The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07

"Hum = well-maybe 1t ls. don't
care. It doesn't make any difference
who the other fellow is-or are. The
fact remains that you had other en-
gagement rings at the same time you
had mine. Why You chose to add in
suit to injury by trying to make out
that was the faithless one I cannot
imagine. Such braZen--"
'Dr. Henderson, your conduct is
insuferable. I will hear your lnsuIts
no longer"
"Can YOU deny what l have said?"
''Of course can, and do. l know
nothing of this other ring You have
brought. 1t has your initials, A. H.,
ir it, too, remember. How am l to
know that it is not one you intended
for some other girl who happens to
have my initials? Probably you were
on your way to see her when you got
my note.
Just here the library door opened,
and Miss Harrington's younger
brother Gus appeared. Gus was
college senior, a class of young men
not often thrown off their dignity, bat
the belligerent attitude of the two oc-
cupants of the room visibIy startled
him.
81 beg your pardon" he faltered.
'T- err did not know anyone vas in
here. I was looking for-er some
thing 1 thought had left in here. "
He drew back as though to leave
the room, and then his gaze falling on
the plush case in his sisters hand, he
stopped.
':Why, that's the very thing I was
looking for," he said, coming forward,
slight flush on his face, and taking
it from her urresisting hand.
Say, young man, asked the doc
tor suddenly seeing light, ''is that
ring yours?''
Mr.. Harrington drew himself up to
his full height and answered with dig
nifty:
at is.
"WeIi, that's all right" Logan the
doctor, when"
"Why, what a"e You going to do
with a ring like that, Gus?' eagerly
asked his sister.
''What does man usually do with
ring like this?" asked Mr.. Harring,
ton, in reply, stretching himself
another inch. 81 am going to give it
to the young lady intend to marry.
''Ob, Gus, is it Mary Harbison"
eyes" he admitted, the dignifed
senior disappearing in the happy,
proud boy. Glow did you know?"
"Ihen, my dear sir" said the doc
tor, with relieved laugh, II suppose
the "A. I'M A. in that ring stands
for Augustus Harrington = Mary
HarhiSea2 y segzz zzsza-s4-4--,----
ii7tIe Toung lady of tha 1910 ~ Ss9sass %
"Hnpphy' shifted ~
temptuoGsIlE ct>>Rhink You are the
only girl in the United States named
Mary?" and then, feeling that he was
not being treated with proper dignity,
he s:alked from the room.
When Gus shut the door, somewhat
loudly, DR.. Henderson and Miss Har-
rington were standing at opposite
sides of the table, but before he could
have taken two steps this was altered.
The doctor marched boldly round to
her side.
'None but the b;ave deserve the
fair" he muttered. and this looks
to me like an opportunity to undo my
fool work of this morning. I'll make
try for it, anyhow. Mary, he said
aloud, taking her hand in his, 81 have
acted very foolishIy today; you have
been foolish; we have been very fool
isb. Hasn't it lasted long enough? 1
love vou-ah. until this day l did not
realize hou much loved you; don't
believe ] could bear many such days
as this has been, dear-and you love
me, know you do. Come, and he
LITE her hands and Clasped them
around his neck; '1et me put this
ring back on your finger where it be-
longs before it causes more trouble. "
''But-how can you, with my hands
MP there at the back Of your neck?'
she asked.
"Well''-and he paused moment
to look down into pair of beautiful
eyes, to consider, and to-"well, that
is problem; just LET your hands stay
where they are, for the present, and
We will attend to the ring later on. y
"All right" she said.
And so it was. Portland Transcript.