The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-06
CHAPTER IV.(C Continued. j

man, and Joe was marched off, to poo
Janet,s unutterable dismay," Mis-
Dlmsdale replied.
Poor Janet!" murmured Dorothy
softly.
BY the by, Joe Benham works TO
you. David, does he not?n Miss Dims
dale asked.
Yes. he does"
I wonder could you do something,
Poor Janet Is in the most dreadful
trouble about him.
Well. Til go round and see If 70,
like David answered; "but Benham'.
y an awful brute, and will drink all b,
can get hold of to the end OF the chap
ter, don't know whether you have
ever noticed 1t. Miss Dimsdale. b,lt
somehow It seems to me that almost
n invariably the women prefer to marry
the wrong men, and vice versa. Looh
Ct my own mother, for instance; a
sWeeter creature did not live, but sht
/ was never the right wife for my father
ana nobody knew it better than him.
SER. Yes, and she knew it,, too. She
! always used to tell father that when
4 ne went from Graveleigh Hall to Doy-
4 ercourt he made the greatest mistake
Of his life
Past GraVeleigh Hall, you j mean,
David, put in Dorothy, sharply. ST
dare say he knew very well what he
was about, and took the one because he
could not get the other
MY dears, my dears, cried Miss
Dlmsdale, to whom all this was untold
agony, let bygones be bygones. I am
sure, David, that your father was in
love with your mother to the very end.
Really, the young people Of today take
TOO much upon themselves and settle
the affairs Of their elders in an Off
hand way which is positively inde-
cent"
| There was a sound Of tears in Miss
Dimsdales voice which went near to
betraying that this subject had more
than common interest for her. Dor
othy recognized dinly that her aunt
was panied by something that had
been said, and never sorry to have
an excuse for finding fault with Da-
yid, she turned sharply upon him.
Really, David" she cried, lit is
very dishonorable OF you to come tell
Ing us what your mother used to say
to your father-it could never have.
been meant for us to hear, probably
not for you, either. They are both
dead, and their mistakes are at an end.
We don't want to know anything about
them. For my part, David !, she went
on, severely eyeing the young man,
who had turned fine scarlet hue at.
her rather pointed remarks, III must
say that am surprised to find you are
capable either OF listening or Of tat
Ting about 1t afterwards"
He tried hard to laugh it off as IL
she lad uttered some wonderful joke,
but his face was burning with shame
and anger, too, and as soon as he
conveniently could he betook himself
away.
n f Dorothy, dear, you are a little hard
on him." said Miss Dimsdale, with
sigh; after all, he was her old loves
son, and his mother had been her dear
est friend
Not at ALL" said Dorothy, sharply.
David should keep his "reminiscences
to himself"
Il wish you liked David better" said
Miss Dlmsdale, rather wistfully.
So do I, auntie. for your sake" an
swered Dorothy. sYou know I do. But
don't like him at all; / never did--I |
never shall can't bear him, and If 1
David was a man." with withering
scorn, "he would take no for an answer
and leave me alone.' 81
Il happened that two days later than
this our friend Dick Aylmer received
a letter, which ran thus:
Your cousin was no affec-
tionate prefix" Mary Annandale.
writes to me this morning to an
nounce her engagement and approach
ing marriage to Prince Louis LorinoT
$50 there Is half a million OF money
lost to the family and thrown clean
out of the country. sent wire Of
congratulation, being too disgusted TO
write q letter. With you, you Internal
young Idiot, ! haven't got the patience
Of mouse--I hope you will live 10
bitterly repent it. Meantime keep
out of my way till I've got over it a bit.
and don't expect a penny beyond your
TOUR hundred a year, because you won't
get 1t. And If hear of your marry
Ing anybody under d hundred thou
sand pounds, I'll cut off your allow
ance. After you're forty we can think
about it, and you need never EXPECT
ne to fall in very quickly with your
views, as you have not troubled your
'elf to fall in with mine And think
{ only just to tell you that If / have q
,hance shall marry again, in the Il
nope of having an heir of my own. H
Yours, tAYLMER,"
Dick read it and read it again and
hen tossed it aside with a short
augh. Is
Nice letter to have from ones near
st relative he said TO himself. He'll
marry again in the hope of having an
leir of his own. Ave. but her ladyship