Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-02

dignity, which quellcd even the parish
Mistress of st. Winifrcda's s, Il am not
vet poor enough to endure unproyoked
insult. have stated my determination,
and | shall adhere to i. wish YOU
good afternoon.
And Imogen, feeling herself politely
turned out, hounced rom the room with
burning checks and flashing eyes. She
had hardly got down to the door of the
house, however, before she missed one
OF her gloves.
'.SiX-button. sle said 70 herself
and the newest shade oi lnyrtle-green. l
can't afford to lose it!''
J SO, unwillingly enough, she went
back.
Mrs. Hyde was not there. She had
| dragged herself from the calico-covcred
| lounge into u ncigh6or's room at the
summons of 4 terrified young mother,
whose child was in u fit--but the myr-
| tle-green glove lay close to the chair
which lmogen had so recently occupied.
She caught it up, rather relieved nc. 70
have to face the dignihed Young widow
again, and glanced hurriedly at the
wall by the window where the violet vel
/ vet smoking-cap had hung.
When Mrs. HYDE returned in about
! fifteen minutes. the nail was empty. The
| pretty wreath of mimosas was gone.
4 hope you will likeit," said Imogen.
with her pretty head dropping, her eyes
cast down. III is all my own work; ]
designed it myself,
lit is beautiful. said the young cler-
gyman, as he looked nj the violet velvet
cap, with its circlet of rare Eastern en-
! hroidery, its binding of gold cord and
! golden tassels. ''But--'
He stopped abruptly Where had he
seen one so exactly like it before?
Everyone knows how impossible it is
to locate these provoking Will-o'-the-
wisps Of the brain. And Mr.. Glare left
Off trying for Tie present
''It was very kind of YOU to think of
me- said Mr.. Glare. BLESS me-wo
o'clock already. And | have an engage
ment at Il quarter past,
! Ard he babe Miss lmogen Lee good
! bye, and went OF with the little rose
| perfumcd paper-boN in his hand.
"Really," said lmomen with pout.
81 think he might have displayed a lit
| tie more enthusiasm. And after all the
trouble had too.n
Mrs. Hyde was sitting in his little re-
ceplion parlor when the young man en-
tered it-NIrs. HYDE, pale, slight and
| looking unusually Interesting in her
deep mourning dress.
II have come TO thank You for all
your Kindness. Mr. Glare, s"id she,
'.aud to tell You that l have now opened
| a little school in Court-street, by the aid
Of which hope to support myself for
/ the futuren
Mr. Glare looked kindly down upon
| the sweet white face
but are you sure that you are well
| enoughPn said he.
Il cannot endure alwaysto be depend
emit said Mrs. Hyde, blushing. 'And
but oh, Mr. Glare, pardonmy seeming
abruptness, but where did You get that
velvet capP'
For in his absent pre-occupation Mr..
| Clare had taken the velvet mimosa cap
/ out of the rose-scentcd box and hung it
on one of the antlers OF the deer's head
over his mantel.
at was present from one of my
Pensioners, said hc-''Miss Imogen
| Lee"
Mrs. Hyde bit her lip. ''Do youknow
where she got it?''
''She elmbroderedi it herself, y said un-
conscious Mr. Glare.
pardon me-" said Mrs. Hyde. thor
oughly aroused and indignant by this
time; and she told Mr.. Clare the true
history OF the wreath of mimosas.
Then it was in your room that
saw il" said the rector with long
breath "But who would have believed
that Imogen Lee would be guilty of n
crime-yes, crime like this!'
He went to the young lady, and talked
gravely to her that afternoon. Imogen
had never been so impressed in her life,
and yet she knew that her chance for
the young clergyman affections was
over. He could have forgiven any fault
but deceit.
Il suppose he win marry Mrs. Hyde
now,n thought Miss Lee bitterly. ovid
ows seem to carry peculiar spell with
them!'
Imogen was right. He did marry
Mrs. Hyde, finally. But 1mogen Lee
had herself to thank for it. Before the
episode of the violet velvet cap Mr..
Clare had never had his attention called
particularly to the young sea-captain's
widow.
"But when ! once got fairly acquaint-
ed with her. he said, II could not help
admiring her,
And imogen Lee does no more parish
visiting for st. Winifreda's now.
Suicide in France.