Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17

sounded.
 This reminded Millie of the flight of hours.
 1T had forgotten all about mamma. When will she be here?" she exclaimed. Possibly she is blocked on the line, murmured MT. Macintosh. "At any rate, you had better dine here while you wait for her"
 But MT. Macintosh's careless refer ence to her mother jared on her and damped her spirits. Things were evil dently very bad indeed. His indifference to his wife's whereabouts was positive ly shameful.
 During dinner, therefore, she was quieter, so MT. 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 steppapa was a very charming young man and that it was a thousand pities he could not get on with his wife.
 "I must try and make the peace, !" she thought Meanwhile my best plan will be to be as pleasant as possible conciliatory, in fact" Inspired by this idea, she made no objection when he suggested stroll on the boulevards. She insisted on his smoking, she prattled to him while he enjoyed his cigar, she leaned on his proffered arm and, indeed, made con- scientious effort to impress him with the fact that she was a nice girl and, though stepdaughter. would not be an incumbraDce or bother to him. And when they got back to the hotel, after little hesitation, as they were separating for the night. she stood on tiptoe and administered to his brow a pure, daughterly kiss. "Well," observed Mir. Macintosh aft CT she had vanished, "of all the expert ences I've ever had this certainly takes the cake"
 Now, a portion of the above was told to the present historian by MT. Dick Macintosh and part by his wife. I have merely interwoven their accounts The end of the story also obtained from both, but Dicks account was the best. Millie was very reticent when relating her share. Millie related her part as thus:
 Well, I was unpacking my things, you know, in order to be able to go to bed, when who should come in but mamma We hugged each other. and then said:
 "'Oh, mamma, how could you quar- rel with him?'
 Mamma looked very astonished and said:
 "'What are you talking aboutf" 'Steppapa,' replied He didn't
 bring your name up once all the time,
 and he didn't seem to care what had be- come of you, and-and altogether he was the last man in the world I should have taken for a bridegroom. But he
 was very nice to me. "'My dear child, exclaimed man.
 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 Christendom.
 Now for MT. Dick Macintosh's yer sion:
 Well, you see, old man, I received a
 letter from my Uncle Ned telling me that he had taken a wife unto himself, anu WOulu uccb ulIu anu tu6 lduy dt the hotel St. Moscow in a weeks time. On the date named I hied me to Paris, and while I was awaiting Uncle Ned 8 arrival a young lady was shown In.
 Well, we both thawed after time
 and had rare evening. She proved
 the jolliest girl maginable-talked,
 laughed, joked and seemed bent on be-
 ing as friendly as possible. We had tea.
 dined, took stroll and returned to the
 hotel. Then. my boy. imagine my as-
 tonishment. After she had said good
 night she reached up and gave me the
 most delicious kiss I had ever received in the whole course of my existence. In due time the four set of on their
 tour together, and during the tour Dick
 and Millie 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 a year after their return Dick took a flat in Kensington and asked Millie to share it with him, such as 1t was, and Mil
 lie not objeoting. they were married,
 and there l visited them and heard the story.