Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07

bdSSu W Win lIlnH GIRL you're "
Parnelhte or Fenian?"
"Patrice Laugherne is not a wild
Irish girl by any means, AID as she
is weH-born lady, the daughter of a
military man and the step-daughter
OF naval enc, she is most likely as
stanch conservative as your hus-
band is
/ Perhaps l was wrong TO call her a
wild Irish girl. She must be rather
tame one Il she can stand your go
ing 10 the academy with Lena Cum
| berland"
She is not Jealous girl, he said,
uneasily, but even as he said it a
vision of Patrices face with it's look
OF mingled love, reproach, pain and
jealousy flashed across his mental
vision.
us she not? Then she is not very
much in love with you; where love is
strong jealousy must exist. Well,
| dear boy, you must not be annoyed
with me for being very jealous Of
your honor and success and prosper
lty in every way. " ant to see my
brother man Of mark"
She came up to him and put her
arms round his neck as she spoke,
ana he felt sorry that he had been
obliged to hurt her by his utterances
regarding Patrice. lie felt strongly
that Patrlce could mover be suffi-
ciently grateful 10 him, never repay
him for the opposition he was ofter
ing To his sisters wishes, on his
iiancee's account. Eie determined
that he would gently hint this much
about the academy episode.
On the whole, he deemed it wiser
to give both Patrice and himself time
to get cool and to take a thoroughly
dispassionate view of things before
they met SO instead OF going TO see
her he went to the club, where, to
his annoyance, he met Thorburn,
home In safety from the miniature
war and appointed for his brilliant
services at the front witch his Zen TO
a permanent position on the staff OF
the Daily Electrifyer at a good sal
airy.
1T seems only the other day that
you went away, Sholto said.
Does it? To me Il seems very
ancient history, but | have been go
ing through new experiences hourly
while you have been leading much
the same sort OF life as you have led I
foi the last ten years probably, . I
haaf it.er he
spoke that he might hear in mo- {
ment more that Graham had been go {
ing through the novel experience of
matrimony
Il can hardly plead guilty of hay
ing suffered from monotony any more
than yourself ! have been staying
up in Scotland for my sisters wed
ding, and now that she is up in town /
and the seasons in full swing | have /
hardly All hour that ! can call ny
own for anything like work"
Sholto spoke In what struck the
other man as being a tone If insult
ferable solicitation.
Sorry for that. You'll get more f
solid satisfaction out of work than
out of the season, | fancy" Thorburn +
said, dryly; to which Sholto Graham
replied
Has the d. r. retained YOU as its
special morahzer? / never could do +
that sort of thing. however good the
screw might be-
the words We're spoken lightly and .
laughingly, but for all that Thorburn T
felt there was sneer in them, so
with rather q cool goodnight" he
LEFT the club and went down to the
pretty little house in which, thanks
to his generosity and thoughtfulness,
his mother and sister had been es-
tablished for some time,
II met Graham at the club just /
now. BY the way, is he married YETI"
he asked his sister, and May consid-
erately looked away from him as she
answered.
mo, nor do hear OF any time be-
ing fixed for tho wedding | should {
hardly call 1t happy engagement. I
He seems to think more of his own
pleasure than OF her feelings" Then
she went On to tell OF Patrice's dis
appointment at his going out to dine
instead OF spending the first evening
Of his return from Scotland with
Aer
He's an egotstical, conceited
ehap," Thorburn said tnoughtmlly
II guessed as much, Ned What
such a girl as Patrice Laueherne car
find In him to Justify her love for
him, can't imagine"
Is she so very fond OF him. Ned
asked.
Desperately" said MAY You
know have always told YOU that
she IS a very true-hearted, staneh
girl She will suffer horribly II he
plays her false"
we won't contemplate anything 50
bad as that, May A fellow may be
coneeited and egotistical without be-
ing downright, perhdious scoun
drcl.
lIe may he but, Ned, straws show
the direction 81 the stream am
sure he has been less attentive 70 Pa