Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-29

had a chance, should decline the
honor. A woman of that description is
revolving. would go long way to
avoid coming across her '' rs
The shower was over. The two.
friends nodded to the shopman and took
their departure. After = minute or
two Kate came into the front OF the.
shop. 8
.sWho were those two gentlemen"
she asked of the man.
THE slight dark one is Viscount
Kyrle, miss, Lord Greyrock's eldest
SON."
..And the fair one?''
Mr.. Dormer, a great traveller. miss;
he has just returned from the East"
Kate colored holly.
She mounted her horse and rode
away; and it was characteristics 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
q certain doorway In South Belgravia
with which she was familiar.
is Lady Ellerfon imp
Her adyship was IN her room dress
ing for her drive. she was told.
She bounded upstairs. two steps at a
time, and burst like whirlwind into
the front bedroom. Is
Good gracious, Katei how you
startled met
Lady EIlerton, a pretty little woman
of some two-and-thirty 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-strings.
".Adela, / have seen him. cried
Kate, sinking down on her knees by
the side of her friend
Lady Ellerton looked nervously
round to see If her maid was still in the
room. but finding that that damsel had
discreeuy retired, she inquired:
Seen who? not Jack?''
Yes. Jack. as You cali him-your
brother. Mr.. Dormer"
Lady Ellerton continued to pat down
the fiaxen curls of her fringe with low
ing fingers, regarding her pretty face
attentivelv in hand-glass the while
..Well?" she inquired, unconcern-
ediy, turning her head from side to
side.
Il hate him. said Kate, with tragic
solemnity.
Lady Ellerton jumped, and the glass
fell out of her hand upon the dressing
table.
Good gracious
And he hates me-" continued Miss
1ngleby. in deep voice of horror.
NDo you mean to tell me that you
have met him somewhere, and quar-
relied already? What crushing bad
lucki What did he say to you?"
Nothing
What did you say to him, them"
Nothing" she repeated, gloomily.
Then. what on earth-are you mad,
Kate?-for goodness sake, explain
Il was in a shop; they came in
your brother and a dreadful friend of
his, Lord Kyrle.'
Adela. nodded: the dreadful friend
was particular erony of her own. but
she let that pass.
They began talking about me-
Lord Kyrle said was 'horrid girl
he described me as a sort of wild ami
NAL. a tom-boy who climbed trees. a
vulgar creature who swore and talked
slang-oh, it was shamefuli' i
..Well, but Kitty, people do say that
you are fast, you know suggested her
friend
What do they mean by .fast'9 what
does anybody mean?" she cried pas
sionately: ..they don't know them
selves. 1t is true / have high spirits,
and that l like bodily exercise, but /
never did the dreadful things that brute
said of me-"
cigarettes, murmured her lady
ship.
..And where's the harm! there's no
sin in a cigarette! But 1 haven't told
you half. After he had given this de-
Ightful and perfectly veracious sketch
of nv character to your brother, he
mentioned the amount of my fortune
(that was correct enough), and asked
MIN if he would like to be introduced to
me; and Mr.. Dormer replied that he
would go long way TO avoid coming
across me! There-what do you think
of that?"
Pooh. Jack win like you when he
knows you, Kitty, as 1 do. y
Miss Ingleby got up from her knees,
and began pacing up and down the
room; suddenly she stopped behind
her friends chair and put both hands
on her shoulders
..Adela. you know you meant your
brother to marry-hushi dom t exclaim.
and don't deny it; know exactly what
you are going to say, SO you needn't
say it Lady Ellerton had got very
red. Il don't think you are at all to
blame, my dear; if had great friend
worth fifty thousand pounds, and a nice
impecunious brother. should do nv
hest foo fo bring aho,lt a Goa ition of
forces-but. Adela-let me tell YOU, it
won't dor
s.kate how you do jump at conclu-
sionsr' murmured Adela confusedly,
for MissHIngleby had Stated the case
exactly.
my dear, it won't do; / am not 60
ing to run the chance of being snubbed
by any man, not even by the brother of
my greatest friend. / refuse to meet
Mr.. Dormer, and / am not coming to
Fosborough next week"
Who could have believed that so
simple q statement could have created
such a storm?
Lady Ellerton sprang to her feet as
though she had oeen shot; she turned
hot and cold, red and white by turns:
she stormed and she raved: she en-
treated and she coaxed, she declared
that without Kate she would be I'M
done-her party be a failure, her house
a bowling wilderness, wherein every-
body would be bored to death; and,
worse than all. her private theatricals
would have to be put off altogether
Finally. she burst into passion of angry
tears, which threatened to end in a hit
of mysteries.