Bohemia nugget., January 26, 1900, Image 6

THE OLD TRUNDLE OED.
Oh. the old trundle bed where I .ept
when boy,
Vht panoplied kulght misht not covet
the joy?
The slory and peace of that slumber of
mine,
IJfce a lwr, gracious rest In the boora
divine;
The quaint, homely couch, hidden close
. from the light.
But daintily drawn from Its hiding at
night.
Oh, a nest of delight, from the foot to
the head,
Was the queer little, dear little, old trun
dle bed.
Oh, the old trundle bed where I wonder
ing saw
The star through the window, and list
ened with awe
To the sJgh of the winds as they trem
blingly crept
Through the tree where the robins so
rcstlesely idept.
Where I heard the low, murmurous chirp
of the wren,
And the katydid listlessly chirrup again,
Through the niaic of the drcums of the
old trundle bed.
Oh, the old trundle bedl Oh, the old
trundle bed!
With iU plump little pillow and old-fah-
ioned spread;
Its snowy white sheets and the blankets
above,
Smoothed down and tucked around with
the touches of love;
The voice of my mother to lull me to
sleep
With the old fairy stories my memories
keep
Still fresh as the llllles that bloom o'er
the head
Once bowed o'er ray own la the old trun
die bed.
James Whltcomb Illley.
2 HIS BUSY DAY.
jjj w
i T WAS my busy day.
i M A pile of correspondence as d.iunt
lng to a man's ambition as I'lke's
Teak or theHlffel Tower burdened my
desk and there was a kinfi In my tem
per which I had calculated would re
quire a dinner nt Martin's, tete-a-tete
with Marguerite, to effectually straight
en out Martin's chef makes a certain
pate that puts a man at peace with nil
the world, while Marguerite Is at once
soothing and stimulating, like cham
pagne. At this point ray reflections were In
terrupted by Forsythe. the best fellow
In the world, but with nn unlucky habit
of turning up at the wrong moment.
I didn't give him the glad hand exact
ly, for which I was sorry enougu nf ter
ward, but he was too preoccupied to
notice.
"Oh, I've something to say to you,
Austin," he said after a few prelimi
naries, with the efTect of having Just
remembered something.
"All right," I replied, taking my feet
off a cbalr to shove It toward him, "but
make It twenty words If you can. I'm
In a rush to-day."
"I can do It quick enough." he went
on, with nn uneasy laugh. "I Just want
to ask you If you've any Intentions of
a matrimonial sort, you know, coward
Marguerite."
"The devil you do!" I exclaimed. "It
strikes me that's my business."
"Perhaps It Is," he said, with an air
of wishing to do me every Justice, "per
haps It Is, but It's mine, too."
"Indeed," I remarked, feeling that I
;ns unanswerable.
"You see, Austin," cried Porsythe,
"when you Introduced DIHard and me
o Marguerite we both thought you
were a trifle gone In that direction, and
when I found I thought such a lot of
her I couldn't live without her I felt
that I had no right to ask for her until
I found out whether you wanted her
yourself."
"Deuced good of you," I commented,
stiffly, seeing he had paused for a re
ply. "It only seemed fair to give you the
first chance," he finished, looking at
mo In a hurt sort of a way that made
me ashamed of myself.
"You're all right, old boy," I hasteccd
to say. "Forgive me; you took me by
surprise. But since you ask me I don't
mind saying I never bad a thought of
marrying Marguerite" (which was true
enough, and I'd never thought of any
one else marrying her either).
"I'm mighty glad of that," cried For
sythe, Joyfully.
"No doubt," I said, a trifle dryly; but
he hastened on: "I'm going to take
her to a picture exhibit Oils morning,
and thought I'd like to ask her then,
If you assured me the field was clear.
I hope I have your good wishes, Aus
tin." "Certainly," I said. "Go ahead and
try for her, and good luck go with you,
old man."
The painful memory of tho grip he
gave my hand on leaving still lingered
with mo when DIHard dropped in an
hour later. I gave DIHard the other
band.
"Hullo," ho cried. "Busy, Austin?"
