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AUNT OliVia'S Beau

too much for us every time we thought
of IT..
Father pooh.poohcd incredulously al
first, and when we had convinced him,
guffawed with laughter. Aunt Olivia
need not have dreaded any more op'
position from her cruel family
Nicholson was a good fellow enough,
though horribly poor,' said father.
hear he has done very well out west
and if he and Olivia still have notion
of each other they arc welcome to
marry so far as ! am concerned. Tell
Olivia she mustn't take a spasm II
once in while.
We soon discovered that, to Aunt
Olivia. Mr.. Norman Nicholson repre-
scnted a merely abstract proposition
the man who was to confer on her the
long withheld dignity of matronhood
Her romance began and ended there,
althoug she was quite unconscious OF
this herself. and believed that she was
deeply in love with him.
The day on which Mr.. Norman Mich
olson was expected, Peggy and | went
over. We had planned to remain away
thinking that the lover would prefer
their first meeting TO be upwitnesscd
but Aunt Olivia insisted on our beng
present. She was plainly nervous-the
abstract was becoming concrete. Her
little house was in spotlcss. speckless
order from top to bottom. Aunt Olivia
had herself scrubbed the garret floor
and swept the cellar steps that very
morning with as much paiustaking care
as if she expected that Mr.. Norman
Nicholson would hasten to inspect each
at once and she must stand or fall by
his opinion of them.
We could see the garden path and
gate through the hall window, and
therefore supposed we would have full
warning of the approach of Mr.. Nor
man Nicholson. II was no wonder,
therefore, that we positively jumped
two steps to the floor when a thun
derous knock crashed against the front
door and re-echoed through the house
Had Mr., Norman Nicholson dropped
from the skies7
We afterward discovered that he had
come across lots and around the house
from the back, but just then his sud
den advent was almost uncanny.
"Good afternoon he said in a reso
nant voice that seemed TO take posses
sion of the dry summer afternoon. "Is
Miss Olivia Sterling in! And will you
please tell her that Norman Nicholson
is here?'
| showed him into the parlor. Then
Feggy ana L peeped through the crack
of the door. Anyone would have done
it. We would have scorned to excuse
ourselves. And, indeed, what we saw
would have been worth several con
science spasms if we had felt any.
Aunt Olivia rose and advanced prim
ly with outstretched hand.
Mr.. Norman Nicholson, I aw very
glad to see you,' she said formally.
"It's yourself, Nillie!'' Mr.. Nor
man Nicholson gave two strides II,
dropped his flowers on the floor knocked
over a small table and sent an otto
man spinning up against the wall. Ther
he had caught Aunt Olivia in his arms
and-smack-smack-smackl Peggy
sank back upon the stair-step with he
handkerchief stuffed in her mouth. Aunt
Olivia was being kissedl
She Looked Distressed.
Presently Mr.. Norman Nicholson helc
her back Mt arms length in his big
paws and looked her over. I saw Aunt
Olivia g eyes roam over his arm 10 th
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Aunt Olivia. with little simper. ''Of
course. You done remember him lie
went away To British Columbia before
YOU were born. But he is coming home
now and--tell your father, won Z you
I-I-don like to-hc and ! arc go
ing TO be married. -
"Marricdl" gasped Peggy. And
+" Married! | echoed stupidity Aunt
Olivia married.
Aunt Olivia bridcd a little.
''Therc is nothing unsuitable IN thar,
is there?" she asked little crispIy.
ooh. no, no, ] FASTENED to assure
her, giving Peggy a surreptitious kick
TO divert her thoughts from laughter.
'Only YOU must confess, Aunt Olivia,
that it is very great surprise
''I thought it would be 500 said
Aunt Olivia, complacently. 'But your
father will know-he will remember. |
do hope he won t think ME foolish. He
did not think Mr.. Norman Nicholson a
fit person for me to marry once. But
this was long ago when SIR. Norman
Nicholson was poor, He is in very COM
Portable circumstances now.
''Tell MS all about 1T, Aunt Olivia .
said Peggy. She did not look at me,
which was my salvation. Had ] caught
Peggy's eve when Aunt Olivia said
e" Mr. Norman Nicholson - in that tone
! must have laughed willynilly.
'When ] was girl the Nicholsons
used to live across the road from here.
Mr. Norman Nicholson was my beau
then" ooh, Aunt Olivia, II YOU could
but have left out that simperl) "But
my family-and your father especially
dear me, do hope he won't be cross
were opposed to his attentions and
were very cool to him. / think that
was why he never said anything to me
about getting married then. After a
time he went away, as ] have SAID,
and ] never heard anything from mm
directly for many year. OF course,
his sister sometimes gave me news or
him. In June | had letter from him.
He said he was coming home TO settle
down, and he asked me If would marry
him, / wrote back and said | would.
Perhaps ] should have consulted your
father, but / was afraid he would think
! ought TO refuse Mr.. Norman Mich,
olson. -
"Oh, ] don't think father will
mind said Peggy soothingly.
"I hope not, because, Of course, ]
would consider it my duty in any case
to fulfill the promise ! have given to
Mr.. Norman Nicholson, He will be in
Hillcrest next week. the guest of his
sister, Mrs, John Seaman, across the
DIlCSPs
when is the wedding to be' l
asked
Tell Your Father About It.
