Show t t OU of o miss The Story of An Elderly Guardians Love For His Willful Pretty Young Ward By Carrie E Garrett GarrettI t f t i 4 Matthew Ik H She ie was wass I s 5 ao SO so lovable Ie Ieso le leso so pretty i H But he hewan was much too old oid Matthew Matthew edme oame of or stock in inthe inthe inthe the city of or f Brotherly Love he was sedate tA and nd at SS S felt I himself quite a d b BesIdes Beades I she l hat bad d so 8 to speak up at Mat Yat Matthews thaws knee kne e he ha having stood 8 to her ber and cd her brother brod In loco ioco p fur fir sues some something thing Mk twelve lve y r since Mat Matthews w best bt beIo d friend Boward Joy J y took his wife my w y for r a sea see voyage teasing leaving his hia two in the I good car care of a en Mint nt and his 1 business bu affairs in the tilt safe ante hands of Matthew HallWay banker even since the good whip Ip Aurora went down in a fearful pie gale e in the tile West Ve t Indies Aunt Peaty tried tiled to do o her duty by bythe bythe bythe the children thus suddenly bereft but she die was w S one J those thO dear deer dumpy dump yielding spinsters ra born to te be the prey of youthful vandals The young people loved her dearly ruled rule 1 her ber ruthlessly and laughed at her little litie code of laws Jaws for tl the order of their theft being It was at her er hysterical behest benest that Matthew lIe stepped in is at 1 1 this juncture ana anit an 1 took the reins retna o oL government It was as he who o 0 planned Ute toe education e of I I 1 I I i I i I I I I i I i I i Ute the children and Who deaf to their w kept them steadily y to their tasks taska It was he too who made their holidays glorious and gave gaw ve them splendid splendid splendid did rewards of merit meritI But B ut now Jk the tern term of Matthews ra self I imposed w S a over How Howard Howard Howand ard and Joy Jr had bad made a successful start In the world and was wu quite ready to give dear old Mat any ny pointers he needed about life lire in general As for Miss Mise MI Evelyn Russell Joy as she Invariably and d subscribed 8 b helf be whom Matthew called or oftener often r Miss Idle Idlewild wild well Sh too hd had made a suc sue B rt In tn life Ufe after the manner of girls She was H 11 1 Just half my age Matthew often eften dismally reflected site ahe bad wIth all its power of win winning winning ning lovei loe love she was coquette to the fin finger ger get tips UPS and she was waa most fair to see Besides all this thiS site She he wad wa a little bit of all heiress and many swains came cameri ri nt bv b Matthew watched all this with a pa patient tient of Fool he called colled h m elt with very hearty tempt A girl who patronized coaxed teased or snubbed hith as as though he be were an cid elderly relative The man who would could subdue this Dear Lady Disdain ws was 1 R some me 8 dating hero who would tale ta her het heart by storm torm She walked over Men Irim with ruthless little UWe feet and he was tS her patient ador adoring lag ing in slave Dreading her ridicule and desiring above all aU things to preserve the tiu status qt ie wherein he lie enjoyed a 8 certain miserable species es of happiness lie ht had brad never spoken a word of love to her herShe She frankly told him all her love af affairs affairs fairs often otten innocently stabbing him with her confidences and beguiled him himor himor himor or him into disposing of her ber adorers when they became troublesome This Thi she required lint him to do by bi b virtue of his the Pres Prestige prestige prestige tige of which ie carefully preserved preserve for such occasions She was the more dependent on Mat Slat Matthaw thaw thew in s such ch matters as Howard Boward was as str somewhat of ot a prig and very severe OB on her f frivolities It was wan to quash a darling plan of hIS bl pretty sisters that he stalked into Mat Matthewa office one OPe morning his bro brow w wrinkled in a frown Mat lIat he said abruptly tt It seems to me Evelyn has been spending money like the Che he deuce lately you been letting her draw drar her bet er interest ahead of time timer timeT Matthew reddened guiltily He still had charge of Evelyns Evelyn finances though the tile Joy property had been di dl divided divided vided and Howard had drawn out his bin share Sometimes ate ales has anticipated a little he be said d slowly but It is 1 no not I great preat t matter But it Is 13 very bad for her said Howard with a parental tal air You I know knott yourself Mat Wat she has bas no more I I idea of business than a butterfly She ought to learn to live within her in income InI InAnd I I come And she is fa becoming quite reck reckless I less lees about money matters matter and other I things I Matthew pricked up his ears ears What other things thIng I Well tb tO tell you die th truth Uth t I 1 think sh me he has baa gotten into a rather fast set I Matthews Quaker hair bair oae What do you meant a he asked uk starting at atI I Howard ht li Why it te la chiefly that th I fellow below Duval Be tie has a comedy to be brought out in NewYork New York next week and about twenty young youg people here I to majr JD ma up a party for the first nigh ni Evelyn is among them themas They have a rather ratler good chaperone chapero as an It happens but I She Sheun si not no t go said Matthew I