Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-07-27

held the door open for me. and keeping
my smarting eyes bent on the ground 4
hastily made my exit. Never In all the
10 years OF my life had felt 20 an
noyed and resentful.
80 much for my happy thought :"
l reflected briefly. as l descended the.
deep stairway into the station. Hav-,
Ing ascertained that my train was not,
due for Is minutes. 1 fell to pacing the
platform, where the Haunting posters
OF many a prosperous compeer OF the
luckless little weekly I still grasped
gave n yet keener edge to my disap-
pointment. Turning In my perambu-
latlon I was surprised Ia see the fan
mel clad figure Of my c blurred
vision hurrylng toward ne
"l1e old bigwig has repcnted u his
Insulting REFUSAL I thought hopefully,
while I bowed In response to the young
fellows don OF can.
Excuse me. Miss Harvey. but there
has been some unfortunate mistake,
aud | have followed you here In the
hope Of Strengthening matters he
said. his quick breathing and height
ened color tcstifying To the hot haste
he had made. Il am the Rolf Rutland
who scribblrs nonsense; my Uncle Is q
savant. and only writes Tor the scien-
tihc journals"
"A sayant! So wonder he was so
annoyed at my requeStr' exclaimed,
blushirg painfully "But. really, know
Ing you write humor. hc might have
guessed | had made some such mis-.
take
"Ali. but he did not know It until ten
minutes ago. I have great cxpccia.
tiona' In that quarter, and have kept
my frivolous talrtd II dead secret from
hun" lie replied. Will Il Whimsical
smile.
"Thcn | hope you Will have no rca-
son 10 u this stupid blunder OF NINE"
! said lmpulsiycly.
Il should certainly have rucd II sad
Is II I had never discovered it-which
Is Il rank i~iibcruicism. | suppose
And 4 mUtua! laugh set Us both at our
case.
"AEd now. Miss Harvey. with regard
In The Weekly Wag, | shall he most
pleased to contribute 10 It's columns
hc sald. as eagerly rs though he were
a struggling nspiran;. anxious to sec
his illusions la print.
In the mlls' Of my delighted thanks
the train dashed in. Guh all was con
fusion. Whom lrc had handed me into
a carriage he told me that directly the
CRICKET match was over lie should run
into the city and soc my father. Then
the train moved on, and as our eyes
met IN a last glance. I saw a look In
his that made my heart dance as II lac
Eeyrr danced before.
About , O'Clock there came n tele
| gram from dad, to the effect that Mr.
Rutland would dine with us ut Z. Ii
a nutter OF delight. | helped aunt L
Improve our menu and then hasteneC
to make my dinner toilet.
When. half an hour later, dad ant
MIR. Rutland entered the drawing room
I was surprised to see how much olde
and distinguished lc. looked in evening
dress than Ia his tianncls. ANA for tn
minute | felt quite SHY. But his gen!a
franhnpss OF manner SCOT brought u
sin touch again. apd have passe,
the most charming evening | can re
member.
Sept ., 1898, 1915 p. m.-My wed
ding eve. and exactly a year since III,
day I made hat absurd blunder. Ant
now. thanks 10 the spur given 1t b!
Rolls pen. The Weekly Wag is the
foremost of It's class and its editor hi!
CHEEKY Old self again.
"But | shall never forget" he sai(
to me this morning. that 1t owes IT
success not TO the editor, but to tn,
editors Misunderstanding.