New-York tribune., 1903-04-29

before mused she, accepting the Conversational
But that the annoyance must have been hunger.
He shook his head laughing. And whye"
7 have brothers. When they are hungry they
are always cross or taciturn
IT was so bad as that?"
Yet for all your discernment. YOU will have TO
lay these sins Of commission at another door. One
can't always recover ones temper at a moments
She propped her chin in one palm. Tell me about
Her glance quickened the magnetic currents Of
frendnesS circulating in his veins. anq he sent
a fleet look OF amused analysis round the groups
at their side. pending obedience to her command
NO one VIII near, she asserted; IheSe nttte
tabes-so delightful. 50 aioof! Lady Pro-Dighton
always does things nicely;
She does" acquiesced he, with his mind on Lady
PFG79isht9n's 9?Tsq9 t92 fssf gssi1,.
Because you are you, I will And If you will
forgive an old exile Tor spea1ng his mind let me
tell you in passing that have been just now busy
in building up the grown-up Miss LANCASTER out OF
aren't half as much like Dick as you used 70 oe;
your hair was red 1 am sure; now 1t is brown:
looking it used to. be when we played at Herons
For a brief second her glance wfdened. her lips
moved with embryo coafdences, then her purpose
changed. and marshaIling hIr features to dimPed limp.
SO9m e ss and ts aT Of a and t9s aided
abruptly. = do want the annoyance-the story Oh
quest and she rewarded him by undivided atten-
well you know" he said, that the best laid
schemes O. mice and men gang aft agey- Lady
no exception People died who ought 10 have kept
" no ought to have maintained undivided allegiance
the popular hostess of her day She Is
0A ny T2nD eommented S the girl With the gray eyes
And then general post set IN among tne coupies dt
the last minute, 1 suppose, and you
No; the unlucky number asserted itself Lady
DAY dawn to .rectify it And as soon as we had had
tFfeen hEo un9 169 % Taan work by
veoping pneumonia with no consideration at al al
after had tramped to the curate S. ,o,as
Such wet day, too. and such shocking Ianes,
O1,rS
Mrs Colquhoun took it into, her head to fancy
an only chiIds illness sufficient excuse TO upset
The gray eyes smiled And you were still thir-
tyranny OF Old World sdperstitiOns growing hourly
Poor Lady Pro-Dighton:'
Rather, poor me-" he contradicted, orlstlng 81
Poor Id Iady PTo-Dshton. 'I man as cross as
bear for COMPANY wet vi day ta ana Go
''tei back on q conVenIent cousin a sort OF stop
aB gaB gt gtb Twelve tg vears AGO and who-Mrs Col
quhoun playing me false for the sake o. her infant
"A cousin! How rice and homely,' she mused:
Nice Homey 1t would have been neItner' a7s my my
when s we it had our fights lifetime ago Her energy
Was always originating escapades tnat my weakly
boyhood staggered at tyou REMEMBER L Jl@i sad i
grated for my health and moreover she Is catb t 4
Dorinda. My special anupathy is modern girls "Ith
WV? asked She leaning her curious little face
nearer to him across the roses 49, o++ia-
the name 1Tt is pretty" she interrupted. softly)
'the duller the owner-at least that mas hloses I
| once. Nv boyish loves q was an imaginative sort
0Tese9c OF pictured er in white samite with fore
head garIanded At twelve met her ana sne s "ors
black front @ as and "a RaPery FSds SIX 'na' SET NY
h. iauebter was delightful. infectious too; and
he gave himself up to its spell deter Ia rf @
/ Measure in Maud matured was or keeher soIl
than & n MaGo q Kind good humored sunny she
J t,1T hen wi
powers by his limitations. but sparkling neaulilu
Oi.alg AUNT Angela may have been the exception "
! she resumed nibbling salted ALMONDS dalntly.
/ No there was Cousin Diana NO huntresS porn,
Of eoddesslfke deport she but the smallest most
f 5tjIe IN ZoTr pet story and knows all the
dates in history and other peoples lives.
How wonderful
1t Os seemed 50 to me But about Dornda We Ee
| have decided she has nice name and so must DC
| nasty. Now we get on to the escape
on series of muddes insured it. C9Cne T1e Pro Pro
s tRirtesn and Knowing the elastic qualities Of
Lady TroDighton as hostess ana neF ia as ne
superstions pressed trio into the seINire +3Ic S m
! came home The upset was pretty 0ad-lntr99GIucs G.
the last minute and Lazy fr}ad q hscbeIor
afieted grace II gay I IiT Eod like to be back
% %iT hat an narrow den OF mine in Burmah. where
dinners are not and wives enter not IN; DuI IN tHe
eqa n poin!f T was 5s ali Tiet-euits right
| eveIashes rewarded him: little sigh stole 10 MS
interest in her passed & from a the reTeatlon aeifS6 TO
! Thev were silent moment. he eXpehdlhe soIhe
u don't think your reasons at all adequate. Sne @
reflected presently She aiways 2ee1ls oI ~ corne m
qgtembaT5mesS' q5 no5 51r and not al all O4o WHICH 90
give yo9 Dartj6qaTs 66q fanT fnog59 e6oys ne
/ 9feasine notoriety for pride that in the WIDE
nc nsssion The very raison detre Of Dorinda
being here tonight would have put up heF m e
DJe in the world the one likely to provoke the
RGrSqll wRen carried the invitation 10 the vicarage
| What unfriendliness! ,,;., osas-
sion neither FISH nor flesh. good red herr1ng-
They have fe mons o the "a ' reoislte charms Of sweet
heart. How DOrinda used 10 caze if W a. bt Dai9t
With ~ youvI 7-,Iraen,s am sure much II It. ne
and even II Sne c Is p0%r OF v6u to harbor malice
| after twenty years
| .yets.her glance was fun Of expansive sym
pathv-..I am afraid feel for you about the poor
Teti9n Eegs nice 6d ai"f fashloned T Gentleman was Shake
speare or perhaps wordsworth }-sa,G d o u R,,t
am no good quoting Are y9n2I on Ites bs had baan
a+ rroa' ras5er. his cornpanion 1t He smiled
| mTsing1v IT was Lamh-dear Charles Lamb who who
] said them among the thousand and one true ana
SSit i;,+fi things he smoke He called poor rela-
| tion, the fly in your ointment oea'h Ne'u a'
oshe DOESN'T look like that" interrupted the girl
with with, TIE 7a-,5 g5aE eyes
why Cousin Dortnda; Of course So plump aI :s, 80
/ The ctrrate took her in. There he is two t'1hes
s1r41- behind M who looks IKE Joh
C2i1fin-s vffD win rhe frugal 1ntnd exercised on
her frocl I ex0ect they are taking olankeIs ana
coal ,fuls Hasn't she nice. companlonaole
smile People really ought 70 ne more Iike tneir
SMILES \ deaths head at your banquet indeed!
-Ter ne more Tie unlikeness anuses me
H crared his reck moment trylhs 70 Sc
further than the big woman with the INADEQUATE
frocl but the curates back-a broad one-hlled the
Cousin Dorinda invisible save for few
inches of white throat and pink wave of her