The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-18

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communicative. shrugged her should
ers, and said she thought that was the
bestAthing she could do for herself. 7
agreed with her heartily, and we
parted very good friends. She said
she hoped she should meet me here
when you came back Beatrice
looked amazed. You'll soon hear the
story from her own lips, I'm sure"
said he. "She seemed to be highly
amused at the whole business, and
said that you were good girl, but de-
ficient in the knowledge how to make
a good bargain for yourself. Alto
gether a highly original person, and
quite worth Knowing
II wish she wouldn't come. don't
want to see her" said Beatrice.
But when two days later Rosa did
carry out her promise of calling,
Beatrice could not refuse to receive
her. and was surprised at the burst of
good humored Bohemian laughter
with which her visitor greeted her.
"that I'm not your rival any longer?
I've thrown up the SPONGE"
II don't know what you mean by
rival" said Beatrice, quickly. That
I never was In any sense, but as the
real mother Of your supposed child
well, but he's forgiven you, hasn't
he?"
ooh, never's a long day. wanted
to tell you that I was out Of the way
if ever was in it; and I hoped to gel
you to speak to Fred on my behalf
and to ask him to treat me well, ir
spite of-well, Of my having forgotten
certain little details ought to have
remembered when I first met him
forgotten my previous marriage, fol
| instance"
'Where Is your husband ?" asked
| Beatrice, anxiously.
well, I should be glad If you could
tell me that In fact, that's one Of
the reasons why came here to-day
to ask if>you knew anything. It's I'M
canny, you know, to feel that he's
about after those two mad things tina
he did. One wonders what he'll be
doing next
i've heard nothing Of him, nothing
at ALL" said Beatrice, with a troubled
look.
"Oh, we'll, we must hope that TO
body's way now" said Rosa, rathe
gloonily. IT shouldn't be at all sur
prised if he were hanging about Ston
Court STILL on the chance Of gettinl
another smash-in at Lord Gathering
ton-our Lord Catherington, I mean
not this new upstart."
Beatrice looked interested.
''But Lord Catherington's not Their
now, hasn't been for some time"
"Burnet won't know that" sal
Rosa. "How should he learn anything
living the hole-and-corner eXistenc
he now does, always on the lookou
for the police? No, from what kno1
of the man and of his persistency,
think it's ten to one he'll turn u
whereabouts"
Beatrice remembered these word
1l, ~ ID &c
had taken her leave in the most good
humored fashion, expressing her in
tention, if Lord Catherington mad
her a sufficient allowance, of return
ing to America and setting up
clearinghouse, "as being most agree
able to everybody" Beatrice though
it worth while to let Lord Gathering
tons solicitors have this hint for whs
it was worth, that they might set tn
| local police near Stone Court on the
guard. .-....
And on the following day she we1
| down to Froyle Place on a visit to sc
her baby.
1t struck Beatrice with a pang ths
her own child was to be the instrl
ment of her punishment for the ev
8 she had done. For Ernyn was
first little shy with her, treating hi
as if she were little more than
; stranger; and altho this soon wo1
! Off, and the little one Rugged al
caressed her as of old, the moth
; could not easily get over that fir
I impression Of the ease with which
, child forgets even the nearest al
y dearest.
Sir tombstone and Lady Froyle we
O kind but evidently rather anxious lie
she should wish to take away tt
r child, who had established herse
firmly in their hearts. On the seco1
day of her visit Beatrice engaged
fly in the village, as she did not wa
her mother-in-laW to know where S
n was going, and drove over to Sto
~, Court, which was some twelve mil
- away, in the hope Of hearing he
- things were going on, and to get so1
y, small personal property of her o1
80 which had not been forwarded to h
~ She would not go further than
W lodge, where she found the same occ
~ pants as before. Both the man a
~ his wife, however, were very retice
40 as to what was passing at the hou
.. and Beatrice sent word to Mrs. Brea
-, who, she learned, was still housekee
- err there, to say that she would like
80 see her If she would come out to
IL lodge.
:. Mrs. Bream came back with
10 messenger, and was so unfeigne
~ atrice was quite touched. M
d Bream contrived to have a confd
-. tial chat with her, in which, af
~ IN heartily congratulating her on
80 safety of Ermyn and on her adopt
~ ~ by the Froyles, she opened her he
-, as to her own distress.
at "Such goings-on, ma'am, as we
NV had here can hardly be believed.
at daresay you know about some of
Id First there turns up this young n
to who says he's Lord Catheringt
it, Well, it's not for me to say he's
ar gentleman, seeing my own old mas
n has let him come in and take poss
he sion, and seeing he's been brought
n in the bush, where suppose mann
are not what! they are over
he among men of my masters rank. :
f? as for the friend he's brought "
r. him I can speak out, and I say
es. he's not fit person to be an assoc1
of any nobleman.'
oh t'Who is hep asked Beatrice.
"He calls himself Barker, and
ne. drinks like a fish. AS for that t
be both drink, but my lord is not SO
ng as the other one. He seems {
an strained and as If he was afraid to
rim And for all he's supposed to be on
or. the family, he takes no interest in
,ou room thing Of yesterday, like
brand-new house of one of Il
jumped-up millionaires. And he
go over to the town to play billiard!
nix one of the inns with this Mr.. Bar
Ike and comes home in a cab too stl
nix to talk much. Or perhaps he doe
all care to talk much when he feels
he not himself" she added, darkly.
Don't you think he's really