The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

'sThen. why did you both blush 50 con-
Sciously when your eyes nett never saw
. man SO disturbed as he was when he
caught sight Of YOU"
A slight flush suffused the face Of Ma
talie. as she answered:
Il wasn't aware that he was disturbed.
II so. it may have been at finding himself
the cynosure Of staring pair Of eyes. /
was simply annoyed ut finding myself
caught gazing so boldly at an entire stran-
GER
THAT may be true in your case, but Ger.
tanly not in his. No strange man ever yet
could be so yisibly embarrassed IS he at
finding himself the objective point Of .
pretty woman's eye replied the wise
Lydia. with Solomon-lke air $50, there,
my dear. you're entirely wrong, know"
You may just bet on that, ma chere," said
the irrepressible Richard, lotto roce from
above.
And" continued she, ito tell the truth
you and / have no secrets, you know-I'm
little curious as to the history Of the fellow
myself
Here she slyly bent her head down and ex-
amincd her boot for q moment. And I'm
going to amusc myself by studying him .
trifie. That fly-away, Dick Oxford Dick
made wry face and remarked aside:
Thank you ma am" says he is OF noble
birth and can trace his lineage back to Lord
Fairfax; that he is o gentleman Of leisure:
but, from feeling Of duty, has accepted q
very high position in some department Of
Government"
MAY God forgive me for that whopper"
| muttered the penitential Dick to himself.
But" he added. alphabetically, "hc GER
tainly is not Of ignoble birth. and l do be-
| lieye he is q descendant OF the old Fairfaxes.
He is gentleman Of leisure at present, ut
least, until school-tcaching begins. And I'm
| sure it was q feeling Of duty ito himself, to
| save himself from emigrating to the poor
| house, that led him to accept high position
| in the department Of Government-aheml
Of set Of spoiled youngsters. So that lie's
not SO bad after all, added he, with feel.
| ing of comfort.
But, ct any rate,n continued Lydia,
"whatever his position, or from whom de-
sccnded, he has interested me as few men
/ have
perceive shade OF jealousy creep up the
Princess back hair and spread itself over
| her hat. But he could not see her face, for
she bent more lowly over her work and
vouchsafed not a word in reply.
Now just look at that" mcditated Dick
Here am dying to fall in love with that
detestable Lydia and to have her fall in
love with me, been trying these hundreds
| Of years more, or less''-he added, half
xplanatorily-"andi don't work worth 9
| fig. Along comes this pcnniless Yankee
confound the dog! | cant help admirinG
him-and scoops in, not only Lydia, but tina,
/ frigid German iceberg without the slightes,
effort, or apparent intention, even. Hang
| it all. can't see how he does it; still be
did look deucedly well last night
Here Natalie began hunming . strain
from the "Addio.' Lydia interrupted heI
| with.
How he started when you struck into
that song. last night. And thought
heard him say: 1t points my fater"
Natalie laid down her palette and brush
and leaning back in her chair, turned hel
face curiouslv toward Lydia, saying:
do you know that is very strange. The
moment saw his face, that song, which had
been haunting me more or less during tho
entire evening. as associated with my lost
knife flashed across me with redoublei
energy. 1t seemed to tell his history anl
fate. Now you say those were his owr
words. Curious, is il nots'