Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-11
aLOYER Of The Day.
Continued


vanity that Lena Cumberland Shoul"
council him Of this course.
IAN this advantage Of Miss Laush-
arne' cause would come better from my
sister than from Sir Andrew, ne saiu'
GROSSLY when ! have got 1t down
in black and white that I'm 10 nav
this billet. and none OF Sir ANDRE"
Cwenap's Interference can upset me
ARRANGEMENT, IN let him Kno" "lo
and when / am going to marry u
had rushed into malrimoney Oh my
nreeent income and prospects ne "ouia
have been the first to call me hean-
strong fool You should hear Wha'
have had to listen to on the other
aide from Maggie. and ] suppose you
will admit that she Is woman OF thS
world and knows what she Is talKihs
about"
"You fear poverty very much she
asked abruptly
"Hate and oath it," he replied, anu
there was the rlag Of sincerity IN MS
tones
Then secure The thousand year
by marrying Miss I,augherne as soon
as YOU can conveniently she said'
soornfully. "Once moie | tell you u
depends on yourself Sir Andrew VIII
zee that you are rich man soon II YOU
Keep your troth and marry Miss Laugh
erne."
He looked at her uneasiIy and NUT
tered that there were more ways IMAM
one of fellow getting money ana on
in the world" But Mrs. Cumberland
gave him no encouragement to weakly
commit himself any further she
pleaded fatigue and dismissed him
early, with the parting words
What | have said tonight have
said solely for your good without re-
gard to myself in any way. ] want
you to be happy-and rich. | believe
passengers being required to cover the
you Will be both with Miss Laugh
erne"
lie always declared himself to be
an extremely sensitive man. There
was no doubt that he was an extremely
touchy one For though he had the
truth namely that II was real inter
est in him and regard for his welfare
which had made her speak as she did
he went away offended with her He
would have preferred her trying TO
fascnate and nirt him out Of his al
legiance 30 Patrcc.
"Why do | care for this MANI" Mrs.
Cumberland asked herself many times,
as she sat thinking in the softly light
ed little cottage drawing-room late
into the hours Of the night, and Ike
many another woman similarly situ-
ated who has asked herself the same
question. she could only answer; Il
don't know why, but do care"
She knew men who talked better and
wrote better than Sholto Graham,
therefore It was not his clevcrness
that attracted her She knew men
who we're better featured, grown and
set up than Shol'o; therefore It was
not his looks that had enslayed her
lie was brusque at times almost to
rudeness. so It was not his manner
which fascinated her From the way,
IN which lac spoke of horses ana
hounds she had discovered that he
was practically profoundly ignorant
of the qualities and capabilities Of
both, so it was no kindred love ct
sport to which she kinded She could
not, by any stretch OF her imagination,
endow him with exalted moral quail
ties for he had been betrayed into dis
playing before her more than once n
selishness and self-conceit OF the
poorest quality She felt tnstinctively
that he was no hero in a physical
sense Nevertheless, In spite Of this
clear sightedncss concerning him. she
did care for him dearly and would
have sacrificed much to have got and
kept him entirely 10 herself
Still as has been seen there was
good In her, and IL came TO the fore
when, for the sake OF his honor and
future financial success, she counscl2d
him TO give Sir Andrew che assurance
for which that worthy gentleman
was waiting. before he moved a finger
IN Shnlto's behalf
1t was a subject which she could not
nnalyze steadily Cuisines az warm
feeling kept intervening and upsottlug
cool judgment She could not. after
several hours consideration OF u.
answer satisfactorily the question.
Why DO care FOR him9"
Mr. GahDms melitatious ON his
way home that night were not much
moro agreeable .h1n were Lena Cum
herands He told himself that he
had never meant TO oyertep 'ho
bounds Of friendship with her and
that her giving him the check she hat
given him that might had been an un-
warrantohlo assumption ON her part or
his taking "a warmer interest in her
than he did How the deuce could
she know that was ready 10 throw
Patr,ce over tor here" he asked him
self testify and DE- too. FOUND him
self unable 10 answer his own cles.
ton
The next morning ON his way up %
the oiy.ce on The top ~ a nns. he read
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