St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17
THE BOGUS SIR HENRY,

The BOGUS SIR HENRY.
Of course young Lockwood had no
business to fall in love with her. but he
really couldn't help it.
She was very tall and very pretty, and
very pleasant to talk to. and before he
went home that night from the assem-
| bly, he was head over heels in love.
At all events, he went away from the
assembly resolving to see more of Miss
Van Zandt.
This was not very difficult matter
He had found that she was staying with
the Aspinwall-Joneses, and she had
been good enough to say he might call
if he liked.
Lockwood was not exactly on intimate
terms with the Aspinwall-Joneses. and
since certain episode last summer, In
which he thought one of his friends had
not been treated quite right, his rela-
ton with Mrs. ASpinwail-JoneS had
been rather strained. However, he was
not calling on the whole family, and he
strolled down the road after a late
breakfast in rather happy frame of
mind.
He really ought to do something. AL
though he was called young" Lock-
wood, thirty was not very far off, and
he really should get married. He
thought of this in connection with Miss
Van Zandt, and the thought was very
agreeable to him, for he knew Miss VAN
Zant was very rich girl.
If he married. her il wOuIdn,t ba for
money, of cOure; but then, you know,
money is very convenient, and not to
be deSpised.
He found Miss Van Zandt on piazza,
and she was very glad to see him, at
least she said so, and she smiled in
way that led him to believe that she
meant it.
ITS SO very good of you, Mr.. Lock-
wood, Pm sure, to come down and see
me-" she said.
You know it is your own fault"
Lockwood smiled back, seating himself
in steamer chair, ''for if you give peo-
pie invitations you must know they
sometimes accept"
Lockwood said good many things,
but he didn't seem to care much about
talking. He lay back in his chair and
watched the girls animated face as she
talked and saw the clear brightness of
her brown eyes and the turn of her
neck as she moved her head. Her voice
was very odd, with pleasant modula-
tons and droll infections. and her
smile was sunny and cordial.
Lockwood wondered whether she was
patroniZing or not, for she said to him:
Il am almost certain | saw you last
year in London. know you must be
an Englishman."
Which was very reasonable as Lock-
wood was very large, with great deal
of color in his face. and he had blue
eyes and very blonde hair.
ideally, you are very complimentary,
but L have never been Abroad" he
said.
She seemed so anxious to please him
and find subjects that he liked to talk
about that Lockwood put her down
either for girl who had been in society
very little, and had her head turned by
the attention she received. or else girl
who merely made business of flirting.
But he found out a good deal more
about her before the summer vas over.
Miss Aspinwall-Jones who, by the way,
differed from her mother in more ways
than one, found it easy to throw them
together. 1t was not a difficult thing to
do at all, and so, after german which
they had danced together-the same
german, by the way, which was led by
Archie Leland and Miss Asplnwall-
J0nes-MiSS Van Zandt burst into her
friends room and began to cry in very
self satisfied way. and then smile
through her tears.
Il had to accept him, my dear"
And then they embraced and kissed
one another and exchanged mutual COLI
fidences.
But the next day brought complica-
tions. Mrs. Aspinwall Jones locked the
door after the horse was stolen by TAX.
ing Miss Van Zandt off to Hash-Bish
falls OIL picnic and leaving Lockwood
out.
And somehow that started row be-
tween the two, and finally ended in
LockWOod'S going away to Newport
and Miss Van Zandt's shutting herseIf
| up for day in her room, from which
she emerged presently with suspiciously
shining eyes and very red cheeks.
TEL ME about it, do?' said Miss AS
pinwall-Jones.
Il WON'T" snapped the other, in any,
thing but an amiable way.
But Pm awfully sorry"
"Yes?"
And it happened that few DAYS after
Miss AspinwallJOne looked very tear
fully at her friend, and they both
smiled as they agreed that men were
perfectly horrld.
There was not very much Joking
about it, even if the meu concerned
were only Archie Leland and Corliss
Tuckermann: but young Lockwood was
an altogether different sort of a man,
and he moped about the Casino at New
port and smoked numberleSS cigarettes
in moody contemplation of the world.
He started very often to write to her
and tell her he was wrong, but it was
very hard work, and the half-fnished
notes were consigned to the waste
basket or burned. On the third day he
found note at his place at the table,
and he looked at the writing and then
thought he recognized it..
There was no mistake; the note was
from Miss ASpinwall-JoneS. He opened
it, read and whistled.
dear Mr.. Lockwood" ran the note,
VI don't know what you will think OF
me for writing in this way, and for
goodness sake, never tell Adele: but l
would like very much to have you come
and visit us In disguise. Ii you can man.
age 1T, come and visit US as Lord Fitz-
noodle or something else, and you NAV
appear at our dance on Monday. Come
| down and see Adele, and Judge for
yourself how she takes it-you know
| very we'll what L mean. Please write
me at once, and perhaps my Innocent
masquerade will work.
| LOCKWOOD WhlStled again and took the
| next train for New York. OF course it
was not because Lockwood knew some
newspaper people intimatly that the