Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-26
Mrs. Bob-
By JOHN STRANGE WINTER,
Ith0r OF "Booties' Bdby," Beautiful
I'm" Etc, Etc.

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that II is treated as a secret and kept as
secret"
Does Mamie know fts" Julia asked,
half ashamed of being ready to pin this
new suspicion on to the old grievance.
Bob knows it, and Bob is bound undo:
exactly the same conditions as | am
Stephen answered; well, called it an
oath just now, but" with smile, "that
was rather strong way OF putting it.
But the fact remains the same that Bob
and aud all the others who are mixed up
in the underta King have given our word
OF honor not TO divulge a word to any liv.
ing being"
Julia did not speak for a few minutes.
''Bur, Stevie," she said at last, in burst
of peration, cant you tell me anything
about TT"
The intense yearning in her voice touch
ed him. MY dear little love, how | wish
! could make you partner and tell you
everything" he replied, yet | cannot.
But ! can tell you this-it is u property
that we have amongst us-and it is a gold
mine"
"A gold mine-and we shall be enor-
mously rich some day?"
IF our hopes are realized-enormously
rich"
And why is there sec ret about itf'
because nobody suspects that tre gold
Is there to begin with-if they did every
body would be after it and we should have
no end Of trouble"
And the secret is the whereabouts OF
the mine1"
Thai IS just so-and the means Of work.
ing IT,"
V,If Z T. o. sY,r,T
and then she gave n sigh as If she had
made up her mind well, Stevie. dar-
ling" She said, Pm sorry you can't make
me q partner in this wonderful mine, but
as you can't why we won't say any more
about II, and | won't worry you any
more" aud then they kissed one another
and Stephen Howard thanked Heaven in
his heart that he was to have peace
Only one more question did Julia ask on
the subject just then. "Slevie,' she said,
lyon said that NJ imie does noJ know
about this gold mine"
''Wellr" he asked
cor course she knows as much as know
that there IS such a thing1"
ooh, yesr'
And she doesn't mIndr"
Doesn't mi d-howP"
"Well, she doesn't object to Bob having
secret from her'"
"Oh, no-not bit in the world"
And she never worries him to know
about itf"
mo, am sure she does not"
And Mamie Is very fond of Bob"
Julia said in musing tone.
Mamie is swfully fond Of old Bob
always was" Stephen answered, prompt
iy.
But II Bob had any other kind of "A
secrct-not business secret" Julia be-
gan. and then Stephen caught her mean
ing and finished the sentence for her
Why, Mamie would let him hear of it
uncOmmonly soon, he said, with Il laugh
land she would he quite right, too.
And hope, my darling, if ever you think
that am keeping II real secret from yOu
not n business secret, ! mcau-that you
will let me hear about it, too"
Yes" said Julia. and rested her head
against him with a contented little sigh,
"Yes, | will let you know"
CHAPTER XX.-A BUNDLE OF NERVES.
just about this time ano her great rob
berry took place. aud a really awful affair
II was. For Little Street Hall, the abode
OF the two Misses Stauuton was broken
into aud ritlcd of almost every movable
valuable that II contained
The facts were ihcscl After the brilliant
house party of which Mrs TraiTord had
formed one, "A year previous to the time OF
which am speaking, the old ladies' had
not been at Little Street Hall for any
length Of time For Miss Irviuin. feeling
herself to he "A very pcr-onahle midaI q
aged lady still, took IL into her head that
nj. mot t,,,tf. :.
In vain did Miss Thcoiosia try to get
out of It. Miss Llvinia had made mp her
mind to go, and when Miss L1viu.-. was
pleased to make up her mint to wander
thithcr did Miss ThcoIo moved by the
habit Of sixty Years OF giving In To her
benutv-sster, invariably follow. As said
the older lady tried her best to get out of
1t, ur,ing that at seventy aud odl wears
II is desirable to lead quiet life and that
the r1ckettiugs and iuukcttiugs OF a Lou
don season were about calculated to make
her shuttle Off this mortal coil altogether
But it was all in vain; Miss Laviuia had
made up her mind therefore Miss Taco
dosia had little or no choice other than to
gracefully resign herself To the inevitable.
only barcaiuing for house in Ql'ru's
Cato or failing that IN the Exhibition Road
or Immediately out of it.
"My dear Lavinia, ! would rather be
there than anywhere an breathe there
i cannot breathe in Ma fair. 80 must
beg that YOU will he kind enough to do ~
wish. prefer Queens Gate or some
where very near Co il where can have "A
decent sized bedroom aud fairly good
staircase Aud wish the horses to have
good new well-vcntillted stables so tbut
they will not feel much difference rrnD,
their own"
Therefore, the beginning of Anr,I saw
the two old ladies' safely settlrdin. h,nd-
somrIv furnished house r., a ra,,,.s on.
At the end nearest the pai.,,. ami from, ri..,t
time until the middle, Of Iuly ifl,.y Wont
In for a life OF destination snrh ~ r,,s
really dreadful Ia think of rnry vnrn
rich and wcll-hnru and alwa. sb.,urirpl1,
dressed. AMI Miss Tbeo,lrsi, di.rr,,-..,I
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