The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-14

6holId lesl very hsrp5. tshosu Inv
acareer before me- thenHss 1aSH
would make one.n
{ Z Yoo have . naea Pleasanter caree
wonder whatp"
Q THAT Of . happy wife and mother.
Really, Laura, you exasperate D,
: sometimes. That Is stupid of me.
know. 1t simply shows that we don
I agree. l am not going to marry |.
? present; and if l were. it does not fol
4 low that should be . happy wife an,
mother: l might never be mother a
all, and if | were, my children might b,
bad. len to one, my husband would b,
bad -"
mot if you were guided in Won,
choice by the wishes Of your friends
Margaret shrugged her shoulders
again smiling with q dubious expires
SION.
You are already admired" pur.
sued Mrs. Pierce; Il might almost sly,
beloved"
lyon might almost say many curious
II do know that il You were any one
else, ! should give you some advice"
said Laura, plaintively.
CONSIDER me some one else, and gi 70
me the advice"
81 should say, look at me-" Mrs.
Pierce SAID. solemnly.
with pleasure. What lesson am I
to derive from the contemplation of so
charming an object? Do YOU advise
! me tn QQt q vnuvp Stn L
LOOK ut me! When l was eighteen
Robert proposed to me. My aunt, with
whom l lired-since dead-ani whom
l consulted, said: DO not hesitate; ac-
cept him. Did / h~esitatey"
Il should fancy not" said Miss Bar
rlngton. her mouth grave, her ewes
filled with an elfin light.
mot for a moment. / accepted him:
and see the result.n'
81 can see many results. Which
z You wish me most part .cularly to
fouXHbsat l established myself in life,
had am happy home, and have never
81 dNNr's real care since"
am s,re RSuite see the point of it.
deed, someti1 is a good husband-in-
angel; but, vol look upon him as an
posed to me. Ace: no one has pro-
already have a hGff some one did. l
need to have anv pafhs and have nc
know OF. Well, but war cares that
vice? Surely you had soiiaurther adj
to saw than Look at me!' ming o
at is only. dear, that RObek
who have your welfare at heapd l:
who feel sure that your intentiohpd
least. are good" II
"That Is kind. Well" =
1--WE hope you will not do any
thing-anything that would be pecul-
lar, or compromise your chances after
ward"
"Chancesr' echoed Margaret. her
head suddenly elevated. II suppose
that means that if l do not behave very
prettily, / may not find the sort of hus-
band YOU would think desirable for me.
In other words, you and Robert are con-
vinoed that l am hOpelessly mad in
reality; but you hope l shan't have anv
paroxysms until l am safely out Of your
hands. l am sure, if / were in your
place, / should feel exactly the anne
What plan would you adopt, ifyou were
me, to keep myself q~uiet?"
Mrs. Pierre, had been issued into the
world minus any Imagination. o. sense
of humor. She replied very seriously:
"Wcll, dear, if | were you, l would
90 and stay some time at Beckbridge
Abbey, and try to become acquainted
with some of your w tenantry and de-
pendents. You are Lady of the Manor,
you know. Maurice Biddulph was tell
ING me the other day, that he should
soon be going to his place at Beckbridge,
which is really next door to the Abbey,
and / am sure he would he too glad to
give you any advice and help"
Mrs. Pierce's touching picture Of rural
life and mutual good will was inter.
rupted by a little, hard, sarcastic laugh
on the part of the recipient of her adj
vice.
"Your scheme is too, too beautiful,
Laura. ! must think about it. Sup
pose l talk it over with Mr.. Biddulph
tonight"
Il wish you would. As I said. I am
sure he would be delighted"
"Oh. he is vastly Obliging, l know.
Miss Darlington of Beckbridge Alb
bey;;' Nh. Biddulph, of BecEbridge
Hail. How well tine two names sound
together, don't they?"
Laura, though not a humorist, nor .
woman of mind, usually knew when
people were really agreeing with her,
and when they were only pretending to
do SO. She replied:
mo, not at all, a. you say them. l
know it is of no use talking to you.
You will listen to no one, though you
have seen nothing of the world. and
-
"Was married at eighteen. and have
never seen anything but drawing-rooms
of well-to-do people since; if you cali
that knowing the world. As you say.
Laura, 1 have seen nothing of the world.
The one object of my instructors APP
pears to have been to keep me quite ig-
norant of it. Tom knows far more
about it than lido; yet he is not twenty.
one, nor has he an estate and an income
that, whatever else l do, / will see . lit
tie of the world before before l think
of anything else. Meantime. l hope you
won't imagine every time yeu e mo
open my purse that I am ab0lt to dissi-
pate my entire fortune upon some UNI
worthy or absurd object. Credit me
with q little of the reason granted to
more favored mortals, l pray. There
is Roberts voice below. l hope he 10
not going to give me advice. for | don't
feel as If 1 could stand it. I shall be
too limp to dance a step, K 1 have any
more advice tonight"
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