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t. i,.vj. Tb? OsbW-Marrli; Cempaay.
a)woran
ffHAl'iKR I.?Introduc?? th? hora,
fa?b?rt \s ^rburten. ? wall to vio West
f*? t ? Artxona. A?
tor beine ? ?? resign?
? ? ? -t?> und iMTM
tor h. .? >i<?aa i?ur
? II ?Introduc?? th? hot??'-?.
** ? re?
tired .. .,e?r Washing?
ton. ? |?? rouuf
An?*r. - ha*
?eau in 1 m - - ?How?
to N?w ? a oa
heard ?:um?r tv:i ?
CHA: ?.? .?? >*>w
York ? !,..'tiM hotel in which
th? At-? . ? ? her?
mor?.
ch?4 ? ? Ruaaiaa count
Whom he n!*t ??? aiM
Abom ????: marnine
<^d dleap
Bearsd.
?rburton gr>e? to
rlattTsav?s '
h govera
?Jl
?
t? -
to pia: ? d aiater-ln
CHA] ? hU
?
?ff for
: ? f
Sut i
'?*
Bri t ?
?uit r? ? m bas?/ to
their
ru * ?;. ht.? <?>
a*ui?? ,.
?
th? ? ?
M
pur?
?arrisa?
sad t; 'rat of
BU
?ter.
? r
reeted on - --? ?b
* y and
lock?*! -oiiri.
?k?r* hf ' Jam???
Oebor ? wlth
Braw ?nui.
B?n<i? nota > hum,
CTI ? take? eult
?tty Jsl a had been
paid Wti Jamaa
Oebor:
ley oft 'imm.
which
prore* ?. r ? leave? to
expiai:, hi?
by atatlr.g that he ! north luJ
Bonly en a hunting I
CHAJfTBJt IX after
?looely que? ?
to her as Jaraea ixl --
hire? him While being
ihnwn about the at I
?tre to tide a
thoroughbred call?
Anneeiey ? pei :?
?wund th? 1. r>e which Immediately
setts.
etlAi ' ? )
??
I? thr
eel\?-e
tare-er.
wbloh
yountc dine
aj ??
? ?
? ml ? '
che'.
?nd a itui '
with M
tlon?
??11 \
glvea fine at
table ..
r
?
tun.?????
hi? ? ?
re was f.? rat
?
? and p
ever
ful Of lee and an Insignificant
bone and I ha\e
relirai
-
mai'. 1 and a
pan in :
?cro?
on t Of . now zee
din
that
his
how will
teach a i. Boh!"
.
say are
guests e
You aaii ? time. 1
do -
And y O I
tra."
?t
aeri owe
\\ arbui ? ? nder
BBBSSt.
"i oarss ? the
amiable Plans
do wlz tee roe??.
on zee flat of at so! Always
aalr right of zee guests Va
sat za y do ; ? sairve.
You spili fi? soup and ? ?! To
spill zee soup ees a crime. Now. take
hold uf thees soup osa
Warburtoii t?>ok it clumsily bj
rim. Pierre ?matched it away with a
?olley Of F rem h oath? William aaid
that there was to be no ?cussing," but
Pierre seemed to be an immune and
not included lu this order.
"Idiot! Imbecile' Non. n?>n! Theea
way You would put zee thumb in zee
soup Zare'. Tou hai catch zat. Gome
Co zee dlning-hall. I show you. I ex?
plain."
The new groom was compelled to put
forth all his energise to keep his face
straight, if he laughed, he was lost.
If only his old matee could see him
now. The fop of Troop A playing at
butler! Certainly be would hare to
write Chuck about it?(which he moot
certainly never did). Still, the ordeal
lo the dining-room waa a -?vers one.
Nothing be? attempted s>asj dons satis?
factorily Pierre, ha. ?g in mind
Celeste a frivolity and thia Bits'? good
looks, made the task doubly hard. Hs
'Idiot!" snd "Imbecile!'* and
"Jackass!" as many times as there
are kniv?* and forks snd spoons at a
course dinner. It was when they came
? wines that Pierre becam? molli?
fied. He was forced to acknowledge
that the new groom n??ed??d no Instruc?
tions as to th? varying temperatures
of caleta and bu' Warbur
ton longed to get out into the open snd
yell. It was very funny. He managed,
ST, on third rehearsal, to acquit
f with some credit. They re?
turned to the kitchen again where they
?ound Celeste nibbling crackers and
cheeee. She smll? <l ?
