The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-28

in her effort to look at him, and ho
didn't know she was there"
"Flattering to you. my dear at any
rate"
II don't gee why," drawing up her
own neck, which was anything but
stumpy. II was too much occupied
with tho dear old general to notice
him."
Then perhaps he was not so cruel
to Mary as You fancicd?" y small smile
lowering round her pretty lips.
He bowed to her once but that was
all.n
"How could you tell if you didn't
look at him?"
II couldn't help looking at him to a
certain extent, when he was just under
my nose."
ut must have been a disagreeablo
necessity"
ut was. I used to think he wasn't
bad looking. Last night lie looked hid
eous."
'But you are short-sighted, aud he
kept distance"
II am thankful le did-old friends
are such BORE" her cheeks which
were as soft as velvet, coloring like o
Jacqueminot rose.
"Then I won't ask him to dinner.ns
"Pray, do, if you feel inclined"
mot il you don't wish it,"
"Oh, I can talk to somebody else"
II suppose must wait until have
made his acquaintance"
"That can be easily managed. Charlie,
as you call him, would introduce him. "a
"iatller hard on Cllarlic-asking q
man to sign his own death warrant"
"Major Wentworth wouldn't caro- If
he had to-"
"My dear. is he so far gono rs that? ?'
II mean that hc would regarli it as
waste paper, and live contcutcdly ever
afterward.
"You'llllave to decide between the two
before long"
II have deciled-long ago."
"And which is it to be I" lifting her head
in sudden cagerness.
Neither" and she hurried out of the
room. saying that she must 60 and put on
her habit.
In spite of her protestations, Mabcl
Lorraine kept her lovely eyes wide open
in case on old friend might be incllne,
to make himself q nuisance-and found
tho Row empty, because lie wasn't
there.
o
Tho season was over, and one of its
undoubtel bellies had becn through the
whole campaign. and reached the end
desired of maryland given to none
She shrugged hor shoulders in m.
swer to Lady Waverley's cxpostulations
Even in tho marriage vow you have tc
own You take man for better OF
worse, and with the worse alternative
before my eyes 1 cannot turn my back
on single blesscdncss. Let me be, my
silly old May; I might be happy us an
old maid, bnt miserable with On unsat.
isfactory husband"
Il wish that tiresomc CAPTAIN Vivian
had kept out of tho way"
"Just what he has lone." An invol-
untary sigh escaped her. "Six months
in England, and we have never met! l
wanted to SEQ him to ask after the
Rowlandsons.
"Why didn't you write him note,
and tell hia so?"
"Ask him to come up from Cornwall
or down from Scotland to tell mo il
Mrs Rowlandson's last baby had cut its
teeth!"
"At least it would have broken the
ice."
IF there is any icc, should bc the
last woman OH earth to break it. You
ought to know that he this time"
Don't freeze me. in order that ]
mayn't forget it." laughing softly.
"Put on your prctticst gown tonight. +"
"Why?" covert eagerness in her
tawny eyes.
Because Guy doesn't care to 60 out
with dowdy women"
"Pshaw! I really thought" She
paused, her level brows drawn together,
as she felt an inconvenient blush in the
oct of convicting her.
"That Captain Vivian would bc
therc?" with a mischevious smile.
"It would make no difference to mo
If he were, " with great decision.
"Of course not; so shouldn't have
thought of mentioning it."
In order to please Sir Guy, Mabel
Lorraine seemed to have taken immense
care with ller 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 composurc she fell into the
extreme of apparent col.lness. Her
long lashes dropped ncrvously on tho
velvet of her cheeks, and her lips parted
in chilly smile. Unable to Judge by
anything hut outward sight, Vivian
drew back, disgustetl and disappointed.
"Let mo introduce you to my cousin, I"
she said hurricdly, and before she had
mentioned her name Mrs. Forester
bustled up, and asked her to take a
place in tho second row, which Major
Wentworth had been keeping for her all
tho evening. Wishing the amateurtllc-
atricals at the bottom of tho sea, Mabel
ol,cliently followed her hostess, and
found herself, to oil intcnts and pur-
poses, q prisoner, with tho faithful
Charlie by her side, and bent on maxi
ing all the running now that he had dis
tanced his rivals by the craftiness of his
maneuvers.
Frank Vivian, savage MS tho typical
bear with wound in his car, dropped
down into the seat beside Lady Wavcr-
Icy, determined to show his faithless
love that. although she had chosen
to 60 off with another, he was
by no means cleft iamenting." !"
When she smiled on lin lc fled to
the Lands End; now that she didn't
smile on him, with the truo pcrversity
of man, no felt aggricvcd, and resolved
to call in Chesterfield Gardens OIL the
first opportunity. With no less than
three objects in vicw-to stab Mabel to
the heart, to allay Sir Guys fancied
jealousy, to gain all invitation to tho
baronet's honse---llo entered into tles-
perate Irritation with the pretty girl who
was, US ho supposed, Lady Wavcrley's
cousin.
Ho was so good to look at that she
could not help raising her eyes to his
face with q lcwitclIinS smile. He was
Mabel's particular friend, so, of course,
it was only kind of her to be civil.
She wanted to get him on her visiting
list, for Mabels sake, 80 it would not