Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-10

| Hlauc III airs anu stiiu LIE as Il pe.,i-
tent to enjoy myself under the wing of
one of the greatest ladies III town.
| 'How did you find that out:' he
said, greatly amused.
| Come with me- she said gayly.
and as he smiled and went somehow he
seemed to have become quite old beside
this buoyant moral whom every one
| turned to stare at
IF Bob Eeatherley could only see you
| now!'' he said
| "WhO told you about-Bob?" she
said family, and for moment looking
! somewhat as she did Oh her arrival
But he only laughed and said that he
| intended TO watch over Bob's interests,
for which she thanked him and said
| Bob was quite able to take excellent
care of them himself.
The rooms We're thinning: persons
| stood ont with greater distinctness, and
| Lesley at that moment caught sight Of
| something that made her exclaim:
| flow wonderful! Who is she?''
Ronny looked everywhere bat in the
right direction, though i'll every nerve
| of his body he knew what was there.
"A woman in an orange gown, with
| barbaric CLEANS of red embroideTy-she
| is looking at you-she is coming toward
you ncw.''
Alas for the bravery of the bravest
If a trapdoor had been at his feet, down
which he could have shot, Ronny, the
| hero, would have vanished through it
there and then.
| How do you do, Major Kilmurray:"
If there be sermons i'll stones, there
are life tragedies III voices, and Lesley
! knew that the woman before her had
| given bOundless treasures OF love to
man with nothing particularly striking
about him, except the eyes that had seen
SO much-seen most Of the great and
1 passed all the Httlenesses of life by.
| How do you do, Miss de Salis:'' he
said coldly, then introduced Lesley as:
| My cousin, Miss Malincourt
| As Cyrthia's glance swept the girl
| from head to foot Lesley could scarcely
have told why her heart Went out to
this poor wo!Ian-pour IL her gorgeous
| robes OF red and orange-eXcopt that
| she had always been nice to her own
sex and never willfully taken their low
| erS away from them or done them any
| SOFT Of mean trick, bat the friendliness
| she now displayed did not wholly bridge
over the discomfort Of the situation, and
Lady AppUldurcOmbc's sudden descent
| upon them was hailed 10y all as that of
az angel from heaven.
She was really happy and much pleas
ed with the ightness of her duties III
chaperOning Lesley, congratulating her
| self on Malincourt and nature having
managed things very nicely between
them, and now Ronny was with Cyn-
thia, and
I'm quite shocked, she said. look
ing radiant and touching Cynthias
arm atfectionately I'VE must have
been here a whole hour and will soon
be the last survivors"
Then chi,liness in the air struck
her, and her face changed as Cynthia,
with some light words of farewell,
moved away.
lyon have been unkind to her, Ron
aid" she said reproachfully, but she
addressed thin air, for he had made his
escape.
My dear she said presently to Les
| ley as the carriage moved at "a foot pace
the few ya1ds to Park lane, Il think
you have come to save the county at the
expense of town. But the most wonder
tul thing about you is your clothes -
| Il think those OF Miss de Sails much
more wonderful said Lesley. why
won't Ro2ny love her. she broke out
suddenly.
! My dear, Ronny will never marry.
All my other children have done so.
but he never will
"Oh, how mad, how silly of her to
let him see how she cares - cried Lesley
| passionately. Doesn't she know
she paused again, then went on irrele-
vanity, Every tiny scrap 4 woman can
make 4 man suffer is something off their
tremendous debt TO Us womenl''
My dear said Lady Appuldur-
| combe, mortified. And you do not read
the newspapers:'
The carriage stopped az that moment,
and Ronny was i'll waiting to hand them
| out.
''A1e you prepared for more wild dis
! sipation today he said, as Lesley stood
on the pavement, foam of white, look
ing back at the dawn that was already
breaking. Because Yelverton wants you
both to go down on his coach to see
those absurd new sports they call
| gymkhana, az Raneiagh."
They are very absurd" said Lady
| Appu!durcOmbe rs they went up stairs,
"a sort Of romp on horseback, you know
but you must ride well TO be able to
do any Of the ridiculous tasks that are
set. And now, my dear, think We II
| all go TO bed. -
! And 50 they did, but Lesley found it
impossible to sleep, this new world was
SO strange, 50 wonderful, and an hour
later, hearing steps III the corridor. she
| opened her door TO come face 10 face
with Lady Appuldurcombe. vino started
at sight Of Lesley and blushed like u
girl.
Il have Just been IL 10 lock at Ron
ny, she said. He sleeps so sound, you
know, Or l should not venture. You see,
my dear. l had only had him with me
for "a hours when yen came-and for
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