humble love at you mean me she said looking up at companion yes he replied earnestly that is just what i mean was the one who first thought of you but i saw in an instant what a fine thing it would be neither of us has anything to of in the way of expectations but we shall do our best if you say it is settled we will look for immediately and begin to pick out the and for your new kitchen wanted to think of the matter for another day but was so persistent and represented the scheme in such bright colors that before he left her that night she had given her full consent within a week the flat was secured a set of rooms up three flights of stairs on sixth street overlooking some picturesque if not over clean back yards of the neighborhood when s furniture was moved in and the necessary purchases made the place looked remarkably there was a striking between some of the expensive things he brought and some of the very cheap ones they had to purchase but all three of the new tenants were in too good humor to find anything but amusement in this fact a diamond pin had been sacrificed at the first start to the and it was announced with positive glee that a balance of was in the treasury with everything paid for including an advance month s rent of the premises it was admitted on all sides that developed wonderful capacity declared with his p that he had never dined better even in the days when he made the grand tour the coffee she prepared in the morning was decidedly superior he solemnly to that served by any de in dear he liked to sit in the kitchen and watch her with her sleeves rolled up at the dish pan or the bread board when was out the town in search of something to do and his manners were so good and his temper so that he became as agreeable a companion as could be asked he had a shrewd way of seeming to admit s in though he never actually made any allusion to it believing that they enjoyed themselves better alone he got into the habit when the six o clock dinner was over of going out to see a friend and seldom returning before ten at the earliest but if he heard that intended to walk out with he would take a book or magazine and settle himself in their of a parlor announcing that he would spend the evening at home the apprehensions that had felt were soon into perfect repose by the admirable conduct of his friend though did not apply in person for any situation he wrote a number of letters in response to newspaper one of the reasons he gave for remaining at home so much during the day was that he wanted to be in when the mail arrived if he were sent for in haste he wished to be ready to respond but the letters he deposited in the box over the way were much more numerous love at seventy than those which the brought the only one he was sure of came three times a week from and was answered as regularly in one of these letters he learned of the visit that mr made to though she did not give a full account of all that passed between them he assured me she wrote that you were a very naughty fellow but i refused to listen though i fear he had some basis of truth for what he wanted to say i told him to his face that i loved you that nothing would ever make me change and that as soon as you were ready for me i should marry you then he threatened saying that he had intended to leave me all his money but that now i shall get nothing as if that would make any difference i fear he will be unpleasant to mamma and perhaps she will join forces with him people used to say he meant to marry her i wish he would for she me very much she is so afraid of poverty that she lies awake nights thinking of it keep up good courage darling all will come out right in time in a subsequent letter she made the interesting statement that tom had asked for s address and that the girl suspecting some trick of mr s had given him an reply pretending that she did not know it this set to thinking he had known tom from they had been unusually good friends and he did not believe anything would persuade the old man to injure him if wanted his address it must be for some good reason at dinner that evening he talked the matter over with his he is a shrewd old fellow said he and there is a possibility that he has something of importance to tell me he s a poor hand at letter writing and the best way to get at the bottom of the matter would be to see him personally but the trouble is he s not much of a traveller he would consider a journey to new york as serious a matter as i should one to i don t think he s been ten miles from in thirty years for me to go to him has its difficulties and dangers so you see i really don t know what to do looked as if the problem was too deep for him while on the other side of the table expressed sympathy in her sober face i say couldn t you run up there for a day or two exclaimed suddenly i said to be sure you would not run the slightest risk may have something to say that we ought to hear and then i 