New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

he watched them walk away together, Bel
lew noticed upon the face OF CaSSiliS an eX-
preston very like triumph, and IN his gem
cral air suggestion OF proprietorship that
Jared upon him most unpeaSantly.
WHY do you frown 50, Uncle Porges'~
w "I-er-was thinking, Nephew. >. .
"Well, I'm thinking too, nodded Small
Porges. his brows knitted portentously.
And thus they sat, Big and Little PorgeS,
frowning in unison at space for quite awhile.
"Are YOU quite sure you never told my
Aunty Anthca that you were going TO marry
her." inquired Small Porges at last.
Quite sure, Comrade-why;
"Then how did she know YOU were going
to marry her an settle down.
Mary her an settle down;
! "Yes. at the full o. the moon YOU know.
"Whv, really, don't know, my Porges,
unless she guessed 1t.
Il spccks She did-she's awful clever at
guessing things But, do you know
"Well?"
I'm thinking | don't just like the way she
smiled at Mr. CasSilis. never saw her look
at him like that bcfore,-as II she was
awful clad to see him, YOU know don't
think i'd wait till the full O the moon, II
were YOU think you'd better marry her
this afternoon
THAT" said Bellew, clapping him on the
shoulder, as a very admirable idea. Ill
mention it to her at the first available op-
portunity, my Porges.
But the opportunity did not come that
dav. nor the next, nor the next after that;
for it seemed that with the approach OF the
| hop picking Anthea had no thought or time
! for anything else.
Wherefore, Belew smoked many pipes,
and as the days wore on, possessed his soul
! in patience. which is a most excellent prccept
to foow-in all things but love.
CHAPTER Xxx. Which Relates a Most Ex-
traordinary Conversation
/ IN the DAYS that now enSued, while Anthea
was busted out of doors, and Miss Pms
ella was busted indoors, and Small PorgeS
was diligently occupied with his lessons, at
such times Bellew would take his pipe and
90 to sit and smoke in company with the
/ Cavalier in the great picture above the
carved chimncypiccc.
\ RIGHT iovial companion at all times was
this Cavalier an optiniSt he, from the curl
ing feather in his broad brimmed beaver hat
10 the spurs at his heels Handsome. gay,
and dcbonair was he, with lips upcurvlng TO
a smile beneath his mustachio, and a quizzi-
cal light in his gray eyes very like that in
Bellcw S own. Moreover, he wore the know
ing waggish air of one well verscd in al the
ways OF the world and mankind in general,
and, what is infinitely more, of the sex fcmi-
nine in particular Experienced was he, be-
yond all doubt, in their pretty tricks and
folblcs, since he had ever been diligcnt stu
dent OF feminine caprciouSncsS when the
| Merry Monarch ruled the land.
Hence, it became customary for Bellew to
sit with him, and smoke, and take counsel
OF this breHr chegdAey upon the unfortu-
nate turn OF affairs Whereof cnsucd many
remarkable conversations, OF which the fol-
lowing was one:
BELLEw: "No, Sir, emphatically do not
agree with you! To be sure, YOU may have
had more experience than in such affairs;
but then 1t was such very long time ago.
THE CAVALIER, interrupting, or seeming
! to
BELLEw: Again, | beg 10 differ with YOU
! Women are not the same today as they ever
were. Judging by what have read of the
ladies OF your day, and King Charle>'s court