Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24

happy without you. know you
know that I am a gentleman; / even
think you like me q little and VIII
soon like me more. / can offer you q
name upon whose honor no stain has
ever fallen. Of course we are both
too young for an immediate mar
riage, but I hope that some day we
may become all and all to each other.
1 viii call to see you this afternoon
at 2, and hope for an answer which
viii make me happy. Til then and
always, Your own
"'GODFREY.' ,"
''My dear Miss Maud, your own
Godfrey" repeated Miss Fortescue.
''Ah, my child, did not warn thee?
Well what to dO?"
Maud covered the portrait with an
impetuOus movement.
''Ill give the presumptuOus youth
a little lesson" she answered. ''AIr.
McAllister says he has an exalted idea
of his powers; that he's been virtually
engaged to a little girl down at his
home for some time past -
As 2 o'clock approached Mr.. God
frey's heart beat with confident ex-
hilaratiOn. He meant to show his
friend McAllister q thing or two.
McAllisteF had undertaken to remind
him of Mable Clare. He tossed his
head as he remembered this. Il
guess there amt many girls but
would be glad of a chance at me,
he said, as he set out for Miss Satter-
lees studio. He expected that Maud
would be shy at first. But gradually
she would come around. Hepurchas-
ed a large bunch of roses as he pro-
ceeded on his way.
Maud was alone apparently. She
smiled and took the roses with many
thanks.
spray sit down, p" she said. ''YOu
look quite warm.
Mr.. Godfrey drew up a chair.
''YOu received my nOte?'
''YOW nOte?" Oh, yes, of course. 3"
"And what did you think of the
idea?' he queried, with delightful sell
cOmplacency.
"What did Think Why, OfcOurse,
I thought you meant it as Joke
Pm sure I hope you did, because you
know, or rather you ought to know,
though, perhaps, you don't know,
and Pm sure I'd feel dreadful if
thought you'd been led to suppose
the truth is, Mr.. Warning, I'm engaged
to a gentleman who is now in
EurOpe!"
Godfrey turned pale.
''EngagedE' he cried, tragicaIly.
''Why, for that matter, so am 1. But
I'd break any engagement for yOuP'
Maud arose, looking very grave.
81 am sorry to hear you say so. L
have heard so much about southern
honor"
"But you won't decide at once, he
stammered. promise me to think
it over"
Miss Maud regarded him colby.
"YOu must have misunderstood
me. There is nothing further to be
said, and-Will you please excuse me?''
she turned toward the other room,
and Godfrey had no choice but to
leave. He was in such a state OF
mind between disappointment and
chagrin that he left his hat upon the
sofa and went bareheaded all the way
down to the street.
He had gone half a block when ne
discovered why people were staring
at him. Then could he go back? Oh,
no! And yet the hat was new, and
Godfrey was just a little close about
unnecessary expense. He therefore re-
turned and climbed the stairs softly,
hoping she might still be in the inner
room and would not hear him enter.
But as he reached the threshold of
the studio he was greeted with an
astonishing sight. Not only Maud,
but also Miss FOrtescue hademerged
from the inner room; they apparent
ly were taking great pleasure in re-
garding a picture on the easel, which
had been moved from it's customary
position. They stood with their backs
to the door.
can excellent likeness" said Miss
FOrtescue and the two young ladies
laughed heartily.
81 might pity him, " said Maud, eli
he Weren' t so capable Of pitying-nO,
adjoining himself"
just then they moved a little, and
Godfrey caught a glimpse of his own
portrait, ragged, halted, flannel gar
mented-plainly almost a caricature.
For a moment he was fairly stun
ned; then, turning, he fed, hatless as
before and choking with gasps of
rage and modification, to the street.
He ran thus for several blocks before
he thought of a halter.
He kept out of McAister's sight
that evening and for several days af-
ter. But gradually he came to him
self and wrote to the long neglected
Mabel?-Lily Curry Tyner in New
/ York Mercury.
Gliding an Immense Dome.
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