Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-12

/ will be great acquisition to Sand
! ford Do YOU know that he has de-
cided to buy Lydcote?"
HE said something about it, said
Kitty. Il did not hear him very dis.
tinctly." She paused, then added,
with a smile, Lord Carr-Lyon STAN
mered rather more than usual"
{ The majors small eyes glittereo
rather angrily.
"Stammered? He doesn't stammer.
Pray don't exaggerate, my dear Kitty.
! lists the very slightest impedi.
ment"
Eth, oh, yes, yes!" he replied. "By
the way, shall ask Lord Carr-Lyon to
dine with us one day this week; we
can manage that, don't you think?''
Mary will do her best" was the
quick response.
/ "All right, then, that's settled" said
the major. $50 you are going to the
Warmers, eh?"
! Eyes, l think I'll take Jane as far
! as the gate with me tonight" she
said, as she went out. 81 saw a
: u, she
spoke, indeed, she felt sorry and in
some way ashamed of the remark
i but he was a very honest one, | am
sure" she added.
, Honest, NONSENSE! They are all
| thieves. the pack of them" said the
major, sharply. Tell the girls to
take care to lock and bolt all the
doors tonight or we shall have your
honest tramp walking off with the
! plate"
Then she closed the door: Major
Meddon took up the note he had
turned over, and read it again. This
was the epistle:
! Dear Major:-I want TO remind
you about our agreement. I am will
/ ing, but Miss Kitty seems rather
stand-offish. Perhaps you can put the
screw on; you are generally good at
that, you know. You'd better dine
with me at the club tonight.
/ "Carr-Lyon"
/ Put the screw on.' Curse his i'm,
pudence: No, my dear Carr-Lyon;
Kitty will have to be Leland gently,
too there's no driving her."
! Major Meddon was. perhaps, the
best-known man in Sanford. He had
come to the place some ten years ago
bringing with him his only child
/ Kate-or Kitty, as those who knew
her loved to call her
OF the majors past career there
! did not seem to be any clear record
That he had left the army at an early
age was known of course: but of the
manner in which he had spent rhe
years of his retirement until he had
come to Sanford there was a con.
sensus of ignorance.
once or twice the major had dropped
word or two-over his third glass q,
whlskey, perhaps-about America. and
once referred TO Nevada; but these
were apparently mere slips of the
tongue, for the major never referreo
TO them when the whiskey was absent
and when they were mentioned nv
others, did not claim any acquaintance
with them.
That he was poor when he came IN
sanford was evident: but lately
quite lately-his finances must have
looked up, for the Lodge, as the cot.
tage was called, had been decorated
and newly furnished: the major who
had in the old times been rather
seedy in his attire. came ont in new
clothes. and-more convincing nroof
.of hush times the long.sufferinp
tailor and wine merchant had their
bills settled.
But the major was rather reserved
ahout this SUDDEN accession of wealth
ana In answer to a jocular INQUIRY
by friend at the club, had muttered
something about "a relative diving.
1t was, therefore. concluded that the
major had come in for a nice LITTLE
fortune.
As matter of fact, just at this time
Sanford was too much interested in
the anairs OF Lord Carr-Lyon to nav
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