Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-01-02

lowing voters 10 kiss her don't think
you should be offended II. for the sake
Of an excellent charity 81 am not |
the Duchess of Deyonshire," said Miss
Hewitt shortly. 81 don't suppose. "
said, "that Il was much of q kiss.
Miss Hewitt's nostrils curled In scorn. |
"Good people are always so particular"
/ said philosophically. Miss Hewitt's
indignation broke forth. "Do you sup
pose, Mr.. Randall, " said she sarcas-
ticaliy, ''that one would allow any one
that wished to- "Oh, never said
any one" interrupted hastily. "No;
certainly not any one" She looked at
me with undisguised hauteur. Iglanced
about the stall. 81 should like to have
a lot of those things" ! said. II could
send them to q children's hospital, you
know" Miss Hewitt's face relaxed
slightly. "They would be very useful, "
she said. "It would be ESQ, wouldn't
it?'' / asked, as if entering on calcu-
lation. eyes, said Miss Hewitt, with
a little show Of excitement; "e45 il
any one took the lot" / fingered in my
pocket and hesitated. 'fI'm afraid
said !. "You see, I forgot had prom
ised to buy quantity of flowers for the
infirmary," / remarked, glancing at
Miss Chadleigh's stall Miss Hewitt's
face fell, but she said nothing. I took
out my pocketbook and extracted some
notes, dividing my looks between the
two stalls in hesitating way. 81 think
the children in the hospital would like
the toys very much" said Miss Hewitt
nervously. eyes; they could play with
the stockings nicely, couldn't they?"
said 1. She paid no heed to this remark.
ct wonder if Miss Chudleigh would
do what the duchess did?" observed
presently. perhaps you had better ask
her, said Miss Hswitt sarcastically.
"Oh, mo- / said hurriedly. II was only
wondering. For the sake of the poor,
people do make sacrifices, suppose. "
'I don't believe she did let them-let
them kiss her" remarked Miss Hewitt,
after pause and contemplating wood
en- horse. "Don't your" / asked, look
ing up. "What did they do, do you
think?'' Miss Hewitt examined the toy
carefully. "Oh, she said indifferently,
81 should think she merely pretended. -
"Pretended?' Iechoed. Eyes; they only
kissed-just-not quite--I mean they
didn't really touch her," she explain d,
with more interest in the horse. I Con-
sidered this. "But some of them, OBJ
jected, would not have been content to
be put of that way. They must have
really "Oh, if any one liked to be
rude and take advantage like that, she
said disdainfnlly, "she couldn't help it,
poor thingr' "No, assented, 81 sup.
pose she couldn't, and she must Lave
hated it all the time" "Of course she
did," said Miss Hewitt. now inspecting
q doll. "But she did it out of a sense
of duty-~to benefit her country" / con
cluded. "a man would never have beer
SO unselfsh, said Miss Hewitt. "Nev
er," I said emphatically. "But do yor
think that women are capable of such
an act of self sacrifice in these days!"
asked. "Of course, said Miss Hewitt
watching some people go by with grea
interest, "if-if they only-only pre-
tended to-" "But if there was an acci
dent?" / ventured. Miss Hewitt ap
parently did not hear this. "Do yoI
really think, persisted, "that WON
ana girl-would do a thing like that?'
"She wouldn 't--she couldn't-of cours
the duchess did not let it pretend to b.
done-in-before any one else. ''Not
for example, in room like this?"
said, looking round the bazaar. "How
then?' "Afterward," murmured Mis-
Hewitt, bending down to pick up pin
suppose. "Oh, I said, "she woul,
only promise, then" Miss Hewitt sal,
nothing. I rose. "Well, I'm afraid
must be really going" said, holding
out my haad. 81 think if she were real
ly honest she would have to keep he
promise, 'said Miss Hewitt in a loy
voice.
lookedat her, but she was not look
ing at me. ''I think you have given m
two waltzes tonight" observed. 81
isn't very generous usage" "I'm sur
it's quite enough" said Miss Hewitt
firmly. swell, at any rate, let us 81
out the second" suggested. Mis-
Hewitt looked at me in surprise. ''
thought you liked dancing" " she sal
innocently. "Oh, sometimesp' | said
"But we might have talk in the con
servatory. It's sure to be very hot.
"Do you think it is?'' said she. Seer
tain. T" "Oh, we'll seer' said she non
chalantly. q turned to go. "By th
way" said I, leaning on the stall conf
dentially, "shall I leave you the Go
nowP And then you can send the thing
to the hospital at once, you know.
Miss Hewitt avoided my eye. II didn
know" she began and broke off. PEI
haps it wouldibe better, she murmured
I offered my hand. Tonight, then."
said. She did look at me at last, but
was quite by accident-just the sort {
accident that happened in the conservs
tory.-H. B. Marriott Watson in Blac
and White.