Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-12

of the night. The fact of the suicide
was confirmed in successive editions
of the papers, with the addition of
circumstantial if sometimes contra
dictory details. 1t appeared, how
ever, certain that The noble
Lord had retired early. spent
the evening in writing and burn
ing letters, had summoned his valet.
and trusted him with sealed orders to
be executed in England without delay;
had dismissed him. and committed the
fatal act few hours afterward. An
open letter found on his dressing table
left no doubt as to his intentions. and
removed all suspicion of foul play.
Miss Della received the announce
ment with a natural horror, but on the
| whole bore the shock with surprising
fortitude. She had embarked on a
purely business speculation, had lost
her assets, and must face the loss. She
regretted, on one hand. that she had
not consented to the sudden and stolen
marriage. or at least decided to make
her engagement known. as she would
then have been either the widow or
the mourning fancee of the dead Lord;
on the other, she thought of her ward
robe, of the approaching l. ondon sea-
son, and '.calculated'' that it was we'll
not to be hampered by the outward
signs of sorrow and the conventional
obligations of decorous regret. Her
last days at Monte Carlo were enliv-
ened by the renewed vitality of her
former worshipers' devotion, and she
firmly refused to be saddened by any
more illusions TO that poor wretched
mans stoopid suicide
With more difficulty than on the
two former occasions Mr. BENZ amin j.
w. Mulholland had once more to be
| uprooted from his pleasant haunts.
but Della rose to the occasion and the
LIST of May saw her once more with pa
and ma at the Grand Hotel in London.
Spring was more suspicious than
autumn to the Mulhollands. They did
burrow their way into a certain set;
they established foothold in an outer
but not less agreeable circle of society;
they met. If they did not actually visit.
scions of the great world; twice had
Miss Della seen her name in print as
"the fair American debutante." and
| her parasol had attracted notice on the
top of drag at the last Four-in-Hand
meet She made friends, was asked
about q good deal and accepted every
invitation; for" as she pertinently
remarked, Il guess something may
turn up one of these days worth try
ing for.'' Of her power to succeed / if
she tried. she never doubted.
One Sunday afternoon she drove
down with party TO the Ranelagh
Club. A promising young Guards
man constituted himself her escort,
and under his guidance she lost her
friends in the gardens, and was late
at the appointed hour for five o'clock
tea. Not seeing the rest of the COM
pany rs she re-entered the house. she
begged the Guardsman to inquire
| where they were likely to be.
That easy enough" said he. 1.-THE
head waiter, Burroughs is great
friend of mine, Miss Mulholland; he
used to be Fitz Maurice's valet, you
know"
MISS DClld UcCttllic
Did you say Fitz Maurice?" she
asked.
Eyes; the fellow who shot himself
at Mentone, don't you know?-made
quite sensation. The papers said it
was after a quarrel with his lady
love"
WAS it?" interrupted Della. half
n; TO hnrco1f thf, 1oHu-
| love.
.'Oh, dear, no; men don't do that
sort of thing, you know" said the
Guardsman. who, on second thoughts.
qualified the unromantic statement by
gazing through his eye-glass at Miss
Della and adding, mot always, l
mean. But there's Burroughs; Wen
ask him where the Perkins have got
to-
A grave. dignifed. sleek, irreproach-
able major-domo advanced solemnly
to tender the required Information.
Miss Della looked up at him, and
| recognized Lord Fitz Maurice!
She did not scream. she did not
faint. she stood perfectly still; in that
briet moment she saw and understood
it all. With the mature and practical
self -command of her youthful mind
she grasped at once the neces-
sity of sparing the young Guards
man recognition and scene.
She looked straight into the major
domo's eyes; the perfect training en-
gendered by fifteen years of valeting
the aristocracy enabled him to bear
that fixed look without moving a
muscle of his face. Suddenly CHEEKY
voice came from the open door OF
neighboring siting-room.
"Burroughs!'
The major-domo turned involuntari-
ly at the mention of his name. Eyes.
STRIP
when young lady and gentle
man come. show them in here. said
| the voice.
Mss Della. still looking straight be-
fore her. quietly took the Guardsman'
arm and said. with slight lifting OF
her lazy. drawing voice:
Burroughs is showing us the way.
Mr. Perkins," and moved on.
Miss Della was, on the whole, glad
she had not announced her engage
ment to Lord Fiz Maurice. Edmund
Yates, in London World.
The Animals Friend.
One day some three summers ago
waS cittinU on the front stems of