The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-13

per.arbed expression upon bis sris1ocrssao
features.
Ny messenger reached yoa, then ~
asked Holmes
yes and I confess that the contents
startled ne beyond measure Have yoa
good authority for what yo1 say
The bess possible
Lord s. simon sank into chair, and
passed his hand over his forehead
What viii the duke say, he ra1r-
nsu-ess, when be hears that one Of the
family has bean subjected 70 slcA 2 ne
r1IllaTion ?"
at is the pGrest accident cannot a.
Low that there IS any humiliation
An. you look on these things from an
other standpoint"
Il fail 20 see mat anyone !: % blame.
can hardly say how the lady could have
acted otherwise. though her ebrlp.
method OF doing I: was undoubtedly 70 Be
regretted Having no mother she had 10
one 20 advise her at such crisis"
1T was sight Sir, public sight. said
Lord ST. SIMON, tapping his Angers 1pon
the table.
You must r1axs allowance for this pyoo-
girl, placed II 30 unprecedented posi-
non.
4 will make 10 allowances. lam very
angry. indeed, and have been shanefUlly
used.
Il think that I heard ring" sad
Holmes. Yes. there are steps On the
landing. If cannot persuade you 70 take
"a Ienient view Of the matter. Lord So.
Simon. have brought an advocate here
who may be more successful" He opened
the door and Gsasrsd n alzdy and gentle
man. Lord -. Simon, " said he. allow
NE 70 introduce you 20 Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Hay Noalton- The lady, think,
you have already met" A. the sight OF
these NEWCOMERS our client had sprung
from his seat, and stood very erect, with
his eyes cast down and his hand thrust
into the breast Of MS frock coat-a picture
OF offended dignity. The lady had taken
q quick step forward, and had held out
her TWO hands 10 him. but he still refused
20 raise mis- eye. Il was as wei for his
resolution. perhaps, for her pleading face
was one which IL was hard 70 resist.
You're angry. Robert" said she,
well, guess you have every cause 10
be-"
pray make no apology TO me-" said
Lord ST. Simon, bitterly.
''0h yes know that have treated you
real bad, and that should have spoken 10
you before went. bu. was kind of rat
tied and from the time when / saw Frank
here again l just didn't know what I was
doing OF saying. / only wonder I didn't
fall down and do FAINT right there before
the altar"
Perhaps, Mrs. Moultoa. you would ike
my friend and 20 leave the room while
you explain this rnatIer?"
IF I may give an opinion, remarked
the strange gentleman, we've had Just \
little too much secrecy over this business
already. For my part | should ike all
Europe and America 20 hear the rights Of
it." He was small. why, sunburned
man, clean shaver, with sharp face and
alert manner.
-
said the lady. Frank here and | met IN
"a in McQu1re's camp. near the Rockies,
where pa was working claim We were
engaged 10 each other, Frank and |, but
then one day father struck a rich pocxes
and made pile, while poor Frank here
had claim that petered out and came 10
nothing. The richer pa grew the poorer
was Frank, 80 az last pa wouldn : hear Of
our engagement lasting any longer, and he
took me away 70 Frisco Frank wouldn't
throw Up MS hand, though, so he followed
me there and he saw NE without pa know
ing anything about IT, Il would only
have made him mad 10 know, so we Just
fixed il al Up for ourselves Frank said
that he would 90 and make his Pile, too,
and never come back TO claim ne until he
had as much Is pa So then promised 10
wait for him TO the end OF time, and
pledged myself not 70 marry anyone else
while he lived Why shouldn't we be
married right away then said he, and
then l will feel sure OF you, and | won't
claim to De your husband till I come
back Well we talked il over, and he
liked II all up so nicely with clergyman
all ready in waiting that We Just did Il
right there and then Frank went OF 70
seek his fortune and 1 went back 70 pa
The next heard OF Frank was that he
was in Montana, and then he went pros
pecting into Arizona, and then l heard Of
y Ma ~ha-
long newspaper story about how min
ers' camp had been attacked by Apache
Indians, and there was my Franks name
among the killed. l tainted dead away
and was very sick for months afterwards.
Pa thought had a decline and took me TO
half the doctors in Frisco. Not word of
news came for year and more. so that /
never doubted that Frank was really dead.
Then Lord 81. Simon came TO Frisco and
We came TO London and marriage was ar
ranged, and pa was very pleased, but |
felt all the time that no man on this earth
would ever take the place in my heart that
had been given 10 nay poor Frank.
still, If l had married Lord ST. Simon
Of course I'd have done my duty BIZ him;
We can't command our love. but We can
our actions. | went TO the altar with him
with the intention that | would make him
lust rs good a wife as IL was in me 70 be.
But you may imagine what l felt when
Just as l came TO the altar rails | glanced
back and saw Frank standing looking at
me out of the first pew. l thought Il was
his ghost at first; out when looked again
there he was still with 3 kind of question
in his eyes. as if 10 ask me whether | were
glad or sorry 10 see him. I wonder | didn't
drop. | know that everything was turn
ing round, and the words of the clergy
man were Just like the buzz OF bee in my
ear. | didn't know what TO do. Should l
stop the service and make q scene IN the
church? l glanced at him again and he
seemed 10 know what l was thinking. for
he raised his finger to his lips 10 tell me 20
be still. Then | saw him scribble on =
piece OF paper, and l knew he was writing
me note. As l passed his pew on the
way out | dropped my bouquet over 10
him and he slipped the note INTO my hand
when he returned me the flowers. Il was
only a line. asking ne TO Join him when
he made the sign 70 me TO do SO. Of
course, never doubted for moment that
my first duty now was 10 him. and | de-
termlned 10 do just whatever he might
direct.
when I got back told my maid. who
had known him in California and had al
ways been his friend. I ordered her 70 say
nothing, but to get a few things packed
and my ulster ready. I know l ought
10 have spoken 10. Lord ST. Simon, but
IL was dreadful hard before his mother
and all those great people. l Just made up
my mind 70 run away, and explain after
wards. l hadn't been at table ten minutes
before l saw Frank out of the window AZ
the other side of the road. He beckoued
TO me, and then began walking into the
park. | slipped out. put my things on
and followed him. Some women came
talking something or other about Lord 81.