Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-11

lips twitching with uncomfortable emo
ton. ooh, you poor, dear leoy-oh,
Darcy, Darcy, l never-I never knew
how much l cared for you till now"
she almost sobbed. "Gerald, if you
don't leave this room instantly, PHI
But the boy bolted and then Darcy
saw that she WAS gazing up at him
through briny depth of tears Even in
his surprise, even in the thrill of JOY
with which he heard this fond confess
sion, he recaptured himself, as it were,
in the nick OF time.
"Under the circumstances, that's
something l didn't expect to hear"
said Darcy.
"Under other circumstances, you
wouldn't have heard it, said Amy.
4 ..It's bit rough on Smythe, isn't
/ its,'
at in nowise concerns him. AS for
Rokeby, he must take me just as am. I"
"Oh. y said Gray, looking fairly at
her at last, and beginning to tug at the
hand she still held in her two Its to
be an international affair, is it? And l
am addressing the future Countess Of
Lancaster"
Listen to reason, Darcy" said Miss
Langdon, regaining dignity and self
possession at sight of the hunger in his
eyes. 81 have no money. | have every
ambition, every longing, every desire
that only position and money can graf
ify. like you better than any man
ever knew, yet / wouldn't marry you,
because you hadn't enough to offer, and
I never SO fully felt that could and
would marry you as now-when can {.
Even Mr.. Smythe, with $500, 900, could
not buy. ! am going to higher bidder
the highest could find. So far az
I'm concerned, that settles my fate, bul
it's yours care about, Dsrcy. You've
been dawdler and do nothing al,
your life. What will you do now?'
''Be true to my friends-and theil
estimate of re, probably. You wouldn'
, have me to disappoint them, would
your"
"What on earth do you mean? Speal
sensibly. Darcy. I've never been worth
your trust when you gave it. Now In
!, honest with you. What will you do?''
: "What they all prophesied-noth
:. ing
= darcy, yon have brains and energy
. You have--re.sistence enough to Wi
: anything that's worth having" sh
:, concluded, lgaieiy.
!. There was sahdued sound of snii
:, fling on the balcony without. Over tn
!, moonlit Alpine sea che mater was ga7
! ing toward the shores of France an
wondering if many mothers had sue
= trials as daughters at whose farthingale
! dangled half the eligibles in society
!, Smythe's mother, it seems, had take
: up the pen to second the plaintiye ba
=. = of her golden calf and was dealin
= = trenchant blows at her old crony, tt
= mother of the belle of the season.
:. "Mother will be in here in a momen
- Darcy. You must be frank with me, an
Rokeby may be up any moment. 4e
: will stay here until you've had time
look about YOU
"I've had plenty of time today. E
= erything's settled. Tell Rokeby I'm SO
ny shan be able to take him bear al
-, ~ elk hunting, as promised.
~ "Do you mean you're going soon.
|
- tomorrow"
- "No, said Gray, rising. "I'm goil
- tonight"
One instant the beautiful face best
o. y, him wore an expression of utter VIC
or of genuine sympathy and sorrow, tn
4 decked itself with winning and conve
20 tional smiles, for the salon door, ope
az ing at the moment, revealed young hol
~ full, the brother, tugging at the hand
y. the other hopeful, monocled. Knick'
: and evening dress confronted each otf
"a at the threshold. Rejected Yanl, ;
~ ~ certed Briton, met as do modern NOR
h. rivals without sign of rancor.
10 "Er--ah-what's up, Gray!"
"a I"Nothing. I'm down.
=, lBy the midnight express he left ,
g. - Bern for Basel. He could not face I