Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-19
VEREKER VANE'S DAUGHTER.

as soon marry ne as any one you
known"
The girl hesitated and blushed; she
was evidently aware of the Importance
OF the admi7 sion. At last she said, with
flash of spirit
Il object to the supposition. am not
obliged to marry."
Iveagh Seton turned away, trying to
hide smile. The girl had rejected him,
and Yet he felt that they We're nearer to-
gether and understood one another bet
ter than before the interview.
I'VE will leave the question open for a
little while" he said soothingly; our
friendship is too valuable for me to risk
losing It, and | daresay it is a matter
that you win like to mention to your
mother"
So there the momentous interview
ended, and Joan's family wereeconsulted
Mrs. Fordyce was strongly in his lord
ships favor, and while asserting that no
daughter of hers should be coerced in
such a matter, never failed to announce
that such marriage would make her
happy for life.
Jack took both his sisters into his con
tidence as to his love for his cousin
Mabel, and appeared to think that if
Joan married Lord Seton, it would not
be, as he expressed it, such a hopeless
case. as, of course. all the family would
rise III the social scale.
Daphne shrugged her shoulders, and
said
who on earth are you waiting for
Do you expect another Fairy Prince to
drop from the clouds?''
Joan always suspected that it was
Daphne who limited the state of affairs
TO Mrs. Brabazon. Anyway, that irate
dame descended on her niece like an
avalanche
Refuse such an offer! She never
heard of such criminal folly"
Then when Joan tried TO pour oil on
the troubled waters, her aunt burst out
again
Not made your mind up, Rubbish!
Looks as if YOU had 10 mind, only a
silly, little, pretty face that you think
may attract a duke!''
Perhaps she felt her aunt's arguments
unanswerable; perhaps her own heart
had already played her truant, and gone
over to the other side. At all events,
she yielded shy assent to lveagh SET
tons second proposal and Mrs. Brabazon
always believed she had brought her to
reason.
AT first there was no date fixed for the
wedding. Lord Seton, satisfied with the
progress already made. and delighted
with his new position, seemed content to
spend all his time with his fiancee.
No one knew why he suddenly changed
and became wildly anxious for an imme-
date marriage; but he brought so many
good reasons in answer to every sugges-
tion of delay, that he carried his point
and he and Joan were married early in
August.
The wedding was from Mrs Braba-
zon's house. and when the happy pair
set off on their travels, that lady drew
a breath of relief
Only three months since he first saw
her. and it has all come about so nat
urally," she said, complimenting herself
ON her excellent management. They are
really quite an ideal couple, Economically
attached to each other
Mabel looked at her quizzically
DO married people usually hate one
another" she asked mischievously, so
that mild affection such as Joan feels
for her husband is cause for thankful
ness ~
Her mother ignored the challenge and
pursued her own train of thought
Nothing could have been more for
tunate than his wish to have a quiet and
an immediate marriage. No time for
people to ask awkward questions or
make prying inquries!"
Mabel listened to these self-congratu-
latory remarks with scant patience.
Il told you everything would 90 we'll
chat first night. / saw that we should
get so far" she interrupted modify;
the point is that the episode is not
ended, and have we done right :"
Her mother, who was always quick to
follow her lead, looked alarmed so she
finished lightly
My pretty cousin is lucky girl; she
hardly knows yet how fortunate she is.
Of course it would be an awful thing for
Iveagh Seton to learn the truth and
yet l should like to know how he would
take it, and whether he would justify
the high opinion | have of him