The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-10-11

from the point of view of likelihood.
The telegram was for Terrier. The
boy delivered it, resumed his tune, and
went his way. Eve was watching Fer
rier's face.
'Isit bad news?" she said. She moved
little nearer again. Terrier folded
the telegram hastily and put it in his
pocketbook.
NO." he told her, ''the news is dis
tinctly good" His scent-drugged sense
of duty was coming to life again, and
he felt that he should feel it to be So
There followed pause. She was wait
ing to hear the rest, and Terrier was
wondering what would be the best
thing, in the long run, that he could do;
how he could come out of it all, not
with flying colors-he had no hope of
that-but with the smallest latter of
shred of decency.
He turned upon her that unflinching
gaze attributed by the moralist to the
conscience clear. There will be a
friend of mine here this afternoon" he
said. He stopped.
EYES," murmured Eve.
81 may as well tell you, 1 suppose"
said Terrier, "that she is the girl to
whom am engaged"
She rose slowly up from the seat
and stood looking at him without a
word. Her head was contemplatively
upon one side, and there was smile
upon her lips, but back of her eyes
there was a hint of strain. 1t was a
long half minute before she spoke.
CT am not sure which 1 think is the
more to be congratulated, you-or the
girl" she said.
Terrier sat where he was and
watched her going down the walk be-
tween the rows of La France roses in
full bloom. He was not under any
spellor enchantment now, and he knew
that he had behaved himself surpriS-
ingly like cad.
But no normally constituted man
with whom charming girl is in love
can continue for long in any such IN
pleasant frame of mind. 1t does not
argue that Terrier was more light thap
most, because, by the end of a fort
night, he had very nearly forgottea
the entire affair. Eve had done her
best to that end by vanishing from the
hotel and from his field of vision with
! out word or sign; and so had Miss Bah
bington-by other means. Who would
look back upon the garden from tbs
threshold of paradise.
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case, was the railroad office, and Fer
rierwas getting the tickets for his wed.
ding trip. Miss Darlington was with
hint was one of the advantages to
be reaped from western uncOnvention-
atty that she might do such things
But she left Terrier to the settlement
of dollars and bits and walked about
the Office, observing the pictures that
hung against the walls. There were
the Yosemite and Shasta, the Grand
canyon and the Yellowstone. There
were views of an ostrich farm and OF
several coast hotels-of the hOte
where she and Terrier and her mother
were, more especially. She stopped
before this. In the center was the big
photograph of the hotel itself, and al
the four corners, set in medallion-wise
were smaller views of the attraction:
around the place. The carnation gar
den was one of these. Now if thai
particular photograph had been in one
of the upper corners of the frame al
would probably have gone we'll, anC
this story would never have been told
But it was in the right-hand corner
and directly upon level with Mis-!
Babbington's eye. She went quite
close and examined it.
When Terrier came up to her she was
examining it still. There was a SMILE
of satisfaction with life and thing!
upon his face. Upon Miss Babbing
toms there was nothing of the kind
Unfortunately, Terrier failed to no
tice either that or the curiously shak
ing quality of her voice as she asked
him if he had bought the tickets yet
He tapped the pocket where they were
''San Francisco and the Yosemite" h,
said.
"Pm sorry" said Miss Darlington
shat 1 shall not be going with you
that you will have to take the tril
alone"
alone" repeated Terrier. H
started to laugh, but he saw tina
whatever else it might be, the matte
was not joke.
"Unless-" went on Miss Babbing
ton, making struggle to keep cain
that turned her white-"unless yo
can get another Sri to go with you
some one as obliging, for instance, a
that girl in the picture there" Sh
pointed with gloVed finger, whic
shook perceptibly, to the medallion il
the lower right-hand corner of tn
: frame Terrier did not understand
but he went a little nearer and ben
down to look.
The photograph was very small, bu
it was also very clear. The carnation
in the foreground might have bee
counted one by one, and, though it wa
|, hardly more than an inch in size, Their
could be no possible mistaking the fig
ure of the man upon bench half hiC
! den bv the heliOtrope vine, of the ma