The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

prepared with an answer" Grace replied.
with another smile. But here-I am
dumb"
But you must not lack conhdence-in
New York of all places"
The Buntons took a furnished house
near the park, east, and were in a sur
prisingly short time very much at home
there. Mrs BuntOn solved the problem
of how to manage an establishment re-
quiring a dozen servants for its proper
conduct, by the expedient of turning the
whole management over to a housekeep-
er. who made such a liberal estimate for
expenses that, with her own tradesmen's 8
commissions and the cooks and buffers 8
steaings added to the actual expenses,
the total came near enough to the esti-
mate TO make complaint seem mere fault
finding. So domestic peace reigned.
Isaac approved Of this plan. for his af-
fairs were prosperous. 1t was desirable
arrangement too, for it gave Mrs. Bun
ton leisure to devote to Daisy's amuse-
ments. These were found chiefly in the
shops, the restaurants where ladies may
go unattended and the theaters. The lat
ter fascinated Daisy. A single visit to a
popular play or light opera far from sat
isfied her. She went again and again,
and the more numerous and gay the COM
pany of performers the oftener she
would see them. AS she showed a calm
purpose TO go 10 the AFTERNOON perform
ances alone If her mother was disposed
to rebel against third or fourth visit
to the same playhouse within a few
weeks Mrs. Bunton was constrained to
go, too, the more as 1t was evident that
Daisy would have welcomed an excuse to
20 alone. When Mrs. Bunton confided
this discovery to her husband he said: :
"NNen, Carrie, it's a task on you, 1 know;
but try to endure it, for it's the first
thing Daisy has taken a real interest in
since-since then.
81 wish she cared for the society of nice
people,, his wife commented. Since we
dined at the Worthingtons' a number Of
the people we met there, and Others have
called on us. ! know they were asked to
call by Mrs Worthington. Some of the
young men are very nice, and seem dis
posed to be attentive to Daisy; but she is
the same here as at home-capricious, or
careless, or cynical to them.
us she that way to young Worthing-
toni"
mot wholly SO; but 1t seems to me that
is only because her pride is hattered by
his attention-she is not interested in
him.
I'm sorry for that. Carrie, Mr.. Worth
ington gave me a very plain hint recently
that he would favor a marriage between
Daisy and his son.
"Oh, Isaacl'
"He didn't say so In 30 many words;
but If that wasn't the meaning of his
talk I'm more mistaken than I'm in the
habit of being"
Isaac, supposing Daisy should change
should take an interest in some man
that led to proposal-what should we
do about-about-"
"Why need we say anything7" he
asked 1.-THE old Justice who married
them is dead: no record OF the marriage
exists and no one outside OF the family
knows"
Daisy has changed so much" sighed
the mother.
She did not tell her husband that what
made her sigh was not any change in
Daisy that could be observed by the po-
lite people they met now at their own
and other houses There, any change in
the girl was to her advantage She was
cleverly initiative when she chose to be.
and her manner was now close copy of