Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-03

Il should have known you anywhere, :"
was his fervent answer.
May l call on you, Mrs Ornskirk," he
asked, when they had talked about mutual
acquaintance, criticised the passers- by and
chatted amieably, after the manner Of
friends who meet after a long interval Of
absence
"Of course, you may. live at Megathe-
rum mansions when I am in town You
will generally find me at home about
O'Clock" And, with another Of her sunny
smiles, Mrs Ormskirk drove on.
|
Maj. Bourchier saw q good deal Of Mrs
Ormsksrk during the next few weeks. On
some pretext or other he contrived to drop
in nearly every day at Megatherium man
sions. The luxurious suite Of rooms Occu-
pied by the fair widow was on the seventh
! floor of the huge block Of buildings, conse-
| Guently they were reached by that useful
modern convenience, a lift or elevator as
| it is called by our American cousins Bour-
CHER soon cherished quite sentimental feel
ing Of affection for the coy little cage which
carried him so easily and 50 swiftly upward
to the dwelling of his charming Rosalie,
and had he been of a poe.ical turn he
would certainly have penned a sonnet in its
praise
He was resolved to try his luck again,
| and in spite Of the fair widows occasional
| fits of caprice he believed his chances Of
! success were considerably better than they
were ten years ago The worst of it was
that Mrs Ormskirk had at least half n dozen
| pretendants, and the name OF her admirers
was legion Bourchier was often mortified
10 ind hat fbs, Mt M N. ar the
other of this band of aspirants seemed more
acceptable to the little coquette than his
own.
One evening, nearly two months after the
meeting in the park, Mrs Ormskirk was
present at a fancy dress ball given by Lady
! Ethelinda Roster, q sister Of the most dis
tinguished Of the fair widows suitors 1t
was the first entertainment Of the kind ut
which the latter had appeared since her hus-
bands death Lady EthelindA made 50
| great a point Of the matter that she wrote a
charming little note begging dear Mrs
Ornlskirk to break through her rule. Her
1 ladyship, it may be limited, was extremely
anxious to bring about match between her
| brother and Josiah Ormskirk's widow and
Josiah Ormskirks thousands, the Rockmin-
ster revenues not being exactly in q flourish
ing condition
Bourchier also received a card OF invita-
ton, and he had the modification Of wit
Messing the very markell attention paid by
| Lord Rockminster to Rosalie, and, what
was worse, of noticing that the latter TO
| ceived his lorlship's attentions with APP
parent satisfaction. He watched the pair
with silent wrath The green-eyed monster
had full dominion over him, and Of all
Lady Ethelindas guests he was the most
miserable The brilliant scene, the music,
the gay crowd were like dust and ashes be-
tween his teeth. He was about to quit the
ball room in disgust when, as on previous
occasion he caught glance from Rosalie's
beautiful bright eyes, which seemed TO bid
him stay In a moment he relented and
went up to her.
She was standing with Lord Rockminster
and one or two other men near one Of the
long windows.
Bourchier asked for a dance which was
| grsriously accorded TO him, but when the
| longed-for tins came round he sought in
| vain for the graceful figure dressed in pink
as Vatican shepherdess Just as the last
chords of tho waltz were dying away h.
| caught sight OF her emerging from dis
| tant conservatory on Rockminster's arm.
| Bourchier went straight up TO the pair
The last was our dance, l think, Mrs
| OrE,skirk.- lac said in u voice that struggled
| to b, calm, but only succeeded in being re
proachful
There was a flush on Rosalie's cheek, and
| a subiued sparkle in her eyes as she an
swered:
Il am so sorry, Maj Bourchier And
| now she added quickly, Il am going to ask
you 10 give me your arm to my carriage
| am tired and want TO go home
Lord Rockminster frowned, and muir
| INJURED a few words into her ear which Bour-
| CHER could no: catch: bat Mrs Ormskira'
| silvery tones were so clear that b could rot
avoid hearing her reply:
YES, tomorrow
Then she dropped Lord Rockminster's arm
| and took Bourchier's with a slight air Of
embarrassment
You are leaving early. Mrs Orinskirk, =
he said coldly.
YES, 1 am tired she replied briefly.
| LET US make our way downstairs at once
But when Mrs Ormskirk's carriage drove
| up u sight cont -etemps occurred The foot
| man proved To be in state o; hopeless in
| toxication Bourchier at once informed
| Rosalie o, the state OF affairs, adding thu. it
would be better TO dispense with his services
| altogether.
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