| Show WITCH AND aind I 1 witch nigil I 1 had a quarrel who Is it that thai it takes two to wake make a 1 whoever it is makes a tills lake it took only one to make our quarrel and in that wits was my precious aunt aint betsy 1 etsy ja jaue tie witch las has a temper I 1 fco have I 1 slie she christened witch god fathers aud and mothers mot liers havo have much to answer for still I 1 never heard hear 0 their ahing witch as a baptismal n ame rue to a christian Christ iau claid no her datile Is julla julia felicia which is simply absurd palley fancy 1 11 little lark duk eyed bewitching uve live feet nothing having a 1111 nime tic like he tit alint a I 1 my name Is jolin and john im always called had I 1 been christened robert kobert or thomas I 1 should have been called either of those plain sensible mimes there is nothing for the imagination to catch hold bold of in III my illy face or figuie im ani not six reet foot in my stock I 1 birgs ggs im only live feet ten tell I 1 crisp golden hair bale nad and a tawny board no my oyes eyes hair bair and heard beard oie die brown and for the rest I 1 have nondescript features and good teeth moreover as 1 I sald said before I 1 have a temper a vile ono one and in li 11 all things apart from ill kiy y profession ant am a born fool it was over a game of doddis that aunt besty jane made us quarrel witch play up ind and I 1 slated ile her ive slated witch ever since ive fie known tier her and ive known her since she was 10 so she ought to have rot at used to it for bior tile the matter of that the she hae bothered her head bead boat 1 it I 1 if 1 I it ba d t been for my lily beloved aunt witch slates tile me ferociously sometimes but it never makes any ally difference well it was at one of mrs dou dougals als at homes that the row began witch miss white dolegal and I 1 were nvere playing tennis dougal and miss white will te were lvere again against st us As a rule witch I 1 licks icks the other girl into fits but on this oce occasion aaion for sowe some reason or other slie she missed vearly pearly every bull ball I 1 was annoyed anti and 1 expressed myself perhaps a little more strongly than I 1 ought to have done but im sure I 1 said nothing one whit stronger than ive said scores of thues without any ally offense bei being n taken he be that as it may witch refused to play any ally more and went well ind and sit sat down by aunt betsy jane I 1 arn am a I 1 doctor and soon after that fetched me allty it vas is i 1 bad case and I 1 get home till midnight ill night I 1 lit in the dining room sonic some col cold I 1 meat eat and beer Nal balting alting tIng fur for me ille so was a 1 note fiction witch I 1 ate a I 1 mouth fill and drank a glass of beer then I 1 boned the note for a I 1 moment I 1 frit felt as if I 1 had bad a knife in my illy heart it was such a cruel stab witch my lily little witch would have nothing g mure tu to do 10 with mo inc my conduct at mrs doll dougals ays hill had prove proved to her that slie she no longer possessed my iny ie leaped and in without re kriech love was mas nut not likely to last long c itaf to she ended ba b saying that slie rhe would have retained my illy ring but could not remove it from froll her finger but that tha t adie would get the beneler to cut it oft off tomorrow to morrow I 1 stalled smiled a grim smile at the last sentence I 1 bad no intention of 1 m that ring to be cut off cia the lovely clu slon isIon puzzled me alto allo cether it in witcha usual lyle etyle naturally a note dote of if that kind cewill coming front from her would have rill jiin in ill tills w way y john I 1 hatland hate and detect ou ild aid hope keep out of my illy s sight agh 1 rever or something like it well I 1 wilt to bell bed I 1 was such nn an as that hint I 1 dicler slept a wink all night I 1 but I 1 PI ido up lip my lily mind what AN hat I 1 would ilo do 1 got col up tip eally caily and made a good bronk bresli enst then I 1 meal into the surgery aw saw f r ariy riy 1611 talked over the ense crises and boid told him blin I 1 should lit be away all day after thit that I 1 icat to town straight to NN welchs licois fathers father s oil office iee ile he or ar tiled but his s people knew we me anil and silo showed ell tile me into imo ills his plicate room ile he abild I 1 are great goolt fi lends always have been so 90 it was quite natural for me to go to hini him for advice or rath r to I li alk ak over things whon when ho he came lit in he li seemed I 1 ather seeing me lue ont nut after lie ho hall shaken hands he 1 licked joked over ill ills I 1 letters it C r S gave some ill dl Ift iotis and then lo almly at we sald now john call an you spare me half an hour sir so far fair as I 1 know go co ahead well im making a ye year ar and iny practice is increasing g good dont you think witch and I 1 might marty many ou on that certainly you have no objections to our mar ivyng next nest month it slip she consents none I 1 have no wish that she should mirry