Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29
CHAPTER XVI.


home, telling her mother how greatly she
was enjoying Paris. . Sir Owen was very
kind to her, and she was SO completely
dazzled by the novelty Of all she saw that
she never remembered Felix, except to
congratulate herself ON her own good
sense In having given him his congo.
Some slight Indications Of impatience
made her think that Sir Owen had GER
tain amount Of bad temper, but at pres.
ent he had shown none to hcr--indced,
she thought him fur better than he had
represented himself. He had told her
that he gambled and drank. She had
seen nothing Of these bad habits; she was
too inexperienced to detect that he had
placed a restraint on himself which might
break down any day. She did not like
him very much. Although he was baro-
net and man Of wealth. he was not
thorough gentleman. Sir Owen was
coarse In his manners. coarse In his
speech. She often, even In those early
days, shrank from him.
He brought her home one day set Of
sapphires 10 brilliant and rare that she
cried out with rapture when she saw
them.
"There are no Sapphires finer than
these" he remarked. what do you say
For Them. vioIetY'
81 INV THANK you' with nil my henri. !"
sbc cried.
ais that MI. Violet"
"Whnt more can say. cxccpt thar vou
orc good. Kind and senerousi''
"Can Won think If nothing e,se. vio.
In, >" h. asked "IIo. 4, never occurrod
20 vou N ,hrow vour arms round mv.necL
.nS r,ss m. and.~and say .Thnnk von
nv darlinc'" "'
Sho shronk from him with n ,;ttIe shud.
dor bis dark face WINS so ciosc to bers
~ have roticod T" ho sail cha, 70,
asa oiwoys rsoIv N ,honr m. ,.h.r ~ r
h,,,n yo,, any ~ tho .ilIy tr;0os wo,n.n
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NM . ps" S, ~ 10. .ss. ans H. ~ was un'
.s vi, snS C. .I, "as "s" "o ''m
a. sn .Sa nna Snr a. ~. ~ nome anll.
saw hin, IN " raso Ho swora ,ovd, T'e'
NOT nj her-thot was n come ,atsr On
He declared rho w%o,s raca "a, wor "",
Foolish and ;aio,io III" ,r,ah,o,,.a hnr ~
that she WINS rInd ~ escane from his
presence nnd give orders for rho hacking
up.
III am not nv own mistress oftcr nj, "
she said, with discon,ented Look on her
fair face. ~ gamma, d. n. lilo 7 never
dreamed that I should have n master"
Their coming home was o,its mnexnoct.
ed, consequently there was M r.ioicino
II was night too and cold Sir Owen