El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-28

You are not q bad man, Mr.. Deane,
you have a great many noble qualities
and l like o for them" She paused
an instant and looked intently and
gravely at MIR. Deane. The color rose
to his cheek. 1t vas not disagreeable
to be told by a pretty young girl that
she liked him, on any terms, yet she
had INDUCED in pretty plain speaking.
II 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 overbearingi If 1 were
your mother, and you a little boy, I
should certainly put you in a corner
until you promised to be good"
Mr.. Deane smiled, although he was
getting angry. Olive went on with the
utmost composure:
"But as it is, 1 shall only keep you
here a prisoner until you have behaved
and given me your word not to annoy
my aunt again for rent unit she is
able to pay YOU Then. and not until
then, will you receive your money. Do
you promise? Yes or noF'
81 certainly shall agree to no such
terms" said Mr.. Deane tartly.
Every well, sir; I can wait"
Miss Mellen deposited the key in the
pocket of her gray dress and sat down
to her copying. Had h cen a a
Mr. Deane would probably a knock
ed her down; as it was, she wore an in
visible armor of power in the very fact
that she was a fragile, slight woman
and she knew it.
"Miss Olive" he said sternly, ''let us
terminate this mummery. Unlock that
door,
MI. Deane, 1 will not!"
81 shall shout and alarm the neigh
bOrhood then or call a policeman"
every well, Mr.. Deane. Do so if you
please"
h dipped her pen in the ink and be-
gan OIL q fresh page. Matthew sat
down, puzzled and discounted. and
watched the long dashed eyes N faint
ly tinted cheeks of his keeper. She was
very pretty. What a pity she vas SO
obstinateI
"Miss Oliver
"Sir?"
''The clock has just struck T." .
81 heard it,"
81 should like to go out to get some
lunch..''
81 am sorry that that luxury is out
of your power"
"But I'm COMPOUNDED hungry"
care you?"
"And I'm not going to stand this sort
of thing any longer"
"No?"
How provOkingly n~onchalant she
wasi Mr.. Deane eyed the pocket of the
gray dress greedily and walked VI and
down h room p~ettishly-
81 have an appointment at l."
Indeed! What a pity you will be
unable to keep it,"
He took another turn across the room.
Olive looked up with a smile.
"Wel1, are you ready to promise?"
"Hang it, yesi What else can L do"
"You promise*'
81 do, because 1 can't help myself"
Olive drew the key from her pocket.
with softened eyes.
"You have made me very happy, Mr..
Deane. 1 dare say o think me IN
womanly and unfeminine, but indeed
you do not know to what eXtremities
we are driven by poverty. Good morn
ing, sir"
Mr.. Deane sailed forth with a Curl
GUS complication of thoughts and emo
tons struggling through his brain, in
which gray dresses, long dashed blue
eyes and scarlet ribbons played &
prominent part.
"Did you get the money, sir?" asked
the clerk when he walked into the of
fee.
mind your business, sir" was the
tart response.
ST pity her husband" thought Mr..
Deane as he turned the papers over on
his desk. "How she will henpeck him..
BY the way, 1 wonder who her hus-
band will beY'
The next day he called at the Widow
Clarkson's to assure Miss Mellen that
he had no idea of breaking his prom
Use, and the next but n 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 GRAND to serve as
an excuse!
"When shall we be married, Olive?
Next month, dearest? Do not let us
put it off later"
81 have no wishes but yours, Mat
thew"
"Really, Miss Olive Mellen, to hear
that meek tone one would suppose you
had new locked me up here and tyr
anniZed over me as a ~jailer."
Olive burst into a merry laugh.
"You dear old Matthew I give you
warning beforehand that I mean to
have my OWL way in everything. Do
you wish to recede from your bargain?
1t is not too late yet"
No. Matthew Deane didn't. He had
q vague idea that it would be very
pleasant to be henpecked by Olive!-
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