Show t I T r S l' l I I r f T 1 T t j i i l' l o f lJ Jo O p. p 4 F i Y Yf I Y 4 r 4 t 11 TIAr fl 1 i f J 1 t PP t tJ J C It I r- r f y 1 1 1 I I I J h ft J Jr r. r 1 t r r 3 I I P L iI i f I o r As if ie floating down the un lill j 1 air from some gray glay tower thE hour houi o of or C G was sounding sounding- from flom the cathedral cathedra c chimes of or the big clock on the stars stairs I but already on the short December 1 day a the darkness s had fallen The Tho snow that had continued all nil of the tho afternoon had brought blought the ni night ht ever even sooner It was aE a true Christmas storm soft soH and gentle the Hakes falling fallenn slowly and antI resting serenely until all was wa covered ered But Dut th the wind was coming up and soon won there would be drifts drift and buried fences All the people slaying staying in the big country house wert wele gathered in th the hall holl whore where the fire fire- an honest hone t Christmas fire fire burned burned riotously on the hearth The oldest granddaughter sat at be the tea tea- table and about her on the arms amts of of o chairs chairs on window ledges es and even een orthe on or N the tho floor loitered lurked and reclined the rest of oC the party But nut I have told toil you oU so often said ld the nice old lady as she glanced althe at al atthe the tho group before her She spoke however with a certain pride anti and her bright ht ec eyes grew grev greva rew a trifle brighter and her pink cheEl cheeks s a shade pinker cr She was a ver very vory nice old lady Indeed as an old oil lady should be he with a pretty Irett cap upon her erect little old head anti and anda antia a n pretty prett soft oCt dress diess upon UlOn her little trim old figure And it ll was wasO so lon long ago she urged in lax la remonstrance Why that was in 1902 when I was only 19 ID years cars old I dont don't care said the youngest granddaughter who was sitting slUing almost at her feet Ceel I 1 love loc these dear deal old oil was so everything e times when hen ue and romantic When hen men picturesque tall black blackhats blackhats those curious shining wore those quaint sl skills hats and women In the houses tho they thoy had those thoe dear registers at nt which the they warmed cl the Hie actually carpets on themselves e and floor noor And then there were horses in the streets treet and at carriages and in tho those dear old burned night gas gab as When they built those I lamp posts posh called strange sky scrapers as they the country countr the cities and In them in and antI places were not fences all the everywhere with advertisements advertise advertise- advertisement covered ered something could see ment ments and one been must have Chri Christmas else elc Oh really charming In those da days 1118 s nn and l understand how a Christmas I can girl could elope clone nice old lady y said the Yes she thoughtfully I did elope elope Then elope elope- laughed It was nas a curious there was ever r everone crone m ment nt I dont don't believe before or that thai there one quite like since it A reversed eloper cloper elope elope- been has what I J call it my r ment That la is l I dear urged one of toe the young Tell earnestly us lIe He was engaged l. l to men and they thoy granddaughter the oldest discovered cred with willi dl- dl be bo were only onh to curtained of or obscurity obE a n in the ersell window Toll us u t about the r reversed elopement anything out Insisted in insisted In- In leave And the dont don't middle granddaughter l I Iam 1 all those adore I like lile Florence am nm sleepy I 1 think of those thrills when had nad time to bo be days das whets when i people I foolish and nicely rellI really in loVe loVo and sentimental z my OW dears said the old And yet ut utterly utterly tit ut- think ourselves we ire U used d to latI lady practical and prosaic We e e terly mourned over the fact that all ro ro- 10 L u mance manee had gone out of the world in it what hat huc we c ea called lied the rush of modern lift life Fancy said the youngest oun est grand grand- tIa slaughter daughter ugh ter incredulously u Oh we used to be he amazed at our out ance ad as wo we named It and I remember remember re remember re- re member that when they ther first took a photograph aph through a n mans man's body that tha everyone considered It man marvelous mar clous I imagine It exclaimed the oldest granddaughter In wondering wonderIng- tones And your our grandfather continued the he old lady latI in the Spanish war nr the tho The Si Spanish war Interrupted youngest granddaughter ran rapturously When hen they the had those absurd old rifles that would only shoot two miles mile md those ships that rode on the tho water water wa wa- a ter cr so proudly where every cry everyone one could see them Oh If I could have 1 wonderful old id d a n regiment of those those soldiers those dear Rough Riders Dr 01 I the If They were in the Civil ChoU war suggested sug sug- her grandmother Oh well she admitted I r get gel hem Glem a little mixed up it was all solon so sc lon long ong ago UbO But nut if I had only seen een them hem Indeed I cant can't understand how nn my girl could help running away then thon when hen e cr everything thing was so e e a and andI lean deal I couldn't said saltI the old lad lady witha with a i u singularly fine