"Ha"' The vowel was Riven a pro- j
longed roll. "So. '
k on eh'"
?here any sur?" ?
??leste In her nstli
making handsome eyes st V\
who was . ?atly an
s, would
to wear on Sunday.
Fl?get
that He Is b ? ? are
jealous, and I * I behaved ?
horril ? \atian last
Suini ? '
of the asidor
her *
? you
mlgh? nable
vale:
locoin :> the
her. Idiot,
I haf ih. I am calm!
Bah' And
he rattled hia pans at a great rate.
Warbnrton was gli <h to es?
cape.
"I have
But his triait? were not over. The
worn? ? . SO. At five,
?ere given to harness the coach
? BBSS snd have them at
the stt/ps promptly at eight-thirty.
Mlae Annrsley had aignifled herinten
I making a call in the city. War
:. had not the slightest suspicion
of the destination He didn't care
where It was. It would be dark and he
would pass unrecognized He gave
the ord*?r SO mor.? thought. Promptly
at eight-thirty he drove op to the steps.
A moment later she la ?. ac?
corci? ..? an In evening
dress. It was I for War burton
to dlstiriK iron.
"I o> to leave
you. 'and ;?er??vtly It
is ar. ..ine whom
I ha. one
h her
to-nn?' ?? and I
? .
? my ac?
count In broken
I eaaaat to
and I
. sank in- I
:
?ting
l
if yon only
I for- |
as. ? ?
Dayatsrioss
voice xshi h J m to
f..
Tou are a r
before the
mad e
?
unha; :
yos ? at."?
with a n??i
"Tl.. The
oounr rily a
groom, an anima ?loes not
understand
well as you we . e,"?
steering hi in
"Whatever j cmol
?elle, an art." ?;al
klBBtl]
saluted h??: . : hot Into
'the coupe.
How M alas Zhames would have
liked to jBSip down and pommel Mon
sieur > .eral wicked
thoughts sirred t; .r Jehus
brain, but to sascajtO any one of them j
in her presence was impossible.
"Qood-nlght. Count. I shall see you
St dinner ?in Monday."
She would, eh' And ber new butler
would be on duty that same evening?
Without a doubt. M'sieu Zhames
vowed under his breath that if he got
a good chance he would make the
count look ridiculous. Not even a
king can retain his dignity while a
stream of hot soup Is trickling down
his spinal column. Warburton smiled.
He was mentally acting like a school?
boy disappointed In love. His own
keen sense of the humorous came to
his rescue.
"James, to the city. No. ? Scott
Circle, and hurry." The door closed.
Scott Circle? Warburton'a spine
wrinkled. Heaven help him. he waa
driving Miss Aaneeley to his own
brother's house! What the devil was
getting Into fate anyhow? Ho swore
softly all the way to the Connecticut
avenue extension He made three tnis
' takes before be struck Sixteenth
street. Reaching Scott Circle finally,
he had no difficulty In recognising the
house. He drew up at the stepping
stone, alighted and opened the door.
"I shall be gone perhaoa an hour and
?
I
a half. James. You may drive around,
but return sharply a' lea-thirty ' Bet?
ty ran up the steps and rang the heil.
Our Jehu did not wail to see the
door open, but drove away, Ilckety
clip I-do not know what a mile llck
ety-clip is generally made in, but I am
rather certain that the civil law de?
mands $25.0?) for the same. The
gods were with htm this time and no
one called him to halt. When he bad
gone far away from Scott Circi? aa
he dare?! go. his eye was attrarted by
' a genial cigar sign He hailed a boy
to hold the horses and went inside Lie
l bought a dozeu cigars and lit one.
He didn't even take the trouble to ass
if he could get the cigars for nothing,
there being s penny-in-the-slot ma
chin? In one corner of the shop. I am
sure that if he had noticed it, it would
have enticed him. for the spirit of
chance was well-grounded in him. a?
