Newport daily independent., 1903-04-16

nIHTHEN I was young-'
 WY "When were you not?" he in- terrupted, in d voice of exaggerated surprise.
 When I was younger, then" she laughed, If that is any better"
 "I think it is-much."
 "Well, then, when I was younger ="
 Before I knew you?"
 ''Long before. In fact, when l was quite child.'
 "A very nice small child, I'm sure," he murmured, with a sigh.
 That shows it was before you knew me- she laughed again. T was the very worst small child you could possibly imagine"
 "I can't possibly imagine that"
 "If l had been little angel"
 q should never have met you" ''Oh, you might"
 ''Thank you. But I'm afraid not. Little angels don't stop on earth" Their gIances met; her eyes caught q twinkle from his, and they laughed together.
 What were we saying?"
 q was saying, y" he remirfled her, ....that-Ne arranged last week thar,-l should come and escort you and your mother to the Royal academy this afternoon, and now when l call- and. as I pointed out, it isn't every day that can leave my military du- ties at the war office tC look after themselves-your mother is lying down with an attack of neuralgia, and has asked you to postpone going till tomorrow"
 "Oh, yes! And then you said she was perverse, provoking, capricious, and all sorts of things, and l said l believed she was, and l took after her."
 And I said you were mistaken in that"
 .So I was going to tell you an am ecdote of myself to prove that was not mistaken, only you kept inter rupting me" "Please let me have the rest of the anecdote, and I'll try not to inter ] rupt again-Ill try hard" N He was young; what was more, he was decidedly good-loolling; what was more still, his manners were en- gazing and persuasive, and his dry, gently ironical tricks of speech gave hissoiry nothings a pleasant piquan- cy, all of which must have prepos- sessed her in his favor even had no subtler sentiment inclined her toward him.
 "Wen. when I was a small child" she yielded to his entreaty, '1 was dreadfully willful, and had the most shocking temper"
 You must have lost it before l met you"
 And r remember one day | was out with my nurse, and, being in one of my wickedest moods, l insisted on doing everything she told me not to do. For instance, l would keep run ming races with Charley old Charley"
 "Oh, why wasn't I Charley?"
 He was only dog"
 "Ah. but you didn't treat him like one"
 You promised not to-
 aI apologize. Not another word!
 q kept running races with Charley and nurse kept telling me not to; she said I was oyerheating myself and should catch cold, and that, rae ing in the middle of the road, shoulc he run over and killed; but took nc notice. The more she warned me and ordered me to walk quietly witt her. the more disobedient l was, ant at last. all Of a sudden, she managed to catch hold of me and slapped me angrily--
 ..Nc-nol
 slapped me so hard that l cried
 s.rhis is heartrending!
 He leaned back in his chair and re rayded her with pensive sympathy.
 I won't tell you any more" sh' said. smiling, If you are going to p' silly about it."
 safeu me the rest" he implored "and I will be wise"
 Ut happened that our dear oi' wear was coming up the road
 Dear old chap." he murmured ab sently. "Why wasn't tse Yiearl