Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-08-26

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val. 'fthis would be my business. Il
would DO expected Of mo, as It "a Of a
hen to lay eggs or the Prince Of Wales
to 10y foundation stones.'
And tho- twculd cease to pleased"
ut would then become detestable.
And often lately ] have pictured myself
as riding home ia tho deepening dusk
Of a winters afternoon from hunting,
either with you by my side or to End
you waiting for me- &C home. When I
think Of it, I nearly take q hansom and
como here to lay myself OF your feet.
"Why don't your
"For tho reasons detailed atSro. I
picture being refused and the subse-
oucnt discontinue and Inconvenience.
IL would entail an entire change of all
my plans for tho rest Of the season."
"Eut If you were not refusedy'
Er. Markham startcd.
"Oh, that certainly struck mo as en-
alternative, but l did not find it less
alarming. il were accepted, We should
probably got married, and how dull f0r
rs both IL would subsequently bel
What should really like world he for
you to como and stay iuEt in our pree-
cnt capacity 0t Markham, say, for q
year. You would walk with mo, row
with nc, fsh with me, hu-t With me.
I would read 70 ycu NJ favorit5 bits Of
my favoyitc authors, and you fAcald re-
taliate with yours I can imagine moth
ing go delightfal / Layo al.gady had
: you to stay &c Markham, but tlen Lady
Greatorcx and Sir &arna6ulo cane,
too, an1 my sister came down to do
hostess. Woswcsa never alone except
now aud than tOr q quarter Of an ho-r
after an hoar Of mutlal opdcavorlng."
''ThanE yor, " interjeotsd, with scmo
aspcrity, tie lady.
"What ! should Ike would be to have
you thus fer % tillo all to myself. You
would ind mo much nicer than you i'm
agine. I have much moro to- me, as
the yankees say, than you would think y
"Wcll, " added the lady, "0n one
condition 1 will cone % not look
frightened. 1 don't mean to ilsiat IN a
'prior engagement. You reed not prom-
ise TO marry ms. Eat I VIII cuino for a
Whale year to Ma-sham Tiff 1 may
bring Loyd Nendip with me.
''Lord kToudipr' Mr.. Markham re-
leased what ho had been holding and
laid It back in the young lady's lap
with something Of tho air whorew.th
one puts down again upon the counter
an article That ere las been lngeriag
in o salesrcon VIXEN enc discovers it is
marked sold" He resumed bis posi-
ticn on the hearth rug, but without
again accommodating his back to tx
mantelpieco. ut was" no remarked
presently, very nice cf you to intern
me Of your engagement in that way.
You can dc things, when you try, yoE5
gracefully. a moro awkward wolaI
might have told me Gauy half an hoai
ago."
II was going to tell you iast now
Tut you begged ma to wait, rs yol
wished to finish your delightful CONVEX
sation. ] concluded that you though
yoa were shining. After all you 90 no
affect 20 ignore your reputation as con
versationalist."
Il am sure, " ho said, after TIE brici
est possible paus9, "yCu viii 30 eS
trernely happy. That IS certainly n
wish-that you may DO as happy rs 20
deserve, and, I take it, Lord ltendip i
not more than S0?''
Scarcely so much," declared th
young lady, with admirable temper
"Ho is but H."
"And ho Il a peer. 1t is better tha,
anything 1 could havo offered you."
There WAS c slight sound behind her
"Hcre, " remarked the young man
looking over her head to tho sUddonl.
opened door, "comos Lord Mendip him
! self to receive my congratulations i
person."
I Miss Creatorez leaped TO her feet.
"Dcn't, for heavens sake, don'tl'
she cried, in smothored voice. "It wa
a lie. Ididi it to see il l could shak
I you at ALL"
Lord Mondi2 amhled forward with
keen old lo5k in his faded Dyes aud
maoh locked" expression about hi
half deaf cid ears.
"Congratulations, Oh? Whom am l [
congratulate? / think Iheard somethin
8 about congratulations in person"
] Eyes, LORD Mondip, / want yours.
= Mr.. Markham sighed heavily. Il haV
= just proposed to Miss Greatorex, an
she has been good enough to accept me.
0 Lord, how int'rostin, F" cried the o.
gentleman. 81 ~reo'lect your father W.
y my flag at Eton-I'm talkin, yer know
Of tho year thirty-nine. Dg Joye, you'i
# a lucky chap, Markham, aud l do col
graduate you"
mir. Markham received these felioit
n ] ksauu rrfth coma arranNanNa aFl efnht
again not less heavily. Black al
10 White,