Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16

upon Element LascelleS looks and words,
have 30 positively shown him that he Ia
great being. lofty intellect. rival to
Apollo, that 1t il not likely he Is coming
of his pedestal to worship bis worshipers.
Your only chance. my dear. is to abandon
your worship, to counterfeit indifference
Is best you may. and to let gradual and
startling conviction come over him that
you were not really In earnest. after oil. :"
1T Is very easy to talk. pouts Dolly.
"It Is very easy to act. too." returns
Marian. If you are positively certain that
your plan of campaign Is going to be sue
cessful."
"How do know that 1t will BET"
Try it for twenty-four hours and sea
how 1t works"
but don't know what am to do"
"You must be absolutely guided by me.
and not act for one moment on your own
responsibility"
Il dare say 1t will turn ont all wrong"
says Dolly ungraciously, '.and then | shan
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
II matter to me whether you are happy or
miserablef Go your own way"
LOny up hli1 C6tCuc9 u0I Uy LU0
arm mo. no. Marian. don't go: don't Be
angry. viii 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 will keep
my eye on him. and report to you how he
takes 1t. II he approaches you In ths
L.
ply to him by monosyllables.
Il shall never be able to do It. /" groans
Dolly.
..Not with such big stake to winf" q
httle sarcasticallyl
cries Dolly
.Not as you do. certainly" retorts
Marian. with an infection Of voice Dolly
is not acute enough to catch
Dick Wyndham arrives In time for din
ner. He Is rather fond Of Dolly; he Is ex-
ceedingly hard up and wants her money
even more than her sweet self lie Is
bright and amusing. has q q 1s;derable
fund of small talk, Is devoted to sport,
and has not Mr. LAscelles' esthetic tasts
or lofty manner Of showing superiority
He has a 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 tennis and pol
though he rides fairly straight. and l.
an average shot himself.
Not little disguised is Lascelles. there
fore, when Dolly. whose sorrowfulness and
Its cause have greatly soothed his com
placency 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 q dress Of delicious
apricot tint, which he has not seen before
(he is great connoisseur of dressl II he
could only catch her eye he would beam
on her one Of those giances which would
have intoxicated her maiden soul But
whereas it has been his won't to meet her
tender. pleading glances every two minutes
heretofore, tonight he might be Banquo's
ghost. and she one of Macbeth's guests,
for all she seems to see him His memory
serves him up several sneering and savage
quotations on the theme Of souvent 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 between the desire to defend
him hotly. and sense Of pleasure that
some one else beside herself has suffered
from his coldness Mrs. Dalton makes q
pretext for calling Dolly aside.
Excellent. my Lowell" she cries, In high
good humor. pressing the girls arm. He
Is enraged beyond measure. He scarcely
took his eyes of 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 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 suIks-
In reality Dick Is the person most to be
pitied. although his face Is alight with
smiles. and his heart aglow with anticipa-
tions Of possessing lovely woman. and
satisfying the debtors who. metaphoric-
ally speaking. take him by the throat.
crying PAY me what thou owestr' In
nocent creature that he is. be suspects no
treachery. nor dreams that milk white
bosom pafpitetes for the ''infernal young
prig" over the way Dolly will play bill
iards and lawn tennis with him on the
morrow: In the afternoon they are to ride
together; and as he sits smoking after the
ladies have retired, he reflects on the
most approved method Of asking certain
question
Up to this moment Clement Lascelles
has not seen any necessity for putting his
fate to the touch. because he had been ab
solutely certain OF winning: but now that
for the FIRST time he has rival, Q rival
who is progressing BY leaps and bounds in
his lady's favor, he sees that something
must be done He cannot have been be-
fooled She loves him. or-or he, the
adept at reading the secrets OF souls.
must for once have been de.uded. Perish
the thought
With gloomy brow and stately step he
retires from the smoking room and seeks
the solitude Of his chamber. but not his
couch The dawn has long broken ere he
courts repose.
Marian. cries Dolly. Q few hours later.
bursting into her friends room whilst
that lady, no early riser at the best of
times. still nestles among her pillows,
read thisI" and she seats herself ON the
bed In state Of great excitement. whilst
Mrs. Dalton languidly psruses the letter
thrust into her hands.
"a call it q great impertinence. she re-
marks. returning it to Dolly.
"Impertinencer' with wide open eyes
Certainly" And Mrs Dalton. taking
It back. quotes from it:
Though l cannot pretend to offer
you the one great passion Of ife-sad
passages beyond the ken Of other mortals
have tarnished the pure luster which once
surrounded my soul as with q halo-yet,
II you will take heart weary with the
doubts with which an intimate knowledge
Of humanity clouds the spirit. take me to
your tender breast. and let me find shel
ter there from life's griefs and disap-
pointments. What recompense 3 heart
bighted as mine has been can bestow,
viii strive to make to your angelic sym
pathy and goodness
.Is it not beautiful" cries Dolly. in an
ecstasy Il wonder what he meansf l
suppose some horrid woman threw him
over oncef"
II think 1t is exceedingly impertinent.