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BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. 83 ae CHAPTER XVIL. THE INTERVIEW. ‘“‘T’ll go to the door, dear—you keep on waitin’ on the table. I’m expecting the house agent,’’ ‘said Miss Scrimp to Little Jessie, who started when she heard the bell ring. ta And while Miss Scrimp went to the front door, 2 Hattie Butler, in her usual leisurely way, left the table, as if going to her own room. But, when out of the dining-room, she hurried up the first flight of stairs, and turned into the room used both as sitting- room and chamber by Miss Scrimp. While at the head of the stairs she heard her landlady say: ““Come right in, sir, you’re expected: Come right pS The curiosity of Miss Scrimp to know what im- if portant business her boarder could have, made the : - old spinster even cordial to a horrid man. In another minute Miss Scrimp shuffled in in her slip-shod shoes, and she was followed by Mr. W——. When the door was closed, Hattie formally intro- duced the famous and wealthy proprietor of the A bindery to her boarding mistress, and then added: pa “Tf you please, Mr. W——, you can mention your business in the presence of this lady. I will answer for her silence in regard to it hereafter, whatever ~ ~* zg ae . At Seach pa 7 om - : Rr fons Wi aed ot See BE eter” it may be.”’ “Certainly, Miss Hattie,’’ said he. % But he was a little confused, and evidently would 5 not have had that vinegar-faced woman there if he 3 could help it. But in his own note he had told her : u “comicbooks:com | -