Puck — December 17, 1879 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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A new Edition of Puck, No. 128, containing above Cartoon, has been published. Copies can be had of all Newsdealers. ts. Onthit Pree. AYEAR and att Fi Aadreas PO: VICKERY, as te put it, with the “old folk,” and see Ar- chie through "his difficulties, As regards the Isabella Mine, it had been finally arranged that, now Jakes had a large personal interest in ‘the concern, it would better to leave the matter entirely with him. So Sir Alexander's shares were left in his hands, for him to utilize or dispose of exactly as he thought best. In this way matters were finally arranged; the friends parted in a pleasant frame of mind all round; and in nine days more the good S, S.“ City of Chester” was slowly steaming up the Mersey. ‘This was on February 3d, and on February 7th Archie was in Glasgow, en route for Skye. As yet he had not written a word to any of the Macdonalds, not even to Maggie; but Ronald had—to the latter. ‘The fact is, Archie, now that his difficulties seemed over, began to feel anxious and uncom- fortable. His conscience smote him for his treatment of Maggie. How he could ever have been foolish enough—idiotic enough to even doubt her, he could not now understand! And then he ought, at any rate, to have written. to Mr. Macdonald to apologize in some way or other for his hasty departure, But what troubled him most of all was the doubt as to the nature of his reception by Mag- gie. It was all very well for Ronald to say that she loved him still; had loved him all along. But Ronald was apt in these matters to take a rose-colored view of life, and he was by no means sure that Maggie's love had survived his own wretched treatment of her and the lapse of time that had taken place since first they had plighted their troth at Gleninver. Then there were other difficulties. What had become of that terrible Mlle, Thollier? After all he could not help pitying the poor woman, as how could he help but pity one whose sole crime, so far at least as he was con- cerned, was in loving him? But all the same she might prove troublesome. He had not forgotten—how could he?— that unfortunate interview on board the steamer. She had certainly passed herself off as his wife; had even proclaimed herself such in his own presence and in that, if he remem- bered rightly, of the Captain; and he, con- found his mad folly, had not denied it. No, he had not; and the marriage laws of Scotland were so deucedly peculiar there was no saying what might happen. But these and similar cogitations—and_ here we should explain parenthetically that Archie, while thus meditating, was seated in the George Hotel, George’s Square, Glasgow, some three hours after his arrival—were suddenly cut short by the entrance of his and our old friend the Doctor. “Bob!” cried our hero, “Archie!” exclaimed Bob, and the friends shook hands. Had they been Frenchmen or Italians they would doubtless have embraced; but they were only phlegmatic Britishers, and they merely shook hands. All the same they were sincerely glad to meet again. “And how are ye,me buoy? And it’s your- silf that’s looking well, though you are so changed yer own mother wouldn’t know ye. Not but the beard is an improvement "—Ar- chie, it should be explained, had cultivated a beard and whiskers while in Yankee-land— “ though it does make ye look a trifle older.” And so the doctor rattled on, and much in- teresting conversation followed, (Te o¢ continued.) JUST OUT: PUCK’S ANNUAL FOR 1880. 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