Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-23
CuAPl,nR XII.

hearts or her hearers, ana, lnueeu, III
Lady Carolne's breast 1t hwoke MIN
glod feelings Of Joy and tonor though
In those Of Mildred and Mabel the JOY
reigned supreme,
Lady Caroline attempted u faint re-
monstrance but was sternIy silenceui
and on Wednesday, two days earlier
than that on which she had originally
decided, the old lady, bag and Dag
gage, swept out of Kings Abbott, very
much to the relief of those she lett
behind,
And now came the most trying tme
In all poor Mildred's life, During all
Of the past weeks that she had been
suffering violence at the hands OF her
relatives, Lord Lyndon had become q
constant, untlring visitor at Kings
Abbott, taking no rebuifs nor open
sllghts, nor petulant actions to heart'
but as might q faithful animal attend
ing all the more asslduously 10 her
wants who was his acknowledged mis-
tress,
Patience, assisted by perseverance
has ever been known to work wonders
so II followed that in process OF time
he though 80 impercepliDIy
that II was without her knowledge
necessary to Mildred; 80 much 80 lh-
deed that fewer and fewer grew the
slights and unkIndnesses on her part
while in their place n certain winning
friendllness came and increased, rals-
ing false hopes In Lyndon's breast that
should never have been there
The end of all this was that close
upon Christmas-time, somewhere about
the middle OF December, while all their
minds were fully occupied with Lady
Eagleton's sayings and doings, Lord
Lyndon proposed for Miss Trevanlon,
and was rejected. This blow might
perhaps have eifectually daunted an
other man; but Lyndon, still following
up his trusty instincts, determined 10
blde his time and never surrender nope
until n more favored suitor took MS
place
Mildred, having lively rccollectlons
Of the treatment she had received on a
similar occasion, thought well to Keep
her own counsel in this matter; ana
so It was agreed upon between them
to hold the entire circumstance Sc
cret from the rest Of the family--to
insure which things Of course went on
in the usual way, he calling every 9th
er day and she accepting his atten-
tIons-whlch were never OF the obtrus-
i've description-m the same manner as
formerly. So we'll did they sustain
their several parts that even Lady
Harriet's keen old eyes failed to de-
tect that anything was amiss'
Sir Georges affairs at this time were
going from bad to worse He had been
hard at work for the past two months
trying to find the ways and means to
ward off the inevitable day Of reckon
ing. and had suggested plans and pur-
sued theories, all Of which his man oi
business had frowned at and pooh
poohed as utterly impracticable. Moth
ing but the possession Of large sum
OF money--and that to be written In
FIVE figures-stood between him and
, complete ruin; and how to secure the
money was the difliculty-a difficulty
beyond all surmounting unless some
body could be found who for pure
friendships sake would lend 1t for an
indefinite period, trusting to time and
chance for repayment Such a friend
was hard to find.
One evening Mildred, on her way ia
her mothers room, was stopped by a
servant with the intelligence that Lord
Lyndon had just called, and was in the
drawing-room.
Would Miss Treyanon go down and
receive him, while she informed hel
ladyship of his arrival?"
To which Mildred made answer that
she would tell Lady Caroline herself
and went on to her mothers apart
ment.
When she came to the bedroom she
found the door closed, but opening II
passed on toward an inner room be-
yond, where Lady Caroline usually
sat, and whence voices, suppressed yet
distinct, reached her. AS she ap'
preached still nearer, they rose still
higher, and words became ineligible
to her ears.
"If | do not get this money without
delay we are simply ruined" said sh
George, irritably,
Then | suppose there Is nothing left
you but to ask Mr.. Younge for 1t" re.
turned Lady Caroline, in reluctant
tone.
81 suppose not" said Sir George,
Ask Mr.. Younge! Ask the father OF
the man whom she had not considered
good enough to marry for money!
What could 1t all mean?
Mildred stopped short and pressed
her hands tightly together. Surely she
had not heard Alright. They could moi
mean She drew her breath hard
and swept like whirlwind into the
room
Papa" she said, what are you
thinking of What have you beer
saying2 I heard you as came along