Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-08
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"Well, Couldn't have-that is
there is some business for me-"
Freddys eyelid went down like cover
Of q box.
Exactly; just so," he said, airily, put
ting his thumbs into his armholes. "My
case is all over. I'm at my tutors, you
see, 80 please to remember that it isn't
possible for you to have seen me-"
Glencore laughed cheerily. "All right"
he said; "you are quite safe with me-
but what on earth are you up tor"
This question seemed prompted by the
sight of nondescript dog cart just led
up to the door. "Are you all by your
self here?'
"There's Harris, my old nurse, and
Jim, her husband-our butler he used to
be-and Peggy. You know Peg, don't
your
"Pegl No, don't think do"
II say" exclaimed Freddy, isn't 1t a
beastly shame the way they always try
to shun her? and she's just as good as
anybody. Her father was my fathers
eldest son. only he married his tutors
daughter, and my lady set the governor
on to cut up rough about it. So the poor
chap got the kick out. and then he died,
and SO did his wife, and a jolly good
thing for me, too, or | would have had
to sing small Only wait till am mas
ter, though, and if they try it on with
Peggy then, I'll let them know. She's
older than am, but all the same. I'm
her uncle, and-I say you'll be her uncle,
too, if you marry AIDA, and you're go
ing to, amt your
Lord Glencore blushed furiously, and
Freddy, taking silence for consent, added
with a snort of supreme content, "It's a
jolly good thing for her l amt you
Catch me marrying Addal Oh yes.
ratherw
Not desirous Of pursuing this topic fur
ther. Lord Glencore put a question.
you're not going to drive that" he
said, nodding toward the horse, most
vicious looking screw, "are your"
"Why not? He's real good one to
go. Come in and see us start; it's capital
fun. We'd a regular crowd round us
yesterday. Any one else but Peg would
have been frightened to DEATH"
Incited by curiosity Lord Glencore
obeyed Freddy's invitation.
1--WE keep all the front well shut,
said Freddy, as he marshaled his way to
a den at the far end of the narrow hall
Passing the stairs, he gave vent to a
shrill whistle, answered by similar
one which might have been taken as its
echo.
"Ain't you ready~ was piped up from
below.
Coming" answered girls voice,
and at the same instant with the word.
down the flight of stairs, flop on the
mat. came figure which, through the
cloud of dust sent up, Lord Glencore
surmised must be Peggy.
I'm so sorry. thought it was only
Freddy-T'- and then, better able to see
who stood there, she gave vent to an
agonized, "Oh, Lord Glencore!" and
seemed unable to say more.
Freddy, who was enjoying her con-
fusion to the full, here burst in with,
Don't mind him; he's square enough,
amt your"
Certainly am" anc then turning to
Peggy, he said, "Ive never had the
pleasure of seeing you here, have If'
NO"
"But you've seen him, haven't you,
Peg? And once don't you remember
when the door opened and scuttled off
and your frock caught and you tumbled
down? Oh, say, what gamei 1t was
a shave we weren't caught that time"
Poor Peggy's face was like beet root.
'There wasn't anything to see," she
said to Lord Glencore, reassuringly. ut
really wasn't for that we looked, but l.
was so curious to know what you was
like" and she gesticulated violently to
Freddy behind Lord Glencore's back.
whats the harm?" responded the
young man, expostulatively. YOU'D
do the same if you We're packed off into
a cock loft Of garret, wouldn't you:
That's what they do with her-stick her
anywhere out of the way"
'No, Freddy, no." Lord Glencore from
out of the corner Of his eyes. saw her say,
and, hoping to change the conversation,
he said:
"I'm afraid I'm making you lose the
best of the day. came in to see you
start" Perhaps Peggy fathomed his
kind effort, for she looked at him fairly
for the first time.
"Yesw and she gave him a little shy
smile; "did your
''It's very pleasant, drive out of
town, now. Where are you going?"
"To Richmond park" answered the
irrepressible Freddy. "Would you like
to go? Well take you; there's heaps of
room behind. Why-why shouldn't he?"
This was evidently in answer to more
pantomime from Peggy.
"You don't want me-would rather
didn't goT'
Lord Glencore had turned suddenly
round and was asking this question Of
the young girl.
"Oh, no; it isn't that, only I'm fraid"-
and here Peggy stopped and blushed fu-