The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-13

Campignon. who wished the young gen.
tleman had never left his transatlantic
home.
Nor was her chagrin in any way mol
lifted when she saw the obnoxious in
truder and the two girls hard and fast
at game of croquet on the lawn, their
merry laughter showing how heartily
they enjoyed the recreation. Now cro-
quet is very innocent game in itself,
but one which displays a hundred op-
portunities for Irritation, and mademoi-
selle noticed that Mr.. Dunbar lost no
chance of playing the gallant to her pu-
pill. Like skillful general, she took
in the whole situation at glance and
set to work to checkmate her adver-
sary. So she wreathed her face in the
sweetest smile, and with the step of a
girl of sixteen tripped onto the lawn
and offered to share the sport, a pro-
posal which was accepted by the young
people with rueful resignation. 1t was
an heroic action on her part, for she
hated the game in which she only sue
ceeded in rapping her toes and jarring
terror of the hot sun playing havoc
with her compleXion-for, you see even
the very best French creme de rouge
will cake and crack in the heat.
But her martyrdom was of short
duration, for hardly had the game be-
gun than the station fly from Chertsey
drove up to the door and deposited her
expected nephew. OF course, she at
once few to receive him. rather dis
gusted to notice that the others gave no
attention to the arrival, but went on
playing, as though there was no such
person in the world as NJ. le Viscount
Leon d'Estreville. This was not at all
as she had intended it, for she well un-
derstood the importance of first impress
sions, and it was little aggravating to
find her dashing nephew advent robbed
of its eclat.
But if the young people were not
demonstrative in their observations
they had their eyes open nevertheless
to the glory of the arrival. They saw a
young gentleman, dressed in speclz-and-
span new clothes, with mauve kid
gloves, patent leather shoes and scarf
of cerulean blue, bestudded with q
cluster pin, which glittered like fire
hy, step from the carriage and embrace
mademoiselle. They saw the driver de-
posit on the porch a portmanteau, so
painfully new and SO ornamented with
glistening nickel-work that it made
their eyes ache to look on it.
Mice young man that" Dunbar OBJ
served, as mademoiselle and her nephew
disappeared into the house; did you get
the benefit of that Whit of perfume
from his handkerchief, Miss Grahame?'
Kate blushed.- She knew she ought
to reprove his badinage, but the fun
dancing in his eyes was contagious
Nellie Barlow was, however, ready
to do battle for the young Frenchman,
whose resplendent appearance had
made an impression on her unsophisti-
Gated mind.
La, Mr.. Dunbarl" she said. Il am
sure he is a very pretty young gentle
man."
''Of course he is, Miss Nellie" Arthur
replied, gravely; pretty as picture in
a tailor's fashion book, pretty as one OF
those gilliflowers there, besides smell
ing twice as sweetly."
''Ah, now ! know you arc laughing
at me- Nellie cried; ''and for punish
ment III croquet your ball right into
the cabbage bed yondcr," and, suitina
the action to the word. she sent it flying
with stroke that was 4 credit to her
round, dimpled arms.
.''Tis ever thus that beauty despises
humble WORTH" Dunbar declared, in
mock heroics; but wait till | get 4
chance at your ball, young lady, and
see if l don't send it spinning over
Chertsey church steeple."
Just then q maid-scrvant came across
the lawn with message for Kate.
'Ma'mselle wishes you to come in
and be introduced to the new young
/ gentleman, miss, if you please
/ Kate stood irrresolutc. She could
make every excuse for the goveruess
/ long habit of exacting obedience from
( young people, but this subvcrsion OF
/ etiquette YVES very annoying to her,
+ particularly when she felt that Arthur's
brown eyes were fixed upon her with ar
inquirinG expression.
/! The sultan has flung down his