It li in all army men. But he hurried
out, threw the boy a dime, and drove
away. For an hour and 2t minut?e
he drov? and amoked and pondered.
So she played the violin! played it
wonderfully aa the count bad declared.
He was passionately fond of music. In
London, in Taris, in Iterlln. In Vienna.
be had been aa untiring, unfailing
patron of the k?ste night he!
resolved to listen st the window, pro?
viding the ?nlndow was open. Yes.
a hundred times Chuck was right. Any
girl, and th ght have
passed capitally: but he wanted tue
respect of this pai III nil u. and
he had carelessly ?
her regard She r: rate him,
that would be all. She would look up?
on him as a hob!
He api ? again in
front of the house, and gazed wistfully
J at thi
anotl
he 1?>!
. fees, and have
"I w re. i wish
he would come out Bad
and h?*at I
would ha Khted
to perform th?* l ? id he
would ont hav. with any
timidity.
"Hang the h??? ? take
a peek in at tb? tod he
slid ca
around tie
o? the wind
wholly lowered, an I *??e inte
the drawing-room They were there,
all of them . was
holding the baby, Jack
had awakened rihI .wn staira.
lie could see 'tblent manner
In which Jack wax curling th?? ??mis of
his mustache that ?? cum par?
ing the baby with 1. efted
asa!" mutter??.i the '. out?
cast, it ?????? look any more like
blm than it do?>*
Annesley kissed the baby, and War
burton hoped 'hat th*\v hadn t washed
its face aince he perforasse! the same
act
Mrs Jack disappeared with the hope
?of the fa: Nain y got out a
bundle of photographs anjea
would have given almost anything he
possessed to know what th?*?*? photo?
graphs r? ; OBOh
%m he would. !??? could see nothing. All
ild do was to watch. Sometimes
they laug: ttaBCB they became
grave; sometimes ?lned. and
their puent grew very m Dine
she even leaned forws-d ? .
wea about this time thai our Jehu
chanced to look at the g the
mantel, and Immediately concluded *o
vsca?? raises. It was half
ten He returned t
ti wad going to use the word alac?
rity," but I find that it means "
fui rea
him a: ilo wait.
?
"1 at?
h on
the box.
I
?
:.
lnp '
?.. the j
i
: 'ul.
? 1 the
even:: ?m." said : -
? ?
brother
-
"Hotos, J iid the von??? with?
in the ?arriare.
I do not ki ear or not he
slept .soundly that night "JO his stable
cot. He ? lid confess. But it
is my private opinion that he didn't
aleep at all. < a good part
of the night oat of doors, sm?
very bla?-.k, strong cigars.
Celeste, how.-,er BOOM have told you
that her mistress, as she retired, was
la a most amicable frame of mind. Once
ehe lauphed
IPTKK XIII.
A nt N.WVAY
Four dnvs passes. I might have used
the word "apod," ouly that verb could
not lie truthfully hupIjhJ Never be?
fore In the hiMtiry of time (so our Jehn
thought) did f??ur days casi their
shadows more slowly arrows the dial
of the hours. From noon till night
there was a madding nothing to do but
polish bits and 1>??. kles and stirrups
and ornamental silver. He would
have been totally miserable but for
the morning rides. These w*.re worth
while, for he was riding Pirate, and
there was always that expectation of
of the unexpected. Hut Pirate behaved
himself puzzlingly well. Fortunately
for the Jehu, these rides were always
lnu. the north coun'ry. He was con?
tinually possessed with fear lest she
would make blm drive through the
shopping district. If he met Nancy,
It would he, in the parlance of the day,
, all off. Nancy would have recognized
hint In a beard like a Cossack's, and
here he waa with the boy's face?the
'?'? OBI
face she sever weald forget.
