The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

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pretty, and nobody ever loved a girl
madly before In all the world"
Lady Whichels dispatched h
charming letter to her prospecti
uaughter-in-law on the morrow, and
the day after came the answer. than
ing Berries mother for her kindnes
ana gladly accepting the invitation.
me company, slipping tea and nj
Diing cakes, struggled to hide their C
riosity and impatience. Then the
was the sound Of an arrival, and II
guests fixed their eager eyes on Il
door. AS 1t opened Miss Dornton car
In and advanced to be presented to II
hostess.
Lady Whichels started, and the ba
onets eyebrows went up. Notbin
could have been in better taste tha
the manner Of the girl who crossed tb
Dig room under an ordeal which nigh
nave shaken the composure Of a soclet
Delle OF half a dozen seasons. Her COS
tune was perfect, and her words wer
all that the most fastidious could hay
ueslred. She was not pretty, but bea =
tlfui, the most beautiful girl present
Inc fact could not be disguised. 4
MISS Dornton's first appearance was I,
be taken as typical of her, Lady Wbi
chefs plot had failed. That night
when she sat in her dressing room be
lore the fire talking to her favorlte son
the mother came nearer crying tba,
she had done for years.
She isn't vulgar at all. Philin" sb.
hloaned disconsolately; "she is prepos
sessing and really good style. Wher,
does she get 1t from-the dauphtar n,
linen draper? 1t is awful! They i'm
ltate our clothes, these people, and OIL,
very phrases; and now they even man
age to acquire our style. Nothing 1,
left us-nothing!'
she Is very charming girl" sait
the Daronet; that is the truth. Wha,
On earth she saw in BERTHE beats mep
For ten days BERTHE had been feeling
less sure of himself than he had done
opposition was the breath Of life te
nm, ana, with the course Of true low,
perfectly smooth. he began tt
lsk himself whether it were true love
lfter all.
III the meantime the baronet's frs
Impression of his brothers fiancee had
'eeh more than confirmed, and, tickle
N the young lady's part as It ma,
'ok, she appeared to find more pleas
re In Philips society than In Bertle,s
Wen, one night when the brother,
'ere alone together in the SMOKING
pom, the younger man unbosoneI
imself. He told the baronet that his
Engagement had been a mistake. nnf
wished to goodness that be hnI
ever blundered into 1t, Sir Phllln
no had been mixing himself n whis
y anu soda, dropped the glass, which
liVered into fifty pieces in the Abbots.
'rd stove. As a man not given tc
'opping things, the accident was note
orthy, and suggested that his nerves
ere not properly under control.
iou nave treated the girl damned
-uly!' he said, sharply.
You think that l ought to marry
r." '''
4 rhlnk that you oughtn't to have
ked her II you weren't sure of your.
u. What are you going to do?,
Il am going to jllt her." said BERTHE
lklly. That's what l am going tc l
and don't fancy it will break her l
art either. l don't believe she likes 6
as much as she did, Philip" t
"A good thing for her, if she c
'snt" oDined the other. +
was on the morning of the next I
Dut one that Sir Philip, who had \
mt the previous afternoon in Lon a
l. disturbed his mothers repose in C
FASHION alluded to. He told her o
i he was going to be married. LADY o
lichels wrapped in a dressing gown, W
ehed to him with ashen cheeks. Il
10 MISS Dornton, mother. Bertie s.
)llted her, and l proposed yester. s.
: don't suppose you'll be pleased, le
she Is the incest girl ever met in
life, and | mean to make her Lady
ichels.'"
Bertle has Tilted her." gasped the
ow. And you-you-" -
es' even l! Last month | scofred, u'
iy'l fall. Perhaps it is a judgment el
me. Perhaps it is a judgment on u ul
Tor plotting her downfall as Won
certainly should not have had "
opportunity Of falling in love with Ia
II you hadn't. Anyhow, l worship ca
ground she walks on, and we are po
aged"
id' what is more, he married her III u
CT from which an interesting moral VI
De drawn by ladies who fancy vi
have abilities for diplomacy. The uy
'sed dowager never forgave him 'o'
herself, and when she reflects that OF
Us all entirely due to her own bril-. la
interference, she feels there arc pe
I'm emotions which language is ol
NY inadequate to convey. sp
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