Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-31

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tell Aunt Catherineg'' II am goivv 10
tell her new, " she said firmly. And
and what are we-how are we ssOb.
you mast walk about with me good
deal. she said. But won I that rather
bore yon - asked deprecatingly. "Ch,
no. said Miss Hardaway frankly. II
like you. Besides its better than Mr..
Urquhart The compliment was nor
strained. And am 10 call yen -
queried. "Oh, you must call me Hetty, 4"
she returned promptly. AMI you must
call mel began. ''Oh, think I'll
call you Just Mr.. Tyson, she observed
after pause. " But do You think-don't
you think Miss HaTdaway consider
ed. frowning II don / think can call
you What is your name, Mr. tyson"
she asked. Paul. said meekly. y
know it's not a nice name oh, it's
not so bad. she said reassurinely.
only--all right. III call yon thar. and
now But is there nothing elses'' ]
asked Are you sure we musin dc
anything elsesn "Oh, no. " said Miss
Hardaway confidently. We're Just en-
gagged, you know, and with the futtci
Of her gown was gone.
The bargain was plain enough, but
was not quite sure how il wonld turn
out in practice. Yet it seemed 10 answer
well enough, as far as She was concern.
ed My services were in Iequisiti0n the
very next day. We walked together in
the garden, and really it WAS not dis.
agreeable walk. AS we Turned a corner
Miss Hardaway suddenly touched my
arm. Here he comes. she said has
tily. please do something had no
idea what to do "To show him, she
explained impatiently and then hur-
riedly seized my hand We strolled
away like this till Mr.. Urquhart passed
/ hope it convinced him, but could not
help feeling rather foolish Then Miss
Hardaway paused. Please, go now,
go out with Miss Vale f" Ii was quite
strange to be ordered abont at some one
elSe's will, and as i went back to my
books / vaguely wondered if this was
fair sample of matrimonial experiences
There was no call made upon me till
the following afternoon, when was re-
quested to take Miss Hardaway for a
short stroll ON the cliffs. I'VE must
keep up appearances, she explained. 1t
was very pleasant ON the cliffs, and
there we met Mr.. Urquhart once more.
l hastily seized her hand, but she drew
it away from me with decision.
"Don'tl" she said Il thought bad to
i 4. ~ ,.t4n,..r,I n
"Oh, no, she said in a vexed voice,
"don't you see there's no need now"
/ didn't see, but l took her word for it,
All the same regretted that there was
no need. had had no idea that she was
such an attractive girl. 1t appears that
only Aunt Catherine and Mr. Urquhart
were supposed to know, but l was sure
the whole hotel was in the secret.
came to this conclusion from the per-
sistent way in which we We're left to-
gether. If we were seen in each other
company, we were conscientiously
avoided, and people indulgently left the
room in order that we might exchange
condolences. Miss Hardaway noticed
this at last. She did not seem to have
anticipated it.
"What do they do that for?" she ask
ed pettishly. "Oh. they suppose we
want to be alone" answered cheer
fully. "How foolish - said Miss Hard
away frowning. Don't you want to go
to your books?" she said suddenly. Ibid
not, but / took my dismissal and went.
Later that day Miss Hardaway sought
nue.. 81 think, Mr.. Tyson, said she,
s'that we had better stop this pretense
now. 1t has served its turn. 5" well, J"
said ], "if you are quite sure that Mr..
Urquhart and Aunt Catherine will not
resume She shook her head. 81 am
not afraid of that" she said boldly.
Every well, I" said /, 'then we had bet
ter think out a way. OF course the en-
gagement must be broken. But who IL
to do it?'' 81, of course, said Miss
Hardaway in surprise. j passed the pa
per knife between my fingers reflective
". ''That is of course the proper way, )"
/ answered, "but it may leave you open
to a difficulty. You see, if you break
with me, people will believe that You
never really cared for me, and that will
encourage Mr.. Urquhart and Aunt
Catherine. 4" She bit her lips II never
thought of that" she said. Then you
must break it. I" eyes, i must break it,
but on what grounds;" asked.
"Couldn't you say that you had made a
mistake, and really cared for some one
else?' she inquired. "But 1 don tt
mean, would that be quite fair to you,
you see?' Miss Hardaway puckered her
brow. "Put it on the grounds that in
terfere with your work, she suggested,
"and that you are welded to that. y
"But you don't, /" objected, "and be-
sides I don't care if you do, and good
ness knows / don't want to be welded
to that always.
This apparently was new idea, for
she regarded me earnestly for some mo-
ments, and believe she was examining
the lines in my face. "I'm not SO very
old, 2" l murmured. Miss Hardaway
made no reply, but glanced out of the
window. Then, 81 shall tell Aunt
Catherine that it was broken off because
Of your work, she said peusiyely. 81
shall deny it, protested. II don't see
why it should be broken off at all y
After minutes silence she said in a
lower voice, Its such a nuisance to
you. . "It isn't" ! declared. 81 DON
mind. let it go on. I'm not SO very
old, and it's the only time l shall be
engaged. Let me enjoy it while can. .
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