Show lov loves e S emissary by AUGUSTUS G SHERWIN by western 1711 union ton my story brandon will yon help pe ine out ilsa qu queer er one and ft a strange mission you yau are suggesting simple enough I should say sut suh mined AVY cherl ey As 1 I nav told you youa I 1 passed parsed two wee kaat denham with my old colt college ege chum nat worden itell ln in love with his sister ster beatrice or fancied 1 I did 1 I was attentive e to her she la Is certainly a queer among women and thed the i first one who wha ever struck my fancy completely the night I 1 leit lat beaham Denb amI I wrote hera her a letter telling herot my love I 1 asked her to take time in thinking over my proposal po salof at marriage I 1 said that w within I 1 thin two months I 1 would return pd and learn imitate imy tate and now you have changed your brind it looks so it 1 see here brandon continued hycl gerlev almost anxiously im no fit candidate for matrimony in the first place im not worthy of such a age riess creat lire BS as beatrice worden suppose I 1 should tire clr of hev suppose she ehe should tire ot of mert me broke in earle barie half calf indignantly plenty of money and lets spoiled you wedded to your pipe your dog your club your indolent bachelor ways you shudder at a responsibility that may gild your whole future with wab contentment and happiness well I 1 want you to manage to see beatrice worden when you go to denham next week thatis easy for you von know nat worden as well as myself try and find flud out it if my rash letter has become an open secret find out it beatrice has any particular liking for me fix dixit it up some way old boy so I 1 wont be worrying my life away over the great mistake I 1 have made earle went down to denham met nat worden and they went off on a fishing expedition then earle met Beatr beatrice lv worden the first time rime he saw aw berhe decided that burton had bad not exaggerated in pro a queen among women it almost weakened his loyalty to promote the cause of once himself under the thrall of her loveliness of fice face and mind she seemed to like earle from the start and boating nt at tennis or watching the ion long 9 shadows on the moonlit lawn evenings the hours sped by ill all too for the he visitor whom both sister and aad rother brother made fully welcome earle was surprised slid and puzzled when the second lay day of his sojourn at denham lie he managed to arii bring ag the conversation ver aRtion around to his friend in the city beatrice worden smiled pleasantly at the mention of his name a as though it awakened friendly memories but nothing more she acted neither conscious nor embarrassed the letter Wv cherleY had alluded to apparently had made no particular impression upon the young lady and she seemed quite perplexed and at sea when earle began a systematic and continuous system of explaining what a f fine ine fellow Wych erlay was then earle began to falter in his devotion to the interest for he made a vast au an overwhelming discovery he be was himself deeply in love with beatrice wor dent den I 1 became a species of exquisite torment to earle earie to remain in the company ot of a girl destined for another he decided that it would be best for him to at once leave a an n eal environment ir 0 urn e 0 t that dally daily increased his devotion to beatrice Beatric ti worden Worde ii he sat down on one e evening and wrote a letter to its pages recited uie the many superior qualities i ot of beatrice he told Wyc berley that she would be a treasure to any man and tun d while she had never to i 0 the letter he be earle barle was waa assured that bat t bp beatrice atrice entertained the ewt PIPa bant remembrance of wych erl ealm 0 le lie ile expressed his intention of at bouce e curtailing his vacation n and advised to come on at once and lay siege to aheart tender and true it was lie ile final effort of this loyal nature t to pal emphasize the merits of WYc berloy to beatrice the pv evanine before his hi proposed departure beatrice seemed quite thought lie he spoke n finally site she said sir brandon Er andon may I 1 auk you a question on a subject that tins has somewhat puzzled me you seem very deeply attached to mr bir Wyc Wy cherle lierley y you seea also to have a great interest in impressing me with a gense sense of ills good qualities 1 I do 10 not doubt ills his possession of the same but 01 there was w an interruption A servant appeared with a telegram for earle he was glad for this 9 intervention tor for its his ardent soul was impelled to tell beatrice all the truth winding up with a fervid confession of his bis na dying ran love ile he read the telegram it j everything all right just discovered that unfortunate letter la in a pocket never dever mailed acael 1 then the n erle earle looked up to w enact et tl tle earnest eyes e es of beatrice their depths expressed perplexity ghe he seemed intuitively ively to f recognize that karle earle wbk concealing lings from her slie she never knew what hp he might have told her for the next moment lie he was pouring forth pent up emotions of his 1118 soul he was free now to present his hib own claims and there followed the co comic tiou that she was rendy 10 lo I |