Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-30

NJ SHALL WIN SHALL BEAT YOU YET"
perfectly justified. l won't repress
my feelings for the sake of that
Vulgar piece of modern Sevres-that is
what she looks like! | won't fight
With myself, l won't be cool towards
him when don't want to be! 1t is a
luel between us two, Miss Bella Car
stairs; you have the advantage up to the
present, for he is silly enough to care
for you, but shall win and l will beat
you yeti"
The writer is not sure that she was
wrong, but wrong or right, it can only
ne recorded that she followed the pro-
gramme she had laid down for herself
to the letter.
Slxillfully, oh yes, sldllfullyl She
was far too much grande dame, Miss
Drillingham, to tiirt openly, or to en-
courage with conspicuousness. Hope
toun was never able to say that the
change which occurred between them
hogan at any particular hour, or even
On any particular day. He only realized
by degrees that a change had come.
And 1t was difficult to define what
the change was. Well, perhaps for one
thing they talked less of Bella--for
Kate would have scorned to disparage
her to him, however artistically. Per-
haps also they did not refer so frequent
w to their mock betrothel-the testing
illusions to it were absent from their
conversations now. But still it was
hard to express the new difference in
words; he merely realized that they
talked together more like any other man
and woman who are seeing lot of each
other; for example, he could not have
told her to-day that she made him
think of her as "chum"-'a jolly good
fellow" He remembered that he had
said that once, and wondered why he
did not think so still.
Not that she was any the less agree
nble-fnr from it. He had never liked
her so much, never before known she
was so charming, so graceful, so witty.
She had not mentioned her fateful
isit to the Carstairs to him, and when
be heard of it, it was a fortnight after.
wards, and from Bella herself.
He received the news with complex
emotions. Euphemistically as the in
erview was described, he was intelli-
gent enough to comprehend that his
tousin could not have an opinion in it
altogether favorable to his fancee,
md this view was confirmed, more
over, by the silence she had maintained
pm the subject.
IL had been very tactfu of her, very
hice, to have said nothing to him.
M nr Il 7 r
vent to endeavor to further your inter-
Fsts, and the girl would not listen to
me-" OF course Bella was helpless in
he matter-it was her mothers infiu-
nee that was to blame-but Kate could
not be expected to know that, and she
bad certainly displayed great dclicacy
owards him.
Next time he saw her he thanked
Ter for it. by the way" he said, 81
id not know OF your visit to Mrs. Car
tairs and Bella till the other day. II
vas awfully good of you, Kate. am
orry you should have had the trouble
land for nothing"
"Oh," she murmured, with shrug
I was in town, and l thought it might
be admirable toilet her know how things
TODD. On the whole l think it was
cry pluclSy of her to decide to wait
or something here. 1t will be much
more agreeable for you If you get it,
lie knew that this was gracious false
lool, but, man-like, he continued the
ubject, instead of allowing it to drop
But you never told me of your call,
e said. u had no idea you had beer
liere."
Didn't II" she said; II meant to-"
Both paused, and locked through the
vindow ut the lawn.
'What do you think Of her?" hs