Clarissa urged him to spend the afternoon with her, and, though he agreed to return for dinner, he made aa excuse of business to be attended to In the afternoon. Once out of the house Dartd tried to collect hit He had been shocked by Clarissa's attitude.

Of the had nerer loved 'Wynne, but it was, he thought, unnecessary for her to admit It now. Thinking the matter ortr, left David In greater perplexity and he wat reaching the eon- fusion that; although Clarissa, was as charming as ever, the waa not tie be had come to far to Bad. Tie whole matter came to a conclusion a few minute' After hit return, when he and Clarissa were awaiting dinner In the old library. "Those are from Mr. Wynne's collection," said Clarissa, aa she saw David's eyes-restlng on some rare Japanese prints bung at one end of the room.

"He left me ajl his books and pictures. I was somewhat surprised." the bay and he. nenred the time when shoe at Wynne's name he should -see' her Would she which had'riot bee: mentioned before, be the same Clarissa or. would she "Surprised, Clarissa!" he exclaimed. have taken on her sympathetic I "Yes," she answered.

"You know we nature something of the superficiality had not seen each other for years. The "ctodkins Interference By SUSANM GLENN 9 Uurur Prnc) 'Evelyn," said the young man, leaning anxiously over the veranda rail toward the girl In the big rocker, "1 want you to marry me. right away!" "You are standing on the violet plants," said Foyler, with a wrinkle on her brows. The young man stepped back, apologetically. "I-- I hope I haven't Injured them," he stammered.

Then, -with renewed determination. The two elegant mantles. In tle mounted the steps, and sat dbwn latest style which were lying acrott the beck of the sofa were donned, and the man said he thought they looked charming-. Yet, perhaps a little alteration waa required, but-If they wenrid excuse him he would be glad tt they, would let him got on with hit work and show the gaa bora. en that mmlring freth man- aa.

Whyl Wasn't he from Jlgglnt ft Jnggiotw? "Oh, BO, he was the young man attended to the mantlet from the gaa compuy. KISSING ALMOST LOST ART Most Women, Says London Ferget Neatnett and Are Vigor- out and Wild. It It surprising that with all the kissing that on in our. so-called civilized England, so little advance should have been made In the science ot bestowing a kiss. Very few persons understand the art.

Neatness is forgotten, and the'first Impulse of squarely on the rail Itself. "You baren't answered.my question yet," he -remarked, coolly as her- "I did not It wu a question, Richard." "Then I will make It a question. Will you marry me at once?" "But we were not even engaged," persisted this exasperating young woman. "I have asked you every full moon for the past eighteen months, without fall, though I bad to three hundred miles once In order to do so!" The girl laughed. "Still, we are not actually engaged, you she suggested gently.

"There has-to he an announcement, and a'ring, and endless 'showers' before one may seriously consider getting really "Then announce it tonight, Kvelyn, nud I'll have the ring -here tomorrow morning as soon as'you are would be 'nt DIcXy!" "Hut why this unwonted haste? Is "That la a good Idea," the edged. I should feel mock more fjomtorted, Dlckj Robinoa, you would show a little more concern 'ale of poor Toodklot!" Nearly a week patted, with no trace of the' mltslnc pet. Then one evening, at bin rrUtruM In her p'aiia chair, she beheld a smlllDg young mm rtrlde up her walk with a fluffy, white objecf arms. "Toodiilns!" cried the girl. 'Ou, Dick, sit down and tell about It.

I had given up ever, finding him, and bore'he is, happy and fat and as white as gnow. Oh, the dear, dear Toodklns!" "I suppose you mean expensive?" observed the'young man. sitting down comfortably In a swing seat near. "I owe every policeman xnd small boy In the city. In that sense; Toodkim? la a very dear cat!" The girl laughed mischievously.

"But tell me. Dick, all the Oh, but you will get a lone mark for Oils day's work. If this could hare happened latt Thursday there It no knowing what 'the full of tke 1 might hare brought you! "I'm golnc to change to the new moon for. luck," observed Reblton, swinging thoughtfully, "to be prepared. And I'm going to wear a band- kerchief over my left eye so I'm sure to see the crescent' over my right Ob.

It's a sure thing this time. Evelyn, to you may ai well giro ur the I've ordered the ring, and I stopped in tS tell several of tho-girls my way up here to hustle up the It Is to be a very hurried affair." "Will you tell roe about Boding Toodkins?" asked Miss Foyler with frosty precision. "There Isn't'much to tell. I had ra'bout given up finding the poor fei- i low. when I chanced to see him In a window of a comfortable looking and selfishness that hod made him de- i whole affair was so mfortunate.

Per- test Wynne from the first time he baps I had better not talk about it." 'had met him? I David saw that whatever confession David landed In jfew York and his Clarissa jo make, she was first move, he felt sure. 1 would brioi- 1 1 unhappy, and hv place cheeks, and. In some- cases, by no him no. immediate satisfaction. Of V-r on the doep where means a small There are vigor- Clarissa's whereabouts since Wynne's; she ous women whose buffetings are.

quite the kissee Is to wipe away all traces of the offending salute as speedily as may be consistent with Others''deliver- a 'peck upon the deathobe had no of knowing; mv. Clarissa." he said enough-to produce a toothache In a but David was dei rmined to follow full strength of his love foj her sensitive Jaw. Their kisses Jar tho her wherever she might have gone. 1 getting the mastery of him. whole head.

