Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-10

out grunIeu OF noftscs
Stalfordlr Lady Betty struck in on
sudden, speaking fast and eagerly, Eu
true, want to ask you, Is 1t true that thai
led you 10 resign?"
Naturally he was startled, and even
showed that he was. She was the last PET.
son whom he bad expected to asx tina,
question. but this long training IN seli-con-
troll stood him in good stead.
well. yes,' he said quietly.
IL was better he WAS thinking, indeed u
vvas onlv right, that she should know what
she had done. But he did not look ut her.
was II only that?p she asked again.
This time he weighed his answer. lie
thought her pessteEcy odd. But again he
Yes" he said gravely. "Only that. |
think. But for that should have remained
in-with Lord Pilgrimstone of course. Per
haps things are better as they are, my
dear" ~.
Lady Betty sprang from her seat with
well am sure Then why, should Ike
70 know, did Dir. Alley tell me that my let
tor 10 the Tunes had something to do with
''Did not say So" Quoth Sir Horace.
Yes. he did, cried Lady Betty, so
fercely that the rash speaker who had re-
turned to his boots fairly shook IN them.
You were not therel How do you
know" -. ~
Don't know" admitted Sir Horace
but stay. stay q moment" said Mr..
Stafford. getting in a word with difficulty.
II was strange if his wife could talk SO
calmly OF her misdeeds and before a third
narfy' too. What letter TO tho Times did
Alley mean ?" -,
NV letter about the Women's League"
she explained earnestly. You qua NOT see
III No. l thought not. But MIR, Alley
would have il that you had, and that IL
had something 20 do with your going out:
Horace told me at the time that ought
not to send it without consulting you. but
did. because you said you could not be
bothered with i'll mean you SAID you
were busy. Stafford. And so l thought |
would ask if il had done any harm, and
Mr.. Atlev-- What Is the matter, stat
forlt?" She cried, breaking of sharply at
sight Of the change in his lace. Dld II 90
harm 7" "o.,rox
beard Of this letter before. what made
well" said Lady Betty, while she. col
ored violently and became on a sudden
very shy-hke most young authors, L
wanted TO be in them the swim with you,
don't you know"
MIR. Stafford murmured "Oh
Thanks 10 his talk with Alley he read the
secret Of that sudden shyness. Ana con-
fusion poured over him more and more. IL
caused hun 20 give way TO impulse IN IN
manner which q moment srenectioh Woulu
have led him 20 avoid.
Then il was not you." he exclaimed IN
uvor;iv 'syho sent PilgrimstOne's terms TO
"fYD she exclaimed in an indescribable
tone. and with eyes like saucers. ~
Cad !" cried Sir Horace, and looked
about for a way of escape.
"I?r she continued, struggling between
wrath and wonder. g betray you 70 the
| Tunes. And you tboughtso, Stafford z"
Then there was silence in the room for q
moment-a long moment, during when
/ fine cool. imperturable statesman, the hard
| man of the world, did not know where to
/ furn his eyes. There We're circum-
stances several circumstances; he nut,
| tered nj last. which made-vhich forced
And Mr.. Alley thought SOP" she asked.
! lie nodded. "Oh. that tame cat! she
/ cried, her eyes flashing.
| Then shc seemed 10 mediate while bel
! husband gazed at her, prey to conflicting
! emotions. and sir Horace made himself as
small as possible. see sne Sontil li'i
presently in different tone. Only-onlJ
! II YOU thought that why did you never sax
/ ANYTHING? Why did YOU not scold me
| heat me Stafford? / do not do not IN
! dcrstand."
Thought" he explained in despair-h'
/ had so mismanaged matters" that per
! haps had left yOu-out OF the SWIM. a'
Won call N. Betty. That l had not trcate,
| YOU verv well. and after all 1t might be my
And Won said nothing! You intended
to say nothing?"
! He nodded. p,
Cad! - cried Sir Horace, very softly.
But Lady Betty said nothing. Sh'
/ turned, after a long LOOK at her husband
+ and went straight out Of tho rooni, NJ
! owes wet with tears The two men hearC
/ her pause a moment on the landing an'
/ then fit up stairs and shut her door. Bu
| her foot. even 70 their gross ears, seeme'
TO touch the stairs as If 1t loved them. AM
there was a happy lingering III the yer.
/ slamming of the door.
They looked when she had lett then
anywhere but at one another Sir Horace
sought inspiration 10 his BOOTS ana pre-; :.
then 2" he burst out at last.
"AhiI wonder" replied the ex-Minister
desceDdinc at a bound from the rosy
tumhled cloudland 10 which his thought
| had borne him. Il never pushed the. III
ouirv: You know why now. But the,
| should b. able to enlighten Us at the Time
Office. We could learn IN whose hand
writing the copy was, at any rate. IL lsno
we'll 10 have spies about Us"
Il can tell You in whose handwritin
they say il was" said Sir Horace bluntly
" In wAOsef"
I'm Alleys
Mr. Stafford did not look surprised. In
stead Of answering he thought. And tn
result was he presently LETT the room i
silence. When he came back ne had aeon
of the Times III his hand, and his face wor
q look of perplexlty. Il have read IN
riddle" he said. land yet it is riddle t
me still. / never found time before I
read the report Of my speech at the cluL
II occurredto me 10 look at it now. 1t !
full Of errors, so full that 1t IL clear tn
printer had not the corrected proof Atle
prepared. Therefore | conclude that Al
lows copy OF the terms went to the Ttm'
instead Of the speech. But how was III
mistake nade?'
- hat Is the question"
Happily the private secretary came. INT
the room ut this juncture. Alley" Nj
Stafford said at once, Il want you. Carr
your mind back a week-to this day weei
Are YOU sure that YOU sent the report {
nv speech at the club 10 the Times'"
" Am 1 sure?" replied the other conf
IDENTIFY, nothing daunted by being
abruptly challenged. II am quite sure
did. sir. / remember the circumstance
| found the report-it was Typewriter
YOU reinember-lying on the blotting-pa
when came down dressed for, dinner;
slipped it into "A envelope and put it
the box. ! can see myself doing it now.
"Bnt how do you know that it was I'll
report You put in the enyelope?'
you had endorsed it Corrected r.
port.-W. Stafford" replied Alley tr
umphantly. >,
All" said Mr.. Stafford, dropping h
hands and eyes and sitting down suddenl,
"Irememberl Mywife came IN, and-ye
my wife came in"
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