BOUND TO FINISH.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 219, 13 October 1893, Page 14 (Supplement)

BOUND TO FINISH.

After Wlilch He "Was Content to Take tlie Usual Course. The young man moved Ms chair a little closer, cleared his throat and began: “Now that I have the opportunity, Miss Millsap, I trust you will pardon me for speaking of a matter that has lain near my heart until it has become a burden too intolerable to be borne. The avowal that I am about to make may appear to you to lie unwarranted by the length of time we have known each other and the nature of our acquaintance thus far, but this is a Matter of the heart and” “If I conjecture rightly, Mr. Burkenhead,” interposed the young woman, “the avowal you seem to be on the point, of making will certainly appear to me to be unwaf ranted. ” “Exactly. I was about to say, Miss Millsap,” he rejoined, “that this matter of the heart and is not subject to the rules that govern the ordinary course of acquaintanceship. Since I have come to know you, mv life has seemed to have a wider horizon. Ambitions that have long lain dormant have sprung into activity, and every fiber of my soul has thrilled with visions of a golden future in which” “Mr. Burkenhead, have I ever given you any reason to suppose that I” “Of a golden future in which we two shall be the central figures and all the forces of nature that tend to make the earth the abode of peace and joy for mankind shall be at our command. Hand in hand through the smiling valleys, hand in hand as we climb the rugged slopes or wander through the leafy glades bearing in our breasts the key that unlocks the mystery r>f happiness’ ’ “I beg of you, Mr. Burkenhead, not to pain me by any further” “The enchanting prospect has seemed to beckon me irresistibly on, and I can no longer withstand the forces that impel me to put my fate to the touch and” “Once for all, Mr. Burkenhead,” firmly spoke the young woman, “let me say that the idea of any nearer relationship between us than that of friendship is utterly impossible. You will oblige me by putting an end at once to this unpleasant” “That impelled me to put my fate to the touch and win or lose it all,” said the young man, speaking with increasing energy and rapidity, “and this is why I have dared to lay before you the hopes and aspirations that I have been overbold perhaps to cherish, but the burdened heart, Miss Genevieve Millsap, must have its say. The language of love and hope cannot he stifled, even in the hour when dark despair broods over the scene, until the message it has to convey has been delivered. That, 1 believe, is all,” he added, putting on his gloves and looking about for his hat. “When I begin the avowal of a passion like this, Miss Millsap, it is my invariable habit to complete it regardless of interruptions and discouragements. Having done so on this occasion,” he continued, -with his hand on the doorknob, “with the success that has usually attended me in affairs of this kind, it only remains for me to add that it looks like rain and to wish you a very good evening. Sacked.

Two Statements. The following advertisement was printed in a small western paper some years ago. The firm in question was the first established in a Mississippi town: “Messrs. Brown, Jenkins & Waterbury, dealers in sewing and knitting machines, stoves, scales, smut machines, cotton gins, pumps, church bells, gongs, gravestones and oil. Office for life and.fire insurance. “Wanted— A few live agents to sell popular books and maps, for which payment will be received in rags, beeswax, brass, old iron, copper and dried fruit,”Detween Two Fires. “It seems to me,” said Uncle Silas Sassafras as he read the rules and regulations tacked on the door of Ms room at the Hyprise hotel, “that these hotel people just systematically try to bleed people.” “What is it, father?” asked his wife. “Why, one of these dinged rules says, ‘Don’t blow out the gas,’ and another says, ‘Gas burned all night will be charged extra.’ Now, what’s a fellow to do?” How to Treat a Mother. When people are excited, they do and say some strange things. A Harlem gentleman, Mr. Jones, overheard one of Ms boys giving impudence to his mother. “I’ll teach you howto treat your mother, you young- whelp.” And seizing the hoy by the neck he cuffed Ms ears and shook him until his hair began to drop out.- - Ratlier Misty. Country Child —People who live in city flats have lots of company, I s’pose. City Child —No, indeed. It’s awful lonely“I don’t see how.” “Why, folks won’t ’sociate with the families above them ’cause they is below them, and they can’t ’sociate •with the families below them because they is above them.”- ~ None Ueffc. She —I am so passionately fond of rare china. He—Your family is such an old one that I should think you would have some beautiful pieces handed down. She—Unfortunately one of my ancestors was a servant girl