New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-21

house In a very big city. Everything was big; and
bigEest OF all. bigger than the rooms. was the
crowd.
Arectatlon was there. and official boredom. and
dead, done world WEAKNESS. and also youth. good
looks. bright girI vanity. the vast happiness OF
utter sef-cOutentmsnJ. complete satisfaction. at
some twenty tEereabOuts. with ones self. ones
appearance. ones clothes.
or the many who could show cause For such self
approval none stood out more prominently than
Margaret. Yet none seemed less conscious o. the
notice a pretty girl always willingly attracts.
Throughout her in society she has retained
that simplicity OF manner. believe. By those who
distinguish. It is considered her principal
charm.
cannot distinguish. To me she has always been
al charm.
She was talking to Maxwell that evening. when
I saw her-tO Maxwell. the South African million
aire. TWO or three PAGES behind them. in
irregular hali-circls. waited the usual little crowd
Of her admirers, mOOdlIy .o0sins on
The next waltz was mine. and went Up and
claimed it. Maxwell fell back with a seowL Hs
Is not accustomed 70 anybody getting in his way.
My turn next" he said. and threw into his
accent a great deal OF extra meaning.
rs Nellie hereT' asked Margaret as We guded
away.
NO; she went to the opera. She is coming on
later
Alone
"ScIater is with hey"
We took halt dozen steps before Margaret re-
Why didn't you 60 ulth your wife. Guy7~
And Eal- a dozen more before answered. laugh
.Beeauss she preferred to go with se,ater."
Margaret dropped the subject Ul,n tine same mani
ihoughtfuI trown settled on her exquisite brow.
- NOBODY hng%s my step rs y.L CO. sac s1id'
Ana not with Air. 1-aEweI2-
Ny dear cousin. ! hope We shall waltz together
at many d 1ai ye5. t.r many ID year
why? Are you going to marry somebody who
Don't talk nonsense / am going to marry no
body But father was talking JLls evening. very
sieg-oIsly OF asaatey gist4s ~ London and Te''
he has said that sort Of thing ever since can
Yes. bur ,a.s evening he seemed quite In
More bills. or worse Guns. than usual"
Indeed. am quite ss-ious,'
But. Guy. il is a horrible thing to b poor
years ago I vas great deal poorer than your
s was t5 silent 7s Taea s s5g sad o g R9ys
TO go and milk COWS in the wild5 OF Inverness
YOU are quite mistaken she answered de-
rnureIy 'JninteH.ge1t milking dlsagrse5 with
cows But even we're il not so. they would know I
was cross. I hate Inve-ness-shire- I am always
you maIign yourself Ever since YOU were
baby you have been cOuteuted % DO what you pc
ne'ed TO be your DUTY any so new yEI are gong
Hair way through the next dance. which was
!oGagIng Guy ~ a a3oray s-1s 51,ls---s $1,000 0
should have laughed at the formal words had
I always az your service as you know. /
replied; and j Led the. way eireumsgectly INTO a
sreenery. Margaret dropped my arm and sank
''S1r. Maxwell has asked me TO be his wife, she
That sort Of thing viii happen to a charming
woman" answered gravely-
tbat 7 cfarFed my whole manner at once
~U Fna 10 u N.r Ion u
cept him II you IKE or reuse him. and there's
NO roi That Is not the end. not the endr'
would have taken her hand. but she hastily
sis f s evg- ee 'qq s We're '" Sa sass 2 Yen
must De more explicit What's the row.?
9ST yst t5s sa.-ov rstuss f.r and there's an
He has eiven me- 20 Understand that cannot
refuse him
aths- IS mixed up E a7Rsarz sin in some F. South
ways been expecting. ell my lie long IS come a;
-- 't-niess You consent TO be Mrs. MAXWELL
He did not say that" she objected eagerly. He
di !rj not t say i,i III TO-,
she sank BACK T understood II 10 be So
Yet my question when It came. was the one that
"!ST 5 y aTo Want F re MAJ thg Maven srer7
She hesitate5 faItered- II want 20 marry no
80 nave sometimes presumed. 3u1ztaE by
have always carefully avoided. but now you grant
5as Ps ona7 oI''e you sure '' 1'l' : SEN
You mean because 7 have refused peopls7''
You have refused half a dozen, 70 my knowl-
edge. some OF whom ]: 2 humble person Ike my
'.you,' she spoke quickly. li--le bitterly 1T
Wen ther -eerIs- Mr. Maxwell lie Is the
richest offer you will ever get Every girl IN these
..lrv fatherEv9u forget about NY Sather.'
by no means But even you. Meg must not
I 90 not thi7k il IS merely a question o. pleas
ing. As understand the matter, is Is question
'Fiashi calm yourself 7 beg you I viz
say. could not I've away from london re moPes
NJ TO die at he ola place in IHverness-shire And
.'r know dear. know II Is D., who grows cross
thsTe no. you y Gu Nc E2 os - oa y n5-+ saw
tina. But his health Is so h.d and t2e Winds-
know Maxwell; II think You must have Histoolz
~ s' vrav Won do=c-fre n dcr't look Ike him
why not?' she queried nervousiy-
m Fazed e2''a S SI f man answered s-v5
vardly "and It doesn't look 10 me Ike. good bust
knife SI @s "g 2 beH want he
o' ..7-, VIE - ", tt,rz-,,, r,-s Conc 70 re"
turned my slow eazs fun upon her. Our eyes
I 1fd not speak. for could not Her long Iashes
There Is no hurry said at last You can
tax time to consider ,..
'Do Won mean that YOU dislike HIM
"0n no. not more than other men II rather
like him IKE him well. as men 60
You are hard men"
.sN-, by no means ONLY. T 60 not want 10 marry
II don't care about r0r-~viD- CJIv
Won intend 20 remain old maid"
IT don't know. 7 don't think care bout NARY
fur Her manner 0Elr7-Hi- she MIX
ria her face behind her fan she shrsrl- away as
N she was anxious 70 escape from after having
called ne ~ her I'D.
There came 20 me a sudden intuition o. what
ought 70 do 7 rose from my place beside her.
7 VIII seek out Maxwell and ask what he really
r,aar+ 7 said She dff not attempt 20 restrain
ne but before she could have done so was gone.
7 found Maxwell trritably Gua9trg champagne ~
ne h.sret re smiled IN painfullv careIess man