One never knows arid his tlrat move waa to go to her-1 "It wasn't until u.had gone." she -where the wild kisses of (others may old home--a conservative brown atone. said turning to him. "It Is to tell 'alight. With inward one front' In a one-time fashionable neigh' borhood. now, but I knew as soon as Jou bad David's face still tingled with the a I couldn't ever--" Clarissa, sea air when ho drove up to Clarissa's i paused.

old home. When he. left the steamer "Why did you, then!" exclaimed Da- h'e had sent his IUKKBKC to the flrat! vld reproachfully. "Oh, Clarissa, how hotel whose name ho could recall weak you were!" while he balled a cab to take him to "Why did David?" the repeated the old house. a him, her ey opening'In sur- It wat early affrnoon when be didn't; That la what made It reached there and, dismissing his so hard baring you away.

YOB Mip TW the'whole truth you, though it do -n't matter much offers a cheek, wondering what may "I wUh ran you lausricd. laugh. secret you wish to nnilfe Tnr family had to admit It was. not their cat; so I bore him away In tilumph: Toodklns himself will to furnish the particulars." "How Very singular," observed Evelyn. "I never saw Tood go to' a stranger before!" 'Strrtnfror! Good Heavens, child, am I not good as of the family? I not rescued Tood from a homesickness and resret for his of ideographical knowledge: and you you certainly from depth of a blp.ck soirow? lie I Am no "ercly walling tho there some dr.r hide from The young man leant over and took possession oi' -vo hands tnat lay I listlessly In art 1 grasii.

"I may as well tell you thr truth--I am mln-, c-rnbly, Iliadflot 1 Miss Foyler drew ut a little haughtily. "And you to marry a ft conduct WDV leave room for jealously?" to ntar-y doubt 't. i be going to happen'to it; and the re-i can suit often justifies one's worst fears. an have dawn" The poor cheek Is discomfited by the asuult of lips that have had no train- Ing in the art of Express. Perils' ef Flthermen, Thero.ara countless Incidents illus- and trials In the doubt alter such iary d-'ciaratlon." "Hut It Is because I love you, dea that I am jealous.

1 do not say thor Is any real cause. .1 only want yo whore other fellows will know" the filiations." "Do you think," she asked crisply "that I would, "Erelyn! Do yo suppose I do no had touched (he boll and In another a be larl I first -inataiit of al etmlng surpriso David rook rich fold; of thp curtal standing beside.her. little! raoon en to the.worjd?--you nnd Tooilkln.s!" There was a silence the- stiadnwy veranda, broken only by the song of tho animated iv.l of white fur ou Robison's knee. "Come over hfre. Evtlyn, and sit with mo." bogged a Richard, at "The cat jcore g-ratl- lude to me than you do." MlKS Foyler allowed "fcerrtit to be persuaded.

"I may be a blunderer And I di I aro a blunderer." sho in a.vo|r;e thrit. caused the youns aan to take her in hla arms. blundep'r In the.world. to his. "You haven't hero once in the; past week thru rr.at was not sprinkled ea.t hairs'" QoodGroceries We hold'our Customers by giving them ire best goods at the 'ow- est possible prices.

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A Smethport, Pa. 'I nml lm charming," murmured Mis Foyler 'flemurely. "Such polished manners: (t is really finite and restful to -'associate wlih pon-eone who blunders, or --or--or. neglects one!" "If be loved you is the yotins mm. "ho mlijhr rot bo so siire ot in your )r.

-enco." a little as a huge whin eat. waiklr returned her bunds re- shnrp- THE BEST DRUGS, MEDICINES, RUBBER GOODS, TOILET ARTICLES, STATIONERY, PhRFUMtS, PLAYING CARDS SCORE CARDS, FINE CANDY LOWEST PPICES A. Drug Store Ing out. don't wait I Cla'rissa-put her hand gently on hi arm. "How could, anything be mor important than he asked laugh mg.

"No, honest, David." whole-hearted tone he had so long ago--, "I wns Just going ou for walk and 1 haven't anything els do all day. Come David, sit down and tell me what great things you been doing, and what brings you and bow long you are going to oe lii'any mlmues they sat together ana Clarissa listened while David told her of the magnitude, of the work he had. been doing--not that he cared especially to have her know but slrrr- ply. because she had asked htm to tell 'her. Then -he'leaned forward and took her hand gravely nls and kissed It.

he said, "I couldn't v.rait any loniror. You knew I wouhl comtjiack. didn't Clarissa, time. but you cnma sooner ye-n- nnd years ago? Was' It because you loved your work rlown' tb-i you remained 1 somethh, (nought that perhaps'you "had-(orgm ten." David looked iitcstionlngly in-Clarissa's, Oyos. could I havi I come 'years and years' it asked.

not!" exclaimed Clarissa vld, just think of the years we h.v'. missed, the years of friendship IK might find." For'a second. David felt a ahatlo annoyance. ttiero could been only frl'ndsiilp?" b- risked. Fald simply.

