Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-10-13
Terhune. sandi Mikd IIawrencp

had &riven of that morning appeared
apprSachfng briskly from tie direction
of the castle where Terhune had ap
pareHtly left bis companion. on his
way lbo the stables.
Vantage mi 7Gamei"a called my
wifel triumpf1autly. You're Sno good
at an. Wilfred,Y, "Game,. set.%ifI re-
IIpliedl Wonderful good tennis, Dear.
lest, y and dropping our racquetsii we
lwenflt to ispeaktuATch. b8G sd iBda
l Wouldn't have told Dearest for, the
Eworldi of course, but the truth was
that fh spite OF my praise of hef9plsS-
ping. had letoherj beat. 5i- BUS 0s
"Cpnldn't you find groom to take
the CART down for your inquired
FathdH Indignantly as Terhune came to
a halt In the road Lazy beggars,
those grooms!"i ,s,,g I'd, -1au go.
THE butler told me you people
weretAown here playing tennis" said
ARCH "and,iI was in such hurry to
pee You ] brought it down myself.
Thought I'd walk back with you,
k'kndK ."5dlp DhG {tGpn9tG9al ola
AgHtha held out bher hands to. him
f fsss5 n. as he got down and stood be
THEN you've got something to tell
PSI" Hhe cried. you haye!-L know,
you HHve!% ,,sd, 4I, ,..,,a4 p. .... =.
I'm way9y'eess!" he answered, 'but
it's NIT what you think, at least not
Exactly. BY Joye. Vincent!Pl turning
10 me si"Tm in an awful mess! A beast
~ unfortunate dilemma, don't you
knowtb II iHhj D1E on -zaJ aat :.
Butt don't knoWI What's the: trou-
Die, Arch? Tell usl" f.a,;... .rs.,
Yes, tell us!" urged my wife.
"Wsp, you see,," began the old boy.
and he lmopped his brow with his
HANDKERCHIEF in an anxious way that
made Eme feel quite sorry for him,
1you Aee) the way OF lit was,n / went
and ASkedll her all right, but he
paused. '~
"BqH what! What did she sayq@
dried Dearest and I5together. hls sLagi
"Fori heavens sake!" added, as he
Still stammered,, get, it outl" -.
She said, 'I9 20 replied hgrandlyI,'
fthat Ishe cared for, me- = sbssnh4l
Then what on, earth are you, put
ting on such a long face about p" I
loared and DEAREST asked him RnG-
fpuslYIEwhat, was, wrong, about that. =
| WHY, the trouble Isl. he told us,
getting more ana Iih6re Serious, l"that'
h SPITE of that admission shdl won't
give fire 2 definite answer until 81
month from noWS!' = " - '''1
| "BJI she can't #aitathdt lohgl" II
expostalated, as If Terhune himself
were tp blame for this. complication,
"Don'NEoGT see that If you're not actu!
ally dAd flor a fact engaged by the
lend Of this yeekryou might as well
mot be engaged at all, at least as far.
as your aunt's property is concerned?"
81 know" he said; Fl, Nobody sees
that Any palmer than do That's
why Tin so upset. WhatIeah have pos
,SessedI the girl do you .supposeG L
Sl think yipnkFI she wqN the qttrriifHipqg
;;=::s:sREE6haense,r declared my wife, author
itatively, "a little .ooquetry in the right
place is perfectly admissible! She
didn't want to make it too easy for
you, that's all. Very feminine, and
qtifte delightful of her, call it,"
That's all very we'll" replied Ter
hume With some heat, land proper
enough dare sayl But think what
that same coquetry may, cost mel"
And You Gould see as he said 1t that
he ALREADY beheld in his minds eye
that third cousin of his, .aqnt's sitting
on the veranda OF the house on his,
aunts aproperty in Australia, with his
feet Oh the railing. .t.--r..,fy
We'll, If that's all you. care about!
If you're only, Interested in getting
that SHY fpldl; fortune Of your aunt's, 4.
hope, Yes, | positively hope, that she
will KEEP you waiting until it is too
late!" EaiA Dearest unexpectedly.
4 Terhnne, stared, in surprise at this
point Of view and. own l couldn't
help siding With him a little. INV" l
7 Bug my dear tgirlft he protestedj
how gan l help being interested in
1t? Al fortunes fortune, and besides,
isn't it5fof' her, too, that I want It, as
well al myself?b And then, you know,
how absurd y isTf she's going to- acr
cept me anyway. as I'm rather sure.
she Isl that she ean't Say SO III time
to get me 70 fortune as well as "a wffe?"r
Cote, tnowill%irI put in; shat does,
seem REASONABLE, doesn't it, Dearest?"
81 thought you understood better
than that, Wilfred," she said, with a
look almost of severity at 5tffe, and to
Terhut = see you must befchastened-
still further, Archibald,1 she. told him.,
until syou learn what true love is!
Distinguished unselfish loVel"I Bh!7 4
CTo. BE .GoNT4NUED9 ~ 4,