Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-11-02

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approaching bsiskiy from the direction
of the castle where Terhune had ap-
psrently left his companion on his
way to the stables
Vantage in! Camel" called my
wife uiumphantly. You're no good
at all. IWilfred. Game. set" ] re
Piled. Wonderful good tennis, Dear.
est. and dropping our, racquets. we
went to speak to Arch. - = I'D 4
wouldn't have told Dearest for the
world, OF course, but the truth was
that In spite of my. praise OF her play,
ing, | had let her beat. ~ - 1913
Couldn't you find a groom to take
the cart down for your inquired
rather Indignantly as Terhune came to
q halt In the road. Lazy beggars.
those .grooms!" 80 ~
; THE butler told me you people
were down here playing tennis" said
Arch, and L was in such a hurry to
see you I brought it down myself.
Thought I'd walk back with you.
y'know." ''>| 433D
Agatha held out her hands to him
eagerly as he got down and stood be-
side us. FL.
Then you've got something to tel
us!' she cried. you have!-I know
you have!" 1lr u9s4 I..
In 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
ly unfortunate dilemma, don't you
know!" 4ii 10,
But don't know! What's the trou-
BILE. Arch? Tell us!"
Yes. tell us!" 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, / went
and asked her all right, but" he
paused.
But what! What did She say?"
cried Dearest and together.
For heavens sake!" added, as ha
| still stammered, get 1t outl" ,l....
She said," he replied grandly,
that she cared for me-" .>s5s.
Then what on earth are you put.
ting on such a long face about?" ]
roared, and Dearest asked him anx
| iously what was wrong about that.
Why, the trouble is,"' he told us,
getting more and more serious, chat
In spite Of that admission she won't
give me definite answer until a
| month from now!" t
But She can't wait that long!" l
| expostulated, as II Terhune himself
were to blame for this complication.
Don't you see that If you're not actu-
ally and for fact engaged by the
end OF this week you might as well
not be engaged at all, at least as far
as your aunt's property is concerned?"
i know" he said. Nobody sees
that any palmer than / do. That's
why I'm SO upset. What can have pos.
sessed the girl. do you suppose? /
didn't think she was the trifiins
kindi
Nonsense" declared my wife, author.
itatively. "a little coquetry in the right
place is perfectly admissible! She
didn't want to make it too easy for
you, that's all. Very feminine, and
quite delightful of her, call it,"
that's all very WELL" replied Ter.
hume with some heat, "and proper
enough 1 dare sayy But think what
that same coquetry may cost met"
And you could see as he said 1t that
he already beheld in his minds eye
that third cousin of his aunt's sitting
on the veranda OF the house ON his
aunts property in Australia, with his
feet on the railing.
wen, II that's all you care about!
IL you're only interested in getting
that silly old fortune OF your aunt's. I
hope, yes, positively hope, that she
VIII keep YOU waiting until 1t Is too
late!" said Dearest unexpectedly. y n
Terhune stared in surprise at this
point OF view and l own couldn't
help siding with him a little, ...o-
but my dear girl" he protested.
now can help being interested In
III fortunes a fortune, and besides.
Isn't 1t for her, too, that 1 want II, az
well as myself? And then, you know
now absurd 1t is II she's going to aol
cept me anyway, as I'm rather Sure
she is, that she can't say so in time
to get me fortune as we'll as a wife ?"
Come, now!" I put In, that does
seem reasonable, doesn't It, Dearest?"
Il thought you understood better
than that, Wilfred," she said. with
look almost of severity at me. and 10
Terhune. II see You must be ohastened
still further, Archibald" she told him.
until you learn what true love lei
Disinterested unselish love!"
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