Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01

n.
So"
This letter Mrs Trafford closed and sent
off To her Youngest daughter, without
showing it to Julia
Julia, however, did not notice the
omission and when Mrs. Trafford went
back to the drawing-ro she found her
sitting comfortably by the fire toasting
her feet on the fender. She put down the
hook which she was reading and looked
at her mother
Ibid YOU notice that Mrs. Lovelace was
not at the ball at Matcham, nor yet the
one at Plackington?" she asked.
Eyes. But heard someone ask Miss
Mauleverer where she was and why she
was not there and she said that she had
gone up to town for few days"
"AbI | see,'' said Julia. well, it was
better that she wasn't there for Captain
Iepard went on awfully with Pamela
WinstanIey, and Mrs. Lovelace would
have been furious the whole time"
Captain Legard seems to be devoting
himself to Pamela" Mrs. Trafford re-
marked.
ooh! utterly"
"Tbough she is hardly the girl should
have thought would attract him. How
ever. YOU never can tell how these affairs
toned looking although she is certainly
pretty: and he is so-well, SO"
He puts on tremendous side" said
Julia, quickly.
''Yes-though | scarcely quite meant
that. But he is so very dragoonish-a
lady-killer sort of a man, always with his
head poking forward and his eyes rowing
about as if he was looking for fresh worlds
to CONQUER. And for him to be apparently
going in seriously for Pamela Winstanley,
who is already q little old maidish in spite
of her slang, is very odd, to say the least
OF it."
Yes" answered Julia, dreamily, these
things are generally very odd. I think
life Altogether is odd"
Well, the next day quite small crowd
OF people turned up at the pretty house =
st. Ewes, and Mrs. Trafford perceived that
she had not suffered in social Importance
by having made one of the house-party at
Matcham.
Among her visitors was Mr.. Evelyn
Gabrielle, who was looking very ill. He
had three days previously received
favor anonymously, consisting of yari-
Gus articles of toilette utility together with
divers remarks concerning his personal
vanity such as had made him unutterably
wretched
This production he had traced to two
ladies, sisters. who were on the outside
fringe of the Parish set and were very OBJ
jectionable people all round. Indeed, to
be quite accurate, cannot truthfully say
that they were in set OF any kind. |
never saw anybody speaking to them or
walking with them. But they went duly
and truly to the Parish services, where
they were in the world but not Of the
world. And if you think that an odd
thing to say of two ladies in such Cir
cumstances, l must tell you that the Par
ish set comprised 1.-THE world of the an
cient city.
Mrs. Trafford noticed in moment that
something was wrong with him. He was
not wearing single ring on his lady-like
understandable as it may seem to those
who know him-and his face had sweet
and anxious look as il his self-inf1icted
scourgings had prove too severe for him.
Mrs Trafrord was very kind and tender
with him, she made him sit In the cosy
chair by the fire and was sure he was far
from well. Was it the relaxing air of
Blankhamptons Without doubt it was
relaxing, the little woman told him.
Now, Mr.. Gabrielli could scarcely tell
|
| vulgar women hal troubled themselves
| to send him Il small! quantity of rouge and
| IL piece of cotton DOL without giving him
the opportunity of thanking them for the
attention, so he had to dissemble some
| what, to say that he was not feeling very
| we !. that he had been little worried
| ala ut parish affairs for some days, and
| should be really glad to have few days
| Change.
| Mrs. TraffOrd little thought how truly
| he spoke when he said that parish affairs
| had worried him. She naturally thought
| of services, rehearsHls-no-no-w am
! talking abOut' mean practices. choir
| school and so forth. If ONLY she had
| known about that rouge and the cotton
| WOOL She had always had a lurking sus-
| picj0n that the Reverend Evelyn had liked
| her younger flower better than they had
any of them thought at the time of
| Laura's marriage, aud she set down his
| pale face and distressed looks partly to
| that cause. If she had but known that
| the horrid woman who held the stall just
| below her arm, was ut the bottom OF it
ALL well, | think Mrs. TrafTord would
have felt inclined TO lay the whole story
| before the Dean and to use all her influ-
euce to get pressure put upon her to resign
| her h"ldiu"