Show TJUNCE CHAHMKW I 1 COID winter day O In th pirt and I If I fag In the oily A 7 J mm walking with I a military imp nIt erect baarlng wa It recognliod by a M pretty girl who I drove put him Inc In-c J a phaeton with two S Ii 1 splendid norata The man aeareoly Inured at her be I raised his hat with hie e yea on the bOy at her aura The boy wan a pretty fair erwiture with a foolish 1tO the kind of man the end of thin century colon and rttreU III eolnaa The girl WM worth eume thing better the man thought lllmwlt perhapii lie had aa old fashlooed mind ant l oMfaihlened honor Modern women will never mold Midi n man Ilia mother and file dates 1 lUetf l In able place In the north of Itngland l lie hAd drifted limo UM larger world of onilon l life and knocked about aa moat men moat but somehow the beat of him Including a sneaking timid remenne for n few good woven bail never laen quite rubbed off The girl wa tho pretty Mix IMrnej and he had met her at a Christmas housepatty In Inn country He thought ho aaubbed him and that she mistook till attention for Idle flirting such Inn In-n man ronaldera neeeatary In the company pan or a raiiebadmlred woman He thought alto that boy will nmuw her bo can design her a nlllY frock mud knows her favorite cigar clleo 1 am too old and Im out of the game Ilia totally needed soothing ao he went to rail on an old trim I She MI In n dimly lighted drawing room it w aa heavy with perfumes and exotic he wore a becoming teagown nnd her dyad hair looknl Ita heat In tin glow rhlnhic throiisli the roie aol ornl lamp ahadoa Dear Ronald die cried im I quite delighted to are yell What a Iraunt you him been Bit near the fire and get ascot i lant It frcetlng today 1 1 r e V I I nee 1 1lit In LOVBT The illftbt prewuro of her Manns ni I the telied hla took fits memory back to n year I CO when her charms and her flattery had been wino to him Hop you are well and having n 1 good time Mra Jack he replied How la everybody 1vo been away you know Ii 1 that an explanation of your do erllonT He nodded Ohl I heard nnolher tale 1 Ho moved uucasll You hear ovrothluR la Jack at home lies gone to the club Did you coino to ice Jack No I came to ice you She trailed You miy itnoke If you like filial I give you n cup of tea tool Yes please He was III at case hr af lnD the old atmosphere stifled I him and her evident pleaiuro at getting him back made him reallie that ho had comeback come-back ard U brought a queer uncom forlabo feeling of thsmo You were rMIng In the How yea trrila she remarked ai alto handed I him a cup I Yo Were you there I wan bu4 you didnt nee me You were too much engaged to waste time or eel on an old friend Dont talk like that Ho spoke brusquely Where wan Iou 1 I-ou worn following Allis IliniM the i girl everyone lui gone mad about bout it What a queitlont Ai If you had no j care Draw your chair nearer mlno 1 mean nearer the lire Now we ore fcee b quite coiy You look very well am horribly young whereai I wear more Ualily every day Ho laughed 1 What rubbish tier thal Ibalhe imlled and looked at hli eyes i 1 shall bleach my hair white and taka to lomethlng antique like moral or a tlrara I hall go In for church work dlitrlbuto tracts admit I have n girl of 10 and become a chaperon In purple velvet and old lace My dear llertha1 Dont you like the plcturn I do After all It 1 will bo a new role and ram ofIt am tired of pretending to bo more foot than I am Ua chlo to Ix naughty nowtuav tubes youro a music hal artlit and marry a lord then ono hilI to bo horribly vlrtuoui How abiunl you aver Ito muted cosily amused My hands pooltlioly appear mluMlo aged Look at them Blue held ono toward him and bo touched It 1 for a second the iparklo or diamond blinding him flho fpoko timidly You used to think them very prtily ItonolJ He fluihcd scarlet I do itlll Hut hli hand relaxed ai It her flngcrn burnt him Hli cjci were on tho fire hers on bll t fern And Into hem crept a look in which baffled vanity aid spite wen I Itpermon She ebaajW bar nwed aa ODI changes much worn dreia wtikb her eeeaad to lit bocodlng I I And an yon art madly I la lore Itvao t I Id1 Idlie lie stared violently I In I lover I Itaport saps ao And with a holy rah from bet aumry bread and milk What on earth do yon main I You Know quite well Hut HI hope lea my dear bar quit hopeleet lie raid nothing bill lie hated her from that moment aa be bad never I hated any woman 1erhatw ahe la lendnl that bo should Sometimes I the U whrn n woman falls to charm glad to wound llolb deeds give a araaa of power You sae I know all about It the continued You met In the country he told the whole story to my aunt Mr Marker I I Shot told What do you mlnr I We are talking about bliss hero lie bowed he waa hit ai II man will i nvr1o to another man Tne woman being low In tubs refpert did not matter iII i-II ipoke very quietly Yea I am awfully I drooled to bibs Ilarnea but what dn you know about her I The you hurt ai ho may have meant It ahould I I Oh I only know that she confide In Aunt Deity and Aunt Ditty oonndm lame la-me And you = I I confide In you Ho grow deter at a dull man may when ho feel tho neal of arms agilnit f = Iou I oineone It would be cowardly I W alrlke You may aa well tell me what you Intend to tell me be oald I Only I that you are making a fool of ouiMlf my dear boy 1 An old frlead iaa surely the right = Or takes It Yen or takes It to aay theme franK hlnga The girl doein care a chip bout you I iho mid Mr Not eiaelly Hut eke confessed It balng draadliilly In lore with aomione lieAh Ah well that poulble You will dlaeoTtr that 1 am apeak lag tin truth when the marrleo him If I ho slow If he propoava you mean He teemi 10 be rather low about It Rhe de Glares be U any loo doubtful of hla own merlli A woman nlwaya want to hlnk that when a mm doeint oomo 10 the point I with you would remember that yon nro talking about a girl Who Ii 1 In lava wllh aomeone ele Ies hula You ice Itonald I linnw the I world and you are woefully oldfaih boned In aomo ways You have loM mo ao before I Yea In Ibo old day Hut you Improved Im-proved n llttlo under my tuition You into gone back ilnce I lie mom toga but chance cauied him 10 overturn a taio of flowers ni lio puttied hli chair back and ho itooped wllh many apologlei to pick It up i l3heconlinuod loftly ai If there but been no Interruption You may know the man oho In In i rlod obne Into with and It adds conviction I to my tory You were In tho homo at the Imr Rhe U very romantic over him I and she did not tell my aunt hula real lame Oho called him Inure Charm log I logThe vne fell and amaiheil Into many i pieces at his 1 feet He bunt out laugh log 01 a Bchool lo 01111 laughs and he Ig I j pored the breaking and aided Mrs j acka hand I Thank you a thouaand limns I know you were a good Ion at the bot 1 I tom Ho ipoko aa If ho meant It hut oho know better and winced Wu acted In sonic beastly pantomime on Christmas ore and I was 1rlnco CarmIne Carm-Ine In a fairytale thing when she was he prlncrai Youtu done mo a EO ° < ervlco by mlitokc Mr Jack ant I youll know that Ibo man lore her when she nnrrlcj him Blue smiled laid good hy and rang Ibo boil with compoiuro but tin face wan curlouily out of keeping with her voice lie went down lain with n brlak I tcp and out Into Iho street The whole world had suddenly grown very wondrrful and to Provo It he ballM n hauiom and went to call on bits f larnca |