Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-04-14

each other,-I have no doubt about that;
and that is all, / think"
mo, 1t is not ALL" says Madame O'Con-
nor, severely. May i ask when you met
this young man"
II must take the sting out Of your tone at
once, Gertrude" says her cousin, pleasantly,
"by telling you that we were engaged long
before poor Richard died" Orchard was
the scampish brother by whose death she In
herited all.)
Then why didn't you marry him@' says
Madame.
II was going to,--in fact, we were going
TO run away" says Miss Browne, with In
tense enjoyment at the now remote thought,
doesn't it sound absurd?-when-when
the news about Dick reached us, and then l
could not bring myself to leave my father,
ms klatter how unpleasant my home might
be-
what Is hep asks Olga, with a friendly
desire to know.
"a doctor. In rather good practice, too,
I'm Dublin. He Is very clever" says Miss
Browne, telling her story so genially, so
! comfortably, that all their hearts go out to
her, and Madame O'Connor grows lost in a
reverie about what will be the handsomest
and most suitable thing to give Peter as a
Wtlul1S-DIcSCllt AS SIC NhullOL Btl UcN Olu
a case Of dissecting-knlves, this revere Is
short.
perhaps IL you saw some one else you
might change your mind" she says, a new
| thought entering her head (of course there
would be a difficulty about offering dissect-
ing-knives to q barrister or a quiet country
gehtleman.)
II have had FIVE proposals this year al
ready" says Miss Browne, quietly, but, IL
! could be a princess by doing so, / would
not give up Peter
MARY Browne, come here and give me a
kiss" says Madame O'Connor, with tears In
her eyes. You ara the best girl l know,
and I always said it. / only hope your Peter
knows the extent of his luck"
Miss Browne having to leave the room
some few minutes later, Olga raises herself
from the lOunging position She has been in,
with her hands clasped behind her head, and
says, slowly
II don't think she Is so plain, after ALL"
Neither do l." says Monica, eagerly,
'there IS something so sweet about her eX-
preston"
II am perfectly certain that mar Peter is
awfully in love with her." says Mrs. Her
rick, solemnly, ''and that withoutthe slight
est thought OF her money"
What would he think OF her money for?"
says Madame O'Connor, testify, who had
firmly believed him a fortune-hunter only
two minutes ago, Isn't she a jewel In her
selfP"
by the bye, where is our Bella all this
timer says Olga, suddenly. 1T now oc-
Ours to me that of course we have been miss
ing her all this time"
II knew" says Monica, mysteriously
'she Is dSleep,-gettlng herself UP for her
Lady Teazle. / was running along the cor
ridor, outside her room, half an hour ago,
when her mother came out on tiptoe and
implored me to go gently, lestI should wake
her"
Gentle dove" says Mrs. Herrick.
~ shall go and dance the cdr-odn up and
down that corridor this moment" says Mrs.
Bohun, raising to her feet with fell de-
termination in her eye.
II think you had all better 90 to your
rooms and get ready for dinner. 1t Is pain
fully early tonight" says Madame, ION ac-
count Of all this nonsense Of Olga's. Butno
dressing, mind, as | have told the men to
come as they are. There will be plenty of
that by and by
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