Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

| .ght place once, but if she gets en-
tangled with this fellow Graham, Sir
Andrew will leave them both severely
alone, and then where will my lady be?
She's such a consummate fiirt and ac-
complished actress that | can't tell even
now whether she's in real earnest or is
only amusing herself mischievously.
| Queer ideas some people have of
amusement, to be sure. | shouldn't
care a tinker's curse what became of
the fellow, and Lena doesn't deserve
consideration. But there is the girl
to be thought Of. He sha'n't play her
false il / can stop it,"
He did not think these thoughts con-
secutively as they are written down.
They came and went in much disorder
through his brain and mind at odd
times during the rest of that day and
night They haunted him feyerishly,
spelling his dinner and his slumbers.
But the next day he forgot them-or,
rather, did not forget them, but put
them aside to be pondered upon at a
more fitting opportunity. He had
never been in love with Lena, but he
| liked her very much. The habit of
liking her was upon him, and he
couldn't bear to see her making fool
of herself or of a young fellow who be-
longed to another woman.
Meantime Sholto Graham had been
taken home and tenderly-far too ten
derby treated by Mrs Cumberland
After dinner, which was a small
light, dainty repast, as lovely to the
eye as it was tempting to the palate
she told him to light his cigarette and
come out into the garden and look at
the roses. Seine of the heavily laden
fragrant boughs had broken loose
from their mocrings, over arches and
against walls. So she got a hammer
and some string and nails and told him
to help her with them. He obeyed
her, and the roses took some time 10
put back into their proper places.
Then she preached the subject which
ought to have been dearest to him and
which he most dreaded her mentioning
Laugherne
why have you not told me about
it?" she asked and then she hung her
head and he thought her voice trembl-
ed. WAS it because you thought me
an unsympathetic woman? Surely
you might have trusted me with your
secret"
tits not a secret; it's only a far-off
contingency 1t may never come to
pass he explained impatiently. 1--WE
neither OF us have any money worth
speaking Of. and, with sudden relapse
into gloomy indignation with his rich
brother-in- law, "Sir Andrew isn't
hurrying himself to get me anything. y
Something that was good in her came
to the fore and she told him:
Sir Andrew will get you the APP
pointment he has spoken of Mt once-as
soon as he is sure YOU will marry Miss
Laugherne. He thinks you are be-
having badly--in fact, shilly- shally-
ing"
A feeling of qualification at being
within a measurable distance of a
thousand thrilled him. At the same
time he felt annoyed that Sir Andrew
should have discussed his (Sholto's)
relations with Miss Laugherne with
Lena Cumberland
Il wish my worthy brother-in-law
would bring his beneficence to bear up
on me as soon as possible. And also
wish he would confne himself to bust
ness and not dabble in my purely
private affairs A Graham doesn't
want instruction on any social question
from the Gwenap"
Don't for your own sake be frivol-
ously arrogant" she pleaded. rather
family. 81 know a good deal of Sir
Andrews mind and | can tell you that
the sooner you show him that you
mean to be stanch to Miss Laugherne
that the better 1t will be for you
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