The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-28


But will you take her my card?" he asks
at the same time slipping a coin into the
housemads hand. II think, perhaps, she
would-she might-that is, see me-
MatherS, however, who does not dare TO
face the storm that would ensue if her mis-
tress found herself so fiagrantly disobeyed,
and who is also too cold by nature to feel
much sympathy with a love affair, informs
him that Miss Page does not feel up to see
ing anyone and has given orders to that eff
feet, so very reluctantly Tom is obliged to
depart.
A happy thought, however, occurs to him
as he dispiritedly wends his way back to the
Gcdalmings. He is staying there three more
days. and on the next he will again call at
the Bungalow, and this time, if he is unable
to see Daisy, he will scribble note and give
1t to Mathers to take in to her. t4r
He carries out his plan-for, to his dismay
Miss Page is still afflicted with headache
and dispatches, as he supposes, the stolid-
faced housemaid to her room, with a few
almost desperate words asking if he has
offended her in any way, and, if he has not
whether she will see him, if she is better, on
the following day, before he goes up to town
to meet his brother.
Mathers takes the note direct to Mrs
Page, as she has been hidden, ana that 1ady's
inv ard fury is great when she learns what
she stigmatises as the 'impertinent folly"
of which young Carruthers seems still cap
able
She is very glad that yesterday and today
SIS mas insisted upon ner reluctant QduSn-
ter fulfilling two errandS of mercy in the
neighborhood, which will take her directly
away from any chance of seeing or hearing
anything of her importunate lover.
She resolves that however often Tom
chooses to make himself ridiculous from this
time forth he shall receive mot at home to
every inquiry.
Tom waits eagerly for Mathers' return, and
when he disappointingly observes that she
carries no scrap of paper in her hands, de-
mandS what message Miss Page has given
to her to deliver.
None, SIR answers Mathers, respectfully
but with well-trained and utter Indifference
'None!" exclaims Tom. IT mean what
answer is there to the letter I gave your?
There is no answer whatever, SIR repeats
Mathers unmoved. Il asked Miss Page what
was to say, and she only replied There is
no answer so I came down again.
NO answer!" mutters Tom, in sort of
stupefaction mo answer! 1t is ridiculous!
There must be an answer of some sort. Will
you go again?-or no. with a sudden re-
membrance CT what is due to self respect
and throwing his head up haughtily. II
will not trouble you
II don't think it would do any good, my
inquiring again, sir" says Mathers; "but of
course"
mo thanks Has Miss Page doctor?"
demands Tom, abruptly.
'Oh, no, SIR returns Mathers, as though
in surprise. Miss Page is not ill exactly
don't think she wishes to see people, that is
all" s@..le 80
81 see, replies Tom, between his teeth. He
strides down the path and out of the white
gate, furiously angry, lowing to himself
that he will never trouble the Pages again.
On his last night at the Godalmings' how
ever, being unutterably depressed, he can
not resist walking over after dinner, and
hanging about the gates of the Bungalow to
catch, if possible, glimpse of the girl who
is treating him SO badly, but whom he loves
with all the strength of his being She is
nowhere to be seen, neither in the garden
nor at any of the windows, and he returns
through the dewy fields thoroughly sick at
heart
Daisy, to whom the week appears the
most wretched she has ever spent, is trying
on her side to buoy herself up by PRIDE for
it seems to her that Tom might have made
one attempt to find out the reason of her
change of manner. By excusing himself
from lunching with them he had surely
avenged himself sufficiently, and might then
have called to make friends with her. She is
sure now that he is irrevocably offended,
and feels a conviction that she will never
see him again.
Having caused the chilling rebuff regard
ing Toms note, to be administered by Math-
ers to her daughters now unwelcome sutton
MIS- Page announces to Daisy that same
evening at dinner, tEat she is intending tax
ing her on the morrow to Beachgate. a quiet
little seaside resort, which Daisy instantly
recognizes is miles away from any place
which is likely to hold Tom Carruthers
In the direct dismay Daisy gazes at her
mother with wide open eyes
"Oh, mamma, thought we were going
back to town in fortnight's time as soon
as you had given up this house; but we're
to remain here meanwhile!" she cries.
i feel In need of a week or two of sea-
air." says Mrs. Page, composedIy. 81 am
not sure this place suits me- I daresay we
snail not remain at Beachgate longer than
fortnight, then we may go back to town
l don't know; but at any rate 1 have told
MafhNrS to have