The Lamar register., 1893-05-27

Antly led away the fair girl to Join q
waltz quadrille.
Az the gay company were leaving
the scene Of their festivities, Charles
Gray put his arm into that of his
friend Sanger. and said:
..Come Sanger, we'll walk home to-
gether. and you may unburden your
mind. either of the Fay question or
of your admiration for my cousin
Lucy"
"Unhappily. tha two subjects are
too nearly connected for either OF
them to be very agreeable at present
Don't be offended, Gray, but how is it
possible for so modest and sweet
looking girl as your cousin to have
such loose views of moralitya"
what do you mean. Sangcra You
did well to bespeak my patience. for
this is an insult both to my cousin
! and myself. l am sure that you can
not find, among all the women you
ever saw. ono more pure in feeling,
or more rigid in moral sense, than
Lucy Lee"
/ $50 could have sworn. from her
face; but what do you think of her
calling Dick Fay an interesting crea-
ture. and sayins that she did not
wonder at Susan Marsh accepting his
addresses. and that she was half in
/ low. ~. him herselt?r
| '.Impossible.H
ii give you my word as gentle
nan. Gray, that she said those very
words l never was so shocked in
! all my life as to hear that sweet voice
and those classic lips defend so vile
wretch.
There is some mistake here, my
friend. which | will unravel. for
cannot allow such charges to be
made against my almost sister, with
out either demanding an apology or
being satisfied OF their truth.
They had now reached the --
hotel. and with somewhat formal
good night" they parted. The next
day Walter Sanger made brilliant
and able plea before the supreme
court in divorce case then pending
between one Richard, or more com
monty called Dick Fay. who had
crowned n life Of debauchery and
wickedncss by dcceiving and running
of with a young girl named Susan
Marsh. Sanger was retained for the
laintitT. a much-abused and ex-
lent woman. It was his first i'm
ant case, and was regarded by
Po'N 10 heard him speak as triumph
an ich the oldest lawyer at
oL vi might well be proud.
'uG 0Nr 'venlsg the young lawyer
IN 'he his oiiice. his head lean
sa' a1ohs N hand and his thoughts
ing npOh IA m his late brilliant sue
u"uii,hs not. the deep hazel eyes
cess Do' sPon heck of the fair Lucy
ana FOs9-tirted was interrupted by
tho entrance OF G, axp-css;n, bo-
greeted him With n ,ryir,ent
tween vexatiou auz Il - s,;d bo
''Do you know, san. nrccions
.'tha, you haYe rande ,If5 WI
laughing Of your, ro ,nto
man. don't attempt again : 20 20 in
without listle p0A ,as and
cessan;ly tread upon your T. in a
remind you that you are 10. NM,
court of justice. and that ~ al,
ladies' are not usually thinking cs "a
yorce eases. or at least do not nIlA
them subjects OF conversation
'Wha; do you mean. Gray9" }
why, my dear epitome of Black
stone. did you ever hear OF an Afaeri-
can poet. brakes beautiful ballad of
the culprit fay. who loved an earthly
maiden. and was tried before the fairy
king. and
.'Oh. what fool have made OF my
self-and how insulted Miss Lee must /
feel" And poor Sanger jumped up
and began siriding up and down his
Office
40 be sure you have my dear
fellow. chuckicd Charley Gray; land
as for Lucy. when | explained the
case to her as well as could Cfor she |
had never heard OF Dick Fay, and |
didn't like TO say much about him to
her). she didn't know whether to
laugh or cry. and so she did both"
..Oh. what laundering idiot she
must think me-poor girl-to te so in
suited. VIII you-can you. Gray. |
get her consent for me TO come and
make my Apology"
Why said Charley. with CLEAN
of fun in his eye. ii asked her to let |
YOU come. and at first she said no.
very fatty. but then l told her you
were very innocent. quiet sort OF
man. very little used to ladies' So
eietv. and probably did not know
that such matters were not common
topics of conversation at evening