He was desperately In love. I do
not know what desperately Is love I?,
my swn lore's course running smooth?
ly enough, but I can testify that it
was making Mr. Roben thin and ap
petPeiess. Every morninp the impulse
came to him to tell her all but every
morning his courage oozed like Bob
Acres', and his lips became dumb. I
dare say that if she had questioned
him be would have told her all; but
for some reason she had ceased to in?
quire Into his past. Possibly her youag
mind was occupied with pleasanter
thlrgs
He became an accomplished butler,
and served so well In rehearsals that
Pierre could only grumble. One af?
ternoon she superintended the comedy.
She found s thousand faults with him,
so many. In fact, that Pierre did not
understand what it meant, snd became
possessed with the vague idea that she
was hitting him over the groom's
shoulder He did not like it; and
lat*r when they were alose. War?
burton was distinctly Impressed with
Pierre's displeasure.
"You can not please her. and you
can not please me. Bah! Zat ees vat
comen uf teaching a groom table man?
ners instead uf sta ers. And
y os vil smell uf horse! I do not un
l Annes!?
And ther?? were other humiliations.
? having
the ttirrap too loag ? ?. the
earb cha piei-e
of or: ahlSS like
that on?* Ja
hoofs wer?*u't thor
led With do
? ? II was
?only id had a rosipiSg
run d
away from her. and ed pleas?
antly
Tsrl but that
.?.ture did
?
a gra as be was
?presently to learn. He ras handsome,
?snd th?? only ti. n!>out the
| '.ice He
b+ ?*t: traction?.
of a Russian
than a
made no
well satisfied
to hs him entirely, j
Turkish I
t ? of but
gsra There
waa a certain , ? lighting
This serrice
was a t??*t of his ability to ??.
loiit km> r taborets
? me they met
when Hetty and the two of them took !
a hiu Karloff d notice how
? rod?* his mettlesome
mount, hsisg himself a soldier and a j
darinc horseman. Wsrburtos had some '
trouble Pirate did DO? take to the
Idea of breathing Jane and Dick's dust.
he wanted to lead those second-raters
Mr. Jamee' arms ached that afternoon
from the effort he had put forth to re?
strain Pirate and keep him In hi?
proper pisco, ?t? yards to the rear.
Not hin , happened Sunday; the day
went I? uneventfully. He es aped
the or lool of driving her to the Chevy
Cha e Club. William being up a^it
? ?on.
Then Monday came, and with It
Betty's curious nation to ride
?
? wish to ride Pirate, MlssT"
exclaimed Jam? ! >rror of the idea
openly nianifc
Peremptorily.
i find Jane isn't
.?*>'." he
rather you would
I would not make
itlng the
? Of OS one of
them too of her
contempt. I believe I quite
und?;
He bra .?? angry flash of
her e when the
I not reset
sappi of gun metal,
illation ?if the
pup:
"Y?? : at her you s
not."
"Ja: f Saddle
Pira'?
?tables. an? has a bit of a
cold." She with h? r
riding I the
gcnrr ?id; for the day
was w in.:
ihsya !. He was
hurt and angry. and he knew not what
besld. f oaythisg should
happen to her! His hopes rose a bit.
Pirate hod shows ? M far that
morning He docilely permitted his
master to pat '?? iddi Hut
as he cam?* on sS air again, he
threw forward stretched out
his long : ?; took Is a great
brea'h. and whinnied a hoarse chal?
lenge to the ?dements William had
already saddled Hick, who looked
askance at his black rival's small, com?
pact heHs
"I am afraid of him." said Warbur?
ton. as be ratnrsed. "He will run away
"I AM NT AFRAID OF Hilt.
with you. I did not wholly subjugate
k'at the other day He pulls till my
arass ache."
Misa ? ?. nee ley shrugged and petted
Pir?te on the noes sad offered him a
lump of sugar The thirst for fresdras
and a wild run down the wind lurked
lo Pirate'a far-off gazing eyea, and be
Ignored the sign of conciliation which
hla mistress made him.
"I am not afraid of him. Besides,
Dick can outruu and outjump him."
Thia did not reassure Warburton,
sor did he know what thia compari?
son meant, being an ordinary mortal.
"With all respect to you. Miss An
nesley. I am sorry that you are deter?
mined to ride him. He Is moet, em?
phatically not a lady's horse, aas!
have never ridden him. Your aklrta
will irritate him. and if he seee your
?rep. he'll bolt."
