How ARE they to know that we
wrote the letters?"
"Sh, Blix, not so loud! They know by now that THEY didn't."
"But it seems that it hasn't made any difference to them; they are
married. And besides, they wouldn't speak about putting
'personals' in the paper to us. They would never let anybody know
that."
"Do you suppose they could possibly suspect?"
"I'm sure they couldn't."
"Here they come."
"Keep perfectly calm, and we're saved."
"Suppose it isn't K. D. B., after all?"
But it was, of course, and she recognized them in an instant. She
and the Captain--the latter all grins--came in from the direction
of the kitchen, K. D. B. wearing a neat blue calico gown and an
apron that was really a marvel of cleanliness and starch.
"Kitty!" exclaimed Captain Jack, seized again with an
unexplainable mirth, "here's some young folks come out to see the
place an' I want you to know 'em. Mr. Rivers, this is m' wife,
Kitty, and--lessee, miss, I don't rightly remember your name."
"Bessemer!" exclaimed Condy and Blix in a breath.
"Oh!" exclaimed K. D. B., "you were in the restaurant the night
that the Captain and I--I--that is--yes, I'm quite sure I've seen
you before." She turned from one to the other. beginning to blush
furiously.
"Yes, yes, in Luna's restaurant, wasn't it?" said Condy
desperately. "It seems to me I do just barely remember."
"And wasn't the Captain there?" Blix ventured.
"I forgot my stick, I remember," continued Condy.
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