Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-29
q ONE.f!OF THREE. "
BY JEssE rorHlkeni, i
o. of Probation" Pc 'Fetasds'"
CHAPTER I.-CONTINUED.

CHAPTER I.-CONTINUED.
A tall, slim, youthful looking man
entered, cast an easy -going look around. |
smiled an easy-going smile, which
would have told "a student of character
that he was probably accustomed to
having his dinner served unpunctually,
and" to not troubling himself much
about it; that if ten-pound note were
iunaccountablyI missing, he would be
very likely to say that it didn't matter,
, he must have mislaid it. This gentle
man uttered a general 'good evening"
and looked as if he had great deal OF
leisure on his hands, though no man
ever had less.
..Oh, Robert,''- observed Margaret,
ssyou arrive Just in time. Laura has
been so agitated about the champagne
that she has been giving me advice
.iudicious advice. without the jam that
they added in she Hunting of the
Shark I'll leave you to the delightful
task of relieving her mind on the sub
ject. Good bye, Laura; / shant see you
again until l am ready dressed for the
sacrifice .-- -H"5f "t'Ht
She went out of the room, and the
husband and wife were left alone to-
gether Mr.. Pierce laughed.
you've been advising the 1ncorrigi-
ble,'' he said s.My dear, I am sur
prised at you. Don't be uneasy about
the champagne. There's lots OF it COM
ing now
"Thank Heavenr' ,-..-t ......
'Shall we have a bumper now, in
honor of our emancipation"
Emancipation from what?'
-.From the guardianship of Miss Mar
garet Barrington-from the necessity
of keeping up the absurd farce of pre-
tending TO manage aperson who IS quite
unmanageable. She is a dear girl, l
confess; but / shall like her better now
than Lever did before. 1fsshe has not
Judgment. she has gratitude. l was
quite touched by the way in which she
thanked me this morning for all L had
done for herr and asked if she might
come to me for advice in her money
matters"
..Ah! that is very well, but she ought
not to have come TO you. She ought to
have Il husband to 90 to, who will take
her money matters into his own hands.
I wish she were safely married"
, perhaps her husband might not
wish it, after . fitAe While, said Glr.
Pierce. with / aoodhanDred laugh
;. "You are blind, NBobert, absolutely
blind. Have you never discovered yet,
what has long been as. plain to me as
the sun in heaven"
.sHe isn't always very cleverly visible,
my dear, in our climate" "
.sPoohi As plain as the sun in
heaven. I repeat. Her husband will
be Maurice Biddulph. 1t is only ques-
ton of time. Nature. and the position
of their estates, and their ages. and
everything else. all point out that they
were intended for one another. If ever
a marriage was made in heaven, thai
one was" ---..--..-----
I'm Heaven, perhaps, but it has moi
got accomplished on earth yet, and
Should doubt ifsit eVerworqd. Those are
inst the kind Of marriages that never
do come off, and I'll lay you what odd.
YOU like. Laura with a sudden lool
of cheerful animation) ''that Biddulpf
and Margaret never do get married.
,-, i 81 know that both you and Margare
.deliobt in trifiing with my most sacred
feelings and wishes,n cried Mrs. Pierce
much agitated. ''Can you not see tina
YOU will ruin all my plans if you go on il
That wayp Do hold your tongue, Rob
.ert. if YOU can do nothing else to he'll
mep" tstH7'f3- $50
s.With pleasure, my dear; am sur
Idon,t. want to. interfere; but to tel
YOU the truth, should mot be SO keel
about this marriage, if Were you. Bid
aulph is net good for her"
Not good enough! sNby, he has
larger place than she has, and NOR
money. Look how handsome he Is
what man of the world! what mar
ners! what position in his county
- fi5-E RI rs
..Oh, yes! only he happens to be Jus
a little too clever, Laura; he can't forge
himself Joking apart, Margaret mas
mind and he has not; yon may be yer
,cute, YOU know, without having mine
If Won know what mean"
:Indeed 1 don't, 7 said his wife, Wit
deep disgust. Il know that you, al
talking Slang, and that you never haH
liked IMaufice Bidthlph -
..No, / never have, and unless l al
mistaken, neither has Margaret.
think he monopolizes her. or tries to d
so. in a very impertinent manner;
should not be sorry to knowsthat she ha
given him a good snubbing.
.She will do no such thing, or II 81
did. she would be fool. Pray kee