The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

In mind of her, too; and they
came to see her that week and the next,
and made il more cheerful than it had
been for months. She limited mysteri-
ously at Maria's good fortune, but was
not sure that she ought to commit her.
self. Good friends, good fortune and
good feeling all gave her a sensation re-
sembling the happiness she used to
know; she radiated it On Margaret and
the rest till you would never have
dreamed it was the t~ear-sodden family
of which Maria and Brooks took leave
in the gray of the morning a dozen
weeks ago.
81 have been hardly limiting at good
fortune" Maria wrote in her last letter
"Tm sure I don't know what she
means by 'darkly hinting,'" said hei
mother. cit was all plain enough t
me-"
go on, go On, mammal"
"I have been darby limiting at good
fortune, and see how you read the rid.
die. Give me Mamma Dilloway for
guesser. The Sphinx would sink into
the sands before her. How much inter.
co., fOu udNO n Ii GHO AAoGOO 1Ao"
the first! What do you suppose Sir Guy
Temple could have seer in meP Do you
imagine he is marrying me for my
about the wedding! But don't you in
cline 10 a quiet one alwaysp Are you
going to call me my lady" mammal
and treat me with great respectP Sir
Guy Temple or no Sir Guy Temple
after all, the Colonel has greater charms
for me-my dearest, sweetest people al
home, I shall always be your Maria"
"Maria will always be frivolous and
a little ~incoherent," half sighed Mrs.
Dilloway, yet with the feeling that a
Lady Temple could afford to be frivo-
lous and incoherent-Lady Temple, of
Temple Gardens, Cornwall, whose Eliz-
abethan mansion vas encircled with
flowers and seas, and she saw her
daughter dressed out in the haunted
diamonds, saw her portrait hanging in
the ancient hall, and she washed her
cups and saucer that morning with
signs of satisfaction over the divine COM
pensations in this life.
She was rubbing the last plating off
the spoons-the real silver had gone
long ago to the METERS with the old bit
of channels cloth, and singing gently to
herself, when she looked up at a Slam
ming door, and a vision of splendor that
took her breath away-Maria in broad
hat and feathd rs, making her really at
tractive, with her black hair and blue
eyes and in a dress that was all one
sparkle of jet to her mothers bewild-
cred eyes, glistening and dancing like a
windy midnight full of stars. And the
next moment channels and spoons were
whirling in a cloud of whirling whiting
and Maria was kissing her mothers
cheeks and chin and mouth and fore
head.
80, you dear, silly little Mamma
Dillowayr' cries Maria. care you glad
to see meP And have you really guessed
all this time what has happenedP"
"Happenedp" cried Mamma Dillo.
waiting to come homer" quite prepared,
however, to forgive her if she had.
Where is your husband, thenp Where
is Sir Guy TempleP 1 should like to see
him."
never did"
"You-never-did!"
..No, indeed. Mrs. Cecil knew him.
1 didn't.
"You-didn't! Then how then
where-are you crazy, MariaP Has
your good fortune turned your head?
If you never saw Sir Guy Temple, ii
you don't know him, how in the world
are you marriedto himP"
st1'm not"
"Are you going to marry hima" with
ominous calmness.
II am not going to marry him Oh
anybody else. 1 am going to do some
thing much pleanter. 1 am going to
sit down here the mistress of as much
money as I want; and SO are you, and
so are all the rest of us; money that
will make our old place an Eden, and
educate the boys as well Is all the Sir
Guy Temples that were ever born!'
Maria" said Mrs. Dilloway, in a
sepulchral voice that came from the
depths to which she had fallen in hel
new despair: 81 can't believe a word
you say!'
30, yes, you an, mamma. The
Colonel has made u all rich-really
rich. The Colonel, you know, is Brooks
mine. I was so interested in it all-it
was so enchanting-but 1 didn't dare at
first to tell you very much about him,
for fear of disappointment. And when
1 found from your letters that you were
taking my casual mention of Sir Guy
Temple with such roseate ideas, !
thought I would just lead you along t.
pass the time till we found out where
we were"
maria! A child of mine"
"If we panned out poorly I mean TO
let you down. gently, and you would
have been begui1ed of some melancholy,
you see, any way. If otherwise, you
wouldn't need any letting down. And
he has, mamma, oh, the Colonel
"Maria, don't understand you. How
am I to believe thatp You are now Civ
ing me to understand that Brooks little
mine has lifted us out of poverty and
distress. This morning you gave me to
understand that you were to marry Sir
Guy Temple"
81 never did, mamma. You gave
yourself to understand So"
when you said you were going back
to England with Sir Guy Temple as his
wife?"
= V SAID SO. Mrs. Cecil
said he was going to take a wife back
with him when he came up from Ari.
IONA. : didn't say it was I. And
didn It Say it was Miss Arundel, although
she did. But Mrs. Cecil is a humbug,
and I think she was playing off on me-
"And what did you mean about wed.
ding?" gasped Mrs. Dillo way.
20, that was something you took fol
granted, you see. But when I give you
Brooks word for it, in a check signed,
sealed and delivered, that he has sold
out his interest in the Colonel mine fol
more than half a million dollars and
has divided it, share and share alike,
among us all, you'll believe that? Sc
you thought to see me in the haunted
diamonds? TIltell you what, mamma
fitting back her mothers chin and kiss.
ing her thin lips, mo more tears in
those eyes, remember! I'll tell vol