The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-04-29
1uIHg, sUun or late. VIII SUITS
her best don't blamo her"

SO she's accepted Willl"
| ooh, no, " he went on YEARLY; mot
yet, but she will. Who else is thcre?"
eyes; who clsc?'' echoed.
"God knows l hope they'll be happy.
| But, Jack. can't stay here now. 1 came
! here tonight partly to tell you about the
| end of my love story, but mostly to get
! you to take charge of my affairs Will
| and l talked this over some time ago and
| agreed that whichever of us won Mary
! would buy the others half in the old place;
| SO you can fix it up with him."
| l argued with him that it would be bet
| ter to wait awhile and not act hastily;
that maybe Miss Kent would change her
| mind, but my heart was not in my voice,
l know, and Henry shook his head.
"No; it's no use to talk that way. The
| things settled, and l am not going to stay
| here to be gloated over by these ID old
women in BrccsbOro."
| pointed out TO him that unless he told
them they couldn't know anything about
| it, but he was the worst hurt man l ever
| saw, and nothing would do but that he
! should leave town on tho carly train next
| morning lie staid all night with mo and
! told me he would send his address as soon
| Us he Was settled somewhere.
! Sometimes it is difficult to apply general
| maxilns to particular cases. There were
| periods in that last conversation with
| Henry Leicester when l was tempted to
| look at Mary Kent through tho eyes Of
| Brocsboro gOssips.
| was good deal surprised that Will did
| not come to Drecsboro tho next morning,
for l supposed Henry had told him of his
| intended departure. l afterward learned
| that he had come straight from Kent's to
my Office that night. In the afternoon
my door vas flung violently open, and
VIII, very much flushed, rushed in. Sec
ing that l was engaged with a client, he
| leaned against the wall and savagoly
switched the leg Of his boot with his rid
ing whip. No sooner had the other man
gone when Leicester burst out:
This is n HI Of n world"
silently subscribed to his criticism and
| awaited further developments.
Eyes, it is" 10 insisted, as though l
had denied his first assertion. "And this
place is tic hottest part of it. Jack Alcott,
| l want you to let your other business go
to the devil or where 1t will and help me
s:raightcn out my affairs. I'm going to
leave this id country today. Hal
Leicester lit was enc Of Wills Pcculluri-
ties shat he always spoho CT lis brother as
"HaI Leicester" never as Hal" alone)
sis going to buy my half of tho farm
We've fixed it up. Oh" in response to
query Of nino as to the cause of his action,
otis that little flirt over at Judge kent's
She has fooled me to the top of my bent
Hal Leicester had better look out that she
docsn fool him. 1 always thought you
wcro fool, Alcott, that you didn't fall in
love with her, but you've got more sense
than both Of Us put together"
l modestly deprecated such extravaganza
liattcry and told him about Henry's going
away I left out tho reason for it, but
Will guessed it at once.
"Shc's worse than l thought. Poor old
Hal Leicestor!' he exclaimed.
The way lie blamed everything on the
girl revived my weakening faith in the
ability of men to take care OF themselves.
Look here, VIII, I'll be hanged if see
where the crime Miss Kent has committed
comes in"
you dent, oh? Well, we'll leave my
self out of tho question, but don't you see
the harm in flirting with poor old Hal
Leicester and breaking his hearth"
."Oh, I'm something of Il skeptic about
the brittleness of hearts. Besides if she
had accepted you ard broken Halls heart
that way don't believe you would be so
Internally sharp in your criticisms.
"a girl has no right to encourage man
II sho doesn't care for him." returned
Leicester oracularly If not relovantly.
what Go You mean by Encouraging
mani"
"Oh-cr-d-n it, making him think
she cares for him; treating him white,
smiling and blushing when he comes
round Thunder, Jack You know what
1 mean well enough
did know what he meant and l
couldn't hold Mary Kent guiltless, but
that theory was demanding support.
do you expect Z girl TO turn her back
on all the men because they haven't sense
enough to put true valuation on her
smiles? Would you have her tell man
she cant marry him before 10 asks her?
You know well, VIII, that nothing but a
positive refusal could have made you be-
lievc you hadn't through ticket to Miss
kcnt's affections. Why, any old maid in
Breesboro could have told you how your
affair was coming out"
Tin id if you're very civil, Jack,
| and I don't agree with you. Still love is
provurbially blind, and there is something
! in what you say. But she was to blame
as we'll as we. However, it's over now
and I'm going to follow Hal Leicester.
did NY best to show him the folly of
| selling the place and all that, but the up
| shot Of it was that he went, and l was the
| richer in pocket and the poorer in friends
es tho result OF the "carryings on" with
| the Leicester boys. They settled in Ne
! braska, and when last heard were doing
| we'll
| And Mary Kent?
| Well, you see, I married her, which may
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