The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-03-06

He tried again, and this time
| though there was no sound-it seemed
to the other, who had his eyes fixed
upon them, and his ear strained TO
catch the lightest whisper, that the
motion of the lips might be translated
into the words, Keep my secret!
Il will WILL" he answered, and
even as he uttered these words the
| end came.
The next day Ted Burritt returned
home Unexpectedly.
The first thing he did was to write
a brief summary of events to DR.. Jere-
| miah Cartwright, who, in spite OF the
| very short time which had elapsed
| since his last visit, again made his APP
pearance at Magnolia Lodge--osten-
sibly to hear further details, but more
particularly to carry out deep laid
scheme of his own.
"And what do you mean to do-eh?
mean, about the young lady? Oh,
you needn't look as though you don't
understand what | am talking about!
I've not forgotten what you told me
about her. What beautiful blush!"
And the little gentleman chuckled;
then, all at once, became preternatur-
ally grave. "By-the-by," he said, slow
| ly, and with noticeable tendency to
avoid his friends eye. about that bill
of mine.'
Ted looked surprised.
"Bill?" he repeated.
Yes, BILL" continued the doctor.
"You didn't suppose was going to let
you of, did you? You haven't forgot
ten what said a little while back
about sending one in, have your"
The young man looked and felt non
plussed
Il have made up my mind to take it
in kind.
What | mean is" continued DIR.
Cartwright, that instead of receiving
payment for whatever services may
have rendered, in ready money, am
willing to take it out in some other
article
And what might that article be?'
was the natural but still perplexed in
quiry.
your sister," was the brief and
much to the point response.
by Jove!" was the exclamation 1t
called forth-followed by, you don't
mean it?"
Don't l, thought" was the deter
mined reply Eve been meaning it
for some time past. What's more,
I've sounded the young LADY, don't
mean with stethoscope-an she
wasn't half SO much surprised as you
seem to be-"
The brother of the young lady in
question burst out laughing.
Il suppose shall have to give In,
and | may as well do 1t sooner than
later"
About three months later a gentle
man in the most irreproachable attire
called at the residence of the late
James Ferrers, Esq, Of Belmont
House, Hampstead, and requested to
see Miss Ferrers.
That young lady, who had descended
to encounter her visitor quite in ignor-
ance as to his identity, was COMPOUNDED
beyond measure to discover, in the
supposed stranger, none other than
that same individual ~hom she had
first met at the Royal Academy and
who had afterwards occasioned her the
greatest perplexity of mind by doub.
ling the part of the young man who
waited at table and cleaned the plate.
Only--he had grown the loveliest
moustache and it seemed perfectly i'm
possible to imagine for moment that
he had ever done such thing as
polish the forks and spoons and make
himself generally useful.
Ted plunged at once into the object
of his visit.
Il should have called much sooner"
he remarked with a compassionate
glance at her deep mourning, but was
afraid Of intruding upon your retire
ment. have a statement to make
an explanation to give which cannot
withhold any longer"
He came nearer to her and-oh, the
presumption of the creature!-actually
ventured to take her hand.
do you remember being at the
Academy, one day last June, and drop
ping your catalogue?"
Did she not? But she made no
audible reply, and the explanation thus
propitiously commenced was continued
without any interruption beyond an oc-
casional stifed exclamation on the
pare Of its recipient
1t Is not necessary, however, to re-
port the whole of what passed during
the interview. A certain portion only
of it need be referred to as being Of
some interest.
"And Won really mean to saw" said