Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-09-12
THE FOURTEENTH GUEST
R. BANKS - MY
dance, l believe,
M is S Wadding-
ton. Do you care


dington, her pretty roguish face
flushed with indignation-I'm aston
ished that you venture to speak to me
you know l couldn't refuse, with
thath orrid Lady Houghton introducing
you, and looking over my shoulder at
my card.
He quilting 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-let's sit it out.
Miss Katie sits down again and be-
gins pulling a rose to pieces. you've
treated me shamefully, haven't you?"
Not bit"
deed you have; and don't fdget
our necktie."
which of your pretty white
We you against me?"
you speak in plain English,
using your French phrases?
,, didn't we meet at Devon
<? Oh, it's just like you to
we weren't properly intro
1T we were afterward."
mind the fashion of the in
on" said he, hiding a smile be-
IS glove.
,ou know such introductions are
almost the fashion at the seaside"
You mean such almost introduce
tions are quite the fashion," he OBJ
servedi ''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 was in earnest?"
"Never mind what you suppose" she
said, sharply. ''You know quite we'll
that at the seaside"
by the sea maiden's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of-hirtation"
II shall leave you at once if you re
so fiippant and rude" said Miss Katie,
and she got up and then sat on another
seat with the light at the bacl1-a very
pretty white back-not the seats
Didn't you pretend you were bar
rister?' -
No, certainly not"
''How can you tell such "a"
ut isn't "a. didn't pretend am a
barrister."
well, even if you are, you needn't
bubble, and, besides, there are lots of
barristers who don't earn as much
'As much as shoeblack. There's
your Cousin Jack-but he plays bill
lizards splendidly-you should see him
at Carr's during term time"
Bother Jack And besides he is a
good sort, and I like him much better
than yonl Oh! how could you deceive
COS NY hof
girl who drove me home in her broug
ham-I know it's only hired-th mo-
ment we got in said Really, dear,
that man you SO affiched yourself with
at Eastbourne is quite decent for one
of Whiteley's young men! Ugh! hired
guest"
''But assure you, L"
"Now, 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 man short, and she
was afraid of thirteen at dinner?
There, knew you couldn't deny it.
Why anyone should ask so many peo-
pie to dinner goodness lnows-it's bar
barous-it's not dinner; it's 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 wasn't paid; it was sent
direct to Whiteley, and we aren't
trusted with the money, and I'm really
a 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 a moment
and listened to few bars of "Le Reve
de Mon Occur" waltz, that sounded de-