The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

III 4 NVuN kAVsJS@ Nv lcuNV WITH ul NAlN
world, even fred.
For Ave consecutive afternoons after
that | sat Oy the ten table III tho back
drawing room. attired IN my bus,
gown, expecting p%erceval-in vain.
On the sixth he came.
What u delightful SURPRISE" | SAID
gushingly. vas d trile nervous from
waiting SO long.
".Ah. thanksw he remarked, looking
disappointed.
And then mamma came In and IN
spite Of my previous warnings finish
ed things BY treating Mr.. Jones as If
he We're Albert Edward or Mark Han.
ma or at lenst a royal duke. Mamma
never could resist n millionaire.
Our visitor took his leave Ia less
than half an hour, and ! knew that
unless l adopted desperate measures
Perceval Jones was lost to ne forever.
But I'm not one to give up easily.
and after thinking hard thinks all
night I finally hit on n plan and went
to sleep at daybreak and slept TIL
noon as sweetly and As lnnoeently az
q child.
Early In the afternoon l telephoned
to Maud and asked her to 70 with mr
out to the golf links at 4 o'clock. Then
I telephoned to Fred to meet us there
and proceeded to make a fetching
toilet with d light heart. When W"
reached the links, there was Mr.. Jones
(he had mentioned that he was going
the day before).
He was looking bored. as usual, but
cheered up when | treated him with
naughty coldness.
I aluded his attempts nj eonversa.
ton, however, and threw Maud In his
way whenever l could.
I was rewarded by seeing him seat
himself by Maud's side and commence
q disquisition on 1bsen IA Fred came
around the hill on his bicycle.
No sooner did Fred's eye light on
the couple than he commenced to glare
like q mailman, and In spite of my In
nocent efforts to keep him away he
wound up by being so outrageously
rude to Mr.. Jones that that gentleman
was confounded, and Maud went home
in tears.
As for me, | went to bed happy. My
plan was working to d charm.
A day or two later l got mamma TO
ask Mr.. Jones to dinner and managed
to have him take Maud out. That set.
tied II. Fred treated perceval In such
an insulting manner that even he could
hardly overlook It, and he left early, to
mammals distress and my secret Joy.
After that l began to meet PercevAl
every time l went out Of the house.
No matter whether l walked or drove
OF rode a wheel l was sure to en-.
counter him before long, and he would
escort me on my way, leaving me al.
ways on our return at the end OF tho
street leading to our house.
"Since your brother, who IL your
guardian, dlslikes me 40, | cannot 70
to your home" he would say regretful-
", and l would blush and stammer an
apology. "But I must see you In spite
Of him." Perceval would add with n
melting glance. and |. would 60 home
In the seventh heaven.
At last after three weeks OF this sur.
reptitious courtship Perceval could
stand II nc longer.
"Be my wife, Rosamond" no cried
one day. Never mind what they say
at home. must have you. never
knew what love was before"
Poor boy. he had never known tho
bliss Of trying for. what no wanted,
Before this It had always dropped into
his lap.
But / couldn't trust him even then.
"Oh, nor | said timidly. II dare not,
Fred would kill you II no thought OF
such a thing"
"Let him try" said Percevai valiant.
". "IIl have YOU In spite Of him. Soc,
here IL the minister on his porch, Rosa.
mond. Come. darling, he will give me
the right TO claim you from your
brother"
And before ] knew what ! was about
! found myself In tho minister's par,
lor being married In n bicycle skirt
and pink cotton shirt waist,
Ten minutes later ! walked into
Fred's Office, leaving Pereeval walt
Ing outside, looking q little pale about
the gllls, but with n c0mhatlye CLEAN
In HIS eye,
erred" ! remarked coolly an look,
cd my brother square In the face, ~
want 10 thank You for what you've
done for mo, I'm Mrs, Perpeyal Jones,
by your lenye,"
Then n smile OF incradulous relief
spread over his face,
"d0sh!" no calculated, ITO think
that tho fellow actually wanted you"
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