Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-10
THE RUNAWAyS.

presented her beautiful daughter
Lord Glencore was the match Il 4
season. Just Of age, Of an old fa&I
with vast possessions, and heavy
roll, swelled by long minority, thel
slant the hawk-like eye Of Lady Janq
on the young peer thrill OF Joy assl
her that there stood the husband ri
dence had provided for Adela.
Little mattered 1t to Lady Jane \
Lord Glencore wassilent, awkward, q
painfully shy, given to blush TO the n
roots Of his hair II a woman but addrec
the most commonplace remark to 81
Adela had been too carefully trained
pin her faith to externals. Besides,
regarded marriage, Lady Jane alW{
arranged these little affairs for
daughters. She had brought out III
before the advent of the lovely An
and not one of them, she inWa1
boasted, had ever had reason to hin<
syllable of reproach at their mother.
"You think it is all right, mother,
youp' Adela ventured to say, growin1
little. uneasy, when the end OF the y
son drew near, and Lord Glencore D
never addressed q single remark to y
which could by any possibility be %
strued into love. Sl
Perfectly right, dear. The socIs
papers have coupled your names
gether; an approaching marriage b
more than once been limited at. and
n matter OF course, now, wherever pe6S
ask us he is asked"
III know; still other people are not u
same as he"
"Quite the same. l understand q
position perfectly we'll, my love. Mem
his kind would remain silent until doom
day, unless a suggestion was made
them.n
"Well, but"
" Dear child, you may leave It to ID
Don't you think so ?" And an expr(
sion of mild reproach was shot from q
maternal eve. ''Do you fancy that if'
saw the slightest shadow Of uncertainit
| should accept Sir Joscelyn's invitatit
lor Goodwood, knowing that Glenco1
won't be there. ?"
Won't he9 Why, where is he
ng2"
Nowhere. I ascertained that.
may be sure. He is Obliged to re
N town. There'll not be soul le
aim to speak to. Some business
lis lawyer, he said--and said it in
pointed way, too"
s.Stannnering and getting
Iaid the would-be financee, d
Lady Jane shook her he(
mind the manner; it is thi
ire concerned in. e;
M ssssiy "a a,.er te Thorndeap'
-. ee -eAat everything will
arranged, Lady Sonna! ga
No IA = nappy way of letting o1.o vo,,Sa
;rst Ie thrown together. ana aoang t.g
nidsd MA ha nave seemed to be vsrr ro
Adela embraced her r,.,
raceful effusion. ~ mother
how clever you ar, -,
H. you have mnonas cue saii
NY ior did want to e,iarse9 be
so, When l am a col, ,jsss uo22
snail be very nice forss.'nsss y
oertalnly Goodwood wal.
,nuon wonderfully emntv
! meet soul You knew
-ou 1iencore repeated A.
nseiI most cheerilv as i
ny rlcc,adilly with a heart
= seems an impossible c;r
' staiwart young giant
! SIX ieet in his stockings
'ser' aoie to do what he lita
rs rs ne chose, should ba
iuon OF plain little mi3
ian VINO was bent on com ma
airy ner daughter. .sAn5 4
'houId be made to do II ~
core had said of late an
asl corner by the coneratr
aay James friends, 70 saw
y horild paragraphs in tissnall
,n,;S -, some OF which had eoSols
y 'm,.4n ars; an early date beinfl flro
marriage of q lovely de-
'.s essoe and young Earl q
,a nose ancestors came ov4EEevs
1eior. Gleneore had h
: - az envy the shop.men, tbe
% .ne crossing-sweepers--t.
= % tn not - singled out by Lady Ia
- 70 oe her son.in-law. "a
eHaio S;a out pluck up cou.>rG
oiu not mean anvil
70 mean anythine,
happy as he wa
ID to marry AM
give But p