line blush spi SIca spreading ending quickly over her cheeks checks s. s But J I am Alec was more the reason reagon for fort or 11 t than the times What hat a way wa he had hatI with him him Yes men were different In those lays das commented ll the youngest grand rand laughter The They knew how to be in lo e loveI loveI love love- I complained though just as you ou lo do continued her grandmother until until un til II I met Alec I 1 felt that It was as all allover over ever with rue roc the first time that I saw aw him though believe c me ine I didn't shall foret foret for- for forget et him know that I never dir Mr get et when Sally Grantly presented Alexander lexander Forbes to me that Sunday how he bowed bowed- bowed If The Tho delightful stilted old manners man- man ners sighed one of or the girls We Weere c were ere at the door of the Trevor Tre souse house and I was Just going out I obJect ob- ob thought bought he hc was the most beautiful he stood over beheld as ns lect my eyes ees with rith the trees across acrO me tae street as alS a background for the house was on park park park- Central Fifth avenue a opposite Can you vou think of actually living on park paik 1 Firth avenue opposite the grasped one that resumed resumed re re- I I didn't see him after umed the old lady until late in the autumn when I met him at the Thir- Thir ferry fern and found CountI that l fourth y-fourth street at tho the same ame ameLong me lie he me was WIlS going down to tu stay Long song Island country house that I was delighted thought of coui course c cI Oh h I was did not allow him to see it In- In I tl Just bIC because I was so glad I I him abominably tr treated rented laughed of tho the granddaughters One amusing to hear of the always Its It's conduct of girls then Irrational her grandmother continued continued contin contin- At once I made him known to paua pavao and 1 astonished at how civil ll papa was Generally he was very cry was M to hint him with all Impossible gruff ruff an and almost gentleness but he lie was vas young oung men I 1 And If It anything itself with Alec were than ever er There Thero behaved worse tho the house hous and one who other Elmer rather men in fast and fascinating fascinating- Of was vas what had I 1 to do but to bo ho aa ns course nice mice to him as po possible driving poor Alec nearly frantic I could see him hirr grow red and white wh and clinch his hi- hAn hands s and mutter to himself An Am papa papa ho ho was almost distracted too tot because ho he was afraid that I was ge geling getting getting get get- ting ling to care about the other man Am AntI all the tho time lime I 1 simply couldn't do an any differently The rhe crisis came on one evening ening W o ohad I had been at a meet In the near the house I had been particularly gracious to ove every one but Alec Met and I had been particularly hateful t tc to him When we owe started slatted to come bad back the other man kept with me and antI h he managed to lo sit next to me in th the trap Alec who was not following that dil day because of oC a lame hor horse e sal row that he could not get g-et near to me me she s she so he said that he was not going to c at all but that as ho wanted som some he was going to run the distance dis dis- tance Lance back to the house Wo We Yo were three miles from home but ho he starter starlet off of trotting ahead of oC the horses 0 Oi or thought that h he course e Cf every ery on one would could sire sic up but he lie didn't Thong the thc hOI horses es went pretty fast he kepi kep before them all the tho way and the la las lasi t mile stile he sprinted splinted as he called it ant an I got tot to tote door some time before w we did d. d As you may maj imagine I did ld not 1101 I Ithe pay very ery much attention to any 01 o ohe of the he pretty prett things timings that any anyone one els else was vas saying when over o the cars of th the horses morses I could catch glimpses of that thai figure jog jogging alon along in the dusty road Ant And then theft after dinner we wc had It onn out oui In n the library When we were alon alone ho io simply came forward and antI took look m mj mantis hands Now this has got to stop h said aid I asked as calmly as I could though my heart was beating vice twice to every beat of tho the clock or on he mantelpiece You he lie answered bluntly I have havo got to stop stol I exclaimed I 1 I know that you OU like me he lie kepi kep on nt and und we owe are arc just walling waiting our time tI If ju you OU dont don't love me I am amoin going oin tc tt male make you ou he said Oh 0 but I do tIl I T answered jueus jue Juslus ju t tas us as decidedly I saw baw that he was n a good den deal taken aken aback at that and I was wms s sc so delighted Well he replied almost hum huffily Then its it's all settled I only wish yot OU oi tad hud told mo me before But ou never r asked me I said You You ure are too provo Icing Icing- he ho replied replied re relied re- re plied lied but I I have have got ot you now In lib hi Indeed he had me tight arms so 50 that I thought 1 couldn't breathe will sa say T I r dont don't know what papa as soon as nl 1 I could speak p al I suggested You can make him do anything vou ou wish he answered Yes Yes I admitted hes lies awfully afraid arald of ot me Oh Oh later Inter I was stupid m I felt