Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-16
would have faced lion without wink

would have faced lion without wink
ing.
His courage was not to be put to the
proof. | was still glaring ut him, seeking
some retort which should provoke him
beyond endurance, when a hand was laid
on my shoulder and j turned to find that
Master Berthe and the duchess had Joined
US.
80 here are the truants. !" the former
said pleasantly, speaking in English and
showing no consciousness whatever OF the
crisis in the middle of which he had come
up, though he must have disceTned In our
defiant attitudes and In Dymphna's trou-
bled face that something was wrong.
"You know who this is, Master Francis
he continued heartily. ssor have You not
been introduced to Master Van Tree, the.
betrothed of our hosts daughterl
"Mistress Dymphna has done me that
honor, said stifiy, recovering myself In
appearance, while at heart sore and angry
with every body. But fear the Dutch
gentleman has not thanked her for the I'M
production since he learned that my
grandmother was Spanish. I"
Your grandmother, do you meAnf"s
cried tho duchess, much astonished.
Yes, madnm.
"Well, to be sure, y she exclaimed, lit
ing up her hands and appealing whimsi-g
cally to tho Others, ..this boy is full Of
starts and surprises You never know
what he will produce next The other day
It was a warYantl Today 1t is . grand {
mother and temperI' rs
1could not be angry with her, and pef-
haps Twas not sorry now that my quarrel
with the young Dutchman had stopped
where it had affected as we'll os
could to join In the laugh at my expense
and took advantage Of the arrival Of our
host, who at this moment came up the
slope from the landing place, his hands
outstretched and q smile Of greeting on
his kindly face to slip AWAY unnoticed
and make amends to my humor by switch
ing of the heads Of the withes BY the
river.
but naturally the scene loft degrees Of
i'll feeling behind 1t, and for the first time
during the two months We had spent un-
der Master Lindstrom . roof the party
who sat down,to supper were under some
constraint. / felt that tho young DUTCH
man had had the best Of the bout In tho
garden, and l talked loudly and foolishIys
In the boyish attempt to assert myself and
timation. Master Van Tree moanWhileS
sat silent, eying me from time to time III
no friendly fashion. Dymphna seemed
nervous and frightened, and the duchess
and her husband exchanged troubled
glanoes Only our host and Mistress
Anne, who was in particularly good spir-
its, were unaffected by the prevailing
chill.
Af3.k~ora rvo {rdooH In a,s cyrcra IN
made matters worse She had begun to
pick MP some Dutch and was fond of air
ing her knowledge and practicing fresh
sentences at mealtimes. BY some Ill luck
she contrtved this evening particularly
after, finding no one to,,contrndict me- u
had fallen into comparative silence to
frame her sentences % ~ tocauDe % mudh
embarrassment az possible to all OF M 8
where did you walk with Dymphna this
morning9D was the question put to ma
=. You are fond of the water nglishmen
are fond Of the water, she said to DymphSs
ma. .Dymphna Is tall; Master Francis -
tall I sit by you tonight; the Dutch lady
sat by you last night, and % on, and ~
on, with prattle which seemed to- amuses
our host exceedinsl he was never tired
of correcting her mistakes-but which put
the rest Of us out of countenance, bringing
the tears to poor Dymphna' g eyes-she did
not know whore to look-and making her
loser glover at mo e. though hs would
eat mo
II was in vain that the duchess made
spnsmodic rushes into conversation and
In the intervals nodded and ffOwned q
the Delinquent. Mistress Anne, In her in-
nocence saw nothing. She want on until
Van Tree could stand 1t no longer and