Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14


content ssd a. p<~es- IL oEsy sac
eosSid 90 o1 shsir wedding. Il Sis could
20 back ~ her hone ssd And LOLA
asrrssd .aa installed - uAass~sss IN Car
RegisSAt', house, che would then &c
abe 70 fac life bess~V.
Meas - alle che h&d months rc-
prirvs-
Posr lIesl- Moro had no eombAtive
powess. rsswne-i ~ her fate. sss had
less the eosss absolutely clear. and
When SIR Reggie breton arrived 1t Tie
sQaase's house Ia lsnehcou. IL WSs to
dad Lola ALONE IA the draw ing rooln
awaiting him. and the beckett II ro~~A
,sill III the zenith " their beauty.
PLACED la q most eonspscuoas posssson
Ne ssohed round wan b>~iI.;erd
the srsassison. but ths0 DO Wa sd shy.
whss els could - enpretedf
Lola wss fully s~sre shss hs wss
man ho most be met halfway. - he
would retire altogether into the shell
within which he usually a~~ss-so sAe
gu.hsd oushlag 70 LoA. Tr~hsr1s
wAs nos wholly . Lost art
80 good of you Ia send these lovely
rose.-they arc divine 50 like you ~
remember ones pat flowers and put the
seutils<nts that accompanied them 30
terdcriy aud prettilv.
The aow~rs-sh. yes, the no~ers-l
have se.u ,he IN all grow, aud simpson,
knows how - Arrange the Ia. sad s,ir
Eeysie. still looking about the rsoia
with an uncomfortable hesitation Of
manner
Your sister" he asked nj i,st your
sister likes these flowers"
My sister thought them lovely. Sho
has gone On . visss - Aant Lou AZ CHI
ton. she went yssterda
'she saw the flowers and went?"
Lola nodded her head
All nut.er-d shortly by Sir Reg
gle, and then u hong pause.
Even Lola was non plursed aud be-
gan ts think there must be some nts-
take.
.'ohl 1 see-yes-she thought"
What she thought he did not say.
perhaps he did not quite know; at all
events. he was too shy "a express it
Lola however. was not afflicted
with iifidencc. and. N this big In was
wriggiing at the end Of her line. she
into AIDED - land IL, IL possible.
"Sh. Thought. I SUPPOSE" she went
on. still laughing little restrainedly.
that you and I could settle arrange
menss best without her."
Exactly. Yet l do not quite see
why she should 60 away. Perhaps il
would be better IL came again
another day"
Certainly not Papa expects you
To luncheon. and aftcrw ards You can
have . uice long talk with him. and
after she talk you can come and sit IN
the garden with me-"
They went into luncheon The
squire wss aggressively hospitable in
his efforts 10 set Sir Reggie at his ease,
for he WIS we'll aware Of the baronet's
proclivities. which he by no means les
s~ned by his trcrnen dous attempts to
what he called-''drsw him out"
Eventually the two men adjourned
~ the smok ing-room. where Lola had
ordered coffee and where she would
certainly have made q third but for
the important issue that she hoped
would b- the resulrof their conversa-
ton
Not that she felt by any means as
assured about the future as she had
been before Sir Reggie arrived that
morning. He was 81 strange, SO unde
ciied, that il would not surprise her IL
he did no, speak - her father nj all.
and. IL he did, what would he say?
And Lola grew white aud faint from
a sudden pain which this query seemed
unexpectedly 20 have brought her.
Could 1t he possible. after all. that 1t
was Nora he loved? Had she. the in
falliblc Lola, made a mistake? She
took out the note and read IL once more
NJ. IL was addressed and written ~
her; there could 10 no mistake. Yet
why ~as he anxious ~ have Nora
therc7 She supposed no wanted the
little sister to back him up.
The interview In the smok ing room
was a long one. and the farther il was
prosract.d the more anxious Lola
grew
Al lsst the clock struck four; II she
hai not feared to b- thought un-
ma.dculy she would have gone into
the smoking room and broken Up the
conclavc. - impatient had she be-
come. when she saw her father walk
ing towards the house from a totally
opposite dircction-ond alone.
"a-rr. then. was Sir Reggie? /.
could not - possible that the proud
Old squire had refused this good match.
because. foFSoo:h. his son-in-law would
u richer than himself?
Has >ir Reggie gomez she asked.
a. you a. her father was near enough
- hear
Yes, have Just unlocked the pad.
dock gate 'pr him II IL much shorter
val. that way"
Lola could contain herself no
longer 'ipu have not refused your
consent - the marriage papa You
have not rocked SIR Reggie out for
sv.rT'
'No, a bit 81 Il. not a bi, - il. child
On The contrary. I have told him that
shall b> proud 20 have bim Tor "a son-in-
Law
Then Why on earth has be gone
.-ay9~
why should he s,Ay7 lie is going 10
Clifton by th- evening train. I t-lieve
TO Cli't.af'
We'll. isn't Nora there7'
Nora icu mean .ha, Sir Reggie
wants ~ marry Nora
There vss such a SOB In Lolla's voir-
that her words we're barely eompre-
henSihls
- sruirr looked n. her rather com
Icsily FIR q few SECONDS. then he burst