The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31

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 T beg your pardon" she said ieily. sdid you speak of any oneT'
 Miss Norman, 1 meantv' Miss Row lves answer to this came so smartly that it left an added sting Her arrow was fiedged with two feathers so that 1t must shoot true; her d!strust of him and his own impotence.
 ssOh. mol Miss Norman knows noth- Ing of this. She simply asked me to give you the money. This Is my own dotnx entirely. You see, must ex- ercise my judgment on my niece's be- haif. Of course t may not be neees- vary to show her the receipt; but if it should ever be advisable 1t is always there. Don't you agree with me that 1t ss wise7''
 Sowing rather lower than was nec- essary, he said:
 you are. I am sure. always wissr' Then, as he went out of the door he said sotto voce. between his teeth;
 s.When my turn comes out you gol Mack and cropl Quick! Normanstand inst big enough to hold us both"
 CHAPTER XVII.
 More Dusiness.
 I.eonard,s visits to town had not Of late been many. and such as he had had were not accompanied with plet- horn of cash. He now felt that he had earned holiday so 1t was not tili the third morning that he returned to Brindehow. His father made no conn ment whatever on his absences; his oniy sIiuslon 10 the subject wass
 Back all right Any news In toxnsa There was, however. an un- wonfed snasffy in his manner which made Leonard little anxious. He was evidently restraining himself uEi- tfl the time for explanation. Leonard busied himself for the balance of the morning in getting together all hia Eohednle of them. The total at first amazed. almost as much as 1t frighten- Cd him, He feared what stephen would gay. she had already comment- cd unfavofabiy on the one amount which she had seen. When she was face to face with this she might re- fuse to pay altogether.
 It was tn somewhat cfaetened mood that he made his appearance at Ncrmanstand later in the afternoon. He was evidently expected. for he was shown Into the sskudy without word. Here Miss Rowiy and stephen joined him. Both were very kind in manner. After the usual greetings and com monplaces Stephen said in a brisk. busInessiIke way:
 Have you got the papers with your r He took the bundle of accounts from his pocket and handed them to her. After his previous experiences he would have suggested, had he dared that he should see stephen alone, but he feared the old lady. He therefore merely said;
 T am afraid you VIII ina ths amount very large. But I have put down everyfhin6l"
 So he had; and more than every thing. At the last an idea had struck 1 him that he was getting 80 much he might as we'll have a little more. He therefore added several good sized amounts which he called debts of honor" This would, he thought. ap- peal to the ferninine mind. stephen did not look at the papers at once She stood up. holding them, and said to Miss Rowiy:
 @Now, if you win talk to Mir. Evssr. ard I vii go over these documents quietly by myself. When have been through them and understand them all 1 shall come back and we will see what can be done" She moved grace fully out oE the room. cosin9 the door behind her. As is usual with women she had more than one motive for hel action gn going awsy. 1n tho ijrsl place, she wished to De alone wililsi she went over the schedule of the