, 1897-09-07

hours.
Il bad forgotten all about
When Will she he heip:" she exclaimed.
Possibly she is blocked Oh the line
murmurcd Mr.. Macintosh. AT any
rate, you had better dine here while
yon wait for her"
But MIR Macintosh's careless refer.
ence to her mother CARED on her ..r..
Ganpcd her spirits. Things were eyi,
IDENTIFY very had indeed. His Indifference
to his wife's whereabouts was positive.
ly shameful.
During dinner. therefore, she was
quieter, so Mr.. Macintosh had to do the
lions share of the talking. And so well
did he perform his task that Mile had
to confess that her steppapa was Il very
charming young man and that it was !;
thousand pities he could not get on with
his wife.
IL must try and make TIC peace" she
thought. "Meanwhiie my best plan
will be to be us pleasant as possilI!e--
conciliatory, i'll fact"
Inspired by this idea, she made 10
objection when he suggested "A stroll on
the boulevards. She insisted on his
smoking, she prat,led to him while he
enjoyed his cigar, she leaned on his
prOtfered arm and, indeed, made Il con
scientious effort to impress him With
the fact that she was Il nice girl and
though a stepdaughter. would not he
all incumbrance or II bother to him.
And when they got back to the hotel.
after Il little hesitation, as they were
separating for the night, she stood III.
tiptoe and administered to his brow a
pure. daughterly kiss.
"Wcll," observed Mr.. Macintosh ait.
er she had vanished, "of all the expert
ences I've ever had this certainly take
the cake"
Now, Il portion Of the above was told
to the present historian by Mr.. Dick
Macintosh and part by his wife. | have
merely interviewer their The
end of the story | also obtained from
both, but Dick s account was the best
Mile was very rciltont when relating
her share. Mile related her part us
thus:
"Wcll. l was urpacking my things.
you know, i'll order to be able to go to
bed, when who should come in but
mamma. We Rugged each other, anG
then | said:
"'Oh, mamma, how could you quar-.
rel with him:'
mamma looked very astonished and
said:
''Wha are yOu talking ahOut?'
tt,r, = ,,,I,,l Ill. 1s;,',
bring your name NJ once all the time,
and he didn't seem to care what had be-
co ne of you, nnd-und altogether he
was the last MAJ in the world | should
have taken for IL bridegroom. But he
was very nice to me-
my dear child exclaimed NAM
ma. are you wandering: What person
do you refer to: Your stepfather has
only just arrived at the hotel. We
crossed this morning. As for quarrel
ing. We are the most devoted couple in
ChrislendOm'
Now for Mr.. Dick Macintosh's YER
sion:
well, You see, old man, | received Il
letter from my Uncle Ned telling me
that he lad taken II wife INTO himself.
and would | meet him and the lady at
the hotel st. Moscow in IL weeks time
On the date named | hied me to Paris,
and while | was awaiting Uncle Ncd's
arrival Il young lady was shown in.
"WCll, We both thawrG after IL time
and had II rare evening, She proved
the joliicSt girl imnginablc-talk,d.
laughed. laSei and seemed bent on be
ing MS friendly lis possible. We had tea.
diued, tool IL stroll and returned to the
hotel. Then, my boy. imagine my rs.
constituent. After she had salt! good
night she reached NJ and gave me the
NEST delicious kiss | had ever received
in the whole course Of my eXiStence.'
In due time the tOur set OFT on their
tour together, and during the tom Dick
and Mile managed to patch up mat
ters so neatly that they c%;..c to hp
quite coed friends by the time they ~
turned to England. and about II year
after their return Dick took IL fiat III
Kensington and asked Mile to share
it with him, such as it was, and Mil
lie not ohiec,ing, they were married,
and there | visited them and heard the
story. -Answers.