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; “She Iaughed matter, sat dow “It was has curio meet it. ‘ one» way a Wa y walking back to Rebeira C hiring a carriage after all. a third possibilityâ€"that suggest continuing the jou donkey. and'l‘eaving mo I "Now do you see'my plan ? I knew that you were busy here, and that you did not. want to be interrupted. The widow's intentionuwas to inter. 'rupt you, and mine therefore was to delay her, by all and any means. jus- tifiable and unjustifiable. That was why she was riding a donkey which‘ had been privately guaranteed to me‘ - » ~ 1 as certain to go lame at the first ori second bit of stiff climbing we came, ,to. I thought that the Widow Would‘ thereby be compelled to do one of two: things : either to abandon the expedl-g tioh altogether, which was not what I thought she would do ; or to waste a! considerable part of the morning by; walking back to Rebeira Grande and .ame u-uwu expressly that the one he sup- plied to the lady should not be able to go five miles without breaking down. The man performed more than his contract, for it broke down, as I say, in three. V__ ....v lrJ uay' able of apreciating and replying tc her sallies ; and if I may say so with- out undue boasting, I think she found that person in me Indeed, had not past experience justified me in rely- lng to a certain extent on my own powers In this respect, I should have made a difierent plan. I think we both enjoyed the ride, at any rate in its earlier stages. I know, at least, that. I did. “The tale, sir, is one that I am ashamed of," said Montague; “but. I stippose you've got to know it. After Mr. Scarborough had started this morning, without waiting for break- fast, as he is young enough and fool- ish enough to be imprudent in these matters, I made a good breakfast and then started myself. When I reached the Chinelas 1 found it would have been beter if I had hurried, for the widow had already gone into the town of Ribeira Grande. I had let her get ahead of me at the start, you see. However, I followed at once, and, found her at the livery stables, her-j gaining for a. carriage to take her to Las Furnas. I presented my letter of. introduction, and, as Mr. Scott and,[ Mr. Scarborough warned me last‘ night would be the case, she laughedj at me. However, Ididn't mind that; in factl had counted upon her doing so, and should have been put out if she hadn’t.’ I improved the oppor-‘ tunity of her laughter to make a quaint and pessiny outrageous re- mark or two, and thereby succeeded “ in amusing her further. She saw that I was a man of some originality of ‘ thougliLJtnd she was pipued into an- 1 swering me in my own vein. That I again was what ’I wanted. We in- I dulged in a regular duel of badinage in that stable yard, and if a third par- ‘1 ty had been there to listen, I think he1 would have agreed with my opinionft that in the clash of wit against wit,jl we both. emitted some quite brilliantte sparks of fancy. The result was what i S I had forseen ; the widow was pleased with herself, and began to think that; 'an hour or two spent in my company would be interesting and stimulating. I worked hard to keep that impres-‘ sion alive in her mind, until I had got her to agree to what I wanted; and' I succeeded~as I had of course“ thought I shouldâ€"in doing so. “She accepted my offer to be her cicerone, and she even adopted my suggestion that we should go, not in a carriage. but on donkeys. I pointed out that the carriage road made a 0‘ ,long sweep round, whereas on don-- 11 keys we could take a short out across 9‘ the hills which I knew of. Moreover, the San Miguel donkeysare good, and‘ C} are the favorite instruments of travel, in these parts; and when one is in 53 Romeâ€"it' was not necessary to argue further; she saw, the advantage of ht my proposal, and I think there was a 511 certain qualntness in the idea which d9 pleased her. I ordered the donkeys, Ph and I had a private word with their 011 owner first ab “Your mother, Miss Carrington, is th‘ a brilliant conversationalist, when 113‘ she meets with somennn whn in mm IS?" hrim “'B‘U {7:1 7» 92.0. wayâ€"which» I~had not anticipated} he laughed as. though. it did notf 3r, sat down by the roadside, and‘ that we woqu rest (or an héur'. r‘, and'l'eaving me‘ me back home: 51 fidY with the unans that she did not E355 . r i‘ 3:3: s a. pretty situation, nus to see how she or course she met it which Phat!» um wnfir CHAPTER mower, Miss Carrington, is .nt conversationah’st, when s with someone who is cap- apreciating and replying to THE CABLEMAM? v all and any means, jus: unjustifiable. That waS ; riding a donkey which e Clash of wit against 'wit, mitted some quite brilliant 'ancy. The result was what an ; the widow was pleased If, and began to think that AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE BY VVEATHERBY CHESNEY he jqurn ey on XXIIIâ€"(Continued) I may Say so with- I think she found Indeed, had not ifled me in rely- ent on my own ‘ to lead the but to that I lswerable ob- )! know the ments of travel! “His name is Andrew Gillies,’ she when one is in said. ‘Do you know him ?’ essary to argue “Then, as though to complete my _3 advantage of humiliation, she told me exactly what nk there was a she had done and what she meant to the idea which d2. She did not even pay me the com- There was She mlght and 1 would in the soon,'and thaf is why he patiently outside my wi morning; NOW“‘€fil‘3*éIi6filk I poo); our‘resqumese'ahé 5 plain, and I the >adg‘itiqnal’"; which {mikes the plan of v .0". bvuc :a quarter of a mile farther, I should ‘have had to invent some excuse- for 'stopping. As it is you have given me Ethe opportunity unsought. Do you ‘still claim the ownership of the pie?’ " ‘No,’ I said, with _a grudging‘ ad- miration at the way in which she had played with me, ‘it's yours. What are you going to put into it ?' ‘ “‘That depends,’ she said. ‘Though we agree that. the pie is not yours, I can't claim that it is all mine eitherw Andrew Gillies will have a finger in it, too, and I shall wait to see what his contribution is 7 before 71 Offer mine. You understand-the situation, I think. He probably found that fact out w» “‘ It suggested an interview,’ Mr. 