The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-29

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confidently 81 another lesson J offered g
stand her ices every morning instead, and
she calmly held out for better terms
Sweets too! She insisted.
You wicked little she-shylock H ! pro-
tested.
II broke two clubs, She pointed out with
a gigge Sweets would be cheaperl
Sweets too, agreed desperately.
After that met her every morning, and
took her to the ice-cream shop, saw little
OF her otherwise, except three or four times
in the evenings when ! happened to meet
her and took her fora stroll / looked upon
her as i child, Of course | didn't dream
that il was any use looking upon her in any
other way She treated me as frightfully
old, but useful brother, unless she wanted
TO make me wild Then she called me
"UFncIeRi There wasn't the slightest APP
proach to Irritation, In fact we never said
a dozen words that were serious.
This was all that happened for fortnight
except that gave her another golf lesson.
We didn't finishit, however She held the
driver too loosely, and il went after the
ball, and hit old Colonel Sturdy He
suggested that we should 60 and laugh
where he couldn't hear be heard. We
went.
After that | offered to take her out and
buy ices and sweets and flowers every even
ing also, il she would give up golf. She
accepted.
This lasted for "a week Then one Tues
day morning had visit from a Mrs
Cazenove, a stern old lady who described
herself as Netties aunt. She was voluble.
She accused me volubly Of trifling with
Nettie's affections.
At the end of ten minutes she paused to
take breath ] FASTENED TO remark that |
had merely triAed with Nettie's digestion;
ut that i never allowed her to have more
IN three ices at time, and | thought that
digestive organs could stand that. In
= 4 to the affections, suggested that
lazenove was confusing me with some
vain who had assailed Miss Nettie's
d then gtwarmer fashion
amer. point Mrs. Cazenove obtained a
iously She lof breath and started again.
/, she'll shapei onslaught nonplussed me.
than j had documentary evidence in the
and Of writer After glance at them
capitals, oqs to the identity Of the
S of like Wed. c ever made those weird
The lettersNet . SO that it looked
sttie, slant cavaliera
IN. on her" cscc me as Nettle's con-
o say the pier WED Twas quite gone
child. was most intcresevery evening ON
iaster bit Old A few yen down IT.
was a did not matter "whe didn seem
oh, suited had made renee in age
girls more seriously" q ware exactly
Still, non-serious view OF things az things
night . dreadtully rich q wisEhat her
G last quite understood one anothe was
hosen she found that she "must hal we
taken, | had Changed entil then
er to manner had become cold, and she',,s-
ice. ~
nper. "She means ices" | interposed. Z
, and had three every morning and evening.
owed MAJOR Thornton, her aunfinterrl
orgot do not attempt to trihc with mel
iettie not an innocent child" / really di
She think she was. Il have it from your c,
as In Mrs. Norrington, that you told her
! she your own lips that you were engaR
d to Nettie What did you say, j
nd Thonton2"
onny thought I'd get the young mink {
the scrape, and, at the same time.
bit her that Veracity was the first of the Vi
iont Except gol).
NOR. You see, Mrs. Cazenove." l expla
lat Il did not know that Nettie ownec
liuse engagement, and could not claim her
out her consent. am glad that ms