Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-02-01

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You are not a bad man. Mr.. Deane:
you have great many noble qualities.
ana like you for them" She paused
an instant and looked intently and
graFely at Mr.. Dcenc. The color rose
| TO his cheek. 1t was not disagrceable
TO be told by Il pretty young girl that
she liked him, on any terms, vet she
had INDUCED in pretty plain speaking.
Il have heard" she went on, "of your
| doing kind actions when YOU were in
| the humor for it, You can do them and
| you shall in this instance. You are
| cross this morning, you know you are!
| Hush no excused You are selfish and
irritable and oyerbearing, If were
| your mother, and you Il little boy,
should certainly put you in corner
until you promised to be good"
Mr.. Deane smiled, although he was
| getting angry. Olive went on with the
utmost compoSure:
But as ii is, | shall only keep you
here prisoner until you have behaved
| and given me your word not to annoy
my aunt again for rent until she is
able to pay you. Then, and not until
then will You receive your money. Do
| you promise? Yes or noT'
Il certainly shall agree to no such
terms" said Mr.. Deane tartly.
| Very well, sir; can watt
Miss Mellen deposited the key in the
| pocket of her gray dress and sat down
! to her copying. Had she been a man
Mr.. Deane would probably have knock
| ed her down; as it was, she wore an in
| visible armor of power in the very fact
| that she was Il fragile. slight woman
and she knew it.
Miss olive" he said sternly. ''let US
! terminate this mummery. Unlock that
| door,
mir. Deane, will notr
81 shall shout and alarm the neigh
uorhood then or call a policeman"
Every well, Mr. Deane. Do so if you
| please"
She dipped her pen in the ink and be
| gan on a fresh page. Matthew sat
down, puzzled and discounted, and
watched the long dashed eyes and faint
| ly tinted cheeks of his keeper She was
very pretty. What a pity she was SO
| obstinatcl
Miss Oliver
"Sir?"
"The clock has just struck 49,
81 heard it,"
81 should like to go out to get some
| lunch"
Il am sorry that that luxury is out
of your power"
"But I'm COMPOUNDED hungry"
"Arc your
and I'm not going TO stand this sort
of thing any longer"
"NO?"
How proyokingly nonchalant she
was. Mr. Deane eyed the pocket of the
! gray dress grecdily and walked up and
down the room pettishly.
II have an appointment at II
Indeed! What pity you viii be
unable to keep itn'
He took another turn across the room.
! Olive looked up with smile.
"Well, are You ready to promise|
'Hang it, yes! What else can | do?"
"You promise|
81 do, because can't help myself"
Olive drew the key from her pocket.
| with softened eyes.
"YOu have made me very happy, Mr..
Deane. | dare say you think - UNI
womanly and unfemininc but indeed
You do not know to what cXtremties
/ we are driven by poverty. Good morn
/ Ing. sir"
Mr. Deanc sailed forth with curl
Gus complication of thoughts and emo
tons struggling through his brain, in
which gray dresses, long dashed blue
eyes and scarlet ribbons played a
prominent part.
"Did you get the money, SIR" asked
the clerk when he walked into the Of
fee
"Mnd your business, sir" was the
tart response.
! al pity her husband" thought Mr..
/ Deane as he turned the papers over on
his desk. How she will henpeck him!
/ BY the way. | wonder who her hus-
band will be-"
The next day he called at the Widow
4 Clarkson's to assure Miss Mellen that
he had no idea Of breaking his prom
Use. and the next but one after that he
came to tell the young lady she need
entertain no doubt of his integrity. and
! the next week he dropped in on them
with no particular errand to serve as
an excused
"When shall we be married, Olive!
Next month. dearest? Do not let us
put 1t off later"
Il have no wishes but yours, Mat
thew"
Really. Miss Olive Mellen, to hear
that meek tone one would suppose you
had never locked me up here and tyr
annized over me as jailer."
Olive burst into merry laugh.
"You dear old Matthew | give you
warning beforehand that ! mean TO
have my own way in everything. DO
YOU wish to recedc from your bargainf
1t is not too late yet
No. Matthew Deane didn't. He had