San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-30
Randolph.
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE
Copyright, 1890, by American Press Association-l
CHAPTER |.

DOdru. I've Hlu none 10 Spcnu on my
self for month, and have only one
other dress to my back. and that is not
fit to be seen
Things are more expensive here than
in England. | told you that when you
insisted on coming here. You would
have been more comfortable at home"
Home is where the heart is" she re-
piled, with an intonation of somber sar-
casm MY heart is not in England.
wherever else it may be-"
well, I've been very busy" said
Jocelyn.
80 you always tell me; but l pre-
sumo, as usual, it is no business of
mine"
We'll, my dear, it's only the money
aspect of my business that you feel any
interest in"
'!if yoe, rss7n thats g ~ longer any
sentiment between us l cordially admit
it." was the answer. Il don't care the
snap of my finger for you or for any
one else now alive. But | have some
claims upon you. and I've come here to
enforce them.
"You have the photograph there still,
see, " remarked Jocelyn, turning to the
table. Poor little fellow! If he'd
lived I'd have made man of him."
Eyes! You'd have made the same
sort of man of him as you've made wom-
an of his mother. I'm glad he's dead,
if it's only to save him from knowing
what sort of a father he's got! However,
you said that to put me in a good humor,
suppose. What do you want?'
II VOW. Meg, you're too confoundedly
sour for anything" exclaimed Jocelyn,
twisting his wiskers. 1--we come to
tell you of an arrangement that will
enable you to live at your ease the rest of
your days, and this is the way am re-
ceived. Come, now!'
ut is impossible you should intend
any benefit to me that would not benefit
you ten times more" said Mrs. Bemax
impassively.
"You do me gross injustice; you are
like all women with grievancer re-
turned Jocelyn, whose temper was GER
tainly very easy. my scheme is to put
you in receipt of an income of 81 200 a
year. Have you any fault to find with
that
what are the services for which this
is the payment. Mrs Bemax inquired.
ITO chaperon a lady-nothing more"
"A lady!' repeated the other, a pc
culiar smile drawing down the corners
of her mouth; II begin to understand!
Who is She?
1.-The prima donna at the new opera
house."
Eyes; in whom you are tenderly in
terested. Taking everything into con-
sideration, Hamilton, that is very char
acteristic of you; a very delicate piece
of kindness!"
bah! Meg, your cynicism is over
done; you are on wrong scent entirely.
In the first place, the lady is not the per-
son she's supposed to be. She's the
daughter of an old friend of mine; l
once intended to marry he-, butt
thought better of it. Circumstances
which you win be fully informed of
have led to her personating the Mariana
name and all-the coming season.
It's grand secret, of course, and | Sc
lected you as the only woman who could
be trusted to keep it. You are to con-
firm in every way that suggests itself the
idea that she is the bona fide Mariana; say
you've lived with her for years in Eu-
rope, and so on. But she is wholly ig-
norant of the world, and you are to see
to it that none of the young fellows gets
ahead of her. You may invent all the
adventures you like for her-in the past,
but on no account let her get into any
scrapes in the present. Do you see what
mean?"
81 think so. The young fellows you
speak of are to be kept out of the way
for your sake rather than for hers; and
she is to be instructed that any scrape
she gets into with you is no scrape at all,
but distinction and blessing"
Upon my soul should flatter myself
you were jealous if didn't know you so
well," said Jocelyn with laugh; Il only
wish to protect the girl from annoyance
and TO insure the success Of the whole
scheme. If you could make me believe
in your disinterestedness and virtue the
ealy result would be that l should serve
you less efficiently than otherwise. But
you always liked deception for its own
sake, and you are the same Hamilton
Jocelyn that knew in Richmond twelve
years ago. Well, l shall know what tone
20 take with her"
Take any tone you like, in the DEVILS
name, so long as you take the position
and observe the cOnditionsT exclaimed
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