Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-09

scold was a dismal expdience, and
G5eoflre.y felt distinctly aggriesed. Next
day things were no better. 1orrie was
IN tearing spirits, received the deferred
lecture with ribald laughter, dismissed
his theories of wifely duty as( ..bosh,"
and had the audac;ty to refet him to
Lady Angelica, who, "no douA was an
authority on that subject as|well as
every other" Geoffrey was veh moody
all that day. The men at the Glib vot-
cd him slow, and Lady Angelica called
him a bore to his face. 1t was 44ry an
noylng, but he was obliged to ADMIT to
himself that his triumph over IT, sub-
jugation of his wife had beenk little
premature. The process must b con-
tinued, and one great efment
in its final success was, ha told
himself with secret glee, thd fact
that, unless she had suddenly
and unaccountably altered, she
loved him to distraction. As that wen
ing he walked up Curzon street, Awas
this thought that made him prepaid to
be very gracious and as lenicnt b he
consistently could be toward anyfttle
excess of youthful spirits. A sharp
struggle with the latch key was eli
short by the butler opening the door tA
let = visitor out. The occurrence sol
late in the afternoon was strange, and
tho appearance of the visitor so sim
gular that Godfrey stared at the %appari-
ton in unfeigncd surprise. His (for
the visitor was a many face was par
TALLY concealed by a SLOUGH hat. What
there was to be seen appeared to be of
an olive hue and adorned with a sweep
ing black mustache. Inky locks hung
in profusion down almost to his shout
ders, and the rest of the body was con-
cealed in a cloak that would have made
the fortune of any melodrama. On the
stage Mrs. FitzJohmson's visitor would
have been in his element. In Curzon
street he apparently was not; for, with
an oath-or at least some foreign ex-
clamation that sounded to Godfrey
rather like ''p;cklcd onions''-he gave
a swift glance at the astonished Cap
tain, ran down the steps, and disap-
peared into the gathering gloom.
"Who the dickens is that, .Squares?"
1.-The gentleman did not give his
name, sir: He said rs how Mrs. Fitz-
johnson would know who he was. and
l need not announce him." Squares
spoke in a tone of respectful indigna-
ton ut this outrage on the convenances.
Godfrey kept his presence of mind.
.Oh, of course. 1 had forgotten.
What time did the gentleman come,?''
(This as an after-thought while ascend
ing the stairs.)
"At: half-past four, SIR"
Half-past four! And it was now half
past seven.
"Did any one else call this after
noon?"
Eyes, sir: but after the gentleman
came Mrs. Hutchinson told me to say
Not at home to any other visitors.n :
Godfrey did not wait to hear any
more, but dashed into the drawing
room. He half expected to find his
wife the victim of an assassin's knife.
On the contrary she was at that eternal
piano, playing q dreamy sonata OF
Rubenstcin's. On his entering the room
she half rose, but on seeing who it was
she resumed her seat, exclaiming, ooh,
it's only your
"Whom did you think it was? Eha.
Guy Fawkes hack again? Who, may ]
ask, is he, and what was he here from
1IIl1-PitoU 1OuI Ulil llOW kOI, " BIG OK.
clusion of every body else'
Godfrey was gradually working him
self up into a passion. Florrie made
nc attempt to calm him, but smiled
family and struck a few aggravatine
chords on the piano.
IF you really care to know, that
Guy Fawkes,' as you please to call
him, is Count Sparlatti. an old Dresden
friend of Joey's. He is an Italian,
and when joey came back from ORES.
den the Count came with him to learn
English. He was always at humble
thorpe. All, me! [anothcr plaintive
chord] what happy days those were.
And what fun we had! The Count was
my sweetheart, then"
"Why, you were only nine years
old!'
..That's ALL" (anotner still more
plaintive chord.)
'Don't BE- q fool, Florrie." The pas
sion had died out and the lecturing
mood taken its place. 'You are nine.
teen, now, and quite old enought to
know thatit is not proper to have men
staying three hours tete-a-tetc with you,
and to tell the servants you are at home
to no one else. Do you understands
"No, 1 DON'T" the blue eyes opened
their widest. 81 thought it was the
chic thing to do. OF course at Num-
blethorpe they would be awfully
shocked. but then they are SO old
fashioned. But since 1 have been mar
ried 1 have gained expert
ence. l have seen several charm
ing women Lady Angelica,
for instance. Could you wish
me to take a better model? Hence
if any one notices my friendship with
Count Sparlatti you can tell them that /
knew him when he was quite q boy
such a nice boy I may soon become
SO charming that l can make love in
public-smile in the nice boys face,
put my hand on his arm for him to
clasp in his. Only this sort of thing
requires practice, SO you must not think
it strange it 1 have a few private re-
hearsals when | am mot athome'' to the
world at large"
"How dare you speak like thisp"
"Oh, you don't E1ow how much I
| dare when / am cut to it," But the de-
| +iant little louph enaeh in a soh and