The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
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"My child my child I, me exclaimed
r4Do you know hat 4 u past ii
i "well. ma, replied Lady Eyelyne.
languidly, what of NJ r. an n, N :"
g" nat OF Ii my dears' was Lady
Gwendale's renoiis trance. ..What Of
It? How can you bel 30 forgetful?
The duchess u garden party begins at
2. and You have arranged to cit to
Delauria at - That, portrait Of yours
will never be dniShed.
II will NOT go%to Delauria's today"
Lady Evelyne answered, poutingly.
land I'm not 90 Sllre that I shall 20 to
the garden 49,
The maid had Il IN the meantime
drawn the heavy curtains and the
bright sunlight softened by the lace
hangings within, streamed all over the
room. Lady Evelyne closed her eyes
again, while her mother held up her
hands in amaxement.
mot go to the garden partyw she
exclaimed, with q nonplussed air. mot
60 to the garden party! Why, what
has happened? You are not iii, I
hope?"
: Evelyne held out pair of pleading
arms, and the old lady approached her
daughter, who drew her mothers face
to her own ana kissed it affectionately.
NO, ma, dear, she whispered, I'm
not III, butS1 do not want to so out.
want to stay at home and think"
Lady GWendale's temporary anxiety
changed to Amaxement. That her vol
atile daughter should desire to think,
no matter what the subject, was in It,
self an anomaly, but the one in which
the wish WINS expressed, the tender
pleading of the voice for apparently
60 trivial q cause, told my lady-a
shewd. experienced woman of the
world-that something was not alto
9ether as its should have been with her
child. AL moments reflection guided
her on thesgight track for the solution
OF the prhlem.s r
81 ovwhat troubles you, my
dear" elaeaid. eat least think I
do lHerbert has returned to England,
and you hkye been thinking of him."
The yolnE lady's eyes frightened;
che took Ter mothers plump hand be-
tween her own soft fingers and
stroked IL caressingly. Her eyelids
dropped dreamily for an instant, then
she looked Lady Gwendale straight in
the faceaand with a smile dimpling
herschee&s, nodded her head twice or
thrice.
II thsught co." the old lady ex-
claimed With suppressed sigh. "My
dear E1oSyne, you really must become
q little more settled in your intentions
+ and decisions. You are now engaged
to Mr.. Maclane, and it can make very
little difference to you whether young
Cleve hAs returned or not"
Lady Evelyne pursed her lips.
'eBut, ma, she whimpered, ut does
make = difference. Herbert and I
were engaged to one another once,
and" tho young lady raised herself
And-threw both arms around
& her mothers neek-"you know he is
now the Earl Of Cleve."
Herbert Is certainly in better 10
SitioH than he was when he left Eng
SAUDI" Lady Gwenlale admitted. gent
" disensaging herself from her daugh-
fers embrace. "and have no doubt
that many ladies with marriageable
daughters viii consider him desira-
bic possible son-in-law. AS to myself,
4 must decline forming an opinion on
the subject until have seen the young
4 man. ~
But you will form an opinion, won't
& Jon, mn, when you have seen HING"
tine young lady suggested, again drop
eping her eyes and stroking her moth
RS hard with her own. "and If that
plDaon ID favorable''-The little fin
ets wandered nervously over my
n ~ n III
Ieyes danced with pretty glitter. III
lyme repeated, with q captivating EN-
,phasis, and the dainty fingers travelled
forward and backward, while she
sought in her mind an expression
b which did not readily present itself to
.Aer tongue, don't you think Countess
.of Cleve is a prettier name than Lady
-Eyelyne Wynter"
Lady Gwendale's reply was solemn
and ceremOnious:
my child" she exclaimed. "you can
bear no better name than your own
IL did net mean that, ma" pleaded
Lady Eyelyne. II meant that If I mar
s,ffed Mr.. Maclane ! should still be La
dy Eyelyne Wynter; but If am mar
.tied to Herbert I shall be the countess
of Cleve."
'You really must not think Of such
thing, my dear" Lady Gwendale re-
moistrated. "You are engaged to Mr..
, MlE1ane, and your father and both
sspeider It q desirable engagement.
Ys are well aware we had sufficient
steas0ns for closing our doors upon
Eyoung Chauncey, and have learned
nothing which would induce me to
sEhange my opinion or intentions on the
subject. Come. now! Brush the mat
s;ter from your mind. Think no more
shout It. !"
II proved easier to Lady Gwendale
% give that advice to her daughter
/ than To- lady Eyelyne to follow it. All
through that morning and afterward
Herbert Chauncey remained the alb
sorbing object Of her, thoughts. The
fright, handsome, boyish face the ten
derly-fiashing dark eyes the youthful