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She made saucy bow and said:
"But, grandma, you don't know a:
Mr.. Maddox will care to receive any
kindness from me. should not give
! him quite so many bundles to carry
however. Why, grandma, what have
you got in them all?"
NO matter, you saucy girl. Mr.
Maddox, arc you willing to take
charge of such u vile thing?' II con-
slider myself most fortunate to have
the chance. But the cars are about
TO start, and VIC had better 90 on at
once"
So the young lady bade her friends
good bye, and lri.rcd alongside her
gracious hero, who handed her ill.,,
and swept past his nngracious chum,
to take the same scat the old lady had
occupied, enjoying the little episode
exceedingly.
The young lady was intelligent as
we'll as pretty, and chattcd with llar-
ry as if she had known him for years.
After a while he thought he would
90 and sec how his friend was feeling,
so excnsing himself he left the pretty
May and returned TO the former.
"Who is that handsome girl ?" was
the first inquiry.
"She is that old lady's grandaugh-
ter" replied Harry.
Introduce mo, won't you?"
"Indced | shall not do anything Of
the kind" -.
"Why not?"
"Brcause. did not feel privileged
to take any such liberty. l have just
been introduced myself. o. "
"She is tho handsomest girl have
seen this long time, and if you don't
introduce me, | will manage some
way to make her acquaintance, you
sec if | don't"
81 hope, for your own sake You will
do nothing rude.
= "Don't be concerned about that,
beg Of sou. But do think, Maddox,
that you might be good naturcd
enough to introduce an old chum like
me.- She is deuccd pretty, too. Why,
here flash like stars!" ~.
eyes; and she is fully as agreeable
as she is pretty. never met Il brigh-
ter, moro intelligent girl. Sorry that
l don't feel well enough acquainted
to introduce friend. Good bye,
Sam: there is something really mag
nctic about that young girl. | feel
drawn to her in way that is quite
incomprehcnsible, so / will bid you
good bye and 80 back to enjoy her
society once more" and with Il pro
volling smile, Harry left his compan-
ion. who could only enjoy the privi-
Iegc Of looking at the attractive little
lady
lie watched the two in quite dis
consolatc manner, for to tell the
truth, he had fallen desperately in
love with May, and cnvicd Harry.
every bcaming glance and smilc that
she bestowed upon him. She was
going to visit in the worry town where
the young mon lived, so that our hero
had the pleasure Of her society for
several hours, during Which tlmc
their acquaintance ripcned very rap
idly, and when they parted, Nay gave
him cordial invitation to visit hor,
which he accepted with evident de-
light and very sooa took advantage
of.
Tho young lady was visiting her
aunt, q Mrs. Cook, who knew Harry
by reputation. and welcomed him
graciously to- her house. Soon he
became i frequent visitor, and then
offered to give his friend Samuel Bur-
leigh, the introduction he had for
some time tcsiscd, and which he now
eagerly acquired, becoming there
upon q more constant caller than
Harry himself
One evening number Of young
people were collected in Mrs. Cooks
elegant parlors, when the conversa-
tion happened, to die OUT for awhile.
May proposed that each should tell a
story.
The. he.propostion met with genera!
approval and was carried out with
great zest and enjoyment by all con-
cernfd; laughter and applause PROV
inc the success of each narrator.
When it came May sturn, she gave
full and livcl y account OF tho incl
dents just related, repeating the con.
vcrsation Of the young men almo t
word for word. uarry's face grew
rcddcr and rcddcr, and would ccr-
tainly have betrayed him if May had
once glanced in his direction, but she
carefully avoided meeting his eyes.
":Sam in the meantime, instead Of
being red, grew very pale, for in this
sudden disclosure Of his rudcncss,
he read \he downfall Of his dearest
hopes, and excusing himself very
soon after he took his departure, an
CRY and mortified enough.
The next morning he called bright
and early at the office of Maddox
and saluted him at once with the ex-
clamation:
81 say, Harry, that was a pretty
mean trick you served mc!'
"What do you mean ?"
"Why. telling May Stanton all that
ridiculous story.
az cvcrtold her one word about it,
and I am just as muchin the dark as
| you are"
aYou never told hcrI Who in this
world was it, then?"
81 have not thc slightest idea, but |