Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-07-18
IN HONOR BOUND.

about, and exhibiting in every way the
of expectation or mind
ill at ease. He was tall, well built,
and fair, telling his nationality in face
and dress, every inch an Englishman;
and if he had spoken his thoughts they
would have been:
der if he found herP TO think she has
been in such trouble, and | did not
know it! But what could | have doneP
Nothing! | bound myself to stand
aside until Rodney came back. WhyP
! had as good chance, as fair right
to speak as he had, but when he con-
iided in me, told me he loved her, and
was going home to ask his fathers
consent to marry her, felt bound in
honor to wait A nice time he has
had, he says, in winning his father
over. Anyone would imagine by the
fuss he made about representing the
title that Miss Underwood was
squaw wearing a blanket. Well, he
will be agreeably surprised when he
sees her. There is not a lady in Lon
don society more refined, graceful,
highly educated, and nobody can dis
pute her beauty; but will the loss of her
fathers wealth make the old gentle
man withdraw his reluctant consentP
Oh, here is Rodney!'
And the door opened to admit
another Englishman, younger, roster,
more perfectly blonde than the occu-
pant of the room His face was cloud
ed, and there was decided temper in
the way he pitched his hat on the bed,
and exclaimed:
"What a beastly hot day!"
His companions heart beat thickly.
Hope crushed down by honor, sprang
up defiantly.
''She refused him!" Hope whispered.
Aloud he only said:
"Wenpn
"Oh, it's all overt"
he-she-rejected you?"
The boyish face lighted for a moment
with conceited smile.
"Well, not exactly that | didn't
ask her. You see, old man, when l
saw Mrs. Vandenhopper yesterday, she
did not tell me half how bad it was.
She told me that Miss Underwood's s
trustee, guardian, and lawyer all in
one, had defaulted lost all her money
as well as his own. and that of numef-
ous other peonle, and vanished Rnt
an amt in Mace on Iong Island
left Miss Underwood y small farm
years and Years aoo, which was in the
caro of anGtLn,. hm9s;,,oss n,ar Who so
far has nnt vanished That wos all T
hoard vnstnrdnv and I wont to Cold
Sn,inG fnII nf Innn to toIl Misc In
darwood of uvurd vinp , tfnction Rnt
hv .Jovni met in1a~;na 2tha farm, INNS
ont to ho y nisnraIla iittie ninro of a
few acrn. and Mis- Irndnrwpod is anil
tiv,tin,r :, n"r,nIf' @ Sandinr ,rroan n~ " nano u
and strawhcrrics to mnrketi saw
bn,r A nnIirn drnss ~ivo won INV
,., ',.I,al.I 49,.
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,n lhe saruen' nc'uaiiy weeuihS cap,
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talk that wav rvc onv;nd w Won Som
indencndence hafora now Ry .Ioyoi
if + wnre Iil,e von ricb with . GOOD
old family name and estate. and
nobody to control me, / might do dc as /
pletely disencbanted. Bob, when saw
that sun-bonnet. Nobody knows what
state her hands are in, and fellow in
my position must think something of
appearances.
.'Yes!
'Now you needn't look as if | had
committed n crime. Bob 7 never said
one word that the widest IMAGINATION
could construe into loye-mafing 7
didn't dare tell | had talked the gov
ernor over. and now Pm Glad I didn,t
| think NAV look n little hioher than
n woman who sends cabbapes to mar
ket."
"You will look n LONG time beforo
you will find a more perfect ladv. in
every sense of the word, than Miss I'm
derwood."
"Well, I'm off for n hath and soma
clean linen, Never was go hot in nv
lifep, V ~ ~ NV "
Left alone "Bob - otherwise Robert
Beaucbamn consnltod tho t;me-tabie fir
his comnonion had Stndiod with interD
EST in the aa,iv @ mnrninm ] and dressing