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been beaten down by heavy rain.
"Tell yer fortune2" said the gypsy wo.

"Yis," she said, turning to the gypsy;
"look yo' sharp. an yo' shall say my for
tune. Here be sixpence an doan't 20 say
no stories, mind yo'."
The gypsy, gayly dressed dark wo-
man, with a villainous squnt. took the
sixpence and James hand and, bending
over it, with a divided attention and a
rowing eye for fresh clients. muttered q
certain formula she had repeated many
times that day. Jane Anne listened with
strained attention. To her this was a
very serious undertaking. 1t was not
easy to make out the gypsy's gable in
the noisy street, and Jane Anne was used
to slow Welsh English and not this cock
ney romany lingo, but she managed to
make out that she was being promised a
rich dark husband and many children
and that she would walk with many a
lad before she found the right one."
"Do you want to marry johnnie
George?" asked Jane Anne when the for
tune telling was concluded. The fair
haired girl blushed furiously and turned
away, but Jane Anne was relentless.
Her feelings were not very fine. She
spoke openly of things another girl
would hardly have whispered. She re-
peated the question impatiently.
"No," said the other, driven to bay and
showing fight. as even the gentlest crea-
lures will. "Yo' can have him an well
come. 70 did draw him from me. an 20
can keep him, but, oh, anweL anwel, I
did low him, and do now whateffer.
An look yo', Jane Anne Jones, twas me
he did low the first"
"Well, then" said Jane Anne, who all
this time had been maturing plan in her
mind, II amt gon to marry Johnnie
George neither. don't want other folks
chaps, noa indeed. an il 70 doesn't have
him now somebody else will. maybe a
gypsy CONAN. An he have got 'stifa-
cat, soa he could easy have the names
changed an yo' be married next week.
Now us will find him an tell him."
Johnnie Georges consent was a minor
detail which Jane Anne did not take into
consideration. He was playing in CO.
coanut shy while Jane Anne had been
having her fortune told. Jane Anne
face to face with his late sweetheart. 1t
was an awkward moment. Jane Anne
alone was collected and calm as usual.
The orchestrone burst noisiy into the
"Sweethearts' Valse." and Johnnie
George giggled nervously to hide his en-
barrassment.
"Look yo' here Johnnie George" be-
gan his fancce, II ben thinkin O. things
Bit an now l come to the point. l
ont marry yo', but here's your ole
sweetheart ready to have yo'-yo' be,
bain't you" she said. turning to the girl,
who did not answer. She was crying
quietly and would have run away had
not Jane Anne's hand lain heavy on her
arm. "Well, she be-" continued Jane
Anne, who under other circumstances
would have made splendid champion
for her sex. "An, Johnnie George, yo've
got that there 'stifacat, so yo' can jest
get the name changed an get married
right off, an l doan't bear yo' no malice,
Johnnie George. What | be doing iss
for your good, an yo' shall have that
eight day clock with the likeness of the
Prince O. Wales on the door wass buy.
An mind yo," she said to the fair haired
girl, "yo' see he do bring home his wages
an take off his boots fore he do sit down
to the fire O. nights" The two, who had
listened to this exhortation In mute 81
lence, continued staring at each other
when Jane Anne had left them and dis
appeared in the crowd. The man was
the first to find his tongue. His ideas
worked slowly, but he had comprehended
what Jane Anne wanted him to do. His
old sweetheart was very comely; perhaps
he had even thought regretfully Of her
when counting the more practical, stron-
ger minded Jane Anne. Certainly Jane
Anne had been m,sterful. She had hard
ly let him have q drink the whole day.
He did not think he would enjoy life
much with her always at his elbow.
"Shall we do as she did say, me dearw
he asked the girl bashfully.
81 be willin il yo' be-" said she, whose
love partook Of that divine quality which
"beareth all things, endureth all things"
"Then us 'ull We'd" said he, with eco.
nomical thoughts Of the marriage certii.
cate in his pocket.
1t was beginning to rain when Jane
Anne left the fair. Brilliant lights Jared
on the shows, and as she left the town
behind her the noise of the shouts and
laughter and oaths died away, but she
could still hear the ceaseess blatant
music of the orchestrone as she made
uST way w lue uui. 1HeTe WuS luOlstuTe
upon her face for which the rain was
not accountable, but she brushed the
tears roughly away.
"She'd a died If she wass not marry
him." she muttered to herself, "a poor
mesh body like her. An, deed to good
ness, do hope he'll behave proper, for
he do want 'ooman wi sense after
him."
II be main glad to have yo' back"
said the mistress when, wet and very
weary. she arrived at the farm. IAN
where be Johnnie George"
II have givcd him the chuck, an I
don't want to hear no more O. him."
retorted Jane Anne impatiently, but she
took the ailing baby gently from its tired
mother and rocked it tenderly in her
strong young arms. II wass have my
fortune say" she said after awhile. ian
the CONAN did say | wass marryin a
dark man, an Johnnie George be fair, SO
did leave him."
The mistress was not quite satisfied
with this explanation, but she was wise
woman and said no more to her hand
maid. She remarked later to her hus-
band, II dunnot understan Jane Anne,
but johnnie George have lost more in