Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-22

HOW ClcNer you are sic ShlQ
admiringly; "you have managed beau
tifully, for l did want to enjoy Good
wood free. When | am a Countess.
mamma, il shall be very nice for you. ="
II.
Certainly Goodwood week bad left
London wonderfully empty. You did
not meet q soul you knew.
Lord Glencore repeated this fact 10
himself most cheerily as he walked along
PiccadillY with heart and step as
light as birds.
1t seems an impossible circumstance
that stslwsrt young giant standing over
SIX feet in his stockings, his own master.
able to DO what he liked and 90 where
he chose. should be in abject thraldom
10 a plain little middle-sged woman who
was bent on compelling him to marry
her daughter "And / feel as if should
he made to do it, too" poor Glencore
had said of late. driven into his
last corner by the congratulations
Of all LAZY Jane friends. to say nothing
of those borrii paragraphs in those
borrid papers, some of which had gone
so far as to mention An early date being
fixed "for the marriage of lovely
debutQntc OF this season md young
Earl recently of age. whose ancestors
came over with the Conqueror." Glen
core had il i'll his heart TO envy the shop
men, the csb-driveTs, the crossing
sweepers-to envy any one not singled
out by Lady Jane Msgnus to be her SON.
in-law.
If he could hut pluck up courage to
say he did not mean anything, never
had meant anything, never meant to
mean anything that he was quite hap
py as he was that he never intended TO
marry any One-what would he not
give But in face of that terrible Lady
Jane and her lovely staturesque daugh-
ter he felt paralyzed and filed with an
sbject conviction that he would have to
succumb. II he only had some one TO
confde in-sOme one whose advice he
felt was given for his good , but the
poor young fellow stood. as the posses
sors OF vast property often do, absolute
" friendess and alone. His kindly,
simple nature was despised by those
around HIM. Without parents or any
near relatives be had been brought up
by strangers, who had surrounded him
by such unnecessary cares and ridicu-
lous precautions that now, when he was
q man, with full liberty given, he WAS no
more able to make good use of 1t than a
grown-up baby would be.
Full of a wild scheme which had
lately come to him, that he would run
off to some fsr-distsnt country, he was
mapping out the details as he walked
along, so occupied that be forgot how
far he had come. until with sudden
start he pulled himself up. He was pass
ing the Albert Hall. close to that pleasant
row Of houses in one OF which lived Lady
Jane.
The knowledge that he could walk
boldly by and fling a look OF defiance at
the papered windows and closed shut
ters-as he had done the day before
sent thrill OF satisfaction through the
young man. He drew himself up and
turned bis head to-when, oh agony
exactly as he was opposite to it the door
opened and q voice called out "Glen-
core
Freddy Is it you?" Lord Glen
core managed TO say, seeing he was adj
dressed by weasel faced young gentle
man between sixteen and seventeen.
"Why, how came you here? ls-s-s your
mother-Lady Jsne-with you ?"
Freddy's eyes were apparently 80 edu-
Gated that in order to give full express
sion 10 one he was forced to shut the
other, and regarding Lord Glencore
through this single optic. he said, "You
bet II she was. i shouldn't be here"
Glencore's heart seemed restored to it's
native position. "Pm very glad 10 see
you," he said, closing his hand over the
little fin Freddy had extended to him
sits quite surprise to me-"
Here, ! say, said the astute Freddy
significantly, whats up? How is il
you amt down there with them 2"
"Well, | Couldn't have-that is
there is some business for me-"
Freddy's eyelid went down like the
cover of box.
" Exactly; just So" he said airily,
putting his thumbs into his armholes.
My case all over. I'm at my tutors,
you see, so please 10 remember that it
isn't possible for YOU 70 have seen me-"
Glencore laughed cheerily. "All
night. he said "you'rs quite safe with
me--but what on earth are you up TO ?"
This question seemed prompted by
the sight OF a nondescript dog cart just
led up TO the door. "Are you all by your
self here 2"
There's Harris, my old nurse. and |
Jim. her husbsnd-our butler be used to |
be-and Peggy. You know Peg, don't
you
"Pegl No, don't think do"
81 say" exclaimed Freddy. "isn't it
. bsastly shame the way they always