The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-01-06
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And to thipkn he went on. yjtbou
needing my remark, 'that she has spen
the whole Of her life in d country parson
agel Somuch for rural simplicityi Why
There isn't one of these Belgravian won,er
who could hold q candle to her for cool
nessl' -
don't know what he Ind expected he,
70 say or do, but bic was evidently An.
noyedi mud added that he wouldn't be IN
JIM y shoes for a triile, He was oblieinc
me with his views upon feminine nature
IN general, which, | am sorry to saw. were
700 disrespectful and too crudely expressed
70 bear repetition, when somebody called
out 70 him that it was his turn to play.
ne had long and rather difficult shot
70 make, and at the instant when he was
drawing hack his cue Hilda all of n sud.
den stepped close behind him, so that be
struck her sharply in the side with the
butt end Of it, She gave little cry and
iell back upon the sofa where was sit.
ting, Bracknell, full Of apologies and
alarm, dropped his cue and peered anx-
iousiy at the blanched cheeks Of the suf-
ieferi Jim came tearing up from the other
emu OF the room; somebody ran for glass
ol water the rest OF the players crowded
round the sofa, and we had quite a little
scene Al length Hilda got back her
breath, and, smiling family, assured us
that she was not really hurt.
~ Is nothing-nothing at ALL" she
SAID. 1T was my own fault entirely, and
! snail be all right in a few minutes.
Please 90 on with the game and don't
look at lne.n
To this day can't feel sure that she did
It on purpose. II she did, am glad to
think that she received a considerably
smarter dig in the ribs than she had bar
gained for, In any case, this trdhing Incl
dent had the effect Of producing d com
plete alteration in Bracknell's humor. uo
was naturally concerned nj bayfng hurt
lady, and it-----y re That his self reproach
..--'s' increased by the recollection that he
mad been saying hard things Of her The
minute before, He remained sitting be-
SIDE her after she had gently pushed Jim
away, and the others, ut her request, had
resumed their game, and ! saw that n
rapid interchange Of words took place he
tween them, Their colloquy was soon in
terruptedi but it had lasted long enough
70 bring slightly increased color into
ltrackneiIs g cheeks and pensive look into
nus eyes Knowing what / did Of Miss
Hllda, ! was convinced that she must
sllher wish TO subjugate him once more or
TO ayenge herself upon him; and. ali
things considered there seemed 10 he a
very fair chance Of her succeeding in her
aim Whatever that might be.
When j said as much to nv other nn
the following morning after giving her
Ihe tllll account which she always likes to
nave Of what had taken place at the din
aer party and after it, she shook her head.
An, my dear Harry" she sighed ''you
IRE too ready TO seek for bad motives and
study bad people--that is, if poor Hilda is
'eally bad II were you / should find it
nuch more interesting 10 study Mildred. \
IS She too good to be attractiyeyii
Are you suggesting that i should fall |
n love with Lady Mildredr' | inquired.
My dear boy, mol What would Lord
,tatnea aavs pagido, -, A'Viu
''~..,s ,1s sess besides, ! am afraid you
M ,,ioen,,a.aa ' ssY5 soY iaee; nave you really
op who are a =, 'n,iglea s,,t,t secte., hafryF-
We Al, hono ~ qNaeA ae SisuvedF
rnnness - ~ ,u ,ra. euu Meaknesses and
Mead or,;Itr @ T ~ ~ ~, Miiicn . snoula nave
bst ~ fsnn,i,,. = pi.'Ieu upon iily oath, Is
nd minds - 80 sn"s een leaa tne hearts
,ci,ity Nov neighpofs win some
pred n mo n,,ii IL .,,a.' u.l, ~ AZ hau noI oc.
od lost har baan. @ .asn tn ~ sia' l4apy mildred
NJ hear ~ 49,, =. Diili, w as ! oouid
q dIrect rents % ,aasoi R s,'slli.y, suapiulty, nade
.as 4 digarsnea ha,,raa' ooseisllis Vnat lhefe
active md VINE nesWpen ,o mIae was az
nd fiat had naa,ia 'r m@1 ' ,.et esalis 70 stuay,
stndv thsp p.s Snoa "o,e o,,.d nitie interesting
'scure.