Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-17

Haussmann's, after which he retail.
ated in the gayest fashion with stories
of Oxford Varsity. Thus they passed
the Tina away until the first dinner
gong sounded.
This reminded Millie of the Eight of
hours.
II had forgotten all about mamma!
When will she be lerey' she ex.
claimed.
Possibly she is blocked OF the line"
murmure,l Mr.. Macintosh. AT any
rate, you had better dine here while
you wait for her."
But MIR. Macintosh's careless refer
ence to her mother Jared on her and
dumped her spirits. Things were evil
IDENTIFY very bad indeed. His indiffer-
ence to his wife's whereabouts was pos
itively 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 Millie had
to confess that her stcpfatller was q
very charming young man, and that it
was II thousand pities lie could not get
on with his wife.
Il must try and make the peace" she
thought; meanwhile my best plan will
be to be as pleasant as possible-concil-
iatory. in fact"
Inspired by this idea she made no OBJ
lection when he suggested u stroll on
the b%oulevards. She insisted on his
smoking. she prattled to him while he
enjoyed his cigar, she lcant on his prof
fered arm, and. indeed, made a con-
scientiOus effort TO Impress him with
the fact that she was IL nice girl. and,
though a ste%pdaughter, would not he an
incumbrance or a bother to him.
And when they got back t o the hotel,
after Il alttie hesitation, as they We're
scpalatin. for the night, she stood on
tiptoe IL administered to his brow u
pure. daughterly kiss.
Well" observed MI. Macintosh, aft.
er she had vanished. "of all the expert
ences I've eycr had, this certainly takes
the cake"
Now, 81 portion of the above was told
to the present historian by MIR. Dick
Macintosh. and part by his wife. l have
merely interviewer their accounts. The
end of the story l also obtained from
both. but Dicks account was the best.
Millie was very rcticent when relating
her share. Millie related her part, as
thus:
We'll. ! was unpacking my things,
you know, i'll order to he able to go TO
bed. when who should come in but
mamma. We Rugged each other, and
then l said:
20. mamma, how could you quarrel
with himT"
Mamma looked very astonished. and
said:
What are you talking about?"
"%Step-papa," / replied. He didn't
bring your name up one all the time,
and lie didn't seem to care what had
become of you, and-and altogether lie
was the last man in the world l should
have taken for II bridegroom. But he
was very nice to me-:
"'My dear clild!' exclaimed mamma.
are you wandering? What person do
YOU refer to? Yours tepfather has only
just arrived at the hotel. We crossed
this morning. As for qunrreling, we are
the most devoted couple in Christeu-
dom!"
Now for Mr.. Dick Macintosh's yer-
sion:
We'll. you see. old man. l received n
letter from my uncle Ned. telling mo
thai he had taken ii wife unto himself
and would ! meet him and the ludy nj
the Hotel st. Moscow in a weeks time.
On the date named l lied me to Paris.
and. while was awaiting Uncle Ned's
arrival. Il young lady was shown in.
well. we both thawed after n time
and had II rare evening. She proved the
~jclliest girl imaginable-talked, laugh
cd. .ioked. and seemed bent OH being "a
friendly as possible. We had tea. dined.
took Il stroll. and returned to the hotel.
Then. my boy. imagine my astonisl-
ment. After she had said good night
she reached up and gave me the most
delicious kiss l had ever received in the
whole Course of my existence
In due time the four set off on their
tour together. and during the tour Dick
and Mile managed to patch up mat
ters SO neatly that they came to be
quite good friends by the time they re-
turned to England. And about u year
after their return Dick took a fat in
Kensington and asked Millie to share It
with him. such rs it was. And Millfe
not objecting they We're married. and
there l visited them and heard the
stOry.--Answers.