The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-31

'I?' she exclaimed, raising her
arched eyebrows in coquettish sur
prise.
IL thought, perhaps-she said
she was TO show me in here"
al suppose mother wants you-she
always docs. You're probably TO choose
a new bonnet for her, or bring her
home leg of mutton. Did you never
hear the Italian proverb, Mr.. Lynn,
'Fatti di mieele ii mangieran le
mosche, Make yourself all honey and
the flies Will eat you up?'"
81 am one of the flies. What per.
sistcnt bores they arel They come
back again and AGAIN to the honey, no
matter how often you brush them
away he said, pointing his parable
with appealing eyes.
"How can you be so ungratefuli ]
am sure no one IS 50 glad to SEQ you
as mo;har-cspocially when she wants
something in The city. ! must tell
h,r you'rc here
Aud through sheer nervousness,
rather than coquetry, sue hurried
away. lie. with true lovers diff
Gpucc. sCt down her escape neither 60
rcryDusncss nor to coquetry, but to
horror OF his suit. lie was very young.
lie was not left many minutes TO his
blank despair be!or, Mrs. Maynard
uupcaiyI. She hurried in so ombar-
rl,.cl and confused as 90 forget TO
greet hlM with tlc usual Good morn
ing.
ooh, Mr.. Lynn, II feel so ashamed
to have l.t myself get into your debt.
/ know I iuU Z owe you more than this,
iutIty you viii kindly let mo know
Eow much more you can have it at
once
Here She thrust an envelope into his
bQul, which he put mechanically into
his pocket,
Mechanically also he answered: al
assure you ! was only too glqd to he
Of tie least service TO you" for his
mind Gt the moment was full to over
lowing with the bitterness of Bells
suuh.
"llr Maynard" his vi.o haitened
to say, clad of m escape from the
other embarrassing subject, "has had
one OF his bad cout attacks this morn
ing and is confined to his beo. lie
wishes you 90 look through tie let
t,rs, to answer the unimportant ones
and send the others up to him. have
left the keys in the Office"
When Mr. Maynard summoned him
30 his bedside to give some irstruc.
tious about answers to urgent lettcrs
Harry was more dcspondent and dis.
trait than ever. This the old gentle
nan was not long in perceiving.
"What on earth is the matter with
you?' ne asked, irritably. "If I've
to repeat everything threo or four
times over I'll better get monograph
or e new secretary" he added, say.
agely.
After this rough rebubo and threat
Harry pulled himself together as well
as he could, but was, on the whole, SO
siigrhaI.y dull aad pfeoccapiSd that
4. the old gentleman began to suspect II
screw loose somewhere. But then he
was given to such suspicious.
Next morning Mr.. Maynard was so
much better rs to be III his study be-
fore his secretary appeared. The mo.
usnt Harry entered the room the old
gentleman said, cu,ty:
"hiuaiy take these to Thackcr, and
YOU needn't tgoJJ!e 20 return here to-
...r, ms ! hay, nothing for You to do.
o. course Harry interpreted this
curt dismissal according 60 the praoc-
cuua,.ou OF his thoughts with Eel.
Size had complained 10 her mother Of
Ircspmptuous attentions, aud hex
mother had taken counsel ON the mat
tor with Mr. Maynard, who decided to
exclude him from his house il not 20
a.alss hIm from bis employment. OF
this Harry Lad no doubt Mt all on re-
cely.-g curt command next morning
to return to the city counting. house
Tor the present. For three days he
rloldod on mt the contingencies,
hearing nothing, saying nothing and
doing nothing iutelligsn.ly. On the
morning OF the fourth day au odd
question came by telephone from FL.
mount:
"Is Lynn still therc?'
Where o.so should he be or have
been? Had the old gentleman ex.
pccted him t. return 10 the house?
When the reply "Yes" was sent
there came the command: ".5end him
here.
Harry accordingly started at once
Tor Hampstead with his mind in a
whir, of wonder and speculation, but
nothing OF all his imaginings prepared
him for his reception at Elmouut. In.
media,ely upon his entering the study
the old gentleman said with some IN.
woEtcd emotion:
Lynn, your father was one Of my
dearest fricads, aud for his sake /
gave you time and opportunity to es-
cape justice. You haven't done it,
suppose, because anyone who could
commit 30 stupid tAett as you have
committed
"rhc,t" exclaimed Harry stagger-
ing back rs from blow.