Show I I A Q QUESTION f BY A. A G. G GREENWOOD 2 oo OF F KIN KINBY J I Tho The Keillor Subaltern turned over his letters and leisurely proceeded to open them A moment later I heard hearda a u communicative laugh I looked from 01 my book happened 7 I 1 inquired He han handed ed mo me a a. cutting from a newspaper On tho the tenth I read out at St St. Mary Abbots Kensington 1 by y the time John Cay Cay- I I skipped on Ington Inston Earl of Temple to Keziah only daughter of or Jabez Brown and Mrs 1 Brown of New York I used to know I Keziah-I I beg her pardon pardon Lady Lady Temple said he smilIng smiling smil smil- smiling ing broadly I closed my 01 book lit a and prepared to listen I mot met Miss Mis Brown on a a. boat ho said looking at me She Sho was a deuced pretty girl and sho took a awell a- a well weli a n. fancy tancy to me We Ve flirted One Ono Onoda da day we were yarning somewhere forward forward for for- ward when the tho th moon got into my head and I touched her hand with mine I wish this could go BO on forever I murmured I remembered h hearing that in some somo pIa play Why she sho said turning halt half way Because I lovo love to bo be with you Isaid I Isaid said entering into the tho spirit of or the thing You would soon get tired of me she answered believing the tho contrary Of lOOt course I vowed owed I wouldn't he went on smiling and then I said Id I'd love lovo to spend all my lIfo lito with her She Sho didn't show much surprise Where Is your regiment she asked with apparent irrelevance Incle At Dum Dum-Dum I answered quito quite in the dark she ejaculated a I OIl didn't want to talk ab about ut where we wore were s stationed so I changed tho the subject Are 10 you going out for tot long lonS' I In In- In If No o only to see seo some some- friends for Cor a Cow few months she Kho replied U I wonder If tt I shall meet you Isaid I Isaid Isaid said looking 1001 into her C eyes Us II a Would you want to sho she sold said coquettishly 4 You know I would I answered with fervor Keziah I said could you over bo be boa a a. soldiers soldier's wife I think so sho sIte answered softly Even of ot a n poor soldier I asked I l I aint poor she sho replied Well Veil of cour course e I know Inow that And nd then I 1 proposed She wouldn't answer answer answer an an- me Inc then said lion said she ehe wasn't sure and amid all aU that but later In the evening silo sho be began an to talk about my family family- about Uncle Bob Lord Delmor I Inquired Yes ho he i j 1 didn't know what on earth carth she ehe meant However However However How How- ever she didn't answer mo me that day lJay or tho the next though the flirtation tation went wenton on Just the same The next day wo we 0 reached Marseilles Mar Mar- seilles and several more moro passengers Joined us a Captain Inglis among them That evening I missed Miss Drown Brown and later I found round her In tn the saloon Sho She sUpped slipped a n. book away as asI asI asI I came camo In Ill What aTe are you reading I asked 01 In Oh nothing she sho answered confusion contusion I glanced down and Just caught sight of ot the title title the tho Red Book I 1 lt remembered her questions and anti wondered wondered won won- dered tiered what on earth she wanted my family history for You weren't very old I said II Wont you come como for a stroll I asked herShe her She got up UI and we wo walked to our scat seat forward I Will Vill you gho mo me your answer I said taking her hand I 1 cant can't she whispered stroking my fingers Im I'm not flot sure I 1 protested shed she'd love lovo It if shed she'd only marry me 1 but ut sho she stood firm finn an an 1 I wouldn't answer me II If tIt you ou lovo love mo me enough she sho said wait walt and not press me mile Its It's such a great tiling thing In a girls girl's life she sho added pathetically I 01 Keziah darling I 1 said eaid you I know now how I feel you feel you I know now the agony agon waitIng wait- wait Ing Ing the tho suspense must suspense must be to me 4 Ill tell you OU as soon as I can cnn she whispered softly Ive only known you OU a few tow da days s She Sho leaned forward and I kissed her I had promised to pia play piquet soon afterward and when I came camo back she sho was with Captain Inglis I That evening was a fair Calr sample of the rest of ot the voyage Inglis and I monopolized her but neither got more attention than the other I I 1 saId sold a Ion long farewell to her at Bombay where she left the Ute boat and we wo corresponded until a month ago But why wouldn't slit sho answer I Inquired after a n bit Tho The Red Book told her we were both nephews he ho said enigmatically demanded Explain I Uncle Bob Dob had a son he ho said laughing so I hadn't much chance Lord Templo Temple was unmarried I saw it allOh allOh all Oh I cried It was Inglis then she sho married 1 He nodded Heres Heros to you Lady Temple Templo he cried and tossed off ort a p peg g |