San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-10

ouI LOW every UuluS seems 10 Dc so
changed. A few old friends have been
kind to US, and have asked US out; only
| can't help noticing that one meets
some very odd people at their houses
people whom one certainly wouldn't
have met in rny fathers time"
Il really think you would have met
Lady Belvoir in anybodys time" an
swered Percy. II won't answer for it
that you would have approved of her,
because that is question of personal
taste and opinion, but / am sure that
your friends would have asked her to
dinner. And may venture to say that
if you wanted to shield your daughter
from any danger of evil communica-
tons you shouldn't have brought her to
London at all?"
"Oh, but one must" Mrs. Leslie re-
turned. lone wouldn't be justified in
locking ones children up, even if it were
possible to do so. Besides, Dorothy has
principles which ought to be sufficient
protection to her"
Exactly so. That is why hope that
she will get no harm from my cousin"
Mrs. Leslie, who had heard all about
the engagement which had recently
osme to an end, thought this very mag
unanimous, and so, perhaps, it was; be-
cause if Percy Thorold had said what he
really thought of his cousin he would
have had to say that he considered her
heartless, selfish, deceitful and vain.
Not wishing to commit himself to so
candid an expression of opinion, he
shifted the subject little and led Mrs.
Leslie ON to tell him more about her
| daughter. This is subject upon which
| the generality of mothers are willing
| enough to converse, so that before the
evening was over Percy had learned a
! good deal which increased his original
interest in the debutante. Having, as he
believed, had his day, and being now a
mere spectator of life in a social sense,
he naturally felt interested in those who
were about to take their turn at the
game.
1t is pity that Mrs. Leslie knew so
little about the stress of modern political
life; otherwise she would doubtless have
been more fattered than she was by the
request of this overworked legislator
that he might be permitted to call upon
her. On the following Wednesday af.
ternoon he made his appearance at the
little house in Ebury street which she
had taken for the season, and not only
found Mrs. and Miss Leslie at home,
but landed in the middle of tea party,
| uyhich y,arh y>s ro thar ,,,nv><, <ho,, ba
had bargained for. However, there were
not great many people present, and the
tea table, over which Miss Leslie was
presiding, was in the back drawing
room, so that if he wished to talk to
that young lady rather than to her
mother he had no reason to grumble at
his luck.
And does London season come up
to your expectationsY' was the first thing
that he asked her, putting his question
with an amiable, grandfatherly air. 81
suppose you have been racketing about
to tremendous extent"
Not to what you would call ire
mendous extent" she answered. 1--WE
have been to very few balls, and those
were rather Disappointing, except as a
spectacle. | have enjoyed the theatres
and concerts, though, and hope to en-
| joy good many more before we return
to our native obscurity."
"Ah, Iwish had time to go to con-
certs" sighed Percy. Music is about
my only real pleasure now"
The girl glanced at him with a slight
suspicion of irony in her smile, but, bear
ing in mind how lately he had been
Hcrossed in love, she felt that he was en-
titled t" be little lackadaisical and
only said:
What about politics."
"Werl, they don't come under the head
of pleasures, at all events. gave you
my views of political life the last time
that l had the honor of meeting you. if
you remember
Yes, and | remember that made so
bold as to tell you that | didn't believe
in their sincerity. 1t is generally easy
enough to tell whether people mean what
| they are saying or not"
SIS it, indeed? If | found it so polit-
ical life would be very much simplifed
in my case should like to take you to
the house of commons some time when
one of half a dozen members whom
could name is on his legs. Then if you
could tell me whether he meant what he
was saying or not you would do me a.
truly invaluable service"
ooh, if they were clever and dishonest
men dare say they would puzzle me.
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