Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-21

detestation and deep grief that disigure
the beauty OF her face.
Even if Brenda is to mary Lord Dis.
ney." says Wilding calmly, carefully par
tlcular ab ut giving him his formal title,
a." ! do not see
IT." interrupts the old dame fiercely;
"if j. deed +"
"Dost thou answer me with itsY
says Wilding in low tone to his cousin,
who returns his glance with faint,
very faint smile.
OF course she will marry him." go,s
on gra dmmama, shrilly. what!
throw even doubt upon an engage
mcnt that has Taste since Brenda was
Is an engagemt mt so admirable, 50 suit.
able, 50 splendid with regard to settle
ments 1t is like you, George, to disre-
gard its importance A girl without
penpN like father like son, reckless
recklessin
" Do you think he will break this suit.
able engagement if Brenda goes to the
opera with her sister?' asks WIlding in
an impressive tone.
Il don't know, I'm sure, what he may
think Of it," says grandmamma, per
picked. you see Disney in ma y ways
Isis eccentric
q" He would be- you know, at his age
says Wildirg slowly.
What do you mean, George"
" | mean cccenlricity generally accom-
panes Old age" said Wiling, obsti
natelv.
" lie is not old Certainly not aid. He
is Just in his prime
$50 difficult to define that word
prime" murmurs he, provokiugly
f., 4 I l., 10 II
He is even younger than you, grand
mamma :"
" Perhaps, after all, may as we'll see
Patti again before the season closes" puts
In Brenda lightly. AS you seem to adj
wise my going, grandmamma | shall &C
ccpt Georges offer"
"Well, be sure you take my latch key;
| can't have my servants kept up all
night, says Lady MolyneuX, determined
to sustain her unamiablity to its dreary
end. Haii-past 10 is my hour, and as
Jose will he with you, you can let your
self in and 20 to bed. for one night,
without assistance. Core hates late
hours" AS Core, her ladyship's maid, is
virtually mistress of the house tyranniz
ing even over the tyrant grandmamml
everyone sees the sense of this remark.
shan't forget dear saws Brenda,
strengthening Lady MolyneuX's cap,
which has gone somewhat awry during
the heat OF argument
Then | suppose The matter has ar
ranged itself" says Wilding quietly.
Good bye, grandmamma | shall see
you tonight, Brenda" holding out his
hand She gives him hers, and rails S,
to his, eyes luminous and glad. She does
not care to conceal from him the satistac
ton that warns her heart as she Gwells
upon the pleasure that lies before her.
Perhaps she hardly knows how danger
ously sweet that pleasure is. Is it indeed
Patti, or Vikings voice, she likes best
to hear. She has promised TO mary
Disney, and she will marry him; of
course, that is settled. Nothing can alter
that, but just now-n0w-ior little
while out OF all her life, why not be
happy?
Ana Jose will be with her. Dear Jose
Nothing can be sweeter than Jose Once
or twice before she has gone to the opera
with her AMI George, and she has always
been so engrOssed with the music and so
deaf to all other sounds, and so absolutely
determined not TO enter into conversation
of any sort, with any one, that Brenda and
George might as well have been alone.
Yes, tonight she says softly, and
smiles at him again, and sends him away
outwardly calm, but with a heart that
curses fate and gyandmamma, and, above
NIL, Lord Disney.
At the appointed hour he calls for her,
aud at his command she descendS the
stairs beneath the gasllght, clad in h.r
prettiest gown, with soft blue cashmere
cloak around her, and on her bead the
daintiest OF Swansdown hoods, from which
her eyes looked out, dark and misty and
loving. Her hair is roaming at its own
sweet will across her low broad forehead,
her color is somewhat heightened, alto.
gcther she looks distraCtingly pretty rs
She steps into the night brougham, and
they drive away to Cromwell Road to
take up Jose.
Alas Jose is not to be taken up! (the
expression of sorrow is all my OWN; upon
the stairs, with a huge, white, neecy
shawl twisted round her unhappy head
she stands like NiObe, all tears"
q" It is tOothaChe," she explains in mul-
fled tones. That tiend amongst pains has
laid hold of her, and, having her safely
in his clutches refuses to release her
without heavy fine. Fred - her nus
band 1870 has gone for dentist to extract
this fine.
And Of course Il is dreadful, darling.
really quite o. dreadful, but you see Il
can't 90; so George must have sole charge
Of you tonight
Grandmamma will be SO angry" says
Brenda nervousy,