Wichita eagle., 1890-03-09

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"I hare had the self co,aceit taken out of me
pretty efectuaity tonight"
"Well, should not have been very
easy about you.
1 "Done:" said Will: 1--WE should have
gone to bed and slept as usual"
Il know you wouldn't; my mother
would not have slept wink. and you
would have set out to seek for me-"
IF you have lost some self conceit,
you have still some left, Katie" said
Will.
1T is not self conceit. know quite
well you would have been dreadfully put
about"
Il don't know that shall ever let you
go away again alone; you show neither
presence of mind nor resource. You
might have got into the train and paid
the fare when you reached Coldburgh,
or you might have waited for the next
train and taken cab from Coldburgh, :"
her brother said.
Il did not think they would let me
travel without ticket, and cab would
| nave Oeen very expensive.
You could have had wedding in the
/ garden for fortnight at nirepence a
/ day, and that would have paid it. but
suppose you prefer begging to honest la
| Dor. hope you see your error"
mo. don't. Who would have thought
they would not give change at a railway
station? l never heard of such thing
before don't believe it is common. and
I still think did the best l could do in
the circumstances"
"You must at least be convinced now
that women are not equal to men-that
they have neither the large hearts nor
the broad faith nor the very gray brains
that men have"
''Oh, l dare say the man who gave me
the shilling had good heart am sure
of that-but don't see that he needed
brains for the action"
His brains must be very curiously
twisted, though richly fed with blood
vessels, to enable him to take your meas
ure correctly, which he seems to have
done; and feel obliged to him."
Very well. give me dozen postage
stamps and FL address them to him;
you'll post them tomorrow morning"
She took out her note book and read
for the first time the words, james
Jameson, Justinlee, Kingsburgh.' He
is James the son of james. Justinlee-
that's rather pretty name; did you ever
hear it before, Will?'
Il think have; it's farm as far on
the other side of Coldburgh as we are on
this"
How shall I write it," she asked
"Mr or ESQ.,"
''Oh, Esq to be sure" said VIII. 81
address every human being as Esq. from
the queen on the throne to the beggar on
the dunghill, unless they have some other
title; good words cost little and are worth
much"
"Well, I've just said, Tuesday night,
Oct. 10, with hearty thanks l have
dated it. for want him to see that have
lost 10 time. VIII that De-
"Oh, yes; l dare say you might have
omitted both date and thanks, but it is
no matter.
But it is matter; it would be blank
thing to get only the stamps; and l was
very thankful, l can tell YOU
VIII put the letter in his pocket to post
in the morning, but his memory regard
ing some things had folds in it as well as
his brain, and when an article got into
them it at times did not get out in a
hurry, which was the case with this let .
ter; he never remembered more OF it till /
about a fortnight after, when he was
searching his pockets for bit of paper
to light the gas. He pulled it out, and |
looking at it said, Il declare. Katie, /
James Jameson, Esq. will think you are
swindler as sure as anything: here are /
his stamps lying snCS in my pocket yet.
That is excessively vexatious," said |
Katie, and the tears almost sprang to her
eyes.
Never mind, Katie" said her mother,
"it does not signify; they'll DO yet"
Il said / would send them next day, |
and what will he think Katie said
Just that you're swindler. BE
should have asked for reference be-
fore he parted with his coin; he has
only himself to blame" said Will.
Come. it's not worth while vexing
yourself about it. I'll post it when go
out, and keep it in my hand till / DO
post it.
Give it to me-" she said. land I'll
explain the delay to him; l can't do
less" And she wrote on the outside of
the envelope: Il gave this to my brother
to post a fortnight ago, and he forgot;
please excuse the delay" then inclosed
it in another envelope and said: Il
would take it to the post myself, if
thought you could possibly forget it
again."
Il shall not do that, for have other
letters to send away-business letters
that must not be forgotten"
".
As Mr.. Jameson returned home two
days after over the same line OF railway,
he said 20 himself: NY shilling viii De
waiting for me when l get back 1t
was not merely from general benevo-
ence he thought this, or because the
bright look Of the girl as ne passed her
carriage window had stuck ike burr 10
lis memory, but he felt that he had pit
ted his wisdom against that OF his aun,
and cousin, the Wrights. and he very
much wished 70 be triumphant. This
asst was small motive, but unfos;u-
lately people are occasionally subject to