Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-11-28

disappointed me at the last moment,
and 1 hadn't anywhere pleasanter TO
go. Look here. Do you gu back to
Hampstead? You do really live at
Hampstead, you said, on ho1iiays9'"
"Sometimes," she sighed.
"And they are very glad to see
you?"
ooh, very" Her eyes frightened.
Il can quite understand it," said
he. Il suppose you take those three
little Riddles for q run in the park O
mornings?"
when it isn't too wet, Or too hot,
or something. When it is we gallop
round the garden in the square"
Can l come and gallop with you il
/ see you there Tomorrow"
No answer.
May I join you in the park If I
come across you there tomorrow"
II don't think she said, very soft
ly, that it would be advisable Or
discreet"
Good gracious, If it were, would
there be any fun in it,"
iiC uloppCu 1ko Sy CNS1dSSs 1lClC i,
nothing like asking" he went on.
when We go to the drawing room
to hear these opera chaps sing
they look Is If they'd been hired on
purpose may I come and
talk to your"
II shall not be in the drawing
room. I shall be hearing the chill
dren say their prayers"
| Can l come and say on, too"
Il think If you did," she replied.
with a slight frown, adorable in com
bination with the tip-ti,ted nose, IT
seemed to him, that it would do YOU
a great deal of good"
Very we'll, I will"
NO; please don't" she implored.
Il have changed lay Mission.' he
declared. II shall leave the other
fellows TO labor in the suburban vine
yards and devote myself to cheering
the lonely lives Of nursery govern
csses. Shall T."
The hostess was beginning to col
lect eyes. The girl beside him moved
a little nervously and dropped her
fan. He dived for it, and. screened
by the lace border Of the tableclotll,
kissed a fold of her dress. When he
emerged, brick-rei. she was rosy TO
the boots Of her hair.
He followed her to the door,
blocked by an imposing mass Of jew
eled and bare-shoulde"ed loneliness.
My Mission is growing smaller"
he said. close to the little shell Il
Not to nursery governesses as a
class. only 10 Il nursery ~governess
do l feel called to devote myself. And
| don't eve know your name"
Cant You guess it? Imagine
something .1opelcssly middle-class,
absolutely unromantic." she returned.
You sharpen my desire to hear.
Is it Smith without a %hynhen?"
She shook her head.
us it Griggs, OF Poggs or Hogs?
You see, l can face the possibility of
it being either, Or ali three, without
%wincinG. You wont tell me? and l
shan't see you in the drawing room?
And you are not going TO walk in the
park at II tomorrow, or in the
square?'
No, thank Heaven" she returned,
with a genuine sigh CT relief. I'm
going back to Hampstead tomorrow
at 12."
The last OF the ladies we're fling
out Of the dining room.
Not for .~ood?" he urged.
EENNv 0no3 =, Lo,, w. 49,
proEal'-she brushed away a tear
from her long brown lasnes-"rm
not approved Of"
Look here" he whispered, may
l come to Hampstead, too, and be in-
PRODUCED t. your people?"
~ don't even know your name"
she said, over her pretty white Shout
der.
Its GaZebrook. I'm in the til.
Youngest and least generally efficient
ca tain on the roster. Now yours"
Miss Crespigny!" said the cold
voice Of Lady CroWmarsh from the
drawing room door. Flora and Stel-
la and Totterims will be waiting for
you"
I've got it. Why, Crespigny's per-
fectly lovely" he whispered, joyfully.
'and you were pulling my leg. Now,
quick, the other" He followed the
trailing, grayish-pink skirts into the
hall. THE other for me to dream
about
II shall not tell you" Their eyes
met. Iris" she whispered, and fled.
Sir George!" came in the rebuk-
ing tones Of Lady Crowmarsh, still at
the drawing room door. Il must
really ask you not to firt so openly
with the cnildren's nursery govern
ess."
WAS I f1irting?" he asked, with
beautiful innocence.
"Certainly you were. And 1 must
ask you to promise not to be guilty
Of it again"
iii promise with pleasure"
"Thank you," said Lady Crow
marsh, surprised at the docility of the
young man. "She leaves us to-mor-
row, and I cannot regret it,"
"Nor can l." he said. Nor can l."
"You think her manner too indie