The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24

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trying it for a time"
But is it to please Miss Laurenson?"
well, yes; l guess it is"
mot really. Bernardo" asked Dolly,
with a change of tone.
why not:'
"She isn't your sort. And you've only
known her for six weeks
Come to think of it, I wouldn't say
the dude is your sort, but you seem to
like talking to him.
Bernard, do you want to marry
herr" asked Dolly after Il pregnant
pause.
"Im going to-
Hasn't it occurred to you that she
may have something to say about
that!'
81 dare say she'll refuse me, but if
she does l can ask her again"
"And if she refuses you again."
"Then I'll 60 on asking till she ac-
cepts.'
In fact, if you persevere you think
she is bound to give in?"
Girls generally do
D they? I shouldn't"
"You aren't like most girls. You've
been brought up with men,"
But, Bernard, Miss Laurenson is an
heiress. She has $500 a year OF her
own and more to come. Mrs. Merton
told me So"
HAS she? Well, $500 a yearll come
in handy. I'm glad to hear tiff it's
true. that is"
And she is very pretty, and she
dresses well. and her family is uneX-
~ceptionable.' pursued Dolly. Il *
pect she could marry a peer il she liked
or at any rate Il courtesy title"
Yes, but all those titled chaps are
pretty rotten said Bernard cheerful
ly. shed do a sight better to take
me. I'm pretty strong INC free from
vice and sound in wind and limb. And
as for family, l guess ours is good
enough for anybody, isn't it"
Dolly was reduced to silence. but she
was so completely p%reoccupied that
she poured cream and sugar into Ber-
nard's cup and filled it up With beer.
producing a mixture which he de-
nounced in emphatic language and
emptied out of the window. Presently
she interrupted his talk about the farm
by asking:
"Bernard. are YOU fond of herr
"Yes," said Bernard composedly. Il
am
Dolly shrugged her shoulders. 81
hope it will turn out we'll"
Hope so. too,' said Bernard. "She
ought to take me simply out of graft
tude. Anything more beastly than tea
with this cold beef l never did taste"
On the morrow while Dolly was
sweeping her room out Maggie came
up, gasping. to a%nnOunce Miss Law
son. She had a happy knack of CON
founding names 1t was, in truth, An
as Ella Merton said, though only one
was in the shafts. Mrs. Merton her
self would not come in, because, she
declared, J%ehoshaphat would eat the
reinS if he were left.
Therefore Angela was alone in the
parlor when Dolly came down. rather
hot, in a faded old dress; Angela, very
cool and dainty in white muslin, now
feeling that the advantage of appear
ance had fallen to her. Yet in spite Of
her dress and her daintiness she was
still like a delicate sketch by the side
Of a beautiful painting.
I'm sorry Mr.. Fame isn't in she
began rather stit1y. Angela could not
approve of Dolly and would not pre-
tend that she did.
The regret will be all on his side.
Won't you sit down." quoth Dolly,
very polite.
"Im afraid l can't stay. l am keep
ing Mrs. Merton. May l leave a mes
sage for him"'
Il shall be charmed to deliver it,
Dolly assured her, and Angela sought
consolation by mentally clubbing her
accent provincial. Dolly ~cXasperated
her to such an extent that she was
ready to imagine a Kentish twang in
Miss Fane's foreign intonation.
81 believe Mr.. Fame is interested in
temperance reform"-here Dolly smiled
land l thought under the circum,
stances he might care to attend the
great unsectarian conference which is
to he held at Scarborough next week
l dare say you have heard of it,"
NO. We have severed our connec-
ton with the chapel"
This meeting is undenominational."
: "Essence of chapel, isn't that Or so
have always underStood:'
"Perhaps you will tell FOUR brother
that it begins at 3 o%'clock,' Angola
j, trusted herself TO say.
, Il am sure Bernard will be delighted
to 90. OF course he might speak him
self almost as a reformed drunkard."
Mr.. Fane?'
You converted him. did you not"
Il converted him? From what:'
ooh, from his habit OF drinking beer
, | am so glad. have often told him
that he took too much"
: "Rcally. Miss Fane:' said Angela il
:, accents of serious concern. Il had ne
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