Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-29

Mamie liked the roses best, natu.
s.lly. and her father, VINO had by slow
degrees coEse TO regard the inevitable
draw backs Of existence, such as death,
age, illness and so Oh, as matters by no
means intended to interfere with the or
binary routine of daily life, enjoyed his
breakfast thoroughly and remarked,
with satisfaction. that the day prom
ised to be glorious one.
If he had not himself seen Nannie's
parting with Will Cassilis. her straw
hat lying on a chair near would have
announced an early morning stroll, and
young maids are seldom known to rise
early in the morning to walk alone, or
young men either for the matter of that.
He had seen other fathers bring ND
their daughters for other men s delecta-
ton and their sons to love strangers
better than the mothers who reared
them, and he did not expect his own
daughter to turn oat an abnormal per
son, nor did he wish it.
To quote the significant japanese
proverb which advises You to sweep
the snow from your own doorstep and
leave your neighbors' tiles alone. he
found it enough to do 10 manage and
control his own life without interfering
with the Just rights of others, and per-
sonally he liked Will Cassilis, who was
one Of the best fellows and had one Of
the best places in the county, but he did
object to Mamie, who was a schoolgirl
yet, tying herself up before she knew
her own mind, even if Will thought lie
knew his. Ambition coald net possibly
dwell in the mind Of man who had
lived all his life on his own estate, knew
his own tenants and neighbors we'll,
and, while abhorring strangers, loved
those old friends in his library who
were ever at his beck and call. If his
health did not always equal his capacity
for enjoyment-well, what then: He
could still admire those treasures of ma
ture that We're any beggar's as we'll as
his, he could feel all human worries
slip FROM him as he looked at the stars,
he could thank God if ne got a whole
nights quiet sleep and feel the youth
in him renewed over and over again il
the miracle of each year. spring
And therefore, while he enjoyed his
breakfast, he knew exactly Of what Nan
ME was thinking, and when their eyes
met he smiled, and she was happy
He was very fond Of her, but he had
suffered severely once, and he knew his
own capacities and would never give
himself the chance Of suffering to the
same extent again.
Nor daughter, nor friend, nor horse,
nor deg should ever become indispensa-
BILE to his happiness, and if he were a
philosopher he alone knew ut what cost
his philosophy had been gained, and
meant to hold fast by the fruits of it.
Yet there We're moments when he feared
for Mamie. She was SO gentle, malleable
| to be turned this way Or that, according
to the within of the person who nodded
her. one could not help praying that she
might fall into the right hands, and
were Will Cassilis' young, strong ones
clever enough: Trelawny's would have
been strong enough and clever, but kind
1t was the fear of Trelawny that rad
made q Cassiiis SO suitable and possible,
and 1t was by no means to stop the
lovers meetings that Lord Strawberries
had come to this sleepy corner, which
you could not even get at save by coach
or boat, so completely out Of the world
was it.
Sidmouth, with its golf links, its
music, Its summer air of fashion spoil
ing that delicious air Of GOODNESS which
| spreads through its valleys ON the hot
test days, Just as warmth clings to it
through the long winter, had offended
Lord Strau benzee's ideas of privacy, and
the little sleepy, sheltered house, blink
ing in the sunlight, marked ITO Let, -
had taken his fancy when he had been
| rowed over one summer afternoon, and
| very quietly he had taken possession OF
it, greatly to Wills disgust.
Chudleigh Salterton might perhaps
have been impressed by the honor con.
ferred upon it, but that there is den.
sity of ignorance which is beyond being
! impressed, and save that he was a lord
and of course not bound by any common
laws, he and his were accepted as mat
ter OF course, and troubled about by no
body with one exception.
The man who had chosen this place al
being the very end of the earth dis
played an alarm and uneasiness at sigh,
of the newcomers, curious in so scientif
ic persona Hho was supposed to dwell il
his books, and after the first accidental
meeting he walked with his daughter
ut hours when he knew he should MOI
come across Lord Straubenzee, though
the lovers seemed perpetually to spring
up in their path.
80 there is cricket match TODAY, >
said Lord Straubenzee as he ate his las
straw berry, for, like most epicures, b,
never touched fruit save at breakfast
lis Cassilis playing" he added, look
ing out of the window.
Il believe not, father" said Mamie
feeling that this was indeed going to b
a fine day and that it might not be i'm
possible. after all, for Willie to paw a,
afternoon call and be asked to stay T.
dinner--and time was getting so dread
fully short for them now.
1t was late August, and early in Sep
TENDER, Mamie, otherwise Annabella
and few other five syllabled names
according to her baptismal register
| won III refuru IN tho ,Ioc,,ut ohSc-,r;,r n