Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-28
aLOVER 0fTHED Day.
CHAPTER XIV.
A Fool and His Folly.

80 ha had been given CT her nus
- r,aaterfulness and rigid notions
r,ore even than she had dl5llKeu VI.
g., q, the memorable occasion oi
har going TO the Empire she feit hei
self to have been very lnuch III IN
wrong inasmuch as she had goho '''o
hr;a, distance from Piccadiliy III
hanson alone. with perfect sDiaiieel
who had the additional demerit OF
beng a striking looking man ~,
IN wishing for the society OF trlehu
80 Cir Andrews choosing for her ana
Of her own brother 10 enliVen tne
long-drawn-o out hours OF that i'o %
weary sabbath, she had been Voiu VI
all offense. o,,od
Moreover. she was further annoyeu
-, tse way in which Sir Andre" was
nointinp out the path OF duty 10 hei
Win regard to her brothers beAss' nav
She had quite made up her NINA on''t
Sholto had been unfairly entangleo ~
a designing girl end thai ne was ."
ready sick of the situation Aooo'D
,nplv she let the matter drlft' anu
when sholto halfheartiiy asked nc,
20 eba eyer meant to call on Patrloe?
she laughed and told him:
"Ask me that at the end OF me
season. and then If you really "l'n -
7 will see what | can DO ohoi1o' W,
iuat now every hour, every minute, %
a,,,aged Resides. what would oe Lns
cod Of my calling on her W.
ehonldnY have one single interest !"
common to speak about
win +he exception Of myself
EXACTLY 80, my dear ohol'o' WIN
the exception of you, and doh VIZ.
IN riyet the shackles faster rouhu -
feet by speaking Of you to her' iproan
iao Won though. that II you maven
found out your mistake by the i''uu',
=, Tulv and still wish me to call On anu
cultivate her, will do So VINE" W.
YOU think of marrying 40,
"When does Sir Andrew thlnk DE can
.acure me a post that will enable me "
marry oh-ut
"sholto, are you in earnest ao'u'
this?" ,n no
said grhUulloHu'bhi'' a
"rhen it's useless for me 70 het't w
Mrs Cumberland against Slr Nhu'0"
wishes. I should have liked Lena iol
INV sister-in-law better than inns ui'
known young lady, who VIII Dc po
sectIv useless to me--and YOU. hu' i
Won have made up your mind sue
naused and shrugged her shoulders
"Why bring about a CRISIS Nv
asked "Why not wait as you suseo9,
for rhe end Of the season, before ''n'nS
aosnite action. and in the meantime
w.hy should you not call on MISE
Ianpherne? There is nothing Oh ono
,imnot about her. She can easily os
ao,ache d--a cool look would do lt-aiiu
in the meantime why not ple"se o'
Andrew. secure me the appo'hD''p-'''
and give Capt, Kelly no just oppo'
tunity for saying that have oeha'c'
like cur and cad.
u shouldnf, IKE that to be sald 2.
,or cholto ! couldn't bear 10 hea'
ono word against you she SAID WIN
roal tears dimming her eyes; out w.
200 want TO gat the best | can out oi
the money for which I've married
tno,y what will satisfy myself Tor my
GOLF and | know that shali acn'e''
a Rut I want to get the best can
FOR YOU, too. and know that uIlo %.
can never be got unless you no,,'
money too, and you can do inns WIZ"
out sacrificing a particle ct feeling, TOT
IN, sure YOU are In love with M's-
Cumberland
AN, tqo ne said. obviously, ana
he took considerable credit TO MN
self for not telling his sister Oh w.
donh. that had assailed MS nihu
during his last interview with tne
nrettv widow in the utterly lnc"iB'u,
Gus Harrow road lodgings, lie 'ooi'
moi account for and did not attemp. u
analyze the feeling or the causes "'la'
had conduced to It, But wheheNo' Nv
Thought of Mrs. Cumberland the w
o,,ection that she, free aud indepeh
den+ woman. had Systematically eN-
c,nded him from her own house, ana Ut
tho same time had made appointments
IN NEE, him In a surTeptitlous way III
tho shade. as u N'iNs l'N'N ~
pply before his minds eye me
snecter had neither form nor sun
stance. But It was there and he was
oppressed by It. In order to escape
from It ne went more FREQUENTLY to see
Patrice than he would otherwise have
done There were no specters N
Cant Kallys house The atmosphere
was far too clear and pure to an ~
them the food sustenance which Ia
necessary for The creation and eX-
istenca Of even the least tangible ot
ghosts
So while he WIS seeking distraction
under the cloak cf doing his du'y.
Patr'icc was stepped in a sense OF such
unutterahlc content aud happiness as
Is the portion only Of those who truly
and earnestly believe that thcy,-tre as
we'll beloved as they are loving She
never troubled herself about Lady
Gwenap's neglect 1t was Sholto
whom she was going 10 marry, not his