Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-07-25
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without taking notice of it.
Dearest, you are always good to me-"
she continued gently. "Am l wrong in
thinking that love gives me some little In
fuence over you stills Women are vain
are they not.-and l am no better than
the rest of them. Platter your wife's van.
tty, Harry, by attaching some importance
to her opinion. Is there time enough, yet,
70 telegraph to Mr. vimganys Quite ont
of the question, is it? Well, then, II he
must come here. do-pray, pray do con.
slider me. Don't let him stay in the housed
I'll find good excuse, and take q bed.
room for him in the neishborhood. Any
where else, SO long as he is not here. He
turns me cold when think of him, sleep
ing under the same roof with ourselves.
Not with us! oh. Harry, not with u.s."
Her eyes eagerly searched her husbands
face; she looked there from indulgence
she looked for conviction. No! be vas
still admir1ng her.
ION my wsrd Of honor" he burst out.
s'you fascinate me. What an imagination
you have gotl One of these days, Iris, I
shall be prouder of you than ever. / shall
find you a famous literary character.
don't mean writing novel: women who
can't even hem handkerchief can write
a novel It's poetry I'm thinking of.
Irish melodies by Lady Harry that beat
fortunes made, as have heard, by people
who spoil fair white paper to some pur-
pose. / wish was one Of them"
Have you no more to say to mef" she
asked.
What more should there bef You
wouldn't have me take you seriously. in
what you have just said Of Vimpany~.
"Why mott"
"Oh, come, come, my darlingi Just
consider. With a bedroom empty and
waiting, stairs, is my old Vimpany to
be sent to quarters for the night among
ctr ll,,ft b. har -
you, Iris, for the whole world: and don't
deny that the convivial doctor may Be
sometimes little too fond of his drop OF
grog. You will tell me, maybe, that he
hasn't got on nicely with his wife; and !
grant it. There are not many people who
as we do Poor humanity-there's all
that's to be said about it. But when you
tell me that Vimpany is a bad man, and
the worst friend could possibly have. and
SO fortn-what better can l do than set
1t down TO your Imagination Pve .
pretty fancy, myself-and l think l see
my angel inventing pOetical characters,
up among congenial clouds. What's the
natter Surely. you haven't done break
fast yet.''
ayes"
Are you going to leave mei"
! 81 am going to my room"
you're in mighty hurry to get away.
u
II you must leave the table. III have
the honor of opening the door for you at
any rate. l wonder what you're going to
doS'
"To cultivate my Imagination" she an
swered, with the first outbreak Of bitter
ness that had escaped her yet.
His face hardened There seems to be
something like bearing malice In this, he
said. Are you treating me, for the first
time, to an exhibition Of enmity? What
am to call it, if it's not thati"
Call it disappointment" she suggested
quietly, and left him.
Lord Harry went back to his breakfast
His jealousy was up in arms again.
''She is comparing me with her absent
friend" he said to himself, "and wishing
she had married the amiable MOuntjoy
instead of me"
Vimpany had been the cause of 1t.
CHAPTER XXXyIII.-ICI ON PARLE FRAN
Gals.
The doctor arrived in good time for din.
ns-, and shook hands with the Irish lord
in excellent spirits.
He looked round the room, and asked
where my lady was. Lord Harry's reply
suggested the presence OF O cloud ON the
domes tic horizon. He had be en- taking Q
long ride, and had only returned a Few
Join them Immediately.
The maid put the soup on the table,
and delivered message. Her mistress
was suffering from headache, and was
not well enough to dine with the gentle
men.
As an old married man, Mr. Vimpany
knew what this meant; he begged leave to
send a comforting message to the suffer
ing lady of the house Would Fanny be
good enough to say that he had made in
quiries on the subject Of Mr.. Mountjoy's
health, before he left London. The re-
port was still favorable: there was moth
Ing to complain of but the after-weakness
which had followed the fever. On that
account only the attendance of the nurse
was still a matter of necessity. with
my respects to Lady Harry" he called
after Fanny, as she went out in logged
silence.
Il have begun by making myself agree
able to your WIFE," the doctor remarked
with a selfapproving grin. Perhaps she
will dine with us tomorrow. Pass the
sherry"
The remembrance of what had happened
at the breakfast table that morning SEEM
ed to be dwelling disagreeably on Lord
Harry's mind. He said but little, and that
little related to the subject on which he
had already written at full length to his
medical friend.
In an interval when the service Of the
laulc tuc dtICuudhOO VI Il ouhy AA
the kitchen, Mr.. Vimpany took the oppor-
tunity of saying few cheering words
He had come Che remarked) prepared with
the right sort of remedy for an ailing state
of mind, and he would explain himself at
Q filter opportunity. Lord Harry inn
deferred. II the presence OF the maid WAS
the obstacle which caused delay, it would
be easy to tell ker that she was not want
ed to wait
The weary doctor positively forbade
this.
Gus visit, and had discovered that she
seemed to distrust him. The woman was
sly and suspicious. Since they had sat
down to dinner, It was easy to see that she
was lingering in the room to listen to the
conversation, on one pretense or another.
II she was told not to wait. there could be
NO doubt OF her next proceeding; she
would listen outside the door. Take my
word for it," the doctor concluded, there
are all the materials for spy In Fanny
Mere"
But Lord Harry was obstinate. Chatting
under the sense of his helpless pecuniary
position. he was determined to hear, at
once, what remedy for it Vimpany had
discovered.
1--WE can set that woman's curiosity ut
defiance" he said.
'.How?"
" neu you were IcdI yOuI PIOlcSe
sion you lived in Paris for some years.
didn't your"
'All rightv'
swell, then. you can't have entirely for
gotten your French,"
The doctor at once understood what this
meant, and answered significantly with a
wink. He had found an opportunity Che
said) Of testing his memory not very long
since. Time had undoubtedly deprived
him of his early mastery over the French
language. but he could still following for
Q few mistakes) make a shift to under
stand it and speak it. There was one
thing, however, that he wanted to know
first. Could they be sure that my lady's
maid had not picked up French enough to
use her ears to some purpose? Lord Harry
easily disposed of this doubt. So entirely
ignorant was the maid of the language Of
the place in which she was living. that she
was not able to ask the tradespeople for the
simplest article Of household use. unless it
was written for her in French before she
was sent on the errand.
This was conclusive. When Fanny 10
turned to the dining-ropm she found Q