Puck — June 25, 1879 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Maggie, and don’t—pray don’t withdraw your hand—1"— “Oh, Meester Campbell!” cried a voice be- hind them, In an instant he dropped her hand, and, with admirable nonchalance and presence of mind, as if continuing the conversation, said in a commonplace conventional tone that be- tokened extraordinary self-command: “T really never saw anything more beautiful. Ah, Mademoiselle ’—turning to the intruder, and with as hearty a mental curse as ever man uttered—“‘ I thought you had gone off with the children.” ‘ Yees,” replied Mile. Thollier, coming up with a sweet smile on her lips, but a wildcat glitter in her eye, “but Madame left some leetle zing behind and I come for it.” Maggie, who had by this recovered her com- posure, here turned upon the speaker and with unusual sharpness said: “ Did mamma:say what she had missed ?” “Oh, yees, Mees Maggie, a book; but I can- not see it, and think she must be mistaken, Aw revoir till lunch.” “Strange,” thought Maggie, while a vague suspicion began to form itself in her mind. “It is not mamma's custom to take books with her to picnics; but I shall see.” If the situation, so far as the lovers were concerned, had been awkward before the inte1- ruption, it was doubly so now. Although curs- ing Mlle. Thollier. from the bottom of his heart, Archie could not help feeling that it had saved him from possible trouble. At present he was sailing under false colors and in a false and subordinate position. What would Glenin- ver and his wife think of him—their hired tutor—making love to their daughter and doin; all he could to win her young ‘affections ? An this before he had been three days in their house, and without so much as even consulting them? Besides, there was that false name— not false altogether, but still not true. And his father, Sir Alexander! Altogether it was a pretty mess, Nor were Maggie's emotions much less con- flicting. She felt she was doing wrong; she feared she had allowed herself to go too far with this stranger; that he might feel some con- tempt for her want of maidenly reserve; and that, in short,she had done a very foolish thing in allowing this unknown and certainly pen- niless lad to presume so much. And yet—and yet, she was conscious of a strange, bewilder- ingly sweet sensation of quiet happiness and peace—to which hitherto her heart had been a stranger, and, in spite of all her efforts to feel miserable, she felt indescribably happy. This time it was Archie who was first to break the painful silence, “Yes,” he said, returning to her first words, and as if no break had occurred, “ it #s lovely; something far beyond my fondest anticipations —something, certainly, for which brave, gruff old Doctor Johnson by no means prepared me.” The tones in which Archie spoke were so conventionally emotionless and quiet that Mag- ie could hardly believe it was the same voice; ut his easy, natural manner served to put her quite at ease, and shereplied in the same strain, though with more effort: “Oh, I am so glad you have read—for I'm sure you have—the Doctor's travels through the Highlands. Is it not a delightful book ?” “ His own account or Boswell’s ?”” “ Both.” “Yes, they are charming reading; but, com- pared with the reality, how very tame do not the Doctor’s descriptions of scenery now seem! Take that of this very Castle, for instance— see, I have taken the book with me; I thought haps you would like to read it once again in presence of some of the scenes it describes.” (To be continued.) EPITAPHS., Our worthy neighbor over the way Got suddenly sick the other day; He spied a bottle on the shelf, And then proceeded to help himself; The doctor pronounced it croton oil Just after he shuffled this mortal coil. “He is not dead, but sleepeth." He chopped up his wood As no other man could, But death took him in on the fly; He had a bad wife, And they fought all their life, But he’s gone to the sweet bye and bye. Sue was a modest little girl, Her name was Mattie Gordon; But on the fire she poured some oil, And she's sailed the river Jordan. “* Sweetly he sleeps." HE tried to ride a vicious horse, This boy, this Herman Beck; But ere a day it threw him on his head, And gently broke his neck. Tue professional balloonist has a soar head, —Detroit Free Press, Beecuer’s military coat is cut in the old Elizabethan style.— Bangor Commercial. Tusre is an apothecary on Eighth Street who is a pillar to a down-town church.—Phila, Sunday Item. . Tue young girl who graduates in four lan- guages and sixteen flounces will soon be heard from.