The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-29

serious one. for I could not dedect tha
abe was lower In the water.
Mira Maltrevor seemed to hav.
brought about twenty people to witnes.
u ridiculous plight
Were awfully sorry" 1 began. as
b party bore down upon us.
"Awfully sorry" echoed Dulcinea.
"But we sprang a leak"
The water simply rushed In" Dull
cinea eorroborated.
And just as l was going to see
whether l could stop up the hole. 1t
drifted away l concluded. with a
complete and desperate disregard for
the rules of syntax.
Mrs Maltrevor's smile simply fascin-
ated me. think she said she quite
understood. AT any rate. she was In
an excellent temper-this. l afterwards
learned. was because Matilda, her eld.
est and most hopeless. had that very
afternoon brought TO book the senior
curate OF All Saints: while the broken
down baronet. fortified with cham
payne. was at that very moment nirt.
ing openly and ontrageously with
Evelyn. another OF Mrs. Maltrevor's Tor.
lorn hopes, 10 the complete discontinue
OF Mrs. Neville Ponsonby and the Hon.
Ethel Pdnsonby.
1t is against Dulclnea's principles 10
let a little thing like Mrs. Maltrevor
disconcert her. and 1t is due to her to
say that she never lost grip OF the sit
uation. She conversed amlcably with
the junior curate OF All Saints, then
with Mrs Maitrevor herself. aud
kindly inquired after Mr.. NAL
~trevor's toothache. She was rapidly
disarming suspicion when young
Perkins. who had been landed on
the other bank with a view to the
salvage OF the Sauey Jane. suddenly
called the attention OF the party TO him
self by a loud exclamation.
What is the matter. MI. Perkins."
said Mrs Maltreyor sweetly. -Is the
leak a bad Oneg-
Young Perkins laughed q detest
him. very serious indeed" he "
piled. holding up In each hand the half
of a lemonade bottle. which he had ex-
from a hamper behind the steer
Ing seat AS you see. the bottle not
'nly leaked, but burst. It's quite lone
But what about the boatT' inquired
Mrs Maltrevor. stin more sweetly.
~The bOat7 Oh. the boats all right
'emarked young Perkins. as he boarded
Ter, and with a vigorous shove brought
Ter over to the Island
For a moment there was a silence.
Then a roar OF laughter In which Dull
inca Joined and l tried to. / think
frs. Maltrevor repeated that she quite
Understood; at any rate. In her most
stentatiously tactful way she gathered
er party on board and announced her
mention Of departing forthwith In
sarch OF tea
You can follow at FOUR leisure,
b remarked to Dulcinea, with
meaning look at me. / knew the look.
said. IF you haven't proposed, do II
ow." Z
Dulcinee had gone back to her OLD
As I Joined her / noticed that my
d friend the wasp was still there, but t
carefully avoided kneeling on him
"Dulctnea." I said. -Dulcinea, it's no
my trying to tell you all the nice ell
ings l think about you. because Jon nc
them already. And you know vi
at I shall be waiting for you to marry pr
: ten years hence-if you won't do II ap
fore, Dulcinea." pr
I felt I was doing It very badly; IN
IS convinced Of 1t by Dulcinea's next IN
mark. siz
'Pve never been 30 badly proposed to aS
she said s~ereneIy. why, you
IL better when you were eighteen WI
'wever, this Is the last time" the
The last time" I queried- why. ou'
lcInea. you're o angry with me. are mo-
~ Rol
smile spread from the orner Of one
mouth. dimpled in her cheeks. and tne
new my answer even before she noe
Ike. but
This is the last time" she said slow men
because the answer this time IA wal
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