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ed above? How could he help il, when on
bench directly opposite he behed the new
ldol OF his Soul-the divine Clarinda Sim
mer-her face lighted by a smile that
would have Iured an angel down from
neaVen- with green parasoI in her left
hand aud bunch of roses in her right


MISS Pudd cast jealous glance in the
direction OF her rival, and remarked that,
that stuck up thing Miss Simmer, was
monstrouS hrt"


NarclSSus sighed again-Miss Pudd bit
her lips Miss Simmer let fall her parasoI, ,
and of Ofcourse NarcisSnS, Immediately pick,
ed II up. Miss Simmer smiled sweetIy,
and III acknowledgment presented him
with rose, which he of course placed on
MS bosom directly over the fatal grease
spot on his white satin vest. 1t was an
angury-the reflection of the rose had
bIotled out The stain the lard Miss Sim
mer had rriumphed over Mss Pudd! The
next week the latter received letter wor-
ded thus:


Respected Miss:-This is to let YOU
know that lam ingaged. Yu kan keap
the Iockit, but | beg you will burn the hair
1t konains, as hair pure me in mind OF
onPIeaSunt s6nSashuus.


Yours, &c, NARcIssUs LONG.


Mss C0lOm6iRe Pudd


On reading this most affecting episte,
Miss Pudd nearly tainted, but as no one
was near TO catch her if she fell, why of
course she didu't faint. She took to reading
the deserted One" and as the advertise.
ments outside bookstores sny, "and a few
minor poems" She also filled three ounce
vial with moIasSeS and water, and labelled
1t 'Iaudannm' asked the price of arsenic.
but tcontened herself wilha scidirz powder
aud gave several other tokens OF mind
diseased. She says she is resolved To die
unmarried aud it is more than probable she
will. As for Miss Simmer, she shortly
expects to become Mrs. Long; but the bro
ken hearted Miss Pudd, who sometimes
says sharp things, was heard to observe the
other day, 'that with them the matrimonial
pot wont simmer long before it bollS
over."--What could she have mean?