Puck — October 15, 1879 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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512 out his suspicions, Archie, as we have said, was ignorant, and when his indignant visitor handed him the locket he remained for the moment silent and stunned. “ You veel not have forgotten thees ?” No, he certainly had not, and his pale check flushed slightly as he recalled the past. His silence, however, was of brief duration. He took the locket from Mile. Thollier’s hand and looked at it in an off-hand sort of way; then handing it back to her, said simply: ‘Yes, |doremember that. I had forgotten it.” “Forgotten it!” she screamed, and then— but why follow her through her long, broken and impassioned torrent of reproaches, scold- ing, love and rage? Jealousy, vanity and, to do her justice, love had driven her frantic, Accident had placed her in a position where she had it in her power, or thought she had, to do Archie a great service; to make or mar his whole career; to take or save his life. She had been a witness of that fatal meeting; she it was who had discovered the fatal card of assigna- tion and placed it in the book she knew Archie was to read; she had witnessed the tragic se- quel, and now, believing Archie to be com- pletely at her mercy, she was determined to use her power to the uttermost. Surely this young man with so promising a future and all his my- riad hopes and dreams waiting to be fulfilled, would listen to reason; surely he would be im- pressed with her devotion—her large-souled passion and love, At any rateshe would make the attempt, and if successful they would fly to some foreign country and live an ideally happy life. So, with many an hysterical sob and tear, and much vehement gesticulation, she told her story, and Archie was strangely moved, for she told it eloquently, dramatically, well. If he would only consent to marry her all would be well; nay, so mad was her passion, she would even accompany him in any or in no position whatever. Only let them fly together. Why had she passed herself off as his wife? Be- cause she had to give some story, advance some powerful motive and reason, before she could pel on the captain of the C/ansman to let er be transferred to the other steamer, or on the captain of the latter to receive her. Archie felt himself in a curiously strange and puzzling position. Look at it as he might, he could see no chance of escape, To give a point-blank refusal to the woman in her present raised and frantic condition would be almost certainly to drive her to betray him. He had, of course, not the remotest idea of ever ac- ceding to her preposterous proposal; but all the same he was fully alive to the necessity of not driving her to extremes. Besides, in spite of her madness and folly, her appearance and story, her devotion and passion, moved him strongly, It was not in Archie's nature to dis- like or be harsh to, the woman who loved him; and, after all, the poor thing had risked her all in following him. She had thrown up a good situation; deserted true friends; imperilled, if not even ruined, her own reputation and name. And now she was at his feet in tears; all but kissing his fect, and beseeching him, with all the passionatz eloquence of despair, to have pity upon her. So Archie resolved to temporize. Very gen- tly, very gravely and very tenderly he spoke to her and thanked her, It had all come upon him so suddenly, he said, that as yet he was be- wildered and stunned. Would she give him a little time to think? Yes, she would do that, but only one hour. “One hour! it was not much,” thought Archie to himself as he assisted her on to the deck and directed her to the stewardess’s quarters, ‘‘ but much might be done, even in an hour.” Zhen he made up his mind to desert the steamer and fly from his fair but too importunate and dangerous pursuer. (To be continued.) THE OCARINA, Banjos are the nigger’s joy, Poets love the blue bird’s twitter, Whistles please the naughty boy, Dutchmen twang the wiry zither. ‘The ocarina’s notes for me! No screech owl’s voice was ever sweeter; Now booming like sixteen-foot G, Now buzzing like the Jersey skeeter. O, my ocarina, dear! My howling, growling ocarina! Music's found the whole world round, Why not in you, my ocarina? Some folks love the orguinette, Some adore the concertina, ‘The best and easiest thing, as yet, Is the earthern ocarina. Sweet is beer to thirsty throats, Dear is Hayes to C, A. Dana, Dear to me the muffled notes Uttered by your vox humana. O, my ocarina, dear, My musty, fusty, ocarina, Fools applaud a well-puffed fraud, But you're not one, my ocarina? —Unknown Exchange via Buffalo Every Saturday, Important if true—a wife.— Cincinnati Sat- Night, Tue Cabinet is getting back to Washington a piece at a time.—Phila. Inquirer, A SELF-surFICcIENT man is wise in his own can't-see-it,— Hackensack Republican, A man who runs a bucket-shop is outside the pail of respectable stock-brokers.—Piila, Bul- detin. BLaine was once an editor, and the Zimes- Journal mentions the fact as a great honor to Blaine, whatever it may be to the profession.— Oil City Derrick. ~ Tue gold which is now arriving in this coun- try in such large quantities is what is bankrupt- ing so many manufacturers of brass collar-but- tons.—Fhila. Kronikle-Herald, Ir is believed that the editor of the Elmira Gazelle nas succeeded in becoming engaged. He says that he looks ahead to the time when women will fall in love with gorillas.—Zx. Iraty sends her noblemen over here to grind organs, but then we send our young singers over there to study, so there is no necessity for any interruption of diplomatic relations—— Boston Post, Tue hop crop of England is so light that English brewers will be obliged to use the American article. England appears to be short of everything save fog and professional pedes- trians,—Vew Orleans Picayune, Barnum was interviewed in Philadelphia yesterday. He says that the report that Dennis Kearney once traveled with his show as the “‘ Wild Man from Borneo" is not founded on fact. Kearney traveled with him one season as a “ Boorighoola Cannibal,” but his language was so frightful that he shocked the deaf and dumb Patagonian and undermined the morals of the learned pig and educated mules, Even the elephants threatened to pack up their trunks and leave; so Kearney was discharged. | —Norr. Herald. PfysioLocists assure us. that no person in health should drink more than three pints of any liquid daily, and yet there are plenty of men who think they have neglected a physical duty unless they have each day taken at least three times that amount between drinks.— Rome Sentinel. Ir may be that the Prince of Wales is the victim of undue suspicion; but is it not about time, in these days of intelligence, that social, emphatic rules, compelling special respect to a man, whether he be mentally only an equal, and generally an inferior, be done away with? This close-closeting business of ’Is Ryeness Al- bert-Edward-Mordaunt-Langtry, 'eir happarent, is about played.— Washington Capital. SouTHERN poets are writing poetry about the yellow fever plague. Now tnat yellow fever has got into poetry, editors cannot be too careful, and this office will maintain a quarantine against poetry until the weather gets colder, The cases are only sporadic thus far, but we can't tell how soon such poetry may become epidemic.—Norr. Herald. The Mummery of Masonry. A new Edition of Puck, No, 128, containing above Cartoon, has been published. Copies can be had of all Newsdealers, STANDARD THEATRE, Broadway and 114 St. W. Hanparson, Proprietor & Manage EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATIN Mr. & Mrs. Bandmann, Mr. & Mra. Bandmann; And an entire English Company. MERCHANT OF VENICE. HAMLET. OTHELLO. ‘Satuxpay Evanixc, Octomer 18th: Mr. Perdicaris'’s Drama, “THE PICTURE.” Admission asc, so¢., $1 and $1.50. Beware of Connterfeits and imitations! BOKER’S BITTERS, ‘The best Stomach Bitters known, containing most valu- able medicinal properties in all cases of Bowel complaints; a cific Fever and Ague, &c. 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