marry nt at all but ir if she must list varry marry id rather she married you than anyone else thank ink you sir for saying that 1 1 I I link lauk you cry much said 1 I gratefully seizing ills his hand aud and wringing it lia hard rd lust just so said he be removing it from my grasp and looking anxiously at it but why aviv this fervor I 1 put witcha hychs in precious celous epistle in front of him ile he lead it twice through attentively tent ively put it down and looking calmly nt at nic me said very interesting but scarcely to be regarded as a prelude to very speedy matrimony I 1 should think ah ab but it Is sir A girl write a note like that nud have bare done with it no she khe continues to writs write them I 1 shall probably met got a similar note once a mouth month now and ad that will be I 1 cry tiring I 1 give you my word that I 1 did not sloop sleep a wink last night the practice wont stand that sort of thin thing long you know I 1 earnestly you seem to have au an accurate knowledge of women and their ways he remarked dryly allowed that speech to piss pass without comment comment seemed otis ons if I 1 might ask I 1 should like to know whom iou would consider lder in fault lu in tills this little misunderstanding ho he asked 1 I am sir it stands to reason I 1 not be so anxious if she were in limit fault anti anil then I 1 explained tho the whole matter finishing up with 1 I cant te ic nic aber exactly i what hit I 1 called her but whatever it was I 1 mean it 1 I ant am not able to refresh your mentory memory to what you volt said on that occasion I 1 iut I 1 can tell you what I 1 have hoard heart you call hor bor myself mr druitt quietly and then lie he told loll mp me ills tone was a revelation to me not that id call witch anything worse thin than a little fool hut but I 1 realize what A lit t lilt must st have sounded ded like to the bear e Is ind and to him blin tier her father I 1 dont know how I 1 looked but I 1 felt mean c heap cheap worthless utterly so I 1 began to lo stumble out apologies lie ile waved lils ills hand all right said he be but you see your language Is at all times forcible lie ile Is it a wise man mail so he said sald no more lie ile showell showed ills his wisdom therein for I 1 I 1 bent vent at once to see witch in a very contrite frame of mind I 1 was ready to make a I 1 mat of myself anti let my darling trample on oil me it if it should so please her or to do any other pant gant thing such was the depth of my bill li nullity still as I 1 I 1 journeyed putney ward i ird I 1 vond ned as to who could have stirred up lip the strife be between teon us its suddenly it flashed across my aly mind that witch had bid seated herself beside aunt betsy jaue jane and that aunt betsy janu jane vins nas her godmother ant and therefore licensed to interfere I 1 nm am not going goin to explain plain how aunt betsy jane came to be godmother 1 I am 1111 not dot a lady novelist and therefore doll dout dollt t think it necessary to explain everything it ills has nothing to do with tills story besides I 1 was odly 0 years old when silo she wits was christened arld and consulted ns as to her ber sponsors to be sure it must haqq rican aunt betsy jaue jane who suggested tile ilie letter when I 1 at the cellars it was about 12 ot lock if all wont well peace would belgia between witch find and myself in an hour and if so I 1 would take her off to richmond got get a boat from sums row up the river conic come to anchor in a backwater I 1 knew of between I 1 and Ilaw tall and then make name the tiny day but things bilings go 0 well they went exec exceedingly edin ly badly ill list stead cad when amelia amella amelia Is tile housemaid opened tile door 1001 ard aid I 1 inquired for witch silo she said miss druitt is nut well sir sar but ill wll toll her youre baie then sue she tile me into tile the dining room this was ominous lu in ali alii ge it Is customary to see who conic come on oil bus business dressmakers IMI kOrs laundresses ses servants seeking s in the dining room befurt bi turc lucli amelia left me ale and went ent I 1 I 1 aridly diagnosed tile the situation I 1 took cut my lily pocketbook anil and ciote mv darl 1 irling hig I 1 shall valt lit in the ibe all old boat at a ri of tile I 1 he lawn tillou till on ian at leeine see me ld id tbell I 1 I 1 11 bod it jubil amella amelia came buck back if ou V please lease t or alss deuitt does not reel feel equal to I 1 k icing eing you today to day but bill N will ill write to you lo 10 night said 1 I quietly can call you vou give me an envelope Than thanks Its give jive tat jat to miss DrI litt please pleas e tho lie wald maid lort left tile lio boiu ind and I 1 went into the garden arden at the bottom of tl th glidell ran ifill tile river to a pos was nu in oil it was is Os as tile spot was Is lot picturesque but it w ins s st iii clouded hidden both from tile the house and from passing a sag bonts boats by thick willows it ans 1 be diore c that witch ind and