The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

the returns all in? Have the back counties
been heard from, Miss Miltby?" and 1
buried my face in my hands.
l could hear the click of the frame as
she set it back on the mantel and mild
sort of dull thud as she dropped into the
big chair.
Mr.. Kimmer is at least enough of gen.
tleman, scoundrel though you say he is"
she said, mot to talk to lady you do
"Oh. Xii beg your pardon, Miss Milt-
by" l apologized, Il hope you will forget
that / spoke SO rudely. Indeed, l did not
mean it,
II don't see what reason you have for
objecting to Mr. Klmer paying me any at
tention he sees fit to pay she told me for
answer. Il have known him for a long
time and he is held in the highest esteem by
every one except you"
But l have known you quite as long as
he has," / commended.
(which is hardly a reason for acting
you acting she said.
Does he love your" 1 asked, and l could
feel a thousand throbs in my head at once.
Il presume not" she replied, smiling.
IF he does, he has been too modest to
say So"
"Do you love him."
THAT is my own affair." she answered,
freezingy.
I threw my hand quickly to my side, for
as l live, 1 thought that instant that my
heart would certainly break loose and drop
down. l think if / could have stepped on
a scale that moment with it in my bosom
l would have weighed ton
II don't suppose you think it is any bust
ness of mine,' l said with a gasp.
MOI and the Interrogation point ran up
into her eyebrows and arched them sharply
like a spear point, it seemed to me.
mo, and l want you to understand it,"
I growing desperate. Il have some
rights which | propose to see are respected,
and 1 shall not stand like a post and be
dumb as one.
"And what rights have you, pray, that I
should respect them?" she asked SO sarcas-
tically that | felt if l had stepped across
the path of a cutting hailstorm
The right of having my claim heard be-
fore it is disallowed and thrown out of
court" l responded, dropping into shop
talk without knowing it,
Have you ever presented your CLAMP
she inquired, with judicial dignity.
Had I? That was the question. Had T?
For years l had known Kitty Miltby We
had grown up from childhood together
We had gone to school together. For
months l had loved her. BY day she was
ever in my thoughts, and by night her
spirit filled my dreams with music. I had
given her my heart without the asking,
but l had never asked for hers. 1t didn't
knew l wanted it. Now 1 was brought
face to face with the facts. Had 1 ever
presented my claim? Well, l had not.
At least, not with the formality which my
training as a lawyer demanded that
should.
"Oh, Kitty, Kitty and I almost cried
! from the reaction. Il love you more than
all the world and I want you as much as
| | want the world; for you are the world
| to me. Now, will you say that my claim
| has not been presented"'
1t doesn't make any difference what she
said, or how she said it, whether my
arms We're the mantel-piece, or where
| they were; and it is nobodys business how
much that man Kilmer had to do with
bringing me to realizing sense of my stu
| alton, or why he and Kitty smiled when ]
| told him it was all right.
| I think Klmer is the best fellow in the
| ton.
| When left the house Mrs. Miltby met me
| in the hall.
Here's sovereign remedy for the head
| ache, JOHN she said handing a bag
| Of herbs, 1--WE used it for 40 years, and ii
| never fails"
"Oh, that's all right, moth-Mrs. Miltby .
| said I; II guess I'm cured of that kind OF
| headache forever" and if she hadn't stood
| in the door as l went down the walk I'm
| sure I should have jumped clean over the
| gate and acted in a manner utterly un
| worthy of my dignity as rising young
| lawyer.
| 1t was 6 D. m. and Kitty had not missed
| her engagement at 4, because by that time
| it was permanently settled.-W. j. Lamptor
| in the Detroit Free Press.