She did not r#ply. but merely sig?
nified her deeire to mount. No sooner
was she up however, than abe secretly
regretted her caprice, but. not for e
bundred worlds would she have per?
mitted this groom to know. Bui Pi?
rate w.rn that rare instinct of the
horse, kooor that his mistress was not
sure of him He showed the whites cf
hla eyes and began pawing the BjravsL
The girl glanced ?overtly at her groom
snd found no color In his cheeke. Two
small muscular lump? appeared at the
corners of her Jaws She would ride
Pirat*?, an ? should stop her;
nothing, m Womanlike. >
ing h** wrong, she was
fork)
And Pirate surprised them both.
During thi him?
self la tie most g? fashion;
and ? ? ?Itzed
a liu : ecause he was
full ni lift
and asalksd ?Tar?
barton, h f in
readiness :
relaxed the tea
bla shoulders saal
?able with Pirate
? ith which
Hut
w that the giti would not soon
forge would
be m?jre humll ? bitter pills
for him to swallow. It please?! him,
however, to OOtB the ease with which
Dick kept pace with Pira? e
As for the most beautiful person in
all the great world. I am afraid that
she was beginning to feel self-in.j><>rt
ant Now that her confidence was ful?
ly restored, she ear ?? spoke to
or looked at her groom. Occasionally
from the corner of her eye she could
see the white patch on Dick's nose.
"Jam?s." ehs said malic.ously and
anddenly. "go beck five yards. I wish
to riile alone.**
Warbiirtoa, hie face burning, fell
back. And thus she made ber firet mis?
take The se<ond and final mistake
oame immediately after. She touched
Pirate with her heel, and he broke
from a trot into a lively gallop,
without a t?u-h of the boot, kept hie
distane? 10 a foot Pirate, no longer
seeing Dick at his side, concluded that
he had left his rival behind, and the
suppressed mischief In his black bead
began to find an ? readily he
I arched his peek; ftsaifflj but surely
he drew down ?:? the reins. The girl
! felt the effort and tried to fri
I It. In backing ber pull with her right
band, the so I oi ? Cashed down
the side of Pirate'? keod -the finish?
ing touch There was a wild leap, s
blur of dust. an'.
named after htf freebooting sires, his
bead down where he wanted it. his
feet rolling like a snare-drum. Mr Pa?
led for heaven only
For a bra Warburton lost
h? was ?? horror.
If s!.? lier seat, she
ruiiy basi
? at her
-.?'led it. that Dick,
pl of himself, should have taken
the |a el, for?
merly u ? ?* forward
' magn horas
at ion. or elae
of yonder
M beating
him in a ninni
?ar.
' 1. did
aa all vomen would
m th?? horn and
i held on wind tor?? the
pins fron? her : . !?. like a |
plume, st ser. I Ha\e
you ever read any
fore? I dare sa\ Warburton
end th? girl, it never occurred that
other a through like
episodes It was real, and actual, and
single, and tragic to them.)
Th?? distance the two i>
began slowly to les-i-n. and Warb
understood, In u :.? -'ay. what
the girl had BteBBt when she Raid that
Dick BOOM outrun IMrate If Pira'e
kept to the road. Met would ertisi him
down; but if Pirate took it into his
head to vault a fence! Warburton
shuddered Paster, faster, over this
roll of ?-arth, clattering arrose this
bridge, around this curve and that
angle. Once the sight of a team draw?
ing a huge grain-wagon sent a shiver
to Warburton'? heart. Hut they thun?
dered past with a foot to spare. The
old negro on the seat stared after
them, his ebot iwn with won?
der and the whites of his eyes showing.
Foot by loot, yard by yard, the spare
leaaened. till Dick*? nose was within
three feet of Pirate's Cowing tail.
