New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07
BREAKING TIE NEWS.

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"Ba: villa, do you think he'll do? What CO
!ru s,irpose"-
"Vhy waste our time in suppos.tion? He'll
le here most likely this afternoon, and you Will
hc ahlc TO judge for yourself"
iet,y Oakhurst GpTang TO her 'eet
.".'ed is coming here this afternoon? why on
ca-.h didn't you ;en re before? ANA She
rdo.tte, ncryouslv with her hat before The glass
as she sfokc.
"But vcu knew. Betty, where you
gonG?'
"hrvwherc out Of this" cried the eirl, laugh
inr ne.vously as she stopped to kiss her friend
Nora however, caught her am "Nonsense'
I;oitvt You'd much better tell him s,ri ign, out
nov. and get it over 1t will be ever so much
r,o.c awkward for you if the news reaches him
fro,l outside"
81 don't see that at ALL" returned Betty
quietly as she drew away from her companion
Il am sure that if-if your
Sic paused tentatively.
"You don't mean to say that you expect me
TO ten Ted Markham that you've Tilted him.?
81 certainly don't expect you to put 1t in that
wav" replied Miss Oakhurst with little laugh
nut | am quite certain that you would explain
it to tn poor fellow much better than any one
ere"
"EXplaln'' exclaimed Nora, iiiiId'N"''!'
don't know that there's anything to explain eX-
cept that you've put yourself ana me IN d "'oS'
ride ulOus position.
Nora"
81 wish I'd never had anything To do with II.
I never felt so uncomfortable in my life as
lavo done since You dragged me into this
precious scheme Of yours"
"Ioor old Nora murmured Betty sympathetic
cai!y. while she last furtive Gianc's AZ the CLOCK.
.'You came here and shed any number Of tears;
declared that you adorcd Ted Markham ;h'''
yc!r father wouldn't hear of an engagement
but that if you only had little time before |"i'
you were sure everything would come right
80 il has" remarked Betty soto Noce IT
only a question Of point Of view
Nsra flashed an indignant look az her.
Il think YOU might lie serious now, ana al
lcas; pretend that yoI'rc ash AIMED Of yourself
Ycu begged me to help YOU To get my aunt I"
aeh him here to aci screen in fact 50 that
,ou,. neo,lc might imagine it was all over and
that you had both changed your minds. and no"
How
The sound Of d bell broke in upon Miss Helms
icy'e cloquence and Betty caught ~ hcF glove
I'm awfully sorry. Nora. Abuse me as much
as yoI like. Gocdby"
And T., fore Nora could stop her she had dar'cd
through the door and was on her way down
stairs She let her go. After ali. 1t never WAS oi
any use TO argue with Ec;iH. sh" Was IN" ~
those DELIGHTFULLY."- irresponsible creatures wh"
ALWAYS manage, t. shift thu blanc Of their shor;-
co:.ings on to other peoples shoulders ana
whom no onc-no man. at any rdtc-"N'i
Dire ans If judging by ordinary standards. Nora
wondered as she stood there IDLY looking Wi"
tie street how she could ever have been foolish
enough To take Bctiy's love troubles seriously
::caniirnc that sane folly of hers was r"nS
TO bear some very uuIalaiablc fruit In less
than ten minutes young Markham would Tee
there lie had arranged g. call for Miss Helms
lc, and her aunt. Lady Hewitt 10 escort mem
To- an afternoon concert. The elder lady had do
clarcd AT luncheon tina; the weather was far too
de,r.s.inc for II rot to be madness 10 risk the
probability Of a further fall in ones moral la
ron.ctcr 10y a couple 81 hours Of orchestral must.
ant that Nora mus, give him some tea and her
excuses
Nora was conscious that this was a neat pre-
!cxt for giving the young man the chance OF
Ntc-a-tttc with herself Lady Hewitt was too
enuoient naturally. not to he heartily weary Of
Ar duties as chaucrOn to her niece. An at
trac,tye hciress was "A responsibility lltue to her
;asie and the girl felt that ineligible as most
rrthers and responsible people would have
termed Ted Markham. with his post IN the For
eiCr Office and his neaere personal fortune,
Iacy Hewitt would open her arms To h'l gladly
II nc would but relieve her Of her onerous duties
of Watchdog and would declare that Nora had
money enough for them both
Nora sighed as she stood at the window. 1t
was a topsy-turvy world and the wrong people
were ALWAYS being thrown together. II only --