Omaha daily bee., 1890-08-11

else do You suppose" he concluded,
with serious emphas do you think
youcould learn to like meY'
why II don't know" murmured
Maude. looking down Then she glanced
up and laughed.
''Realy, Mr.. LeveringtOn, this Is he
most absurd thing ever heard of YOu
don't even know my name"
That's so,' he admitted, "but YOU
are going totell me-
''Indeed I'm not" She fla shed back
Then mCvedby asudden sympathy with
his will, she said, slyly asa child: Its
Maude-Maude GesslCy."
''Maude, s" repeated lowering ton, re-
hectively, "MaUde. Yes 1 like that
pretty we'll, had a kind of notion for
the name Isabel, though"
why, that's my second name. cri ed
Miss G essley "How QueeE''
She laughed again, though there were
tears in her eyes from sympathy with
hesubtle emotion that moved him.
I'm dreadful hun cry, "she declared.
This istoo absurd. I'm going to the
house for my breakfast. y
Let me go with yOu.7
'Of course nOt.N
A loud call, II prolonged Hoo, hoo"
sounded from thothicket.
There's Freddy Earle looking for me-
Good bye!"
Naudc ranaway upth q beach, answer
ing the boys call and joining him be.
fore he had had time to come wit hin
sight ofthe shore, and of jack LeyCring-
ton striding away towards his cottage.
''Freddy Earle, eigh? That means
that she is staying at The Ledge
then,H he thought. ut 5 hardluck { hat
W. gotto hurry back to Denver. Con-
found those stri kers! But I'drathcr re-
peat that nights experime with them
in the mountains than see her again be
fore that sharp Ger trude Earle. They
must have been school friends, for
Nj aude has the out hern accent. Shes
Shes the gir We been waiting to find.
Bless her. he repeated.
81 wonder where Miss Dumamsque ue
isl" said Gertrude Earle as she and
MaMde we're dri vlng in her cart on he
Gloucester road ofterlunch. They had
just met Jack Levering ton ina victoria
wi tn his mother and sister.
who are theyy' asked Maude, with
apparent indffelerence.
The LeVeriu gtonso Denver. 1t is
th cir first summ here. They have
taken the Island View. The son has
been sitting at the feet of Catherine
Dumaresque for IN onth. 1t is the fl rst
time have him without her. Dick
Hitchcock told me last night that he is
going away tomorrow"
'Going awav?'
'Yes; he superintcnds the railroads
out west,' answered Gertrude vaguely;
land Dick says that he is obliged to 60
in order to settle some strikes. He
always let's the strikers have their way.
He says it 5 right And he's tired of
dwadling here. Dick says, though I'm
sure he seemed enough interested in
Catherine Dumaresque tokeep him here
Indefinitely. You ought TO see them.
They are superbtogeher both so dark
and handsome. You ought to ohave been
here all through July. The idea of
STAYING in your polly Savannah!'
Wait until YOU come to Georgia. in
temupted Maude, with enthusiasm.
But, Gertrude, if Mr. Lcve rington has
esque all this time, why does he desert
her now2'
80, he isn't deserting her. Everybody
says he is going to marry her, but he is
obliged to go home and superintend the
railroads a while first -
will she leave the stageFN
"Of course. She loves the art but
hates the work. She is perfectly lovely.
She is coming iodine tonight"
"Youknow her then?''
Yes, indeed. Mamma adores her.
She is always trotting about after Kath-
crime like n darling little slave"
DO the Leveringtons come to your
house, toop'
"a very little, Dick Hitc hcock seems
to devise schemes to get Mr.. Lcvering
ton away the minutehe sets foot on our
piazza"
Dick is wise fiance, Gerty''
I'm not so sure that he is. Yes, dis
tance lends enchantment A nd I've only
been enabled to admire the wild west
erner from afar."
Gertrude sud denly turned her horse.
Il have an idea" she exclaimed.
The Leverin gtons shall be asked to
dine tonight lido hope they can come
at such short notice. For myself ]
would vent ture nothing. Foryou-"
"Formen
Yes. want You tosee Katherine
and Mr. Lexington together. They are
perfectly superb Dick isgoing to bring
Mr. Valentine down from Boston this
| evening, and mamma dOtes on a dinner
| party impromptu."
Mrs. Earle drove over alone to the
Island View directly her daugh ter
asked her to do So She came back
radiant The Leyeringtons bad ac-
cepted.
Miss Dumaresque was going in from
! the piazzi with Mr., LevringtOn when
Maud came down TO dinner that even-
ing,and saw tia actress for the first time
of the stage.
Maude was late coming down, She
had overdressed to begin, then, declar-
ing to herself hat she did not care w hat
Mr., LeverngtOn thought OF her looks,
had changed her gay gown for a som bre
little one OF brown.
She wentin with Dick Hitchcock, who
was waiting for her, and found herself
at table next to Jack Leyeri ngtOn,
Mrs. Earle introduced them, and
Freddy Earle exclaimed:
Why, Nlaude, where's that stunning
suit l saw you in half an hour ago?
What madeyou change your dressp'
Freddy" laughed Maude, but she
coored, your agination will get you
INTO trouble sometime -
VI didn I imagine IL, - said Freddy, in
dignantly. You looked pretty in that
white lace thing, and you look horrd
in this"
"Freddym cried Gertrude, MAUD is
lovely in anything, Isn't she, Miss
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