Warburton fairly lifted Dick along
with his knees. I only wish I could
des<-rit.e Um are as my Jehu told it
to me Tl tlOO held me by the
throat 1 OBOid se*? t lie Cashing by of
trees and houses and fields; the scam?
pering of piccaninnies across the roa I;
the horses from th asj dashing
up to the fences and whinnying; the
flns stone and iaaa which Pirate's rat?
tling heels threw ltit?i my Jehu's face
and eyes; the old pain throbbing
anew in his leg. And when he Anally
drew alongside the black brute and
aaw the white, set face of ?he girl he
loved. I can imagine no greater mo?
ment but one in his life. There was
no fear on her face, but there was ap?
peal la her eyes ss sii? half turned her
head. He leaned or roas the interven tag
opaco and slid his arm around her
waist. The two horses came together
and twisted his leg cruelly. His jaws
snapped.
"Let the stirrup go!" he cried. "Let
I go. quick!" She heard him. "tour
knee from the horn! I can't keep them
together any longer. Now!"
Brav? and plucky and cool she was.
She obeyed him Instantly. There was
a mighty heave, a terrible straining
of the hack and the knees, and Pirate
was freed of his precious burden. The
hardest part of it came now. Dick
could no?? be made to slow down
abruptly. He wanted to keep right on
after his rival. So, between holding
the girl with his right arm and pulling
the horse with hla left. Warburton
saw that he could keep up this terri?
ble effort but a very short time. Her
anas were convulsively wound around
his neck, snd this added to the strain.
Not a word did ahe say; her eyea were
closed, ss if she expected any moment
to be dashed to the earth
But Dick was only a mortal horse.
The fierce run and the double burden
began to tell, and shortly his head
came up. Warburton stopped him.
The girl slid to the ground, and In a
moment he was at her ?id?*. And just
In time The reaction was too much
for her she brushed her
heir from her nred wildly at
Warburton and fainted. He did not
aCSfni precision
I which ? familiar I
He was snatch one of
her arms, thus prevastlsg her head
from striking I Ei? dragged
her to the side ?,? hway and
I her head on his shaking I
Things crew dark for a time. To tell
th?* truth, he himself was very close
to that feminine weakness which the
d '?Hows, tu th?? and ready
paayo, used to call 'vapours." But he
d his h?*fi -lelf.
And whst do pos BBBpSB? th?? rascal
with OOBOdj but Dick to S
Why, he dTd what any healthy
young man in love WOSld have d
press? ho girl's hair,
his eyes filling and half a sob in his
parched throat H ? dolOCally pactBSSi
himself a BaSdsrs Ant I ? og ?if
? nd never confessing It. Then be
1 her hair again, only h??r hair.
for sot ? that her lips were
as yet inviolable to his Um.
Fainting is but transitory; by and
by she opened her eyes and stared
vaguely into the face above her. I do
not know what ahe saw there; what?
ever it was caused her to struggle to
There was color enough
now; and there was a
SSSStlos t'??. in : 01 War?
burton it ask? I at did >?>u do
when I lay thfa us?" I'm
afraid there was color lu his fan ??
Her gaze Imm?diat??! ? roved Bf the
road. There was no Pirate, only a
ha/.? of .' btless he waa still
going it. dSHgStSi over the trouble he
had managed to brtBf about. Warbur
elt at the girla side and brushed
the dust from b??r skirt. She eyed
him curiously. I shan't say that she
smiled; I don't know, for I wasn't
Meanwhile ahe made several futile
attempts to put up her hair, and as a
finality she hrahl???! it and let it hang
hot beck. Suddenly and unac?
countably she grew angry?angry at
herself, at James, at the ISfSlTy horse
that had brought her pass.
Warburton saw something of *his emo?
tion in her eyes, and to ?
he wh Dick, pi? ked up the
reins, ami |sd him ha?
"If you will mount Dick, Miss, ' he
said. "I'll load him SOI ;tbout
five miles. I should
The futility and absurdity ?if her
anger grossed h?*r sense of the rldftca
inile. warm Bad merry,
! face. It sur
I her BjOOSi
"Thank you. Jan.e* You
right. I OSghl not to have ridden
Pirate. I am punished for my conceit..
Pt?r? mflea? ! ? loag walk."
"I shan't mind it in the least," r?*
and
he helped her to the d ad
! the l?*f;
irney horn??
