The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
Copyright. 1910. by Doubleday. Page 0 Company. Copyright. 1908. by
 the Mcclure Company

"And till MT. Cremer can get some one better Loveland capped her words.
 "You have to be tried frst,'' smiled the girl. And I mean you to be a success-a great success. Now I'm go- ing to auntie. I think we'd better travel in different cars. for she hasn't quite got used yet to the idea of a gentleman chauffeur
 With that the girl pressed a railway ticket into his hand. and he was left, not knowing whether he were more inclined to laughter or to cursing.
 The Hill Farm might almost have been an English farm. with it's ram bling red brick house, apparently of the Georgian period, it's square paned windows and it's pillared porch draped with a tangle of grapevine and Vir- ginia creeper.
 Val arrived only few minutes later than Lesley and Mrs. Loveland, and the girl was waiting for him in the open doorway when his hack drove up.
 'sThis is big. old house. said Les ley, coming out into the porch-'at least it's old for America. It's stood for about 15O years, and there's lots of room in it. You will live in the west wing In a few minutes Uncle WaIly will show you where to go. Here. Uncle Wally. take Mir. Gordon's bag There was no contempt either for the bag or it's owner on the mild old face of the gray headed negro, who was as perfect and well trained a servant in his way as any butler in an English country house. Evidently be. too. had been told that this was 9 "geutleman chauffeur,'' to be treated like gentle man. And Loveland was grateful to his hostess, feeling q sudden impulse toward happiness until, with a shock. he remembered Sidney Cremer.
 When will MT Cremer arrfve?'' he asked Lesley as they walked together across sloping lawn toward the sta bles.
 "Oh, sidney's very much at home. kere." she answered lightly. You may see him at any time. Meanwhile you won't mind driving the car for me, will you?"
 'tI think you know whether I'll mind that or not,'' said LoveIand almost more to himself than to the girl. tsIH only there were no Sidney Cremer''-
 q have an idea you won't dislike Sidney when you meet him." Lesley said kindly.
 "A mans chauffeur has no right to an opinion about hfm-at least that's what used to think myself Cremer must be very rich,'' grumbled Love land. apparently apropos of nothing.
 Sidney makes a good deal of money out of novels and plays-at least it seems good deal to me. but maybe 1t wouldn't to you. Perhaps Stdney's earnings amount to about twelve or fifteen thousand of your English pounds 8 year. ana he's saved quite 2 lot. too, for he's been popular as a playwright and novelist in America and England for several years now"
 'tBy Joye!" exclaimed Loveiand. 'fWhat lucky beggarv
 'That just expresses it-a lucky beSgar'-for he was almost a beggar at the time he made his first success. D
 Shall you be married soon?'
 Lesley smiled, and her dimples twin kled. "It isn't decided yet. But dare say it will be soon. Now, sup pose with the grand ideas you used to talk to me about, E12, GOO or E15,0oo a year and q few loose thousands lying around, would seem like shabby gen teel poverty to you.''
 Don't hit man when he's down p said LoYeland- 'Tf had only half as much as Mir. Cremer I could do the things I want most to do.''
 What are tfey?" asked Lesley.
 Nowadays the things I feel I should like most to do are to restore our poor old tunabled down horne and get rid of my debts" t
 ''You say nowadays Have you changed your mind lately?''
 ''I've changed almost everything ex- eept these everlasting tweeds! know. of course. that my affairs will come right in one way presently. I shall get back to England before my leave's up, but I shan't go back the same man. I've lost the chance Of all that's the best worth having, if Iever could have had such a cnance.''
 You're too young to give up hope, almost as young as Sidney Cremer.''
 What. He's younger than l amp
 Sidney is twenty-three."
 ''Once you said you didn't like men under twenty y-six, they seemed So raw.' 1T ought to be f1attered that you should remember my sayings of 'once.' You see, though, Sidney's quite differ ent frou1-other men, especially to me. But here we are at the stables. We'll talk about Sidney's car instead of Sid ney."
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