The Princeton union., 1900-11-15

acOmGr / had cUCT seen.
significant nonentity, and impossible
whereas if were duke, or an Ameri
can millionaire, you might-perhaps"-
''Do you mean to say that you have
been deceiving me all this time? I al
together refuse to be bound by any.
unguarded words l may have uttered,
and if you persist shall also decline the
honor Of your acquaintance"
|'Hear me out, at any rate" l plead
ed, as seized her hand and gently
drew her back, for she had now got
up and was leaving me like frighten.
ed bird.
Then l blurted out the whole story,
in that clumsy, laundering way man
has when his heart is full and all his
happiness depends on what he is say
ing. Still never 4 word from her, until
at last cried despairingly.
''Frida, darling, my first thought
when l heard of this fortune was of
you-say you will share it with me-"
Il think you have been most abomi
nably deceitful and underhand.' she
faltered. You should not have kept
it from me, had right to know, !
,, should have been told-I-I"-
II only heard the news myself this
very morning.
"But just think what people would
say. j should be called Il mercenrry
wretch. accused Of selling myself for
your millions"
"They shall be yours. will make
them all over to you ut once. l do not
care for them one bit. except that they
give me the right to ask you for this. "
l took her gloved hand and kissed it,
but she herself. turning her blushing
face up to mine. offered me her lips.
When l left Princes Gate seemed
to tread an air We had been among
the last. Frda and had fingered on
among the azaleas till Mrs. Fair.
holmes patience was fairly exhausted
and she came herself tc end the tete-
a-tete. | think she saw enough in oul
conscious faces to comfort her with
the hope that the pains of her chaper
onage were approaching their term
and she heartily Endorsed Frida's invi
|
early
Then l saw them into their carriage
refusing their proffered seat. for
wished to be alone with my new found
happiness.
The night was fine, the air soft
under the pale sky, for dawn was neal
at hand. and stepped out gayly, Will
o1 -
the world went well,
was brought up shortly and sharply
to the realities of life by running VI
plump against my shadow" The
man who had stuck to my heels 81
pertinaciously all the evening was still
on the watch.
But he was not lurking in the re
cesses of a house porch. met hin
face,to face upon the pavement, and Ii.
could not escape me.
''Look here, my fine fellow" l cried
tackling him at once, "this has gone :
little too far. Take yourself off, now
or shall give you in charge. Come
walk" - ...-'
Then caught sight OF his face unde
the gas lamp and instantly recogniz
ed it.
>"What, you. Mr.. Snuyzer?" l laugh
ed aloud. "Upon my word, 1 am in
finitely obliged to you. But really yo,
might have saved yourself the trouble
And-pardon my saying sol dom
think you do it very WE'LL"
He would not own up at ALL easy
guv'nor, easy" he. answered, with
we'll assumed snuf11ing voice. .''Wo
> are you a-driving at?s I've as good
right to be 'erc as you ev. Wot'
amiss?" s,>
. 81 tell you plainly, Mr.. Snuyzer,
won't do," continued. 81 don't wan
you, and Won't have you dogging IN,
footsteps wherever so. It's not tn
,. way to get round me, and you'll hav
to drop it. Begin at once Go you
own road-that wav--and I'll tax
this"
pointed him down the Exhibitio!