Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-11

'""Hi' hHEinnnhG AMI III
r", ana look FOR my cousins carriage.
ami then come back
we can find the carriage very well
without yon. Roland" Gwcndolinr an.
SW"i'u quickly. Come. papa"
IA" young man stopped. and little
shallow darkcncd over his face.
DID You really ask me to lunchcon:'
he said.
lou really volunteered to come. nftcr
breakfast this morning. when you pro.
posed bringing us here
Dii I! Oh. very we'll: in that case I
shall let the Pcrcival business stand
over. AMI l shall ride 20 Oakbank to-
morrow morning. Raymond. and liz on
the grass and talk to you all day long.
II You let me waste your time for ......
III way. Gooi-hy: good morning. Mrs.
Gilbert. by the bye, how do you mean
To finish the day. kaynond!"
IN going to take Mr.. and Mrs. Gil.
bert To llurstonleigh Grove: or rather
they take me. for they've brought u has.
kct that reminds one of the Derby day.
were going TO picnic in the grove. and
drink tea IN II cottage In honor of lisa.
bcTs--Mrs Gilbcrt's birthday"
You must come and picnic at Nord.
red some day. It's not rs pretty ~
llnrstonlcgl. hut we'll manage to md
a rustic spot
The young man put on his hat. and
went after his cousin and her father.
Isabel saw him walking along the bright
vista of rooms. and disappear In a burst
OF sunshine that flooded the great hall
when the door was opened. Tho beings
wcrc gone. For u brief interval she
HAD been breathing the poetry ~ life:
but she fell back now into the sober
prose. and thought that half the grandeur
was gone with those aristocratic visit.
| ors.
And how do you like my young kins.
MANI Mr.. Raymond asked presently.
Isabel looked at him with surprise.
He u your relation. Mr.. Lnnsdcll! 2"
"Ycs. My mother was u Lnnsdcll.
There's u sort Of cousinship between
Roland AMI mo. He's n good fellow, a
very noblc.hcarted, hlgh.mindcd young
fellow. but"
But whatI Mr.. Raymond broke on
with ~ deep a sigl, that Isabel imagined
an entire romance upon the strength of
tho inspiration. Had he done anything
wicked. that dark, beautiful creature.
who only wanted the soul.harrowing
memory IT n crime To make him perfect :!
Had he fled his country. like Byron. or
buried fellow creature In u cave, like
Mr.. Aram! 1sabcl's eyes opened to
their widest extent. nnd Charles Ray
mind answered that inquiring glance.
Il sigh when ] speak Of Roland" he
said. 'becnusc ! know the young man
IL not happy. lic stands quite alone IN
| tho world uni has marc non.v thai, la
KNOWS now !" spcnd--two very bad
h'ngs Tor young man. Hes handsome
AMI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS disadvantage
ana mes brilliant without being a genius.
In short. he's Just the sort of man to
dnwdlc away the brightest years Of his
life In the drawing rooms Of lot Of
women. ANA lake to writing cynical trash
about better men IN his old age. ] can
SEQ only ono hope OF redemption for him.
ana that Is happy marriage, marriage
with sensible woman, who would get
the whip hand OF him before he knew
where he was. All the lnckicst and hap
picst men have been henpeckcd. Depend
upon u. Mrs. Gilbert, the men who lead
great iivcs, ANA 90 hobl" deeds. and die
happy deaths, are married men who
mind their wives. I'm bachelor. 30 Of
course ] speak without prejudice. ! do
most heartily wlsl, that Roland Lansdcll
may marry good and sensible woman"
~ good ana sensible woman"
Isabel gave an involuntary shuddcr.
surely, OF nll the creatures upon this
Over-populated earth, sensible woman
was the very last whom Roland I.ans.
dell ought to marry. lie should marry
some lovely being In perpetual white
muslin, with long. shlmmering. golden
hair-the dark men always married fair
women iq lsabcl's nOvels---a creature
who would sit ut his feet. and watch
with him I'LL dismal hours In the silent
night; and who should be c0nsumptive.
and die some evening with flowers upon
her breast, and smile upon hcr face.
The picnic seemed quite tame thing
after these revcries In the carriage. The
orphans met their uncle at tho gate,
ana thcy al went across tue grass, Just
~ tney hnd gone pciors, 10 tho little
low iron gaze wh'ch MT raymond was
prvneged 10 open WIN special Key.
ANA into the grove where inc wonderful
oeecnes ana o"aS make rant summer
u"rG"o;.
was " tue same grover 10 isabei u
'ooked a. "aa 1een maze smaller
since ths' "t"er picnic; anu the wafer
iaH' ah" TUG woo".anu v'stas' ana Tue
winding pains anu Tue aroor where they
were 70 u"cN was ~ very Wen 1oi
.ne osp""ms W ."p snc'! hn"us' ana dar'
Nv ~ u"s'"' WHY w" ""u thcu u