Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-31

Farther away from what ?" he
asked, in some surprise, for Patrice
generally acquieseed in the promptest,
sweetest way with all his suggestions.
Then an anxious expression crept over
his weather-reddened, tell-tale old face
and he began with rapidity in al his
most accessible pockets in way that
revealed to Patrice's practiced eye and
cultivated experience that he had
either left home without or lost some
thing important.
Is it your specs?' she hazarded
feebly, feeling sure that it was me
thing more vital
mo, no. it's sovereign / have
missed for the moment. 1t must be
about me somewhere, for / distinctly
remember taking il out of the cash-b box
and putting it--putting it in my ain
one OF my a-well. in pocket"
The anxiety on his face deepened
with every word he spoke, and with
every unsuccessful dive he made into
the innumerable receptacles which
honeycombed his clothing In spite
of her misery Patrice couli not sup
press a smile at the irony of that fate
which would compel them to walk
home luneheonleSs for want Of the
necessary funds to trea themselves
to even so much as bun or 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 its own.
Il spent my last sixpenee on q cata-
logue. Do you happen TO + ave your
purse with you. Patrice?"
II never bring it when come into a
crowd with you. Never mind Wen
walk home, only let us be gu ck' she
added, as she saw Sholto and his COM
panion coming down the center of the
room.
As chance would have it. Cap
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 momen.
he saw Sholto, AMI in the singleness
of his heart thought loves precedence
had brought Patrice's betrothed TO the
spot to meet her. Before Patrfce
could check him he hal genially sig
nailed to Sholto and shouted:
"By Joye! This Is luck! Here's Ora
ham, I'll make him my banker till
we go home
While Capt. Kelly waitel for re-
sponsive action on Sholto Graham's
I part it shall be told how 1t was that
the latter gentleman found himself in
this ''devil of hole" as he te~med It,
On getting up that morning Sholto
had resolved to sont.le his conscience
and smooth down any rufflei feeling
in Patrice's breast by running in to
see her before going up to the war Of
flee. He would. he resolved, make
ample amends to her r the neglect
of the previous evening by inYi ing
her stepfather and herself to 60 TO
some theater for which he could get
Z good places with him this evening.
But while he was al breakfast this
( good resolution was dashed down and
trampled to death by the receipt Of
4 following note:
Must see you on Maggies account
meet me at Oranges at 1870 and we
will discuss the difficulty over an ice
Yours, LENA"
For brief period he felt enraged
with "his" Lena. To absent himself
from the office the day afte- his ex-
h tended leave had expired would be
I probably to get himself into a slight
scrape with his chief, thing he hated.
But very soon softer wave Of feeling
swept over his vain and impression
able soul. After all It was "on Mag
4 gie's account" that this beautiful
creature was seeking him and the
friendly tone of her letter showed that
she relied upon and appreciated him.
He liked being relied upon and appre-
ciated, especially by smart and beau
! tiful women, It was clearly his a.
ternal duty to aid Lena in any friendly
efforts she might be mailing t. screen
Lady Gwenap from Sir Andrews
wrath And the old boy looked saw
age enough to frighen the poor girl
out Of her wits last night" he thought.
So he went to Oranges at 1880, 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 important bus ne s.
and advised that he should go and se 2
his sister az SON as possible and II
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 y0u about what d
smart woman may and may not do
Having said this, she dismissed the
subject blithely and lei him to offer
TO take her to the academy by ex-
pressing feryent desire to go there.
Feeling that he might as we'll be
hanged for a sheep as lamb he put
all official considerations behind him
and walked up Piccadilly by Mrs
Cumberlands side, with the proud
conviction swelling in his heart that
every man they met was envying him
and every woman hating har