Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-19
THE BOGUS SIR HENRY.

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Size was very tall and very pretty, and
very pleasant to talk to and before he weut
home that night from the assembly he was
head over heels in love.
At al events, he went away from the
assembly resolving to see more Of Miss
Van I tndt.
This was not a very difficult matter
He had found that she was stay ing with
the AspinwalI- JOueses, 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 a certain episode last summer, in
which he thought one Of his friends had
not been treated quite right, his relations
with Mrs. AspInwali-Jone had been
rather strained. However, he was not
calling on the whole family, and he
strolled down the road after late break
fast IN happy frame of mind.
He really ought to do something. AL
though he Was called young" Lockwood
thirty was not very far off, ana be really
should get married. He thou yht Of this
IN connection with Miss Van Zandt, and
the thought was very agreeable to him,
for he knew Miss Van ZAndt was a very
rich girl.
If he married her, it wouldn't be for
money, Of course; but then, you know,
money is very convenient, and not to be
despised.
He found Miss Van Zindt on a piazza,
and she was glad to see him, at least she
said so, and she smiled in a way that led
him to believe she meant it.
cts SC very good Of you, Mr.. lockwood
/ m sure, to come down and see me, -" she
said.
"You know it is your own fault, y
Lockwood smiled back, seating himself in
a steamer chair ''for if you give people in
vitations you must know they sometimes
accept"
Lockwood said good many things, but
he dldn t seem to care much about talking.
lie 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 pleas
ant modulatiOns and droll infections, and
her smile was sunny and cordial.
Lockwood wondered whether she was
patroniz ny or not, for she said TO him:
81 am almost certain | saw you last year
IN LonGcn. | know you must be an Eng
lishman"
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 blond hair.
"RellV, you are very complimentary,
but have never been abroad" he
said
She seemed so anxious to please him and
find subj cts that he liked to talk about
that Lockwood put her down either for a
girl who had been in society very little.
and had her head turned by the attention
she received, or else a girl who merely
made business of flirting.
Bnt ne found out a good deal more
about aer before the summer was over.
Miss Asplnwall-J Jones, who, by the way,
differed from her mother in more WAYS
than one, found it easy to throw them to-
gether. 1t was not a difficult thing to do
at all, and so, after a German which they
had daEced together-thc same German.
by the way, which was led by Archie I,e-
land ard Miss Aspinwall- Jones-MissVan
Iandt burst into her friends room and be-
gan to cry In very Spif-satisfed 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 conf
dences.
But the next day brought complications.
Mrs. Aspinwall- Jones locked the door 8f
ter the horse was stolen by taking Miss
Van Zandt off to Hash Bish falls ON a pic
mic and leaving Lockwood out.
And somehow that started row be-
tween the two, and finally ended in Lock
woods going away to Newport and Miss
Van Zandt's shutting herself up for a day
In her room, from which she emerged
presently with suspiciously shining eyes
and very red cheeks
Tell me about it, do?" said Miss Aspin-
wall-Jones.
II won t, snapped the other, in any
thing but an amiable way
But IA awfully sony"
"Yes?"
And it happened that d few DAYS after
MISS Asplnwall-Jones looked very tear
fully at her friend, and they both smiled
as they agreed that men were perfectly
horrid.
There was not very much Joking about
1t, even II the men concerned were only
Archie Leland and Corliss Tuckermann.
but young Lockwood was an altogether
different sort of man, and he moped
about the casino at Newport and smoked
numberless cigarettes in moody contem-
plation 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 finished notes
were consigned to the waste basket or
burned. On the third day he found note
at his place on the table. and he looked at
the writing and then thought he recoQ-
nlzed It,
There was no mistake; the note was
from Miss Aspinwall Jones' He opened
1t, read and whis tied.
Dear Mr.. lockwood, " ran the note. II
don know what you will think of me for
writing In this way, and for goodness sake
never tell Adele; but | would like very
much 10 have you come and visit US in dis
guise' II you can manage 1t, come and
visit US as Lord Fitznoodle or something
else, ana You may appear at our dance on
Monday. Come down and see Adele. and
see for yourself how she takes it-von
know very well what | mean. Please
write nue. at once, and perhaps nv innocent
masquerade will work.
Lockwood whistlea again and took the
next train for New York. OF course it
was not because Lockwood knew some
newspaper people intimately that the fol-
lowing item appeared in two of the New
! ork evening papers:
''Slr Henry Bradfordshire of London ar
rived yesterday ON the Servia. and after a
few days stag al the hurry Hill hotel will
proceed immediately to Lennox, where be
will be the guest of Mrs. Aspinwall-J ones
at their charming country house there"
Mrs. Asplnwall- Jones In particular was
delighted with the catch she had made
real live English baronet whom her