The morning call., 1892-01-17

Aud we want to see some ancient Brit
ish walls"
" Roman" suggested her two listeners In
one breath.
/" Well. Roman, then. bu. surely there is
no great difference! They were so interest
/ ing! Have you ever seen them? You
ought. if you haven't, and we might take
! you"
81 shall be delighted to go. Come to-
! morrow and take me-" For once Clifford
| was enjoying a visit from his shTewlsh
! sister.
Is there nothing that we ought to see in
! this inn OF yours? ?" she inquired at last.
There is a fine gateway"
: They went to see it, aud then he took
them TO some Of the other inns OF court aud
/ an honr had passed pleasantly when the
! sight Of a clock made Gertrude exclaim, ut
is time TO go!'
- am to dine with my mother this even
/ ing. said Clifford.
| Then may as we'll go home with you,
I and need not take Miss Routh.
But can't we take Miss ROuth home
/ frst?"
My home is quite out OF your way.
/ thank you," said she.
Besides, who wants to go three ia a han
! som? Miss ROuth'S all right. She knows
/ how to gstah0ut London lar better than you
/ DO Clifford"
Yes, l am quite used now TO hDding my
! way alone A" she said, with a slight touch Of
bitterness in her accent
"Of course you are" remarked Gertrude,
land other peoples, too"
But do allow us TO take you as far as our
routes are Identical" he persisted
Il will walk a little way ana then so in
/ the omnibus prefer II. thank You"
''Of course she prefers it! Clifford, if
you " aStC much more time, we shall be late.
/ | viii pay Miss Routh, and then we must go.
/ Clifford, you are fr0wuIng at me! But / al
ways do pay her at the time Don't !, Miss
/ Rnuth?'
/ Lest Gertrude should proceed to explain
/ that a guide being necessarily poor il was
I probably 4 matter Of importance to Miss
/ R0uth TO be paid daily, he hurried on in
/ front to get d hanson.
"Y,Ur manner to Miss BOuth is most
/ Otfeusive,' he said, angriy, when they were
/ alone. You speak OF her as she, ana YOU
/ shouldn't talk about paying her 50 opealy
and cOarSaly.'
/ People oughtn't to de things for money
/ if they can't hear TO have it named. Not
/ that she minds. She has a father or mother
or something depending on her, and The
] more money She gets the better she's
i pleased. She didn't get much from me to-
! day, though. Tor she lad no right 20 expect
! I. She had such an easy afternoon that
/ only gave her half what we agreed she
/ should have"
/ "GeTtrude!
1T was easy! We were an hour in your
/ room doing nothing at all and she had tea,
] Il am"
And when we went ont you we're the
guide. mol She 50 il wOuld nave been absurd
/ 10 pay her for that part Of the timel'
Il am ashamed OF yOu. Gertrude. Miss
/ RCutb WAS engaged for the afternoon. ! on
/ engaged her tine and YOU had ii, and you
! ought to have paid heT for il. ! insist on
/ your giving her the rest OF the money to-
morrow"
/ Il won't do anything Of the kind! III
q q hn n nj IN irrr fh,R
! l had wished TO cheat he1, but that my
courage had failed"
Then you will cheat har-you. girl with
| five hundred year Of your own, will"
Not i've hundred 10 waste
You must make some excuse and give
her that money as nicely and pleasantly
as
lie stopped short, for when did Gertrude
do anything nicely or pleasantly? a min
u,e or sac later they passed a back sellers
shop, anu be remembered that Miss Routh
haI "a las hearing regretted that she did
not possess CunDinEham's Hand book for
London II that could be bought and
given her BY his sister 1t would helm b
/ make amend, for her abOminable paTsi-
mony. He stopped the hanson and pro-
! posed thls.
''You may pay for it yourself. then" she
/ said, When She found Il Impossible TO turn
/ H.m from bis purpose by Argument
All right he said cheeriy There was
] L
was III good order and handsomely bound.
1t would he Tiljc1Ous 10 give her that"
exclaimed Gertrude. 1t viii cost more
/ than ten times as much as the trifiug sum
! which deducted"
so much the better" he said slernly.
"But it is in two volumes. Give her one
( now, and let her know that she viii get the
/ other alt'TWGTd II she behaves rs she ought
/ TO NE. ca nave 90 idea how much pleas
/ auteT that would make her"s
Can you let me have a pen and ink 2"
/ demanded Clifford, without deigning 10 no.
/ lice the last squirt Of lll-tempeTed cOFetOus-
/ ness.
"Thank you. Now, Gertrude, please to
/ write Miss RoHth, from her grateful friend.
! Gertrude Earle"
Friend! - friend Of a guide - paid
Scarcely that to-day" he growled, con-
! temptu7usly.
And l shall not say friendI shall say.
! To Agnes Routh, from Miss Gertrude
/ Earle"
! insist en- your writing what I bade
/ yOu," he whispered. "I on ara doing this
! to heal an cffense, not 10 nliict an other"
/ MutteTing something which was inaudibie,
| She wrote what he babe her, ana then the
/ books were packed and addressed to Miss
/ Routh, J)3 Albany street, Regents Park"
Parcels delivery, l SUPPOSE said Ger
! trude.
NO. will tell the man 70 drive quickly,
! and then we shall have time 10 take ner this
/ book ourselves. Depend upon it, il you
want to keep Miss Routh the oaly thing to
/ do is to make amends for your strange con-
/ duet Immediately. You wouldn't ike her
! TO decline TO 60 out with You any more, and
she might"
'WeIl. no, ( shouldn't / don't deny that
! she is fairly bidable, but I em not gong all
the way to Albany street, You may take
/ another hanson ana manage this business
! yourself; out | must say, if you had such
! burning desire 10 be generous yOu might as
| well have spent your money on mpP'
/ When the hanson stopped at 5g3 Albany
| street gentleman ha1 just rung the bell
| Clifford Jumped out and waited by bis side
/ until the door was opened He was a re-
| maTkabiy handsome man Of 90 or there
| about, with features Of the kind which make
! 4 man handsome until death Gradually
| from the likeness in unlikeness Clifford per
| ceived that he was Miss ROuth's father; so,
/ taking Of his hat with some ceremony, he
| said - ] am bringing a book from my sister
! for Miss -." Before he could say more
/ Miss R9uth opened the door herself and said
" SAW my iather, and ran TO let him in
| Father, this Is Mr. Clifford Earle. brother to
/ the lady whom l have been taking out this
/ week" There was fac courtesy in Mr.
| ROUth's manner. aud an Almost magical
1 illumination of his face BY a smile which
haunted Clifford all that evening. My
sister wished me TO bring you this book"
! he said She hopes yen VIII be SO kind as
10 accept IT,"
He left almost before she could thank
him, but he ala not forget to say two things
! to Gertrude during the evening. The first
| was:
q" If Won say one word to show that you
| did not send Miss ROuth that book, and
send it with pleasure, / will never forgive
youI' And the second: III you like to
come to tea at my chambers tomorrow at
4:30 l viii 60 with you to your ancient
British wall"
" Then If have you l needn't have Miss
Routh."
"Oh, yes, have her. You will probably
want to do some sightseeing before you
come 10 me. and it's safer TO have her, for
work might come in any moment that