Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-26
that effect, 1t Is not TO be wondered at
that the had nnvs hnw fast

| that effect, 1t Is not TO be wondered at
that the bad news few fast.
1t reached Laxter's Hill one morning
In the week following Lady Denster's
| garden party. 1t was the day which
was to see the breaking up of the party
assembled there to meet Lord South
void and his daughter. and it came in
a letter to Edith Flores-Carter from
Mrs. Selby herself.
"Oh, dear the girl calculated, her
usually bright. not TO say j~oily-iooking
countenance clouding over as she spoke,
"oh, dear, I'm so sorry for the Selbys
for Mrs. Selby particularly. Just
fancy, doesn't IL seem awful-her broth
er's dying"
She glanced around the breakfast Ia
bic for sympathy; various expressions
of il reached her.
Mt that place, is it," inquired Mr..
Fforde. I'm not surprised, he did
look pretty bad. and he would walk
home, and he hadn't even a p~arasol."
Conrad, how can you be so unfeel-
ing? 1 perfectly detest that horrid
trick Of joking about everything" said
In sharp, indignant tones Il young lady
seated opposite him. Ii was Lady Mar
earet. Several people looked up in sur
prise.
Beginning in good time" murmured
a man near the end of the table.
why, do you believe in that? I
don't" replied his companion in the
same low tone.
Conrad looked across the table at his
cousin in surprise.
Come now, Maisie." he said. won
make me feel quite shy, scolding me
so in company. And I'm sure l didn't
mean to say anything witty at the poor
chaps expense. If 1 did. it was quite
by mistake, l assure you"
Anything witty from you would
be that, / quite believe" Lady Mar
garet replied. smiling a little. But the
smile was a feeble and forced one,
Conrad saw. if no one else did, that his
cousin was thoroughly put out. and he
felt %repentant, though he scarcely knew
why.
Half an hour later Lord Southwold
and his daughter were talking together
in h sitting Don where the former
had been breakfasting in invalid fash
ion alone.
II would promise TO be home to-
morrow or the day after at the latest,
papa" Lady Margaret was saving:
Mrs. EnClewood will be very pleased
TO have me. | know. even at the short
est notice. for last week when I wrote
saying l feared it would be impossible
she was very disappointed"
VERY well, my dear, only don't stay
with her longer thar that. for you know
We have engagements" and Lord
Southwold sighed Il little.
Margaret sighed too.
MY darling" said her father. don't
look so depressed. L didn't mean to
grumble."
"Oh. no, papa. 1t isn't you at all.
l shall be glad to be at home again:
won't you? Thank you very much for
letting me so round by town"
> " & =
Mrs. EnglewOOd's drawing room-but
looking very different from the last
time we saw il. Mrs. Englewood her.
self, with a more anxious expression
than usual OF her pleasant face, was
sitting by the open window. through
which, however, but little air found
its way, for it was hot, almost sitting
weather.
1T is really a trial to have to come
back to town before it is cooler she
was saying TO herself, as The door
opened and Lady Margaret, In summer
travelling gear, came in.
so you are really going. dear Mai
sic" said her hostess. II do wish YOU
could have waited another day
But" said Maisie, you will let me
know at once what you hear from Mrs.
Selby. l cannot help being unhappy,
Gertrude, and. of course, what you
have told me has made me still more
self-reproachful and-and ashamed"
She was very pale, but Il sudden
burning o~verSpread her face as she
said the last words.
Il do so hope he will recover she
added. trying TO speak lightly, though
If he does l earnestly hope 1 shall never
meet him again
Go be Continued)