The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-17

unless I adopted desperate measures
Perce7al Jones was -ost TO ne for
ever.
But IN not one to gi7e up easily.
and after thinking hard thinks all
night finally bit OF plan and went
to sleep g: dayhreak and slept till
noon IS =reetly and Us incocentlr IS
4 child.
Early IL the afternoon ! telephoned
to Maud aud asked her to &c with NE
out to the golf links at o'clock.
: Then I telephored - Fred to meet
us there and proceeded to make .
fetching toilet with q Light heart,
When we reached the links there wa2
| Mr. Jones he had mentioned that he
was going the day before.
He was looking bored as usual, but
cheered up when 7 treated him with
haughty colGness.
1 eludei his attempts at converse
ton, s7ss.7s.7--~ enl threw Maud in his
way ever I could.
sTevarded By seeing him sect
himself BY Mand's side and commence
d;squisition on Ibsen as Fred came
round the hill en- his bicycle.
No sooner did Fred's eye light OF
the couple thaa he commenced to
glare like maamau. aud i'll spite Of
my iunoceu, efforts to keep him away
be woaud up By ;jeing So ou'rageously
rude to Mr. Jones that that gentle
man was consouudeG and Maud went
lc!2e III tears.
As for me, l went to bed happy.
Ny plan was working to charm.
\ day or two later I got mamma to
ask Mr.. Jones to dinner and managed
to have him take Maud out. That
settled It; Fred treated Perceval in
such an insulting manner that even
he could hardly overlook it, and he
lett early, to mammals distress and
my secret Joy.
After that I began to meet Perceval
every ;imc I went out cs the house.
No matter whether I walked or drove
OF rode a wheel. l was sure tp Gu
counter Linn before long a'.'3. i4s W0uii'
sxcart me -u1 my way, leaving NE al.
ways on our retilr: a. the end Of the
street leading to our house.
"!siace your brother. WHO Is your
guardian. ,lislikes Inc so, J canlot g.
70 rour homa." le would say regret:
! fully, and l would blush and stamner
al apology. "Bat must see you in
spite Of him" Perceval would add
with melting glance: and I WOULD GO
home il the seventh heaven.
At last, after three weeks Of this
surreptitioas courtship, Perceval could
stand it 10 longer.
:tBe my wife, Rosanond," he cried
one day. 'tNever mind what they say
at home; I must have you'll never
knew what love was before
Poor boy. he had never known The
bliss Of trying for what lie wanted.
Before this it had always dropped into
! his lap
! But couldn't trust him even then.
"Oh. no" I said timidly. "T dare
not, Fred would kill you if he thought
OF such thing
LET him try" said Perce7al val
iantly. "I'll have uin spite of him.
See, here is the minister on his porch,
! Rosamond. Come, darling, he will
give me the right to claim you| from
your brother. !
And before J knew what J. wSs about
J. found myself in the mjpiSsser's psr-
lor being married-fH bicycle skirt
and pink c0tto4Ishirt waist.
Ten minutes later ] walked into
-Ered Office. leaving Perceval waiting
outside, locking a little pale about
the gills, but with a combative CLEAN
in his eye.
Fred" [ remarked coolly, as I
looked nay brother square i'll the face,
81 want to thank you for what you 7e
done for me. I'm Mrs. Perceval Jones,
By your leave
! Then a smile of iucredulous relief
spread over his face.
'Goshr' he calculated. "To think
that the fellow actually wanted you"
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