The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-21

eyes at that little fool sometimes
mere blink-but there's hell behind.
I'll give those lovelorn idiots two years
at the very outside, and them She
shrugged her shoulders and spread out
her palms significantly. Every woman
wants three husbands, my dear Blake,
the emotional, the intellectual and the
financial--there might be some chance
Of happiness between 'em. wish Gre
gorias would make up her mind to take
Dalrymple. He is an ugly man, of
course, and his nose always looks as if
it wanted saddle and bride TO finish
it. It's quite naked as it is, in fact.
Still she might do great deal worse. /
sometimes think that when you cast out
your devils they betook themselves to
her" added the old lady, eying him
shrewdly, land that she's the more
dangerous of the two now. A woman
takes the lead in badness as in every
thing else when she once gives her mind
to ii. ~
Trelawny shrugged his shoulders.
They were sitting in charming little
morning room, of which the walls and
carpets were in faded yellowish neutral
tints, tho mantelpiece and all the wood
work vivid and peculiar shade of blue
| green, and the china in it old blue, the
flowers ON the table white with green
foliage, the whole effect being delicious
and the result of an artists brains, who
had spent O month here q couple Of
years ago.
''She can't do any harm now" he
said indifferently. "She played for Cas-
silis, of course, as did for He stop
ped abruptly, and Lady Lirriper thought
how old he looked for his years, though
the lines of his features consorted ex-
tremely i'll with the virtuous role he
was now playing.
"And tell you she's more mad about
Cassilis than ever" she said tartly,
"and he likes her; there's no question
about that. The least vain man ON earth
knows when he is the sun that lights up
woman's heaven, and every day I'm
expecting to see Mamie jealous. -
Blake moved restlessly in his chair.
cts the women who are at the bot
tom of everything" he growled. "Cas.
silis is all right if she'll only let him
alone.
"Matrimony again." said Lady Lir'
ripper dryly. "a woman is an ange.
when she is out of your reach; a very
ordinary woman when she is within it.
If babies will get married, they mus
learn their experimentation"
"She shall not" cried Trelawny
starting to his feet eff Cassilis dares'-
He looked so black and menacing tina
Lady Lirriper clapped her hands for jo,
and laughed delightedly.
"Your old lawless SELF" she said
st see you are not quite reformed yet
You may think the matches are safel.
battened down, but smoke issues occa
sionally. You have made a compac
with the devil, my Lord Trelawny. l
Cassilis kicks over the traces, you fee
ait liberty to persuade Mamie to do tn
same. Is that the bondi"
Persuade? Never" he said fiercely
"and you are wicked old woman, an
this especial form of your wickednes
does not please me. Isnot Mamie you
own sisters child, yours to protect, IL
stead of prophesying to her evil? An
sometimes such half formed wishes flu
fill themselves, remember that
81 know my world" she said tartly
"and do you suppose it is going to
remade because you want your Nannl
TO escape disillusion and be happy
; She's at springtide now, but there
summer to come, and autumn. 81
] shrugged her shoulders and got nj
shaking out her skirts as one who di
{ missed the matter from her mind.
In the garden they saw Miss Gregor
as and Will walking together. She VOL
white gown and no hat, but the su
: could search out no flaw in her skill
while the ripping masses of her hal
growing low on her brow like Clytie'
e and untouched by scissors, started thu
famous line of beauty which flowed III
{ broken from head to foot and made ht
every movement a JOY to the beholder.
Q She was ,ughing, she was happy, sf
l had that peculiar radiance and warmt
@ that only love can bring to woman
IS face, and only in its full strength whe
II one man out of the whole world il
@ the flesh beside her. What wonder
IS Mamie, looking outfrom distant viii
. dow, felt her heart sink at sight Of tho
two lettering figures and turned hasti
to look in the glass, questioning VIII
was there?
l. "You re horribly burned. You've 6
V blister on your idiotic nose. 10