, 1904-10-05

with her mother. L adviser nei L "
come n secretary. Hand me thai fan,
please: this heal is unbearable." though
the room. was certainly not warm.
She continued TO fan herself after
Harroway had betaken himself TO
other scenes. mo wonder | am hot"
she fold herself. 81 am an advanced
woman. too. though never discovered
that till recently. However. intend
TO investigate the tendencies of today.
to find out if young men and young
women are the same as they used to
be in spite of all their superiority to
the little things of life. But how vul-
gar scientific experiments make you
feel. All the same. Tom Harroway's
father was one of my earliest beaus,
and | went to school with Amy Self
tons mother"
Next day when the secretary came
Mrs. Van Stylert was more difficult to
please than ever.
pardon me, Amy she said at n
moment, when she had severely IN
demned the present mode of calig-
raphy, which, as she insisted, was too
bold and energetic for any lady to en-
ploy, lit is all Tom Harroway's fault.
Charlotte Templeton is the most beau
tiful girl in town, and nc end of a
catch, and yet he is letting Count De
STANG have the innings. | am doing
what l can, though. | am interested in
Tom; he is my heir-his father was
one of my earliest beaus. Think what
a match it will be- Charlotte Temple
ton has a million in her W right
and Tom will not have more than
two thousand a year till l die"
The secretary arranged her papers.
Here are three invitations to dinners"
she said.
accept them ALL" gloomily replied
her employer. Il might as well kill
myself that way as any other"
The secretary accepted for Mrs. Van
Stylert the three efforts toward self
immolation.
"Here," then she said, lis a letter
from the Society For Assisting Indi-
gent Widows and Single Women"
Not a dollar" responded Mrs. Van
olt L VIII dooloI liz lldiSCnL III
gle woman And | am a widow my
self"
Just then Harroway came in.
won't you spare me a cup of tea?"
he asked.
"By the way" said Mrs. Van Stylert,
isn't this the day of the Templeton
reception? l don't go to afternoon re-
ceptions. They are SO unearthly. But
you do"
after my tea," he replied.
81 don't begrudge you the tea" re-
turned his. hostess, but l should think
you would want to be with Charlotte
as much as possible now that the
count is so terribly in evidence"
He caressed the flower in his button
hole.
charlotte and | understand each
other" he informed her. Whereupon
she managed to overturn a teacup.
"Then l am to congratulate you?'
she cried.
mo, no." he fastened to say. II meant
nothing like that"
I'm my young days" she said. when
a young man confessed that there was
an understanding between him and n
young lady, the inference was that
there was-something between them
$50 there is he rejoined. 1--WE are
good friends. comrades, chums."
"Impossible!' and she shook her
head. mo cumming among young
people of opposite sexes. As for you.
you don't know what you are missing.
Charlotte is just the wife for you,a and
Really. Amy, you are in a great hurry;
it is ten minutes of D." The secretary
had risen.
Il will make up the ten minutes to-
morrow" the young lady said, and
left the room.
Harroway looked after her.
mo wonder you are critical" said
Mrs. Van Stylert. "She dresses so
stifly. And she went away because
she thought she had no right to hear
our private talk"
ut seems to me-" he returned, OBJ
liyious to the latter part of her words,
that her costume is very we'll chosen
for her work. What a fine face she
has!"
"She looks like her MOTHER" was the
reply. II went to school with her
mother. There, now, run to the Ten
pletons'-and Charlotte"
Thus dismissed, Harroway left the
house. Outside, he saw the secretary
going down the street.
Now. the secretary was annoyed
Mrs. Van Stylert's manner was becom.
ing atrocious. Before these last two
weeks the lady had been kind and