, 1897-04-21
However. 1 suppose it's necessar,

to some"
Possibly it dawned on Jane that sh,
was rejecting q little severely upon Ma
riana's comparative i'll fortune, and shs
added kindly, I'm sure the master is {
hangel when his pipes alight-com
pared to other times"
William was at first q rather shabby
young nan of the ready made, blacl
coat school of costume. He had waterJ
gray eyes and a complexion appropriate
to the brother Of one in a home for the
dying. Mariana did not fancy him very
much, even at the beginning. His emf.
an alpaca umbrella, from which he new.
er allowed himself to be parted.
HE goes to chapel" said Jane. "His
papa, ma'am'-
His what, Jane?"
"His papa, ma'am, wal church, but
Mr.. Maynard is a Plymouth brother,
and William thinks it policy, ma'am,
to go there too. Mr.. Maynard comes and
talks to him quite friendly, when they
amt busy, about using up all the ends
of string and about his soul. He takes
a lot Of notice, do MI. Maynard, Of Will
liam and the way he saves string and
his soul, ma'am."
Presently we heard that the head por-
ter at Maynard's had left and that Will
liam was head porter ut 80 shillings a
week. HE is really kind of wei the
man who drives the van," said Jane,
"and him married with three children. -
And she promised, in the pride of her
heart, to make interest for US with Will
liam to favor us SO that we might get
u parcels of drapery from Maynard's
with exceptional promptitude.
After this promotion q rapidly in
creasing prosperity came upon JAMES
young man.
One Sunday afternoon about that
time l was sitting at my writing desk
possibly 1 was reading a good book
when a something went by the window.
I heard q startled exclamation behind
M and saw Mariana, with her.eyes di-
lated. George" she said in an awe
stricken whisper. "did you seer"
Then we both spoke to one another at
the same moment slowly and solemnly:
"a silk haiti Yellow glovesi A new
umbrella"
That was the elimination of James
happiness. When she returned, Mr..
Maynard has been talking to William,
ma'am," she said, land he is to serve
customers, just like the young shop
gentlemen, during the mex sale. And
If he gets on, he is to be made an assist
ant, ma'am, at the first opportunity.
He has got to be as gentlemanly as he
can. ma'am, and if he amt, ma'am, he
says it won't be for want Of trying.
Mr.. Maynard bus took a great fancy to
him."
"He il getting on, Jane" said my
wife.
Eyes, ma'am," said Jane thoughtful
~. "he is getting on"
And she sighed.
That next Sunday, as I drank my tea,
I Intercepted my wife. How is this
Sunday different from all other Sun
days, little woman? What has happen
ed? Have you altered the curtains, OF
r~earranged the furniture, or where is
the indefinable difference Of it? Are
you wearing your hair in a new way
without warning me? l clearly perceive
q change in my environment, and I can.
not for the life of me say what it is"
Then my wife answered in her most
tragic voice: George" she said, "that
that William has not come near the
place today and Jane is crying hel
heart out up STARR"
There followed a period Of silence.
Jane, as I have said, stopped singing
about the house and began to care for
d brittle possessions, which struck
my wife as being a very sad sign in
deed. The next Sunday and the next
Jane asked to go out ito walk with
William" and my wife, who never at
tempts to extort condolences, gave her
permission and asked no questions. On
each occasion Jane came back looking
flushed and very determined. At last,
one day she became communicative.
william is being led away" she re-
marked abruptly, with a catching Of the
breath apropos to tablecloths.
Eyes, MN. She is a milliner, and
she can play on the piano"
II thought" said my wife, "thst
you went out with him on Sunday"
mot out with him, ma'am-after
him. I walked along by the side Of
them and told her he was engaged to
me-"
Dear mel Jane. did your What did
they dor"
"Took no more notice Of me than il ]
was dirt. So I told her she should suffer
for it."
''It could not have been a very agree
able walk, Jane"
"Not for no parties, ma'am."
II wish," said Jane, II could play
the piano, ma'am. But anyhow I don't
mean to let her get him away from me.
She's older than him, and her hair amt
gold to the roots, ma'am."
1t was ON the August bank holiday
that the crisis came. We do not clearly
know the details Of the fray, but only
such fragments as poor Jane let fall.
She came home dusty, excited, and with
her heart hot within her. 4
The milliner's mother, the milliner
and William had made a party to the
art museum at South Remington,
think. Anyhow Jane had calmly but
firmly accosted them somewhere in the
streets and asserted her right to what,
in spite Of the consensus Of literature.
she held to be her inalienable property.
She did, I think, go o far a. to Jay
hands on him. They dealt with her In
. cruahingly superior way. They "call
Cd . cab" There was . scene" viii
Ham being pulled away into the four
wheeler BY his future wife and mother.
in.laH from tia ulnotaut handa Of on