The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-13
A BARGAIN.

WIFI niue rush. Sne looked anxlOusly
round and then made "a step toward me.
/ dropped my kinglake ON my knee
and looked nc her. Evidently she had
come on some pressing business. She
| looked rather excited also trifie perv-
Gus. Mr.. Iysonf" said she. Miss
Vardaway?" said /. I'll want 20 have
a talk with you about-about something
which = She hesitated Certainly, :"
responded amiably. Won't you sit
down." She sank into "a chair opposite
me and regarded me with dubious eyes.
81 hope you won't think il extraordi-
nary Of me-" she said in sort Of STAN
mer, "but wanted your assistance. :"
"If could do anything" observed,
| TO reassure her, command me-" She
averted her eyes and fidgeted with a
book upon the table. "You see, che
explained, ''it's rather delicate"
nodded. "Exactly," i assented. "And
and don't know. but I'm sure it's
it's rather dreadful" Good" said L
"Things are so Cat, as a rule" "You
will probably say No at once" she
went on, land I'm sure / don't blame
you. " II should like to have the oppor-
tunity, at any rate" said, with a
smile. She started and half rose in her
chair. "I'm afraid I've interrupted you
in your reading, " she exclaimed. "I-I
only came in on the impulse. It's really
nothing" Now" said 1, lying back in
my chair benignly, "you positively fire
my curiosity" "No, she said, shaking
he. n
! leaned forward and touched her arm.
miss Hardaway," said earnestly,
"what, you would rob poor old fogy
Of his only consolation-that of advising
others? Fie! ! think you owe me some
thing for the studious way in which
you have avoided me lately"
II seemed that / couldn't have said
anything more to the point, though
heaven knows / had no idea what the
dear girl wanted. avoided you |" she
said "No indeed. If you only knew.
That's what Here she came to an
abrupt pause. II should very much like
to know what that u.s." / said after
waiting for moment. suppose look
ed at her kindly. Perhaps beamed he.
che seemed to take courage, and sank
once more into the depths Of the arm.
chair. Il have been very much worried
lately" she exclaimed, with sigh.
nodded comprehensively. Tit was
that that made me come rushing in
here" she went ON. IL was deter
mined not to stand it any longer" ]
waited politely. It's that young Mr..
Urquhart, she said, with an appealing
glance at mo, as if should now under
stand all / understood nothing, but /
lifted my eyebrows. Really" pune
tuated. Yes" she resumed. taking
/ fresh ~ . pryss "A-Hf is frightful nui-
sance. lie follows ~ q
where" She paused, anu as 1 Isuo.se "a
expected to say something / remarked
that it was very impertinent and that
he ought 10 know better "You see, {"
said Miss Hardaway, my aunt wants
it," l really did not comprehend what
her aunt wanted, but did not say so. I
only pinched my expression into greater
intelligence and sympathy. "And now
that we are down here, he takes the op-
portunity of-of Fostering me, and
and-well, Aunt Catherine encourages
him. F" "Ah, said /, pulling my mus.
tache, "that makes difficult situation,
doesn't it?" "And thought you might
help me-" she ended with plaintive
shot from her eyes.
81, my childf" / asked in wonder.
"But how? / should be delighted, if /
knew" Miss Hardaway said nothing.
She appeared to have exhausted her con-
fidence and sat TREMENDOUSLY in the arm
chair, as if she would like to leave il.
"Tell me how you thought could help
you," i said. "Shall take him away
and drown him?'' "Oh, no." she ex-
claimed eagerly, II didn't mean thati"
OF course / did not suppose she had
meant that. "Well, what was your
ideal" asked. "You see," began Miss
Hardaway, sit is difficult for me, with
Aunt Catherine as my chaperone. And
she likes Mr.. Urqubart. F" "Of course 10
is, assented. "Well, do you want me
to chaperon you? Is that it?" Now
examined her. She was really a very
pretty girl and particularly so when she
blushed. She blushed now as she said:
lyon see, Mr.. Tyson, Ithought--it waa
very impertinent Of me-but you know
l was driven ont of my senses by the
stupidity things. And thought, per-
haps"-- She hesitated. "You are a
great deal older than am, aren't your"
BLESS you, yes - answered. Twenty
years, ut least. might be your father"
All the same, it was not nice to feel
that, somehow. But Miss Hardaway
was relieved-eased over her difficulty,
perhaps l should say. Eyes, thought
SO, and that was what made me SO rude
as to think that you-that THAT we
might pretend, you know" she stam-
mered. 81 will pretend anything You
like, child" / declared. "Will you
really?" she asked eagerly. Certainly"
l answered. THAT we are engagedf"
che asked. hanging on my words.
j will confess that was somewhat
staggered. but in a second chuckled to
myself. "Most certainly" / said. Miss
Hardaway's eyes looked gratitude. ~
knew you would be kind" she remark
cd "Then that will get rid Of him. you
see," she added. "Yes. suppose II |
willp' assented Then that's all set.
tied" said she rising suddenly to her
feet, "and now l must go. II is so good |
Of you, Mr.. -" "But stay" inter-
rupted, rising also. LET us understand |
what our programme is to be. You will /
tell Aunt Catheriney" ~ am going to
tell hc, now, |" she said firmly And
and what are we-how are we''- "Oh,
you must walk about with me n GOOD