The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-30
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toward the house with gloomy and
preoccupied air.
Frob sher sat down on q garden
chair, and drawing letter from his
/ pocket. he read it carefully through for
the second or third time. His face dark
ened as he read. 1T was happy
thought to put Mr.. Gimp's confidential
clerk Whites on the track of my re-
spected uncle" he muttered to himself
as he put away the letter. But the
reality proves to be even worse than 1
suspected, the shadows of the picture
are blacker than l thought they were.
And he would inveigle his sisters SON
the nephew to whom he processes to be
already enmeshed SO many victims! e
hypocrite! rogue and hypocrite! Not
much longer shall the blow be delayed.
CHAPTER v.
The sound of footsteps put an end to
Frobisher's musings. He looked uo.
and next moment glad light leaped
into his ewes. Elma Deene was coming
toward him: but she held her sunshade
so low that he could not tell whether
she had seen him. He rose and went
to meet her. "Truanti where have you
been all this time?" he said. 81 have
not seen you since"
.'Since haf-past seven this morning,
and it IS now exactly eleven" answered
/ Mss Deene, demurely. Three hours
and half-a long time, truly"
1T seems like three days and q half
to me-"
"You might have seen me at break
fast. had you cared to do So"
II was very busy, so took breakfast
in my own room. But you look warm,
ma belle. Have you been chasing q
butterfly. or merely robbing the roses
I of some of their tints?"
Captain Dyson and l have been
flirting on the croquet lawn. Are you
not jealous?"
"Not in the least"
That must be because you are
afraid of him. He is a most terrible
fellow-by his own account. Shot no
fewer than thirteen tigers when in In
dia" 7 -.a
"And all of them with the long-bow,
make no doubt.-But what have you
in this basket of yours? Something in
connection with some charity, L sup
( pose?' -....-. .-.
mo. I'm only hemmipg a couple
of busters for the houskeeeper. Getting
j my hand in, you know"
Getting your hand in?'
"Yes; against the time you and I
are married. | shall have all this sort
or thing to do then, and l may as we'll
begin to practice in time. l went irlo
the kitchen the other day. and the couk
/ taught me how to make an apple dump
ling. Are you fond of apple dump
/ lings?"
"Ve-y. At least l should be, if they
were made by you"
The sole you had G. dinner yester-
day was fried by me-
1T was the sweetest sole ever
/ tasted
Il gave the cook five shillings, and
she let ME fry it all by myself.
Very kind OF the cook.
Il study soyer for an hour every
morning.
"You viii be quite little treasure OF
4 housekeeper.
Il We a great deal to learn. We shall
not be able to afford a servant, shall
we?"
..HUm-well, only small one ct
first, perhaps. Now l come to think of
it, Elma. there seems something mean
and cowardly in agging girl like
you down to the level of my poverty
stgi ken life.
..Dick. won Listen to you, if you
talk such nonsense
Your lite has been one of ease. of
/ luxury almost. You have never kno n
the want of money. Hive YOU fully
weighed the consequences o. tying
yourself for life to 4 man who hasn't q
TEN pound no in the wor d to call his
OWN
why. of course 1 have, you great
goose.
And the risk does not fr:ghten
you?
! Not the least bit in the world"
by mar. wing without yoTr uncle's
consent. YOU wi lo,e the eight thous-
and pounds which would otherwise
come to you under your grandmother
will Mr.. Pebworth will never consent
to your marriage
what then? l love YOU better-far
better than the eight thousand
pounds.'
II can offer You no better home than
three or four dingy rooms in back
street in London"
80 long as it is our home, l shall be
content.
No more carriage-drives, but the
twopenny bus ins cad; no more ser
wants to wait upon You: no more flower
shows, no operas. NJ picnics."
.'Other people live without suc1
things, and are content. Why not I?''
MY hrave-hearted girl!'
Think how COW we shall be, Dick,
on winter evenings in our little horne!
And when We choose to go out nc
cares, no responsibilities, but Just the
latchkey in your pocket, and thsre you
are. And on Saturday nights we shall
have to 90 marketing. you and l, with
a big basket and bulky umbrella. and
bring home the butter and the eggs,
and the asparagus and the trufies: and
| shall have to be very careful that the
shopkeepers do not overcharge me-"
"Aspar gus and tru;Iies on three
guineas a week, which will be about
the extent OF my in ONE! We should
be ruined in a month" ...
Il should have said cabbages and
turnips. And then in summer. our wIn-
dox-sill shall be as full of towers as II
will hold, and that shall be our garden.
And Of an evening, when you have done
writing. You shall sit b. the open win
dow with your slippers and your pipe
l shall allow you to smoke, you know
and read bits of Tennyson to me. or q
chapter out of the last novel; while ]
darn your gloves or sew on your but
tons And wien IL pe too dark TO see