Show AN EA1HS DAUGHTER UK wai lilting alone when Sir Determine Trevor MW her and u he passed h y she retied her eye d from her book and met his gate Then I she blushed and dropped her lone lashes over the blue window ot her tout and pretended to read with great diligence Hut not for Ionic Suddenly there flame a gust of wind and blew torn bone l leave out of the volume the held with a flutter right at Sir Dclmalnn ftetwher they mini l Just long enough for him to sloop and pick them up and then he walked across the rl rand r-and bowing his belt bow restored them to their rightful owner Hut ho did not speak as he held them toward her because just then there wag a loud crash of music from the land which rendered speech Inaudible Inaudi-ble So he walled till the sound cased Than he said null naturally Arent you toM 1 should think you must be for you hare been sitting sit-ting there quite a lone lime and thanes a cool bro blowing The girl sralleil Yes I am rather cold she on avperd 1 Will you walk to the end of Hit Hi-t > ler with ate then he ached It nil he better than catching cold 110 girl drew her brows together or dont mind I mar as well she i al1 f nd I she get up and IUD herself it llil shake I iiii they walknl off together she soh Ir s head draped aa II tired and I iu i rsoalflcatk of wellbred In i rT lens > < iu been her for lonit he u nun d I looking down at hr Mule I tlitrh wan mcMdlnily lovely No not very long perhaps a wk ml are you going to stay much I r 1 ci I nt know Leal rear you were here A Tory long Urn hp remarked ls a ter > long time tut I only stad week tint It was un in iilly plrasant week I shall inr forget It 10 you remember ItT < ii yes quite well I often think of li she replied raising her eye to IIIH fare and willing tenderly 1 en loyni I it very much At the limo I dlanl think I flyer should enjoy another an-other week to 0111 hAn h-An ilont pats Ililnk so now he Inquired quickly Ma mouth lightening 411 the corners I will tell you tome oilier lime Hut why not now I want In know knowDcTjrollf Whyr y Sir Delmnlne shrugged Ida shoulders What a tiresome little girl Jolt are just this same PI oval lio eald with a churl Inugh I remember bit Jeers juu neat to try every way In your s power la annoy me Did It I forget I only remember how hIP we were Mi1 you admit that 1e You ware really fond of my com juiiy their ho asked I 0 v s certainly Ann you ate ae fond of It now lit ito one Sir Delmalne questioned And he bent lower over Ibo Jaunty title sailor hat and the dark rippling hair whlih only reached a trlllo higher than lila elbow MI dont know perhaps said she with a soft laugh What odd ques tlniM you asks Yea Hut then I tins odd altogether dont you knowl A kind of modern I ttirloslty In fact or I shouldnt be hero howl The color named up In tho girls III tlo face Why not she asked i Well as you know Im engaged to on exceedingly high and mighty dam Mi and shin might object to my speaking I speak-ing to you fllnfo I am not high nor mighty lint In thus girl with n half breathed rich Well you arent quits an earls ilaughttr are yout said ho No not quite And that remind 1110 Ive never told you my name No what Is I It he demanded Smith Drown Jon or llolilnsonT Neither Than I glvo It up besides your Christian name Is I quite sufficient lor me Knld is I nn awfully pretty name and by hovel Jolly uncommon aa well I was tremendously surprised when you told 1 mo you were the happy Juor of It Were yout Why 01 hardly knowl Seemed strange ilunt you know I I suppose you expected a plntwlan I one she Mid smiling up at him OerI really dont remember I aoy suppose up sit down Its too lastly hot In this sun tlnl t tllt right I dont mind And then they found a study eat and Blr Delmalne looked at his com pnnlon reflectively Vouro Just aa lovely as ever he remarked after a few minutes deliberation delib-eration lly Joe you beat every i other girl Ive ever seen for beauty Ton my soul 1vo thought a good deal about you slnca last year and Ive often wished I could BOO you again You arent like the ordinary rim of girls cither youvo got such a lot to back your prettiness up and then you always dress with such good taste 10 It Yes I like the dress youvo got on now What sort ot stuff Is I It clit Serge Hm so Itls Then Sir Delmalno bent his head a lltlle nearer the girls shoulder Have you thought of m < Mme tlmes Knld dare It l yeart The girl laughed Ye very often I wonder If you eared anything about me he went on One or twice Ive thought yon did Do you remember remem-ber the day we went fluking when you were so frightened bwnaM I leant over the boat too fart I believe Poet thought I should bo drowned Hh little one And Blr Delmalne laid his hand on the girls arm but she shuddernl and shook It off Dont remind me of II she murmured mur-mured Were you 110 very frlghtenedl he asked his voice growing soft and tender ten-der Ioor little darling Im awfully terry 1 did It bull didnt know then that you cared l whether I were drowned or not but after ward Well you led me to think perhaps was wrong Did It Yes You were very happy werent yout youtYes Yes very