Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-21

ar the well-dreSSed, well-mannered,
gcod-looking crowd, but she had no
craving to know the names Of the in
dividuals who composed it. Once she
asked him if his sister was there and
he told her:
No; Sir Andrew has more than a
touch of the old puritan about him.
He's awfully strait-laced, in fact. I
believe smiles are forbidden in his
house on Sunday; in fact, it's regular
cold-meat and grim-look day in his
establishment. But Maggie must be
prepared to pay something for her
golden whistle
Its not heavy price if he is really
a good man and does it for conscience
sake Patrice said, thoughtfully.
As she spoke, Sholto caught sight Of
Mrs. Cumberland coming toward them.
with Mr.. Vereker, so instead of reply
ing to Patrice's remark he wheeled
round suddenly, saying:
1--we had enough Of this. Let us
go and look at the flowers on the other
side
She turned and walked away with
him without a protesting word, but it
struck her that it might have occurred
to him to ask whether or not she also
had had enough of it,
His object, if it was to escape Mrs.
| Cumberland's observation, was de-
feated. Her soft, dark eyes had rested
momentarily, but long enough, on him
and his companion, and her face
changed in way that attracted
| Fereker's attention.
That was young Graham, wasn't
it? Come, Lena, don't be a fool.
You can't afford it,
There is no reason why | shouldn't
in time, if he gets the appointment
Sir Andrew half-promised him"
Then you're really in earnest, really
in love with the fellow?" he asked,
with much amusement. What
joke! What an awful joker
Don't be a fool, Guy" she said,
sharply certainly, if I can't afford
to make fool of myself you can still
less well afford to offend me-
Does Lady Gwenap smile upon the
prospect of having you for her sister
in-law?"
She does
And Sir Andrew"
Do mind your own business and
leave me to manage mine" she said,
more sharply still. 81 am sick of this
shall go home"
SO she left him to his own devices.
and these were very uninteresting on
a Sunday ii London. He had come up
from Aldershot on purpose to see her.
and now that she had cast him adrift |
he did not know what to do or where
to dine. He was not a member of any
club, and no one asked him to be a
guest at one this day. He resolved
that in future he would act on Mrs. |
Cumberland's advice and leave her to
manage her own business without anv
chaff from him.
Lady Gwenap was finding the day |
lntoleraIbly long. When she married |
she had intended spending her Sun
days at home, and her dinners to select |
and lively people both at home and |
at riverside hotels in the summer quite |
attractive features in the scheme of |
fashionable London life. Instead of !
which she found herself condemned by |
her husbands rigorous religious views |
to a more CHASTITY monotony than had
been her portion in her rncles house |
in Edinburgh.
Moreover, Sir Andrews temDer |
never stood we'll the extra religious |
strain to which he subjected it on
Sundays. Everything that savored !
either Of business or pleasure was
hidden out of sight of the master Of
the house, who got through the long
hours OF the afternoon and evening il
the seclusion of his study. surrounded !
by large leather-bound books of
family prayer and devotion and the |
history Of the life and times of John |
Knox
In the days before his marriage the !
draWing-ro0m blinds had been KEEP |
lowered so as to exclude the f1orally |
festive aspect of the balcony all the |
day, but under the new reign he had !
conceded the point and allowed Lady |
Gwenap to revel in the feast of fra |
GRANGE and color afforded her by her |
flowers. But he did l. with a hard |
grace, and made her feel that she was
offending against some Of his most !
cherished convictions when she stroll |
ed out among them beautifully dressed |
and much envied by the numerous !
passersby who were less well placed in |
the world
They were served at in the evening |
in great state, with indigestible cold !,
meats and salads under the name of |
supper, before and after which Sir !!
Andrew said long grace and at which |!
he decreed there should be no waiting |
as another mark of his humble respect |
for the day. AT the close of this de- |
pressing repast Lady Gwenap yawned |
and vigorously thanked God that the !
day was done"
It would have been more endurable
if Mrs. Cumberland had been here
she said, pettishly; then probably
Sholto would have turned up"
To her surprise Sir Andrew turned
upon her furiously and upbraided her
for trying to tempt ShoIto away from
his allegiance to the young lady he was
engaged to. Even if you succeed" he
said, sternly, ''he shall never marry
Mrs. Cumherland-never, while l
live"
why not?" she asked. but he vouch-
SafGd no answer and LADY, Gwanan