Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

tlerln he said 10 himself daily, why
eouldn't he have proposed 10 The other
One?"
lie came 10 have quite m enmtty
for Shuttler. He had never seen him,
but the more he though, Of him m
connection with Marie Leland, the less
he liked him, He imagined him u
sullen, hang-doP fellow Of arrogant
manners and inferior mentality And
he'-l'leld-to the satisfaction OF Mrs,
Ryder, said nothing ~ MI about GO
ing TO Colorado. To brh girls he
was u gallant cavalier, but IL was
plain 10 The most ohSowant that II
wNs the yeNety-eyed beauty ON whom
his heart was set And he dared moi
speak--thNt was the worst Of II, lie
became downright despondenl as the
day set for the departure Of the girls
approached. And his irritation was
Increased one day en- the arrival OF
the mail, Lyndlth, who had just
opened letter, glarced archly To-
wards her elder sister
"This Is from Ada shutter Marie,
She says that Tom is to pass through
Athlnne tomorrow, and viii stop of
for few hours, 80 we may expect O
call"
Marie, colorng bewitchngly MUIR
mered few low words .of surprise
and pleasure Nigel, controlling az
best he could the jealous wrath thai
consumed him, stood up. multered an
apology for leaving so abruptly u.s.
surlng them that the ishing trl" on
which he was going could not well be
postponed, and formally bade the lad.
les adieu.
And when the door had closed be
hind the square shoulders and high
held head Of Mrs. Ryder's brother,
those same demure ladies exchanged
comicol glOnces and broke into soft
laughter.
Bright and early the following
morning Nigel started Off on the
mythical fishing trip, His companion
found him smgulorly morose, Field
was telling himself he had been fool
to run Off ut mention Of the lover OF
his Ndored. He would go straight
back And that the errNtic young
man Immediately did, TO the blank
disgust of David Letner.
II was 4 o'clock whvn he plunged In
to the woods leading TO the beautiful
summer home Of his sister.
"llollo!' he gasped suddenly, and
stood still.
For directly ahead Of him, walking
slowly, his arm around her waist and
her head on his shoulder, were Lyn
dith and stranger. They were
speaking in low tones. Mnrvelng o
good deal what Marie would think Il
aware Of the evident affection be
tween the two, he FASTENED his steps
and joined them. Lyndlth, looking
decld edly guilty, introduced Mr., Ton
Shuttler, handsome, well.bred, well
groomed man, as Nigel was forced in
his heart TO acknowledge The three
went on TO the house together, Mrs
Ryder and Miss Leland came down the
path to meet them. The latter gave
Mr., Shuttler her hand with smile o.
calm friendliness,
81 suppose Marie is enchanted NJ
the prospect Of three hours VISIT
she said.
80 she is good enough to let me
hope he replied modrStly,
Field stared stupidity from one tt
the other Marie! She had callet
the little brown one Marie Mrs
Ryder burst INTO hearty peal Of
laughter.
20, you poor, dupcd boy!" she cried |
"You have known Marie as Lyndltl |
and Lyndlth as Marie, We plotted Il
the day the girls came"
"llut," began the real LyndNth |
growing rose ping under Nigel'i
earnest gaze, you would not tell vi
the reason, Wm%, that"
20, Ill tell you some time" laugh |
ed the arch consplrator merrily |
"Now go and walk in the rosery Til
you hear the dinner bcll-all of you'
And feeling herself an unwelcom,
fifth, she vanished.
Well" yentured Joe late that night
"your ruse seems 10 have been sue
cessful, little woman"
successful ecstW,ically. 81 should
say so! And all because of your re
mark MS to Nigel's contmriety. II,
began by wanting Lyndith because he
thought she was engaged to Shuttler
He has ended by Wanting her for him
self. lie put his head into the noos,
most beautifully. They are to buy
the old StrNilmey manor, mile from
here, and--0, I'm so happy. Joe!"
"Well, IL they are satisfied, and you
are satisfied declared Joe serenely
81 Chicago Tribune.
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