The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-23

You forget. mamma, 8" Kathleen now
said, that statues are purchasable;
they're apt to have their price If by
opportunities you mean those of getting
myself sold-'
Tut int, DEAR broke in her
mother. Don't go out Of your way TO
call marriage hard names. And, de
pond upon 1t, you couldn't say an
original thing on the subject If you
brooted q year It's an institution that
has ca much abuse poured upon it as
imprisonment for debt. OF the two
evils, however, civilization has con-
cluded only TO abolish one"
Kathleen made an impatient gesture
as that ending bit Of satire was spoken
sd no idea of running down marriage
she said. Its a very sweet and holy
relation, / should judge, when two
people enter into 1t with proper
motives and felings-" Mrs. Kennaird
gave one of her triIlingly musical
laughs. 1t was a laugh that always
sounded well in u drawing-roOIni 1t had
been for years like the delicate little
/ trumpet peal Of her regnant popularity
MY dear Kathleen If you could
only hear yourself You don't know
what a really dewy effect you create,
with your drOu assumption Of eS-
perience. But the wisdom cap, my
child, is decidedly becoming Go on,
my dear, and talk Of marriage as a
sweet and holy relation. The ensemble
IS immensely fresh in willovy girl
with your cut Of features"
fsAh,'' cried Kathleen, flushing and
biting her lips. Il truly believe, mamma
that II you saw one man rescue another
from drowning, your first idea Of the
affair would be whether the savior per
| formed his feat with awlrwardnezs or
grace"
At about this time, es it happened,
Mrs Kennaird committed tie crowning
! mistake Of her life. Among the per-
/ sons of note who had most cordially
! greeted her On her return was a stanch
/ former friend, the marchiOness of Den
/ Cudlen. The marchiOness was a woman
| OF large heart, though quick temper.
/ She was famed for the sincerity and ten
/ aeity of her likes and dislilzes, and Mrs.
Kenhaird had long stood high on the
list of the former. Lady DendudlOn
thought that Sir FARMLAND had treated
her friend with a sorry stinginess, and
| very freely vented this opinion She
/ fell in love with Kathleen, and encOur-
/ aged an intimacy between herself and
| her only daughter, Lady Guinevere
/ POindezter, one of the reigning London
| bellies. Twice she invited the Kennairds
/ to come and visit her at the most de-
/ IightfuI of her several country-seats,
/ DendudIon hall, near the Devon cliffs.
/ It was during the second Of these visits
/ that Mrs. Kenaaird's fatal blunder Oc-
Cured.
Besides Lady Guinevere, the mar
/ chioness had two other children, both
/ sons. The eldest, Lord Armitage, had
/ lately married and was travelling on the
/ continent. At DendudIon hall, when
/ Kathleen and her mother made the
second visit there, was the younger son,
Lord Egbert Poindezter. Neither OF
the ladies had ever seen him before, and
Tor an excellent reason. Although in
his latter twenties and of a marked
/ personal beauty, he lived most retired
life on account Of his lameness. An nc
cident In childhood had partly deprived
him Of the use OF both lower limbs, and
he never moved himself except with the
aid of clutches. His mother was al
most fanatically fond of him, and
guarded him as the apple of her eye.
She conhded to Mrs. Kennaird that he
was immensely rich, and would in this
respect far Outshine his elder brother,
even after he should become mar
quis; for an elderly aunt, pity
ing his Juvenile misfortune, had
left him a great property in Sussex be-
sides ample mOneyed capital, to the
rage and disappointment of a bevy OF
waiting heirs. 1T is a great chance, 81
proceeded the marchioness, FOR Egbert
TO show his fine humanitarian spirit,
He will, am certain, send his name
ringing through the centuries as n no
bic and wise benefactor to his race
His marriage, you know, is impossible
and"
''Why impossible, my dear Lady Den
dad1on2" broke IN Mrs, Kennaird.
The marchioness' pure-cut patriciar
face hardened little. "Ch, I SHOULD
not have said impossible, perhaps, hui
surely in no sense probable. At least
not for years yet. Egbert is still
young. II he once reached an age o.
sufficient discretion to make him zeal
ize that the woman whom he asked K
become his wife might give him fidelity
compau3onship, affection, without
CLEAN of the sentiment which yOungel
men expect and demand, and if, S,
realizing, he married as much with heaS
as with heart, why, then, I should pu
{ no obstacle In the way Of such union
; But hoWl" and tine marchioness lifted
, one hand, waving it before her face
PLENTY OF girls might say that the
cared for him, YOU understand, but
l Here, with a self-cOnsciOusness Gttl
laugh, she paused However, m,
8 friend, let us talk of something else
4 Mrs, KeunaiTd thought her prejudic
t a most perverse and ill-advised one
s / which 10 doubt it was, considering tn
> gentle charm of Lord Egbert's CONVEX
e sation and the marked Coneliness OF hi
D visage.
Z More people came to Dendudlon hal
n In "a day or two, and the marchiOness
s occupied with other guests, failed to sc
D what swift and tender havoc Kathlee
: had wrought in the breast Of he
o younger son. But Mrs. Keunaird saw
4 and tingled with new. delicious hopes
), The Kennairds were and yet were moi
g a portion of the present house party
t their stay had graciously been take
y for granted as an indefinite one. Lor
Egbert fell in love with a kind of Il
- uaultuous expedition. He sat beside I'll
e object of his sudden passion as Ion
t each day as she would let him, an
T when not following her on his crutche
he did so, Us far as feasible, with his p
e etc blue eyes. The determination {
+; his mother had thus far never give
4 him thought now he rebelled asains
d the idea of not being permitted to uaarT
n when and whom he chose.
d In short time the marquis, mis- f
y ther, was expected back to his favnrit
n home in Devonshires after q term
N shooting on the Scotch moors- A &c
d tain plan had entered the head of LoI
r Egbert, and he at once proceeded (
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