Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-26

You VIM he sure 20 like her Wy
much" said Ethel, with Sigh.
She 10 the head Of ths family; I
must'look up to her a. 'chieftainess' a
great race.
He did not understand tho wistful
look she gave him.
*You will think her very beautiful
without doubt, Captain Flemyng. .
Lawyers ara given neither to ro-
nance nor to exaggeration. and Mr..
Clements tells me she is lovely" 4
You will be sureato think her tho
very incest girl you ever saw"
he looked up with an amused smile,
II cannot tell, Mi 9 Dacre; I will let
you know if the mat. .er interests you.S
sOf course 1t interests me-" she re.
piled, turning away with something like
faint envy OF the young countess.
Yet he did not undorstand-granite
itself was not colder or harder, not
more insensib.e than he.
Meanwhile Leonie, Countess Of Charm
leigh, was learning to fulfill all the du-
ties OF her station.
Grown Leighton had in former times
been justly celebrated for It's magnifl.'
cont hospitalities. Lady Charnieigh.
was very anxious to resume them.
sImagine fete In these grounds =
she said, with the ardor Of one Of whom
all'such things were new. "Imagine
colored lamps amid these trees, fount-
aims scattering silver spray high in the
perfumed air, and music aoating over
bright as the stars in the sky! Oh,
tote! !" -
"Not until you have been presented,
my dear Lady Charnleigh. know
what Is due to your position and rank.
There con bc no obicction to . few
quiet parties, but your first public ap-
pearance must be at the court Of her
Most Gracious Majesty"
had invited some young people to
Crown Leighton, but Lady Charnleieh
did not care for these dull entertain.
ments.
Il am so tired Of seeing young ladies
in white muslin. "she said one day, with
q sigh; they all sing, and play, and
dance, and talk in low voices about the
last new fashions. Auntie"-for by
that nams my lady" chose 9 to designate
mind require food as we'll as the body?n
~Thsn MSs1 assSreaiiKd my %iKnd reia'e; is starving
thought people talked SO cleverly-
they do in books. No one ever says
anything trite or stupid there. want
food for my mind, and cannot find it
in the society Of these white-robed
young ladies'.
One day in April she entered tho
drawing-room where Lady Fanshawe
awaited her.
"Oh, auntie," she cried, Il wish It
were May! You said We should go to
London in May; I am counting the
hours"
you are to be presented in May,
Leonle," returned the elder lady; so
we must decide soon upon your court
dress. OF course you will wear the
Charnleigh diamonds"
There came to the young girl, who
had been reared in the midst of pow
erty and privation, kind Of wonder as
to whether this was all dream
whether she would wake up suddenly
and laugh ut her own folly. Lady
Fanshawe looked at the brilliant face.
"Leonie," she said, suddenly, you
ought to marry well-you are sure to
marry we'll"
A low ripple Of laughter came from
Lady Charnleigh, as she looked up
with the frank, sweet smile that char.
acteriZed her.
"Marry!' she said; "why, what can
marriage give mc?"
Lady Fanshawe made no reply.
Il have wealth, continued the girl,
Jewels, rank what more does life 10.
quire to make it happy?"
You will find out some day-that is,
if you are of tho same nature as other
girls. l am not romantic, nor do
teach romance, but at your age
should have thought that love would
take precedence OF ALL"
Perhaps it might if knew anything
at all about it; but Miss Templeton did
not allow such thing to be mentioned.
Any young Lady found guilty of receive
ing love letter would have been se-
verely punished"
Miss Templeton acted rightly said
Lady Fanshawe; girls at school have
no business to think of such thing.s
"Of course" continued Leonie; with
an Dir of charming candor, I'VE were
allowed to talk as much as we liked
about money; SO that understand that
better than love-"
But in the eyes of Leonie, Lady
Charnleigh, as she spoke, there was
something that belied her words.
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