Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-09-12

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and see him. Lefty. my dear, where
did your papa say he was going ln's
morning. -. j,
+bis unlooked-for necessity of sneak
ING but she managed TO keep uiein
hack and answer calmly ,nat sne
thoroht her father had said lie Was
Inc TO can on Captain Wrlgley.
Was 10 be sure he did" said MIS-.
,rharton. "Well, that is not very iar
otf doctor He viii be in shortly. DO
stay o ron.
tain's as / pass said he, "alid II 30
may see Mr.. Leigh but | cannot s'as
longer now. ,o,r,no
stImv TO Charles Temple, took leave
If the ladies and went out.
"A curious man" said Mrs. Amer
ION with her soft laugh, very CUT,
ous man-and he appears out OIL soit'
this morning" q, soia
"He seems none too courteous saiu
the Young man, snlliins'
DDoctor I.ennard is always gen
+,ouan- said Lefty, her face husmIs
bolty. sHc could not be otherwise
won must take care what you say
Mr. Temnle." said Mrs. Anterior,
LAUGHING again. Lefty is pet OF uhe
doctors. and you may see he IS one
Of her fayorites. When she was ~
some time ago he actually parted Wauh
his own old servant, and sent hei up
- mind Lefty. Not very comphmeh-
tary TO me. but | took 1t in good part.
60 con must be careful in what you
say against Doctor Lennard.
II have nothing to say against nm,
he said. with a covert glance at Levy 3
hot face Il only thought nun !.''ie
brusaue- that was all"
Lefty said no more, and MIS-. A1h-
ertop. taking up her work, asked nun
TO go on with his reading, lie at once
complied, but the piece seemed 10 nave
lost its flavor, and his musical voice
bod n weary tone in it, Lefty TOO,
appeared out of humor; and II seeS'ed
as If the doctors brief visit haa
married the pleasant monotony Of theT
morning.
Presently other visitors were an
nounced, and Charles Temple closed
the book altogether, and went out lhuo
the garden. The young ladies of Fen
more were not very much to his taste;
and fastidious to a fault, he had no
scruple in avoiding them. He strolled
ND to the low stone wall, and lighting
a cigar. leaned laZily against 1t. lie
stood on the very spot where Letty
had stood talking with Ernest Dever-
eux on the first evening of their visit.
He was thinking of him now, and
wondering whether he had really ask
ed for the hand of this rustic heiress.
II he had, had he been accepted or
rejected? He would have given much
to know. but Ernest DeveleuX had
shown no inclination to satisfy his
curioSity and no one else, save Lefty
herself, could do it. Then he thought
of DR.. Leonard. and the effect the
news Of his leaving Kenmore had had
ON Lefty; for, sad and dreamy as
Charles Temples eyes seemed, they
were keen to observe, and no culver
Of Letty's pale face had escaped them.
"Can it be that she cares for him.?
he thought, as he knocked the white
ash off his cigar; sit is plain he cares
for her. BY Joye. if country doctor
cuts me out. shall feel lowish. Dew
ereux would have been different, but
couldn't stand that"
The young man turned the costly
rings round and round his white fin
gers, and admired their pickering
CLEANS in various lights as he medi-
ated on Miss Leigh, her fortune, and
the prospect of one day becoming
master of both.
Dreamy-eyed, poetical, sentimental
Charles Temple made his calculations
with an exactitude and far-sighted-
ness that would have astonished
Ernest DevereuX. could he have seen
into the busy brain working and PLAN
ming under the auburn curls of his
friend Just then Lefty came down
the garden talking to two Of her young
lady visitors. SO gay she seemed, so
content, that Charles Temples
thoughts took a change.
'She does not care for him." was
his inward comment "She would not
laugh like that if she did, fol she is
one of those deep-in-earnest kind of
girls who when they are In love, can
not help showing It,"
He turned and walked along the
path 10 meet them, his pale, clear, cool
face softening into smile as he got
nearer. Evidently he looked upon
himself as the happy man who had yet
to awaken love in the heart of this
charming gray-eyed demoiselle,
When after some time spent in talk
ing and laughing. the young ladies
turned to 80 indoors on a signal from
their mamma, Charles Temple fol
f0u.nJ Will. T nn,1 tnnl. tY,,x