Nor did the butler mention in the
kitchen that the master was enter
taining a wonderful beggar-maid in
the summer house. Granger's phil
anthropies were every day occur
rences.
Madge showed no embarrassment
when the tea tray was placed on the
table beside her. Instead, she found
that her hands had naturally fallen on
the handle of the little silver teapot
and that she was asking Willis Gran
ger how he liked his tea.
Surprise and amusement dawned
in Granger'A eyes. It suddenly oc
curred to him that here was the very
girl he would have selected as a wife
for his nephew With a year or two
of good schooling she would be a lit
tie paragon of both beauty and charm.
"Now listen carefully to what I
am going to say," he began, when she
was comfortably eating an English
mtifmn and sipping her tea, "I want
you. to postpone your marriage to Tom
Anson for one year~'
Proamthe look in her eyes Madge
ad forgotten for a moment that Torn
Lrson was a person. Granger did not
low her to speak.
"In that year I want to send you;
o a school of domestic economy.i
hat means-" he answered the ques
ion in her eyes--"that you will be
,repared to take the management of
home into your own hands."
"Where will I get the home?" she
sked innocently but with a hint of
iaschief in her now happy eyes.
Granger did not answer at once.
le *ondered if she were aware ,of
ier elfin beauty. Yes, he decided,
ladge Carter was the very wife for
Iardld.
"Oh, I say-I beg your pardon!"
iarold himself burst into the sum
ner house.
Granger arose and introduced the
:wo whom he had selected for mates.