I thoo thought ht air sae It Jt hat way Howard Howaro replied with a satisfied air I So all alt yon yo have hav bave to do when she de demands demands demands mands money moley for tor this expedition ex is Ia to say tiny No You Y 00 can con do this because e I eho sh ha Me ha Of her account accountIs o n nIs Is Ig that tk th only way Wa he asked while he be thought th with a pang pig I 1 must t tI refuse ierI her I most cause cau her er disappointment I Ointment The only way I tried to reason I with Mr her Aunt Patty coaxed her herau all to tl no effect She Is bent on going I Two or three th days dys after aft this visit of I Howards Miss Idlewild went ent down downtown I j town to see Matthew Matthw in his kis office at ati atthe i the en business 9 as she said demurely Matthew felt fIt like an ogre in the task j before him and whet what made matle it harder to bear be he knew that the she never dreamed he would refuse her he sa so ac d iras 55 abe to his Indulging her herI I every Give the Ute poor cripple a J dime she began in her ber absurd a rd way Certainly said Matthew with j I grave politeness and aDd he h took a bright I new dime out of a little roll of coins j fresh f from the mint and handed banded it to I j I her So she looked a little disconcerted j I jand i and abandoned this method of attack i I Matthew I am sin bankrupt insolvent In forced r to make an assignment she j I i said in lu a plaintive tone I want some money a lot mt of If money in fact for a very vary special 1 May Mav v I have hav it itA itA ItA A lot r repeated Matthew Yes that ie it at t leant a hundred Matthew looked grave What is ie the thee e ecial ecial purpose e he be inquired fervent fervently ly Iy hoping she rould yuld tell him all about the proposed theater party Thais a seen said Miss Idlewild L with an air of mystery my tery i I can not let you have bave any money 1 just now DOW Eve Ve be he said gently after arter artera I a pause pane and as 88 he h spoke be he carefully avoided her ber eye and stared with rapt I absorption at the carpet i j But Matthew Matt w I any money she site said Mid piteously half laugh taugh laughIng Ing Int half embarrassed ed and nd Howard is isso so 80 mean he will not lead lend me any I I Shall ahall have to sit on the curbstone and I sell needles if nobody will take pity on L me You have overdrawn your aunt account several months deep said Matthew still studying the carpet It is wrong wron for lor me to allow y you m to do this Bt P F It now when I want waAt i is in so badly It T Is cruel to refuse me inn now I will economize after this Matthew I will indeed Poor Matthew w found it terribly hard I Is s i i not to yield but worda fast fact set l to l him and he hest st led himself against ag her er pretty be beI beseeching I hing I Matthew plea she said Jd after aft r a n pause with just a little tle tremble emble in her voice and an expression on her face which should have melted an l ib rg But Matthew w the car carpet carpet carpet pet Perhaps that was why he M had strength to say No again and in such suel sucha suela sucia a way that Miss Idlewild Idl knew in that all her pretty pleading was wasted Then of course she blazed up into anger her eyes flashing and cheeks checks h hut hot t with indignant feeling i Of or course you can do as you u Choos about It she said which was a rather superfluous remark under the circum circumstances circumstances stances I mean It only for the best best Eve he said sadly This unwise project but here he stopped rather horrified at him himself himself himself self for having nearly betrayed How Howard Ho HoWard ard That is my affair af she interrupted with terrible dignity Besides you know nothing of the project whether it ic is unwise or not It u is ia the money you refuse me mo Matthew shivered and looked at the carpet very hard bard Indeed Hereafter r continued Miss Idle Idlewild Idlewild i wild with a grand gr d air I will man manage manage manage age my own money matters Then I will know just how bow much I have and t spend pend s It as I please without begging for f or it it I am of ago and I 1 wul wiil not en endure en endure dure d ure such treatment any longer All this she said in anger never reaming dreaming d that longsuffering Matthew would take her at her word Very well he be and he was a little ittle l paler as he spoke will take steps s to t this thia end at once You will find fi nd I have not abused my toy trust Incensed as she was Miss head h ead drooped With something like shame hame s at these words worde Never in her life ife l had Matthew spoken to her like this his t never before had ha she site felt abashed and a nd frightened in his presence A swift I sense ense s of his fidelity end and her own tude I rushed over her she faltered tattered and she took ook t a step stev forward but he turned away I You will pardon me if It I leave you he said formally I 1 am very busy this his t morning He lIe held the door open for her and With burning cheeks cb ks she he hurried out and no word w rd was spoken by either Bither as they hey t parted Matthew could not have been b en so Q very busy as he said for after his visitor r was gone gOhe he i tu tat thereat at his desk a long l ong time motionless with his head bowed still staring at th carpet Of course she afterward made an