The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

asked, bluntly, and when I Informed
him why | could not, he said:
Dear, dear; what a nuisance you
young people are Now, the only thing
for you to do is to &c back to Helen
while / explain matters to her father
His only care is for her happiness
though you young things seldom rea-
lie it. So run along"
Mr.. Sands looked old and tired as he
| came toward us.
Come, little girl was all he said,
paying no heed TO me.
Thank you said Helen to ne, her
eyes big with tears. Daddy. Mr. Adams
has been very, very kind" I bowed.
Sands looked at me s~hrewdly.
are you coming?"
"Oh, my dinnerr" MIR.
Hastings; following o~bediently.
Yes, mamma is better, said Bess, as
We sat hand in hand upon the beach two
months later and thought platitudes about
sure she loved me in spite of my peeIing
nose OF course l was sure, but l asked
Don't be silly said she. running the
sang .Wh lhreu the h MATHIS fngers Noboav,s looking
What is tip For she continued to stare
Fetiectlyely at a pile of rocks to the left.
1T must be that adorable little boy who
calls you my beau He's very entertain
/ followed obediently. She really detests
little boys But with Bess the only meth
herself since she returned from Europe.
Well hidden from view sat Miss Sands. In
n5r lap was a large bundle of letters, with
looked pale and thin, and more giriish
Come" whispered Bess. and we stole
She came last night" said Bess. grave
ly- Fred, I've something to show you"
And from the book she carried Bess pro-
duced a p~en,and-ink drawing which L
OF n0rS6If with an EXPRESSION I had never
seen.
When was this done?,
In London. two months ago."
You like P~inkney?'
Yes. he knows me- You do not"
You call me a prude; I'm not. I'm a
DO you wish me to know your best side
or your worst? ,Pinkney knows one, evil
IDENTIFY. ! love the other"
1T really is an excellent likeness"
~ always knew you could play"
steamer" said Bess. refectiveIy.
less. this is. beyond teasing"
did me when l was unhappy and you call
Never mind that. Did he ask you to
Not exactly: I wore my ring and he
told me all about Miss Sands"
7 wrote him to come back"
He had business in Paris which kept
snubbed again by Mrs. Sands, though he
did think a good deal of her
Bess reduced from her blouse, where
she carries everything, a number of let
Il have here she continued. 7ssix diff
ferent versions of your affair with Miss
Sands"
feminine versions?,
the best"
II nave nothing to say"
Don't you defend YOURSELF"
NO shortly.
Mr.. Pinkney and rode in hansoms in
London"
And then he made this picture of me-
Its very good. May l have it?'
ready, and this is too-good."
Miss Sands "a said i9 /. pat ntg d1Ve @and that Mi'i 1
thought her very charming. And I don't
understand you, Bess: You wound me in
She tilted her head IN one side. rs
that last remark. .s~erious?"
LOOT. .PPo lp Erad sala ina of Nc
Sands"
I'm glad to see you have some human
Realy!' s~cornfully. turning away to
pick up a stone
" + am ne eai erI i eleos she at Answered mey calm
", but there was a suspicious spot on her
blue waist.
'Bess,' said I. some time later on. do
you realize that we have had a quarrel?'
Just like any engaged couple" she
shifted.
1T was disgraceful. and there is only
And the date is?'
Can you get ready so soon?'
What do you think I did in Europe?
oh ,0arI Ered sn do sstf,sd 9ppppos we shall become
"Ah. Elizabeth said L, solemnly, you
have torn up. the picture, but the original
is still here
And despite inquiring eyebrows. !
vouchsafed no explanation.