Show AK BAALS DAUGHTER HE waa vas sitting alone when sir delmaine trevor saw her and as he passed b by y a she h e raised her eyes from her book and met hl his gaze then she blushed and dropped her long lashes over the blue windows alf ler her soul and pretended to read with pel p el diligence but not for long suddenly there cama ams a gust of wind and blew some loose leaves out of the volume she held wiehl ft a flutter right at sir Del malnes maines fe where thy they rested just long enough for him to stoop and pick them up and then he walked across the pier and bowing his best bow restored them to their rightful owner but he did not speak as he held them wards her because just then there was vaa a loud crash of music from the and which rendered speech inaudible so he waited till the sound eased then he said quite naturally arent you cold I 1 should think rou ou must be for you have been sitting there quite a long time that and there chete s a cool breeze blowing the girl smiled yes tes I 1 am rather cold she angered will you walk to the end of the pr per with nith me then he asked it s be better than catching cold the girl drew her brows together 1 I 1 dont mind I 1 may as well she sad aid and she got up and gave herself a irie i ile shake then they walked off together she alth her ber head drooped as it if tired and te he the personification of well bred in fforence haie hae you QU been here for long he questioned looking down at her little face ace which was exceedingly lovely no not very long perhaps a week and are you going to stay atay much longer 7 1 I dont know lat year you were here a very long lone time he remarked yes a very long time and I 1 only staid a week but it was I 1 an awfully pleasant week I 1 shall never forget it do you remember it oh yes quite well I 1 often think 0 of it she replied raising her eyes to hia face and smiling tenderly 1 I enjoyed it very much at the time I 1 think I 1 ever should enjoy another week so much and dont you think so now P he inquired quickly his bis mouth tightening at the corners 1 I will tell you some other time but why not now I 1 want to know do you why sir delmaine shrugged his shoulders what a tiresome little girl you are JUST the same as ever he said paid with a shor ehor laugh 1 I remember last year ou used to try every way in your power to annoy me tid did I 1 ia I 1 forget I 1 only remember how happy w we were ah you admit that yes you were really fond of my company then he be asked 0 VPS ana you are as fond of it now lit le one sir delmaine questioned and nd he bent lower over the jaunty lil sailor hat and the dark rippling cair which only reached a triffie agner L gher than his elbow 1 I dont know perhaps said she with nth a soft laugh what odd questions vou ou ask y yea ea but then I 1 am odd altogether bont ont you know A kind of modern uno sity in fact or I 1 be here now the echor flamed famed up in the girls little face why not she asked well as you know im engaged to in n exceedingly high and mighty damsel and she might object to my speaking to you since I 1 am not high nor mighty put in the girl with a half breathed gich well you arent quite an earls laughter laught are you said he so no not quite and that reminds roe ne ive never told you my name no what is it he demanded smith brown jones or robinson neither then I 1 give it up Be besides aldes four christian name is quite sufficient tor me ime enid is an awfully pretty name lame and by jove jolly uncommon as well ell i was tremendously surprised aln when you told me you were the happy possessor of it were you why 0 01 1 hardly know seemed strange dorit dont you know 1 I suppose you expected a plebeian one ane she said smiling up at ual him ger G 0 er I 1 really dont remember I 1 say ear suppose we sit down its WO too beastly aly hot in this sun suil all adl right I 1 dont mind and then they found a shady seat eat and id sir delmaine looked at his hia companion Palli Oll reflectively youre you re just as lovely as ever he remarked after a few minutes deliberation era tion by jove jote you yon beat ev every other ither girl ive ever seen for beauty pon my soul ive thought a good deg deal abt about you since rince last year and ive aten wished I 1 could s see yon again oa arent like the ordinary run of aris either youve got such a lot to back your prettiness up and then you ways dress with such auch good taste doir do I 1 te I 1 like the dress got go on an nov what sort of stuff Is 14 lt sh ha B hm so co it Is then thea sir delmaine DelM alne bent ha galiada liadA hd A w aber tae y IF at 49 r itar a 1 i t have you th of me some imes almes enid since last year the girl laughed yes v very ery often 1011 wonder lf if you about abo me cared anything ht ho ive went nt orl on once or twice ta thought you did do you oer ber the day wee we went fishing S when you ere so because ause I 1 leant over colht the boat too far I 1 believe beli you thought T I 1 should 80 be drowned eh little one ne 9 arid sir delmaine Delma 11 laid his hand an m the th i girls mt arm but she he shuddered shudder rod td and shook it off aured dont remind me of it she murt we YOU 50 so very frightened he asked his vo voice ice growing ing soft and tn der e poor little darling im awfully sorry I 1 did it but I 1 know then hat you vou cared whether I 1 were drowned drowned or not but afterwards well you led me to think