"Bather," I returned, shortly. Dil
lard's only occupation In llfo Is spend
ing an Income of forty thousand a year,
and It's bard to be glad to see a man
like "that when you've got your own
nose down on the grindstone.
"Just a word In your ear and I'm
through," hp announced. "It about
Marguerite, you know."
'MnrRuerller I exclaimed, "then
you've heard "
"Heard what," he cried. "Are rot.
engaged to her?"
"Certainly not," I answered, with em
phasis; "what made you think that?"
"Oh. I thought you rather fancied
her and I'm tremendously glad to hoar
you don't care about her." (I wasn't
nwnre that I'd said that, but I let It
pass.) "She and her aunt art' going lo
take lunch with Forsythe and me to
day, and I thought I might get n chimee
to try my luck with her then. But n
long as you Introduced us I thought I
ought to give you the ilrnt chance."
This sounded familiar too familiar,
In fact.
"Oh. don't mind me." I protested Im
patiently. ".My Intentions toward
Marguerite are wholly Innocuous. Wish
you success, Dlllanl."
I managed to evade his parting hand
shake, thus saving my lingers a second
crushing, nnd he departed happy.
When I went to lunch nnd had time
to analyze my feelings 1 found that I
resented being forced Into poslug as n
sort of trousered fairy godmother tn
Marguerite.
Of course as long an I had no Inten
tions whatever 3f asking her to marry
me I could hardly be so absurd an to
resent some one else doing so. And
certainly Forsythe and Dllldrd hail be
haved handsomely no one could havo
hone mure.
But to bo asked for my consent to
Marguerite's nuptials as though I were
her elderly uncle or benevolent maiden
aunt was a trine trying.
At 5 o'clock I was ou my way to see
her. I felt that however unpleasant
my new attitude toward her might
It at least gave me a right to know
which one of my friends she had accept
ed. By the time I reached the car I
was sure It was Forsythe: when I
alighted at the corner my mind was
made up to accept DIHard as hex fu
ture husbuud, and when I entered the
door I had come to the conclusion tbnt
whichever she took she was undoubt
edly doing well for herself.
"What. It Is your cried Marguerite,
when I found her In the library.
"Did you expect some one else? I
asked, sc-anidng her closely. She un
doubtedly looked happy.
"You were here yesterday," she re
plied. "One good turn deserves another," I
said. "Besides I've come to congratu
late you."
"Well?" she asked and settled down
comfortably to listen. Marguerite Is
very provoking sometimes. She knew
I was nil at sen.
"DIHard Is a man to be proud of," I
hazarded, "atehlnif her face.
"Are you proud of him?" sho In
quired, looking up at me with big ques
tioning eyes. After all the role of fairy i
godmother to Marguerlto wasn't so
bad, I reflected, that Is, If one couldn't
be. anything else.-
"And lila fortune" I went on, Ig
noring ber question.
"Ah, his fortune are you proud of
that, too?" she asked.
Perhaps It wasn't DIHard nfter alL
"But Forsythe," I said, shifting my
grouul, "he Is a man In a million."
"Yes, he Is," said Marguerite reflect
ively. "See txre." I cried desperately,
"which are you going to marry?"
'The mun In a million or the man
with a million?'' she cried with a sauci
ly lifted chin.
"Yes, which Is It to be?" I repeated
eagerly.
"Suppose," she said, slowly, "suppose
I asked your candid, unprejudiced hon
est advice?"
"Oh, then I suppose I should have to
advise yoii to take them both."
"Yea, I suppose you would," she as
sented thoughtfully.
"Or elso to reiuso them both," I add
ed. "Ah, suppose I had already done
that" she said softly.
I felt my breath fall me suddenly.
"Marguerite!" I cried, and a moment
later found myself on engaged man.
"By the way," I remarked as we sat
waiting for the pato at Martin's that
evening, "how were the pictures?"
"Really I've forgotten," said Mar
guerite with a happy little sigh. "This
has been such a busy day.'
"Come to think of It," I replied, "I've
had rather a busy day myself." Chi
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