The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-11-06

In her ears.
81 do not see how he has escaped
being caught by an heiress like my
SELF" exclaimed Madge mentally upon
seeing the handsome head of the
sleeping man. He is far too good.
looking to be roaming about neal
susceptible girls"
She became bolder at sight of those
tightly closed eyes and the steady
rise and fall of the big chest, and
drew near enough to the great car
to read the notice that was tackled on
the back of the car
Madge caught her breath in a little
gasp of delight. "He is a chauffeur
for people to drive about the coun-
try" she exclaimed aloud. 81 shall
engage him for my very own self"
she decided, while a smile lit up her
eyes and curled her lips into adorable
lines.
Then Jimmy Constable opened his
eyes. He jumped to his feet.
"Ohn gasped Madge, and much to
fher annoyance she felt the color
sweep into her cheeks. Then recov.
ering slightly from her surprise, Il
want to know If I can engage you
flor the summer" She spoke breath.
lessly as If fearful that this prize
would be snatched from her grasp.
Jimmy Constable smiled. His first
patron was indeed anxious to hire
him. He looked for a moment into
the eyes so eagerly awaiting his an.
red. Would it be safe, under his pres,
ent financial difficulties, to be long in
the presence of this magnetic, be.
Witching girl?
"You are not engaged, are your
demanded Madge.
.'No-no," he answered quickly, mo,
am not engaged" He smiled again
and Madge bit her lip to keep from
making retort to his answer. In
stead she said with what she con-
sidered great dignity:
"Then consider yourself engaged to
me-for the summer"
1t was at that moment that Jimmy
lConstable let his teeth come together
with q determination to recoup every
dollar of his lost fortune and to sup.
plement two more words to Madge
Lambert's last sentence.
There was no more ennui for the
| two that summer. Madge did not
raise a hand to her yawning lips and
| Jimmy Constable was kept alive by
the electric presence of his first and
last patron.
He tried very hard to conceal all
trace of Jimmy Constable and remain
only the hired chauffeur of Madge
Lambert. It was not an easy task
when the roads trailed behind them
through arches of trees and the lake
lay peacefully beside them; or when
1.-The slim moonbeams stole out and
lshone on the girl in the seat beside
Eh1m. For Madge had insisted upon
3asharing the drivers seat and learning
|aH there was to be learned about
faotoring and country roads. Also
- Insisted upon her chauffeur shar
The picnic lunches that she pre-
How foolish 1t would be-" she rea
soned with herself, "for me to sit on
one fallen tree and my chauffeur on
another and each eat a lonesome
| meal, Especially when" But Madge
had finished her sentence only in heI
inner dreamings. II will never love
| any one else," she frankly admitted
In the silence of her room. and If heI
eyes were wistful they were not un
happy.
It was when the harvest moon was
shining over a bronze-red landscape
that they took the momentous drive
Jimmy had been silent with a sense
of inner radiance shining in his eyes
ever since he had stopped for his
mail, and Madge had felt his JOY
and wondered at it. In some subtle
way, the chauffeur had vanished and
Jimmy Constable had taken his
place.
At the brow of a. big hill and for
no other apparent reason than that
of giving his faithful engine a breath
ing space after the ascent, Jimmy
/ stopped the car.
Madge looked at him as If in won
derment at his action. Her eyes
there in the moonlighty were un
guarded, and Jimmy leaned nearer
and with a swift, unexpected move
ment swept her into his arms.
"Madge, DEAR" he cried, unsteadily
81 am Jimmy Constable, millionaire
again, and I love you" He drew q
sharp breath and frightened his arms
about the girl who had smiled up al
/ him.
! Copyright. 1919, by Associated Literar,
| Press.)