Telegram-herald., 1891-03-07

meet yoa. yea aA6 TIE r~~t II tie
tfsop, gAAzeEng howard slE- 8arae.
sho ssfslgat~sy eosago~sd his features
ass felt Ike eoLap.ssts phetkgrspA-
he yseseDlAkion ialy flashed. sza
Ma k&ytag recovered eeFssf. SIC
rhoGxkt Of 1hA2stng heT erstshilo
sDaxuy, tat when sAs looAea Tor hiIa,
n - - saunter,ng cat q uAe rear plat
fprta. with "a anlightod eissr IA his
had Her one idea aow sAs - teg
his pa-rSton Tor her anslnd hes miseF-
shle, eontenpSible renSs he = cow
sra |. sneak Rather she. Man sas
co.. araiy. and he al that wss gentle
EnAaiy and eOasiiorste. Prom oae ex-
,rezue abe roshed into the other. and -
she saw him departing she gave little
cry. oh Mr. Wsrde. please wait"
But he didn't No. not he, for resent
Inent held him IN momentary posses
sion To al sppearaees he did not hear
the pleading voice. and Nan, feeling at
terly crushed. collapsed. literally and
rguratively. and her talkatise compsn-
ION came 90 the conclusion that actresses
have moods. and Miss Davenport" was
now indulling in one; 50 she settled
her shawls. and. making herself entir~ly
comfortable. was soon asleep, as short,
e,urgling snorcs proclaimed
Nan had been thoroughly alone with
her self-reproachfel meditations for
over an hour. when the door opened,
aAmltting Mr. Warie. Instead Of TAX
ing his usual place, he went 10 the
stove and lazily warmed his cold
fingers, fully conscious that the girls
eyes were following his every move
lnent.
Men can bS very cruel sometimes. l
mean experimentally. and when taxed
with it. they generally give the excuse
that they didn't know she'd care, but
wanted - see what she'd do about H. "
And h was just that idea that made ben
| Warde pretsad he d.in't see the little
figure In brown slide out of the seat and
/ walk the length of the car To him; but
/ when a small hand was held out, with
/ the request 10 please overlook my
! mean speech and let us be friends. FOR
! YOU were 80 good TO me when you
might have told the conductor and
.
awfrlly," he forgot he ever resented
any thing this pretty, slender girl had
done, and forthwith assured her OF his
devoted friendship.
Mrs. Penman, between what she
called "cat maps" saw the pair sitting
cozily by the fire, he talking. for the
most part, and she listening. Ben told
of his life at college, then his year
West, and how we'll he was progressing
Us young lawyer in the lawless State
of his adoption. After all, men are con
fding creatures, give them bright fire
and pretty girl with sympathy and
adniration shining cut Of her brown
eyes: and Ben found the situation high
ly romantic and satisfactory.
Nan was not at all sleepy, she assured
Mrs. Penman, but that kind woman
insisted on wrapping her Up and placing
her on the seat she vacated for the pur
pose, while she herself talked to Ben
But, somehow or other, that young mar
did not find her as delightful listenel
as Nan, and conversation consequently
languishcd
With the earliest ray of light men hat
been busy at work, and now the drift
was cut through, and they would break
fast in New York. AS the three stoo,
on the ferryboat crossing the river
Ben leaned over, and said, so only Nal
could hear: 81 hope Aunt Kate will b.
pleased to see u.s." Nan smiled, bu
looked slightly confused Because
n,n going there with you. In fact,
think of spending my holidays at he
house"
"You are joking. Mr. Warde!"
"No, am in sober earnest"
"But, Mr.. Warde-"
, "Yes"
"Why. you can't, you know"-dcs
pcrately-"you're not invited"
J ''Oh. that doesn't matter"
Nan looked so genuinely distresse
that Ben burst out laughing, and a
soon as he could control his amusemcn
sufficiently, said:
''Shc's my Aunt Kate, too; at leas
!. her husband is my uncle. Poor littl
. actress! Acknowledge: am / not tn
I better actor of the two?"
, Perhaps" said Nan, smiling, "but
t will always think you took an unfai
) advantage"
Here we are," announced Mrs. Per
man; ''and now all / have to say is, m
D stcp-daughter Sarcy has been Miss Da'
. enport's maid for the last two year,
: and she spends her summers in ou
= town. But don't bear malice, deari'
, only. IL I were you. I'd never study f.
G the stage. You went succeed if you d.
: Have peanut" Katharine Scot
: Moore, in Demorest's Magazine.