The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-21


decidedly rakish air Miss Ingleby had
many accomplishments, but they We're
all character She could ride, fish and
swim; she was a good actress aud a
clever mimic; moreover, she could
smoke cigarettes with enjoyment, and
ahoot rabbits with precision In adj
dition to all this, she was the. actual
possessor of fifty thousand pounds COM
fortably invested in Government securi-
ties. With all these advantages, it was
perhaps not wonderful that this young
lady had very high opinion of herself.
Kate had heard it said that if you wish
others to think well of you, you should
begin by thinking well of yourself. She
was determined to stand well in the
opinion of other people; to be. liked and
admired was a monomania with her; so
she set good example to mankind by
admiring and liking herself immensely.
AS she stood in the far background of
Mr.. Adams the booksellers shop, there
entered two gentlemen, who came rum
ming in for a moments shelter, and who
stood in the doorway with their backs
turned towards her, leaning their drip
ping umbrellas. Mr.. Adams bowed OBJ
sequiously and addressed one OF them as
"My lord" begging him to take a seat.
"My lord" however, slim young man
of about twenty-eight, declined to be
seated and went on talking to his friend.
Kate glanced once at the two figures in
the doorway, and she noticed that my
lords friend was tall and fair, broad
shouldered and decidedly good-looking.
She did not think, however, that she
mad ever seen either of them before, so
she paid no particular attention to
them, but went on turning over the
novels and dipping into third volumes
to see if she liked the look of them.
The two young men talked. 1t did not
occur to Kate to listen, yet, suddenly
she heard one of them-the tall hand
some man-remark: 81.
"Thats goodish-looking chestnut
walking up aad DOWN. wonder who it
belongs to-" 70
ooh, I can tell you," answered the
other. sit belongs to that horrid girl,
Miss Ingleby."
Kate started, and shut up the book
she was lingering with a snap. An ex-
preston of horror came into her eyes,
coupled with blank amazement that
was almost comical. She listened in
very earnest to what might come next.
"What makes you call her horridP"
asked the tall man laughingIy; "has she
snubbel you, Kyrle?'
''Not she; don't know her, thank
God. She has got fifty thousand, they
say"
81 see nothing horrible in that. She
ought to suit you down to the ground,
you genteel pauper"'
"ohe'd be dear at the price, or at any
price, in fact; why, she swims like a
| fish, climbs trees like a monkey, talks
slang like schoolboY swears like a
trooper, shoots like keeper, and smokes
--bahl like chimneyp'
"What a category of crimesp
"After that, do you care to be intro
duced TO this elegant heiress, Jack?"
Not if 1 know It, thank you! If
had a chance, l should decline the hon
or A woman of that description is re-
voting. ! would so long way to
avoid coming across her."
The shower was over, The two
friends nodded to the shopman and
took their departure. Aftera minute or
two, Kate came into the front of the
shop.
"Who were those two gentlemen9"
she asked of the man.
THE slight dark one is Viscount
Kyrle, miss, Lord Greyrock's eldest
son."
"And the fair one?"
'Mr. Dormer, great traveller, miss
he has just returned from the East"
Kate colored hotly.
She mounted her horse and rode
away; and it was characteristic of her
that she utterly forgot to call for the
friend she had promised to ride with
Instead of going anywhere near this
lady's house, she turned her horse
southwark and rode impetuously up to
certain doorway in South Beigravia
with which she was familiar.
rs Lady Ellerton in?"
! Her ladyship was in her room dress
ing for her drive, she was told.
She bounded upstairs, two steps at a
time, and burst like a whirlwlnd into
the front bedroom.
"Good gracious, Katel how you
startled mer'
Lady Ellerton, pretty little woman
of some two-and-thrty years, whose
delicate pink and white fairness, good
temper, and prosperous circumstances
generally, had somehow preserved her
from looking her full age, sat before the
toilet table arranging the pale blue bows
of her bonnet-strlngs.
"Adela, / have seen himp' cried
Kate, sinking down, onher knees by the
side Of her friend. L .r
| Lady Ellerton looked nervously round
to see if her maid was still in the room,
but finding that that damsel had dis
creetly retired, she inquired 1as ai
seen who? not Jack?r-
/ Yes, Jack, as you call him-youf
brother, Mr.. Dormer,n r.-.-.- !.
I Lady Ellerton continued 10 pat down
the haScn curls Of her fringe with low
ing fingers, regarding her pretty face
attenliyely inn Ianl-glass the while. },
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