Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-07
masses of hair that fell In q shower OF
cleaning, ripplcd gold down her bacls.
"Tvc Just dismissed a lover"
colbert Armltagep'

masses Of hair that fell In a shower OF
cleaning, ripplcd gold down her back.
i've Just dismissed a lover"
Gilbert Arm,tageS'
"Nes.n - &C.
81 am glad to hear it, said Aunt
Margaretta. Young Armitage was
very we'll, but he's not as rich "a some
Of the young men here, and you are
pretty enough, Susy, to do as you
please"
"Of course, I shall do rs l pleasc,h
said Susy.
The sun was just dipping, like a ball
Of molten gold, in the ocean that even
ing as Susy Miller came out in n superb
riding habit Of blue cloth aud a tiny
plumed hat. while in her hand she held
II c~oral-handled whip.
Two horses were led around TO tho
door by n groom at the same moment
one white, with gray name II tail and
tall; the other a glittering bay, with an
arched neck and slender limbs.
Gilbert Armitagc, who was pacing up
and down the csplanadc with Il cigar in
his mouth, stopped.
You are not going to ride Brown
Diana, SusyY"
Yes, l am. Mr.. birmingham says
she's as safe as Il kitten"
"Safcl She's wicked and skittish both,
10 my certain khOWlcugc.
Let me persuade you to alter your
resolution, '" he cried out in the inteu-
sity Of his earnestncss.
Susy Miner drew back slightly.
You have no longer any right ia
speak thus to me, Mr.. Armitage."
II speak to you simply as | would
speak to my sister, my mother or any
other lady whom | beheld rushing head
long into danger"
At that moment Morse birmingham
came out, all apologies for having kept
Miss Miner waiting eve a second. Gill
bert Armitage drew back, but a panied
look came over his face as he saw Susy
spring lightly to the saddle on Brown
Dianas back.
Aunt Margarctta was standing at her
window, which overlooked the cspla-
made and the ocean. just at dusk, when
there was a little crowd and emotion
below.
Something has happened, said Aunt
Margaretta to herself. Il wonder what.
Oh, my God. They are bringing a limp,
lifeless figure up from the beach-and il
is u Susy!"
"Our Susy!o it was. Brown Diana,
warranted ''as safe as "A kitten by Mr..
birmingham, had taken fright at a load
of barrels in the twilight and thrown
her rider. Susy Miner had been picked
up ~lifeless and bruised, on a pile Of
rocks that skirted the road, and now lay
between life and death, a broad cash
across her forehead, yearly all her front
teeth knocked out and an arm brokenl
Poor Susy! If only she had followed
Gilbert Armitage's advice that last
time!
"Do let me have the looking glass,
Aunt Margaretta! | will have it, | say!
| Please, Aunt Margarctta,'
And the old dowager, not without
many misgivings, gave the little hand
mirror to her niece, as she sat up among
the pillows.
False hair, false teeth, a zig-zag scar
across her forehead, and the palor ola
long, burning fever replacing the bloom
of former days. Susy Miner shud-
dered.
"Oh!" she sobbed, as the mirror
dropped from her hands. Il hate my
self"
"Susy! Susy. don't talk So" broke
out the quiveriug voice of Gilbert
Armitage, who was being admitted, for
the first time, by Mrs. Miner. ''Only
| give me the right to comfort and cher
ish you. Only say, Susy, that you will
| be mine"
oh, Gilbert. you really cannot love
a disfigured creature such as | am"
He stood ~reverentiy by her bedside,
looking down on her pale, hollow-eyed
face.
II used to think l loved you in old
times, Susy," he said, but | know
now that I never loved you half so much
as l do at this instant. Darling, you
are my Susy still"
She was. in very truth, his Susy. The
beautiful Queen Of Hearts was dead and
buried in the sunset of that August day,
but the loving, tender-souled woman
lived still. And in her wifely troth
Gilbert Armitage was content.
Emperor Williams tou in Austria
and Italy is said to have cost not less
than FAC, 900. The amount given to
servants of the sovereigns whom he Wis
its is something fabulous, and other
presents cost a frightful sum. For ex-
ample, when the Emperor Nicholas Wis
tied Windsor in lS43, he CAV the
housekeeper 81 900. William tool
with him from Berlin eighty diamond
rings, $50 silver stars, fifty scarf pins,
all richly jeweled; thirty diamond
bracelets. six splendid presentation
swords, thirty large photographs OF
himself, with the empress and their
children, all in gold frames; thirty
gold watches, with chains (thc correct
present to a chief l02 cigar cases, with
the imperial arms and monogram in
gold. and twenty stars in diamonds OF
the Order of the Black and Blue Eagle.