The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-19
I LOVES |]'1 VICTORY.
sY BERTHA N. CLAY.

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Then Sir Oswald, with his visitors. All.
yanced. 1t was PauIine's aversion, Lad,
Hampton, with her niece, Miss Rocheford.
Lady Hampton advanced in her usua
grave, artificial manner.
"Sir Oswald wanted to send for you, but
said no. What can be more charming thai,
such a group under the trees? am go anx.
fons to Introduce my niece to you, Miss Da..
rell-she arrived only yesterday. El:nor. ic;
me introduce You o. Miss Darrell, SIiss Hast.
incs, and Captain LH@rton." .'.
- Pauline's dark p1'.~ glanced at the blush.
ing, sweet face, and TIE shrinking, graceful
figure. Miss Hastings made her welcome:
and the captain, siroking his mustachc
thought himself In luck for knowing twr
such pretty girls. ...... ,.... .i
There could not have been a greater con.
trast than Pauline Darrell and Eiinor Roche.
ford. Pauline was dark, proud, beautiu.
passionate, naughty, ami wiilful, yet with .
poets soul and grand mind above MI
worldliness, all meanness, all artiiicc. E.inoi
was timid, shrinking, graceful, lovely, with
delicate, fairy-like beauty, yet wthal keen,
ly alive to the main chance, and never Tor.
getting her aunts great maxim-to make the
best of everything for herself.
On this warm August morning Miss Roche.
ford wore a charming gOssamer costume ot
lilac and white, with the daintiest of Partisan
hats on her golden head. Her gloves, shoes
laces, parasO, were perfection--not iohI
was out of place, not ribbon awry--coH.
trasting most forcibly with the grand, pict
uresque girl near her. ...
Lady Hampton seated herself, and Miss
Rocheiord did the same. Sir Oswald sug.
gesting how very refreshing grapes and
natn .ttI hn tt,,,r
Captain Langton volunteered to 20 and order
some. Lady Hampton watched him as hc
walked away. .. .
What magnificent man, Sir Oswald
What n line clever facel 1t is easy to SET
that he Is IA military man-he is so upright,
so easy; there is nothing like military train
Ing for giving man au easy. dignited car
riage. think / III lcIStood that he was the
son OF very old friend of yoursT'
THE son OF tie dearest friend ever had
in the world" was the reply; land | love
him as though he Were my own-indced
wish he were"
Lady Hampton sighed and looked sympa
thetic. 49,.
"Langton," she continued. in mllsing
tone-"is he one of til" Langtons of Order
ut'No," rsfAi'd Sir Oswald; my dear ol,;
friend Wa. o,. y 2"od family, but not greatly
blessel! ~ iD.,....J.'
IT was wUsn, glul tp see how Lady Hamp-
TONS interest III the captain at once died out;
there was no more praise, no more admra
ton for him. If she had discovered that he
was heir TO an earldo.n, how different IL
would have been. Before long the captain
returned, ard Zen Il rustic table was spread
under the lime trees. with purple grapes,
peaches, crim,1. and gold apricots, and rud.
dy pluns.
"Its quite picturesque" Lady Hampton
declared, with asmle; and Elinor, dear child,
enjoys fruit so much. ..
In spite of Lady llampton's wish, there
did not appear to be much cordality between
the two girls. Occasionally Elinor would
look at the captain, who was not slow TO re-
turn her glances with interest. His eyes
said plainly that he Thought her very lovely.
r Miss Rachrtord WAS in every respect the
model Of II we'll brought up young lady. She
knew that the grand end and aim of her eX'
istence was to marry wcll-she never forgot
that She was weil-bom, wcll-brcd, beauti
full, accomplished, but without fortune
From her earliest .i.Ihood Lady Hampton
had impressed upon ter the duty OF marry
ing money.
"You have everything else, Elinor," she
was accustomed To say. You must marry
for title and money"
Miss Rocheforh knew it, She had no OBJ
lection to her fatc-sae was quite passive
over t-but she did hope at times that the
man who had the title and money would be
young, handsome, and agreeable. Ii he were
not, she could not help it, but she hoped ht
would be. s... ...
Lady Hampton had recently become q
widow. In her youth she had felt some lit
tie hope of being mistress of Darrell Court
but that hope had SOON died. Now, how
ever, that niece was thrown upon her hands
she took heart OF grace in another respect
for Sir Oswald was not an old man. 1t was
true his hair was white, but he was erect
digniiied, and, in Lady IlamptOn's opinion
more interesting than u handsome young
man, who would think of nothing but him
self. IT he would be but sensible, and, in
stead OF adopting that proud, uniformed girl
marry, how much better it would be-
She knew that her niece was precisely the
style that hc Acknowledgment, delicate, ut
terry incapable OF any originality, ready al
any moment TO yield her opinions and ideas
ready to do implicitly rs she was told, to be
leve in the superiority of her husbands
model woman, in short, after Sir Oswald''
own heart She say. that the baronet wa:
much struck with l. nor; she knew that IL
his own mind he was contrasting the two
girls--the graceful timidity of the one, hcl
perfect polish of manner, with the brusqu'
independence and terribly plain-spokcn fash
ion of the other.
at would be ten thousand pties," sait
Lady Hampton to herself, Ito see that cir
mistress ol Darrell Court She would max,
good queen fer TIC Sandwich Islands. BE
fore go, must open Sir Oswald's eyes, ant
give him few useful hints"
CHAPTER XII.
SIR OSWALD THINKS OF MARRIAGE.