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b no possibility Of changing her
mind"
is be married." I asked.
Mine chiIdrsn." returned my friend
gloomily. And she's even instructed
her solicitor" be added. old Barnes
q Barnes. willoughby 4 Sons to call
upon me and be with me At one
o'clock ten days from now. when the
period expires. to see that every.
things fair and square about the pro-
essdings and that do not ovsrstep
the prescribed time BY 30 much As .
minute!"
Capital" I cried unguardedly. full
Of en- ill-timed. I fear, enthusiasm for
the business-liks methods Of Mrs.
James.
You'll have to invite him to lunch!
Why. IT'S ~ good A. a play! What
an old sport your Aunt Georgy must
be-"
20. hang my Aunt Georgy!" ex-
claimed Arch peevishly, not appre-
eiating my point Of view. NEEDLE
some old busybody!"
And that reminds me-" said alert
~. how old Is she. anyway. Arch?"
'Eighty-two." he snapped: odd
enough to know better!"
"Oid enough to be thinking about
making her will. at any rate" said
meaningly Aud Of course Arch had
In reality too keen an interest In his
own welfare not to appreciate that
fact without needing me to emphasize
II. He was not the BOY thought-if
] knew him at all, to sit sulking in
corner when there was only q little
thing like getting q wife in ten days
between him and . chance at q for
tune! II he did. he could not certain
ly be the same Terhune that had
proved 80 earnest an aspirant for the
mer ago. And was right. II was not
long before he'd forgotten his disap-
prevail Of Aunt Georgy's methods and
was excitedly discussing ways and
means Of obeying her behest. I
thought myself the thing didn't sound
% hard. thought 1t any rate that n
would b. . regular lark to have try
at II. But he was much less optimis-
tic. much more downhearted. Not be-
cause he doubted his ability to get
some girl to marry him. for he felt
quite sure on the contrary that his
only trouble would be In making . Sc
lection. But II was the shortness Of
the time that stumped him. He
couldn't seem to see himself an en-
gagged man In ten days. his imasina.
ton somehow failed to sum up the
picture. ! did my best to cheer him
up and pointed out that the property.
which vas . sheep farm In Australia.
formerly belonging to Aunt Georsy's
brother. now deceased. and yielding .
yearly income Of about $4,000. was
worth having . try for. And ~ ! said.
II might have been much worse. Aunt
Georgy might have insisted on his
actually attaining the married state In
ten days tin Q. instead Of merely get.
ting engaged. and that thought
would have bsen well nigh impossible.
Girls are 20 queer about that sort or
thing. They must have . trousseau.
and bridesmaids and churches and
fuss and feathers Of one kind or an.
other. He would certainly have had
trouble In pulling OF the wedding In
such short order. He was inclined to
agiee with me. He thought II more
than likely his bride would balk at
such unceremonious haste.
But. BY Jove! ! know = girl who has
no such foolishness about her
When ! married Dearest-who had
been the Hon. Agatha wyckhon. you
knoW--she did not make me wnit for
anything. We were married at the
unfashionabie hour Of seven In the
morning In . certain little weil-re.
membered chapel In the village Of
Wye. with Mrs. Armistead, her aunt.
- our only attendant. And then
but ! forgot am not telling our
story. but Terhune's. Poor old chap!
III you could have seen Mint" said
to Dearest. throwing myself on tho
terrace at her feet. Never saw him
IN such q stats' He was In the wild.
est hurry TO begin his record break
ing campaign for . wife. but didn't
know how 10 90 about II at all And
couldn't blame him really. Twenty
thousand dollars . year would make
all the Aiasrsncs IN the world to
hint"
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