The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-19
THE FOURTEENTH GUEST


flushed with indtgnatien-Pa aston
ished that you venture to speak to INC
you know I couldn't refuse, with
that horrid Lady uoughton in troduc q
you, and looking over my shoulder at
my card.
He (pu1liny his waistcoat a little,
because his shirt front pointed too
much)-Is that why you waited for me
in the conservatory? No, please don't
go-lct's sit it out
Miss Katie sit. down again and be-
gins pulling n rose to pieces You've
treated me shamefully, haven't you?"
mot u Bit
Indeed you have; ord don't fdget
with your neck tie"
''Ncw, which of your pretty white
teeth have you against me?"
Cant you speak in plain English,
Instead of using your French phrases?
Come, now, didn't we meet at Devon
shire park? Oh, it's just like You to
hint that we weren't properly intro
duced: but we were afterward."
''Never mind the fashion OF the in
Production" said he, hiding a smile be-
hind his glove.
You know such introductions arc
almost the fashion at the seaside"
You mean such almost introduce
tions quite tho fashion," he OBJ
served; 'but suppose we did, and sup
dances together, and went fishing to-
gethcr, and put on the and sun
pose I was in earnestly
Never mind what you suppose she
said, sharply. You know quite we'll
that at the seaside"
''By the sea Il maiden's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of-firtation."
~ shall leave you at once if you re
so flippnnt and rude" said Miss Katie,
md she got up and then sat on another
seat with the light at the bacis-a very
pretty white back-not the seats.
''Didnt you pretend you were Il bar
rister?'
"No certainly not
''Hov can you tell such a.
ut isn't a. l didn't pretend 7 am a
b;irrister.'
''Wcll, even if you are, you needn't
Guibble. and besides, there arc lots OF
barri>ters who don't earn as much"
las much as a shoeblack. There's
your Cousin Jack--but he plays bill.
lizards splendidly-you should see him
at Carr's during term tine"
| "I;other Jack! And besides he is :,
good sort, and l like him much better
than you! Oh! how could you deceive
me SO? Why, that horrid Glendower
girl who drove me home III her broug-
ham-I know it's only hired-the mo-
ment we got in said: Really. dear,
that man you SO at1iched yourself with
at Eastbournc is quite decent for one
of Whiteley's young men! Ugh! a hired
guest -
''But I assure you, L"
Nov, isn't it true you came to Mrs.
Hooper's as hired guest? Weren't
you sent for because at the last mo-
ment there was a man short, and she
was afraid of thirteen at dinner?
There, 1 knew you couldn't deny it.
Why anyone should ask many poo
pie to dinner goodness knows its bar
barous-it's not dinner; it's Il meal
And you called yourself Howard-is
that the name you're called? And got
a guinea and instructions in the hall
not to talk politics, theology, or school
boards, or new woman"
"A guinea wasn't the price" said
Mr.. Banks, gloomily, biting one of his
gloves, land I wasn't paid; it was sent
direct to Whiteley. and we aren't
trusted with the money. and I'm really
barrister with good practice, and
you're cruel. Even if it were all true,
you need not hit SO hard
Miss Katie sat silent for moment
and listened to Il few bars of ''Le Reve
de Mon Occur" waltz, that sounded de-
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