The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-05-28
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She looked at him for an instant,
and then shook her head. I'D like to
be able to wish you good luck"
He stared. you don't mean to say
she'd be fool enough" he began in
credulously, but caught himself up in
time. "Of course, I'd have to take my
chances" he concluded, with more hui
mility than she had ever seen him dis
play. do you know Of any one else?"
No." she said seriously. "She doesn't
confde in me to that extent, l fear.
I've never asked"
DO you think there was any one
back there in England" He put 1t
in the past tense, so to speak, as II
there could be no question about the
present.
"Oh; | dare say"
He was regaining his complacency.
That's neither here nor there he
declared. The thing want you to do
Sara, is to rush this confounded por-
trait. I don't like the idea, not little
bit"
Il don't blame you for being afraid
Of the attractive Mr.. Booth" she said,
with significant lifting of her eye
brows.
I'm going to have it over with be-
fore go up to town, my dear girl he
| announced. in a matter-of-fact way.
rive given the whole situation a
| deuce of a lot of thought, and Eve
made up my mind to do 1t. I'm not
the sort, you know, to delay matters
once my minds made up. BY Jove,
Sara. you ought to be pleased. I'm
not such rotten catch, if | do say 1t
who shouldn't"
She was perfectly still for a long
time, so still that she did not appear
to be breathing. Her eyes grew dark
err, more mysterious. IL he had taken
the pains to notice, he would have seen
that her fingers were rigid.
II am pleased" she said very gently.
She could have shrieked the words.
How she hated all these SNUG Wran-
dalls!
'I came to the decision yesterday"
he went on, tapping the arm OF the
chair with his finger tips, as II timing
his words with care and precision
spoke to dad about it at lunch.
was coming out on the five o'clock, as
. I'd planned, but he seemed to think
I'd better talk 1t over with the mater
first. Not that she would be likely to
kick UP a row, you know, but-weli
for pollcy's sake. See what l mean
Decent thing to do, you know. She
; never quite got over the way you ano
Chal stole march on her. God knows
I'm not like Chal."
Her eyes narrowed again. NO. she
said, you are not like your brother.
, "Chal was all right, mind you, II
what he did" he added hastily, notini
!. the look. Il would do the same, poi
= my soll l would, If there were an!
. senseless objections raised In m.
!, case. But, Of couse, it was right TO
me to talk it over with her. just tn
;, same. So I stayed in and gave then
all the chance to say what the,
6 thought of me-and, incidentally 0
= Hetty. Quite the decent thing, don
= YOU think? A fellows mother Is nj
!. mother after ALL See what l mean?
- "She is quite satisfied, then, tina
% YOU are not throwing yourself away o.
- Miss Castleton," said Sara, with
deep breath, which he mistook for
# sigh.
II "Oh, trust mother to nose int
, things. She knows Miss Castleton'
v pedigree from the ground up. There
Debrett, you see. What's more, yo
4 can't fool her in a pinch. She know
Il blood when she sees it. Father hash
n. the same sense Of proportion, howeve
9. He says you never can tell
~ Sara was startled. What do 20
IL mean?"
H. ooh, it's nothing to speak Of; only
way he has of grinding mother ono
ID in O. while. He uses you as an exam
ia pie to prove that you never can tel
q. and mother has to admit that he
right. You have upset every one
her pet theories. She sees it now, b'
20 -whew! She couldn't see 1t in II
old days, could she?"
II. Il fear not" said she in low voic
o. Her eyes smouldered. 1T is quite ma
ural that she should not want you
as make the mistake your brother made
| "Oh, please don't put 1t that wa
Sara. You make mo feel like a co
n. founded prig, because that's what
TT comes to, with them. don't you kno'
D. And yet my attitude has always bee
OF clear to them where you're concerne
I was strong for you from the begi
To ming. All that silly rot about"
please, please!- she burst OF
- quivering all over.
Il beg your pardon" he stammere
~ "You-you know how l mean 1t, de-
re- girl"
D.. please leave me out Of 1t, Leslie
she said, collecting herself. After m
~. ment she went on calmly: And so "
SO are going to marry my poor little rio
IN ty, and they are all pleased with t
m arrangement"
a "If she'll have me-" he said with
Nv wink. as u to say there wasn't al
use doubtins 1t. They're rcklsd
N daath I"