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the prescribed time by so much as a
minute!"
Capital" 1 cried unguardedly, full
Of ar ill-timed, l fear, enthusiasm for
the b~usiness.like methods of Mrs.
James.
You'll have to invite him to lunch!
Why, It's as good as a play! What
an old sport your Aunt Georgy must
bel"
20, hang my Aunt Georgy!" ex-
claimed Arch peevishly, not appre-
ciating my point Of view. NEEDLE
some old busybodyl"
And that reminds me-" l said alert
ly, how old is she, anyway, Arch?"
"Eighty-two," he snapped; "old
enough to know better!"
"old enough to be thinking about
making her will, at any rate" / said
meaningly. And of course Arch had
in reality too keen an interest in his
W welfare not to appreciate that
fact without needing me to emphasize
It. He was not the boy-I thought--if
I knew him at all, to sit sulking in a
corner when there was only a little
thing like getting a wife in ten days
between him and a chance at a for
tune! II he did, he could not certain
ly be the same Terhune that had
proved so earnest an aspirant for the
millions Of the Hon. Agatha, a sum-
mer ago. And I was right 1t was not
long before he'd forgotten his disap-
prevail of Aunt Georges methods and
was excitedly discussing ways and
mean Of obeying her behest- I
thought myself the thing didn't sound
so hard. / thought at any rate that 1t
would be q regular lark to have a try
at 1t. 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 a 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 magma
ton somehow failed to sum up the
picture. I did my best to cheer him
up and pointed out that the property,
which was q sheep farm In Australia,
formerly belonging to Aunt Georges
brother, now deceased. and yielding a
yearly income Of about $4,000, was
worth having q try for. And al said,
Il might have been much worse. Aunt
Georgy might have insisted on his
actually attaining the married state in
ten days time, instead Of merely get
ting engaged. and that I thought
would have been well nigh impossible.
Girls are 30 queer about that sort o:
thing. They must have a trousseau,
and bridesmaids and churches and
fuss and feathers of one kind or an
other. He would certainly have had
trouble In pulling on the wedding in
such short order. He was inclined to
agree with me. He thought II more
than likely his bride would balk at
such unceremonious haste.
But, by Jove! I know q girl who has
no such foolishness about her
When / married Dearest-who had
been the Hon. Agatha Wyckhof, you
know-she did not make me wait for
anything. We were married at the
questionable hour Of eve in the
morning in a certain little well-re
membered chapel In the village OF
Wye, with Mrs. Armistead, her aunt
as our only attendant. And then
but I forgot am not telling our
story, but Terhune's. Poor old chap
'If you could have seen him!" I SAID
to Dearest, throwing myself on the
terrace at her feet. Never saw hin
In such a state! He was in the wild
est hurry to begin his record-break
ing campaign for a wife, but didn'
know how to go about 1t at all. And
couldn't blame him really. Twenty
thousand dollars a year would make
all the difference in the world t.
hint"