Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-31
CHAPTER X.
Love and Glamour.

Love and Glamour
A section Of the surging crowd in
terposed between Sholro Graham and
Capt Kelly, just as the latter uttered
his calculations. When that section
moved on Capt. Kelly could not see
the one whom he had vainly h ped
would have relieved them from the
momentary difficulty in which they
We're placed through having mislaid
the sovereign.
Bless my heart, he couldn't have
heard me. yet l could swear he looked
me in the face" the old gentleman
said, excitedly What Il the meaning
OF it? Has he grown deaf ana blind?
Was that his sister with m?"
Il was looking on the floor for the
sovereign when you spoke" Patrice
explained, quietly; when looked up
| saw none but strange faces round us.
If 1t was Sholto he couldn't have rec
ognized you"
AT least he must have recognized
YOU, unless he has grown blind" said
Capt. Kelly "Well, come along, my
child; there's nothing for us left to
do but to pad the hoof home. Extra
ordinary thing altogether You don't
know whether that was his sister with
him."
! was looking for the sovereign
when you spoke, dad. L. ok here;
shall l go home and get some money
while YOU wait here for me? | won t
be long away, and then we can carry
out our plan of making a day of 1t in
some nice out-of-the-way place"
No, I'll go home with you, Patrice,"
Capt. Kelly said, thoughtfully. His
enthusiasm for the little projected
holiday was gone. He was depressed
by the loss Of his sovereign and by a
dim suspicion he had that there was
screw loose about Graham" He
was hot and tired and dusty and
thirsty. Altogether he was a very sad
old man as he walked along p q adilly
under a blazing sun, and Patrice's
heart smote her as she looked at him
and guessed that part of his depres-
sion was due to his quickly Weakened
jealousy for her. So in spite OF the
longings she lad for solitude and ST.
lence, and the privilege OF being mis-
cradle unseen, she talked ana laughed
gayly, and pointed out the humorous
side Of everything they saw until Capt.
i Kelly was charmed into rgetfulness
of his lost sovereign and the slight he
had half-suspected Sholto Of OFFERING
MIN. When he reached home and
found the sovereign peacefully repos-
ing on his writing-pad he cleared up
\ completely and forgot his fatigue TO
4 the extent Of trotting of to the Grove
to order a piece Of salmon and a GU
cumber, as he said he felt sure
Sholto would drop in TO dinner"
+ There was no corresponding assur-
ance in Patrce's heart. and again the
kind old man was doomed to disap-
pointment But though Patrice bore
herself bravely. as though she felt no
pain, that dinner was not a success IN
spite of the salmon and cucun. Der
which had been personally selected
( with tender care by Capt Kelly him
self, he being Influenced thereunto by
the belief which is in all II us that
the shortest way to the average mans
heart Is to daintily tick and crafty
his appetite.
All Of us who have watched gay
girlhood through its first real love
fever are acquainted with the signs OF
! that phase of the disease when the
sufferer assumes that those are "un-
i reasonable" who fathom that she Is
feeling neglected and are ready to re-
sent that neglect for her. 1t is in
reality the instinct Of preservation
which actuates her She wants TO
j come out Of the engagement with as
few tears as possible. While she be-
lieyes her wounds as unseen she can
/ play the part Of the Spartan boy with
variations But II her friends insist
on barring her wounds ami puring
balm and oil into them for healing
/ purposes in public manner. ten to
I one they tear them asnnder and fret
the gashes more ruthlessly (but with
the best intentfons) than even the
original offender has done.
Capt. Kelly was no, one of those
who carry about with them constantly
! the knife that cuts to cure. and he
bottle containing healing liquids that
make one smart cruelty. He was oil.
but he was neither selfish nor callous.
blind nor deaf. He saw distinctly the
fox OF mortified love and pride which
was gnawing at the vitals Of the
daughter Of his heart And in the