St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26

Finally. Lord George was made the
means of the negotiations. He called
on Mrs, Iobson and informed her. that
the duchess would consent to present her
(and she could then present her daugh-
ters) on condition that Mrs. and Miss
Jobson would give a written promise to
release Lord Eliot from his engagement
as soon as the drawing-room was over.
No sooner had Lord George left the
house than Mrs. and the Misses JObson
flew to their dressmaker, Nine. Frivole,
the most magnificent dresses in which
to appear before the queen. The young
ladies were to have white satin and
| pearls, and Mrs. Jobson selected for
herself a brilliant green velvet
train, to be trimmed with gold,
and petticoat of rose-pink satin coy
cred with manv-cOlOred beads. Then
shoes, gloves, fans, etc., had to be
bought, bouquets ordered, an appoint
ment made with a photographer to pho
tograph the ladies in all their bravery;
sin your largest size," said Mrs. job
son Importantly. The hairdresser had
to be written to and engaged, also rooms
taken at the Grosvenor hotel. In fact,
the arrangements kept the whole fam
lily in a state OF ~pleasurable excitement
for days,
Meantime the duchess was in a most
unhappy frame of mind; the worry and
annoyance made her positively i'll. She
and the duke had nov taken up their
| abode in London for the season, and
shoe, too, had ordered her dress for the
drawing room. Anything will do"
she told her dressmaker, who stared
in establishment. Her grace was in the
habit of taking much interest in her
dress, and liked to exercise her individ-
ual taste considerably, but the whole
business was such a humiliation to her
this time that she could not bear to
think of it. Happily l have the en-
tree" she said to herself. $50 shall
merely walk through, and may eve
see those dreadful people at ALL"
Some few days before the drawing
room Mrs. Jobson, who had. by diligent
study of the court circular. acquired
some insight into the necessary Ell
quette, wrote a note to the duchess to
say that the names for the presentation
cards were Mrs. James Jobson, Miss
Jobson. Miss Louisa JObsOn, Miss
| Blanche Jobson." This as a reminder.
The duchess. indeed, required no re
hinder: the miserable subject engrossed
her thoughts. She saw little of her SON;
he remained in Brighton, and she could
not bear the society of ever her closest
friends. The morning Mrs. JobSOn'S
note arrived the duchess wrote the Gus
tomary intimation to the lord chamber
lain that she meant to attend the draw
ing room land present Mrs. James Dob
son." Having done this, she left the
note on her table, meaning to send it in
the afternoon, and ordered her carriage
to drive to the park. Not very far from
| SIyra hn,cn tho oorViau a no mr. IN n end
den stop. The duchess looked out to
see the cause and discovered a little
crowd gathered in front of the
church in that street. At that
moment a lady arrayed in full bridal
costume descended from a hire car
rage and entered the church; as the
duchess caught sight of her she started
and stared in astonishment. "Surely
it is-nO-it is impossible. Is it Miss
Maud Jobson? Can it be she? Surely,
Eliot is not going to steal a march on us
in this way. No bride smaids, no we'd
ding party. Oh! l must see," and
hastily calling to her fOOtman to open
the carriage door, the duchess alighted
and entered the church. Yes! there
was a wedding going on, but the tall,
broad-shouldered young bridegroom
bore no resemblance to her son, and the
bride, could it be-
1.-THE duchess listened eagerly tor the
names. "Alfred Robinson and maud
Jobson." Was it possible? might it not
be some cousin with the anne name?
She would see.
AS the newly welded pair were leav-
ing the church the duchess stepped up
to the astoniShed bride, who started
and blushed. Yes! it must be the same
Maud Jobson. Oh, what a relief!
Il can't understand" she exclaimed,
feeling she must have some eXplana-
ton.
.'Oh! L am so SORRY" cried the bride.
almost in tears. "Ma will be SO veXed.n
"Come home with MI at once, cried
the duchess, toosmuch excited to weigh
her words, and only feeling she must
fore the bride or bridegroom could
speak, they were handed into the
duchess brogham and whirled away to
Skye house. Home being the order
given to the aStonished servants.
Now explain" ana the duchess
waved her hand to Maud and husband
to be seated.
II never wanted to marry Lord
Eliot" faltered the bride; but ma
thought it would be a grand marriage,
and SO we were engaged. But Alf and
L always cared for each other, and when
we returned from Nice, and | heard of
how the marquis family hated the
thought of his marrying me. | told ma
l would not marry him. But we all
wanted to be presented, so ma said |
must not break off my engagement
till after the drawing room. And then
Alf got the promise of a good practice
in India. but he must sail tomorrow,
$3.50 we just ran away and were mar
ried. l made Frivole a a high body
to my court dress, and we were going
back this afternoon to tell pa and ma.
They'd have kept it quiet till after the
22d; and we go tomorrow. But now
oh, dear, what will ma say?"
The duchess was SO OyerjOyed at the
new turn of affairs that she at once be-
came both cordial and kind to the newly
married pair-WhOm she had taken such
summary possession of. She gave them
luncheon and then sent her carriage
with them to the hotel they were stay
ing at; and then, having first torn up
self drove to Messrs. Hancock and pur-
chased a handsome diamond bracelet,
which she sent with best wishes from
the Duke and Duchess of Skye to Mrs.
Alfred Robinson"
AS to the JObsons, their CONSERVATION
was beyond words. A note from the
duchess declining to present Mrs. and
the Misses Jobson' arrived just before
Maud (who had been supposed to be
spending the day in London, Shopping)
and her husband appeared.
"TreacherOuS, underhanded MINK"
and other compliments were showered
upon the bride by her affectionate
mother and sisters.
'Our trains have just come home"
THE bouquets ordered"
"The photographer
What will the Joneses say-2"
"And the Browns--?"
sand the Smiths-m
"And we shall never be presented
now" And Mrs. Jobson and her daugh-
tiers burst into floods of hysterical tears.
The Marquis of Eliot took his jiiting
very calmly. He declined to discuss the
subject with his parents, who became
more anxious than ever to see him