"Oh!' Aunt Olivia blushed, distress
fully. 81 do not know the exact
date. Nothing can be definitely set
tied until Mr.. Norman Nicholson comes
But it will be so much to do. You
Will tell your father. won't you
We promised we would. aud Aunt
Olivia rose with an air of relief, Peggy
and | hurried over home. stopping when
we were safely out of earshot to laugh
The romances of the middle aged may
be 10 them as tender and sweet as those
of youth, but they are apt to possess
good deal of humor for onlookers
Only youth can be sentimental with
out being mirth-provoking. We loved
Aunt Olivia and were glad in her new,
late-blossoming happiness, but we felt
amused over il also. The recollection
of her ''Mr. Norman Nicholson was
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By l.. M. Montgomery
Copyright, 1900

way to the station, quite oblivious TO
our assurances that there was plenty
CT time The people who met MS that
night must have thought we were quite
mad, held on to the reins. Peggy
grinped the swaying sides of the buggy,
and Aunt Olivia bent forward. hat and
hair blowing back from her set face
with its strangely crimson checks, aud
phed the whip. In such guisc did We
whirl through the village ana over the
four mile station road.
Don't Go, Norman!"
When we drove up to the station.
where the train was shunting among
the shadows, Aunt Olivia made flying
leap from the buggy and ran along the
platform with her cape streaming be.
hlnd her and all her brooches and
chains glitterng in the lights. ! tossed
the reins to a boy standing near and
We followed. Just under the glare OF
the station lamp we saw no one else
was very near. the crowd being down at
the other end, Aunt Olivia fairly flung
herself against him.
Norman she cried, "don't go
don tt II marry you II go anywhere
and ] don t care how much mud you
bring inl'
! lieved the tension of the situation n
little. Mr., Norman Nicholson put his
arms about her and drew her back into
the shadows.
"There. there!' he soothed. ''Of
course ] wonSt be going Don 4 cry
" And YOU II come right back with
me now?' implored Aunt Olivia. cling
ing TO him as if she feared ne rvouid
be whlsked away from her yet if she
let 90 for moment.
"Of course, Of course he said.
Peggy got chance 10 IJde homo with
n friend. and Mr.. Nicholson held Aunt
! Olivia on his knee, because there was
no room but she would have sat there,
| think. if there had been a dozen
vacant seats.
] set them down safely in Aunt
Olivia's yard, and turned homeward,
completely forgotten by the pair. But
in the moonlight. which flooded the
front of the house, I saw something
that testified eloquently TO the trans
| formation in Aunt Olivia. 1t had rained
that afternoon and the yard was muddy.
| Nevertheless, she went in at her front
door and took Mr.. Norman Nicholson
with her, without even a glance at the
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I)1ivia told Peggy and me about
afternoon we went over TO ncIp
er Ter late roses for potpouIrl.
d her strangely quiet and pre-
AS a rule she was fonG OF
n alert 10 hear Hillcrest gCs-
ciyen to sudden little trills OF
.srlish laughter, which for the
NC dispellcd the atmosphere
, old-miidishness wh!on seemed
about her as a garment. AT
nents We did not fin | 1t hard
o-as We did at othc.: times
lt Olivia haG once Been Il glll
law she picked the roses abb
Id shook the crisp petals into
> swect-grass basket with the
woman whose thoughts were
y. We said nothing. knowing
4 Olivia IS secrets always came
in time. When the rose leaves
.ked we carried them In and
M single file, Aunt Olivia bring.
he rear 10 pick up any stray
we might drop. In the south
nber, where there were no car
ade, We spread them on news
q the floor and put our sweet
,kets back in the proper place
\ Then. when we went down
>ain, Aunt Olivia asked It's TO
he parlor. She had something
/. she said, and as she opened
a delicate pink flush spread
face. / noted it with sur
,hough no iukling of the truth
.me-for nobody ever connect
3ea of possible lovers or mar
In this prim little old maid,
erling.
Dlivia's parlor was much like
|oainfully neat; every article OF
stood in exactly the same
had always stood in orr re.
te. Nothing was ever suffered
sturbed; the tassels of tho
|hion lay just so over the arm
ofa, and the crochctcd anti
with the lion rampant in
u, was always spread at pre-
'e same angle over the arm.
20 speck of dust was ever Wis
dy ever invaded that sacred
>Iivia pulled up a blind to let
light could sift through the
yes and sat down in high
Id chair that had appertained
reat grandmother. She folded
ls in her lap and looked at
Thy appeal in her blush gray
ainly she found il hard to tell
scret, vet all the time there
n of pride and exulation about
what, also, Of a new dignity.
Via could never be self-as-
but if it had been possible
I'D have been her time for
.out Norman Nicholson.
you ever heard me speak Of
han Nicholson?' asked Aunt
n never heard her speak of
IAN Nicholson; bat volumes of
on could not have told us
1t him than did Aunt Olivia S
en- she pronounced his name.
as if it had been proclaimed
ct tones, that Mr.. Norman
must be Aunt Olivia S beau,
knowledge took away our
We even forgot TO be curious,
he'd were we. And there sat
ma, proud and shy and eXult-
hnmefaced all at once.
A q brother Of Mrs. John Sea
pross the bridge. - explained
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