Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-13

before him. Let him md you there Wnef
he arrives"
The Fitznudles willingly agreed to the
| Americans proposal, and set about prepar
ing for their flight to Paris. Six weeks
later they started, and were received By
the Cutters with much kindness and atten
| tion.
Lady Fitznudle always talked of hel
brothers marriage as disgrace to the
| family, but still, every time she met Mrs
Gutter she could not help feeling that hel
brother might easily have married better
| and Jared worse Mrs. Gutter was at once
very pretty and very sensible woman
She was, moreover, an excellent house
| keeper and devoted mother. She might
not be very learned in languages, music
and art, but Silas did not seem to mind
that much, and Lady Fitznudle, who was
no fool, did not think he was very faI
wrong
The Fitznudles found the Gutter house.
hold much as usual. There were the same
squad of ridiculous children, the same pair
of governesses, the same dozen of servants
There were also, as usual, several guests
The Cutters were nothingi if not hospitable
and never yet had the Fitznudles found
themselves the only company stopping
with them. This time all the other guests
were ladies, and young ladies, too. There
were three of them-two sisters, the Hon.
orable Alice and Victoria Grosstete and
Miss Dorothy Sterling.
"The Misses Grosstete," Mr.. Gutter pri-
vately explained, 1--WE asked here for
Jacks benefit. They should suit him
down to the ground. They are jolly girls
always full of life and fun, eat and drink,
and ride and smoke longer and stronger
than ordinary men. Then you know who
they are-grand- daughters of the Duchess
of Doublechin-that's good enough, isn't
it?n
"Oh, yes" replied Lady Fitznudle,
'they're we'll enough born for anybody.
Who is the other young lady,"
ooh, little Dorothy" said Mr.. Gutter;
shes fine little woman, but, then, she's
nobody in particular, Her fathers poor
parson in Norfolk, l believe, but you see
my wife and | are democratic pair, and,
as we took fancy to her, we asked her to
stop with us awhile, and now we don't
want to let her go; she's a perfect little
treasure. | hope you don't object to meet
ing her."
"Oh, dear no." replied Lady Fitznudle,
with much condescension. Then, after a
pause, she asked: rs her father in the
church, or is he dissenter?
"BIest if know" answered Mr.. Gutter.
sAll Pm aware of is that he breaches for a
living. Does it make any difference which
line he is in? ~
ooh, yes, immensely" said Lady Fitz-
nude, with wise shake of her head.
"Why does it?" asked Mr.. Gutter.
"Well, | don't exactly know, but it does"
was Lady Fitznudle's response.
"Ah, indeed" said Mr.. Gutter, in puz-
zled tone; 81 s'pose it's all right but you
see I'm not used to the pecoolier notions of
the old country"
Lady Fitznudle manifested great inter-
est in and paid attention to the Honorable
Alice and Victoria Grosstete. The fact
! that they were granddaughter of SO great
lady as the Duchess of Doublechin
seemed to her to entitle them to both. Soon,
however, there came revulsion of feel
ing. She found the Misses Grosstete fully
deserved her brothers description of them.
They were essentially "jolly girls" but
their jollity was of too full a flavor for the
cultured taste of Lady Fitznudle. AS Mr..
Gutter said, they ate, drank and smoked
like men. Not only SO, but they talked,
sang, read sporting papers, and bet and
gambled heavily. This sort of thing was
not exactly what Lady Fitznudle regarded
as conduct becoming young ladies, and she
told her brother so.
swell, Sil-s," she said, "you haven't
been very fortunate in the young ladies
you have chosen to wean Jack from his
barmaid Really, they both might be
barmaids themselves"
"But," said the bewildered Mr.. Gutter,
81 thought what you wanted was birth p
Eyes, birth is desirable" answered
Lady Fitznudle, "but so is breeding"
"Blundered again p said Mr.. Gutter in a
depressed tone; 81 s'pose it's all right, but
you see | don't understand the pecoolier
notions of the old country"
At first, it must be confessed, Lady Fitz-
nude paid little attention to little Doro-
thy Sterling, but, gradually, as her inter
est in the Honorable Alice and Victoria
Grosstete gave place to disgust, her lndif-
ference towards Miss Dorothy turned into
interest. Dorothy had more beauty than
most girls, but that was not what attracted
her ladyship. 1t was her sweetness, mod.
esty and kindness. What contrast this
poor daughter of country parson pre-
sented to the high-born descendants of the
great Duchess of Doublechin. How many
of those charming qualities which make
the true woman did she possess which they
wanted. Before Lady Fitznudle had
watched her long, she came to understand
how it was that the Cutters did not want
to part with her and how it was that the
children were never tired of scrambline
upon her knee and kissing her. The girl
seemed to carry light and warmth and
happiness everywhere she went.
She was a timid, retiring little creature,
and at first appeared greatly frightened Of
Lady Fitznudle. She kept as much as
possible out of her ladyship's way, and
when she could not avoid her. she wa:
painfully nervous and uneasy. Lady Fitz
nudle was not at all annoyed by this shy.
ness; it offered grateful contrast to the
blase coolness with which she was treated
by the Honorable Alice and Victoris
| Grosstete. When joined with Dorothy''
graceful and winning manners it quite
took the old lady's fancy, and when Doro-
thy became more accustomed to her lady.
ship, and grew less shy, her sweet voice
her gentle ways, and her readiness tC
oblige, absolutely won Lady Fitznudle'.
heart.
Nothing showed better Dorothy's kind
ness of disposition than her bearing toward
SIR Philip. Sir Philip, though he would
have been much annoyed if any one had
! yentured to tell him so, had attained that
state of health and strength when little
attentions are often needed and greatly
appreciated Miss Dorothy, with wo
mans quickness. saw this, and with more
than a woman's kindness was tireless il
coming to his help. When he wanted {
book it was always Miss Dorothy who go
it for him. When he lost his gloves il
was always Miss Dorothy who found then
for him. When he dropped his stick il
was always Miss Dorothy who handed i
to him. 1t was no wonder, then, that tn,
old fellow jocularly declared that he wa