The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-17

~ was thinking of myself! Poor, noble
fellow, We were inseparable oom-'
Hear the man! Mulberry Sel-Mul-
Rossmore!-hang the troublesome name, I
can never-if I've heard you say once, Two
heard you sAy y thousand times that II that
poor sheep
II was thinking of-of--I don't know
who was thinking Of, and it doesn't make
any difference anyway; somebody idolized
him. l recollect as II it were Yesterday;
and" M
Father. | Am going to shake hands with
Maj. Hawkins. and let the introduction
work along and catch up at it's leisure. I
remember you very we'll indeed, Maj. Haw-
kins, although was n little child when I
saw you last, and am very. very glad in
house as one of us;'' and beaming in his
face she finished her cordial shake with the
hope that he had not forgotten her,
He was %prodiRiously pleased by her out
spoken heartinsss, and wanted to repay her
BY assuring her that he remembered her,
remembered his own children, but the facts
would not quite warrant this; still, he
stumbled through q tangled sentence which
answered just Fas we'll, since the purport of
it was an awkward and u~nintentional CON
fession that, her extraordinary beauty had
SO stupified him that he hadn't got back to
his bearings yet, and therefore couldn't be-
certain as to whether he remembered her at
all or not. The speech made him her friend;
it couldn't we'll help it.
In truth, the beauty of this fair creature
was of q rare type. and may we'll excuse a
moment Of our time spent in it's considera-
tion. II did not consist in the fact that she
consisted in their arrangement. In true
beauty. more depends upon right location
and %judicious distribution of feature than
upon multiplicity of them. So also as re-
gards color. The very combination of colors
which in a volcanic eruption would add
a girl. Such was Gwendolen Sellers.
The family circle being completed by
G~wendolen's arrival, it was deoreed that the
official mourning should now begin; that
II should begin at six O'Clock every evening
(the dinner hour, and end with the
dinner.
TITS a grand old line, major. a sublime
old line, and deserves to be mourned for, al
most royalty, almost imperinlly. / may say,
Er-Lady. Gwendolen-but she's never
mind: \ wanted my peerage; I'll fetch it
myself, presently. und show you a thing or
two that Will give you a realizing idea Of
what our house is. I've been CHANGING
through Burke, and 1 find that of William
the Conqueror's sixty-four natural ch-mv
deal, would yon mind getting me that book?
It'so the escritoirei in our boudoir. Yes, as [
was saying, there's only st. Albums, Buc-
cleugh and Grafton ahead of us on the
list-all the rest of the British nobility are
lady: Now, then, we turn to William, and
we tind-letter for X Y Il? Oh, splendid
when'd you get it?'
Last night; but / was asleep before you
came, you were out 30 late, and when Icnme
to breakfast, Miss Gwendolen-well, she
knocked everything out OF me. you know"
Wonderful girl, wonderful; her great
origin is detachable in her step, her car
riage. her features-but, what does he say?
Come. this is exciting"
II haven't read it-er-Rossm-Mr.
Ross-er--o
Milford! Just cut it short like that. It's
the Enelish way. I'll open it. All, now
let's see." -
TOYOU KNOW WHO-I11INK KNOW YOU,
1 Wait ten dnys. Coming to Washington.
The excitement died out Of both mems
faces. There was a brooding silence for
awhile. then the younger one said with a /
"why; we can't wait ten days for the
'No-the mans unreasonable; we are
down TO the bed rock, financially speak |
IF we could explain to him in some way.
that we are SO situated that time is OF the
Importance to us"
''Yes--ves, that's it-and SO if it would be
~ OOASO " Alu W CUluo uU once lE
would be a great accommodation to US, and
one which wer-"
Which we-wh-"
"Well, which we should sincerely appre-
ciate-'
That's it-and most gladly r~eoipro-
"Certainly-thatll fetch him. Worded
night, If he's a man-got any of tho feelings
OF a man, sympathies and nl that, he'll be
here inside Of twenty-four hours. Pen aud
.paper-come, ws'll get right at it,"
Between them they framed twenty-five
different advertisements, but none of them
were satisfactory. A main fault in NIL of
if made prominent, it was
to excite Pete's suspicion; if
modified below the suspicion point, it was
n meaningless. Finally, the colonel
resigned. and said:
II have noticed, in such literary expe.
as l have had, that one of the most
taxing things to do ia to conceal -FOUR mean
ing when You are irving to conceal it..
Whereas, if YOU go at literature with a free
and nothing to conceal, you can
turn out n book every time that the very
elect can't understand. They all do"
Then hawkins resigned also. and the two
agreed that they must manage to wait the
zen days somehow or otho.. Next they
,aught q ray OF cheer; aincet they had some
definite to go upon now. they could
probably borrow money on the reward
enough, at any rate, to tide them over till
they got it, and meantime the materializ-
Ing recipe would be perfected. and then
to trouble for good and all.
The next day, May 10. n couple of things
aappened-among others: The remains of
The noble Arkansas twins left onr shores
for England. consigned to Lord Rossmore,
Lord Rossmore's son, K~irkcudbright
Marioribanks Sellers, Viscount
Berkeley, sailed from Liverpool for Amer
ca, to rlaoe the reversion of the onrldom in
he hands of the rightful peer, Mulberry
So llers, of Rossmors Towers, in the Dis !
riot of Colualhia, u. s. A.
Thesc two impressive shipments would
meet and part in mid-Atlantio five days
alter, and give NO sign.
a. CHAPTER VI. T.l1 |
In the course of time the twins arrived
md were delivered to their great kinsman.
10 try to describe the rage of that old
nan would profit nothing, the attempt
would fall so far short OF the purpose.
However, when he had worn himself out
md got quiet again. no looked the matter
,vsr and decided that the twins had some
moral rights, although thew had M lecal