The state herald., 1895-08-03

ltH' thc Nlhsl"NS h'hh Ai'iicSs
and the Cumberbatches from Gipsy
Hill. had been invited to tennis by Mrs.
Westmacott. and the lawn was gay In
the evening with the blazers OF the
young men and the bright dresses OF
the girls. To the older people. sitting
round In their wieker-work garden
chairs the darting' STOPPING, springing
white figures, the sweep OF skirts and
twinkle OF canvas shoes'the click OF the
rackets and sharp whiz OF the balls.
with the continual "hiteen love-hfteen
allE' OF the marker, made up n merry
ana enhllarating scene. To see Their
sons ana daughters so flushed and
healthy ana happy gave them also
rejected glow, ana II was hard to say
VINO had most pleasure from the game.
'h.ss VINO pihyed or those VINO watched
mIs. "estiilaeo', hnu Just iiiilsh l,,l a
s ~, wren SUI enusH' snhlIse OF 'i'ia
Wa,h'l s''.ns aiohe ut inc 'arther emo
., 'he s .,' she ran uoWh 'le cur
eies 5. ~ '.e ne' !" ','I "I'lihs'leh' VI 'he
r,,a anu sea'eu nersei pss'ue hoI'
S.aln . feheiNsu ahu Ieiiheu hhluIe
eni'lN t'oi'i Wv oo'h,e!sua il"'lNhes,
anu strange manners OF inc wiuow' anu
ye, hef feminine ihstihc, toid her that
oehynui AZ her Pecu'iari,'es thete Iny
ii'u, '''a' "aa So ",'' "o"'e' CIV
s',''I Wy, Nv '''' ''''' anu ''''u-
U. tl'e'I's. -,-.,
I'm suu p'"gi"s' uleh pon
LOT sooulcsh sum, pvslh 10 pe iahsuiu
UNI l'u'b '"us ih"' nhen you give UP
hetlNt tp"rts you give up youth
"N'' p'"S'' a''' "fs' "cs'fh"-
eo'l.
ha' t'sht' ny uent' She SAT down
pcs'uv nu,' anu uaPI'u h"t upon Nh'
arm "''h hcr 'ei'i',a 'arhcl' hRe you,
,,iy 1',,' "'u "'' s"'"b !" uni' you
.ihia iou uIe not ns hsstsssiNe as l
shou'u Mihh' lara uu' sun l Hhe you
Yer! nluun oi,ha'' 'iico 70 az N'ty
wei S"u hi,'", wv We nave M" fath,
:. wI m,u0" VI un our slu'' anu
hhoul" iNe 70 hru H'.'o On th' othpr'
NhNt ~ s"u '''hN VI my hePho"'
'hArleSf
Tue question "us 80 suuueh ehh uh-
eNle,'el 'hut ,"ia gao quite n jump
IN h'r ehulL i-l-l hhrdly ever nave
thouEht OF your nephew Chhrles'
NOT On you must thlhk MN wen
over, tor want 10 speak 10 you ebout
MN,
TO inof hut why
III seemed 70 the most delichte' 80"
see cara the matter stands In thls
way IL quite possible That may soon
mo myself IN completely new sphere
OF me- which VIII involve fresh duties
ana make II Impossible for me TO keep
up household which Charles can
snare
clRra stared. DID this mean that she
was hnout 10 marry nghlnG what else
could u point Tor
therefore Charles must have n
household OF his own. That Is obvious.
NOW ! don't approve of bachelor oa-
adjustments, Do you7"
heally' Mrs Wostmneott, have
never thought OF tho mntt"r'
on you little sly puss' Was there
ever gifl who never thought OF the
hl"tt'tf think thht young man OF
rlh.hhd-twcnty ought 10 be mnrriod."
SIhth rot very uncomfortable. The
nwfui thought had come upon her That
ms ambRsnndrotH had come - hor NJ
a proxy with n propornl OF marriage.
iu, how could that bc2 She hnd not
spoken more thhn three or four times
win nor nephew ana knew nothing
more OF him than he had told her on tho
evening before. II was impossible. then
Ahd yet what could his aunt moan by
TITS discussion ~ his private nrrnirsf
DO you not think yourself she per-
sisted. that young man ~ niS.nnd-
twenty II bcttor mnrrledf'
y should think that he II old enough