Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-17
aL0VER0f The Day.
Continued
CHAPTER VI.


doesn't like to leave her as she is fret
ting for Maggie" Patrice said, nur-
riedly, to her stepfather one morning a,
breakfast, looking up as she spoke
from a page or two Of note paper which
she had just received from SliolIo.
Those young sparks at the war of
fee have nice time Of =. Good fell
low, though, to stay with his aunt.
like TO see young man cons!derate to
his elders. Confound that girl! Where
has she put my specs and the advertise
ment sheet? Patrice, you must tell
them in the kitchen, once for all
will not have the advertisement sheet
taken away"
It's under your arm, dad, deal: and
your spectacles are in your saucer"
ITO be sure, so they are; they're
quite sticky. You must have split the
tea in passing 1t over to me. If there
Is one thing | dislike more than an
other it's sticky spectacles. / mean,
having tea split into my saucer. The
appearance of everything connected
with eating anu drinking ought to be
fastidiously neat all clean. | have al
ways eDdeayored TO impress that fact
upon you, Patrice, yet here my cup is
sailing about in an ocean of tea In the
saucer"
Yes, dear father, | know. l saw
YOU stirring it out over the brim of the
the cup just now. Now listen. we we're
talking about Sholto staying away
another week on account of his aunt,
he says, but feel sure he is not well.
He writes quite despondently about
his official life and his press prospects,
says he's sure he will never make
enough either at the war Office or as
journalist to enable him to become
even f10 householder. I'm sure he
can't be wellr'
He's discontinued, that's what's the
matter with him. He's no worse off
and his prospects are as good as when
he asked you to marry him few
weeks ago" Capt Kelly put down the
Times and his spectacles and was in
command of the ship at once, as he
thought
If Sholto Graham brings sadness TO
my child's eyes and sorrow into her
heart through his discomfort and in
stability he will find that the old man
has some fight in him still and knows
how to resent insult or injury offered
to g woman as we'll as ever he did.
What a fool ! am to condure up such a
ghost! The fellows a good, honest
young fellow or my girl wouldn't love
Linn as she does
He spike this last esentence aloud
unconsciously, and was only called to
Il sense Of the incautious verbal blunder
he had made by the look of blank
amazement on Patrice's face and her
startled exclamation of
Dear dad, are you raving?'
81 must be; certainly l certainly
must be. my dear. l was thinking OF
something, by Jove! l hardly know
what | was thinking about, and got
confused, and spoke my thought, like
the old duffer | am, instead OF keep
ing it to myself he said, hurriedly
and alphabetically, as he proceeded to
dtsarrange and hopelessly mix up his
letters and papers, in order to create
a diversion by asking Patriee TO aid
him in bringing order out OF chaos.
But Patrice had been touched on a
point on which she was peculiarly SEN
sitiye, and she would not be put or.
No no, papa you We're thinking OF
Sholto when you said you were FOO
to eonjure up ghost. What was the
~ l.
of Sholto- / won't let even you doubt
him for a moment Exercise that hor-
rible ghost at once and be my own
dear, unsuspici0us dad again.
She rose up as she spoke and Went
over behind his chair, put her arm
around his neck and kissed him. The
action was prompted as much by her
desire to hide some tears which had
gathered in her eyes from his loving
srutiny as by affection. But he was
not blinded, for hot tear fell ON his
forehead as she stopped over him.
The chivalrous delicacy of his true
Did heart enabled him to stifle the ex-
alamation of rage and Jealousy pro-
teetlng love for her which had nelrly
escaped his Lips, and 10 suplue al
signs Of having observed her emo i'm,
But he did this with such mighty Ell
fort that the veins In his head and face
sweled up, and Patrice, who appre-
GATED his heroic self-rule, feared that
It would bring on an apoplectie NJ.
Dear papa, she said, with little
gulping sob. 1--WE won't try 10 make
believe 10 each other. | am disap-
pointed, miserably disappointed, that
Sholto Is staying away OF his own free
will and you are angry with him TOR
Disappointing me. I'm not foolish
~ acting girl, and would never have
let myself feel hurt If he had said ne
vas sorry too But he seems indii-
farent about seeing me again, anu
links of no one but his sister
Indifferent about you! Thinks OF
10 one but his sisterl Curse him!
cried the old sailor, furiously. but the
next moment he repented him 81 ms
1tburst and appealed to Patrice Win
owing humility to collect his scaste ca
correspondence and help him convey