The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
THE MISSING CANDIDATE.
y. Z. in "Black and IYhite. v

Y. L. an "Bldct and White"
Characters: Sir John Rivers, 65. Mr.
Henry Bosanquet. N. P, As, his cousin.
Miss Vaughan, %, governess to Sir John
Rivers children.
Scene: Rivers court in Surrey. Time
General election,
Enter Mr.. Bosanquet, suddenly, to Sir
John Rivers. who is sitting at lunch with
| his daughters and their gOvernessl
Sir John (surprsed)-My dear fellow
MIR. Bosanquet (breathlessly)- Frank
| want. I've wired to his clubs and to his
rooms in town and got no answer, so came
down here.
Sir John-Sit down Introducing. Miss
! Vaughan-Mr. BosaDquet
Mr.. BOsanquet-Now, where's Frank?
We want to run him against Somers
Sir John-I don't know where Frank is.
No one here does. In Spain, believe, some
| where.
Mr.. BosanQuet-What a pity! 1t would
have been a walk over the course FOR him.
He had only got TO show himself and the
| thing was done. Old Soners would not be
in it against Frank with his good looks aud
popularity. It was such chauce for the
boy. 1t would be the making Of him to get
into the House.
Sir John-I am very sorry for the party,
and sorrier still for Frank, but can do
nothing.
MISS Vaughan rises hastily from the
tablet
Miss Vaughan Ia little confusedD-I think
we will leave You, Sir John. You wish to
talk poiitics-and the children have finished.
| tExlt with chlldren).
Mr.. Bosanquet-1hat'ss nice girl, John,
and very pretty one.
Sir Jon-Shes devilish deal too nice and
too pretty, my dear Ned. It's not her fault.
poor girl; but, to tell you the truth, it is
those beaux yeux OF hers tnat have sent
Master Frank to Spain and keep him in
| hiding.
Mr.. Bosanquet-What? She won't have
| him?
Sir John-I don't know about that; but
! saw how the land lay and l told Frank
quietly that it cou. dn't be. Either he must
go, said, or the girl. So he went.
Mr.. Bosanquet-You should have sent the
girl.
Sir : An-Not at all Eff1e and Philis are
devoted TO her. She is quite a mother to
them, and as they have no mother now,
poor little beggsrs, l couldn't break their
hearts and spoil their chance Of growing
into nice women, even for Frank. You see,
| Ned, one can't pick a Miss Vaughan off
every bush. she is lady by birth, in man
ner and at heart, and as straight and hon
est little woman as ever lived.
Mr.. BosanQuet-Wh hang it all then.
let him marry the girl
| Sir John-I have sometimes thought Of
| that but-but you know we old fellows
are not quite so blind as we are supposed
to be. and-well, l won't let Frank marry
a girl who doesn't care pin for him.
| Mr Bosanquet-And you mean TO tell me
| that this little paragon of yours doesn't
care for Frank Rivers, the best looking
young fellow in the county, the hardest
rider and the best dancer for twenty miles
round2
Sir John-Not bit; and a man, my dear
Ned, may be the greatest hero in the world
AMI the cleverest and haudsomest fellow in
the bargain, but If his wife doesn't love him
she'll think him brute and make his life
a burden to him. No, Frank doesn't marry
| Mary Vaughan while livel
Mr. Bosanquet Qaughing)-If you have
eyes, John, so have /, and mine are
twenty years younger than yours-and l
saw something just now when you were
talkinR-ald come, rll lay you 10 to l, in
| tives, that she's over head and ears in love
with Frank aud that the two are in corres~
| pondence a. this moment.
Sir Johu-What makes you think that?
MIR. Bosanque5-Why, the way she turned
pale when l spoke Of Franks lost chances,
and noticed how she hurried from the
room. You bet she went to fetch his adj
| dress.
Sir John-And admit before me that she
| is writing to my boy! No, IL she were
mean enough to have done that she would
be coward enough to keep it dark.
Mr.. BosanQuet-Wh hen a woman is in
love she doesn't know what being a coward
means.
Re-enter Miss Vaughan)
Miss Vaughan-You said, Mr. Bosanquet,
you wanted Mr.. Rivers address. 1t is No.
10 Gale del Palacio, Salamanca.
Mr.. Bosanquet-Hurrahl I'll wire ard
hen be here in forty-eight hours. The seat
lB saved Thank much Miss
Vaughan. You have done Frank a splendid
turn. Good-by, John. l must drive to the
nearest telegraph Office. EXIT
"a pause.
Sir John--You promised me you would
not write to Frank, Miss Vaughan.
Miss Vaughan-Yes, and have broken
my word. l have written once to Mr..
Rivers.
Sir John-I am disappointed. / had
trusted you so completely.
Miss Vaughan-Sir John, am afraid
must leave your employment.
Sir john am sorry beyond words. and
the children will be entirely cut up And
this letter that you sentl
Miss Vaughan have not sent il vet.
Sir John tbrighteninRl-You have not
sent it,
Miss Vaughan-No, but / mean 10 by
this nights post. Showing letter in her
hand / have Il here
Sir John Perhaps, after all, fits only an
answer 30 one from From Frankl
Miss Vaughan-Yes, 1t Is an answer 10