The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-20

him since ! put the stuff on him, and it
seems to be a good, reliable, fast color. BY
lingo, ! believe it's good enough for me-"
Sydney" said ], impressively, this is
lunncy. In the first place, the whole town
"Pve thought of that he replied.
Tommy threatened to give me away when
he found what I'd done to his dog. I've
had to promise him nearly everything on
the place. But If he keeps still I'll pass it
Off as an answer to prayer or tho result of a
surgical operation of some new tangled
disease Of the scalp. | don't care anyway.
I've licked a good many people in my time
for making fun of my hair while it was red,
are not satisfied to have it black. What do
you think?"
reasoned with Sydney in a manner to
convince the most obdurate. but he re-
manned unmoved. Finally an idea occurred
to me. persuaded Sydney to delay the
catastrophe for a few minutes till showed
him something. Then l went homo and
wrote in a delicate feminine land on sheet
of my wife's note paper these words: II
am impatient to see your handsome neigh
Dor. If there is anything l adore it Is a
red-headed man." l folded the sheet SO
that nothing, else was visible and then
showed it to Sydney.
extract from Miss Mays last letter.
said /. you see it's too late.''
Some hours later Sydney called me up to
tho fence which separates our property.
DO yon know, Nuisance has disappear
ed" said he. Gone off in the woods and
died, l suppose. Ive hunted everywhere
for him, and Tonnmy's nearly crazy. I've
had a narrow escape, but I'm sorry for the
pup. Heaven knows. it wasn't my inten-
ton to do him any HARM"
Nina arrived on time. She looked very
pretty In an elaborate summer costume
which she, in her inexperience, supposed
would make a marked impression upon the
simple rustics. Let no woman deceive her
self in this way. Here and there a discon-
tented yeoman, cherishing q secret yearn-
ing for town life, may be impressed by city
happy faculty of disapproval is common to
nll women. and the half dozen who hap
pened to be at the station station stared ut
Nina's gown as Extensively and criticised it
as maliclously rs 1t they had been born and
bred on Fifth avenue.
her. Accustomed as Nina is to admiration,
the effect which she produced upon Sydney
could not have failed to please her, though
it was evidently produced by herself and
not by her clothes. A woman would al
ways much rather win by her cow than by
her face, but if she can't have an artificial
conquest she will put up with that which is
merely natural.
We got talking ennis at once, and before
the evening was over VIZ had determined to
Reb up u tournament with the help OF the
two score or more summer boarders who
were scattered about Gainesville. Sydney
was to take the first lessons in the game on
the morrow. During my few weeks &C
quaintance with him I had never known
him to look forward to e~xertion with pleas
ure before.
He had sent to the city for a tennis suit
for Sydney is a man of substance and
can afford such luxuries-and l detected
him next morning on the far side of the
barn trying to get up courage enough to
appear in his new rig. Tommy was present
and was tormenting Sydney with remarks
OF a deeply sarcastic nature. Since the af-
fair OF the yellow pup l have noticed that
Tommy has cherished a bitter malice to-
ward his uncle.
But once before the net, Sydney's embar-
rassment was swallowed up in his enthusi-
asm for the game. He played with a wild
abandon, which kept the boy chasing balls
into all the adjacent yards and pastures.
Remembering that Sydney posed as an in