. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . o his face,frankly and fondly. It occurred to me atthe time that Mr. Fassett said nothingsabout a similar disinterestedness on the partof the other niece. ACt it was not for me to-say anything. Right here I come to the real flrift of mystory, Mr. Fassett ])ursued. Early lastspring a certain foreign nobleman was in-troduced to my nieces at a formal functionin town; for convenience I will call himby a small fragment of his long string ofnamesâCount Teska. He was a good-looking, agreea
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . o his face,frankly and fondly. It occurred to me atthe time that Mr. Fassett said nothingsabout a similar disinterestedness on the partof the other niece. ACt it was not for me to-say anything. Right here I come to the real flrift of mystory, Mr. Fassett ])ursued. Early lastspring a certain foreign nobleman was in-troduced to my nieces at a formal functionin town; for convenience I will call himby a small fragment of his long string ofnamesâCount Teska. He was a good-looking, agreeable chap: apparentlv a finer,cleaner, more manly specimen of his kindthan usually find their way into our highersociety. He was extremelv courteotis toOrma and his bearing toward Ilildegarde-was equally gracious. Xot only at that firstdiiuier. but on subse(|uent occasions, be-seemed to studiously avoid making his at-tentions to one more marked than his de-meanor toward the other. So unbiassed didhis regard seem that, naturally suspicious-of fortune-hunting motives. T mentally ab- 12 â¬t)r .^iibiirbaiitte. i&rounb Iplan. ji)ubbtU 1t)aiist, piaindclti solved liini of anything- ni<ire dangerousthan cordial friendship, lie was reputedto be an oldest son of a titled landownerof great wealth and he lived up to the partso far as his evident ])ossession of moneywould indicate. 1 am frank to say that 1found him a charming fellow and there wasa time whenâwell, I began to fear thatsome one elseâehâwas similarly im-I^ressed. I was looking toward Aliss Kem])son asher uncle said this antl I caught a fleetingindication of embarrassment. lie hadfailed to see it, however, and went on totell of bis (|uickl\- dismissing his appre-hension, and his consequent gratification. Counts and barons and their kind maybe all very well in other peoples families,he asserted, but he was not keen to have onein his. Things went on this way. he we went to niy villa at Block cou
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