The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-07

Mina's sovereign foreigners viii not
grasp the cheap additional handsome
ness of guinea( duly disbursed, con-
Versation became general; this is to say
/ they talked about their neighbors.
"A hard young man." said Miss s.
l0Why be more genteel than her
friends9 And JAMIE Iver thinks he's
in love with her
What do you mean by being in love
Miss Swinkerton2"
You know enough English, my
dear
It's not a question of English" in
terrupted Nina, but of human ma
ture. Miss Swinkerton.
When I was a girl there were no
such questions
What about Lady Tristram, then p"
There was hattery in this, ten or fif-
teen years of hattery- Miss S. was un-
moved
Il am happy to say that Lady iris
tram never called at Seaview" Miss
SIS house was called Seaview-Sea-
hackview would have been a more pre-
else description.
4 call him in love with JAMIE liver
He must want to marry her, or
They DO say that money isn't very
plentiful at Blent. And thereH be the
death duties, you know
What are they?'' asked Nina:
Like stamps" explained Miss S..
vaguely For my part ] think it's
lucky he is what he is. There's been
enough of falling in love in the Iris
tram family If you ask me who is in
love with her, of course it's poor young
BrOadley Well YOU know that as
you're always driving up to Mingham
with her"
We've only been three or four times.
Miss Swinkerton.''
six. I was told observed Miss s..
I with an air of preferring accuracy. 20,
I should be very pleased to see him
! married to Janie-Mr. Tristram, I
mean, of course-but she mustn't ex-
pect too much, my dear. Where's your
uncle?"
AT Fairholme,'' answered the Imp,
demurely. AS a matter of fact the major
had gone to Exeter on a business err
rand
.'Fairholme?'' Miss SIS air was sig
nificant. Mina's falsehood rewarded.
1 Nina threw out a smile; her visitors
pursed lips responded to it.
He goes there a lot" pursued Nina,
Ito play golf with Mr.. IveT."
so I've heard" Her tone put the re-
port in its proper place To play golf,
II think JAMES rather, fond of Mr.
! Tristram, any h5sv.'' This was simply a
! feeler on Mina's part.
We'll, my dear, the position. Blents
been under a cloud-though people don'i
seem 10 mind that much nowadays, 10
/ be sure-but the new Lady TriStramy =
I They've always been the heads Of the
/ neighborhood. She'll have him, ne
/ doubt, but as for being in love with
\ him-welI, could you, Nine; Zabriska2
Yes said the Imp. without the least
! hesitation. Il think he's most attfac-
/ tive. Mysterious, you know I'm quite
/ taken with him..
He always looks at me rs il ] wanted
/ to pick his pocket.
! We'll, you generally dO-for your
/ charities. The laugh was confined &c
Nina herself. But I know the manner
you mean"
With a flash of surprise--really she
had not been thinking about herself IN
spite of her little attempts to mystify
/ Miss S.-Mina caught that lady mdulg-
ing in a very intent scrutiny of her,
! which gave an obvious point to her
last words and paved the way Gas it
appeared ina momenD for q direet aP-
proach to the genuine object of Miss
SIS visit. That this objeef did. not
come to the front till Miss :. was on
her feet to go was quite characteristics
( m really glad, my dear she OBJ
[ served. hanging her silk bag on her
/ arm, ito have had this talk with you.
( They do say such things. and now |
shall be able to contradict them on the
/ best authority
What do they say"
Well j never repeat things. Still
I think perhaps you've a right TO know.
! They do sly that you're more inter-