The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-05-23
exclaimed Julia, holding the long white
wand at arms length, except to her face,
that is. She has budded into The Blank


exclaimed Julia, holding the long white
wand at arms length, except to her face,
that is. She has budded into The Blank
hampton Lily"
LORI cried Lady Stanton. well,
then I'll tell you what / should do with
the Lily's white Pompadour it I were you.
l should just wait till I got my house and
then ! should give it a special niche in
your own boudoir. You are sure to have
n white and yellow boudoir, aud If you
stand the Pomp' up against the new fash.
toned white wood chimney-shelf, it will
look lovely. But walk out with it you
amt and that is IL certainty"
Not with me-" put in Stephen at THU
moment.
So Mrs. Stephen Howard did not take
the P%ompadour stick away GU her honey
moon, and it remained among the other
presents for Blnnkhampton society to Hook
over and comment upon.
Mrs. Lovelace and the Major had sent a
pretty little brooch with a jewelled fly re-
posing on it, and Mrs. Lovelace had look
ed one Of the prettiest women present ut
the ceremony. But she looked i'll, every
body noticed That aud more han one per-
son was heard to say that really she seem
ed to have taken the loss of her jewelry
very badly.
All the same there were one or two who
guessed that there was another and n very
different reason than the loss of her jewels
| which was at the bottom of Mrs. Love-
lace's altered looks and graver smiles.
Pamela Winstanley, for instance, with
her own head held higher in mir than she
had ever held it In all her life before,
which is saying a good deal, knew we'll
enough what was in the heart of her rival
her rival, good Heavens, she meant her
sister, for did not she and Mrs. Lovelace
stand on the same battlefield and had not
Captain Legard loved, or pretended that
he loved, and then ridden away alike from
them both.
More than once Pamela's pale eyes had
met Mrs. Lovelace's great black ones, and
not wishing to seem to be watching her,
she had turned her head away quickly
and with a gesture which seemed to the
other to be one of triumph. All, II only
she had known about that little incident
in Mrs. Trafford's drawing-room, when
the star of Pamela Winstanley had paled
before the sun of Florence Doughty.
Well, the excitement attending julia
Trafford's wedding passed away and the
robbery Of Mrs. Lovelace's jewels ceased
to be talked about, was indeed we'll nigh
forgotten, and then the Trafford house
hold began to thin-the Stauptons went
off to town for a few days before paying
their visit to the old ladies, and Marcus
Oxford and his wife went back to the reg
iment, having only had a few days. leave
for the purpose OF attending Julia's we'd
ding. So Mrs. Trafford was left quite
alone and she declared that she felt quite
glad to be quiet and live for herself after
the excitement and worry Of the past two
years.
dull, my dear" she said to Nina de
Lisle, who came to commiserate with her
on her lonely state; mo. I am never dull
l have always plenty to do and my friends
are very kind. But really I am only now
beginning to breathe again. Two engage
ments going on in the house together are
bad enough, but an engagement of only
u month in length is n matter of cruelty
to everybody concerned"
care You going to remain in Blank
hampton, Mrs. Trafford," Nina asked. II
hope you are. Everybody will miss you
dreadfully If you leave it,"
81 shall not leave for the present, my
dear" Mrs. Trafford replied. You see l
have this house on my hands TIL mex Oc-
tober and l know SO many people here that
l do not think of leaving before next Au-
tumn."
~ hope you won't leave it then" cried
Nina.
Mrs. Trafford laughed. "Oh! my dear,
you may nave left it yourself long before
next October"
Yes, that is so-hut then I may not,'
answered Nina, with a blush that was a
little Juvenile for her years.
We'll, we shall see" said Mrs. Trafford.
zone never quite knows how to look for
ward when there are daughters to take
into consideration. Really it anybody
had told me three months ago that I
should be here alone in my house to-day
and JufS wOoed and married and all, /
should have taken the liberty of saying
that l thought they would prove them
selves wrong. Aud yet Julia is married
aud here l nm all by myself"
But the little widow did not find hersel.
left very much alone. Her friends came
to see her duly and truly and especially
did the young ladies get into the habit OF
going in at all tlmes-just to cheer her
up, they said. And before long the young
iIlSu tklSo WV ShRto q 1looip VI 6olhS ~ "
AVE II cup Of tea with her, and while
Marcus Oxford and Sir Anthony were in
Blankhampton they naturally went and
called on the incoming regiment which
had relieved the 32nd, and equally natu.
rally they took several of the officers to
call at No. Z, and very soon it became one
of the popular houses in the town among
the officers Of the 43rd princess Mary's
OWN Hussars.
About this time the Bob Markhams
went up to town for a few days, but when
they got back to Brentwood, Mrs. Bob
drove over aud insisted upon. taking Mrs.
Tratford back for a day or two. She tried
: hard to get out of it but Mrs. Bob would
not hear u word about that-they were
going to have an impromptu dinner party
{ he next evening. the Lucifers and some
:, people who were staying there and one OF
! two others. 1t was no use Mrs. Trafford
. declaring that she really wanted rest and
quiet more than anything else, Mrs. Boil
meant her to go n said SO. she would
not take nc for an answer and simply said
she would not leave the house alone.
So Mrs. Trafford had no choice but to
, get her things put together and submit,
to the inevitable, mud l must admit thai
Suc cuJOyou ncISeAl very AiuCu Wueu sut
got there. And whilst she was there, The
neighborhood was again thrown into
!, kind of %convulsion by the news that an
other great robbery of jewels had beer
, committedl
Little Mrs. Bob was eloquent about 1t
"Oh! Mrs. Trafford," she cried. II do get
SO frightened by all this. I really almost
wish that we had never come into this
; neighborhood at sill. Yes, l do really.
: know l shall never know q moments
= peace when we get to the Manor Lodge
: and of course. ii you visit much you mus
. have silver aud so on. You can make 6
very good show with just as many dia
. monds as you can carry about your person
. but you can't carry your dishes and
!. your spoons and forks about with you
: can your"
= well, not very comfortably" said Mrs
: TrafforI. with IA hugh. But, II you arr
so frightened you can buy electro-plat
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