A Wife For A Mine

-JohnM. ilion owned ;i pronusing mine it Lead ille, and J. D. Patton nad a handsome wife. They lived In the same boarding house. Patton wanted Elamilton'a mine. Imt could iiot pay t!ie price demanded. Atlength Hamiltonsaid,"I'l] give the niiíjte for your wife." The offtr was diseussed in fun at (hst, and tlicn serio islv. Patton talked the matter over with his wife. They had been married for severa] yeara and liad lived peacefully toeetlier, bul vrere not especially eong inial. Mra. Patton confessed, too, that slie had a high regard for I [amLlton, and wpuld not opject tothetrade, wliich was thereupon perfected. The ownership of the mine was fonnally tratisfcncd lo Patton, and the WomaD was delivered to ílamilton, who, as sooii as a divorce can be procured, is to mari y her.