The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-16
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WAateyer lie faet was, 81 did not come
to Ilghtsthena 70 Isthere WIS a sound Of.
ner from the house, ana stood ~ Tef t
! them. One was Peter; the other,,a tan.
handsome man with a naval beard. Pe.s
ter approached his master as, If TO ex-s
plain the intrusion; but his companion.
pushed him aside and bowed coldly +sySs
Curtis, your uncle" n ..~.t
His lordship had. on the appearance Of
1.-The. men, sresumed his coMposure; and as
his uncle spoke. he turned 3#to make his
| apologies to his cousin. She had become
very pale: At first she thought she would
and Capt. Cuffs perceived her for the
I first time.
.z....N1 aud! Go to your mother for bit.
| I'll joint you presently he SAID. But
she had gone before he had finished his
Lord Curtis shook hands warmly. $iu
k..'Let the irst.adya 1leess come from me,
sir,'' he&said. II amsdelightel TO know
you, uncle;'' and. the clouds: OF years were
! at once Eremoved, ss%s5 VI ~ n Is y IL 4
. They achatted for. some time: and his
lorlship explained how he had met his
heartily at his dilemma. -.~s .;.-s>- ....
II am: glad you suggested making the
| first advances he said at last; "for it IS
| on financial matters. Arthur. that have
ferreted You out. and they are so press
ing that when your man told me you
would not be back till Monday. I made
! staying"
Il am glad you did I had no idea the
matter you mentioned in your letter was
pressing. Let me assure you at once If
there is: anything can do, you can rely
| on me-"
A financial statement at the best is a
very tame affair for lay audience. Ten
| out of any twelve members of the House
of Commons will agree to. this without
Greek. The captain prefaced his remarks
| by saying that he would rather have
gone to any one else in the world; but
| it was matter of a big loan on security
that was trifle sandy. He had there
fore sacrificed his pride for the sake Of
| nephew to inconvenience himself. He
! would rather take a step he dreaded
| that is. he would sell his insurance. and
trust to luck to make amends to his
daughter in some other way. His affairs
would no doubt soon look up again, and
so on.
But his nephew was notinconvenienced
| not in the slightest. He hoped, on the
contrary. that his uncle had left mar
gin in the sum he had named: and his
| uncle. who had taken care to account
for every penny. sighed in despair. At
the same time. his lordship hoped that
his charming cousin would free her faith
er from anxiety by making a good mar
rage from worldly point of view, of
course.
AS Lord Curtis was going upstairs to
dress for dinner. he overlook Mrs. Curtis
| bent on a similar errand.
She laughed gaily at him.
.You saw through me?" he said
AT once: You are the image Of what
your father was at thirty
"And-er-what does Maud think?'
"You must find out for yourself,
Arthur. She is very reticent.''
put in good word for me. aunt" he
said. and he bent and kissed her ON the
| cheek.
His cousin. mounting the stairs behind
them, a strange new f:siing of elation
hidden under a canopy of Indignation,
| wondered at his tenderness as he re-
placed her mothers shawl Chambers
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