The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-28

NTaNStldN tNtpitl liit uugt CdFdNdHSaTS
again. 1t was six in the evening when he
commenced his dinner there; it was half
past eight ere he had finished 1t was q
quarter to nina when he took the liberty of
proceeding TO the counting house, which
Miss DAILY was thinking of closing for the
night as he appeared.
Good evening, Miss DAILY, l trust you
will excuse SO late visitor"
Certainly, major"
They shook hands together, and then Ruth
DAILY asked if he had been in the country on
abroad.
why should you think thats' he asked.
almost peremptorily.
Il thought YOU dined here very frequently
at least understood you to say so, re-
marked Miss DAILY
Il did say SO | used to dine here very
frequently said the ma or; but l have
altered my habits lately.
Indeed
Besides" lie added, with suddenness
which male Miss DAILY jump Il did not
want TO be spy again upon You and my
nephew. IL thought If he chose to come
here, AMI had made up his mind to come
here, had better keep away, and leave Won
10 yourselves
THAT wa, very Kind of you,7 said Miss
DAILY, quietly; but his people would have
been very much alarmed, and not at all
obliged 10 you.
al don't care said the major, bluffiy.
"Oh, but you did care once"
I'm not afraid now of your making fool
Of nv nephew, or of my nephews being able
! TO make a fco of Won be said. And 1t has
| struck me that If he were really in love with
Won he could not have a more sensible wife.
| and the sooner YOU settled the matter the
| better, if its coming round to that There
Thank you,7 SAID Miss DAILY.
"An1 if he has said anything to you-he's
| internally ,lv, and can't make him out at
all should Ike
Il have not spoken to Mr.. Todd That
| gentleman does not know | am at the lnter-
| national" interrupted Miss Daily
Not YETI" exclaimed The major And
vou don't want hun 10 know, perhapsF
! 81 should leave the place at once if h
knew | was here, and if he h,ct me as foolish
! a fellow as he was at the Junctt1n," replied
Miss DAILY, firmly
Il thought of telling him YOU were hero
="
@H YOU do I will never speak to you
again" cried Miss Daily
The major looked astonished: but he took
her band, promised not to tell young Todd.
hoped be had not offended her, and went his
way
He came very regularly TO the lnterna-
tional after this: he altered his habits again
| He was evidently man not very long OF
one mind, thought Miss DAILY The Old
| Cronies' club. Pail Mall saw very little #
| him once more Its peace and rest, its
| capacious arm chairs in the smoke room. Its
snug dining room, where the viands were to
/ his taste, and the walters not hungry for
| fees. were all deserted for the stir and hustle
| of the fash esta blishment at Lambeth Bridge
| and the mixed assembly which poured into
its mammoth dining room every evening at
six, and talked and laughed loudly, and went
out red-fsced and staring into the streets
| The major did not speak to Miss DAILY on
every occasion that he patronizei the In
ternational: on the contrary, he kept his dis.
! fanca to an inordinate extent and was con
tent with n good evening once week He
knew she in the counting houSe-safe IN
| the counting house-and that no young Todd
| was hanging about the doors, and that was
enough for him and his purpose, For hi
purpose, thought Miss DAILY, little indlg'
nantlv, now and then was 10 keep his eve
upon her, to suspect her: his mission in life
was to keep guard on his nephew and her
! self despite all that she had said As if she
were not to BE- believed and trusted; as if he
had any right to watch her in this odd
meaningless fashion: as if IL swered anv
good purpose. or would have been of any
u-e. had she been disposed to ASSERT her
rights, and elu1e his old fashioned vigilance
And vet he was not a spy, and scarcely
acted like one. He had expressed his horrol
IF PLAYING the spy oven and seemed an earn
est tbourhtfpI cr,ye Gentleman at mos
t;rnas She wo,dercd why he came so offer
IN tho Irtor,,tioua, for che was SIRE he dit
NOT lilo tho bota, and che copId not under
s,,,d ybv he ,rt himself ont Of the way 81
fr4npeptIy TO exchange few words with
Mr. Frezhwater, she being also sure that HI
did not like MIR Frezhwater, whose manner
were obtrusive and cloud" and whose hea(
had haan not n littIa turned nv the success o
his mammoth establishment He mus
com, to make SIRE his nephew was no
boverinp about still otherwise there Seemed
fo he no valid reason why he should take 81
much pains to render himself uncomfort
| able
Ono dav be o,rra 10 the bo;el before Glove,
:, Tho ,porr;nr dressed i, :, new s,rtou
cont with a fower in his buttoubole and
hot so ciossv that bo mtght have shave,
h;,n,o,f i ne marched To The couptiu,
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