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

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feet, "and now I must go. 1t is so good
Of you. Mr.. -" but stay" I inter-
rupted, rising also. "Let us understand
What our programme is to be. You will
tell Aunt Catherine?' II am going to
tell her now" she said firmly. and.
and what are we-how are we'- ooh.
you must walk about with me a good
deal" she said. but won't that rather
bore you?"I asked deprecatingly. "Oh.
no." said Miss Hardaway frankly. II
like you. Besides it's better than Mr..
Urquhart." The compliment was not
strained. "And l am TO call you'll
queried. "Oh, you must call me Hetty,"
she returned promptly. "And you must
call NEIL began. ooh, I think I'll
call you just Mr.. Tyson,' she observed
after a pause. ''But do you think-don't
yuu think''-- Miss Hardaway consider
ed, %irowning. II don't think I can call
you. What is yonr name, MI. Tyson?"
she asked. Paul." said I meekly. II
know it's MT a nice NAME" ooh, it's
not SO bad" she said reassurirsly,
"only-all right. I'll call you that, and
Dow'- but is there nothing else:' [
asked. "Are you sure we mustn't do
anything else:" ooh, no." said Miss
Hardaway confidently. "We're just en-
gagged, you know" and with the futter
Of her gown was gone.
The bargain was plain enough, but !
was not quite sure how it would turn
out in practice. Yet it seemed to answer
we'll enough, as far as she was concern
cd. My services were i'll reQuisition the
very next day. We walked together in
the garden, and really it was not q dis
agreeable walk. AS we turned a corner
Miss Hardaway suddenly touched my
rrIl. Here he comes" she said has
tily. "Please DC something. Ihad no
idea what to do. ITO show him." size
explained impatiently and then hur-
1iedly seized my hand. We strolied
away like this till Mr.. Urquhart passed.
] hope it convinced him, but I could not
help feeling rather foolish. Then Miss
HardaWuy paused. please. go now"
she commanded. q have promised to
GO ont with Miss Vale" 1t was quite
strange to be ordered about at solne Il
else's will, and as / went back to my
books l vaguely wondered if this was a
fair sample of matrimonial experiences.
There was no call made upon me till
the following afternoon, when I was re-
quested to take Miss Hardaway for a
short stroll on the cliffs. "We must
keep up appearances, - she explained. 1t
was very pleasant on the cliffs, and
there we met Mr.. Urquhart once more.
I hastily seized her hand, but she drew
it away from me with decision.
"Don't!' she said. II thought I had to
do something" I observed humbly.
"Oh, no." she said in a vexed voice,
"don't you see there's no need now?'
l didn't see, but l took her word for it.
All the same I regretted that there was
no need. / had had no idea that she was
such al attractive girl. 1t appears that
only Aunt Catherine and Mr.. Urquhart
were supposed to know, but I was sure
the whole hotel was in the secret. I
came to this conclusion from the per-
sistent way in which we were left to-
gether. If we We're seen in each others
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 die not seem to have
anticipated it.
"What do they DO that for?" she ask
ed pettishly. ooh, they oppose we
want to be alone" l answered cheer
fully. How foolish - said Miss Hard
o,ro- fro,y,i~D stTN,c't W, x-,,,+ +> cv
to your books?' she said suddenly. did
not, but | took my dismissal and went.
Later that day Mss Hardaway sought
me. 4 think, Iii. Tyson" said she,
"that we bad better stop this lcetense
now. 1t has served its turn "Well,'
said ], If you alc cutie Sue that Mr.,
UIQuhart ard Aunt Catherine Will not
resume she shock her head. Il am
not afraid Of that size said boldly.
Very we'll, said I. then we had bet.
ter think cut a way. OF course the Ell.
gagelAcnt must lie bIoher, But who il
to Go it" 4, Of course, said Miss
Hardaway III surprise. I passed the pa
per knife between my fingers reflective
~. That is Of course the proper way
l answered, "but it may leave YOU opel
to Il difficulty. You see, if you breal
with he, people W believe that yor
never really cared, for me, and that WI
encourage Mr.. trquhart and Aun
Catherine.'' She bit her lips. 81 neye,
thought CT that" she said. "Then yo1
must break it." eyes, l must break it
but Oh What %grounds:" I asked
"Couldn't you say that you had made
; mistake, and really cared for some Oh
else:" she inquired. but l don't
, mean, would that be quite fair to you