The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14
A DUTIFUL GIRL.

Of Curzen street, Mayfair. and he the thiro
son of the Earl of Broadmoor, with an al
lowance that kept him In neckties and Gig
arettes, together with bedroom ans
..the rua Of his teeth a. the family raSn-
sion in Grosyenor square.
Lord Broadnoor had put down his govt
lest foot rs heavily as he dared and thun'
dered ;'Noi' And as, in addition TO his
iordship, Lady Broadmoor claimed DR..
Pl!:ingham's attendance for five minutes
every morning at guinea visit, they
were not patients to be offended rashly.
So Miss Dorothy Pillingham and the
Hon. Guy de Working had one meeting TO
say 1'Goodby." after which they were to
meet as strangers. No one quite knew
how they had ever met at all.
"You will neither write to him nor heal
from him." said DR.. Pillingham sternly.
Father, 1 cannot promise, said Doro-
thy. sobbing.
Il don't care whether you do OK not.
III see to thatr' said DR.. Pillingham, and
from that day every letter into and out Of
the house was scrutinized, and every walk
poor Dorothy took was in the company OF
some one stern and severe.
IF / hear CT you communicating with
the Earl of Broadmoor to his son.
"All right, governor; keep your hair on.
You've got to hear of it first" said Guy
de Working under his breath, but his IA
tier fortunately did not hear and soon
after sounded DIR. Pillingham as to how
parental discipline worked in the case OF
Dorothy.
"a charming nature. Lord Broadmoor, u
~. inc r,of1
Our affectionate intercourse is uninter-
rupted. Every morning she helps me on
with my overcoat, just as usual, brushes
my hat, sees that my kaleidoscope is IN Its
place. used to be continually forgetting
it-and though I'll be bound she knows
where I'm going says not word. y
i am delighted to hear ii, ;" said Lord
Broadmoor He had not watched his sons
correspondence trusting rather to the
watching on the other side, and also &c
the fact that he had never seen Guy read
anything but sporting paper or write al
all, except under compulsion
Very satisfactory said Lord Broad
moor, recurring to the subject ten months
later AN blown over and ended. ."
He had been telling Dr.. Pillingham o:
an excellent appointment in government
office which he had obtained for Guy.
Il should not have got him billet In
London, continued his lordship, ''if theJ
had not forgotten one another.
Il hope he likes his work, )" said Dr.. Pill
bingham.
Its the first thing he has ever perse-
rered with. There he goes to his Office
said Lord Broadmoor as the front doo1
banged loudly. But he ought to be earlier
all the same. How late it is! You, too,
must be later than usual, doctor, think. y
I fancy | am, said Or. Piilingham.
as her ladysliip ready 10 see me!" And
he followed powdered fOotman out of the
room. When he came down stairs, Lord
Broadmoor was standing in the hall Il
should DO obliged, DR.. Pillinghan, ne
said, IF you would take hurriedly writ
ten line from ne to Lady Honoria Shau-
crotha, to condole with her on Sir Pat
rick accident. ;"
Certainly said DR.. Pillingham, slip
ping the little three cornered note into the
lining of his hat. Il will put it here, with
one corner projecting ! cannot forget i;
then.
BY the way" said his lordship, 81
hope Miss Dorothy does not regard me as
u terrible ogre. >"
Tut tut" said Dr. Pillingham. "She
has forgotten everything, and we have re-
stored her liberty She has been quite
civil lately to young DIR. McGregor. She
never would speak TO him before. In fact,
really hope
Quite so. A very suitable connection.
Thank you,'' said Lord Broadmoor Al
be reached his study, while the footman
closed the door on the doctor.
My dear Lady Honoria," said DR.. Pill
bingham, "a note of coincidence from Lord
Broadmoor-the sympathetic outpouring
of a kindly heart"
Dear Lord Broadmoori' said Lady
Honoria, smiling at the old doctor gra-
ciously as she opened it. How different
the courtly grace and dignified style OF
our dag from the slangy familiarity of the
present time" She gave a sudden gasp
and sank back upon the sofa. This from
Lord Broadmoor,'' she moaned.
The note fell TO the floor. The COM
mencement, written large, caught his eye
at once.
My own little Dolly Daddlecums.'
ITO me of all people!" gasped her lady
ship.
Certainly not said the doctor She
would have turned the scale at IS stone,
so little Dolly Daddlecums" was obvi-
ously inadequate.
Written in foreign hand and meant
for whom | know not" she groaned.
Poor Lady Bro;almoor. but stay, you
must not read il"
Il have read it," he said, putting it in
his pocket. and you may take it from
me. Lady Honoria. 1t was not meant for
you. and it was not from Lord Bruad
moor. " and he bowed hurriedly and left
the room.
Take this to your mistress, he said to
the butler Is. the hall. putting on his hat,
and say thu : it is the note | should have
given her, " a,,a to his coachman he said
sharply, Hon 81
Ten minutes later Dorothy stood before
her father in III, consulting room, plant
snd submissive, her hands folded together.
And how lotg, miss" he exclaimed,
: has this attachment been revived? How
many o; these Infamous missives have I
borne in my hat to and from my patient S
house"
Its year since you said we must
break il Of. father, year yesterday. You
must have carried-exactly, and she
I-tSt - islGiE~tAE tNA-N NieNtANh- Hftt.e'Ns =
your month 5 holiday and the day ,ou
wore your white hat unexpectedly, and al
lowing for leap year, GA"
And this no exclaimed, twas you,
fiial solicitude. You have disgraced my
name"
u changed it yesterday"
What"
For the first time for II months he saw
her smile
ALLOW me. - she said, Ito introduce the