Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-26


manner. He was bent on making
astnol of himself that way, and.Le
was ;IlzMo snrtdisappointed.
OpeilsaGds obvious devotion from
MA, 81 i ems;
s 81.
I Bffg. d 5ailS
man s6i The world, scnnld max 9E 8, g
nothing OF Hamnasyde's admiras
tion.
He wonIl take any amount of
tronble-le was a selfish man hab-
itnaIly-to meet and forestall. II
possible, herwishes. Anything she
told him TODD was lau; and he was.
there conld he no dnnbiing II. fond
other company 80 long aSShrtilk-
ed to him. and fepton talking abont
trivialtips. Bnt when she launch
ed into expression of her personal
views ana her wrongs, those small
social differences rilat make the
spicp OF Sim!a life. HaEnaSytle was
neither pleased nor Interested. He
didn't wanttolnowanything about
Mrs. Landys- Haggert or her eXpe-
rencps IN the lmst-she bad travel
ell nearly all over The world and
conld tall, cleverly-he wanted the
likeness of Alice Clisanc before his
eyesan,l her voice in his ears. Any
thing ontSi,lc that reminding him
Of another personality Jared, and
he showed that itdid.
Under the new pnstotlice, one
evening Mrs I,andys Haggertturn-
ed on Him and spoke her mind
shortly and without warning. !Mr.
Hannasvsle.n said she, twill yon be
good enoug|, to explain why You
have appointed vourSelfmy special
cavalier serventeg / don't under
stand il. But / am perfectly GER
tain somehow or. other that you
don't care the least little BIT in the
world for me.n This seems toSnp-
port. by tle way, the theory that
no man can ACT or trlllie 10 II wo-
man without being fonndoul. Han
l,asydp WAS tallen off his guard.
Ills defense never was a strong
Que. hecause.be WAS always think
ing of himself, and he hlurted out
Eefore he knew. wiatliewas saying
this inexpedient answer: "No more
| dor >s- $50.
The qrcerncss Of the situation
and the reply made Mrs. Landys-
Haggprt Iangh. .1litn il ali came
out, and at The end of HannasNdr's
lucid explanation Mrs. iIaggert
said, with the least tonc!i of Scorn
in her voice: so Pm toact as the
lay figure tor yon to hang the rags
of your tat'ered affections on, am
II"
HannaSvdc didn'G see what aus
wer was required, and he devoted
himself generally and vaguely to
the praise of Alice Chsane. which
WAS unsatisfactory. Now it Is 10
he thoroughly made clear that
Mrs. Haggrrt had not the shadow
of a ghost of an interest in Han
nasydr. Only-only no woman
likes being made love through i'll.
stead Of to-spccially on behalf OF
nnsty divinity of four years
standing.
Iiaulrasy,lc did not SEQ that he
had made any very particular ex
hibit;on o. himself. He WAS glad
TO find II sympathetic soul III the
ard wastes of S'nlla.
When rhe season ended Hanna
syde went down to his own place
and Mrs. Haggert to hers. SIT
WAS like making love 10 a ghost"
said Hannasyde to himself. land
Lii doesn't matter; and now III get
to my work." But he found him
self thinking steadily of the liag.
rert .ChiSane GHOST; and heconld
not be certain whether it WAS Llag-
geri or Chisane flat made UP the
greater part of the pretty phan-
tom.
He got understanding Il month
later.
A peculiar point OF this peculiar
country is fire way in which a
beartless government transfers
men from one end of the empire to
the other. You can never be sure
of getting rid of a friend oran
enemy rill he or she dies. There
was Il case once-but that's anotf
er story. /,
Haggert's department ordered
him up from Dindignl to the fron-
tier at two days notice, and he
went through. losing money at
every step. He dropped Mrs. Hag-
CERT at Lucknow, TO stay with
some friends there TO take part in
a big ball at the Chntter Munz:l.
and to come on when he ilati biaue
the new home little comfortable.
Lucknow was HannaSyde'S sta
ton, and Mrs. Haggert stayed a
week there. Hannasydc went TO
meet her. Aud the train c"Ine III,
he discovered, which he had been
thinking of for the past'monih.
The unwisdom Of his conduct also
struck hin. The Lucknow week,
with two dances and an unlimited
quantity of rides together, clinched
lnaSters; and Hannasyde found
himself pacing this circle OF
Thought. He adored Alice CHI.
saIip--at least he bad alored her
And he admired Mrs. Landys. HaS'
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