Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-09-01

lect Mrs. Dalton having paused to give
due effect to her words, Dolly, after q
moment, is constrained to say rather sulk-
lily, Well"
What yow?" with latent irritation.
@The VOW never to tell any human being
Mr.. Lascelles least of all-that I, or,
for the matter Of that, any one, advised
you how to act toward him"
"Oh, of course, promise"
With sudden desperate gesture Dolly
kisses the book and repeats the formula.
Now, them" she cries excitedly.
Mrs. Dalton takes up her parable.
Clement is really fond of you; he would
be exceedingly fond OF you if you only
allowed him."
"If I allowed him!" gasps Dolly.
yes" repeats her adviser. by allow
ing him, l don't mean throwing yourself
at his head, and showing him that you
adore him, but by making him doubt your
love and his own capacity for pleasing
you. Different men want different treat
ment. There is nothing 50 delightful to
some as to see and know that a woman
cares for them; it adds ten fold to their
devotion for her; but am bound to say
these men are in the minority. Most of
them are far more stimulated by doubts
and fears, the woman becomes more dear
as she seems more distant, and, as a rule,
when man is literally crazy about one of
our sex, it is because she has worried, and
tormented, and kept him on perpetual
balance between hope and fear. Now, you
and others like you, have SO hung upon
Clement Lascelles' looks and words, have
SO positively shown him that he is great
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that it is rot likely he is coming off his
pedestal to worship his worshipers. Your
only chance, my dear, is to abandon your
best you may, and to let a gradual and
startling conviction come over him that
you were not really in earnest, after ALL"
at is very easy to talk, pouts Dolly.
at is very easy to act, too," returns
Marian. IF you are positively certain
that your plan of campaign is going to be
successful"
How do know that it will be-"
TRY it for twenty-four hours and see
how it works"
But l don't know what I am to do.
you must be absolutely guided by me,
and not act for one moment on your own
responsibility"
Il dare say it will turn out all wrong"
says Dolly, ungraciously, "and then I
shall lose him altogether"
All right, replies Mrs. Dalton, losing
patience and rising from her seat. do
as you like. After all, what on earth
does it matter to me whether you are
happy or miserable? Go your own way"
Dolly springs up and catches her by the
arm: NO, no, Marian, don't go; don't
be angry. will do whatever you tell
me-"
"Then hearken and obey. Dick Wynd-
ham is coming tonight. You know he is
rather fond of you. Talk to him, and to
him only, all the evening. Do not glance
in Mr.. Lascelles' direction. l will keep
my eye on him, and report to you how he
takes it. If he approaches you in the
evening, look bored and distract, and re-
ply to him by monosyllables.
Il shall never be able to do it," groans
Dolly.
Not with such big stake to win?" "a
little sarcastically).
"Ah! you don't know what it is to Lowell"
cries Dolly.
Not as you do, certainly" retorts Ma
rian, with an infection of voice Dolly is
not acute enough to catch.
ner. He is rather fond of Dolly; els ex-
ceedingly hard up and wants her money
even more than her sweet self. He is
bright and amusing, has a considerable
fund of smalltalk, is devoted to sport, and
has not Mr.. Lascelles' aesthetic taste or
lofty manner of showing superiority. He
has genuine contempt for man who
talks art and plays classical music, as Mr..
Lascelles has for one who thinks of moth
ing but hunting, lawn tents, and polo,
though he rides fairly straight, and is an
average shot himself.
Not little disguised is Lascelles,
therefore, when Dolly, whose sorrowful-
ness and its cause have greatly soothed
his complacency for the last twenty-four
hours, seems to have eyes and ears for no
one but this half-witted soldier at dinner.
She is looking charming in a dress of a
delicious apricot tint, which he has not
seen before Che is great connoisseur of
Dress. If he could only catch her eye
he would beam on her one of those chances
which would have intoxicated her maiden
soul. But whereas it has been his wont to
meet her tender, pleading glances every
two minutes heretofore, tonight he might
be Banquos ghost, and she one of Mac
beth's guests, for all she seems to see
him. His memory serves him up several
sneering and savage quotations on the
theme of solvent femme varie. He is SO
little congenial to his neighbor at dinner
that she expresses the most unfavorable
sentiments regarding him in the drawing
room later on, causing Dolly to halt be-
tween the desire to defend him holly and
q sense of pleasure that some one else be-
side herself has suffered from his cold
ness. Mrs. Dalton makes pretext for
calling Dolly aside.
Excellent, my love!' she cries, in high
good humor, pressing the girls arm. He
is enraged beyond measure. He scarcely
took his eyes off you. Go on and pros
per"
Thus stimulated, Dolly does go on and
prospers exceedingly. When Mr.. Las.
celles and Dick approach simultaneously
she devotes her whole attention to the
latter, and has scarcely a word for the
former, who presently retires in tragic
dudgeon and leans against the wall, look
ing like Hamlet, Lord Byron, or any other
blighted being in the sulks
In reality Dick is the person most to be
pitied, although his face is alight with
smiles, and his heart aglow with anticipa-