ab J apology ap logy for her behavior calling Matthew the best beet the kindest friend a girl ever had and herself a wicked in ingrate Ingrate ingrate grate And she put Dut on an air of peni penitence pen tence t ence and humility which was very sweet and unusual Not a word more did the She speak 5 enk about the theatre party She Implored him to keep her finances in i n his hands and when he steadily re reused fused used f she broke down dow 1 and cried so grievously that he yielded from sheer fright right f But he was silently determined to yield up his stewardship the first op I must got get G away wa from from Jt it all a ll he thought with a sickening sass of what this would mean man to him I Ii haVe bave been dreaming a a foolish dream What she sald not have said If f K i Poor Matthew was out i to the heart He Be w woe Wl s very kind to te her ber but he did didot not n ot call her Miss Mies any more and a nd there was a sort ef coldness s and aDd apathy in his manner to her ber which try as a s she would she could not overcome ov Certainly she tried to make amends to t o him In a thousand ways Indeed her ber manner mann r to him was so much gen gems tier t iet that he began to think she had guessed his secret that she pitied him Matthew lived Jived only about half halt a block from the Joys and Evelyn was wasn in I n the habit of running I in and out ol his house as ay if It were her own She was a very special secial pet of Miss Abby Matthews maiden sister slater who kept I house for tor him and who lo W knew nothing about the girls latest impertinence to her bet brother Perhaps women are sharp in such she may have bae guessed gues Matthews secret but If so 80 she never made any sign rip Matthew went into his bis study one mu evening about 8 S and closed the door giving strict orders that he was not to be disturbed It lt wan 13 JUt sut fir teen later just as ag he had nai set E tied down for his when whets he heard the door bell ring then thee quick footsteps running down the hall followed by a gentle genUe tap at his door He did not say Come in In but got up with some irritation and opened the door It was Miss Idlewild in evening dress with a frothy looking pink tiling thing over her head and shoulders laughing and out of breath Now Matthew had been fathoms I 1 d deep dep ep in a Ii formidable looking tome tome trying to find forgetfulness in study and moreover he be was very strict about matters of decorum So he ha frowned at the apparition lovely though it was is and hardened hia hs h heart berut May Mayl MayI I come in she said demurely Matthew looked J ok d at her unsmilingly un still holding on to the door H Abby Is out he said She has bas gone gorn f with sonie ome ladies ladles to U a lecture Ho how ow v lively tor her hers said Miss Idle IdIe Idlewild Id wild w d rather ther quickly Apparently alit ahe he was U Ivan her old self sett this tbt evening Perhaps you Jou had better go JIO into th 11 sitting room said Matthew in a tons tone tone which he meant to e at once polite and am crushing cro The girl laughed not the least l t abashed and made a little bow Your hospitality overwhelms me meshe meshe meshe I she said mockingly Why not invite S me to sit in itt the hall hail Come in said suld Matthew shortly I dropping his hand band from the door Was Wa she laughing at his misery Might he isa not have ha e even peace was his liS angry reflection re It was that dreadful Beecher she sj said confidentially I 1 had bribed Per kins kIss not to admit him but ef f course Howard happened to be at the Pie door duos when he rang and an so I was in for forit it Howard is mao o so literal So I fled Bed in lu desperation That dreadful boy He H is waiting for me now I gue guess he ha thinks Im rm prinking Did you como come over Oyer here with no mx wrap but that flimsy thing asked aske ked Matthew looking his h very crossest crassest I y Yes Yea grandmother o This was what whal bat t she ahe called Matthew when he lectured I I her He had h d borne such sue suc jibes jues in it patient silence but tonight it angered Mm im Rh She thinks In In truth t fi I T f am 8 s grandmother he thought bitterly I 1 object to your ur addressing me In Is I that manner he said with an effort I b be heir your pardon Matthew she abs a said looking a little frightened It i I was only In fun run Then he said Y You u will take tai cold coiE going back I will send for fo a hawi And he rang the bell as he spoke I wont have any fn shawl said aj Miss C 1 Idlewild pettishly First you receive me tue as If I 1 were a chimney sweep then them yOu Y u scold me for a mere harmless jet jast I and now you want me to wear n a s shawl I wont do it You wilt will Well you will see s Besides I am an i not going home honie ome yet not until that tha t stupid Beecher Beasher has gone Last La time thai C he came he tie wept actually Ji I y over oer the carpet I had to put on my m rubbers But Matthew was tyas proof a against n t non nei nonsense sense Not a smile satire escaped him A huge gray shawl arrived per maid and he h began to unfold it with a a determined eye eyer I r tell ten you I wont ont wear it it she said petulantly but she was growing rather rath o pink with W Ith apprehension as Matthew steadily advanced the shawl outspread 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