The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-07-09

fusing to s|hush up''-''I believe ii
must be ages ago. Well, if you per-
sist in this unreasonable course"
CT don't persist any more than you.
Look at how you did with Tom Van
duren."
'"fhat was long time ago. !
didn't do it for an example, eitt er.
And you said at the time you wouldn' t
do as much for me. Then you went
sd did the very same thing, after all. -
= stDon't care, " Prisey said, doggedly.
SCI will not marry off and leave you
for any man under the canopy of
heaven"
''Fhen, my dear, since we cannot
get our suitors to keep step, SO to
speak, we might as we'll make ar
rangements for quiet and diguifed
old maidhood. Let's buy parrot OF
something, Prisey.
The front door bell rang while the
iSSFes- young women were discussing
their mutual affairs in their own room
on the second floor. Just as Mab's
brilliant suggestion for the purchase
of a parrot lad thrown both the sisters
into fit of laughter, the servant girl
of the boarding house appeared at
their door with q square envelope ad-
dressed to Nab.
s'The boy says he's to wait for an
answer
':Here, Prisey," said Nab as soon
as she had glanced at the signature,
ssthis must be for you. It's addressed
to me-yes-no-wait minute
Then she read to herself:
My Dear Miss aI1ccb-Do you intend going
out this evening. Ifnot, will YOU see me
at S.302 have something to scy to you Of
the greatest importance-to myself, at
least. julius CLEMENT.
"Here, Prisey, read this" And
Nab handed the letter to her sister.
'fWhat do you think he means?'
Then she added, speaking gently, to
Z avoid being heard by the servant girl,
who was waiting at the door, "Do you
think he's got us mixed up?"
As Prisey read the note her blue
eyes widened in amazement, but she
only said, ':You're keeping Jane wait
ing, Nab
Nab turned suddenly to the door,
s'Tell the boy Yes" she said.
s'That's all the answer there is.
The door having closed behind the
Servant, there was silence of some
moments between the two sisters.
They seemed to take the incident il
contrasting ways. The brunette Nab
stared, as a child might stare at an
elder sister-Prlsey Y rs her elder by
year-who has met with calamity
aud perplexes by her GOODNESS under
it. Prisey went on with her occupa-
tion, which happened to be pulling
feathers from an old hat to rearrange
them en- new one
These two orphan girls had been
alone together in the world for so long
that each expected to understand
every inmost feeling of the other by
intuition.
Don't you care?" Nab said at
last.
''I?" said Prisey, looking up from
her feathers for one monens. "What
for? Why shouldn't he?"
'Was / right, Prisey?'
Perfectly right, child"
At the appointed hcar Mr.. Clement
rang the bell and asked for Miss Mabel
Cartwright.
did you say Miss Nabel?" Jane
asked.
"Yes, Miss Mabel"
Jane really felt uncertain as to
whether Mr.. Clements memory had
not played him tr::.!:.
$50 you have something of the
greatest Importance to say to me?"
Nab asked him when she had taken a
very strait chair opposite her visitor
':Er-yes, Miss Nab. I hope you
won't hurry me though. Did say,
'the greatest importance, in that note
I sent you? Oh, well-'
ITO you,' think you said. But
] don't want to hurry you. It's very
sloppy ont of doors, isn't it?''
"Oh, now don't make fun of me-
Chow" Nab asked irnocently?
s:Because asked if it was sloppy"
''I might as we'll come to the point, -
said Clement. ''Look here, Miss
Nab, of course you know what hap
pened last night-at the Jernays-to
me. mean"
Nab only fixed her dark eyes on
him ana when he hesitated, said,
ego on