Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-01

She made up her mind at last. and about
O'Clock in the evening went to his
rooms, which to her immense surprise
and CONSERVATION she found empty.
She violently rang the bell, which was
answered by one of the footmen.
'Where is Lord Gilmore?' she asked +,
Impatiently.
81 cannot say, my lady" answered
the footman, who knew perfectly well,
but who thought the storm might as well
fall on other shoulders than his own.
''Send bis valet to NE" com manded
my lady.
The footman bowed and retired, we'll
| knowing that the valet was at this mo-
ment travelling with his lord to London,
| but that of course was no business of his.
He returned In few minutes.
''Foster, my lords valet, is not in
| gone to town with my lord in the z
| o. CLOCK train
"To town." repeated Lady Gilmore,
and her face grew pallid, and she stag
gered forward and grasped the back of
chair. "Who told you this2" she asked
the next moment.
1.-THE butler, my lady, F" answered the
footman.
"Tell him instantly to come here, ("
cried Lady Gilmore; and Graham went,
feeling that he had been thrust into q
most unfair and difficult position.
"What does this mean2' asked Lady
Gilmore the moment he appeared. Gam
1 to understand that Lord Gilmore is
gone without seeing me; without telling
me of his intentions?
my lord left note for you, my
lady, }" answered Graham, quietly.
ga note2 Then why was it not de-
livered to me at once?
,"My lord gave me particular orders
not to do so my lady; he said-give this
to Lady Gilmore at dinner time, but not
before-this is the note, my lady.
Lady Gilmore snatched it impulsively
from the mans hand, and as she read
the hard words it contained she gave a
hoarse cry of anguish and passion. -
"Who has told him all this? Who has
told him about that girl2' she asked the
next moment, turning like fury on the
butler. "Did You, Graham? It must
have been you'll
''It certainly was not, my lady," an
swerod the butler, firmly.
''Who told him then?''
"That cannot say; certainly not me;
but this evening my lord sent for me and
he knew then that 1 had taken Miss
LOTUS last night to town, for he told me
500
"Did he ask for her address,"
"No, my lady, he made no inqui-
RES, - said the butler, unblushlngly.
"He simply told me he was going to
town, and that l was to give you the
note at dinner time.''
''She has written to him, - thought
Lady Gilmore desDairingly; "and Kate |
Butler has done all this.
The poor woman in her anger and fear |
next acted very uniustly. She ran to |
Miss Buffers room, carrying Gilmore's |
note in her hand, and, to the great in
dignation of that young lady, began to |
abuse her without stint.
"Look what you have made me dol"
she cried. "Gilmore is gous-he has
gone after that girl, and he says we have
been spying on his actions, and SO we
haYel"
"His conduct was very disgraceful ,"
said Miss Butler, turning suddenly red.
':You have only made it worse; you
him and got me to watch him,
and this 10 theiend!''
Miss Butler shrugged her shoulders.
'The end would probably have been
the same in any case, - she said; ''the
you have not cared, under the circum-
stances, conclude, to have kept her in
the house?'
"You have only done harm?" ragged
Lady Gilmore, "and you have sent my
'On away from mel''
But it Is needless to write any more of
1er unseemly words. The quarrel ran so
high that Miss Butler wrote to her mother
he same evening to tell her that she
would return hons the next day. ''As
or Gilmore Miss Butler added, "his |
conduct is such that it would be impossi-
de for any respectable girl to marry
lin; l shall tell yon more when l see
-ou, - and so on.
Thus ended Lady Gilmore's scheme |
bout the marriage Of her son; and when
he grand-aunt at Gatefor manor house
eard of her failure, aud the story about {
he governess-for she always contrived {
o know everything that hap
ened at Wrothsley-she said, spitefully, c
hat she was not surprised. /
'MY lady always puts her foot into O
- she said; "and as for Gill v
lore, he's his father over again, every S
lch. - h
CHAPTER xvT.-THE LAST BLOW.
Mrs. Barclay was very bitter indeed d
bout Nancy IS return, and when during =
he next day Mrs. Lotus was forced to "
Omit that the cause of it was "some Il
lily about young L ord Gilmore talking
} her, !" Aunt Fannie at once deolar ed >,
lat Nancy's conduct had been dis "
raeeful. t
'She always was girl who tried to b
tract attention. - she said Yirtuously,
and you see this is the end OF it. What
g you going to do about it, Lucy, for it
quite impossible that you can afford to o.
,ep her at home, and who will take her
governess now, when both Lady Gill 'sV
ore and Lady Blenkensop will of course g
i've turned against her?'P
Mrs. LOTUS however did not take gu te
eh dismal view of Nancy's short to
mings. di
will write to Lady BIsnkensop and re
plain, - she said; HLady Gilmore is
Town to be a very quick tempered
oman, and hope it will all come right; Vr
ter all it was not such very dreadful
ing for young man to like to talk to oh
city girl. -
Auut Fannie shook her head.
Ladies IN their position WON'T stand ST
at kind of thing. she said; 'sI con-
ho. fbro-, - |