Bjtrssgsly ?songa, netti ed to
car?* particularly what had ?ir micbt
become of l'i rat?? li eared.
mentally and ; thing
1.G AT TUE OIRLS 8IDB.
dampened the journey for Warburton.
His "game leg" ached cruelly, anj
after the second mile (which was tra?
versed without speech from either of
them), he fell into a slight limp Prom
her beat above and behind him. she
saw this limp.
"You have hurt yourself?" she asked
gently.
"Not to-dsy. Miss."-briefly.
"When he ran away with you?"
"No. It's an old trouble."
"While you were a soldier?"
"Yes."
"II. w?"
He turned In surprise. All these
questions were rather unusual. Never?
theless he answered her, and truth?
fully.
"I was shot In the '.eg by a drunken
Indian."
"While on duty?"
"Yes." Unconsciously he was for?
getting to add "Miss", which was the
patent of his servility. And I don't
think thst Just then she noticed tftio
subtraction from the respect due her.
It was eleven o'clock when they ar?
rived at the gates She dismounted
alone. Warburton was visibly done
up.
"Any orders for this afternoon.
Miss?"
"I shall want the victoria st three.
I have some shopping to do and a call
to make. Send William after Pirate.
I am very grat?*ful *Bl what you have
done."
Ho made no reply, for he saw her
father coming down the steps.
"Betty," sa'd the colonel, pale and
woirled. "have you been riding Pirate?
Where he is. and what in ?he world hao
happened?"?noting the dust on her
habit and her tangled hair.
She explained She told the story
rather coolly Warburton thought, but
she left out no detail.
"You have James to thank for my
safety, father. He was very calm and
clear-headed."
Calm and clear-headed! thought
Warburton.
The girl then entered the house,
humming. Most women would have
got out the lavender salts and lain
down the rest of the day. considering
the imilla? of a fashionable dinner,
which was the chief duty of the even
"I am grateful to you, Jan
daughter is directiy in your care when
aud I give you full authorl
Never permit her to mount any
iiut her own. She is all I have.
and if anything should happen to
her?"
OS, sir; I u? derstand."
The colonel followed liis d uighter;
and Warburton l?*d IM< k to the stables,
gave orders to William, and flung
himself down on his cot. He was
tired. And the hour he had
dreaded had com??' He bad to dri -1
fJhrSSgh the shopping distri? ' Wen, so
be it. If any one exposed him. vary
good. Th. was de?
cidedly like work And th?-re was that
conf?>un?1*'d dinner-party, and BO would
have to P?
soup plates!
?
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TO BE CONTINUED.
GQ
Th- Pother, I have just sold
that ? ? |
Th?? Now you'll be
I - liatlBg and go Into some
kind of bu Philadelphia Bulle?
tin.
No Doubt of That.
:ievo
f the
any
plOIlt ?
tO the
Oil with
"Will you mart
? givo
off on?
Extinct.
term
'your
Mr. 11
"thet- . h thing the.se days."?.
.-un.
Prjof Positive.
"I am sure now that George loves
me."
>w did you find out?"
He wat ?bed me sharpen a pencil
and didn't laugh ossi I ? eland
Leader.
Finer French.
The American Tourist?I suppose 1
opeak broken French, eh, Henri?
The Walter?Not eggsactly, M'slenr.
You hai a word decaer 1 bea It bettaire
let me aee?ah, yes?it la pulverised.?
Puck.
Bound to Get There.
Casey?Well, good luck to ye la yei
now Job. 'Tie nervy of ye to try it. bui
suppose ye don't achieve success?
Cassldy?Faix, if I don't I'll hov to
?scossd widout H.?Philadelphia Presa.
Usually.
"What is the difference between rep?
arte? and insult?"
"If the other fellow is esaaller than
yon are. It la repartee; if he Is larger
ft lo insult."?Houston Post.
An Expensive Speech.
He?Your new hat Is charming, but I
fancy it doesn't go well with thst dress.
She (enchanted)?Oh. you dear old
hobby, so you really mean to buy me a
drees so well? -Tit-Bite.
Complet e.
"What are your qualifications for
as onte*? boy ?"
"Well. air. I can do anything from
filling Inkstands to attending direc?
tors' meetmgs."?Ufe.