Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26
THRICE LOST
Struggle ! for Or. a Name.
BY MRS. r. B. EDISON.
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lido not think he has an idea 6fmar-
rying at present. But you can see as well
-. as ! that he is pleased and fattered by
this girls attention and Difference, only
mentioned this at all to put you on your
guard. There is no one in the house
upon whose Judgment / can rely, save
! you; and anyway it is very natural that
I should come to 4you," smiling that pc.
culiar smile again which al ways brought
the color to Althea Montford's face.
"You can always rely on me-indeed
trust in and depend almost wholly on you
As far Is Fannie is concerned get no
sympathy. She has the strangest faculty
for seeing virtue, as she calls it, in every
body. She win not believe in anything
else, and one might as well talk to stone
as to try to convince her against her
will"
i1s" And Victor is under the spell, too !!
Really" he laughed, 81 am astonished
that Tam not smitten. But fort that is
Occupied 10 not easily taken. / can account
for it in ne other way" e4s a1caas
"Victor! You do not mean that he
notices her, particularly Why, we oil
know he has been in love with Blanche
Arnold these five years-I think he
wasn't quite sixteen when he first began
to blush and act awkwardiy in her pres
'ence. ~ h.
. Blanche is to marry her cousin, l I'M.
derstand, the valiant young mariner-.the
captain elect of the Silver STAR" and
he laughed light, mocking laugh.
II do not believe it." she cried, haugh-
tily.. T" I do not believe girl with Blanche
Arnold's pride would marry Yankee sea
captain in preference to our Victor"
"Softly! You forget the fellow is her
own soousis," he interrupted; "and be.
sides. you know what you said little
while ago. Perhaps she is foolish enough
to be unaelfisl1, as well as some one else,
Tie proud face softened, and she made
/ no fsrtker. remonstlanc against Blanche g
Possibly Alfred De vries had some
cause for his suspicion of Stella Blake
No other servant had ever taken specisI
pains to please and coEciliste Mr.. Mont
ford, No other servant had ever sat in
the library alone with him Of an evening,
and played chess and dominoes till ten
O'Clock. But Miss Blake did both. Mr..
Iontford was not particularly fond OF go
ciety. He knew that he did not always
make good appearsnce-that Y, an ele-
gait and refined appearance. His posi-
ton seemed too much for him 1t was
greater than he So he gradually with
drew himself, and chsritabls-people called
Il " English reserve" and some not 20
charitable said there was " something
kicking In his make up." Perhaps both
were right. But let no one fancy Gilbert
Noptford m imbecile, or foolish. or, less
bright than Q good many whom they may
habpen 70 know, and who pas current
- very pAssable sort IF people, mot nm
comfortably laden with brains per-
hsps, but very passable. One thing was
always noticeable about Mr. Montford !:
A sort Of unconscious sersility, 10 Il the
position he. bore and the garments he
wore had been made for some one else,
and had fallen to him by lot-Aeither
seemed 10 &c him exactly. Yoel 4h1ye
seen such people. peSh4pA whoae place In
the world seemed more An accident than
q design, and wondered why such and
such a one, who would al the place Cd
mirsbly, had not been born to T.. There
are 90 many things in the world We can
not understand, you know.
There wss, In the east wing Of Mont
ford House, . small o6aee.like room,
which communicated with the library in
the main building BY . long, narrow, dark
passage. The room was usually kept
&C., 1sr there wsrs ksps the Hpnllprd
AzssN Jeeoz9s soz genera don, h,skS the
deeds and Titles Of estates which bad been
: handed 'd6~I and 'pfe6efved Awfth' fSlig-
iou1 caro- 1sasly two 0eAtugi4as Ten
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