Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

w. r. Hereford.
wv o you think she is bride?"
The duchess dropped tn
sugar into her tea withou
~ removing her glance from
the young woman in ques
ton. 1t was Christmas day at Shep
heards, in Cairo. The subject Of he
inquiry was interesting enough to seen
grateful present to the guests.
Gould any one doubt it!' replied
Baldwin. 1T is as evident as that thu
smart disagreeable male is the hus
band"
"Disagreeable!'
The surprise, almost protest, in the
duchess tone had warrant The youns
gentleman was tall, of elegant car
rage and with the hall mark of breed
ing. His clothes were quite de rigueur
Her grace would have pronounced him
distinguished without feeling CON
strained to qualify his moral or intel
lectual traits. After another quick ap'
praising look at the man she said
bluntly, "You think she is so very
charming?'
Your grace must see that she is
charming" returned the young man
calmly. "It was the man, not the girl
who betrayed his disagreeableness.
Look at that!'
The girl he'd drawn closer to her
companion and said something. lie
compressed his thin lips and ave a
short nod of his head in acceptance of
her remark without turning toward
her He was impatiently pushing on
after.the porter, the girl pressing after
with a gliding briskness which kept
her close at his heels.
The duchess smiled again.
"Of course he might have turned"
she said indulgently. But there's the
luggage
'''Of course they should have turned
There's the bride" returned Baldwin
dogmatically.
"Granting you the merit of your dis
covery,'' the duchess resumed with
playful sarcasm, there are other obvi-
Gus points. For instance, they are
Americans. That is as palpable as
usual"
accept an Americans thanks" muir
INJURED Baldwin, mot for the truth, but
your forgiving tone. Yet, do you know,
the note of the thoroughbred American
is to be facilely cosmopolitan-solvituI
eosmopolitando.'
$50 few of that kind come abroad
replied the duchess absently. But how
very rude of me. My dear fellow, !
never realize you as an American. You
always seem to me charming alien
!nterloper at the United States embas-
w in London. Do American women
know Latin. by the way!'
Your grace knows everything. Inc
young attache assumed the air of being
driven into a commonplace as he add
ed, IGNORANCE with you seems cour'
teous affectation.'
you have seen me put three Jumps
Of sugar in my tea," replied the Ouch
ess archly, land know that like sweet
things. Don't imagine that l shall pro
test because you pay extravagantiy
pretty compliments"
She smiled brightly, then settled back
comfortably in her chair, raised her
iorcnette in a businesslike manner and
went on: "Let us pursue our analysis
of your interesting countrymen. SCI
me right If 1 go wrong. She is-eight- /
cen? And from-New York? Not ac-
quainted as yet, aux fonds, with MIR.
Husband? He is very rich" Then
dropping the rising infection, she ada
ed, with an assurance that excluded
doubt: "She has q RaudnitZ travelling
gown on. She will wear smart worth
gown t dinner"
81 need not tell you that you are right
about the gowns. l can on'y know
that such an exquisite figure deserves
to be clothed as acceptably as posi-
BILE. AS to her age. you are possibly
right: almost certainly so as REGARDS
the disagreeable husbands means
Girls of her type marry money. AS 10
her habitat. I hardly think 1t Is New
York. The New York girl is quick ano
too proudly knowing to hesitate Id
thought or movement But she does
not hurry. That is New Englandy OF
western. Yet her soft. gliding grace
shows the southern girl
By this time the couple under discus
don had disappeared within the hotel
They had evidently just arrived on tne