Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-03
PHOTOGRAPHED.
How a Camera Spoiled a Rogue's
Noat Plans

How a Camera Spoiled a RoGue's
Noat Plans.
Every room in Harley Hall was Occur
pied; omnibus, brougham and luggage
cart had been to and from the station
so often that Mr.. Binder, the head OF
the stable department, had been heard
TO murmur something not very compli-
mentary about people who went about
with trunks as big us 'aystaclSs," and
who expected to find carriages and
'osses waiting for 'em everywhere TO
drag 'em up the Ills"
Among the latest arrivals were two
young men who were as unlike each
other la every respect as two young
men could be. Gilbert Hurst was
barrister. whose father owned certain
number of acres of land in the country.
Gilbert was doing fairly we'll at the
bar and W us q steady, riRht-minded
young man, with pair of broad shout
ders and n pair of honest gray eyes that
told the story of frank and honest
nature. John Beasley, his companion,
was tall, narrow shouldered, well
Rroomed and very rich.
Mothers smiled on John Beaslcy. but
John Beasley mostly smiled when he
had the chance) on a certain enterprise
ing widow at South Kensington.
AS Gilbert entered the drawing-room
his heart gave u mighty leap when he
saw that Dorothy Lane, whom he had
been for two years desperately In love
with, was helping Lady Harley with
the distribution of teacups. He had
met Dorothy often In London, and to
make her his wife was the cherished
dream Of his life.
John saw her, too. His heart gavo
no leap-it was not of the leaping kind,
but he thought he had never seen her
TO such advantage as now, as she stood
in the soft light of the shaded lamps,
her dark red dress edged with sable Mt
the throat and wrists, fitting her to
perfection and shown z every curve Of
her graceful figure. John promptly
rushed into conversation with n Miss
Green, who was among the guests as
sembled, and who was favored by for
tune TO the extent Of five thousand
pounds sterling year.
Tho next morning he felt glow of
satisfaction when his servant opened
the shutters of his bedro ON and his eye
lighted on the coronet worked In rcd
wool on the blankets, and he thought
of the society he was going to distin-
guish himself In during the next ten
days
In the half hour devoted to his toilet
he made three resolves-hrst, that he
would make himself agreeable TO every
onej secondly, that he would make
the running with Miss Green, with a
view TO matrimony and the possession
of five thousand q year, at the Same
time amusing himself with Dorothy,
whose looks pleased him mightilyi
thirdly, that he would write to the
South Kensington widow, emitting In
his letter any mention OF either Dor
othy or Miss Green.
lie attired himself with great care In
shooting clothes that were great deal
too .ra", .c.ud not suspicion of scent
hung about him as he walked, with
self-satisned air, into the breakfast
room.
He cast n sharp and critical eye over
Gilbert hoping to find that want If
means or want of taste would betray
themselves. but not fault could be
found with the shooting suit, that
looked worn, but was well worn, and
John realized, as he looked, that there
was mn Undesirable something about
the wearer that he (Jphn) could not arr
rive at.
lie played his cards very well, he
thought during the days that followed
days In which Gilbert had plenty OF
opportunities for finding himself with
bad headache as he watched John
making secret love TO the girl he cared
for SO much.
The men started early one morning
for an outlying covert that was gencr-
ally supposed to produce rockctcrs and
that was kept as u bouno bouchc for
the end of the weeks shoot The la
dies were to drive out TO lunch, and
Dorothy and Miss Green, who were
rival photographers, were to send their
cameras out in the luncheon curts
Dorothy and Miss Green came out be-
fore lunch TO enable them to see n
drive down In the low ground. AS the
guns were placed behind high, strag-
Cling hedgerow John was sorely tempt
ed TO ask Dorothy to stand by him to
witness his skin and proves, but pru.
dence conquered, and Miss Green was
selected as his companion.
"Will You stand by me, Miss Lane2'
asked Gilbert. 81 am afraid you will
not see any brilliant shooting, but
will do my best Let me unroll your
waterproof and | can make you COM
Portable seat here In these dry leaves
and you will DO sheltered from tho
wind"
~ am so afraid" said Dorothy, scan
ming the sky, that had become some
what overcast since morning, that II
will be too dark for photography, and
wantd SO to get Il groupi 1t is getting
late, too, and the beaters seem a long
time getting into line" She lsnelt
down in the leaves that carpeted tho
side Of the hedge and peered through
q small opening.
"oh, / can see them now quito plain
ly. just look-they are down, tho
osiers, and viii soon be here"
Gilbert lnelt by her side and held
back some brambles that had intercept
ed his view, his heart beating furiously
and his hands trembling us he found
his face SO dangerously near to Doro-
thy's,
A sudden peal Of laughter and John
Beasley's voice calling out; "Are you
saying your prayers2' brought Gilbert
10 his feot and the blood to Dorothy's
face.