The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-15

ss%1 jlJ) and the young wo-
H/[l&.Ht' esque hats cluster
fHlEZ >%eSSuIIH Y ed round the little
M ,'IGS%gSSl tea table as closely
SsR ~. ~ ms their huge
sleeves aud ,llimit.
able skirts allowed, and slipped their
Assam Pekoe between the bursts of
confidence proper TO the half hour.
They had discussed the relguing tenor,
touched delicutely on the last scandal.
and were now busy with Jack Rod.
ncy's name aud money. Alas he had
no money. 4 decision OF the court
had given his great inheritance to nn.
other heir, and then he had gone into
Wall street and been caught on the
wrong side OF the market
81 cant picture 1t, ~ said Sally Lat.
tleiohn, balancing her little gold
spoon. What will become of him?
Tie spoiled darling Why. he will
have to go 20 work -
"Work !" said Iuln Moutresor.
"With those nr!stocratir Lands What
sort OF work."
"Poor Jack - snil Arabella. Gle
wouldn't know himself out OF his hab-
its. How is he to go without his
horses, his club, the opera, his Lon
don tailor?"
81 don't believe he will try to-" saii
Felicia
why, what will he do?'
"The only thing he can do-stop
rift ,s'1 -'r.-
oh, -. ID Of you
Jack Rodney, the ucn,, Tleudid 50.
low Has any one seen him? won
der what he is doing now, said Sally.
Walking on his uppers, don't they
call it?' said Bah.
"Such u shamel Aud he has lent
ana given away fortune to other
people. He never seemed 10 care
nbout money.
"No, indeed suppose he has
dropped a modest fortune in cards be.
fore this.
why, Bah, with the poor fellow
in such q strait. He Only doe, what
all the other men do.
"Aud he does n great deal they
don't DO, said Arabella. Every one
else was letting Will de Lay, rulp
what he sowrd, but Jack made gool
all the misrepresentation isn't that
the new tenn? and gave Villa fresh
start. And if 1t WAS Jacks yacht that
went cruising up tho Mediterranean
and had Princes on board for guests,
IT was his steamer that took those
children from Seven Alleys down the
harbor every afternoon all the hot
summer
"iou always hal specific talent
for turning II telescope On microscopic
subjects, said Bah.
"No, thanks, don't driul. another
drop OF your tea, Fclic.G, though ! iu.
clare it does put the spirit in you,
said Julia "Well, Just one cup
lemou-.ycs, rs FeIicA's icweIcd hand
suspended the sugar, "What per-
fcctly lovely cup. Did you know that
Que of Dolly Van Neus engagement
cups was a tiny thing OF gold, crustcd
with peridOtst'
"Nui"
"And who DO you th.nk gave it to
her? Well, Jack Roducy And she
cut him dead hst week.
".Shc ought to, SAID Felicia, "for
doing such an utterly silly thing.
Il suppose he paid for It" said
Bah.
"Where is JACK; does any one
know" said Sally.
"Going to Texas, rauching. He has
cleared up everything aud starts at
once, some one said, He'd like it i!
it were play, the poor fellow '
"Oh, it Is really getting dark, eN.
claimed Arabclla, as the maid stole
gently about the room, and the great
lamps Aared up like moons dressed in
the fashion, And she pulled up her
ermine cape. 1--WE must be going.
Why, Felicia, how white you are
should think you were ready 10 faint
yourself2"
''The sudden light murmured
Felicia. And then she saw herself in
the glass, and passed her hand quick
" over the shining olive eyes that
glittered there for half a moment like
points OF steel.
Years afterward Felicia had only to
make that motion with her hand
across her eyes to call up the whole
scene-the lovely. lofty room, with its
old Gobolin hangings, the great mir
rors framed in alabaster. the moony