and B. rooms he could hear the front gate shut after her, yet he would have
enjoyed even that short walk with his fair assistant.
"She is not inclined to be friendly, it seems," he soliloquized, as he
stroked his long silken moustache. "I must find out the reason."
The next time opportunity offered he again asked permission to escort her
home, but again his offer was so pleasantly declined that he could not feel
offended, though it put him upon his mettle. He determined to overcome her
prejudice, or whatever it was that made her treat him with so much reserve.
As he turned to go home, Gussie came down the steps, and with his hand to
his hat he said, smilingly,
"I almost fear to risk a second refusal to-night, Miss Sherwood, but will
you accept the escort that your sister has declined?"
It was a blow to her pride that Dexie had been asked first, but such an
eligible young man could not be snubbed on that account, so Gussie smiled
her sweetest as she walked by his side.
"Have I done anything to displease your sister?" he asked, as they stood a
few moments at the gate. "I find her very hard to get acquainted with,
though I can readily see that it is not her nature to be unfriendly.
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