The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-03-21
A BARGAIN.

round and then made a step toward me.
I dropped my Kinglake Oh my knee
and looked at her. Evidently she had
come Oh some pressing business. She
hooked rather excited; also d tritle ncry-
Obs. "NIr. Tyson?' said she. Miss
Hardaway?" said !. IL want to have
Il talk with you about-about something
which, She hesitated. "Certainly,'
I responded amiably. won't you sit
down" She sank into a chair opposite
lne and regarded me with dubious eyes.
81 hope you won't think it extraOrdi-
na1y Of me" she said in a sort Of STAN
uler, "hut I wanted your assistance. "
"If could DO anything" | observed,
to TeaSsuio her, command me-" She
ayerted her eyes and fidgeted with q
biol upon the table. "Xou see,' she
explained, Its rather delicate" I
nolded. "Exactly,' l assented. And
and / dom know, but I'm sure it's
as rather DREADFUL" Good said !.
"rT}2ings are SO flat, as a rule. You
1gill probably say No at once" she
vEant on, land I'm sure I don't blame
you." Il should like to have the oppor-
tunlcv, at any rate [ said, With a
sznile. She started and half rose i'll her
char. I'm afraid We interrupted you
liz Toalr reading, she exclaimed. III
only came i'll Oh the impulse. It's really
no1hing. " "Now, said I, lying back in
2a.y chGi@ joui9nly, you positively fire
Eng curiosity, NO, size said, shaking
s1ar bead. lit was nothing. only
\ leaned forward ard touched Lex arm.
"Mlss Ealdaway, I said earnestly.
"Nha1, Ica would 1lb a r1or old fo2y
cit ll1S Only CCNsolatio.--th&t Of advising
others: tle. think you " me- sul.,e-
1A1o@ for tho .tu@Ious way III which
ToQ have aroiG,d lie lately"
1t seemed thai l couldn't have said
%anTEhI-" Hore to the point, though
2eaTeA knows l had 10 idea what the
Cear girI wanted. avoided You she
a.slQ- mt indeed. If ION only knew.
That's W]lat'- Here she came to al
abrupt pause. u should very much like
10 Know what that is I said after
waiting fOra moment. l suppose l look
co ut her kindly. Perhaps [ beaned be-
1aey 0lently. Old fogies dc. At any rate
she seemed to take courage, and sank
once more into tie depths Of the arm
chair. 4 have been very much worried
SateIy,' size exclaimed, with a sigh. |
nodded comprehensively. "It-it was
that that made me come rushing in
here" she went on. IL was deter
mined net 10 stand it any longer l
waited politely. Its that young Mr..
CT9nhart. she said, with an appealing
Nance at me, SIS if | should now under
s-ard all. / understood nothing, but l
1Ifre3 NY eyebrows. "Really:" l pune
trated. Yes" she resumed, taking
fresh courage. He is a frightful nui-
sance, He follows me about every
whe-e.' She paused, and as l seemed
expected TO say something l remarked
s3oat It was very impairment and that
Ee ought to know better. You see,"
aai8 Mis- HardawQy, my aunt wants
i really did not comprehend what
her aant wanted, but I did not say so. I
smlv Dinchcd ny expression into greater
5nrejngcnce and sympathy. And now
that we ale down here, he takes the OPP
ya1uuitv of-Cf fostering Inc, and
and-Nell, Aunt Catherine encourages
111u ".AI, " said |, pulling my mus
saaGhe, thai makes a difficult situation,
doesn't it?'' And | thought you might
aeIp me-" she ended with a plaintive
shot from her eyes.
Il. my child:'l asked in wonder,
saRut how? shorld be delighted, if !
Enev." Miss HHrdaway said nothing.
She appeared to have exhausted her con-
si8eue2 and sat TREMENDOUSLY in the arm
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