The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-22

nary that made the old heather see any
one sans toupee, warpaint and the rest
of it, but for once Lady Lirr Ter was
oblivious Of self, and her face Was terri
bic to the girl who came slowly toward
her.
"What is TO be the end Of all this?"
inquired her aunt in accents Of the deep
est concern.
"All what?" said Mamie, sitting
down on the edge of the bed.
"Child, have you forgotten what
happened last nightf'
81 dined here and went to sleep after
dinner, and it's very funny, but never
woke up when Will carried me home. F"
"Oh, very funny, said Lady Lirriper
fiercely Every disgraceful, should
say. You were tipsy last night, Mamie,
not with what you drank at my table,
but actually before you came. And you
not yet lS"
Mamie bad sprung to her feet, trem-
bling in every limb.
How dare you say such thing TO
me!'' she cried passionately. "Oh, II
Will were here, you would not
"Will knows il, said Lirriper curt
". eff he had been aware of your in
herited tendency. he would never have
married you. No man in his senses
would.
And she related some hard, cruel
facts of family history before which the
poor girl WINGED and covered away.
lyon are quite wrong" she said. 81
drank nothing before coming 10 dinner
and forget what l had then. " she pat
her hand confusedly to her head. But
it could not have been much. 1t never
is. do not like wine, but drink little
to please Will. 4"
"Ee won't press any on you again,
said Lady Lirriper significantly. "For
al our sazes, child, pull up while there
is time and never touch drink again. "
But Mamie, in great flame of wrath
and shame, had escaped at breakneck
speed down the stairs and was out OF
earshot.
She ran full tilt into Trelawny, who,
after two days absence, had come over.
as he often did, to breakfast, and now
looked at her dismayed, for he had
hoped that, left entirely to themselves,
the young people would come to bet
ter understanding by now.
"What is the matter?" he said and
drew her into the morning room and
shut the door. He scarcely knew hel
face for Nannie's.
"They say" she said in strained
whisper, her hunted eyes fixed on his
"that / was tipsy last night; that 1t il
in the blood that shall die disgraced
outcast woman in the end y
"If il were true a hundred times over
I would stick to you through thick ant
thin, cried Blake Trelawny passionate
, ". "But, my poor little girl, it's impos
sible. Tell me all about it. ="
81 can't. remember" said Mamie
looking bewildered. 1.-The last two days
while Will was away, have spent al
most entirely with Hagar. We takes
J about YOU" she added as one thinkin;
aloud.
1.-THE devil you didr' exclaime'
Blake suddenly and violently, then turn
ed to pace the room with uneven steps
racking his brains as TO how all thi
was 20 be traced to Hagar, for Hagar
undoubtedly was.
"How can Will ever love me again?'
, cried Mamie piteously. He can onl,
> have disgust for me - disgust an
E shame" She covered her face with he
hands and wept aloud
"Oh, it is not IL Not Mamie J. sh
| said as the door closed and she foun
herself alone, but almost at the sam
d moment Will came in at the open win
! dow, and taking her in his arms soothe
l her like q child, while like a child SD
chung to him, her fears gone.
Trelawny found Hagar in the draw
! ing room, and walking straight up I
r her gripped her wrist with 10 gentl
0 hand.
"You dewitt" he said. "What do 20
mean? What are you up to now? j al
neither boy nor girl, like those two poe
victims of yours at the castle. Whs
your influence over them is / don
know, except that it's vilely evil, br
I'll defeat it yet, madam, though 20
have every lost soul in hell to help 20
and do your bidding"
FRO M Continued