Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-22

lBasstE humphrey StiE tfit-N ~ AA2st
with 4oft waiIing bIeaL Il confess I
Il lid expert s0tne siaow ~ proper fs.'iin-
frDm yJa on this occasion. u Is Il
shock TO me 70 see you In your present
frame III mind. IL seems like flying IN
the face Of Providence. and may end
\ IN bringing down 4 Judgment on your
head
4 E.4dg Mars sighed IHd continued
lowering her yoice 10 go. When 1
heard The news. Humphrey. went
down on my knees and prayed that
my p1or sinful uncle might BE- forgiven
for foistlng that counterfeit young
/ man OF On our family, and that you,
my nephew, might face your responsl-
I bilitIes with seriousness befisting the
occasion. Ny dear. If you knew what
lit costs me 10 kneeI. nov that | have
gro ssn little stout you might perhaps
appreciate this act !"
4 Humphrey grinned.
+ Aunt Mol, my feelings are always
F06 deep for expression, il would upset
/ you for A month IL were 10 give you
/ the mereSt glimpse OF the emotions
/ that are rayaging me this minute.
/ These inward unheaYals are fright
I fully wasting, your acts Of prayer
and thanksgiving are fool 10 them
There doesn't happen to be any tea
doing. does there
Tea. Is il five O'Clock: What can
have happened: Pray ring. The mis-
iery have 10 endure with servants!
wonder my hair isn't even graycr
than ii Il. and my poor face more
worn
Your hair Is as brown as nut.
and there isn't crease In your dear.
soft young face. What was wrong
with you when / came in. the corners
Of your mouth were turned the wrong
iRayt"
| Lady Mary reflected as she made his
| tea.
"Ah 1t was Gwen. she has thrown
aside another most unexceptionable
match, The third in three months"
7 Gwen. whatg'
/ Gwen waring, she Is With ne FOR
the season"
"Ah. that queer, sulky, Impertur
baDle. long legged girl belonging u
those wonderful Young fossils AZ War
ing Park, shouldn't have thought
she'd have got the chance TO throw
over any match. let alone three mneN
ceptionable ones
Humphrey
What's up. CRU"
He sprang 10 his feet.
A tall. superb girl, with face like
a dollhouse flower was standing in the
middle 81 the room, booking at him
with cool aloofness that made his
blood run cold. She had heard every
word she must have. his y.ice was Il
biz one.
! This magnificent dominant creature.
before whom he felt as a worm, was
only an enlarged completed edition OF
the -sulky, long legged slip he used TO
catch fitful Chances Of, In his stays
with his aunt
III only he hadn't classified her ID
such cool pleasant tones! Ii was not
often tie fellow felt az such n disad-
vantage. II the girl had made joke
Row, or even looked as II she could
make one. But she knew better than
to Joke, she had her tactics ready to
I her hand, ana she was determined his
impertinence should be brought home
TO him.
Her own classification never troubled
/ her In the least. 1t was the good hui
mored sneer at her parents which
4 touched her Was she always TO suf.
fer for being the product Of such a
house:
The npNt few minutes Strange felt
younger than he had done for ten
yeaEs.
Lady Mary has been telling me II
your good fortune" she remarked
kindly, slipping her tea. and looking
at him IN rs motherly u way as SO
very splendid person could look
"You must be quite excited suppose
you are already making hundred
4 plans
II seem y know you quite well, she
went Oh, not giving him the chance to
reply Lady Mary is always telling
anecdotes Of her boy very entertain
lhg ONES t1fS are tVut anu eiehiu
fancy characteristic"
she helped herself to more cream
and regarded him coollv
When she reads prayer, she always
makes special and very full mention
lof you
i Lady Mary WINGED abjecuy and
i looked deprccatingly 1T her nephew.
but his eyes were fastened on Gwen.
\ HIS aunt felt she had escaped for once.
She settled herself into her pillow.
! and wondered vaguely what would
happen next.
| she had a horrld feeling that there
| were breakers ahead somewhere, but
ias Abe newer by any chance could see
+ farther than her owr lose, she de
clded not 10 make any EFFORT at sight
/ Ing them. bur III drift ~ with faith.
VERY considerable Of my aunt" said
Strange. iii pause.
/ "Oh. that Ii only one instance Of her
consideration and the least Important.
4 Sha haG dnTa much Ynnr,4 than fhat fnr