The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-11

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SIT qco,,'t hurt"
sat down, however, the younger lady
said, without a shadow of embarrass-
ment.
"Ireckon, before we begin, we'd better
do a little introducing, don't you? This
lady" (she pointed to her companion)
sis my very kind friend Mrs. Beecher Of
Boston, with whom I am travelling.
You we probably heard of Beecher S pat
ent double action sofa springs, / reckon?
am Kate Sanderson of New York,
only daughter of Millionaire Sanderson
Of Wall street. whom 1 guess you've
heard all about too. So you see we're
both of the United States of America,
and very much at your service. y
81 am very glad to have met you, /
answered. My name is De Norman
vile, and I hail from London"
"Not DIR. De Normanville Of Caven-
dish square surely?"
eyes, the same. Cavendish square
was my London address two years ago.
But how do you come to know it?''
"Well, now, if that ism It real extraor-
binary! I thought recognized you di-
rectly I set eyes on you. But it's mighty
plain you don't remember me. That's
not much of a compliment any way you
look at it, is it, Mrs. Beecher?'
The elder declined to commit herself,
SO Miss Sanderson once more turned to
me.
.'Just think now, DR.. De Norman
ville,'' she said. ''Look at me we'll and
try to remember where we have met be-
fore"
I looked and looked, but for the life of
me could not recall her face, and yet
somehow it seemed strangely familiar to
me. All the time was watching her
she sat gazing at me with an amused
smile upon her face, and when she saw
that it was useless my cudgeling my
brains any more gave another little
silvery laugh and said:
"Do you remember just three years
ago being called into the Langham no.
tel to attend a young American lady
who had fish bone stuck in her throat?"
81 remember the circumstance per-
fectly,." answered, but that young
lady was only one or two and twenty"
"You think, then, look older than
that? Well, 1 reckon you are really not
very mplimentary. But you must re-
member that that was three years ago,
and was only girl then. When once
we get grown up and past certain
point over on our side, we age pretty
fast. That's SO, reckon. Well, now
you know me, don't you? What day
that was, to be sure. WASH t it? Lor,
how pap and mammie did goion! Any
body'd have thought / was going to
kingdom come right away to have heard
them. D'you know, must have got the
marks of that bone in my throat to this
day."
sit was very nasty scratch, if re.
member rightly, answered, glad tc
nave at last discovered who this talka-
tive creature was and where had seen
her face before.
care you remaining very long in
Java, Mrs. Beecher?" asked the elder
lady, feeling that SO far she had been
rather neglected.
"No, I think not,' she answered
thoughtfully. 1--WE are trying to make
up our minds whether to take British
India steamer home from here or to go w
to Singapore and intercept Peninsulal
and Oriental there. Miss Sanderson hal
taken great fancy to the east, and
must confess am very loath to leave
it."
You are quite right, F" said. 81 car
fully sympathize with your feelings.
am sadly reluctant to go back to foggy
old England myself after my trip ou
here. y
And do you intend going back very
soon?" asked Miss Sanderson, who hat
been smoothing out her gloves upon he
knee
"Within the next month or so,
answered, with sigh. ''My business
in the east is at an end, and have nj
excuse for staying longer"
From this point the talk drifted on tt
general topics, and when tea was finish
ed seized the first opportunity tina
presented itself, and making an excuse
Withdrew. just as stepped from tn
yeranda one of the small native dos-a
dos carts entered the grounds and drew
up near the end Of mycorridor. Tw'
ladies descended from it, and having
paid the driver entered their rooms
One was tall and the other rather short
! er. At last felt convinced Allie had ar
rived.