The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-03
ssBEATRICE.''
Fl New and Fascinating Story.
BY II. RIDER HHoGHRD.

Certainly, Eoporia, and he has brought no
dress clothes" he answered.
'Really, Godfrey, it is too bad of you,n
said the lady, with some pardonable irrita-
ton. "Why do you bring people to dinner
in this promiscuous wayl 1t will quite upset
the table. Just fancy asking an OLD Welsh
clergyman to dine who has not the slightest
pretensions to being a gentleman, when one
has the prime minister end q bishop coming
and q clergyman without dress clothes, too
What has he come forF'
HE came to sec me on business, and as to
the people coming to dinner, if they don't likc
it thcy can grumble when they 60 home BY
the way, Honoria, am going down to Wales
for day or two tomorrow. / want
change
Indeed! Going to SEQ the lovely Beatrice,
/ suppose. You had better be careful, Geof-
frey. That girl viii get you into a mess, and
if she does there are plenty of people who arc
ready to make an example OF you. You have
enemies enough, can tell you. l am not
jealous-it is not in my line; but you are too
intimate with that girl, and you viii be sorry
for it one day"
Nonsense" said Godfrey, angrily, but,
nevertheless, he felt that Lady Honoria's
words were words of truth. 1t struck him,
moreover, that she must feel this strongly, or
she would not have spoken in that tone.
Honoria did not often pose as household
philosopher. Still he would not drawback
now. His heart was set on seeing Beatrice.
"Am l to understand" went on his wife,
''that you still object to my staying with the
Garsingtons? ] think it is little hard that
if do not make fuss about your going to
see your village paragon, you should refuse
to allow me to visit my own brother
Godfrey felt that he was being bargained
with. 1t was degrading, but in the e1trem-
ity Of his folly he yielded.
"Go if you like" he said shortly, shut if you
take Ellie, mind that she is properly looked
after, that is all,a and he abruptly left the
room.
Lady Honoria looked after him, slowly
nodding her handsome head. "Ah," she said
to herself, 81 have found out how TO manage
you now. You have your weak point like
other people, Master Geoffrey-and it spells
Beatrice Only you must not go too far.
am not jealous, but am not going to have u
scandal for fifty Beatrices. will not allow
YOU to lose your reputation and position.
Just fancy man like that pining for vii
lage girl-she is nothing morel And they
talk about his being so clever. Well, he al
ways liked ladies' society; that is his failing,
aud now he has burnt bis fingers. They all
do sooner or later, especially these clever
men. The women hatter them, that's it. OF
course, the girl is trying to get hold of him,
and she might do worse, but so surely as my
name Is Honoria Bingham I will put spoke
In her wheel before she has DONE BAIL and
they laugh at the power OF women when a
man like Godfrey, with all the world to lose,
grows love sick for pretty face; it is very
pretty face, by the way. l do believe that if
were out of the way he would marry her.
But am in the way, and mean to stay there
Well, it is time to dress for dinner only
hope that old clown of a Clergyman won't do
something ridiculous. l shall have to apollo
gize for him.
Dinner time had come; it was quarter
past and the room was filled with highly
bred people, all more or less distinguished
Dir. Granger had duly appeared, arrayed in
bis threadbare black coat, relieved, however,
by pair Of Geoffrey's dress shoes As might
have been expected, the great folk did not
seem surprised at his presence or to take any
particular notice of his attire, the fact being
that such people never are surprised. A
Zulu chief in full war dress would only excite
friendly interest in their breasts. On the
contrary, they recognized vaguely that the
old gentleman was something out of the COM
mon run, and as such worth cultivating
Indeed, the prime minister, hearing casually
that lie was u clergyman from Wales, asked
to be introduced to him, and at once fell into
conversation about tithes, subject of which
Mr.. Granger was thoroughly master.
Presently they went down to dinner, Mr.
Granger escorting the wife of the bishop, a
fat ard somewhat apoplectic lady, blessed
with an excellent appetite On his other
side was the prime minister and between the
two he got on very well, especially after a
few glasses of wine. Indeed, both the apo
| plectic wife of the bishop and the head of her
majesty's government were subsequently,
heard to declare that Mr.. Granger was a
very entertaining person. To tho former he
related with much detail how his daughter
| had saved their hosts life, and to the latter
he discoursed upon the subject of tthes, "a
voring him with his ideas of what legislation
was necessary to meet the question. Some
what to his own surprise he found that his
views were received with attention and even
with respect. In the main, too. they re-
ceived the support of the bishop, who like
wise felt keenly on the subject of tithes.
Never before had MIR. Granger had such a
| good dinner nor mingled with company Sc
distinguished. lie remembered beth till his
dying day.
Next morning Godfrey and Mr.. Granger
started before Lady Honoria was up Into
the details of their long journey to Wales lin
q crowded third class carriage) we need not
enter. Godfrey had plenty to think of, but
his fears had vanished, as fears sometimes dc
when we draw near to the object of them,
and had been replaced by a curious expectan-
cy. He saw now, or thought he saw, that he
had been making mountain out of mole.
| hill Probably it meant nothing ct ell
There was no real danger Beatrice liked
him, no doubt; possibly she had even expert
enced fit of tenderness towards him. Such
things come and such things so. Time is q
wonderful healer of moral distenpcrs, and
few young ladies endure the chains CT an un.
desirable attachment for period Of seven
whole months. 1t made him almost blush to
think that this might be so, and that the gra
tuitous extension of his misfortune to Beatrice
might be nothing more than the working OF
his own unconscious vanity-a vanity which
did she know OF it, would move her TO angry
laughter.
aforementioned how once, when he was quite
a young fellow, he had been somewhat smit
ten with a certain lady, who certainly, if ht
might judge from her words and acts, rccip
rocated tho sentiment. And he remembered
also how, when he met that lady some months
afterwards, she had treated him with n cole
indifference, indeed, almost with an insolence
that quite bewildered him, making him won
der how tho same person could show in sucl
different lights, till at length, fairly mortified
and ashamed at his mistake, lie had gon,