The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-08-17

II lille, n. j..
are thing had happened 10 nm.
Why, otherwise, was he forever fur
lively watching her clear. pure outlines
With satisfied delight:
Yet his very soul WINGED ut the
thought of an Oglcshy In love with
typewriter girl and one, moreover,
who scarcely noticed him. With that
thought the queer, unreasonable cX-
ultation that he Ind experienced before
at being snuhbcd darted through him.
lie was proud of her proud of her
as If she mad been himself
For two generations the Ogleshys had
married bellies of their day. Indeed, to
be born an Oglcshy=and n man was
much the same thing rs being born II
prince of the blood
And now the head of the ogleshy
family WAS absolutely dependent upon
girl of the propleNa young woman
Who earned her living by means of the
skill by which her long. White fingers
licked off the letters TINT pertuincd to
the vast Oglcshy interests.
Admitting that the impossible could
happen, he reflected, wouldn't II he
sweet; GlHrlng headlines in the daily
newspapers: "Ogleshy Weds His rrct-
ty Stenographer!" "Romance In Wall
Street Office" The thought WIS too
much. And he turned to the papers
that lay on his desk with his lips shut
in cruel smile. She must 20.
She is II queen all right" he was
thinking as he held portentous docu-
ment before his eyes in the deluslon
that he was reading it. shes a
queen, hut we oElcshys cannot marry
queens who have got lost from their
queendoms."
At that moment there was tap ut
the door, and in response te his mum
bled Come in" the lady of his
thoughts entered. In less time thnn 1t
takes TO write it the oglesby pride
skunk out of sight After all she need
not 80! The mere thought of some
round checked girl with belliEcrent
pompndour filing her place made him
feel murdcrous
lie rose to place II chair for her dim
ly aware through the confusion of his
thoughts that she had expressed wish
to speak to him upon persoiGll mat
ter. Then SILVER of intuitt6Y caused
him 10 look at her kecnly
And ! should like to get away rs
soon as | can, Mr. oeleshy, without in
Communicating the firm in any why"
were the first words that Ogleshy
heard clearly ms he recovered from his
duzcd surprise
For a moment he did not speak. For
| the first time in all his elegant. AFRO
ennt life Hubert oglesby felt forlorn,
bereft III that momont the Oglcshy
pride was forgotten
.May ask why you havc decided TO
leave u.s. he asked ut last. very hum
| bly, and with fear clutehlng ut his
henri ns very probable reason for her
action suggested itself to his imngina
| tom
"Of course" he went ON soberly, not
waiting for her To speak, Il do not
need 10 tell You how much how
much we lave appreciated your pres
ence here, We
She interrupted him by II little gcs-
ture nj once imperious and girlsh.
Now that she wis about to leave, the
cold reserve of her manner had dis
appeared
you've all been 50 very kind to me
here that
Something in the intense gaze that
he bent upon her caused her 10 leave
her sentence unfinished Then slowly
the color burned In her cheeks like
the Are in IN opal, and Mr.. Oglesby
was speaking, rapidly, eagerly and ms
n man rather thnn an oglcshy
"pon't tell me that il Is too late"
he pleaded, and that there is some
one else. | think have loved You
from the first. but
He stopped in embarrassment Miss
Wentworth looked up 1T him with II
quizzleal smile
THE Ogleshy PRIDE she qucricd
with gentle ralllcry
1t WIS trying moment OElc ihy
turned hot and red with shame. The
Oglcsby pride suddenly seemed to him
contcmptihlc thing Then he hooked
up and nodded with duh hopelesanr;5
She would never forgive such an nd
mission MS that, he felt sure.
Miss Wentworth laughed delightful
ly- unaecountahly
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served dcnurcly, are unused 10 being
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