The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-25

started for India, looked over her shoul
der with smile which would have in
duced any other man to take ND only
100 gladly the broken thread of past
hlrtallon, but he remained as unrespon-
slve as a block of stone.
On leaving the theater he refused all
invitations to enticing little suppers,
such as used to have special charm for
MIN when he was in,the vein for amuse-
ment and early the next morning started
Tor his home IN Cornwall in pro-
nouncad fit of the sulks
80 Capt. Vivian, the faithful and fas-
cInatlng Lancer, has returned to the
neid OF his former conquests, and poor
Charles last chance has gone" said
Lady Waverley, looking up into her
cousins serious face, with mischievous
twinkle in her eyes.
Capt. Vivian, to Judge from the way
| his coat sets, is faithful to his tailor,
| but there his fidelity ends. Poor Mary
Armstrong, who sat just in front of
INN, nearly dislocated her stumpy little
neck IN her efforts to look at him, and
he didn't know she was there
"flattering to you, my dear, at any
rate"
Il don't see why" drawing up her own
neck, which was anything but stumpy
/ was too much occupied with the dear
old General to notice him."
Then perhaps he was not SO cruel to
Mary as you fancied?" a smile lowering
round her pretty lips.
He bowed to her once, but that was
ALL
''How could you tell if you didn't
look at him I"
Il couldn't help looking at him to a
certain extent, when he was Just under
my nose"
1T must have been disagreeable
necessity"
st was. used to think he wasn't
bad looking. Last night he looked
hideous."
But you are short-sighted, and he
kept at distance"
Il am thankful ne did-old friends
are such BORE" her cheeks, which
were as soft as velvet, coloring like a
| Jacquemlnot rose.
Then L won't ask him to dinner"
Pray, do, if you feel inclined"
Not If you don't wish it."
oh, L can talk to somebody else"
i suppose [ must wait until l have
made his acquaintance.
| That can be easily managed. Char
lie, as you call him, would introduce
| him"
Rather hard on Charlie-asking
man to sign his own death warrant"
Maj. Wentworth wouldn't care if
he had to-"
MY dear, is he so far gone as that ?"
Il mean that he would regard it as
waste paper, and live contentedly ever
afterward."
You'll have to decide between the
two before long"
| Il have decided-Iong ago."
And which is it to beP" lifting her
head in sudden eagerness.
Neither" and she hurried out of
| the room, saying that she must go and
put on her habit
In spite of her protestations, Mabel
Lorraine kept her lovely eyes wide open,
in case an old friend might be inclined
to make himself nuisance-an and found
the Row empty, because he wasn't there.
| The season was over and one of the
undoubted bellies had been through the
whole campaign, and reached the end
| desired of many and given to none.
| She shrugged her shoulders in answer to
Lady Waverley's expostulations Even
IN the marriage VOW you have to own
| you take a man for better or worse
and with the worse alternate before nv
eyes cannot turn my back on single
blessedness. Let me be, my silly old
May; | might be happy as an old maid,
but miserable with an unsatisfactory
husband"
a wish that tiresome Capt. Vivian
had kept out of the way"
Just what he has done" An invol-
untary sigh escaped her. six months
in England, and we have never met
| wanted to see him to ask after the
Rowlandsons,"
why didn't you write him a note,
and tell him so?"
Ask him to come up from Cornwall,
or down from Scotland, to tell me if
Mrs. Rowlandson's last baby had cut it's
teeth ?"
AT least it would have broken the
ice"
IF there is any ice, 1 should be the
last woman on earth to break it.
You ought to know that by this time"
Don't freeze me, In order that |
mayn't forget it, laughing softly. Put
on your prettiest gown tonight"
"WhyW covert eagerness in her tawny
eyes.
Because Guy doesn't care to go out
with dowdy women"
"Pshaw! | really thought t. She
paused, her level brows drawn together,
as she felt an inconvenient blush in the
act of convicting her.
"That Capt. Vivian would be there 2"
with mischievous smile.
1T would make no difference to me if
he We're" with great decision.
"Of course not; SO / should't have
thought of mentioning it.
In order to please Sir Guy, Mabel
Lorraine seemed to have taken immense
care with her toilette that evening; and
when she entered Mrs. Forrester's
crowded rooms more than one pairs of
eyes followed her movements with fer
vent admiration. Her eager glance had
told her that her old friend was there
) and her heart beat unanimously. when
for the first time after many years, she
; found her hand in his. In her struggle
for outward composure she fell into the
extreme of apparent GOODNESS. Her
long lashes dropped nervously on the
; velvet of her cheeks, and her lips parted
in chilly smile. Unable to nudge by
anything but outward sight, Vivian
drew back Disguised and disappointed
Let me introduce you to my cousin"
she said hurriedly, and before she had
mentioned her name Mrs. Forester
hustled up, and asked her to take a
place IN the second row, which Mai.
Wentworth had been keeping for her all
the evening. Wishing the amateur
theatricals at the bottom of the sea,
Mabel obediently followed her hostess,
and found herself, to all intents and
purposes, prisoner, with the faithful
Charlie by her side, and bent on max
ing all the running now that he had
, distanced his rivals by the craftipess of
his maneuvers.