'Montague,’ she told me sweetly. ‘and the place which was mentioned was this road on which we are now. You timed that good animal’s attack of lameness very well. If we had gone a quarter of a mile farther, I should have had to invent some excuse- for en‘s...“ .. “Without waiting ' to threw on an ulster and letter. vuk away. The man was Andrew Gillies, and she told me that he had in all probability been waiting in the garden in concealment for a long time, hoping for a chance of delivering the later. You three, by your early start, gave him the opportunity sooner than he had hoped. “It seems that a few minutes after .Mr. Scarborough and the two ladies ’Iert the Chinelas, Mrs. Carrington, who had been wake'ned by the crunch- ing of their footsteps on the gravel, got up and looked out from her win- dow. She saw a. man in the garden, and he saw her at the window. He took a note from his pocket, held it up for her to see, and then laid it on a garden seat in full view from where she was standing. Then he went We um. uuu'u auu wnat she meant to do. She did not even pay me the com- iph'ment of regarding me as antag- ‘onist from whom it would be advis- able to conceal infOrmation. I had thought that my fanciful eloquence had impressed her. I see now that she had been laughing at me all the time, and I think she regarded me as‘ a somewhat foolish windbag. You will understand that I found that suf- ficiently galling. “ ‘Possibly,’ she retorted, ‘1 shall inot want to go. If you will look be- ‘hind you, you will see a man ap- ‘proaching us. By the pace at which 9-he is coming, it would appear that he is riding a better donkey than either of/ these which you hired for us. Whe- ther I go to the picnic or no, will de- pend a good deal upon him, I fancy.’ “’You are going to make him an offer for the hire of his donkey for .the. day ?',I said. But I knew well [enough that the remark was foolish. ‘ “She glanced at me through half-l "She glanced closed lids. -.“She had taken the matter into her own hands. I realized that further pretense was useless. Since, apparÂ¥ ently, she already knew my caids, I showed my hand. ' “‘1 think,’ i said, 'that you will be somewhat late fer the picnic at Las Furnas.’ i "My Pegasus of poetic fancy was {dashed to the ground, and there was not. so much as a flutter left in his wings; I did not even finish my phrase but looked at. her instead. Her manner had changed, and she was re- garding me with a mocking smile. " ‘Is the pie yours ‘2’ she repeated, ‘Does our Mr. Montague consider that he is werking his commission M de lay with surprising ease and success ? Or did he dispise his antagonist so much that he anticipated that success would be easy? Do you really think I am a fool ?’ 7 tague and admire the scenery, and perhaps by that time her steed would have re‘ covered enough to proceed. Now I knew quite well that he wouldn’t, and I thought she knew it too ; but. delay was what I had been playing for all along, so I fell in with her suggestion without comment. We conversed llightly, perhaps even at times bril« Iiantly, for about twenty minutes, and the just when I was in the midst of working out. a, pretty fancy in meg.- phors for her delectation, and thougle that. she was honoring me with her most alert attention, with the purpose of capping my effort if she could, she‘ electrified me by putting a questionl which had nothing at all to do with what I was saying. “Is the pie yours so far, Mr. Mon-t My Pegasus of Hub g nucw we“ lark was foolish. me through half- “I’m so far particular that I draw the line at association with a murder- er.’ she answered at once. ‘You . , , have many vices, Andrew Gillies, and virew Sllhes’ She possibly they added to your commer~ him' cial value in the past. One of the most noxious of them is your canting parade of piety. But you used to have one virtue ; a curious virtue it is too, to be part of the complement of a . common swindleri You speak the fly”: y truth.’ to complete my 1 me exactly what‘ that she meant tol‘ :1 pay me the com- lg me as antag- ; would be a KMMA‘:»u Y dress, ‘she went for the as “:I‘he fellow had dismounted apd was standing beside his beast, with lone arm resting on ‘the saddle. She had treated me pretty scornfully, but I could have struck him for the look on his face when he answered her :- “‘I didn’t think you could be par- ticular, Rachel Carrlngton’" ‘ “ ‘According to my lights and con- science, I do,’ he replied, unctuously. “‘I have a different theory as to We advise purchasing the Red Diamond Extra Granulated in the 100 lb. bags which as a rule is the most econo- “‘Don’t come too near me, Andrew Gillies,’ she cried. ‘Keep your distance till you’ve answered a question or two. I know that your hands aren’t clean, but I don‘t know quite how deep the stain on them is. You’ve got to satisfy mé on that point before we go further.’ me in shreds ; she at every sentence. "I liked the way 5 though. She didn’t think himself a, gre: took top station frc kept it ‘vain man more by people whos< considering. If me at that mo] smiled, for if I was in a fair xx me in shreds ; at. every senten limportance. I think I never felt quite so futile as I did when that woman laughed at me. And yet, you know, I admired her for it. “The man on the donkey didn’t, come up to us very fast. He seemed to be hesitatng because she wasn’t alone ; and when she saw that, she called out to him not to be afraid that I was a friend of hers and harm:- less. I have been accused of being a vain man more than cube in the past} by people whose opinion wasn’t worth; considering. If they could haveseen; me at that moment ,they would havei Zoâ€"Buy St. Lawrence Red Diamond Extra Granulated Sugar. 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