Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-01-14
CHAPTER Mi.

to England to take possession of it the
following October. And Sir Wilfrid felt
MS il the world were ut his feet. as he
watched the enthusiasm with which his
beautiful wife was hailed as mistress of
the Iall. and the courteous case with
which she received her new acpuaintanccs
md their congratulations.
Lady Otto st. Riasc VAS waiting to re-
ceive her daughter nj LamhScotc Hall.
Sir Wi!srid would rather it had not been
so. but there is no %forbidding the entry
of ones house to the mother of an only
child. Aud since her daughter had been
~irrcvocahly taken off her hands, and all
her designs for her and anNie,ies respect
ing her were at an end. Lady Otto had
become lcriim,rious!y affectionatc. There
never had been so iilial II child as Lena
beforc-tlicrc never had been so devoted
Il mother rs l,crself-there never had been
two people with so completely one mind,
one thought. and one wish. as she and
her precious girl. The loss she had sus-
tanned in i.cna's marriage was of course
ir%remcdiablc, and she would not have
f%orcgonc the happiness of welcoming her
back to England for all the world. Rose
soon afterwards arrived. brimful of chat
W NV "h'H
finding herself mt the Hall.
"Wilfrid," she exclaimed IL morning
at breakfast. "who do you think l saw
the day after your wedding"
my dear child. it is impossible to
guess! The Dean of Humbugdom, per-
haps."
.'Thc dcan-rubbish! What do you
care for the dean? No; it was Jane
Warner. Mamma and l were at Waterloo
House shopping, and she passed the door.
1 saw her, and called her back" contin-
ucd Rosie. land told her you were mar
ried, and she had never heard it. Wilfrid;
and she looked so uncomfortable. poor
dear! / am sure she was disappointed
because YOU never asked her to the we'd
ding. Did you send her amy wedding
cakc?"
81 don't know anything about it," re-
piled her brother confuscdly.
"Who is Jane Warncr:" demanded
Lena.
"Oh. such Il nice girl-thc daughter of
the people Wilfrid lodged with ut Chel-
sea-.
"A lodging house Keepers daughtcr!!"
you should not associate with such pei.
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"You are quite right, Lady Otto. and i
have told my sister so BEFORE said Sir
Wilfrid in IL tone of annoyance.
Rosie looked up in amazement.
But. Wilfrid, you took me there to
sleep. And they were such good friends
to OIL. and showed YOU so much attention
for so man. years. Surely there can he
no harm in my speaking to Miss War
ner when we meet
"No. no; of course not: only You are not
likely TO meet again." replied Wilfrid ir-
%relcvantly: land. as Lady Otto tells you.
people in that station of life are not fit
fo. you TO associate with
- But Lady Ewcll was not inclined to let
this one drop. She was very cunning
and kccn witted, when it served her pur-
pose tn he so. and Sir Wilfrid's discom-
future had been too %palpable to pass un-
observed.
IT wonder why he is angry"? said
Rose, i%nnoccntly; ''hc used to seem so
fond of the Warmers. lie was always
praising them, and saying how kind they
were to him. And he lived there four
wears, YOU know, and Jane cooked and
did everything for him all that time. Poor
JANE. She did look so sad. ! think Will
1rld OuSht 10 naNe seut nct al VtcSeIl WIFI
he was married.
perhaps he did" remarked Lady Ew-
ell.
Lady E.wcll and Lady Otto st. Blase
were not mystitied upon the subject. They
talked it over together. and came to the
conclusion that most women of the world
would have done. Lady Otto laughed at
the contrctemps brought about by the
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erection: and Lady Ewcll laughed, too. as
ut an excellent jest, though she stored the
supposed discovery up for future use all
the same. And Il few days after, when
Sir Wilfrid. in commenting on tho fact
that Captain Dorsay had accepted his ill.,
"yitation to Lambscote. remarked pcev-
ishly that he would like TO be sure of the
fellows meaning in coming to stay with
them. his wife turned round and answer
ed quietly:
"Yes. and L should like to be sure of
your meaning in refusing to let your sis
Ter discuss the sayings and doings of Jane
Warner"
From which moment Sir Wilfrid Ewell
never again objected to amy visitors whom
his wife. or his wife's mother, thought
fit to ask to I.ambscote.
CHAPTER MIL.
Captain Dorsay, after Il fortnight of
shooting, fishing and flirting, was pre-
pairing to return whence he came. But
not before Sir Wilfrid overheard his wife
earnestly cntreating him to visit them
again at Christmas.
"You know you have nothing else to
do, Jack. and we shall be rs dull as ditch
water down here without YOU"
''You are very kind, Lady Ewell, and
nothing would afford me greater pleas
use. only, you see. l am already pledged
to spend Christmas at Castle Blase. II
/ nm afraid the duke would be offended
if l disappointed him."
II know grandpapa numbers you
amongst his hest friends. hut you .owe
something to mamma and me as wel,'
II owe more than l can ever repay
replied Captain Dorsay, bowling.
but i thought we were to spend Christ
mas with Lord Martyrdom, Lena said
Sir Wilfrid, joining in the conversation.
II told you that my grandmother wish
ed it," Lady Ewell answered, pettishly;
''but as YOU declared it was Impossible
we could leave you sister at Lambsco.c
7 pn+vrnlly cnnSi1nrnd tho idno wnc M ~,