Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-17

l OH IHe OlHeF sSlQS, was the anSWGT, HI satisfied tone as Mrs. Cranston seat 1 ed herself. We had a lot of trouble here in the summer at a lawn party, owing to some people hearing them selves talked about There was 1 spoony pair on that side and couple of old maids on this one. The lovers were blissfully silent, for reasons of their i own, and they heard some things about l themselves that they didn't like. Yes, 1 want to talk to you about Lydia"
 II knew it." cried the visitor, laying l her two hands on Mrs. Cranston's arm l and sitting down beside her. She's going to marry the governor, and you want me to help prepare for the event" Mrs. Cranston shook her head and | went on with lengthy explanation of l the existing state of affairs, in which the name of George Buckley appeared ] as often as that of Governor Telfare. Now, you see the fix we are in," 1 Mrs. Cranston ended.
 The young lady was silent, her fair brow wrinkled .'Why, Mrs. Cranston, it's simply awfulp' she said after a | pause. Tt will never do for it to go on like this. It will be ruinous. Has the child lost her reason? Why, if he is as bad as you say, how on earth does he happen to be in-in good so- ciety-even here?'
 Perhaps I am not quite fair to him." Mrs. Cranston admitted, "or to Lydia either, in not mentioning what has real ly been ill his favor. In the first place. he is by far the best educated and ;ya &ho r1Io his employer sent him off to college and gave him extraordinary advan- tages; then he happens to be great reader, and Lydia is, too, you know yes, he has most remarkably polished manners and is decidedly good look ing"
 "Oh, and you put that last! How ridiculous! Miss Cosby laughed mer- rily and then suddenly subsided, for her hostess was looking at her with a pained expression.
 Its no laughing matter, Kitty. We are in an awful fix You know how headstrong Lydia is, and if she were just to get the idea that we were op- posing her she'd be worse than ever. So 1 knew your influence would be good. You will bring her back to the old associations, and in an indirect way you can show her the social .ad- vantages of marrying Governor Tel fare.''
 "Oh, can do all that" said Kitty, land If she is not already in love with this-this nondescript I'll bring her to her senses. But tell me about him that's the main thing. Whats he like? ? How does he conduct himself? Why, can't imagine aa son of a common thief, lowborn mountaineer, penni- less bookkeeper, being even for min ute on social footing with the only child of Major Cranston even if you are living in the backwoods, out of all creation If the two were shipwrecked on lonely island together should think was displaying her fine, even teeth in a jovial smile-"that the very waves would throw up sort of barrier"
 "The religious element here governs everything" returned Mrs. Cranston, with patient smile. These good, Christian people would think we were awfully stuck up if we refused to ad- nit a worthy young man to our house l just because, his father had gone l wrong; besides, he had blished him. self before his fathers trouble. We l simply drifted into the situation, and l things went on till now we don't know l where we stand. But to be perfectly fair to him, Kitty, he's simply mascu- line marvel. When began to fear him began to watch for vulnerable I places in his makeup, but I've found precious few, tell you-precious few. You know I've seen good society, If any Virginia woman has, and I'm go ing to tell you that have never met a more polished man in all my life no, sir, not in Richmond, nor Boston, nor Charleston. He has actually made, me blush with shame. I remember once I disputed his word about one of Bal zac's heroes, only to have him prove that was wrong a few minutes later in the incest manner.
 ''He happened to be dining here, too, one night when Bishop Page stopped over with us on his way to Florida. There were several young men pres ent, among them Tarpley Dandridge, who belongs to one of the very oldest l families in Georgia and is considered the catch of the county. Well. he sat there like a stick in the cushion of his 1 chair and let MT. Buckley conduct the entire conversation with the bishop. Tn fact, Bishop Page simply directed most of his remarks to MT. Buckley, and it really was an intellectual treat. He tripped the bishop up twice, and the old man flushed, but laughingly ad- mitted he was wrong. He was most favorably impressed with MT. Buckley, and, of course, did not enter into awkward explanations. Yes, his man. ners could not be improved He must