The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-24

'' 'H' -ib''t, 80 MAX continued To OK
crcise IN peace. Presently. however.
his housrkeepcr raped loudly At the
door
Herr Max, Herr Max. there i, a
young lady TO soo you-"
"A young lady. at . O'Clock IN the
morning; She has struck the wrong
apartment. Frau Emma"
But she said Herr Max Won Krioch-
nan, aud she has a yalise with her"
VERY wcll. Tel her tn DO ont in a
moment There must be some mistake
somewhere
Max hurried into his coat and made
his way to The front room which
served ~ parlOr and bachelor den
alike. The young lady was standing
in the middle Of the room. and as Max
entered. she FASTENED toward him and
promptly kissed him on both checks.
Quick MS her action was, Max had
time to see that his visitor was very
pretty Accordingly, he returned her
caresses with interest fact that
made the young lady stand back a
little as abe cried
II was sure you would recognize
me"
AS she spoks Max OWNED who she
was
"Grctchen-yOu here"
'lOu are all have left in the world. ="
cried the young girl beginning to
weep; my father is dead, and I do not
know wher- 10 90 or what to do"
Don't CIT 10. Gretchen, how can it
be possible that you are eighteen?
Why, Il seems only yesterday that
was dancing you mp and down on my
shoulder"
That was twelve years ago re-
piled Gretchen. drying her eyes They
said YOU would not recognize me"
what a mistake" protested Max,
mendaciously. You used to be pret-
ty little girl but YOU are bcwitchng
now"
Truly" said Gretchen, smiling
through her tears Tell me. Max,
may | come and live with YOU now?
| promise I won't be LuiSanCe. They
told me ut home Td better be com.
panion or something 10 somebody, but
] don't want to one bit DO let me
stay with you, won't YOU? Please
stay with me-" Max repeated He
was about to say: But YOU can't do
that 1t would not be proper The
sight of GetChen's imploriug blue eyes
ana her trusting smile stopped him,
however. Instead, lie said brightly
Keep you? OF course will. We
can arrange 1t somehow"
But you must let me be useful. ."
cried the young girl happily Il can
keep house for you Aud you write
all the time, do you uot?"
Yes"
Then | will copy all your manu-.
scripts. | used TO DO il for father, and
l really write quite well. Poor papa
The tears began to flow again, and
Max FASTENED to exclaim hriskly:
Then you will be my secretary
| Just what | was wanting"
The smile returned, this time to stay
1t was truc that Max Won KricCh.
/ nan was beginning to acquire Ger
| tain celebrity, and he was doubly
| thankful for this after Grctchcn's ad
vent He accepted au offer ~ write
serial story for Que of the news
papers an ofler hc had been too cap
! iiciouS 90 consider before
This allowed him 60 change Isis
bachelor quarters FOR a larger apart
mcnt, where there was room for Grct
chen, and, with an elderly bouSckecp
or Installed. Max felt that he had sat
isded his orphan cousin and Mrs
Grundy alike.
once settled, che young man almost
forgot GrctChcn's existence. save dur
ing the mornings when she wrote a
his diCtation. lie was vaguely awar,
that il was pleasant e. have hcl
around. but her girlish charms Sooi
faded from his mind when. his wori
done. he fastened To call on the charm
ing widow. Frau Bettiu0 Eumpcl
whose abicCt slave he was
There is no passion SO absorbing a
that provoked 10y pretty and coquct
tiSh widow, and Frau Bettipa wa
past mistress in the art Accordingly
Max knew that he was safe from an.
danger OF falling ia love with Gret
chen hut the young girl, elias. haD
no such preservative and 90 his cor
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noticed that Gretchen was hcrayin
? The most dangerous symptoms.
. There was but one thing Ia 10. an
I Max promptly made up his mind tina
, cruel as IL was, he would tell his COZ
! SIN Of his love for tho All clptiva
: ing widow.
: II am very glad tcr you Cousl
! Max" said Gretchen calmly. rs 4
r ended his confession. DO you thin
Q you will be married SoonT'
n Her voice sounded perfectly cal
. and unmoyed. aud somehow Max v,
J. distinctly vexed that she took his new
~ quietly.
: II am very glad" Gretchen repea
y I'd. as she took a paper from the de'
and twisted IL into curl papers abo
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