The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10

from her carriage at Miss Dennys'
door.
Are you Miss Dennys?" h IN
81 am" she said, but may I ask.
madam, what you require this morn
ing 2"
Miss Vernon made an impatient
movement.
II have come to see you,' she said,
ION private matters; nothing else. You
are aware that I am to pc married on
Thursday to the Earl Of Endsley, to
whom Mr.. Thelusson is heir?'
I know, madam" said h girl
quietly, but I fail to see"
Wait aemomcnt; what I wish to tell
you is this. You think, Of course, that
Mr.. Thelusson-loves o Well-he
does not because-he loves me and al
ways loved me and because I refused
him, and am to be married to his uncle,
he owe to marry the first girl who
would take him. You see that he has
lost but very little time about It.. And,
of curse, 1t will ruin his prospects
forever, for neither his uncle nor l VIII
ever consent to receive a-dressmaker
into the family"
Miss Dennys paled, but her eyes met
those angry ones quite serenely.
Il think o must be mad, madame,
to speak to me in such a.
h said with dignity. Both Lord
Endsley and Mr.. Thelusson know all
my family connections we'll, and I have
nothing to blush for. If 1t is true that
that
Her voice faltered. And Miss Vernon
gathered her cloak round her with In
air of triumph.
"Oh, ask Gilbert himself she said
airily. H does not tell lies as a rule,
and you will find that what I a told
you Is the case. OF course, you thought
1t would be a fine thing to be the wife
Of the heir to the title. but let me tell
you that we shall never acknowledge
you-or him.
And without another word or glance,
Miss Vernon swept out Of the shop.
We'll, I've dropped the poison at any
rate" she said to herself cruelty as the
carriage bowled swiftly homeward.
She's one Of those sentimental women
who will weep and sob, and Gilbert ]
am sure hates a
4. She glanced once more at the gorge
u wedding gown which was lying IN
Its box In her roorn-designed by the
careful Angela.
Her wedding gown! The sign manual
OF her coming triumph.
As she replaced the cover of the box,
someone knocked at her door. A maid
entered bearing a telegram on q silver
tray.
Miss Vernon tore it open, and read
the few words on the thin pink paper.
1t was addressed to her father-but
1t was brought to her by mistake, she
supposed.
"Endsley died suddenly this morning.
Heart disease. Break the news to MiA
Vernon"
The little pink paper futtered from,
her shaking fingers, and dropped on ia
the Q In which lay the wedding
gown.
It was the death warrant Of her tri-
umph, and with a groan she fell to the
ground.
Three months later Miss eVrnon, in
the hall Of the Schweitzrrhof Hotel a,
and read the following short para
graph:
at st. Peters, Eaton Square. Gilbert
Earl of Endsley, to Angela, eldez
Warmingham Manor, Devon"
1t was all over.
She had schemed and lied in vain
She had waited thinking that Gilbert
would come to HEROINE to her fol
consolation which she was only toe
ready to give him, butt was not so.
At the next drawing-room, Angela
the young Countess of Endsley, wal
presented on her marriage, In her wed
ding gown Of silver tissue, designed BY
herself and made by Madame NOZZLE o.
Bond street.
And Miss Vernon consoled herself al
best she could and married a wealthy
e WORKOUT roue, and, though she sone
times came across Lady Endsley in so
> ciety, she never managed to get intt
n that select circle Of which Angela wa!
e the particular star.