The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-01

''Ahl your father repeated my TO
mark" no said, slightly coloring
Eyes, or shouldn't have known Cd
1t, as I wasn't eavcsdropping."
He would have gladly climbed down,
but she detained him with this ques-
tioning romark;
"You place q protty high estimate
upon yourself, don't you?"
Eyes, rather" he answered, now de-
tcrmincd to DO bold.
ut is strange that mover hoard OF
you," she said. ~ was looking ovor q
sort OF encyclopedia of great mon just
before L camc here, and it Is singular
that your picture was not In it."
'"The compiler of tho book called on
mo-" no replied, "but refused to be-
come tho victim of u cheap print. He
wanted my picture, and had intended
that 1t should fill ono page and run
over on the second, but refused"
'And I suppose" said tho girl, THAT
II he had contemplated putting in your
self-importancc, no would have counted
on filling the entire book"
81 don't know, but had no dono SO,
his volume would have been more re-
spectacle"
''Ohl 1t must be delightful to DO 80
respectable" she exclaimed, with we'll
played enthusiasm by tho way. who
was your fathcr?"
Ellis name is Andrew Miles"
"What does he do?'
~IIe is lawyer"
'Ah! A strange country this, where
the aristocracy Is mainly composed OF
lawyers What was your grandfather.
or did you over hear Of him?"
Miles blushed Ho had heard In a
moro or less vague way of one of his
grandfathors-had heard that no was a
cobblcr md that no had deserted from
the army during tho war of 1914
'Oh! don't tax your memory with
trying to recall his name I am SO
glad to have met you," she suddenly
exclaimed 81 like TO SEQ gentleness
and consideration joined with great
ness Now, sir, II you feel disposed to
climb down you would oblige mo by
doing So"
Miles climbed down and tho young
lady screnely passed on.
Tho season was growing late. and
there were but few visitors remaining
Miles continued to linger, partly Boz
cause it made but little difference
whore no was, and partly because he
didn't want that Miss Beck to think
that she had driven him Off He met
her every day, and spoke, In reply to
her, his little piece of sarcasm One
day while the girl was playing on the
piano he strobe into the parlor. Sho
ceased playing upon seeing him, and
turning, said:
"I don't object to mild punishment,
but l will not torture you with my
music"
s'You arc becoming considerable as the
days pass by"
eyes, and am tired Of playing, any
way. Isn't it n great pity that father
dsn't worth four hundred thousand dol
lars?"
3, "Why SOP"
: because no might then be-abae to
marry mo OFF,"
Possibly. Some tncn orc noA very
particular"
And" said she, II am convinced that
tho majority OF women ore not partiou-
lar at all"
The old man appeared In tho door.
His faco was haggard and o wild look
was in his oyee-
Minnie" ho falteringly called,
Winnie, como here"
She ran to him and Miles heard him
soy: II am ruined. That iron com
pany Is busted up and am ruined"
A newspaper which came that oven
Ing gavo an account of the sudden
failure OF q large iron concern at Bir-
mingham; and old man Beck was men
toned as not only heavy loser, but as
totally banlzrupted by tho failures 49,
/: II WIS rnthcr lnte at night Tho
Becks wcrc arranging their departure.
Miles was sitting In the parior when
Miss Becls entered Seeing him, she