The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-01-06

% sho telt AZ inconvenlent blush Ia the
act Of c0nyicting her.
"Ih6t Captain Vivian would be
thera27 With q mischevious smile.
would make no difference 70 ms
If he we're" with great decisioas
"Of course not; SO I shouldn't have
thought Of mentioning it,
In order to please Sir Gay, Mabel
Lorraine seemed TO have taken immense
care with her toilette that evening; and
when she entered Mrs. Forrester's
crowded rooms more than one pair Of
eyes followed her movements with fer
vent admiration. Her eager glance had
told her that her old friend was there,
and her heart beat tumultuously, when
for the first time after many years she
found her hand in his. In her struggle
for outward composure she fell into the
extreme Of apparent coIdness. Her
long lashes dropped ~nervously on the
uAlpak nf har ahaaks and hnn linz naskAd
in q chilly smile. Unable TO Judge by
anything but outward sight, Vivian
drew back, Disguised and disappointed.
"Let me introduce youto my cousin, /"
she said hurriedly, and before she had
mentioned her name Mrs. Forester
hustled up, and asked her TO take q
place in the second row., which Major
Wentworth had been keepingfor her all
the evening. Wishing the a~mateurthe-
a~tricals at the bottom Of the sea, Mabel
obediently followed her hostess, and
found herself, to all intents and pur-
poses, a prisoner, with the faithful
Charlie by her side, and bent on maxi
ing all the running now that he had dis
tanced his rivals by the or~aftiness of his
maneuvers.
Frank Vivian, savage as the typical
bear with a wound In his ear, dropped
down into the seat beside Lady Waver-
ley, determined to show his faithless
love that, although she had chosen
to 90 off with another, he was
by no means cleft lameuting. "
When she smiled on him he fed to
the Lands End; now that she didn't
smile on him, with the true ~perYersity
of man, he felt aggrieyed, and resolved
to call in Chesterfield Gardens IN the
first opportunity. With no less than
three objects in view-to stab Mabel to
the heart, to allay Sir Guys fancied
jealousy, to gain an invitation 70 the
baronet's house-he entered into q des-
perate Irritation with the pretty girl who
was, as he supposed, Lady Wayerley's
cousin.
He was so good to look at that she
could not help raising her eyes to his
| face with q bewitching smile. He was
Mabel's particular friend, so, Of course,
it was only kind Of her to be civil
She wanted 10 get him On her visiting
list, for Mabel's sake, so it would not
do to begin with a snub. All these rea
sons combined to make Lady Wayerly
as charming as possible.
An arrant but harmless coquette, she
was accustomed 80 hattery as the natu-
raj sauce TO conversation, but Captain
Vivian, with the fair, frank face that
seemed to mean no harm, went further
than any other man on so brief an nc
quaintance, except Sir Guy, and he had
meant to carry of the prize from the
!. thrill 1.=r-5l
element darted through ner heart as
she Iistenedto his musical voice gradu-
ally sinking till little above q Whisper
as she looked into the earnest eyes
which seemed to express in their earn
est glance all that this audacious tongue
left unsaid; as she felt that she was
flirting, really flirting, but only for Ma
bells Rakel
ssYou have never been TO Chesterfield
Gardens to see your old friends 2" and
she threw a laughing glance toward
that nl.used maiden, who knew very
| well what was passing behind her back.
thn oid friendship after the ilteryiki
ofyears is apt to grow musty. Iprefer
going in for the new"
Every rudeto my c9psin," with o
shrug Of her white shoulders.
"Is not the fault yours IL you make
any other answer impossible2"
mabel is the dearest oma under
the sun" she replied, with sudden IT.
relevancy.
1T agree with you," was the quiet
answer; 3 capricicus woman is dear al
any price"
SYou do her gross injustice. IL you
don't believe me, ask Sir Guy"
A look of amusement ehcwn from
his eyes. Hardly, you are told not TO
trust Your dearest friend about q horse
aHow does that apply" raising her
eyebrows.
"Perfectly. a man is bound to tell any
amount Of lies about his wife They
are moving toward the supper room
before any n else claims You, let me,
standing up and offering his arm in the
most empresse manner, because MabePa
- ~la~~nI ~ H. 4~~nm1 ~ lie Ifmon.
ton.
Right under Sir Guys nose he led
his wife out Of the room, bending over
her and asking for q flower from heI
bouquet before they were quite out Of
sight. His last chance Of being asked
to Chesterfield Gardens was ruined be-
fore he reached the bottom Of the stair
casey even while he was priding him
self on his diplomacy and attempting
70 throw his handful Of foolish dust in-
to the baronet's eyes.
III thought .ofasking Captain Vivian