The Marshall republican., 1910-11-18

Fell to Playing Some Pretty Fast
Tennis.
I'm a way-yes!" he answered, but
it's not what you think, at least not
exactly. BY Jove, Vincent" turning
to me, I'm in an awful mess! A beast
" unfortunate dilemma, don't you
know"
But l don't know! What's the troy
BILE, Arch? Tell us!"
Yes, tell u.s." urged my wife.
well, you see," began the old boy,
and he mopped his brow with his
handkerchief in an anxious way that
made me feel quite sorry for him,
you see the way of. it was, l went
and asked her all right, but" he
paused.
But what! What did she say2"
cried Dearest and ! together.
For heavens sakei" I added, as he
still stammered, get It out!"
"She said" he replied grandly,
that she cared for me-"
Then what on earth are you put
ting on such a long face about2" l
roared, and Dearest asked him anx-
iously what was wrong about that.
why, the trouble IT," he told US,
getting more and more serious. that
in spite Of that admission she won't
give me a definite answer until q
month from now!"
But she can't wait that long!" l
expostulated, as II Terhune himself
were to blame for this complication.
Don't you see that II you're not actu-
ally and for a fact engaged by the
not be engaged at all, at least as far
as your aunt's property is c~oncerned?"
II know" he said. Nobody sees
that any palmer than I do. That's
why I'm so upset. What can have pos
sessed the girl, do you suppose? ]
didn't think she was the trifling
kind!"
Nonsense" declared my wife, author
itatively, "a little ~coquetry in the right
place is perfectly admissible! She
didn't want to make 1t too easy fol
you, that's all. Very feminine, and
quite delightful Of her, ] call it,"
That's all very WELL" replied Ter
hume with some heat, land proper
enough I dare say! But think what
that same coquetry may cost met
And you could see as he said 1t tina
he already beheld in his minds eye
that third cousin of his aunt's sitting
on the veranda of the house on hi
aunt's property in Australia, with hi
feet on the railing.
well, If that's all you care about
II you're only interested in gettini
that silly old fortune of your aunt's,
hope, yes, / positively hope, that sh
will keep you waiting until it is to
late!" said Dearest Unexpectedly.
Terhune stared in surprise at thi
point of view and own | couldn'
help siding with him a little.
But my dear girl" he protested
how can | help being interested i
It? A fortunes a fortune, and beside!
isn't 1t for her, too, that ! want 1t, a
well as myself? And then, you know
how absurd it is if she's going to az
cept me anyway, as I'm rather sur
she is, that she can't say so in tim
, to get me a fortune as well as a wife?
, Come, now!" / put in, that doe
/ seem reasonable, doesn't it, Dearest?
: 81 thought you understood bette
than that, Wilfred," she said, with
look almost of severity at me-, and I
Terhune. 81 see you must be chastene
l still further, Archibald" she told hin
= until you learn what true love is
: Disinterested, unselfish love!"
. And l see that you aren't I'm m
side any more, Mrs. Wilfred," sal
Terhune bitterly. IL thought yo
wanted to help mel"
: II do" she answered, turning on hi
earnestly; that's just what / wal
to do most in the world! Only yo
d don't understand how ] want to hel
0 you'll"
And / don't care!" he replied cage
ly, If only you'll use your infiuent
e with Agatha Sixth to make her CT
short the period Of my probation ar
o make II only as long as the renal
ing days OF this week! All, do. Mr.
j, Wilfred! Dear Lady Vincent, dol
know you cant" and he caught h
n hand entreatingly.
3 But ! shan't-anything of the sort
she said, putting It away agar
II you're too much In need Of a lessor
Believe me. it's for your own goo
Besides" she added. ut wouldn't do
htt NJ good n I were In sneak To he