David looki ti IM i "Yoti knnv, David," Iww.nee-dcd you i i gone can come j-'isainBt him, and such a has proved, time and time again the verity of the old rhyme: Senator. Frye at a Humorist. Sen.vor Frye had a splendid sense of humor and of anecilrto. His" emlnlsiyr.ce* we.ro most entertaining. Us wre singularly iccura'e.

It was ho whn. spo vi b'f MaLknls of Montana the onator who more sa nd fewer dances to -sit down than ny one he had ever known. hen Muff was In tro by a' eighty and young- ste'r, who vi-rely prim elderly- states- Frye expressed his wonder iha't a city shotiM debiro'to bo Main Street I ihoTiventy Pn.Tn..'i;t Life policy, dej-otita rayabie for twenty years oirfy, iusuronce payable at death. We nlso ifsne ten, flfrteu, twenty Hv and thirty payment life policies. per thonsaud.

I Apr. per.thonMiml. I Ak for nuts nud-gnarunteed v'nluas. wor IJ inhuman, uill ih The Itivc of 7s worth of all. Mann.

In 'Columbian. I prunes. tlon (my We boarder, have a mutual protective atsoclatlon, rule, and heivr penalties 7 our Presents of Mind, It was of the Slowcotnbe Philharmonic society, and the young man who came from the -'W-was obviously last one singer tried hltt more than usual. Lines of pain showed on his face as he leaned forward 'to express himself, audibly fb his elderly neighbor; for the being musical, felt the rreed of sympathy "Did -you e'ter hear, in the whdle c.ourse of our existence," he whispered, in "such horribly dls -prdant, -'ear-splitting--- The 'old gentleman frowned. my daughter, sir, and I "ut the man wived aside the 0 nc a din- uer uariy Aye of Organiiation.

isew Boarder--Well! well! This n' the Brst place I've struck where theyj have preserved strawberries and 1 Peach Jam.lnstead-of stewed rl so long as lovo you!" she murmured with iloctlve accent. "Then I.nooii no- bring the ring Iri the morning?" Inqui-ed the.young man with the utmost cheerfulness. "Xo, picky, save Stifle Money. Apropos of W. E.

D. Stokes' remark about a leading lady'In a well-known your money." shef theatrical company who goV only he "Rnt." on the gravel Made Neit' Escape. long between two become a sort of the other day. a urmure watching him "The flrat ae .1 lown 'he mobnllt street. "But -as-essentlal to-JStSST 11 "If L'l UD time! long quotations from the Roman A how milch 8h of tosslng.her head 'I'm playing lead, you knV the Vassa company, i get with nterruptlon, ami.

on: with scarcely wr party whVe'a emor. wont on: 1 0 quoting Greek The lady "Such ear.splkting clatter as for a trane- 1 1 I wily meant Harold. Hold- 'I-get- Hi a the Other act' i IPSK ri.nllorf can scarcely catch' one. word of th' blush, and Remarkable Work. "What do you as the work In the English replied' Miss Cayenne "th" remn.rknWe work i that.

I know of Is. the way' Jinp. bngllslmtcn iironounce It." cordingly assumed hinted to the lady that It wa fit for her ear. i -exclaimed, "you don't moan Please don't ask at mured Pays, "i really you." couW mur- The Coeds' Best Hole). as riobison turned.

In iit to the nils'tres-: if Toodklns. ho onunterod Holden' Oii-a similar errar In. the po tliev.woro met by a. distracted ybunr; had dlpanpearod! Io 0 foJIHd can aa crio.1 llo'Mcii when they listened to tbo 'Crossing Ping on his lir-t. as ho hurried errnn of mercy.

Hob- less me! -Is all'you ge.tr 'Yes, but I got the hotel." Wedded Glooms, 'everlicsay-? appear have them to How did you I rkuimLV- Ji Jijijiji jijijiji ji ft- IfHave Just Unpacked a complete line of STAND LAMPS One of them will verl ird thrai on the Easy. In making both ends moot? Oreen-Xot The- enii of mv and tfie ond.of tiie week a romo at suiue Uiac-- H-i- ucr't Bazar. Dr. JHncr Lee Dates; the president (i! rojplclnpr in tl of Hiram college, was talking a tea-In Hiram, about conductri'on Thex may i i i as they will" rr. n.itcs.---b,,t.4h ri ono co- tb'afls.

already year after ft couifortablr sit down In porch "Why don't -you go look for inn: i.i, jo.i'nru to ajio-it (o nttnnd to the next t-'arrai, wtnii- make.ta desirable-J. Christmas presentV for any home. I lo. 'i I-'oyier. much "lint is-i nVriv.

I thlnir," ti yoe; for you' tc Solid With the Waitrtu. tliat waitress gives you all best portions." a college filrl, money." iliI n-sico "r-h. to the some prices are right the; win- dow. sf-r ic K-,.