Telegram-herald., 1889-08-03
+. THE RUNAWAYS

A<Jr4 A-@--s-ot3 p ".r' al-@ -4-@sto II Us 49,
ga. Juss q sgs. oI Al GA f2zally. ~isA
ysss poss<ssloEs al = Ls4vy Ee1s Fo.A
s~ekssd oy .oaZ minority, tie lns1zaE
ths ns.sk lie eys u Lady Jane fsL CO
tie youHZ ieer = tAT4 4 joy assured
Der thai thsre sroo1 tbs hl1sb4a1 ProFi-
dence had provided for AdelA
~You think IL s al right. mother. 60
vouf" Adsla vsntuFed - s2y. growing :
hltla uneasy when the eld u the ss4son
trs~ near, and Lord Glsnc0fs Id never
addressed a single reLn4Tk " her which
could y any possibility Dc construed lEtO
loga
Perfectly right. dear. The society
papers have coupled your names 90
gsthsr. Aa approaching marriage has
naors than oncs besa limited at. and, ss a
natter II course. now whsEsysr people
zzk Is he Is aALed"
"Weu, but"
Dear child. you may leave Il 20 me.
Dom you thInk soy" And al expression
u niid reproach was shot from ths Ia
ternal eye DO you fancy thai II saw
the slightest shadow Of uncertainty /
should accept Sir Jocelyn's invitation Tor
Goodwood. knowing that Glsncore won't
be there2"
"woa't hs, Why. where Is be go
ing~
Nowhere. I ascertGined that. yoI may
he sura lie l. obliged % remain IN town.
There'n not Do a soul left for him 10 ospeak
%. Some business with h.s lawyer. hs
said-and SAID il Ia q very pointed way.
too"
"Stammering and getting fiery red"
said the woul1 bs fauce diSdsinfully.
Lady Jane shook her head. Never
mind the manner; i, Is the meaning we
are concerned IN. he Joins us nnmedi-
atsly after az Ihorndean. There you
vii SEQ that everything viii be satisfac-
torily arranged. Lady Somsrton has
such happy way OF letting young peo-
pc 70 thrown together, and from the
first | have seemed 10 DO very much
guided by her
Adela embraced her mother with
graceful elfusion.
How clever you are." she eaid ad-
miringly; ''you have managed beauti-
fully, for did want TO enjoy Goodwood
free. When l an countess, mamma,
i. shall be very nice for you"
IL.
Certainly Gooiwood weei, had left
London wonderfully empty. You did
not meet a soul you knew.
Lord Glencore repeated this fact 70
himself most cheerily IS he walked along
Piccadilly with heart and step as light
a. bird d.
1t seems an impossible circunstance
tha. a stalwart young giant, standing
over six feet in his stockings, his own
master, able 20 60 what he liked and go
where be chose, should be IN abiect
thralldom 70 plain little middle aged
woman who was bent on compelling
him 10 msrry her daughter. And
feel IS II | should bs made 70 DO it,
too" poor Glcncore had said Of late,
driven into his last corner By the con-
gratulations of all Lady James friends,
70 say nothing o; these horrid paragraphs
in those hCrrid papers, some of which
had Conc 50 f2r % 70 mention an early
da-to being fixed "for the marriage Of q
lovely deou-ants OF this season and n
young earl recently Of age, whose an
cestorS came over with the CoGquerer.
If he could bgt PLUCK up courage to
cay he did not mean anything, never
had meant anything. never meant 10
mean anything-that he was quite happy
as he was-that he never intended TO
marry any one-what would he uot give.
Full OF wild scheme which had lately
come to him. that he would run or to
some fer distant country, he was map
ping out the details as he walked along,
50 occupied that he forgot how far he
had come, until within a sudden start nc
pulled himself Up. He was passing the
Albert Hall, close 20 that pleasant row of
houses in one of which lived Lady jana.
The knowledge that he could walk
Boldly By and fling look Of defiance at
tho papered windows and closed shut
ters. as hs had done the day before. sent
q thrill of satisfaction through the young
man. He drew himself up and turned
his head TO - when. Oh. agony exactly
as be was opposite to it the door opened
Freddy Is it youY Lord Glencore
managed 70 gay. seeing he was addressed
b. a weasel faced yolag gentleman be-
tween 1G and L. why, how came you
here2 Is-s-s your mother-Lady Jane
with your
Frcddy's eyes were apparently so ciu-
Gated that IN order to give full expression
TO one he was forced to shut tho other,
nnd regarding Lord Glencore through
his single optic he said. "You bet If she
was. shouldn't bc here"
Glencoras heart seemed res-orei TO IT'S
native position I'm very glad to sea
YOU" he said. closing bis hand over the
httls tn Freddy had extended TO him;
''it's quite surprise to ne"
Here. I say" said the nstute Freddy
Significantly. what's up How Is Il you
-inr down there with then"
"Wsii I coultn't-I have-tkat Ia
there Il sorls business for me-
Frsdiy's eyeld went down Ike a cover
Of box.
"Exactl7; inst So he said. airily, put
tin- his thumbs i1to his aTmhoies. Ny
case ia Ell over. Tn at ny tutor's, vou
see. 50 please 70 remember that it isn I.
possible f1- Jon @ have seen me.
Glenco-s laughed cheoril7 "Aii right. IS
he saii. YOU srs quite SAFE yVi'h me-
bus what on earth are y0u upto,'
This question seemsd prompted - the
sight Of a nondescript dog cart fuzt led
up 20 ths door. Are you All r. your
slf here
There's Harris. nv oil nurse. s0d
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