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A GAME OF CHESS
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Jack drew a tiny box from his pocket. ' ' Do you care for this, sweetheart?" he asked.
She peered sideways, covertly, but at the flash of a jewel in its white velvet bed she clasped her hands and turned eagerly to examine it.
" Oh ! how beautiful it is ! " she exclaimed.
He took her hand, and slipped the ring upon the third finger. Then he raised it to his lips.
' ' We 11 be married soon — wont w e , dear ? " he asked.
' ' If you wish, ' ' she answered, meekly, all the roguishness gone, and a soft light of happiness shining in her eyes.
At that moment there came t o them the sound of voices raised high i n dispute. They looked at each other in consternation.
"Surely, they cant be quarreling, " said Louise. 1 ' They 've never done such a thing before."
Higher and shriller rose the voices. "Why, I
actually believe our respected
parents are having a spat ! We 'd better try our hands at peacemaking, ' ' said Jack, as he and Louise hurried over the lawn.
"It's outrageous, sir, that you should take that stand!" Mr. Armstrong was saying, as the young people arrived.
"Why, father!" exclaimed Louise. "What is the matter?"
"Matter?" he sputtered. "Why, my adversary here fell asleep — fell
THE ACCEPTANCE
asleep ! — while I was making a move.
I had to prod him with my cane to
wake him up, and now he denies that
he was asleep."
"I was not asleep," insisted Mr.
Jason. "I merely closed my eyes, to
rest them, while you made the move.
And let me tell you, sir, that I could
claim the game on the grounds of the
unreasonable length of time you took for your move. ' '
"You claim the game , sir ! ' ' shrilled Mr. Armstrong, choking with rage. "Why, you ceased to play when you fell asleep, and you'd be asleep yet if I hadn't prodded you. What right have you to talk of unreasonable length of time?"
"Father! father Impleaded Louise. ' 'Dont excite yourself so. Mr. Jason will admit, when he grows calm, that he was hasty. You mustn't excite yourself. ' '
Here Jack ' s voice broke in : "I dont know why you should say my father was hasty, Louise. It appears to me that the admission
should come from the other side." For a moment she stared at him in
wonderment.
"I have never been so insulted in
my life ! ' ' declared Mr. Armstrong. "And I wish to say emphatically
that it is the first time in my life that
any one has dared to give me the lie ! "
said Mr. Jason, fiercely.
"I certainly think an apology is
due my father," asserted Jack,
warmly.