The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-07-20
The Owner of
The Beatrice
tOriginal.]

mOtneF anu. uauSutef, were louuSlnS,
making remarks about those sitting
near or passing.
ooh, heavens, Beatrice" said the
mother there's Walter Wells! If he
sees US it will spoil every thing Just
think of his telling people that we came
from Mississippi river town.
The daughter bit her lip. How TN
fortunate.." she said.
And just us we have been taken tip
by the BIS. Here he comes. We
mustn't see him on any account"
The mother turned her head sQuarely
on the man VINO was approaching; the
daughter, after hesit.ting, suddenly
became interested in group which
called her gaze to another part of the
room. The man walked by, his eyes
fixed on the two women. He had start
ed forward with an eXpectant look on
his face, which turned into bitterly
disappointed, then severe, one. In
stead of going UP to them, as he had at
first plainly intended, he passed on.
"Oh, mother!" said the girl. q Won
der if he saw u.s.
saw US! OF course he did and knew
we didn't want to be bothered with
him. wonder what he is doing here.
He was as poor as church mouse
when we left G. ten years ago."
That night there was a ball at BIS,
and Mrs. and Miss De Lano-it was
Delano originally, now it was De Lano
were there. They knew few of
those they met there, but as they had
not yet effected an entree into the
creme de la creme of the worlds COM
mercial aristocracy scarcely any Of
those they called acquaintance paid
any attention to them.
"Mamma," said the daughter, what
can it mean? There's Walter Wells"
You don't say so. Where?"
cover there with-why, that's the
man who was pointed out to me this
afternoon as Lord Donegan, the Irish
nobleman, who has been over here
shooting"
Half an hour later the daughter was
standing near Lord Donegan, and, see
ing that she was beautiful girl, he
asked to be presented to her. During
their conversation Lord Donegan spoke
of hunting in the west and incidentally
mentioned his friend Walter Wells.
The lady led him to talk of his friend
without mentioning her former ac-
| quaintance with him.
Il was in Colorado he said, start
| ing for the Yellowstone park when
| met Wells ! took a fancy to him and
| succeeded in persuading him to &C
| with me. We We're on stagecoacl
| one day when the driver was drunk
| dropped the reinS. and the horses
| dashed down a steep road. Wells wen
| out on the tongue and checked the
horses just as they We're about t.
| swing us around Il curve and over
/ precipice. 1t wouldn't have mad,
much difference if Donegan with bar,
five thousand year had gone over, bu
the owner of the Beatrice mine would
have been very different thing.
"The Beatrice!"
Eyes; named for sweetheart,
fancy. though Wells never gave me hi!
confidence"
"Is the mine valuable?"
Produces a couple of hundred thou
he sold it recently for S1O,OOO,OOO,
think"
The lady turned her head aside, an,
the lord went on.
Wells came back With me, ant
when some of my New York friend
We're good enough to ask me to New
port told them | couldn't come With
out Wells. They didn't seem to thinl
he'd have pleasant visit here-New
port is exclusive, you know-but whel
the ladies found he was a bachelor AM
worth S1O,00O,00O they kindly accepte,
my Introduction, and he became quit
the rage.
"Since you are so intimate with MI
Wells" said Miss De Lano, ''perhap
YOU will bear message from me t
him."
with pleasure"
Tell him that Miss-AIiss De Lane
friend of his, is here and would b
pleased to see him"
Lord Donegan went off to find MI
Wells
~ say, old man." he said, there's
Miss De Lano here-a beauty-an oil
friend of yours, who wants to NEE
YOU"
"What did you tell her about me?"
why. told her all about you c
course"
TELL Beatrice De Lano that passe
her this evening, and SO great has bee
the change in me during the past tie
years that she failed to recognize m,
| have been SO shocked at my altere
appearance that l haven't the heart t
meet her"
"Beatrice?" repeated Donegan. lool
ing at his friend searchingly
Yes. named the mine for her.
came east expecting to find swee
heart. found a stone"
Lord Donegan did not carry the me.
sage, and Miss De Lano knew that b
had no message that would be accepts
Bile. That night after her return hon
she threw herself on sofa despai
,, ingly.
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