The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-18

Irene, and every other woman guest o
the house. After supper he had LITTLE
chat with her, from which he retired
with strangely bafled expression o
countenance.
His evening conference with his sis
ter explained it. 81 asked her." sale
that estimable lady, "if she knew Mrs
Lydia Holman of Chicago. She sale
mo- That settles it, my dear Tudor,
think you must sacrifice yourself, and
marry Cornelia Buckingham. Hel
American ancestry is certainly above
reproach. She may be a few years
older than you wish, but she is fond Of
you, Tudor, and will be liberal about
the house. I shouldn't hesitate mo-
ment if 1 had such chance to repair
the fortunes of my family"
Self-sacrifcing woman! Of course
she wouldn't, but poor Tudor's face
was almost pale as he said YEARLY /:
eyes, Irene; it's no use. / will write
to Cornelia to night. l asked Miss
Randolph to-day about her father's bust
ness, not directly you know, but gradu-
ally brought out the question as to his
present occupation. / had made up my
mind not to be particular about her
grandfather, or her father either, if he
was dead. She looked at me a little
queerly, but said with serious, almost
sad face. He plays the harp She
did not really look ashamed, but of
course felt like brute, and to make
her position little easier l said, 'Ah
in an orchestra, suppose?' Il dom t
know, l am sure, she answered, and
walked away. Of course, she does not
realize that it is all over between US,
but of course, it is. She is a lady in
every appearance, and 1 am sorry for
her. We will 60 back to New York to-
morrow, Irene, and go to Saratoga from
there, if Cornelia seems to expect it,"
They left by the early boat.
In October as Tudor was looking
over Cornelia's list of wedding invita-
tons, the names "Judge and Mrs.
Roger Randolph, Miss Anne Ran
dolph," written therein, caused him to
say, "Cornelia, who are these Ran
dolphs?"
"Chicago people," she answered,
Every nice and very rich. I met them
last August at the Thousand Island
House, two weeks after you left. 1
asked Miss Randolph if he had not seen
you, but she seemed to think not, and
her uncle and aunt were sure not. She
is a charming girl and is visiting here
in town now.
Tudor saw her the instant he stepped
within the church. Cornelia was all
very well, but he had vowed back in
his knickerbocker days that he would
not grow up and marry Cornelia, which
VOW, in conjunction with a passing
glimpse of Anne Randolph, beautiful
and Indifferent, sent little thrills of
misery down his spine all through the
ceremony.
He committed tremendous breach
of etiquette during the reception which
talk with Anne Randolph. { -
evil you explain the mystery7" he
asked.
"What mystery?" she responded.
elbow l came to be at big hotel alone?
Myuncle wished to go up to the Saguenay
fishing. My aunt and l started decor
ously for Alexandria bay. She was
summoned to New York by telegram;
my cousin there was sick. There SEEM
ed no better plan than for me to go
where rooms were waiting. Imagined
that as l was familiar with the regions
round about might amuse myself for
week or two, and also that if l dressed
in sackcloth severely, and did not
dance, propriety might be appeased
and let me pay my own bills unmolest-
ed. Are you satisfied ?"
"Certainly; but why did you go
away every morning so secretly?"
"To tell you that will be revelation
of iniquity. However, if you insist, l
will confess that paint on china. AS
badly, too, as you can possibly imagine
and I always infict my handiwork on
my friends. At that time 1 aspired to
the height of a fish set, and being con-
scious that I didn know salmon from
seal, l undertook to study small
specimens, lured by the obliging guides
into pan of water which l provided.
You were gentleman, after all, for
you could have discovered the whole
secret, if you cared to know it, by CIV
ing any of those men fifty cents"
81 must ask you one more question
at all hazards2"
zone more, yes" she answered.
"What did you mean by saying that
your father was street musicianf"
She blushed at that. 81 confess to
malice there" she answered. 81 ask
your pardon, for was sorry as soon as
I had spoken the words. My room
was next to your sisters you know
those walls were thin, and l overheard
YOU two one night specializing about
soap dish trying to make you stop, anu
changed my room the next day, but l
overheard enough to make me give you
an answer which I knew would be stag
gering. My father has been dead five
years, and he is an angel in glory, if
any man is. l adhered to the tradi-
tons of the elders about his harp-play-
ing"
Tudor's face was quite unhappy.
"But for that" he said sadly, 81 should
have married you"
"Oh, no." she responded, brightly,
81 don't believe it. 1t is better as tits. "
"I am convinced of it," he groaned.
81 had resolved to endure any kind Of
parent dead. There could have beer
no other objection" and he returned
to his bride, leaving Anne Randolph
only the sorry satisfaction of smiling
and whispering to herself: "a very
serious objection, if a PlankingtoT
could be made to comprehend it
though I couldn't be SO audacious as t.
mention it. ;"
b@-"Ijust went out to see some one,
said he, in answer to her question, a