Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-09-03
THE FOURTEENTH GUEST

Husheu WIN lndlgnntlon-Im aston
ished thatyou venture to speak to mo
you know I couldn't refuse, with
that horrid Lady Houghton introducing
you, and looking over my shoulder at
my card
lie (pulling his waistcoat a little,
because his shirt front pointed too
much)-ls that why you waited for me
in the conservatory? No, please don't
go-lcts sit it out.
Miss Katie sits down again and be-
gins pulling rose to pieces. you've
Not n bit"
Indeed You have; and don't fidget
with your neclltic."
snow, which of your pretty white
teeth have you against lne?"
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 smile be-
hind his glove.
You know such introductions are
almost the fashion ut tho seaside"
You mean such almost introduce
tions are quite the fashion," he OBJ
served; 'but suppose we did, and sup
pose we took walks together, and
dances together, and went fishing to-
gether, and put on the =, and sup
pose l was in earnest?"
"Never mind what you suppose" she
said, sharply. You know quite well
that at the seaside
by the sea maiden's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Cultivation"
II shall leave you at once if you re
SO tlippant and rude" said Miss Katie,
and she got up and then sat on another
seat with the light at the bacll-a very
pretty white back-not the seats.
Didn't you pretend you were bar
rister?'
| mo, certainly not"
slow can you tell such a."
SIT isn't a. didn't pretend am a
barrister."
"Well, even If you are, you needn't
quibble, and, besides, there are lots of
barristers who don't earn as much"
Gas much as shoeblac!s. There's
your Cousin JaclS-but he plays bill
lizards splcndidly-you should see him
ut Carr's during term time"
! Bother Jack! Aud besides he is a
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 in her broug
ham Il know it's only hircd-the mo
ment we got in said: Really, dear
that man you SO atfiched yourself will
: at Eastbourne is quite decent for one
, of Whiteley's young men! Ugh! hired
guest
\ But assure you, u"
Nov, isn't it true you came to Mrs
r Hooper's as n hired guest? Wercn'
you sent for because at tho last mo
; ment there was man short, and sh
s was afraid of thirteen at dinner
l There, knew you couldn't deny ii
u Why anyone should ask SO many pee
:. pic to dinner goodness knows its bar
Q. barous-it's not u dinner; it's a meal
$ And you called yourself Howard q
4 that the name you're called Aid gc
$ g,iinea in The ha
t not to talk politics, theology, or schoe
{ boards, or new woman"
4 "a guinea wasn't the price," sal
: Mr.. Banks, gloomily, biting one of hi
1 gloves, and l wasn't paid; it was sen
, direct to Whitcley. and we aren'
f trusted with the money, aud Pm reall
t a barrister with good practice, IN,
. you're cruel. Even if it were all true
Y You need not hit so hard"
, Miss Katie sat silent for momen
G and listened to few bars of lie Rev
de Mon Occur" waltz, that sounded de