San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-17


lebrity at home as IA society character,
coupled with my aunt's eageruess FOR
amusement, that our presence would
long escape detection. AS fact. before
the end of the first week We were inun-
dated with invitations, many of which
it was impossible to decline, and final
Iy gave up the struggle, and suffered my.
self to become a facile tool in the hands
of my friends after nightfall. reserving
merely the daytime for my financial in
vestigations. was the more willing to
submit to this social demand because |
had Il hope that might meet with Mr..
Prime at some of the houses TO which We
were asked, bu: though constantly rec
ognized, with a sense Of danger that was
| yet delicious. faces that had become
| familiar with down town. his was never
among them | made no inquiries, but
the mystery of his absence was finally
explained
Miss Harlan" said my hostess to me
ut brilliant dinner party, Il had hoped
| 10 be able to present 10 you this evening
| my friend Mr. Francis Prime, who is
| altogether charming: but he writes me
that he is not going anywhere this win
ter: he has in fact given himself up for
the time being to business, and cannot
| break his rule even for me. Everybody
is laughing over the idea of his doing
| anything except make himself agreeable
| AS he isn't here, let me tell you he is the
! worst firt in town. and we all rather
| nope he won't succeed, for he fills his
niche to perfection-whichi is paying him
high compliment, think. But there are
| other attractive men in the world be-
| sides Mr. Prime, AID am going to ask
| you. by and by, to tell me your opinion
Of our new Englishman, who is to take
| you in TO dinner. He is only the Honor
able Ernest Ferroll at present, but when
his uncle dies he will be Duke of Clyde
my dear and on dit he is looking for
wife"
found the Honorable Ernest decided
| ly agreeable. He had fine figure, was
six feet high, with blue eyes and a lux
uriant chestnut beard. In his thirty
| years he had lived and travelled every
| where, reserving the States, as he called
them. for a final jaunt preparatory to
settling down. He was making merely
| a fying trip through the seaboard cities
after Il preliminary canter at Newport,
| previous to doing California and some
big hunting in the Rockies" but later
he intended to return and spend season
N New York and Boston society His
name was for the moment on every ones
lips, and there was much quiet maternal
inquiry as to how long the old peer was
| likely to last, for the Honorable Ernest
was said to be rather short of money
| He has fine forehead, and if one
likes boards, his is certainly handsome
| specimen" said Aunt Helen ruminant-
ly, as we were driving home. 81 have
no fancy for them myself, but it is al
ways possible to shave them off; that's
| one comfort.
OWNED of whom she was speaking
but made no response.
How did you like him, VirginiaT'
Mr.. Ferroll? | found him very en-
tertaining," replied.
II thought he seemed decidedly i'm
pressed by you. He scarcely kept his
| eyes off you all through dinner. don't
| blame him. for you were looking your
best. Duchess of Clyde! You might do
worse, Virginia. They say he is anxious
TO marry
so Mrs. Tremaine informed me-"
Did she really? That was very anna
bic of her. especially as you are stran-
| ~--'ss 49,
ger, and there must be plenty of girls in
| ,l, -, ,,,fa ,tr1,n
their caps for him. | could not help
thinking at dinner what handsome
pair You would make"
Zone would suppose you were in
earnest, from your serious tone, Aunt
| Helen"
And so am, so | am, quite in ear
nest Of course | should wish to know a
little more definitely about him before
ANYTHING final was arranged. But from
what | hear there can be no question in
regard to his title, If there were the
slightest suspicion of anything out of
| the way concerning it he would never
| have been ut Mrs. Tremaine's, who is
very particular woman, and knows what
| she knows He seems, so far as could
| Judge, to be manly, right minded
young man He told me that he shot
three tigers in India, and observed
that he took scarcely any wine at din
ner 1t won't do, though, Virginia, to
dllly daily, for am given to understand
that he leaves in a fortnight for Cali
fornia to explore the west But he is
coming back to spend several months
next winter, and if you do not throw
cold water on him now he may feel dis
posed to run on to Boston, in spite of the
efforts that will be made to keep him