Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16

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or address, jamie Iyer's a great heir
eSS.''
And what about me-" he insisted, as he
lit his pipe and sat down opposite her.
You mean it, Harry?
There's no reason why I shouldn't
marry, is there?'
why, you must marry, of course.
I'VE can do the blue blood business
enough for BOTH
Yes; 1 don't mean that"
you mean-am / at all in love with
herr"
NO. not quite. Oh. my dear Harry, 1
mean wouldn't you like to be in love a
little with somebody? You could do 1t
after you marry, of course, and you GER
tainly will if you marry now, but it's
not $3.50 comfortab be" She looked at
him with sort of pity; her feeling was
that he gave himself no holidays.
He sat silent a moment seeming to
consider some picture which her sugges-
ton conjured up.
NO good waiting for that" was his con-
clusion. Somehow, If I married and had
children it would seem to make every
thing more settled" His great preoccu-
patton was on him again. I'VE could do
with some more money, too" he added,
land, 1 say, I'm inclined to like the
girl.
What's she 1ike?"
What you call a fine girl-tall-well
She'll be fat some day, expect"
straight features, broadish face, dark,
rather heavy brows-you know the sort
of thing
''Oh. Harry, / hate all that
81 don't 1 rather like it." He was
smoking meditatively, and jerked out what
he had to say between the puffS. II
shouldn't like to mortgage Blent," he went
on a moment later.
Mortgage Blent? What for?''
He raised a hand to ask to be heard out.
any moment lay my hand a big lump
of ready money-say fifty or even hum
dred thousand pounds. 1 should like to be
able to pull it out of my breeches pocket
tongue,'" He looked at her to see if she
followed what was in his mind. Il think
they'd take it, he ended IT mean If
things got as far as that, you know"
You mean the Gainsboroughs
Eyes. Oh. anybody else would be cheaper
than that Fifty thousand would be bet
ter than very doubtful case. But it
would have to be done directly-before a
word was heard about it. 1 should like to
live with the check by me-"
He spoke very simply, another man
might speak of being ready to meet an
Improvement rate or an application from
an impecunious brother.
Don't you think it would be good pre-
caution?" he asked. Whether he meant
the marriage. the check or the lady was
really immaterial. 1t came to the same
thing.
Its all very troublesome" Lady iris
tram complained 1T really half spoils
our lives, doesn't it. Harry? One always
has to be worrying"
The smile whose movements had excited
Minna Zabriska's interest made IT'S ap-
pearance on Harry's face, He had never
been annoyed at his mothers external atti-
tude toward the result of her own doings,
but he was often amused at 1t.
Why do you smile?' she asked inno-
Gently.
We'll, WORKINGS a mild term" he ex-
planned. evasively. It's my work in the
world. you know-or it seems as if it was
going to be-
tram concluded, not wishing to think about
it any more herself You wouldn't tell
MIR. Iver anything about the difficulty,
would you?" THE difficulty had become
her usual way of referring to her secret.
Not a word. I'm not called upon to
justify my position to Iver.' No shadow
of doubt softened the clearness Of Har-
rvs conviction on this point He rose filled
his pipe again, and began to walk up and
down; he was at his old game counting
to eliminate risks, one by one, every risk
so that at last he might take his ease and
say, without fear of contradiction, Here
sits Tristram of Blent."
did you go up to the lodge. Harry" his
mother called to him, as one of his turns
brought him near her.
"Oh. yes, forgot to tell you I did, and
l found Mime. Zabriska having look at us
from the terrace, so had little talk with
her. didn't see the uncle"
Whats she hke7" This was fayorite
question of Lady Tristram's
Harry paused moment, looking FOR a
description.
We'll. IL you can imagine one needle with
two very large eyes. you'd get some idea OF
her. She's sharp, mother-mind and body,