Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

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aBeatfcs left us yesterday In3 morn
7 me We rscaivod this letter Ihe et5er wa
banded 10 Frank, and whilst he read u the
h-ofbers drew aside and talked in WnisperA
Frant's establishment need not be described
THre Is cousins be could only ~e5aculate,
ssWbat does It meanF
Horacs and Herbert came forward. Her
moka As the romantic side Of the
c1astion bad again turned up il was teit
riohe for him TO be spokesman. Frank, F"
b said 1--WE do not wish to misjudge you,
but the fact Of Beatrice's having refused you,
and Of your coming down to renew. the offer,
makes US think that she must have fed to
avoid Won. We know little about such mat
terz ourselves, but we have heard Of young
owls flvinp to get out Of the way Of distaste-
ful-ahems what shall sayf1
"~Persecution," put in Horace.
mo, the word is too strong-distasteful
advances Frank. This is, Of course, a mat
tar entirely between yourself and your con-
science !.
As the Grafton proceeded Frank stared
Arom one to the other. Then he burst into a
short peal of laughter. In spite Of his anx-
iety about Beatrice, the situation over
powered him.
tThere is nothing to laugh at Frank" said
Horace.
''There is madness, sheer madness 10 the
air, nv coed men" said Carruthers. d. l
look like a man who would subject a woman
to distasteful persecution Hang It'll am
prouder than you are. had Beatr1ce's per-
mission to come Perhaps you may know
that it was arranged that we should travel
down togetherF'
They remembered that Beatrice had told
them this, and at on % saw the folly Of their
new theory. They apologized humbly to
Frank. No men in this world could apologize
more gracefully thsn our friends. Then they
talked the whole matter over again, without
any result. Frank did not say much. He
wanted solitude and quiet thought. By and
By the w~agonette came round to the door.
'You must excuse our not having sent to
meet you" said Horace. THE truth is the
reads are dirty and we could not have had
the w~agonette cleaned in time to take US
out"
where are you going +; for a drive q
'We are going to make a round OF calls"
Frank marveled, and thought that under
ths circumstances this social amenity might
have been postponed.
ut is a painful, a most painful duty" said
Horace but we feel it must be done. We
must go round and indirectly give our friends
to understand that Beatrice has left us under
everyday circumstances to pay a long pro
missed visit in London. We can see no other
way Of arresting inquiry and scandal"
Il was after bearing this that Frank under
stood how truly great was Horace's nature.
The brothers drove of. So far as time would
allow they called upon every one they could
think Of. They called upon Lady Bowker,
who had known them from boys they called
upon Mrs. Catesby, the stately, yet affable,
w~ell-dowered and better connected widow,
who loved artistic society they called upon
the ~rector's wife upon the Purtons, upon
the Fletchers upon many aristocratic and q
few simply opulent persons. Being such
universal favorites with the ladies they bad
no scruple in continuing their calls even tc
the very latest moment allowed by society,
Then they drove home feeling they had don'
ell they could to throw a curtain ovel
Beatrices extraordinary indiscretion.