Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-04

prospect Of fresh revelations; do yo,
think so p
Very likely for you must know,
continued HampIen, when / pro
posed for her ] had a long talk will
Lady Tresselton. who, after all, wa,
very evil 10 me throughout III,
whole affair /; never bnlie6 me, ynr
know, nor anything Of that kind
only said it could not possibly be.
had nothing, and May had nothing
her father having died far awav
after losing all his property 10y wild
| speculation.
Did she say who her father was !?
Not exactly but LEI, me to as.
sumo that it was certain Captain
May, great friend of her son, and
that somehow it was out of regard
Tor til friendship that she (the old
LADY, had taken mp the girl
But where did she take her ur
from ? asked Beckwlth. Where
has she been all this timer
20, at school in Paris; but Of
course Lady Tresselton would no,
be very explicit with detrimental
like myself
Il shall make it my business said
Beckwith, with his most importan,
air, 'to find it all out. | really am
on the right track at last
Don't trouble Yourself. nv dear
fellow: my mind is made up said
Hampden, again rising and putting
on his hat To morrow / shall call
10 Curzon street and insist on seeing
the old lady and renew my offer.
She will listen to 1t now, I'll bet You
anything; and know the girl likes
me; | found that out in spite of Lady
Tresselton Of course my darling
didn't care for the Yankee hadn't
known him week when she was
forced into saying yes suppose,
when she saw she must give me up,
she was utterly reckless and didn't
care.'
We must not suppose that these
condolences would hardly have
passed so unreservedly but for the
strange conjunction of events which
had brought the three frie .ds TO
gether. However this may be, hav-
ing once commenced, they contin-
ued: and Hernehill and Beckwrth
were eventually instrumental in
smoothing away many little social
difficulties, especially with regard to
MIR. Ruse, which arose through
Hampden's now impetuous pursuit
OF his purpose. And when, three or
tour months later, he carried his
point and was married to the girl of
his choice, Mark Beckwith, ESQ,
did not fail to attribute the success.
full issue OF his friends suit to his
own clever diplomacy.
'Of course ! managed it, he said
to Falkham (who reverenced Marks
genius). when / saw Hampden
was Observation-Disclosures rash of him,
perhaps, but that was not my affair
Il made it my business, as said |
would, to get at the top and tail of
the whole story. No matter how |
did it, but | did
Yes inquired Falkham, sand You
found out who she really was p
Certainly. Old Lady Tresselton's
grandchild, daughter of her only
SOD, the noble scion, who, having
contracted an alliance with a beauti
full octoroon--in short, having mar
ried one of the slaves on his fathers
property-died before the offspring
of the union was born. But, know
ing his end was near land, it seems.
being very fond of his wife) he con.
signed her and, as the poets would
pu. 1T, her unborn babe to the charge
OF great friend of his, Captain
May. There you are, Falkie-
there's the secret; don't you see +?
He, true to his trust, represents the
ease to Lady Tresselton. She,
though very indignant at her sons
mesalliance, condones it-maternal
instinct and that sort of thing; won't
have anything to do with the wife
who remains in her native land, but
goes in for the child /; has her
brought up in Paris; never, indeed,
loses sight Of her, aud finally determ
ines, when she Is the right age, to
present her to the world"
'Ah, by Jove! Yes, curious, quite
romantic, says + alkham. sBut what
about the name May p
oh, that was the result of the old
woman's pride. Could not fancy &C.
knowledging the girl outright, and
having had her christened Nav from
regard to her sons friend, made a
mystery about it. Did not choose,
as she confided 70 me, to be bulIied
into telling anything The dark
finger nails We're always a great
trouble to her; but she thought she
had got over it by the perpetual
gloves. Forgot the American pref.
udice, and, of course, never expected
the \ ankee to cut up rough, as he
did. However, it has all come right
at last. Charlie Hampden and his
wife are quite happy, although, with
only -four or FIVE hundred wear,
they cannot live within reach of
Mayfair. Still, as | tell him, what
OF that? He can always be within
reach of Fair May
And the humorous young gentle
man wagged his head with justifiable
complacency at the witty turn he
was thus enabled to give to his al