Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-06-07

uoht understand you." said MIL
drcd.
Don't you! ! should have thought
MS infatuatlon for aao'her member OF
THIS household was pretty apparen. By
this tine"
i nope he lie not In love with me.
II mat is what you mean." Mildred ex-
claimed. with some show OF Irritation.
Why" demanded Mabel.
Because. should he ask me to marry
him-which is Il most unlikely thing to
occur" said Mildred In a low voice
Il should refuse"
We'll. ! think you might do a great
deal worse than marry him." the
queen declared. emphaticalIy. And
now you could compare him for one
moment with that insipId earl can
not imaSine-a creature who dreams
OF nothing. do believe. from morning
TO night beyond his horses and the cor
rect treatment OF his pug. Now Dem
I'll. on the contrary. though quite as
much up In hor8ctesh as my lord Is.
has the good breeding to suppress his
knowlcdge-ln the dTawing-Toom At all
events"
There. thcrc-If Il has come to
breeding We won't follow up the
subject" interrupted Miss TEcsanion.
:mpatiently. Il don't fnd It sufficient
iy interesting to care To watch for
daylight over II. Ar. you going TO sit
up until dawn. Mabel7 Because am
not: and so should advise you to
get TO bed at once. unless you wish to
look like ghost In the morning,
by the bye. that sood-lookIns new ai-
m!rcr OF yours. Mr.. Roy Blount. aid
something TO mamma about calling To-
morrow. did he not,''
"Ycs-i don't know. II IL cruel OF
m. TO keep YOU up like this" STAN
mcrcd Mabel. with faint blush. start
Ing to her feet m she spoke: you are
iookIn. quite pale and wan. am
afraid. after all. MIily. you found the
ball u bore: and here have | been
teasing you about IL. Good night"
Goodnight. my darling" returned
Miss Tfcvan!on. suddenly. kissing dCF
with rapid. unexpected warmth.
After this they separated for the
night and got TO bed. and dreamed
their several dreams Of Joy or soTFow.
as the case might be.
Sir George and his wife. In their
room. nj about the same time aS the
foregoing conversation had been held.
were having n frw words together on
the same subject.
We'll, Cary" said Sir George. you
were wrong. think. my love: l don',
believe DcnzIi I0unEc Is rs much
taken with Mabel as you gave me to
understand. ch''
10. bu; he Ia drcadfuliy In love with
Mildred" hia wife said.
We'll. nothing could be better.
Nothing could be worse. you mean.
why"
''Becausc she will refuse him"
"ln the name OF patience. for WHAT
demanded Sir George. cSplosivcly. "lS
Il because he IL rich. handsome. and
prosperous
mo: but simply because his father
has sold cotton"
Fiddle -dcc'" exclaimed Sir
George. with great evaporation. and
he strobe up and down the room twice
with rapid. hasty footsteps. Look
here, Carry" he then said. something
must be done. My affairs altogether
are in very critical state: Bolton told
me 40 in ~ many words the other day.
He said that | could not weather the
storm much lonEer-that ! had not. IN
fact. n Lex to stand on tthcse were MS
own words. I assure you)-that money
must be got somehow. and so on. Ana
where the deuce am | to get ready
money. do you suppose Every method
OF procuring It that know OF has been
used up long ago. see nothing but
absolute ruin staring me in the face'
And here is this williul girl actually
throwing away fifty thousand POUNDS
n year-cvery penny OF 1t!
Nv this time Sir George was greatly
excited, and was pacing up the carpet
and down again. Lady Caroline had
subsIdcd into silent weeping.
"we,l, we'll. there is no use In an
,,cipating evils" continued her nus
,,.ns ,resently: "perhaps-who
knows?-aifairs may brighten. =,
.If she would even encourage Loru
Lyndon" said Lady Caroline.
"Ay. just so" returned Sir Georse, i,',l,,,
"b.t how she could throw over lonns'
for such a heavy substitute a. LEnuo"
-. ,,,. romnrphcusion. BESIDES
i.yndon's rent-roll is barely twenty
thousand a year-not even half the
others" ,,,r
"still. I think that would do very
nicely put in Lady Caroline. m'GHIy. ,,.
III she could only be induced I" IouN .,
kindly on any one, l should be S"'''
fed" ,.,o
so should I. so long as the sun. i
one had Dcnzil's money observe" o.'
George, and went back to HE "reSS''e
room.