The sun., 1895-02-03
A Sc OR e T .
BY Anthony Hope.
coruriah,. ,.,t. br Anthony Hgps.

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',ans,tn,' a.. ",,,,,,o', -, ,nv door In /.
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MY distant put ue"r cousin' Sau Il 'u'' w
proper III sOmcbrdy wcro 10 come, anu you
were 10 take refuge In my bedroom. and leave,
"a -. =, .-a,i, ,h., n.ro.oi In I.
as OF course, you wouiu' tnsI peraeoi III
prominent position. there would be grave"
Ts., oasIn'I IN ,,..T !. nous. .n,,,o,oo, orcum.
~ c.mo IN tsli Won " ,.,d Cousin Flo sit.,np
ao,rn ana un,y,ro her. boa =" ",om.tbjng"
with biz?
"A pretty big g." said Cousin Flo
Tut tnt' s'iu l scorh'ui'' M growing
tired OF this"
:. WI, w" n,h.,.,,, TIM, vo,,r. oro.ood AGAIN
"ny, ol nea','s ,""' 'ou 10 0"s~S0' "s"'''
"rm not engaged again" remarked Cousin
r,o "Tn, .orrw vou should bo d.sppointed.
though"
81 made sure you were"
why, please
BE Because you hid your race with your par
Wall I'm mn, put .onobodv &, oh. 1bsd
weh m not. but soneoouy 10. on' hsa
"I .,nnoso.t oh.ory.d nths, you,u ,orl
back to the beginning in time, won't you ?"
Col. Glazebrook simply ran away, and man.
ma hid her face In the SOFA cushions
Aunt Maud"
.AmS ~" % co,ono,,"
END 4Ann thS h 'oionei n .,
Wei, I'm pm@@
Zoo DoS YeSn y9T5e yd n0t to say anything
1s sat T. down Io% S2S"t; by Cousin gSH fHo" Flo.
,Cssn the young people ahoru 70 marry
sskff Ths snflSHisIyl coionysl /, pretty we'll off. And
to sd Gs %sh ySdh5 %ho
ths ,s sOys q thy day ass
.ii,i saw senn.s e;s ni u ias' 'e"soh' e"io Rio
FrnH tbs srhnnroom xindovs you mean ?.
SSasis tn innSSeny ."* mo- Notice of this remark
oIa dsor so Pret'S' you Aho"' anu INC @oiohe'S "h
.".PPorhnaps you're % jealon,s, OF a Aunt N, Maud"
,s Snmovs ann me asE IN ,S nt ssa Mnd Be
an aunt ut ali. but some particular remove Of
cousin Sp .d,! forget ,.S what" t.. .0,,,.,,,
III, Lii some @ @ cousins" 81, % mu.snurea s onsinsly.
cousin oe Flo TS'G ross ass WITH dignity prosd
thfcrsors said as Aunt Maud
her IN th9 g.h ign, h, oi resourSe &c ,,,r.s ro
"ESaetiy' It's ike Edmond, don'tyou know ?"
Like Esmondf" echoed Flo. with innocent
Snn that when ho didn't hit it off
,rh,hor With TTiS' he very eomposedly married her
""trh "Tbat must have been rather funny" oh
sfry1a Flo 5 wth sa s%e Of e. Ta?
G.' Ho1s nov rem ,nuGh' q'I .. hiS 4. .,
~ Eo fsa,idsrsd .his question st tss : moment
fdlt%'p, lntp ,ni !9iy thsg fan did ass much of rF1
An Shew" h sald El1 ,d:. raising her eyes which
90 With Snnn you nGk' sn,S .1 . IN Inv. III, v,r
SSmppose; saia na b,o were In love Win you.
H"t drsa yonro mttsr mSi peS how ,b,urd bvno.hs.,
S SAID !; Its basis ss = fr.sr for argument" T
a. meyer rRue. saiu Soustn 10.
ana suppose that you refused me. or came
see ? :" ''"''u'''" '''"' ''u "'f' HUI S'"' sf'
Wh, SEE Seen GIVE hn,S me SaGH hoIy my 0oa, please
Mhys tneH' i snoulu nuFe narrieu Auut
m.,t And this n, saying handed her boa back to
COUSIN 10. ,. l.,
frown. ou's ''eo a KNOT IN IT. 'n' SAID WIN i"
SThs iaok 70 very y ainea abssrxss Flo
untying the knot;
,,,rerstn np, ,o out ot am am am comparatively
To doinH wbat ,o criad oP,sn Flo
To laying my heart and all my worldly pos:
FS Locked rhe
.hI .th, SHOULD % think" said Flo most most unkindiy:
Inat tue saIhe uescriptioh wouin SUIT your
nearI anu I, sne tHrneu tho UP Oh her nose To-
ward the SeiiinS, Natare helps her at such mo-
monts. Neii' uoh toolect 10 tnat myself.
You reject me-and the furnitMreE' asked.
Shhesitatinsiy, said Cousin Flo
YET l observed 'much as the late Lord
5eacohsHelh Is reported 70 have done,, the
us T a come n1 INV wSm na You ronG w r ACCEPT @ .,
now heia an END IN either hand and beat the
eDds softly against 9ne snother. She was think
ing; ier sne irowmea ana grew quite grave.
Ihat the worst of IT, she said at last;
xor ssn sn"w tncy Go' inft sn'u . calmly. IT'S true
yon see. We gan = heIP IT,. u,,
.HM,hy w not T. a,5Sa ,,,. II0 reoeiiionsiy.
rloslghed and beat the ends OF the boa together.
:. hnte snitaGie things she observed:
., So do And made every effort to avoid
his one"
.Mhy, lnst now you asked me-
rOh, Dut was lulte sure You retuse.
For the second time Flo rose to her feet.
., ehl: thst. she sad, the very rudest thing
thAt nave ever hau eaiu 10 me-
lon nrr very very hard TO please" said l,
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