The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-21

HarroUdy salC her going along in front
Of him.
Seton, if you don't mind, we will de-
fer our notes till tomorrow. l shall
not need you today"
The girl jumped up.
stop Mrs. Van Stylert called after
her. "Why not come this evening? l
shall not go out till 10. Come at o."
But" demurred the secretary, 81
fear
AT o o'clock loudly repeated her
employer I'VE can then finish today's
work. No objections, if you please"
The secretary took herself away,
trembling in every limb. She had no
intention of going at o o'clock in the
evening to do the work which she had
contracted to perform from 4 to > in
the afternoon. And to be spoken to
like that before Tom Harrowayi
AS for Farroway, he was furious.
upon my word. Mrs. Van Stylert,"
he said, "you have needlessly humili-
ated a lady" and went hastily from
the house.
If he expected to see the secretary
outside he was doomed to disappoint-
ment, for when he reached the street
she was nowhere in sight
Mrs. Van Stylert had her maid fetch
her a cup of strong beef tea, she felt
so used up.
Amy thinks | want him to marry
Charlotte And" she said, hereafter
| shall sympathize with every scien-'
tific experiment hear of. And human
uature is the same as it ever was!
Hold, though! What shall | do when
Amy comes tomorrow, for of course
she will not come this evening? | sup
pose / must chance it. | am growing
reckless. And Charlotte means to
marry the count! Didn't her mother
hint as much last nightY
As for the secretary, she had some
thing TO think. about. And in the warp
and weft of her thought was a thread
of satisfaction that a young man had
seen the folly of being an idler and
was about to become a useful member
of society. 1t is always q satisfaction
to know that our theories receive sup
port. And, apropos of that young man,
what sort of spirit did he think she
possessed when she would put up with
such treatment as he had witnessed
Mrs. Van Stylert inflict upon her?
And suppose he was flirting with Miss
Templeton! She tossed her head.
she had promised the lady with
whom she boarded to go to the opera
that night, the lady having had two
tickets presented to her by a friend
who was hastily called from the city
and could not use them.
The thought of Harroway's possible
filtration with Miss Templeton made
her feel that she should like to look
her best that evening. Her hair was
her first care and she arranged it so
as to set off its abundance and color.
"As though it would be - good taste
TO wear it this way when< am attend
ing to business" she said loftily.
Next she donned a white gown full
Of feeciness and ripping with ribbons.
She looked in the glass and was not dis
satisfied with the reflection.
1t was then 8 o'clock, and she sat
down and waited for the lady who
was to escort her to the opera. In
stead the lady had to go and tumble
down the back stairs and received such
Commissions and abrasions as made 1t
impossible for her to stir from the
house that night. or course the secre-
tary could not go alone, so she started
to take off her finery. All at once the
enormity of Mrs. Van Stylert's treat
ment Of her struck her more cruelty
than ever. Should she keep on accept
ing that lady's favors? mot if had
dozen mothers" she said, land she had
been TO school with every one of them!'