Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-13

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. Il 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.
Obi" gasped Madge, and much to
her 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
for 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
swer and his own face took on a dull
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.
Mono" he answered quickly, "no,
I 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
Constable let his teeth come together
with a determination to recoup every
dollar of his lost fortune and to sup
plement two more words to Madge
tLambert's last sentence.
There was no more ennui for the
two that summer. Madge did not
raise 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 al
trace of Jimmy Constable and remain
only the hired chauffeur of Madge
Lambert. 1t was not an easy tasi
when the roads trailed behind then
through arches of trees and the lake
lay peacefully beside them; or wher
the slim moonbeams stole out ant
shone on the girl in the seat beside
him. For Madge had insisted upoI
sharing the drivers seat and learning
all there was to be learned abou
motoring and country roads. AlsC
she insisted upon her chauffeur shar
ing the picnic lunches that she pre-
pared
"How foolish it would be-" she rea
soned with herself, 'for me to sit Oh
one fallen tree and my chauffeur OF
another and each eat Lonesome
meal. Especially when" But Madg
had finished her sentence only in he
inner dreamings. II will never low
any one else," she frankly admitte
in the silence of her room, and if he
eyes were wistful they were not ur
happy.
1t was when the harvest moon wa
shining over a bronze-red landscap
that they took the momentous drive
Jimmy had been silent with a sens
of inner radiance shining in his eye
ever since he had stopped for hi
mall and Madge had felt his jo
and wondered at it. In some subtl
way, the chauffeur had vanished an
Jimmy Constable had taken hi
| place.
At the brow of a big hill and 70
no other apparent reason than tina
of giving his faithful engine breath
ing space after the ascent, Jimm
stopped the car.
| Madge looked at him as If in wor
derment at his action. Her eyes
there in the moonlight, were III
guarded, and Jimmy leaned neare
and with swift, unexpected move
ment swept her into his arms.
"Madge, DEAR" he cried, unsteady
IT am Jimmy Constable, millionair
again, and l love you" He drew
sharp breath and frightened his arm
about the girl who had smiled up a
him.
Copyright. 1912, by Associated Literar
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