I 1 hot lanil colt come ile las to 0 tile the concill loll loil I 1 that hit wo we could not live without one each ober I 1 sat bonu lu in tho bunt feeling cry bloth with alich nuil and bitter against asI aunt betsy jane I 1 live given mile lucli to kalow if she cicro cro 11 n the hou house houe e at that moment I 1 ailt ont nil all I 1 had heird beard of tile alys ilias of her auth I 1 felt mean spile fal I 1 b lia thought me of an 1111 oh incident in her life M heroin aunt betsy jane 11 liall a tiled very near the wiil aud and had I a escape of social ci 11 wieck I 1 ou ailt to hive forgotten it but bill I 1 lin am not heroic both morally and ally ily I 1 ally that Is toly to say if im struck I 1 lilt hit back or try to would you believe it I 1 sit sat in ill that boat oat except when ben I 1 got cot up and stretched III myself until 8 it was nearly dalk daik and when I 1 hoard heard the clock strike I 1 swore to myself that if witch wd id not appear before the chiming of the chiming of the be quitter I 1 would low tile the old oil boat down to tile the bridge rive a boy sixpence to bring it back aud ald well when witch wanted me lyle slue she WI might bt send for or me that was aul all it must have been very near the quarter when I 1 saw stealing down the gar ear jon her head bead anti anil shoulders wrapped tp ip in a white cloud my day witch wilch at h last hast ast I 1 thought so at first tint but I 1 soon saw sav it it was avas someone more kill bin and less id hind ad nevertheless na its the form corm drew near peering about in the dusk I 1 sprang forward caught her lit in ivy arms arias and kissed her slie she lind hall no with which to utter titter a sound she could only listen to my ardent far more ardent than I 1 ever bestowed on oil witch expressions of affection my darlinge dar lingl I 1 went on 1 I know you yc il would never have made such a little littie fool of yourself youself it if it been for that malicious catamaran aunt betsey i jane it n e the form within my arms struggled I 1 wits holding her tightly or my face might have suffered but ill tell you it a tale dear about her im fin I 1 ilic only living soul that knows now old nurse Is dead you hoar bear I 1 tile hie form breathe so still it was I 1 went on oil aunt betsey jane is 45 dow the form wriggled aled about twenty five years igo ago 1 I could hear bear I 1 r heart boat beat I 1 relented no witch I 1 all alii not tell you that story I 1 you have ome come to me and I 1 can afford to pity aunt betsey tano she was badly used when she was 3 oung and she cant bear it to see people happy now she Is old the form muttered I 1 opened my illy arms I 1 ains want to fetch something dear you shall only come back at once or shall feel like telling that old tile tale about aunt betsy jane she scuttled off to the house and jn a or two witch came down the garden in a very dignified manner I 1 let pt her come right to the edge of the water vater and peer about I 1 know knew she see me inc presently she said anxiously john my heart jumped but I 1 intend to give myself away so I 1 simply ply said well but she intend to ivo ive herself away either she turned then I 1 saw that I 1 had my w work ork cut out oui tor we stay witch im in the boat I 1 exclaimed in a tone of deepest entreaty ng ig I 1 scra scrambled ambled on shore she paused aught hold bold of her hand witch I 1 i ed cd reproachfully fi ie c boon been wa waltlin walt I 1 till lii li by c e for nearly eight hours and im ilin so faint I 1 can hardly speak that fet fetched ellea her A woman will go cheerfully for hou hours irs without a crumb do yards lilt and I 1 yards ot of shopping ng on a halfpenny bun and think nothing of I 1 r but lot let a man mail only say lie he missed his and they make as much fuss over him as if he had bid suffered the ma martyr loni lom of st lawrence you poor thing exclaimed my da darling r coyne corno in at ones once and have some thins to eat no witch I 1 said faintly but firmly you must forgive me forgive you of course I 1 forgive anty I 1 know you had been here nil all that time do come in at once or life die I 1 know you will but I 1 stuck to my guns and I 1 so go indoors until I 1 b bad a d in made ade wit witch 0 b promise that we should be married that tiny day month then I 1 consented to go in and work mighty havoc among the oat cat ships aunt betsy jane carue came to our wedding a ami lid made us its a handsome present then silo she went to live with some friends in tio the north I 1 think the poor old soul ond had bid some suspicion I 1 knew her biary and so had bad tiled to pirt us its she took my note flora amelia in t the h e morn arg ind and kept it for anat reason my carling did not know I 1 was in the boat until aunt alint betsy came in ill fro from ill the gardn and told ner but I 1 hire have never told my wife I 1 i word it wise to tell your wife all tlc ape little peccadilloes of your friends wid irid 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