that thai I must toll tell someone and so a a. row few ow minutes minutes min min- utes before everyone went upstairs 7 I and told him him that I vat wai found papa papu engaged I never neer saw aw anyone anone so surprised sur sur- and I di did not believe belle that an anono any an- trio ono could bo be so angry Engaged En ged 1 he cried angrily Married Mar ar Marled led ried N Never n r answered dutifully Of or course I I 1 should not think of oC doing doin It without wits with out tut your yom consent Then this marriage 6 will never also tako place I smiled tI at him How can it H he asked askel defiantly I I Because you OU will HI consent beetles because Ill I'll make malte you ou I 1 answered confidently dently You promise he said that yov yo OU will not marr marry this man without m mj my approval I Yes Yes I answered promptly i He Ile nodded in a wa way that 1 i did dill no not nol understand Alec and I had arranged that Lb the next morning he ho should make the formal formal formal for for- mal request for my hand As 1 couldn't sleep half the ni night ht from fron the excitement I couldn't help thinking think ing lug how quickly ly Id I'd mal make e pap Iap yieh as ns soon oon as I really took tool him In handI hand I enjo enjoyed cd the thought of o it all aU night You ma may imagine my surprise when a note addressed sed in papas papa's handwriting was given to me mo as I came canto downstairs the ran I I find thaI that tha My dear note I am nm unexpectedly comp compelled to go 10 tc to town and antI take the next steamer sailIng sail sail- sailing ing You need not feel tho least anxiety anxiety lety because of oC m my sudden departure and andou 3 you ou must remember your OUI promise Lovingly Lo Your Yom father Oh the dear deal old fox Oh the thc darling coward I 1 exclaimed But nut I Iwas 1 Iwas was not nol at all pleased with hl him l running run mn- ning awn awa away indeed I was very e angry I 1 saw sate just how he lie had caught me for he knew of course that tint 1 wouldn't break a n promise when once I had given it IL He knew that I could twist him round my finger if I could reach leach him Now he had hod slipped out of or orm m my rimy hands alto alto- gether Oh I 1 was furious When hen Alec came down do I 1 laid the case before him in m indignant tones Of or course we can wait J I concluded concluded con con- lulled doubtfully Not at ull all ho he said gald in ht a tone tori that made matIe me mc jump We Ye are to bo he married at once But nut my promise I gasped Ho frowned Of course you ou must keep It ItI It I nodded Youre sure ure that you ou can make your father give in if you can cart talk to him Absolutely Then well we'll find him and you'll make him consent ent U But he hes he's gone I cried Hes lies going to sail lotIa today Hes Ies Ie's only been gone h a few f w minutes minutes minutes min min- utes Alec replied We Ive can catch him himat himat at the station The Thc train may bo be a n. little late Theres There's an automobile all allread ready read at tho the door door door- Oh Ole one of or those dear rumbling bumbling old automobiles Interrupt Interrupt- Int Interrupted ed ell one of the grandchildren clasping her hands ecstatically In an instant continued the old lady lad Alec Aleo had me in a coat and had lifted and almost tin thrown own me Into it Jumping lumping in after aftel me and antI with a turn of f his hand we wo were wele spinning away awa at thirty miles an hour One of the time listening gran grandchildren laughed lau hed as the time old lady latI paused Thirty miles tulles an hour the grand grand- grandchild child hild said sallI Think of considering th that t fast falt in ht one of those pounding old machines machines ma ma- chines over o the rough old toads i Anyway Anwa continued the tho grandmother grandmother grand rand mother nother a little haughtily we 0 consid considered red ered It Jl vory very last fast and It seemed to me me that hat we se were flying And Anti that is the wa way I came canH to tu start on an nn elope elope- elope I ment nent I Really Reali a reversed laughed ono one of if the tho men Wo We 0 were dutiful In those tho c days da s 's said tho old lady loftily a and tHI w wowed v vowed VO owed sumo some reverence re r aol anti respect t tour to our elders But I was angry I he heto ha hato had to have papas papa's consent and here 1 h he was running away from mo me as fa faas fas rost as he could goI goI go o. o I hoped honed that we could catch hi himat him at the time station The automobile rumbled rumbled rum run bled on Wo Vo passed Massed everything In tl th the road The horses shied as we wo dashe I by Through villages we went sea scattering seat scat a n lot of chickens an and with nil all the dogs yelping ellin behind us I As we cleared the last house I caught sight of tho the smoke of or th train There It Is Is I cried I saw saty Alecs Alec's face grow glow more mOle se setHe set He lIe let put out the tho automobile to the tho to top toi speed and wo we thundered down th the hill hm I 1 could see ee the train draw nearer near near- cr er It soon oon stopped at tho the station statler and I could count the people getting gettin into It We Yc were almost almo t there J I cried out oat though my voice could no nobe not 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