Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07

Tar % she could into the bushes
] gased stupidity after the VANISHED
volume, MrA Warburton laughed al
most naturally a. abe rose from he1
seat on the step.
There Is Rex, now" she said
sweetly, and Aoated away to meet him.
superb In sang troid and effrontery.
She whispered him something as she
took his arm, and he looked over bill
shoulder at me and laughed immoder
ately. He had not felt In the leas,
like laughing when he first saw me-
His face flushed uncomfortably and he
frowned, but he was merry enough
under Mrs. Warburton's beguiling.
Rex said l, entering his room IN
hour after, pannounced, what Is the
meaning OF this? Did you not promise
me-"
BOTHER the promise, Uncle Nye,'
blurted Rex, ~ fellow isn't RESPONSE.
BILE for promises or actions when q
pretty woman is In the question"
There is but one pretty woman In
the world for you"
"Amyp-Oh, Amy Is an angel, love
her 10 distraction"
THE deuce you do9" said I. y wish
the widow was man. I'd shoot her,
by Georgel"
There wouldn't be any need In that
case"
"l'll disinherlt you and marry Amy
myself" he said angrily.
"0h, you will, will you2" said my
nephew, grinning. ut Is very fortu-
nate that the widow has handsome
Income, as in that case I should marry
her."
"You-why, she is old enough to DO
your mother"
"Six months younger than your un.
worthy nephew, uncle. We made the
calculation not half an hour ago"
She's false, maneuverng firt Us
ever lived, and believe on my soul
there's pair Of your screamed l. as
banged out OF the room, leaving Rex
in commissions of the most unaccount-
bic laughter, and running against
Beatrix-that is, the widow--in the
passage.
If she had not been one Of those
gliding creatures who seem TO move
ON air; II she had not gracefully re-
coded before my onset there Is no con-
occurring what the consequence would
have been. As it was, she recovered
herself ut once, or rather did not
seem TO have lost herself at all, and
stood smiling sweetly at me.
II was just coming to ask you to
lend me the charming volume you
were perusing this morning" she said,
In the most matter-of- fact manner pos.
sible.
"Ah, doubtless you wish TO examine
that portion which treats Of the legal
ity Of marriages contracted under
false" I began, tartly,
Precisely" she interrupted me,
that was just what | wanted to do
Women are so lamentably ignorant on
oil legal matters Poor me, have no
idea whether bigamy Is considered n
crime or not"
She smiled again with IN air OF be-
ing the simplest Of creatures instead
Of the most artful, tripped me the
most charming Of courtesies and glidedI
away.
Could it be she was In earnest about
Rexp ! had my fears about him Il
had not been FREQ from anxiety lest
she should SO far entangle him in her
meshes ss TO induce total forgetfulness
Of the claims Of the lovely girl to whom
my nephew was already betrothed;
but that she could herself mean any.
thing beyond defying and provoking
me to the utmost had not dreamed.
II she persisted In her course what
should ] do? What could do at the lost
but the very thing ! had SO often and
solemnly vowed to myself would not
the truth concern
Ing the so-called Mrs. Warburton. /
fancied the flash OF Beatrlx's mag
nifcent eyes when she saw me forced
to this extremity, the triumphant
curve Of her scarlet lips at my discom-
future.
A bright thought struck mo. Iwould
have Amy up here. 1t was all non.
sense her staying at q stupid farm
when we were at q gay Watering place.
! wrote directly an odd sort Of an
epistle, and one that showed had not
10 much sense as Rex. II were his
senior by almost twenty years. Any
body but Amy would have refused to
obey such peremptory and unreason.
able summons from merely prospect
I've uncle-in-law. But she, good child,
came Of once. My worst anticlpations
were confirmed when Rex and Amy
met.
Ihsd purposely concealed from my
nephew the fact that his betrothed
was so near ! had confidently calcu.
lated that II he were in league with
Beatrix 10 confound me he would 30.
Tray himself by the Joy he would tes'
lily at meeting Amy. But nothing Of
The sort. He was manifestly discon-
serted and annoyed at her coming.
Shook hands stifily, asked how she
lid In the coolest manner and ex-
pressed such surprise at her coming at
III as covered the poor child with
bushes and confusion. | was In .
furious passion at receiving such evil
lence Of his ENHANCEMENT with Bea-
Irix. How could any man In his sober
lenacs nrnfar 4 woman old enough To