Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31


about me somewhere, for l DISTINCT
remember taking it out of the cash-bo
: and putting it-putting it in my al
f one of my a-well, in a pocket
Y The anxiety on his face deepene,
e with every word he spoke, and will
/ every unsuccessful dive he made int
the innumerable receptacles whic.
r horeycombed his clothing. In spit,
2 OF her misery Patrice could not SUP
{ press smile at the irony of that fate
which would compel them to walk
: home luncheon1ess for want of the
necessary funds to trea. themselves
/ to even so much as bun or a bus.
} Have you no silver? Was the SOW
ereign all you had, dad?" she asked
: sympathetically, as mournfulness born
} of hunger and remorse for his care
lessness claimed him each moment
!; more surely for it's own.
Il spent my last sixpeace on a cata-
logue. Do you happen to have your
purse with you, Patrice?'
Il never bring it when | come into a
crowd with you. Never mind, We'll
walk home, only let us be quick" she
added, as she saw Sholto and his com
panion coming down the center of the
room
AS chance would have it. Can.
/ Kelly turned round at the moment to
give a final searching glance for the
! missing sovereign over the seat he
had been occupying. In that moment
he saw Sholto, and in the singleness
of his heart thought loves prescience
had brought Patrice's betrothed to the
/ spot to meet her. Before Patrice
! could check him he hal genially sig
nailed to Sholto and shouted:
/ 'By Jove! This is luck Here's Ora
ham, I'll make him my banker till
we go home
/ While Capt. Kelly waitei for a re-
j sponsive action on Sholto Grahams
part it shall be told how it was that
the latter gentleman found himself in
this devil of hole" as he termed it.
On getting up that morning Sholto
had resolved to soothe his conscience
! and smooth down anv ruffie1 feel ng
in Patrice's breast by running in to
see her before going UP to the war Of
fee. He would, he resolved, make
ample amends to he f'r the neglect
of the previous evening by invi ing
/ her stepfather and herself to go to
some theater for which he could get
good places with him this evening.
But while he was at breakfast this
good resolution was dashed down and
trampled to death by the receipt of
following note:
Must see you ON Maggie's account
meet me at Oranges at 11:30 and we
will discuss the difficulty over an ice.
Yours, LENA. -
For a brief period he felt enraged
with "his" Lena. To absent himself
from the office the day afte his ex-
tended leave had expired would be
probably to get himself into a slight
scrape with his chief, thing he hated.
But very soon a softer wave of feeling
swept over his vain and impression
able soul. After all it was "on Mag
gie's account" that this beautiful
creature was seeking him and the
she relied upon and app eciate1 him.
He liked being relied upon and app~e-
ciated, especially by smart and beau
tiful women. 1t was clearly his a.
ternal duty to aid Lena in any friendly
efforts she might be ma''ing tn screen
Lady .Gwenap from Sir Andrews
wrath. "And the old boy looked saw
10 Fr;o
out Of her wits last nigh" he thought.
So he went to Oranges at 1870, wi h
out calling in to see Patrice frs.
Mrs. Cumberland toll him that she
had been called away from the Give
maps house ON impo ~tant bus ne S.
and advised that he should go and see
his sister as son as possible and If
necessary 'cut Sir Andrews comb"
1T will be easy enough for you to d.
that" she added, "for you're a society
man and he is not He will be
obliged to defer to you about what
smart woman may and may not do"
Having said this, she dismissed the
subject blithely and led him to offer
TO take her to the academy by ex-
pressing a fervent desire to go there
Feeling that ne might as well be
hanged for sheep as a lamb. he put
all official considerations behind him
and walked up P1ccadilly by Mrs
Cumberland's side, with the proud
/ conviction swelling in his heart that
every man they met was envying him
and every woman hating her
He had nearly succeeded in forget
ting both his neglected work and his
neglected sweetheart under the lulling
influence OF Mrs. Cunberland's subtle
fiattery and charming presence, when
he looked up and met Patrices look
OF wounded love and Jealous reproach,
and in his shame at being taken red
handed in his disloyalty to her, he
glared at her with all the rage and
resentment he felt
Mrs. Cumberland grasped the situa-
ton at once, but she was far TOO wary
! to force his hand by letting him per-
! ceive that she did so. On the con-
! trary, though she felt sure this young
| lady, whose appearance threw Mr..
Graham into such a state of turmoil
! could be none other than Miss Laugh
erne, she merely said, coolly:
That young person seemed to know
you. suppose she can't, as she
seems to be here alone. l believe,
though, there does exist certain
sem1-genteel class of people whose
! daught erS do odd things such as conn