So was 1Ive never been so happy since And youve quite forgiven me Knldt Korglven yout she asked Why of tourslone ago What you did was only n very common thing for a man to do Host men do It nowadays nowa-days daysWell Well Im glad youre so deucedly tenslhle about It but I might have known that no Nine girl < would ever think seriously about a seaside flirtation flirta-tion Only Ive always wished that chap hadnt told you I was engaged just when ho did It made me feel such i fool dont you knowl lly Jove I rather think II was a good thing I wo engaged as It happened or You might have rondo r bigger fool of yourself and have proposed to tool I ibe put In with a serene little cattle lad youve hit ha mark right this lime Thats clarity what I might have don And then I suppose youd halo met with opposition op-position Well rather You see my people ire so confoundedly proud and all that sort of I hi MR Yea I understand Sir Delmalne sHsnowl at tho small millliiK mouth then n lltllo higher and met the Rat of his companions bib fringed eye Vonro nn awfully sensible I little girl ho remarked You never mind a fellow saying Mick black and while whltu No why should l It i 0 there no spsclal reason only am Klrls object slightly dont you knuw 13 peel a fellow to bo so deucedly polite and all that aunt ol thing The girl laughed Hour disappointed they must bol ohs 1 cold softly Well so they deservo to It I hate girl who are so mUhty particular Am I very particular she Inquired In-quired l Sir Hclmalno laughed Yes you are but then youro different dif-ferent somehow to Ibo ordinary meta I e w HUHTOUrD Till PM side girl A fellow has to bo pollto to you whether he like or not And yet I suppose you woul Ul call me madly class abs said SIr Delmalnn shrugged i his shoulders I ollerlo ourthlnk you are he asked I asked I you the question sho replied re-plied Hut however hero comes someone who will answer It for me and save you the trouble A tall mllUarylooklnR man was i approaching them whom fine figure and hlnhbred singularly handsome fan had on them the stamp of what Sir Dolmalna would have termed ClBMl lly Jove he said Do you know this man 1 0 slightly was the answer And the clrl waved her hand to the newcomer whose face III up I as he caught Right of her trim little flRiirt and who reached her side In a very short time I wnnt to ask you a queetlnn she Mid to him us he bowed to Sir ntl i innlue and > ou mutt nnnww me truthfully smiling as she spoke and filing her gene on his faro I want to know whether you would call mo class she asked soberly Call you clues echoed n pleasant voice What on earth do you meant I lisattly what I say Sir Dclmalno Trevor hat his doubt about It so I wanted your opinion Hm well I dont think rtr Del 1 1 timlno Trevor need have any doubt on the subject Prom a purely unblakved l f point of slew I should I saw you wojild bo considered most distinctly claw And the newcomer bowed stiffly towards to-wards Sir IHlmalne Then the girl 1 laughed a laugh ot efol pure enjoyment J and rose slowly Thank you she said Then turning turn-ing to Sir Delmalno and smlllnc iwcotly she asked Sir Dulmalne may I Introduce you to Lord Saxon t And a blush suffused the lovely girlish fade as sho glanced at Lord Saxon stalwart stal-wart form Sir Delmalno Trevormy husband 0 = Lord MOB she tM slowly Then with an wUUrate lIule seer un You see Sir UelnMlne past were right I am net qWt tft earls dsofb terI am only an pure Wrtr Tnen she llnkwl < hr arm IblOUIIII her husbanda with n 1 letlan glance nt his aomewbat perplexed face and to gather they walked away loving the abounded young baronet la a stale bordering on collapse You pee dear Lady gaxen IIIIld to her husband a little later In the day Sir Delmalne and I became acquainted ac-quainted last leer for as you know mother Mot me down here with our old nuns to gel over the effects of Influent In-fluent fluentWell Well Sir Delmalne 1 I thinking I wU what be esllsan ordinary seaside drl entered Into n 1 little affaire do wear pour par le temps dont you know with poor lltllo me and quite thought he had made A deep ImprcfSkm on my heart before he went away Aa It happened I knew from tIe I first that ho was engaged to Lord HI bournes eldest daughter and heiress but he didnt think I knew unit so I pretended to be deeply enamored with i him for the simple reason that I wanted to teach him a Irssoaso you must not think I cared an atom for hIm lady 1 Saxon made haste to add DtcauM I never cared for any man until I met you nine months a Ior I believe > ou my darling and congratulate con-gratulate you on ho success of your HUM plan answered the young earl promptly Yes I think It was a success laughed her lovely ladyship He looked rather foolish dldnl lilt Ilul then he deserted It A man who treats women as Sir Delmalne evidently evi-dently dot nnd who has two sets of manner ono for thn people he can diem else and one for those whom he doe net honor with that distinction he 1s not exactly a beau Ideal tpo of an Bnglhth gentleman dn I he Well no I should call him by quit another name more expreulve bun polllecstl In Town |