MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 30 October 1883, Page 4

MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.

It Avas evening in the Brooklyn waitingroom of the Fulton Ferry house. As fair a maiden as ever Avas scon stood looking through tho cell door. She had that yearning east of countenance Avhich betokened anxious anxiety. She was waiting for her beau. As each man planked clown his lectio cent she gazed earnestly at him to see if she could not delect a resemblance to her cxliected lover. The shades of night had been pulled down, and the fair young girl's anxiety became more so as the clock in the box-office grew older minute by minute, for she knew that she had taken her last five (tents out of her month to pay the conductor, and tho last penny to settle witli the pew-opener at the gate. At every disappointment she looked as if .somebody had grabbed heron her vaccinate. "AVill he never come r" she mi-u.iiu.cd, as she gazed longingly up the busy thorought'are, and as a tear-drop appeared in her eye. "Is it possible lie Avill disappoint me 7' Suddenly her face brightened up. George Avassecn coming down street. He had been hidden from view up to thutmoment by the door of the beer saloon on the corner. As he produced his penny Avith one hand he Avipcd his moustache Avith the other, and wafted the smell of gin cocktail around tho neighbouring atmosphere. She was nil smile.- as she greeted him, but ho held his breath away from her. "AVhat is tho matter, dearest r" she asked. "You do not appear to be a bit glad to sec me !" As ho kept his mouth around over his shoulder, he murmured somo unintelligible words. They entered the ladies' cabin, and found two empty scats. All the while he had been fumbling iv his pockets. At last lie brightened up. Ho had at last found a clove. He Avas saved. He placed it in his mouth, and as he turned toward her, Avith his face all smiles, he nibbled on tho clove. There Avas a report, and then he yelled and Avent out of the cabin on a run. Unhappy man ! He had bitten the business end of a parlour match.