Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-29
AArS-B 80 b.
BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER,
Author Of "BOotles' Baby" Beautiful
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faces altered looks anu SLd'ci
Pamela Winstanley, for instance win
her own head held higher in arr thah sue
had ever held it in all her life before,
which is saying good deal, Khe" Wei,
euough what was in the heart of her rival
her rival good Heavens, she meant her
sister. for did not she and Mrs. Lovelace
stand on the same battlefield aud had not
Captain Legard loved. or pretended that
he loved, and then ridden away alike from
them both.
More than once Pamela's pale eyes had
met Mrs. Lovelace's great black ones. ana
not wishing to seem to be Watching hef,
she had turned her head away quickly
and with gesture which seemed 10 the
other to be one of triumph. All, If only
she had known about that little incident
in Mrs. Trafford's drawing room. when
the star of Pamela Winstanley had paied
before the sun Of Florence Doughty.
Well. the excitement attending Julia
TrafForI's wedding passed away and the
robbery OF Mrs. I4ovelace's Jewels ceased
TO he talked about, was indeed well nigh
forg ,tteE, ana then the TrafTord house
hold begaa to thin-the Stauntons went
Off to town for a few days before paying
their visit TO the old ladies, and Marcus
Oxford and his wife went back to the reg
iment. having only had few days icave
for the purpose Of attending jules we'd
ding. So Mrs. Trafford was left quite
alone aud she declared that she felt quite
glad 10 he quiet and live for herself after
the excitement and worry of the past two
years
Dull. my dear" she said TO Nina de
Iisle. who cam. to cOmmiserate with her
on her lonely state: mo. am never dull
have always plenty to do and my friends
nrr very kind But really am only now
beginning to breathe again. Two engage
mrnts Going on in the house together are
bad enough but an engagement OF only
u month in length is ii matter Of cruelty
to everybody concerned"
Are YOU going to remain in Blank
hampton. Mrs TrafTord," Nina asked. Il
hope Won are. Everybody will miss you
drcndrnIly if YOU leave it,"
al shall not leave for the present, my
dear" Mrs. Trafford replied. "Gou see
have this house on my hands till next Dc
toher and know 50 many people here that
do not think of leaving before next Au-
tumn."
II hope you won't leave it then" cried
Nina
Mrs. Traiford laughed. "Ohl my dear,
you NAV have left it yourself long before
next October.
Yes. that is so-bnt then | may not"
answered Nina, with a blush that was
little Juvenile for her years.
"Wen, we shall see. " said Mrs. TrafTord.
zone never quite knows how to look for
ward when there are daughters to take
into consideration. Really II anybody
had told me three months ago that |
should be here alone in my house to-day
and Julia woOcd and married and ALL !
should have taken the liberty of saying
that thought they would prove them
sclvrs wrong. And vet Julia is married
mud here am all by myself"
But the lutte widow did not find herself
left very much alone. Her friends came
to see her duly and truly and especially
did the Young ladies get into the habit Of
ruiug in At all times just to cheer her
M they said. Aud before long the young
men also got into Il habit of going in to
have 4 cup Of tea with her, and while
Marcus Oxford aud Sir Anthony were in
Blnnkhampton they naturally went and
called ON the incoming regiment which
had relieved the 33nd, and equally natu-
rally they took several of the officers 10
call nj No. Z, and very soon it became one
OF the popular houses in the town among
the officers Of the 43rd U'rincess Mary's
OWN lluS0nrs.
About this time the Bob Markhams
went up to town for IA few days, but when
they got back Ia Brentwood, Mrs Bob
drove over aud insisted upon taking Mrs.
TratIortl buck for day or two She tried
hard to get out of it but Mrs. Bob would
not hear u word about tAat-thev We're
going to have an impromptu dinner party
the next evening the I,uCiterS and some
people who were staying there and one or
two others Ii was no use Mrs TraTOrd
declaring that She really wanted rest and
quiet more than anything else. Mrs. Bob
meant her to 20 and said SO, she would
not take no for nm answer and simply said
she would not leave the house alone
So Mrs TratTorI had no choice hut to
get her things put together and submit
Ia tho inevitable. and must admit that
she enjoyed herself very much when she
got there. And whilst she was there, the
nctghhorhood was again thrown into a
kind of convuson by the news that an-
other great robbery of jewels had been
committed
Luir Mrs Bob was eloquent about it.
"bhi Mrs. TrHftord." she cried II do get
- IT, shtencd by all this | really almost
wish that we had never come into this
N" -hborhood at all Yes, | do really.
know ! shall never know moments
peace when we get to the Manor Lodge,
and of course, II you visit much you must
have silver and So on. You can make n
very good show with just as many dia-
mouds as You can carry about your person
but you can't carry your dishes and
your spoons and forks about with you,
can vou'"
We'll, not very comfortably" said Mrs.
rraGorl. with a laugh. But, il you are
SO frightened you can buy electro plate
instead OF silver nobody will want to
steal that"
Mrs Bob looked doubtful. Bob would
not like that, I'm sure she said ''Ie is
So odd about those things, II YOU can't
have real things, don't have them at all ;
he always says, aud believe he'd rather
TAT with his fingers than Use what he calls
sham things. Yes know it's very silly,
but uen who have ron .hcd it a good deal
are like that, Bob really hates display OF
any kind, but he does like to have what he
has good ="
but the gang have cleared YOU fairly
well OUT cried Mrs Trafrnrd: ''aud sure
". dlNtI GNiNlh& alt those lNOuS1ntS OF
pounds worth of jewels out of YOU. they
would never have the heart to come back
for Your spoons and forks
81 don't know. Mrs Bob answered.
Thieves are queer sort of people. YOU
know They don't stop To think whether
the women who own the jewels they steal
will mind the less OF them. They lust
look upon the pnssessor Of Jewels a. a sort
of gold mine which they may as we'll help
themselves to ~ not. II they stopped to
think, they would never do It and should
still have all the pretty things that Bob
has bought me from time to time since
we were married. All the same do owe
this gang something, They gave me back
my lorkct and, after all, set more store
by that than do hv all the rest -
Il thiak they viii let YOU of any fur.
Their ton SAID Mrs. Tratord; they will
never have the conscience % come YOUR
way again
II hope not" said Mrs Boo, simply.
''hut | never feel very safe What have
left is quite worth coming back for How
ever" she went on, Bob is making ar
rSngemcnts to have a strong room put in
the house. before we so to Manor Lodge.
and then, as he SAYS, we shall lock every
thing M the first week or two aud after
awhile we shall get careless and forget
and then one fiue morning we shall come
down and fiud everything gone"
IL am sur" hope not" said Mrs Traf-