Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-02
THE THIN END.


 ssWell Pm d-dp' remarked Graham as she wheeled her horse and cantered oh in ouite another direction. Graham drop ped his cyeglass, seeing good deal better without it. and slipped his feet down into the stirrups. Later on in the day he ob sorved to il friend at tho club that he didn't understand women.
 Then you've been trying, poor beg gar!" replied tho friend
 Ella Glendower cantercd on, tho corners of her mouth slightly drawn back and her eyes looking straight between her horses ears, so that she did not sec Cap tain Burton, who happened to be coming in the opposite direction, 6ill she was closo upon him. Ho raised his hat and really did look as if he had not seen her coming. You see, he was prepared with the right expression.
 That afternoon at an .'at homo" Graham had talk with Lady Tapir, Ella Glen dower's aunt. Sho was t-.c they who had got him into trouble with the young lady.
 .sI told her, you know" said he, screw ine in his eyeglas5 as if be were glazing his head, Il told her that she ought not to 20 about so much with Captain Burton put in tho thin end of the wedge, as you told mo to- you know. ]"
 And what did she sayS" |. Asked me if they said she went about too much with mo. Don't see what that had to do with it. Then what did she sayP" | Said they ought to-or she did, or something. Anyhow she bolted .Ab, then it had some effect. It would | never do Is that Mrs. Tredegar sec talk ing to MT. Fane? I really must speak to her.
 There was dance that evening at Mrs Hortleiphs Mir. Graham was there, for 1 he knew Miss Glendower was to Do pres
 ent. It was some time before he could find her. and when he did she was with Captain Burton. He asked for dance, though he hardly expected to get one, but
 he was us he expressed it, good deal
 gone lon her. She readily gave him the
 dance, nna he-took 1t as proof or cohtri- z i 's,on on her purt. fi is did not astonish
 him in tho least He ralnsd that she
 would naturally wish to be on *erms with man of his personal attracti5khnd property and only suspected she miet hold out to attract him the. more Ths presence of Captain Burton was of course another lure He saw through all that , sort of thing, don't you know.
 Hope you weren't. annoyed at what l } said this morning, Miss Glendower2'' r Not in tho least It was VI ', kind oi you, I'm sure. You die ylle best you could, know, and you Lidn't know any ! better, did youP' ] ''No, indeed didn't, Miss Glendower. If I'd thought it would have lost mo a
 minute of your society, wouldn have
 done it, you know.' He considered this
 rather well put and let his eyeglass fall
 in his excitement
 II think perhaps you were right, and
 that was too much with Captain Burton
 in the circumstances But I have
 changed all that now"
 "Yes, quite right you know, quite
 right.
 ''Then you approve of what havo
 done, do you not?"
 "Oh, certainly, don't you know, and dgall
 that. Couldn't do anything else, ehi''
 Thank you, knew you would be
 kind. Now, want you to do something
 for me- 1 want you to tell my aunt, Lady
 Tapir. You will, won't youf''
 Well, you know, she told me so. .''
 "To-what9'' | ''To tell you, ehP'' "Oh, well, please tell her that no one will say in future that I am too much | with Captain Burton.' 1 That's all over, then-yes of courseI will. It's going to be my turn now, oh? She always favored me, you know" Favored youa Ohl Yes, I'll do all I can for you with her. How secret you havo kept it, MT. Grahaml ''She told me to. It wasn't any use as long as Burton was about-so she said, | but it's all right now. It is all right, ohp' You know best, Of course may con- gratulate my aunt2" "Eh?"
 Congratulate my aunt on her engage ment. You will be very happy, I'm sure. Qrn6u upy1 HtAv 1, lx-ak sincere wishes.'' There was gleam in his eyeglass as she glanced at him. She knew how dangerous fool can be and how impervious to hints when some accident has given him an idea. She hastened to enlighten him. I want you to tell my aunt that the reason l shall not be too much with Cap tain Burton in future is thatI am engaged to be married to him." ''Ohi Ah!" replied Graham ..Since wh-whenP''
 II think it was half an hour ago, or it may have been at half past Il this morn ing"
 ''Why, that's when you left me, for saw Parkinson look at his watch and asked him the time whom got to the
 club. Didn't warn youf' "Do you know, MT. Graham, that think your warning had something to do with itf"
 "Oh, say-look here, now!''
 II am afraid our dance is over, and we
 have not had even one turn. But we have
 had pleasant talk, and I hope you will do as you promised and tell my aunt, and will congratulate her on her own account and yours later on. They said you were so much together, you know.'
 Before Graham could recover from his ! stupefaction she had bowed to him and f