Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-05-12

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Campignon, who wished the young gem
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 GRO
quet is very innocent game in itself,
but one which displays a hundred OPP
portunities for Irritation, and 1nademoi-
sele noticed that Mr.. Dunbar lost no
chance of playing the gallant to her pu-
pill. Like szillful 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 q
girl of sixteen tripped onto the lawn
and offered to share the sport, pro-
posal which was accepted by the young
people with rueful resignation. It was
an heroic action on her part, for she
hated the game in which she only sue
ceeded in rapping her toes and Earring
her arms, while she was in constant
terror of the hot sun playing havoc
with her compleXion-for, you see even
the very best French creme &c 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 M. lie Viscount
Leon d'Estreville. This was not at all
as she had intended it, for she well I'M
derstoOd the Importance of first impress
sions, and it was a little aggravating to
find her dashing nephew's advent robbed
of it's 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
young gentleman, dressed in speck-and-
span new clothes, with mauve kid
gloves, patent leather shoes and scarf
| of cerulean blue, bestudded with a
cluster pin, which glittered like a fire.
fly, step from the carriage and nbrace
mademoise1le. They saw the driver de-
post 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 oh
served, as mademoiselle and her nephew
| disappeared into the house; Ibid 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 respondent appearance had
made an impression on her unsophisti-
Gated mind.
LA, Mr.. Dunbar!' she said. 81 am
i sure he is 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 gillifowers there. besides smell
ing twice as sweetly."
"Ah, now l know you are laughing
i at me-" Nellie cried; land for punish
ment I'll croquet your ball right into
the cabbage bed yonder.'' and, suiting
the action to the word. she sent it flying
with a stroke that was credit to her
round, dimpled arms.
IT'S ever thus that beauty despiscs
humble WORTH Dunbar declared. in
mock heroics; ''but wait till | get q
chance at your ball, young lady, and
see if I don't send it spinning over
Chertsey church steeple."
just then a maid-servant came across
the lawn with a message for Kate
'Ma'mselle wishes you to come in
and be introduced to the new young
gentleman, miss. if you please
Kate stood irrresolute. She could
make every excuse for the governess'
long habit of exacting obedience from
young people, but this subversion of
etiquette was very annoying to her,
particularly when she felt that Arthur
brown eyes were fixed upon her with an
inquiring expression
Tho sultan kas flung down his