The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-03-27
Tier face haunts

melancholy smile. Her face haunts
me still"
"Have you ever" faltered Lady Caro-,
'seen anyone who resembled her at
all?"
Eyes, replied Col. FitzDominiel,
| with some little hesitation. II have.
| One who was her living image-if one
replaced the martyr-like expression
with joyous one. But only quite
lately"
Lady Caro- actually blushed as de-
licious thrill of excitement stole over
her. She did not intend to marry again,
but it would be delightful to become the
object Of such a passionate worship
even if she did not contemplate the idea
of rewarding it.
1t was just at that moment that Lady
Glenlyndon gave the signal. The
ladies filed out, and Lady Glenlyndon
caught Lady Caro- by the hand.
"You behaved shamefully," she whis-
pered, "you little she pirate. Poor
Miss Brenon, she hadn't a chance. and
you deserted Glenlyndon altogether.
How did you like him. Tell me later"
Some minutes afterward Lady Glen
lyndon and Lady Caro- were seated side
by side on a sofa. The other ladies had
plunged into heated discussion oil
the crimes of servants, with the single
exception of deaf Mrs. Brenon, who,
imagining that the topic was children,
maintained constant and not alto
gether harmonious flow on that sub
ject.
"How did you like him?" said Lady
Glenlyndon.
HE seemed interesting" replied Lady
Caro-. Il wonder why there is always
something interesting in a broken
hearted man? A broken-hearted wom-
an is only ridiculous"
Perhaps, dear, it is because there is
always the chance of curing him
which is exciting. 1t is pity" added
Lady Glenlyndon, slyly, "that he should
he so devoted to fair women"
Fair women! What do you mean?"
replied Lady Caro-, amazed. She had
not apprehended this prediction from
Col. FitzDominick's conversation.
'Then, didn't he tell you that pa
thetic story of his first and only love,
the beautiful golden-haired girl who
was sent to Siberia, and died in his
arms?"
Eyes," replied Lady Caro-, with sharp
decision. But there wasn't word
about golden-haired girl. The girl
was very dark, pale and black-haired-
in fact, dear, he gave me to understand
not in SO many words, but very deli
cately-that she was exactly like me-"
"Well, that's very odd" cried
Lady Glenlyndon-and there was
shriller note in her voice than seemed
absolutely necessary. "For he gave
me thoroughly to UNDERSTANDINGS in
in SO many words, of course, but so that
I could not fail to see-that she was ex-
actly like me-"
The two ladies sat up suddenly and
glared little, and then Lady Glenlyn-
don relieved the tension by real of
laughter.
1.-THE blarney stone!" she cried.
What an unprincipled man! No
doubt he adapts his heroine to suit the
appearance of every fresh listener, and
makes hay of our feeling all round.
am beginning to doubt whether the
whole story is not pure Pigment. How
shall we punish him?"
LET us make him tell the story over
again to both of us together" suggest
ed Lady Caro-, vindictively.
At that moment the sound of voices
on the stairs gave the signal for the
ladies to group themselves in their
most picturesque pose, SO as to present
an effective tout ensemble as the men
came in.-Philadelphia Bulletin.