Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-21
THE SHOPGIRL.


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The small number Of peonle aware ~
khe existence of Miss Dorothy MAXWELL
were divided into two sections-there vera
those who oonsidered her life most envia.
ble. there were others who deemed n high
" reprehensible, But ns Dorothv herself
was IGNORANT alike of envy or condemn..
ton. She continued ia 1.-Two in the charming
and admirable apnointed Georgian bonse
in Kensinoton and in a nleasant environ.
ment created Inv lavish but intallioent on,
nenditure IN the mart Of the Maronis ~
Bewdayon. For some years she had been
mistress of Belper Lodge. vet her life was
extremely dull' Lord Rewdavon was !.
busy man. both soniallv and nolit;callv-
and a close friend of his father, the aged
Duke of Stratbwayte-a circumstance "a
sinoular that II was a constant sonrce n
comment among his Contemporaries Com
s%eo,entlv nj first he wos freoI,entlv awov
from London for weeks together eitber
filling nolitical mr. social enoagoments mr.
Shaving with his father. who never left tha
country. and as Dorotby had M friends
and no companions. ave tbo faded widow
of a military officer whom Bewdavon had
engaged as her chaneron 10 accompany her
20 The play when he was otherwise engaged
the comfort and Measure Of her life wcrs
marred Inv ito lonol;nnss
Dorothy had an overwhelming rosnect
for lord Rewd,von INIT che aid NOT iova
him. Bewdayon,s deyotion to nolitics-a
davotion he had inher;ted from y lono I'm.
Of oncostors-oora uoroth,, bar ornortr,ni.
~. and during his MANY absences = string
Of masters occupied her DAYS. hard stands
her solitary evenings, One dav bv the
merest chance Rewdavon stumbled unon
a nile If hooks dealing with ahstruse oros-
tiops. with history, nbi]osonhv md nolit.
teal ECONOMY. their margins coyered with
notes in Dorothy's neat handwriting .
handwriting that bore evidence of the
class from which she had sprung.
nHow this woman loves me."be said to
himself. his ewes growing dim AS be turned
over volume after olume At that mo.
ment Dorothy entered the room and. see.
ing the books strewed around him. hest.
tated. 81 have never p~enetrated into vo,r
sanctum before" he said, pointing to the
many evidences of her plodding. III sin.
cerely wish I had. Have YOU been wadipa
through all these books to please me?"
Dorothy faltered. His Immediate SON.
c]usion that she had been educating her.
self for his sole benefit filed her with a
vague irritation.
"I-I wished to understand YOU BETTER
she stammered.
"You have succeeded IN making me
understand you," no answered, kissing
her reyerently.
From that day they insensibly drifted
into a close friendship. and often as Dor
othy sat by Bewdayon. steadily helpinu
him with his many researches and filled
with admiration for his maryelons sv,n.
pnthv and broad outlook ,pon life she
would crv hittarlv To berseif. uWhv can.
not 7 love This manp wiz cannot + 1--we
"a so tic dovs nossad +ha ,yo,,.
an a~ndeayor,no tn stiae The imnu,sea ~
in her heantv and ber ,ntellieence
nnt,, tba T,,,ka of Strathwayta fa,i dan.
0erousiy IN.
uThis illress NAV ,ast for montbs - said
wda 40 no was Having Re1nor
r odoa land T cannot ba awav from him
abroad I,orothv with Mrs Vana
.Ho,y oo,,l5 T boin yo,, tbonsn sho oslod
a terror of stranoa nlacss and neonles s,1d'
danlv takino nossession of her siThera IL
mnoh + can ID for Won n I stav here
uRnt a will do vou good Van mead a
cbanye y h. nrotested
iva w,il compromise - she said anil.
81 viii 90 to Rriphton',-
1Aad be thoroughlv idle. he conolud.
al. ~nattinU her chaek lyon have Noon
YORK inc ton lard
A. Tia and ~ . fortn;obt noro+hv 10.
turned. hurryino the meat Mrs Vama nro.
testinoly ron the doliohts If ths bdtei
Lha victim a. 3 restlessness that ,aft No., ny
neace Snon After hor ret,,rr ~ Eo,na.
Iodoes she was one afternoon idIv scan,,imr
then aues ~ q magazine wben her ave faiI
,ro,, an ;ljnstrat5on ~ the irtarior ~ :
laroe draner's shop. She rose ahr,,ntIv
allad With = sudden dosire for hor I'D lisoE
u smell the aerial scant If new calico - 500
tba long Iina of Aarin0 lights ovnr eorh
,o,,nta,. - bear tho rinnin1 ~ cloth tha
,on,orsot,or 81 tho tirnd ahonu,rls Mo,n.
nr,as 81 10. c;rlhooI SYrgod th,ouah har
bra,n as II. ,aonad a[aairst tha n.nr+a,.
Disaa ars az incnrah,a ionsira ~ ~ tha
rroat drarary ostahlish,nant whera sha Ind
.pot rosssssion ~ ber she nicEad
~ IN rMag.r;ns ana then with : ,nnf-
IA crr thra,y - down and ran 70 her
beS,on,n Tho 80. no1vn ~ dinnLarors
~ ..,d s,,t .,as +onn of and = fou. ,no.
,.orts i.ta. noro+hr s,;,,rsi omt - tho
ho,sa ga no,o.od o,oaL md a .h;ot ,a;I
-, nn,.o a,d faoa Haiiinas
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