The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
sauce for the Goose.
BY KATHERINE FAIRLEE.

Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub Co.
Though the gossips Of the hotel would
have staked their lives upon it, it was
not exactly an engagement. In fact
until the first of July, when Jack Hazard
went for his vacation, they had never
even heard of each other Matters pro-
crossed so rapidly, however, that now
that the month was over, they seemed to
have known each other for years.
Every Saturday afternoon saw Hazard
algnt from the hotel barge and with equal
regularity Miss Packard would be just
coming out of the hotel quite accidental
ly, Of course
So this afternoon Hazard was really
troubled when Miss Packard failed to APP
pear Inquiry at the office put his fears
at rest. Miss Packard had been to lunch
and was quite well, the clerk told him.
On sending boy with lis card he re-
ceived the Information that Miss Packard
had gone sailing with Mr.. Ainsworth
Ainsworth. this was evidently new ar
rival. The idea was not altogether pleas
ant. Hazard had always thought him
self the least jealous of men. He was
undergoing a disillusioning. He sat down
on the piazza facing the ocean to smoke
the time away till her return.
About half past 5, up the walk came A
girl with man. The girl was clad in a
most nautical duck sailor suit and could
be none other than Polly. soAe swung 4
sunbonnet by its string as she looked up
laughing into the face of the man side
her. He, Hazard, observed, was danger
ously good looking and was gazing most
devotedly into Polly's charming little
! face.
On discovering Jack she greeted him
! in a fascinatingly noncommittal manner
| in which there was not the slightest shade
! of conjunction. She introduced the two
men and Hazard found himself longing
to annihilate the other while he shook
hands with him cordially
| Polly talked impartially to both for
awhile and then excused herself to dress
for dinner. Ainsworth showed an inclina-
| ton to continue the conversation but
| Jack managed to get away by a similar
| plea.
| At dinner he discovered the stranger
! at the Packard table, and as the two
| seemed quite self-sufficient afterward
! Hazard spent the evening playing bill
| lizards He never played so atrociously.
| Sunday was even worse. Ainsworth
| seemed cheerfully unaware that he was in
| the way, and not a moment did Hazard
| get alone with Polly until just before
| supper
you've been terribly grumpy today, :
| she said but SO lightly that Hazard could
not f1atter himself that it trouble her.
| You knew this fellow, Ainsworth be-
| fore, didn't you?"
Polly's ever ready laugh rang out She
| seemed highly amused about something
| ooh, dear, yes, ever since we were
| children-Billy's a dear. isn't her.
Hazard muttered something unintel-
ligible, which was, perhaps, just as well.
! That evening he saw Polly and Ainsworth
go cut together and he wandered discon-
solately down toward the shore.
| He sat down on the rocks and gaze1
| at the moon, smoking furiously. He
! heard the murmur Of voices below him.
AT first he scarcely noticed them, then:
Its awful to nave you go so far away, .
| Polly was saying in a pitiful little voice.
II don't see how 1 am going to live with
| cut you, Billy" And Ainsworth's voice
replied, Il couldn't stay away from yo1
long, Polly, I'll be back in year at the
most and then I'm going to carry you
| back with me-" BY this time Hazard was
! beyond reach of the voices.
] AT first he was horribly angry. He