perhaps I 1 was wrong wrone did I 1 yes you were very happy you yes very so was I 1 ive never been so happy since ince arid and youve vou ve quite forgiven me enid forgiven you vou she asked why 0 of f course long ago what you did was only a very common thing for a man to do most men do it nowadays well im glad youre so deucedly sensible sen gible about it but I 1 might have known that no sane girl would ever think seriously about a seaside flirta lion only ive always wished that chap told you I 1 was engaged just when he did it made me feel such a fool dont don t you know by jove I 1 rather think it was a good thing I 1 was eil engaged as it happened or you might have made a bigger fool of yourself and have proposed to me sh sha put in in with a serene little smile gad youve hit the mark right this time exactly what I 1 might have done and then 1 I suppose have met with opposition P ion well rather you see gee my people e are so confoundedly proud and all that tort mort of thing yes I 1 understand sir delmaine glanced at the small smiling miling fe mouth then a little higner and met the gaze of his companions derk ringed cringed eyes an awfully sensible sen elbl little girl he remarked you never mind a fellow saying saving blacks black and witt wite w itt s white no why should I 1 0 theres no special reason a only ome girls object slightly dont you k ks ivr expect a fellow to be so d polite and all that sort of thang the girl laughed how disappointed they must be asbe said softly well so they deserve to be I 1 hate gils gi ls Is who are so mighty particular am I 1 very verv particular 9 she acquired sir delmaine Delm alne laughed yes you vou are but then youre different somehow to the ordinary sea t RESTORED THEM side gai A fellow has to be polite to you whether he likes or not and yet I 1 suppose you boulo wo ulo call me exactly class she said sir delmaine shrugged his shoulders well er do you er think you area are he asked 1 I asked you the question she replied but however here comes someone who will answer it for me and save you the trouble A tall military looking man was approaching them whose fine figure and highbred high bred singularly singular lv handsome fare face had on them the stamp of what sir delmaine would have termed class by jove he said do you know this man mana 0 0 slightly was the answer and the girl waved her hand to the newcomer whose face lit up as he caught sight of her trim little fagu figure re and who reached her side in a very short time 1 I want to ask you a question she bowed to sir delmaine said to him as he land and you must answer me truthfully smiling as she spoke and fixing her gaze on his face 1 I want would eav cau me to know whether you class she asked soberly call you class classa 9 echoed a pleasant voice what on earth do you mean exactly what I 1 say sir Delm delmaine alne trevor has his bis doubts about it eo 80 I 1 wanted your opinion rm nm well I 1 dont think sir delmaine trevor need have any doubts on from a pure y unbiased ed subject the point of view I 1 should saw you would most atly class be arid considered the newcomer ert bowed stanly t wards sir s delmaine laug hed a laugh la of then the girl and rose slowly enjoyment pure she sebald said then turning 0 chank you binning delmaine and 1 to t o sir sir delmaine imal e may asked sweetly she he sax oriand to jord I 1 introduce suffused guf fused YOU the lovely girlish face blush a SS saxons SW X as she glanced at lord wart ane foral bretor r y 1 7 lord swan saren jibe ahe said slowly then with an elaborate little courtesy you see sir delmaine Delza alne you ver V right I 1 am not quite an earls d daughter I 1 am only an earls wits then she linked her arm through her husbands with a loving glance at his Go somewhat t perplexed face a and n d together they the walked away a way leaving the young baronet in a state bordering b on collapse a 0 tou see dear lady saxon said to her husland a little later in the day sir delmaine and I 1 became acquainted quain ted last year ear for as you know mother sent me down here with OUT our old nurse to get over the effects of at influenza flu enza well sir delmaine thinking I 1 waa what he calls an ordinary seaside girl was entered into a little affaire de coeur pour passer e temps dont you know with poor little me and quite thought he had made a deep impression on oa my ay heart before he went amily As A s it happened I 1 knew from rora the first that he was engaged to lord el bournes bou rnea eldest daughter and heiress but he think I 1 knew and so I 1 pretended to be deeply enamored with him for the simple reason I 1 wanted to teach him a lesson so you mist not think I 1 cared an atom for him lady saxon made haste to add because I 1 never cared for any man until I 1 met you nine months ago 1 I believe you ou my darling and eoll cos you ou on the success L ss of your bour little plan answered the young earl promptly yes I 1 think it was a success laughed her lovely ladyship he looked rather foolish he but then he deserved it A man who treats women as sir delmaine evidently does and who has two sets seta of manners one for the people he be considers class and one for those whom ho he does not honor with that distinction he Is not exactly a bau ideal type cyp of an english gentleman Is he well no I 1 should call him by quite another name more expressive than polite cad in town |