Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-30

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luctance, she turned her head towards
him, and-oh, thou mischievous Puck,
that sometimes takes upon thee the
semblance of Eros, what skill is thine!
there were tears in her eyes-real
tears-bright, large tears that welled
up and fell through her long lashes in
the most beautiful, touching, and be-
coming manner! and" thought
Marcia to herself, "if | don't fetch
him now, never wilt" Lord Algy was
quite frightened-his poor brain grew
more and more bewildered.
"Why-Miss Marcia! l say! Look
here!" he fnumbled in his extremity,
squeezing her little hand tighter and
| tighter. "What--what have l done!
Good gracious! You-you really must
not cry, you know say-look here!
Marcia! | wouldn't vex you for the
world"
"Yew bet you wouldn't" said Mar
cia, with slow and nasal plaintiveness.
Il like that! That's the way yew En-
glish talk But yew kin hang round
girl a whole season and make all
her folks think badly Of her-and-and
break her heart-yes-t sou
Here she dried her eyes with a filmy
lace handkerchief. but don't yew
nina me! | kin bear 1t. kin worry
through" And she drew herself up
with dignifed resignation-While Lord
Algy stared wildly at her, his feeble
nina in a whirl. Presently she
smiled most seductively, and looked
UP with her dark, tear-wet eyes to the
moon.
81 guess it's good night for lovers."
she said, sinking her ordinary tone to
an almost sweet cadence. "But we're
not of that sort, are WEI"
The die was cast! She looked so
charming, so irresistible that Masher-
vile lost all hold over his wits
Scarcely knowing what he did, he put
his arm round her waist. Oh, what a
warm, yielding waist! He drew her
close to his breast, at the risk of
breaking his most valuable eyeglass,
and felt his poor weak soul in a
culver Of excitement at this novel and
delicious sensation
I'VE. are-we are of that sort!" he
declared courageously. why should
you doubt it, Marcia?"
"I'll believe yew if yew say So"
only fooling mel"
Pooling you'll" Lord Algy was so
surprised that he released her quite
suddenly from his embrace-7so sud
denly that she was a little frightened.
Was she to lose him, after all?
Marcia" he continued mildly, yet
with a certain manliness that did not
Ill become him. "I-1 hope l am too
much of-of gentleman TOTO fool
any woman, least of all you, after ]
have, as you say, compromised you
in society by my-my attentions. L
have very little to offer you--but
such as it is is yours. In--in short,
Marcia, II will try to make you
happy If you can-cdn care for me
enough to-to-marry me!'
Eureka! The game was won! A
vision of Marsherville Park, Yorkshire
that well -timbered and highly desir-
able residence" as the auctioneers
would describe 1t, fitted before Mar
eia's eyes.-and, filled with triumph,
she went straight into her lordly
wooer's arms, and kissed him with
thorough transatlantic frankness. She
was really grateful to him. Ever
since she had come to England, she
had plotted and schemed to become
my lady" with all the vigor of a
purely republican soul,-and now at
last, after hard fighting, she had won
the prize for which her soul had
yearned. She would in future belong
to the English electromagnetic aris-
tocracy which her relatives in New
York pretended to despise, yet openly
flattered,-and with her arms round
the trapped Masherville's neck, she
foresaw the delight she would have in
, being toadied by them as far as
, toadyism could be made to CO.
To Be Continued.