— WV. O. Picayune. EnGLanp ships Worcestershire sauce to the Fiji Islands. Is baked missionary losing its flavor ?—Herald P. I, . Tue man whose “thoughts took a wide range’’ was at the stove-dealers’ convention this week.— Boston Com. Bulletin. Tue Cincinnati Commercial thinks Adam and Eve were the first to bring out “Pinafore.” Well, fig (leaf) uratively speaking, yes.— Detroit Free Press. ‘Tue coachman who marries his wealthy em- ployer’s daughter may truthfully assert that his “lines” have fallen in pleasant places.”—San Francisco Wasp. Wen you are losing money, the most econ- omical thing you can do is to take in a part- ner. ‘That is the way careful business men do. —Modern Argo. ‘In the bright complexion of my youth I'll have no such word as pale,” and she reached for the rouge box with the clutch of an angel, —New Haven Register, Tue sea-serpent yawned and stretched him- self the other day, and then raised his head to see if the season had opened at Cape May yet. —Cincinnati Saturday Night. A younc lady, the other evening, kissed, in the dark, a young man whom she mistook for her lover. Discovering the mistake, she said, “Te’s not he, but it’s nice." —Zoronto Grip. Wuen asked how the ladies were dressed at a fashionable party the other evening, a modest youth replied: ‘About as much as an oyster on the half-shell."— Buffalo Every Saturday, THE MOSQUITO. Buz-z-z-zip!_ Buz-buz-z-z-zip! Then we chase around the room, Bark our shins up in the gloom To build that insect’s tomb With a loaded pillow-slip. But how vain is our endeavor, More uncertain than the weather, For we hit him “ hardly ever.” (Forgive us,) And back he comes upon our blood to sip; — Wheeling Leader, Puitapevputa and Boston have their cooking schools for girls.—#x, All right. Cook a girl for us, please, and send her right along. We would like ours a little rare.— Cincinnati Sat, Night, Tue Vice-President of the United States has so completely disappeared from view that it is strongly suspected that he has fallen a victim to Ohio body-snatchers.— Fhiladelphia Kronikle- Herald, , Enoianp has succeeded in beating Parole by loading him down, and she might, perhaps, beat Hanlan if she forced him to row with Senator David Davis in the boat as coxswain, —Boston Post. ee SOZODONT. To preserve the teeth and keep them pure and white, to prevent their decay, there is no preparation in the market equal to SOZODONT. To preserve the gums in a natur- ally hard and healthy condition, there is 00 superior to SOZO- DONT. To purify and sweeten the Breath there is no rival to SOZODONT. For a perfect mouth there is no recipe like the use ‘of SOZODONT, Consequently it is no wonder that the populanty of SOZUDONT as a dentifrice has no bounds. All Druggists keep it. * POND'S EXTRACT. Toii oLieagsing, and Softeing to the’ Face and T4 apping, Eruptions and Roughness, Price, $1.00 pet Bottle, On wale at al ecapectable Drag Stores,” B00 Pet Hout ANGOSTURA BITTER An excellent appetizing Tonle of exqulalte favor now used over the whole civilized world, cures Dy Diarrhea, Fever and ‘Ague, Colics and all disorders of the Disgestive organs. but beware of counterfeits, Ask your grocer or druggts! article, manufactured by Dr. J, @. DB. Siegert & Sone. Habcor, Uf dole agent, 51 Broadway, P. 0. Bo, 2610 ¢ Crea genuine &. © of Counterfeits and Imit: BOKER’S BITTERS. ‘The best Stomach Bitters known, containing most valu- able medicinal properties in all cases of Bowel complaints; a sure specific against Dyspeps cordial in itself i " mixing with other cordials, wines, &c. Comparatively the cheapest Bitters in existence. L FUNKE, Jr., Dele Agest, P. 0, Ber 1029, 78 John St., N.Y. 21,522,944 Glasses OF THE HERMANN” BREWERY LAGER BEER WERE DRUNK IN THIS CITY LAST YEAR. “PUCK” CIGARETTES ARE FASHIONABLE AT PRESENT. ‘Their quality and make-up outshines all those heretofore used ‘They are made on a new system by B. POLLAK, the Manufacturer of NEW YORK, and sold by every first class dealer. LFER DIAMOND MERCHANT Gth Avenue Hotel. NO FANCY PRICES. Chinkalyptus, Thousand Dollar Acrostic. Chills, chills, malarial chilis! b= Hope there gleams for a man with these ills, If he speedily sends unto us, No physic taking but Chinkalyptus. K be by its box of ti pills, smalh, ite, You'll surely find they will cure you quite. Palmetto on cover in blue you'll see, ‘Together with crocodiles viewing the tree. Useless "t would be for us, to say more, So well’s Chinkalyptus known at drug store. Chinkalyptus is sold at retail by all druggists at 25 cents per box, or $2.75 per family package of One Dozen. Victor E. MavGE & Pavnin, General Agents, Nos. 104 to 110 Reade St, Ni