The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-09

5@ - &.fq ing lady, with
u M~h gentle penchant
~T> for knitting use
= less articles, sym i
pathMed worrietfly. This. morning i
she was on the point of telling him 4
that She had made up her mind to 1
helpshim, when a servant announced:. !.
'tMr. Ives.'' I
s'That simpleton!'' she >ejaculated.
>tsHe's not half bad," returned her
son; t'.nobody takes him seriously. !
Besides he introduced me to Kate !
Thorn" i
Enter the ;simpleton-a mere artist !
'unimportant--and that sort of thing. !;
Il stopped to say, Fritz" he said, !:
S'''that that picture is out of the mar /
ket. Mrs. Clay ton liked it so yester- i
day, when she came to the studio with |
you, that j sent it to her, to-day being
her birthday
Mordaunt started; he lhad meant TOT
buy that picture for Nellie Clayton,
had made up his mind overnight to!
e,do So
...:I suppose" Mrs. Mordaunt said
icily to Ives ':you know Mrs. Clayton
81 introduced her and Clayton re-;
piled Ives. II presented Fritz to her. -,
You introduced. her ito good deal
of misery when you made her &C,
'4uainted with Mr.. Clayton" said the!
= lady.
He did live a pace" hurriedly put:
in her son. Then: ''Tom, wait ana;
. I'll walk down to the town with you. -:
And Ives ;and Mrs. Mordaunt were
;alone.
There was little silence.
"Mr. Ives," said the lady, knitting
like. a placid fate,'' Frederick wished
to purchase that picture.
''Why," cried Ives, che said yester-
'day he thought he, did not like it.
''Yes?" Then: 81 think you are a
friend to Fred. Suppose L tell you
that he is 'deeply enamored of two
ladies'. He may mot know which he
likes the better''
1.-The ,idea!' laughed, Ives.
She inclined her head.
q ''Suppose i ask you if you can tell
.derstand thatimanv women treat you
TO their condolences scarcely as thew
: ;treat'-:
Eligible men? Who arcsthe ladies?"
Then she dRewback. ...i..z,..-.a5 .-.-...
No, she said, ~ I was re1niss in
espeakingso sof it. Forget it. Say moth
ing to Fred about it. My mind is so
nil,df Fred that-that''-
'I,can Imagine mother desiring
: her sons happiness" Ives said. Il
don't know much about it myself; you
know my 1brnther and l were very
:youqgwhen our mother died.
''And you have always taken care
of your brother. 1t is a pity he has
not repaid you better Fred tells
met
But Ened entered the room drawing
ON fresh pair of tan gloves.
When :her son had kissed her good
/ by Mrs Mordaunt had decided what
ITO do. OF course both these women
lowed Fred; but which loved him most,
nnd which did he love most? She
went to pay Miss Thorn a call.
Kate was In her room writing; q note
when her caller was announced.
~Bother!'' she said She finished the
note and handed it to her maid. Post
" it atonce. Minnie,'' she said, fuffed
out her front hair,,punched her back
] drapenies and:sailed down stairs
III MIR. Tom LEES, ''tread Minn G, ON the
envelope
My. dear Mrs. :Mordaunt," said
Kate greeting THAT lady in the draw
ing-rcom '>>this is Indeed kind, to scall
so early .....
Mrs Mordaunt kissed her, thinking
what q aoNely daughter she would
make. Then Sshe proceeded to sound
her. Sfae stayed thirty minutes and
discovered nothing. If Fred loved
Kate Thorn more than he loved Nellie
Clayton Kate did not know it, or else
she refused to know it until Fred had
spoken.
"When did you last see Fred?" asked
Z his mother, as she rose to go.
+ >"Last evening"" answered. Kate. SO
decidedly. that Mrs ,Mordaunt kissed
her once more.
: ''She loves him passionately," she
decided: II could tell it by tn. way
she said last evening" New I'll see
Nellie Clayton
Mrs. Clayton was. hanging little
I picture.
Yes said Mrs. Mordaunt ssTom
Ives told us about it. Fred meant to
: get that picture for you, am positive,
hnt Mr.. Ives forestalled him''
+'Mrs, Clayton elevated her brows at
this piece of information, and was so
confused all through the call that
6 Mas. Mordaunt was delighted.
4egale worships Fred" she decided,
and he loves her the most; he had no
IS idea tef sending Kate picture. see
IS the way out Of Fred's difficulty. Now
I'LL GO home and wait for him"
In the meantime Mordaunt and Ives
had gone down to the town. Ives was
) not very genial; the idea of Mordaunt
telling his mother he loved two
women and did not know which one
he loved bestt Who could the women
be? Mordaunt knew i. hundred love-
ly women, but rot to know which one
he loved best!
As for Ives himself, he had never
considered himself well enough of to
marry; and as consequence, he had.
ns he thought, shut HIS heart to every
appeal of che fine frenzy; refused to
acknowledge he ever cared for O.
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