The Irish standard., 1902-09-20

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many miles of the gap of unacquaint-
ance were swiftly and safely over
passed.
When the sittings were finally
chosen she found her purse.
Its so good of you to take the
time from your business to wait on
me-" she said Ell asked poppa to
make out check, but | don't know
whether it's for enough"
Raymer took the order to pay and
glanced at the amount.
"It is twice as much as we get for
the best locations" he demurred.
''Wait a moment and will write you
a check for the difference and give
you Il receipt"
But at the word she was in flut-
ter of protest.
ooh, please DON'T" she pleaded.
eff it is too much put the difference
in the missionary box, or in the
the rector's salary, as a little dona-
ton from poppa, you know"
Thus the small matter of business
was concluded, and Miss Grierson
rose to go.
81 am so glad had the courage to
come and see you this morning. We
have been dreadfully remiss in church
matters, but l am going to try to
make up for it now that we are COM
fortably settled in our own house.
I'm sorry you couldn't come to us
last ,sening to help us christen Mere
| Siln p1aDSn toll nj nd
Miss Raymer that I hope we'll meet
some time. should so dearly love to
know them. Thank you, so much.
Good-by"
Raymer went out with her, put her
on the box and watched her drive
away. His smile was meant to be
satirical, but it became openly app
probative.
"She is shrewd little strategist,"
was his comment; but, all the same,
she's mighty pretty girl. l wonder
why mother and Gerty haven't called
on her?"
He carried the query home with
him in the evening, but when he had
given an account of Miss Grierson's
visit it seemed iniudicious to put it.
Mrs. Raymer's comment left some
thing to be desired, but her glance
across the table in Gcrtrudc's direc-
ton was significant.
"'lhe regrets did that" she said;
and Gertrude nodded.
Having thus mined the Raymer out
works, Miss Grierson next turned her
batteries upon the Farnhams. They
| at hnIic+c 81, 10,
that the doctors hobby was a strug-
Cling mission in Norsk Hollow. Ac-
cordingly, the paternal check book
was again called into requisition, and
the stylish trap made an excursion to
the doctors office in Main street.
Good morning, DOCTOR" she
chirped, bursting in upon the elder
ly lobbyist as a charming embodi-
mcnt of youthful enthusiasm. "Ilm
running crrands for poppa this morn
ing. Mr.. Rodney was telling MS about
that little mission in Norsk Hollow,
and poppa is very anxious to be all
lowed to help. But we are not Meth
odists, you know, and he was afraid
that is. he didn't know how you
might
1t was an exceedingly clever bit Of
acting, and the good doctor capitu-
lated at once, discrediting for the
first time i'm his life the intuition of
his womankind.
cit was very thoughtful and good
hearted of you, Miss Margery,'' he
said; "the more so as you must have
a great many calls upon your char
hu,. %<>
trained worker in charge of the mis-
sion, and this good deed of yours
makes it possible"
at is kindness to us to be al
lowed to help, I'm sure" murmured
the little lady. "You will let me
know when more is needed? Promise
me that, doctor"
II shouldn't be good Methodist if
I didn't" laughed the doctor. Then
he remembered the housewarming,
and was moved to make amends for
the regrets. I'm sorry we couldn't
be neighborly the other evening, but
my sister is very frail, and Charlotte
doesn't go out much. But they will
call before they go south for the VIM
ter"
But for some reason the doctors vi
Curious promise was not kept, and
the Farnhams held aloof, notwith-
standing Margery's praiseworthy ac-
tivity in st. Johns; and the Oswalds
rclinquishcd the public library
project when it became noised about
that Jasper Gricrson and his daugh-
ter were moving in it. Margery pos
sessed her soul in patience, and was
placably persistent; but when the
winter wore away and spring came
and found the conservative OPPOSE
tion increasing rather than diminish
ing, she grew vindictive, as who
would not.
"'rhey think I'm a iay!' she said
to herself one day, when the Ray
mers. mother and daughter, had app
parently taken pains to avoid her at
the counters in Thornwalden's
'rhey need lesson, and they're in
fair way to get it. I'm not going
to sing small all the time!"
The next afternoon she met Ray
mer as he was coming out of the
First national bank. They were
fairly good friends by this time, and
the young man stopped willingly
enough to exchange commonplaces
with the presidents daughter. In
the midst Of them she astonished
him.