The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19


Yoshio, IF you would tell me more about
this dr. --.'' He wrinkled his fine
black eyebrows. "Pardon! It is
eluslve-the English name-Wiliiam Jow-
y-Badson?'-
William Johnson Bradley" said the
girl, slight frown drawing her pretty
brows together. Eve met last Ma Oh
at Frlnces skating rink. He skates aw-
1ully well, you know-fgUre skating and
all that. Everybody wanted him to take
them round on the ice-Babs Mortimer.
Flossie Daventry and Ewerilda FItzhard-
lng-they were quite wild about him.
EVerllda fell down in frsnt Of him. on
purpose to get him to pick her up. and
showed all her frills-she has way CT
doing that, and wears lovely things ON
purpose-and 1 was hattered because he
preferred me-and we did the outside
edge, and it was like skating In heaven
to the Hungarian band-and he taught
me TO waltz before the season was over
and the other girls were Just wild-and
Everilda said horrid things, and was as
spiteful as ferret! But I didn't care.
and we were secretly engaged at Ascot
in June. Nobody was to know, because
we had not much money, and couldn t
afford to marry; but he sail I was all
the world to him. f"
"Yes?' said Oishi Yoshio, with delieately
interrogating eyebrows twisting the half
shoot OF cream lai1 n-ta paper In his
money colored fingers. HIS manner was
1uI OF unobtrusive Gefe. ence and gen
tie polite ness, and Miss Darchfield boxed
at him more appreciatively than beeo~a.
She observed that his hair was as 1oe
and smooth as black silk, that his ewes
were handsome, even if the corners did
TIT up toward the temp, es-his honey coll
ored complexion was a pecuiaritv one
might get used to-and that his han q
one OF which bore a superb emerald sig
net ring. were 1.-THE supple and beautiful
in shape
Yes" Miss Darchfield went on, the
engagement was secret We used TO
meet at places, and IN THURSDAYS he
would come to tea at Charles street. I
live thee with my aunt. He was as
devoted as anything for quite a long
time. 1t was only when EVerilda made
up to him and told him about the G2N. :
GOO she had inherited from her uncle that
he began to cool off. and 1 know it was
all her doing. Beastr'
Her bosom rose AMI fell stormiIy un-
der the fanciful tucks of her smart silk
blouse. She took off her hat and stabb- d
it through viciously with long goli pin,
and threw it upon a neighboring char r.
1T is over ana done with, and there
no use making a fuss she said; and
l would bet a dozen pairs of gloves to
one that Everilda will be sorry she ever
married him." she said; though 1 don t
want to be revenged on Everilda in any
way-a little, round eyed silly dolly. bit
of a thing! And she really didn't mean
to behave dishonesty. When I came up-
on them-together-o week ago, in
the Oriental tearoom at Liberty's, I ac-
tually heard her say, How can I be all
the world to you when you are engaged,
on the strict Q. T., to Flossie Darch-
field?'"
Il thought hazarded Oishi Yoshio,
chat nobody was to know?'
81 told a few of my intimate friends in
confidence" replied Miss Darchheld, "and
Of course they-told theirs
ut would have happened in Japan, .
said the secretary OF legation, suppress
Ing a twinkle.
We'll. Bverilda said that" went on
Miss F'lossie Darchfeld 'And he-Wil-
liam Johnson-Bradley- one of his
laughs, and said, squeezing the hand with
which she held the teapot, and twisting
his silly little fair mustache, though I've
begun to dislike fair mustaehes only since
that day. oh, come, I say!-those were
his exact words-'Oh, come, l sayi How
can you? That's not good enoughp And
at that / came on, right past their table
and cut him as dead as though he'd been
"a black beetle" She got out a dainty
little handkerchief, not to cry into. but
to bite and twist between her restless
fingers.
"And now it's all over between u.s."