The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14

out, so lar as can learn, the pipes ana
the woodwork of the school are all
right. Then an inspiration came to me
III am subject to Inspirations The
man who looks after the garden lives
in town, and he is quite willing to as
siSt me; in fact, l have made 1t worth
his while, don't you know. The trouble
is that all his assistants are rather
clodhopperS, and would be sure to
bungle a Diplomatic affair like this;
however, I was going 10 chance it with
one tomorrow, when l saw you, and
said to myself: Here is the very mani
When Providence sends the right man
always recognize him. That is the
whole secret of a successful life, don
you know-to be able to recognize the
gifts Providence sends at the moment
they are sent. Where most people go
wrong, don't you know. is by not ap-
preciating the providential interposi-
ton until afterward. You will put on a
gardeners smock. take clumsy and
unwieldy. broom in your hand. and go
/ TO High Cliff school to sweep the walks
and that sort Of thing. don't you know.
Then, as the girls are walking about,
seize the psychological moment and tell
Miss Edna I am waiting down here
! with the tandem. The young ladies are
allowed to walk out three at a time
! Two of them can sit back to back with
us and Edna will sit with me. Tell her
to choose two friends when we can
trust and we will all go for a jolly
drive together. If she hesitates, tell
her I am down here with her fathers
permission, but don't say that unless as
a last resort. I would much rather
have her come of her own accord, don't
you know"
What I fail to understand about
your plan is why-if you really have
! Mr.. Sartwells permission-nO, no, I'm
not doubling your world should have
put it, as you have her fathers per-
mission-why do you not telegraph
him, saying you are here, and get him
to send a wire to the mistress of the
school, asking her to allow Miss Sart-
well to go with you for a drive, with a
proper chaperon, of course?"
MY dear Langton-''
"Marsten, if you please"
''Oh, yes, of course. My dear Marsten,
what you suggest is delightfully."- sim
pie. and is precisely what would pre-
sent itself to the well-regulated mind.
1t would be the sane thing to do and
would be so charmingly proper. But
you see, Marsten, my boy, 1 under
stand thing or two about women,
which you may not yet have had. ex-
perience enough to learn. l don't want
! too much parental sanction about this
affair, because a young girl delights in
an innocent little escapade on her own
! L
| OF course, if the villain Of the piece is
baffied, he will ultimately appeal to
the proper authority; but you know I
| have already seen a good deal of the
young lady under the parental wing
| if I may so state the fact; and al
though she is pleasant enough and all
| that, 1 don't seem to be making as
much progress with her as I would
like, don't you know. Now a little
J favor of-well, you understand what l
mean-thingumbob-yo know-ro
nance. and that sort of thing-is worth
all the cut-and- dried bless you my
children in the market. You'll know
all about that as you grow older, my
boy
Mr.. Hope"
Look here, my boy, call me Barney.
Few of my friends say Mr.. Hope
and when anyone does say it, always
think he is referring to my father,
who is at this moment giddily enjoying
his precious self at Dresden, or there
abouts. You were about to say"
Il was about to say 1 would very
much like to oblige you, but 1 have
scruples about doing what you ask of
me-"
''Marsten-youll forgive me, won't
you?-but I'm afraid you're very much
Ike the rest of the world. Fellows
always want to oblige you, but they
don't want to do the particular oblige-
ment that you happen to want-if
make my self clear. If you want to
borrow a flyer, they will do any NOR
tai thing you wish but lend it. Now
it happens that, so far from wanting
a flyer. I'll give you <ne-or a ten
pound note for that matter-if you will
do this, don't you know"
'Oh, if 1 did it at all, 1 wouldn't take
money for doing it"
But l don't want fellow to work
for love, don't you know. 1 don't be-
lieve in that If 1 sell a picture 1
want my money for it-yes, by Jove,
l do
IF did this. it would be entirely for
love- and for no other consideration.
But 1 don't think 1 would be acting
fairly and honorably if 1 did it.
can't explain TO you why 1 think this;
my whole wish is to do what you ask
me, and yet l feel sure. if ! were thor
oughly honest, as l would like TO be,
should at once say No
My dear fellow, honor your scru>
pies; but / assure you they are mis-
placed in this instance. They are, re-
ally. Besides, have your promise, and
I'm going 10 hold you to it. 1t isn't
as though l were going to run away
with the girl and marry her against her
own wish and the wishes of her COM
bined relatives. If / wanted to see the
girl against her fathers wlll-weh,
then, there might be something to urge
in opposition to my project; but I'm
not-and don't you see that fact makes
all the difference in the world? OF
course they do? Why a man ought to
do anything for the girl he loves, and
he's a poltroon if he doesn't. That's
why I'm taking all this trouble and
staying in this town of the forlorn.
If a girl doesn't find you taking some
trouble in order to see her. why she is
not going to think very much or often
about you, take my word for that"
Il believe you are right. I'll go"
You're a brick, Marsten. Yes. my
boy. a brick" cried Barney, enthusiast
tically slapping his comrade on the
shoulder.
"A brick of very common clay. I'm
afraid, Mr.. Hope. / suppose you be-
lieve in the saying, AIS fair in lover"
"Of course l do, dear boy; it is the
maxim on which 1 regulate my daily
life"
Very well. will not take a verbal
message. for I may not have an OPP
oortunity TO deliver 1T: besides.
might forget something, or give it a
misleading twist. If you Will write
exactly what YOU want Miss Sartweil
to know. and give it to me as letter,
1 will deliver it if there is the slightest
chance of my doing So"
Right you are, old man, Now come
with me, and I'll introduce you to the
gardener person. and see if he has
blouse that Will fit you"
CHAPTER XIV.
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