The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

IlhR LILO uOOI u1t6T u1u Oh las
ance, so that he could hear all that
might be said. This was not much that
could entertain or instruct him, consist
ing only Of the, old woman's usual re-
counting of the malaG ,es which she could
not have possibly had if she had been
poor and obliged to walk instead Of ride,
and the occasional musical tones of Ill
liam, answering my questions, or encour-
aging her aunt. yer a quarter of an
hour was passed in this way, which
would have been longer had not Lillian,
knowing that I had Glenn in another
room waiting for me, hurried Miss
Megrims away.
"Who is that, Doc?" said Glenn, ca
gerly, as he rushed back into the room
as soon as the Office door had closed on
the ladies. .
"Fhatsthe rich Miss M grims," I said.
"She's got more money than she's got
time to spend it in, and so plays sick"
ooh, pshaw!" he said petulantly, II
don't mean the old one.
"Ah! that's her niece and supposable
heiress, Miss Lillian Brown!"I replied,
carelessly. "She's rather pretty!"
"Rather prc:tyl" he almost shouted.
by the great ichthyosaurus, sir, she's
lovely: simply lovely. I never saw any
'nihS "oie ociuIlluA Ill NY entlre eXlSC-
enc e."
Gone" I thought to myself. '.ais
brain has given way" and 1 took poor
Glenn by the hand and felt his pulse.
ooh, I'm all right, Doc" he said,
laughing, and then resuming his seat
upon the lounge and becoming quite
calm. Butt really she is very handsome.
and I don't know that I've ever seen any
one that has made such an impression on
me. Can't you introduce me, do stor!"
"Oh, you're too much mixed up with
M~egatheriums and Prehistoric Power to
even talk seusibly to a lady, and Miss
Brown is a very sensible and practical
girl"
"Oh! bother the megatheriums and
prehistorics. Pm not thinking of them
just now. I want an introduction to Miss
Brown" said Glenn, earnestly.
"IW give it to you tomorrow" I an
swered, IF you'll promise to do just
what I tell you until then"
"Certainly, I WILL" he exclaimed
eagerly.
Every we'll. am to call on Miss Me-
grims tomorrow at 3 p. NJ. Promise me
that you won't open n book, touch q pen,
or think Of megatheriums or prehistorics
until then, ,and that you will go to the
theatre with me tonight. and will take
you with me tomorrow"
"Done" he said, enthu siastically.
"Then We'll go and take a walk in the
Park" and [ sh ,ok hands with Glenn on
the ba-glin. and we marched away for q
smoke and n talk all about Lillian Brown.
That night 1 took Clcm to see an ex-
ceedingly funny Iurlesquc. and was graf
flied at his appreciation of it in hearty
bursts of laughter, and tho following day
he made his appearance ut the Office
faultlessly dressed, something l had not
known HIM to he Stree. he embraced
science, aud looking so much handsomcr
and better than the day be:o:e that It
hardly seemed he W S the same man. OF
course / carried out my promise, and of
course Miss Megrims looked surprised at
my bringing Glen, but diu not care for
that. for at the same time I saw Miss
Lillian was gratiie.l.
For the first time within my memory
Miss Megrims seemed to for ct her all
ments, and devoted herself to Glenn. who
had corralledLillian on the opposite eide of
the room and appeared to be making the
best use possible ofhis time, which, l had
warned him, could not be more than ff-
teen minutes. She eyed him with a look
that amounted almost to q glare, and
poured in brralside after broads;de of
qu' stions about him that would
have taken tie skill of a diplo-
mat to answer, though of course
I did it as favo:ab!y a I could for Clem,
impressed with the idea that Miss Nc
grims did not want her niece to marry at
all, or have gentlemen friends, and that
cha n nrcSIa~ II ha~ ~@ -.
twunty-to think of such a thing at all.
When Glenn got in:o the street he was in
raptures. Lillian was al angel; her
beauty was almost beyond tho earth,
md her voice music itself. He was in
love, and Lillian had asked him to call
ngain-which, bv the way, I had noticed
was more than Miss Megrilns did.
Well. time sped on, and | saw plainly
that Glen had dropped everything but
Lillian. I saw him every day, and heard
NIL about it, He had called again and
had been rebiffed by Miss Megrims. He
had called several times more, but Miss
| Megrims never left the room. Glenn did
not intend to be rebuffcd, but Miss Nc
grims finally dcniel him the house or an
, opportunity Of seeing Lillian. Then I
stepped in and carried a formal proposal
to Mis- Megrims, which I backed up
with my best efforts. but received q for
nal refusal. Miss Megrims did not in
tend that her niece should marry for
some years to come.
My reply to this selishness was my be-
coming letter bearer between the lovers,
and n few days after ward they met In
Central Park, although it must have
been n hard job for Lillian t, have got
ten the chance. From the meeting
Glenn rushed into the Office, exclaiming: