Show BY MUTUAL CONSENT HE 1113 ras seated on gram wl with ith her shoulders propped up against a dimp stool there were two or three garden benchich standing about but she aid bhe preferred to sit on oa t the lie griss grass lt it trade wade her feel more country to intensify athla feeling she 1 ind ilia clothed her fresh boung berut in a ina Nelous or gandl gand so sheer that her arms gleamed through it ithe alabaster and had pinned oa 01 her bright head a greit great hat drooping with roses by dy her elde ride leaned a white parasol bedr d with lace lice her companion a young man in tennis flannels who nho was stretched at her feet had hall commented sarcastically upon her rustic rustle attire and a hot discussion bad ensued a discussion discus soa lap pity by the arrival of a servant with a tray of 0 icel lemonade ah bald said miss grabham Greb ham helping herself to ono one of the frost fronto I 1 glasses if thero there la Is one person for whom I 1 en gertlin an undying affection it Is betty I 1 I 1 now we are IP ir bated to her for this sho she la Is one of those thore rare people who al do tho the correct tring att rl tta 1 repeated mirl nirl land lazily sipping his lemonade I 1 and who 13 1 bett ho I 10 hag has forgotten betty cried tho the girl and 1 his no moie shimo shame than to confess it itt ilette rho vaa A aa awe s his norn eom companion panion ane anc woo wao has helped him birl out of I 1 a di not I 1 nor how many this Is 1 tho the effect I 1 suppose of college and anti tra travel el and bett t abtin reported II Nar arkland kland ah a sudden light Ep springing ringing to ills eyes yoni old nurse of cour course couro o why certainly I 1 remember her deir de ir companion of my south auth I 1 jt I 1 did not recognize lier her b ea to common a title atle to me she has allas s seemed a beneficent genius a good angel rather tain than an ordinary mortal 11 he lie lifted hia his glaas lass to betty he ho said may her sh shadow adow never gow glow 1 ices btty i as asking me about aou ou the other day said the girl eho she wanted to enow it if iou still rodo rode a md ad boitel boated and swam uhe sou on used to I 1 told her you yen had given up tip dancing because of the he exertion sho she gooud nt at him innocently ly did she isit yon you aej anything thing about 5 our own life I 1 said markland sitting up a resume ot of how you put in your you r time P ilMI AI ill t 0 4 jo it r 1 e J L I 1 HAVE ALVAS LOVED YOU during the cintel wintel season in town might 1 ht bo be liaci eating to her and certainly profitable 11 i anything I 1 do 1 Is interesting Interest lis to her she responded coldly do you leow be he said I 1 have been marveling oner ou ever since I 1 came 1 cannot quite realize t that tint you have been boen ten daic in the country without lola boned how have ou oil accod it I 1 thought that the day of miracles vaa ras past 1 my good tony re marced 1 u Grob liam patronizingly ou must not adge other people by yourself it Is 1 a cry foolish and narrow minded way of f doing you cannot exist appely without your clubs and theater theaters ia is no reason wh I 1 cant 1 I never knew 3 on belonged to a lub observed Marl ll arkland dand mildly haa have ou ell enveloped into that won cr a new now woman oj J non yn know I 1 wa was 3 peaking lyl I 1 mean that I 1 m not wedded to any parti particular cula r state ot f things that I 1 ca can n adapt myself to I 1 circumstances and enjoy whatever omes cm cin yea how delightful but esting aside laa nas l aa it not been rather ija for mi oj hero without any girie cr r you to see through and scora scorn and c amason by nor men to anal zo and raw you out and get interested in ilaw do you know there have bee been n 10 0 men 1 I bavo have our own word for it I 1 icard card you refuse four of your best tends permission to visit you down ere and I 1 inferred that the common icard rd bad had been no better treated yea yes she cald said you were right my ily etude has been I 1 havo hava een en resting and myself anor galy by the way suddenly who ho told you that you could come no one but I 1 had to run down to ly v pace place ou on busI busineau neam and I 1 thought it look no no to 0 drop grog I 1 it la and nod had find ot hov ho v a 0 a were sitting on vary thoughtful indeed tild tedy so aou ou have remembered your old hoar home at lat last how flow 1 has it been since acu icu cu ie o lore reri I 1 five year years pond crina fhe h e years tl U is to ji u r 11 Is it mua changed A good deal the old vellow bi b tho the pond 13 1 dawn down fell in the august ciorra baton ba t ton tella tells me oh I 1 aci am EO soro I 1 we used to cho paused blushing i ies es he responded im to wo we did and ho he gi glanced aced it her laug laughingly hi ngy and ard the house 1 eho she hu ht en on how does it look 1001 awfully everything e era thing sone gone to pieces dust cobwebs and mold everywhere tho the faala portraits white nith mil deft dev oh