The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-17

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ever during the three years for
which she had been III nat LADY VS.
service, had Miss rimer's s. maid found
her mistress so hard ito please as this.
night Her hair had to he dressed and
re-dressed. her choice Of u gown was
;stiffi1.cuat and the last touches were put
{ TO her toilet after the carriage had
reached the door. ct the casion was 'sss
only little dinner at the house OF an
intima te$ friend NJ
Miss Lorimer had her own reasons
for such unusual care Of her appear
ance. A belle and s. beauty. acknoWl--$3
edged leader IN society, people Won m
dered that, at 4 So 4 years Of age, she $, e.
i was Unmarried. Man after man for
whom other women angled anxiouslyf
3 had laid his heart and fortune at her
feet, but Miss Lorimer was Miss Lori
mer still Of late there had come a
sutton whom she was reluctant to re-
ject. while at the same time she hesi-.
B tated to- accept his offer. a I. r y y
and l1d successful man. she admired and
liked him and felt herself fit to- be
his helpmeet in his distinguished ca
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But-there was a sbntshe honored
n her lover too much to bring him q d -
vided heart. ears before she had be-
I lieved herself in love with the cousin
of her most intimate friend. w hen ne
asked her to marry him she refused.
Not many months later she received
the announcement of his marriage to
another woman, and thanked heaven
that she had not said yes to SO tickle
) a sutton But the sting entered her
heart, and thereafter Miss Lorimer was
ln EN- otional and unromantic.
Tonight she was to meet for the
first time after. ten years the man
II whose memory fingered with her still,
Rs and am she felt nerVously anxious. She
u wanted to see If the old fascination
WAS was enduring; if the old pain h was
healed. u 4, 81. 5S.5I .s IL :. !, ll.l3*
The dinner was at, the house Of a
& friend and cousin. Dr. Burton had
risen to eminence as a surgeon and
y was in town profe lily, having been
summoned for difficult operation in
y the. family Of a millionaire. 5 q.
Miss Lorimer had barely entered the
h draWing-room and shaken hands with
her hostess when the dinner was an
nounced. She recognized the doctor
& at once. The years had marked him;
there were deep lines on his brow and
touches Of gray in his hair, but she
told herself she would have known him
n anywhere. AS the guest Of the even
ing, Or. Burton took the hostess in to
4 dinner, and Miss Lorimer smiled at
Mary's diplomacy when she found her
self assigned to a distinguishe ex-
! jurist who was deaf and a confirmed
gourmand. and placed at table with
the doctor on the other hand.
Conversation with the lawyer was
difficult, not to say impossible. She I'M
@ folded her napkin in silence, but the
Y guests were scarcely seated before DR..
! Burton accosted her. ,4{Ie
a'tAnd so you are Miss Lorimer still?
Do you know, that surprised me?''
Indeed? j have never held it WON
ans chief end to be married. = ~ !
81 As ! know, to my cost. Seriously n
think you treated me badly i thought
then, as I do now, that you encour-
* aged me" They We're talking almost
in whispers. 81 %5 s,ss HI tS3s .8 .s#
4 Did you? Well, I may as well tell
you the truth. was und ecided, and
N said no to test you. 4 believed firmly
in your persistence, but not in. your
sincerity; moreover, suspected that