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indulge in that sort Of thing. When I
play game, no matter what it may be,
play it with all my might.
"Are you sure OF that?" she asked
with smile that he didn't understand.
81 think know of one game in which
you once took part that you played
rather carelessly."
She looked back at him as the count
was leading her away. There was on
Thornton's face a look that she could
not mistake, but she smiled again and
called:
Aren't you going to dance this even
ing? The music is starting"
He claimed her, later, for waltz and
then asked her if she wouldn't rather
sit out on the porch, where it was cool
and dark.
Very WE'LL" she said, "if you don't
enjoy dancing with me. I'm rather
tired" i.
He chose to ignore her challenge and
led her to corner where they could be
alone.
II suppose ought not" he said, ito
VI as you away AAOA4 tAO NOuAIS UuL VAAS
is probably the last chance I'll have and
there's one or two things want to say
to you. Of course you don't know that
there are people around here who have
begun to bet on you, do you?"
II hadn't heard of any such thing"
"A wager was made little while ago
that involves suit of clothes on each
side. The announcement of your en-
gagement to the count will have to be
made within a week, or some one will
lose."
"How interesting. Let me sea suit
Of clothes is what gentleman usually
bets on an election, isn't it,"
TITS likely to be-"
II am immensely flattered. An cleo
ton ought to be an important thing.
And if what is bet on an election is bet
on me must also be important, mustn't
I? The count will be amused when l
tell him about it. He will regard it as
one of our delightful unconventional
tiles. Oh, that music is too good to lose.
Don't you want to dancer"
The count was waiting for her when
they finished, and it was two weeks later
when she and Thornton met again.
Billey Renshaw had won his bet. Her
engagement to Count baskerville had
been announced within the specified
time, and her sister, Mrs. Richmond,
was one of the happiest women in the
world. 1t was she, in fact, who had
heralded the glad news.
Thornton had taken dinner at the club
and was sitting alone in corner of the
big living-room. She stood beside him
before he knew that anyone had en-
tered.
"Well," she said, extending a hand,
aren't you going to congratulate meg"
Il suppose I'll have to, to be polite.
But I'm not sure that you are the one
to be congratulated" l.
"Very nice of you to say that-after
you've lost"
after I've lost-yes. But I've got so
used to losing that don't expect any
thing else any more" ..
what a pessimist! suppose you're
blaming poor old Fate, too"
mo, don't believe in Fate. It's just
a case of people. If other people could
find happiness in making me happy the
whole question would be solved. But
there's the trouble. To make me happy
it would be necessary for other people
to make themselves miserable. So
continue to lose."
"Still, don't believe you would KEEP
on losing If you always really played to
win. One can hardly expect to be vic
torious when one gives ones game
away. Your tailor probably is glad,
though"
Il don't see where he comes in."
''The suit that you will have to pay
for. Isn't he going to make it,"
After he had explained that lie had
not been party to the wager they sat
looking steadily at each other for long
time
But" she said at last, "you haven't
yet convinced me that you always play
to win"
There was something in the way she
said it that brought him out Of his
stupor, and he caught her ha,ds and
held them.
What" he asked, when she insisted
that they must not remain there alone
any longer, will the count say?"
Il don't know" she answere with a
sigh. "Probably he will call it another
of our delightful unconventioualities."
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Woman's Way.
Hcnpeck-1 tell you, my Henrietta
always means what she saws.