tony she cried bow how dreadfully dread full you ought to do something about them 1 I shill shall be he said 1 I haq fond of tho the place as a lad laa end tho the trip down here has awakened all tho the old fecil feeling liz I 1 am tired to death of society tho the exertion of inching 1 smiling and the bobber bolher of being agreeable to people that one diesu t caro care a rap about so I 1 have hilt made up my mind to marry and an a settle down in the country mat Is slowly lowly it if I 1 can persuade tho the girl I 1 lovo love to content to bury herself for ray mv eake sake miss I 1 ore ham down hei face had lost a luttio of its broft belp t lolor but tio the pallor baj in no wiy i becoming 1 I thought tho the best thins thing to do was to come and talk 0 ocr or tho the mitter v ith you he said after a some somewhat Ahat awkward pause you alaya belp a fellow so v ith ow our advice 1 I imagine eho sho replied that it a woman cared tor for a man sho she would d go w ith him an au where exactly but that Is the queston quest 01 does eho she caro care for mea me lou ou eco sea gazing at her sea eadley ea dlly ebo Is a euclet girl aed to a good deal of gaiety and L and excitement etch ement and it does not seem quite fair to aak a her to come down hi lure hire re dees it ita it looks conceited and sel 1 flan as if it oso one thought a chod deal of dont cu know she looked at him gr gravely acly do I 1 enow her she elie ed Is 1 she ebe some one ou on ha lia e chilov n a long time 7 oh ye sinco 1 I 1 m was as quito quite a boy I 1 la Is bho she pratt of course ou ought to know that aad and clever I 1 suppose sup piso scovil she never says bays unkind clings or becs u through other people aj all como of our other friends do 11 0 no o but as to eee ace ing through breaking brea liing into a laugh 1 I am obliged to admit that she dres you aee lice ebo she has leen leon out a lot and the rosy bon bondage digga is 1 a bit cut of place ria natural eno ih dont sou jou think I 1 so doubtfully oco one canno r ra i through I 1 tie with one onos a e esc ca shut ludt tuat Is 1 if anyone hag any brains and an d yet or other I 1 don t quito quite like the you aro are buch such a good fella fell iw tony for all your affection that you ought to marry u bome body very much alaio the avera av erase ge and so I 1 shall you aln always ays said ehe she went on that I 1 might 1 ht choosy a wife tor for iou ou dont oil remember just before you went to college that last rido ride wo we took I 1 assuredly how wo vw agreed to ask each a others advice about the people a no should marry and how wo we promised sed that neither cf of us would eel get engaged without tha the others other a consent of course I 1 remember I 1 am quito willing to abide by tho tile old contract I 1 shill acier marry without your permission 11 oh tony really rc ally really she gazed at bim him a ith parted lips and i shining eyes you are very trusting bov hov do you know that I 1 shall not take a base ad vantage of your implicit confidence and refuse my consent altogether boj don t know how lonely it will bo be coin coln out next winter without you I 1 11 avo vo got so ud u d to having iou jou around that I 1 dont ill enjoy myself in the least you are sho she rendered ron dered a I 1 come sho she aid I 1 will compromise I 1 wont forbid the banns alto gother but ou on mu must at not think of marrying until I 1 am tired of and ready to take tho the fatal step mccalf how will that suit you perfectly it if you dont put it oft off too lon ions oh nall ell tatt I 1 don t know I 1 havo have al aubut ut decided to b a spinster spin stor cocio coo now that isu fair air wo agreed to be married the same aty diy that nests with your approval well to I 1 beep that O fresh in your memory reaching over and taking her hand wear this for my sae oale 11 ho ile drew bar clovo ott off very gently and slipped a loop of diamonds on her finger tho the blood lashed flashed to her cheeks checks tony I 1 he the cried the full moaning of his action breaking over her tony I 1 dont understand I 1 oh yea yes you do he answered drawing a reassuring arni a about her I 1 but for fear you might make a mistake and anci GO ott off and marry another fellow I 1 will make my meaning clearer I 1 lovo love you 1 I have always loved you I 1 bavo have never dreamel of a ians anyone 1 to marri me I 1 linio told sou to before but sou ou are such a dreadful little fart that I 1 wae afraid to teet test my fate what say s ou oil shall vo marry and s settle tile down nt at tho the old pl ice and it was I 1 all the time aho rho mur cilfred I 1 and I 1 thought you meant who asked 21 Mark larkland lanti curiously cur oh never noner mind mint I 1 seo noi na what an absurd taca it w AVIS ts so IOU I ou aliman kaied no rie ever blace since I 1 anas a child well really tony it as only fair for I 1 neer cared tor for aniano as I 1 cai caich ed tor for sou 3 ou conic let us go in and tell betty |