Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-10-29

Katherine. His face flushed with
delight as he read IL, so sweet and
tender and pure was the neat epSstle.
"She wants to see me- Oh, the dear
one Not more than | want to see
her. Fool, villain, that I am; l will
so to her Katherinel Kate! My
dear little Katel" So he calculated
as he paced his narrow quarters and
tried to arrange his plans for a Christ
mas visit OF his wife and child
He had determined to ask Lady
Capel for a hundred pounds; and he
thought it would be the best plan to
make his request when she was sur
rounded by company, and under the
pleasureable excitement of winning
rubber. And IL the circumstances
proved adverse, then he could try his
fortune in the hours Of her morning
retirement.
The mansion in Berkeley Square
was brilliantly lighted when he APP
preached it, Sunday night was Lady
| Capels great card night. and the
rooms were full of tables surrounded
! by powdered and painted beauties
intent upon the game and the gold.
| The odor of musk was everywhere,
and the sound of the tapping OF gold
fans. and the sharp, technical calls
of the gamesters, and the hollow
laughter of hollow hearts.
Not very hopefully he approached
Lady Capel. She had been unfortun'
ate all the evening and was not ami
able
"Dick, | am angry at you. have a
mind to Danish you for a month"
Il am going to Norfolk for two
weeks, madam"
That will do. Il is worse punish
ment than | should have given you.
Norfolk! There is only one word
between It and the plantations. Give
me your arm, Dick; | shall play no
more until my luck turns. Losing
cards are dull company"
81 am very sorry that you have been
losing. came to ask for the loan OF
hundred pounds, grandmother"
mo, sir, | will not lend you hun
dred pounds; nor am | in the humor
to do anything else you desire"
81 make my apology for the request
l ought to have asked Katherine"
mo, sir, you ought not to have ask
ed Katherine. You ought to take what
you want. Jack Capel took every
shilling of my fortune and neither
said, by your leave nor thank you
Did the Dutchman tie the bag too
, closer"
Councillor Van HeemslIirk left Ii
open, in my honor. When am
scoundrel enough to touch it, ] shall
not come and see you ,at all, grand
! mother"
s Upon my word, very pretty com
5 pliment! Well. sir, I'll pay you hun
. dred pounds for it. When do yor
c start?"
Tomorrow morning"
y MAKE 1t afternoon, and take care Of
. me as far as your aunt Julia's. And
, daresay you want money tonight
Z Here are the keys of my desk In the
j right hand drawer are some rouleau'
{ OF fifty pounds each. Take two"
a The weather, as Lady Capel said
d was so very Decemberish" that the
roads were passably good, being fro
y zen dry and hard, and on the evening
Il of the third day Hyde came in sigh
l. OF his home His heart warmed t.
II the lonely place; and the few lights II
it's windows beckoned him far more
,. pleasantly than the brilliant illuumi
II nations OF Vauxhall or Almacks, o.
&c even the cold splendors of royal re
u ceptions. He had given Katherine NJ
warning of his visit He wanted Il
IS see with his own eyes, and hear will
y his own ears, the glad tokens of he
u happy wonder.
D. The kitchen fire threw great lustre
" across the brick-paved yard and tn
II blinds in Katherine's parlor were IN
II drawn, and it's fire and candle ligh
III shone on the freshly laid tea table
'e and the dark walls cleaning wit
N punches of holly and mistletoe. Blu
III she was not there. He only glance
IN inside the room and then, with
d smile on his face, went swiftly NJ
n stairs. He had noticed the light /
TX the upper windows, and he kne'
~ where he would find his wife. BefoT
~ nc reached the nursery he hear
is Katherines voice. The door was
as little open, and he could see ever
ST part of the charming domestic seen
& within the room. middle-age
so woman was quietly putting to right
Vs. the sweet disorder incident to tn
ly undressing of the baby. Katherin
M had played with it until they wer
d; both a little flushed and weary an
she was softly singing to the drows
* child at her breast.
us over and over, softer and slowe