The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-01-03
LOVE IN A CAB.

The stopping of his cab made Mr.. Ar
thur Cargill look up from his paper. The
way was packed All at once he recog-
nized girls face, frightened and PALE
Jump in!'' he cried. The girl saw him
just in time, caught the extended hand
and was by his side, painting and safe, in
D moment.
''My dear Miss Chesterton," he said,
"why do you run such risks?''
81 don't know. Suppose I'd been
knocked down and run over"
'And by my cab," murmured Cargill.
Cargill, quite by accident, laid his hand
upon Miss Chesterton's.
By this time they were approaching the
Trocadero, where Cargill had proposed to
dine. Miss Chesterton's fright had evil
IDENTIFY quite put her own destination out
of her head. The cab drew up impassive-
ly. Miss Chesterton suddenly awakened.
'Where are we?" she asked.
cat the Trocadero," said Cargill,
"where hope you are going to dine with
me''
"But 1 promised to be at Hampstead by
z, and couldn't think of dining with you
as am, Mr.. Cargill."
"You can't possibly reach Hampstead
by z. 1t is $3.50 now, and it's precisely as
you are that l want you to dine with me-"
"Now," said Cargill, ''come along. 1
| insist on you coming. Remember, saved
your life.''
eff you put it like that, Mr. Cargill,"
she said, ''you leave me no option"
Dining he said, sis an art Not one
lady in thousand understands it. The
harmony must be preserved. 1t is not less
| subtle than music. Now, your misfor
tune this evening has. been the means of
1 I~r;x, -
hadn't jumped into my cab should have
been dining miserably-alone."
"You would probably have been quite
happy Miss Chesterton said.
"Believe me-no," said Cargill "To
| tell you the truth, was thinking about
you just before. I intended to call upon
you tomorrow"
| Miss Chesterton turned her head aside
and sought earnestly for her pocket hand
kerchief
81 should have been glad to see you,"
she said.
"I suppose you will consider 1t will be
unnecessary to call nows" he asked.
"Oh, no." she said; ''mamma will be
in."
81 say it with all respect to your moth
er,'' he said, "but I didn't particularly
want to see her. wanted to see you."
"About the collie puppy you promised
to get for me?' Miss Chesterton asked
hurriedly.
''No, the puppy had nothing to do with
it. Let me fill your glass.
"Then it must have been about-about
the BAZAAR" she said, trying to look un-
concerned and succeeded only in blushing
deeply at her own failure.
about the bazaar?'' echoed Cargill in
mild astonishment. 81 don't know any
thing about a bazaar. Do you want me to
help you in something of that sort?"
"No," she said. ST made mistake. ]
was thinking that you knew all about it,
but of course you don't. :"
'sIndeed 1 DON'T" said Cargill. "Ba-
zaars are not exactly in my line."
NO." Miss Chesterton agreed humbly.
ST don't want to spoil such pleasant
evening-pleasant to me at any rate"
"And to me, too" she said.
"Thanks," said Cargill, ''but I'm going
to risk it. If you could only promise moi
to be annoyed at what I'm going to say. >
He felt his way cautiously and watched
her face sidelong. He was very much IL
love with Miss Chesterton, but he was still
well enough in hand to go carefully.
"I'm sure you wouldn't say anything t.
annoy me, Mr.. Cargill," she said, finger
ing the stem of her glass nervously.
"That's kind of permission for me Il
go on, isn't it?''
"Yes, without you were going to pro
: pose something very dreadful"
ST was going to propose, said Cargill
J catching at the word, s'that you shoul'
marry me-"
: Miss Chesterton instantly felt that tn
eyes of all the room were upon her, but
glance assured her that she was as mucl
alone there as in a church.
"Is that SO very dreadful" Cargill ask
ed.
"No; it's very kind,'' said Miss Ches
terton.
81 didn't quite put it in the form Of
t question, but will now. I've been II
love with you for quite three months-o
t course you didn't notice it. My dear girl
-he laid hold of her hand under the tabl
i twill you be my wife?"
S Her fingers closed upon his, and sh
D turned a flushed and laughing face to
4 ward him.
"But the art of diningP" she said. "W
! should never get on together, should we
know nothing about it, remember"
1 "I'll take the risk" Cargin said.
"Then you don't take any interest Il
? bazaars, - she said
l ly wish you can run a bazaar of your owl
and manage it all yourself"
ssNot for the world" said Miss Chester
e ton.
g care there any other objections" ask
ed Cargill. because, if there are, we ma
J. as we'll settle them now"
81 can't think of any more at present.
g "Then you say 'yes?'
J. sMr. Cargill,'' she said "don't 20
d think you have me at a disadva ntage-
almost at your mercy? You see, you save
II my life this evening and then gave me
II very good dinner afterward."
"You admit the dinner was good9"
IT Excellent"
70 "Then forget about the life saving
If give that up-count it out. ="
Il "But l can't" she said.
,r "Then count it in,' he said.
le 81 will," said Miss Chesterton, "and
say yes"
There was long silence, in which bot
a Miss Chesterton's hands went under tt
as table, Suddenly she cried out:
i'd "It's nearly 9 o'clock!'
1T eyes" said Cargill "I'm going to 8
II you home now"
''In a cab?" she asked.
~ "In a cah," he said. "If there's al
1T fund for pensioning decayed cabmen,
S, shall subscribe largely to it. ."-Exchang
GO The closing of the leaves of plants I
80 the evening comes on was at first SUI
posed by hotanists to be due to the di
- ference in temperature, but on tram
bs planting the plants into hothouse
Nv was found that the same phenomena