The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-05

! how DO you tEe Il, seeing you have
appropriated n1eg' Langley asked. col
oring In spite Of himself He felt all at
once young and raw ana ridiculous
and was IN a temper over It BE want
ed TO shaiie FCretty-shnike her hard. She
was testing. CT course, but how beaut-
filsy she had turned the tables on him.
Quite uhaccountnbIy he found himself
trembling, his hands moist, his faee-he
knew. high colored. and all without
any reason.
It could not be that the bare sdESes-
ton Of Fretty-the child. the plaything.
the creature he loved to tease-as his
wife, the mistress OF his home and
heart, Ind thus overcome him. For
i've years ut least he had thought OF
Georgina Workman il that position
She fttel ,t 50 beautifully and was
quite evidently ready to accept It
II always answer mothers letters for
her. RemeuIher ynu wrote her about
GeOrginu two years back at least,
Fretty said. smiling sweetly. with the
ElIntest touch OF malice. las to my
liking her. whit does that matter2 I
have nothing to do with her. only with
you"
-You Gre quite resolved-to-take
me, l meauT' Langley asked. his eyes
downcast
Fretty looked pensive. ct seems
one must do ones duty. however dis
agreeable" she said. with little sigh.
Langley erected himself In that
case, suppose you kiss your crown OF
marty=dOm." he said. putting his face
close to her lips.
Fretty sprang back as fur as their
clasped hands permitted and said. with
dancing eyes: 'sNext year viii be quite
time enough for that You see. I am
going away in the fall to be finished at
the Wlnslow school. Mother insists
upon II, and myself think 1t best
shall come back a fine lady-dne
enough, hope, to do the family credit.
May trust you not to marry GeorginG
In all that tlme?''
"CertHInly not Langley said prompt
~. You viii have to take me now or
risk losing me altogether. And hate
finishing schools and all their works.
If you 80 through the mill won't have
you-thats hat,v
Fretty suatched away her hands,
laughing heartily. What an actor was
lost in you Cousin LanEley!'' she said
You Ind such Il ring in your voice!
wish Tommy Hartwen had been with
in hearing"
so! You want the heather 70 rage,
you niinxr' Langley said, again i'm
prisonins her hands. then the ring
coming back to his voice stronger than
ever: "Fretty. know you were in Fun,
but. please dear. let's make it earnest.
/ want you-nobody else. 1 have been
wanting you ever since came. with
How about GCo-ssina :" INrctty uu--
INJURED. turning away her head so
Langley might not see the mounting
color in her checks.
Langley laughed triumphantIy. MAY
I be vain enough to speak the frozen
truthT' he asked, his lips very close to
Fretty's car. She turned a little more
away from him, saying very low:
''Nol can guess It. Georgina won't
have you; therefore you want me to
salve your broken heart"
"Of course. But how did you guess
it?" Langley asked his heart thrilling
ut thought of her care to save another
woman from slurring. He had meant
to tell her what he knew for truth
that while GeorgiRa would have &C
copied him for bis position and poten-
tiallties and given him comradely help
Throughout their Joint career her heart
was by no means engaged, she being
OF the eQuable temperament that
spends its widest devotion upon itself.
there was Vernon. All
nlong he had suspected some kindness, |
even more. between the pair. They !
might have each other and welcome. |
Fretty, sweet, slim, red haired Fretty. |
was the one wife in the world for him. |
Impulslyely he caught her to him
and said between kisses: Il see it all |
now. You're witch. You saw how
[ needed comforting and proposed to
me right of the reel Henceforth l
shall live to keep you from being sorry
for it."
..And I'll make you sorry for it MS
long as you live II ever you dare say 1
that again" Fretty interrupted.
Again Langley laughed. He could
afford to rretty. in spite of her brave
words, was nesting to him like a Lap
py child.