Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-25
CHAPTER XIX.

1t is true sgd, the beloved young
yagabCnd, is still In LANCER, but II Is
not for the first time; and nothing Is
more remarkable than the ease in
which he falls into scrapes excepting
the facility with which he scrambles
out Of them And he seemed 30 hope
full, so unusually serious, that May
cherlshes the conviction that he has
really sown his last handful OF wild
oats, and II he gets out OF this mess
will settle down.
And, for another thing, II Is almost
impossible for girl TO be sick and
sorry for long when she is In love,
and her lover Is within gunshot.
Il troubles her that she cannot
carry her worry to her lovers sym
athizing ear; but she feels convinced
that SyI will escape somehow, reach
distant and OF course fiourlshing
land, and succeed In making himself
prosperous
so she says: Poor Syd" fearful
~ at first, then again: Poor Syd!"
moro hopefully, and at last: Poor
Syd!" with something like smile, as
she remembers some of the boyish
follIes through which his good temper
and easy.gong disposition invariably
carried him.
BY the time she has reached the
house she has pictured u happy vision
of the future, when sgd shall come
home from the unknown land, pros
porous and famous, and his father Will
be proud to claim the wild vagabond
whom he now refuses to own.
The footman stares in an icily-polite
way as she enters the hall, and won
ders what the dickens" she has been
up on.
as my father in?" she asks.
Eyes, MISS" Is the reply. in the
library"
May glanoes at the clock; 1t wants
but ten minutes to the dinner-hour.
Punctuallty Is regarded as the cardl-
Dalton waits for no one
with far lighter step than she de-
seconded, May darts up the stairs,
tlngs the mysterious cape on the bed,
and makes hasty toilet.
A hasty, but by no means an inef,
fectlve one,
Some girls require great deal of
dressng-Rose Vavasour Is one OF
them, her toilet Ia work OF art, her
maid an artisa of the highest talent
Rose Vavasour, before she places her
SELF in the hands of the said artist,
and Rose Vavasour when she leaves
those hands, are two distinct persons.
But May, as Mrs. Turner once re-
marked, would look well,dressed In u
two.penny cotton print; her fair
fresh complexion needs neither
powder nor paint.
Tonight she chooses the dress she
wore the night of the dinner at the
Wold the night Heron first held her
In his arms and whispered his love
vows in her ear, and she puts flower
In her hair, and the thought of how
soon he would be by her side adds
blush to her checks, and she Is
dressed.
The dItner gong booms through tho
hall as she enters the dinng-room,
but for onceln.a- way the master of tho
house IL not seated at the head of the
table scowing at the late arrival.
"Where Is papa?" she asks of Car
RE, who is lneeling at the fire. vainly
attempting to persuade pug to stand
on his hind legs.
IL don't know" she answers. Il have
been running all over the house for
for--for the last hour Perhaps papa
has gone OUT for walk, too" and she
nouts,
Don't be angry, dear" says May,
laying her hand on the sleek head, Il
i only went for run"
You weren't running when ! saw
you, You were creeping around the
house likc--ltko an Indian on the war
track" laughs Carrie Il wonder why
papa doesn't Gomez
I'M 20 an tell him dinner is
ready" says May, and she goes to the
library door and knocks
1t Is quite minute before any re.
sronsc comes, and then II Is Il QuioC
"Wcll?" which does not sound very in
ylting.
Dinner is ready, papa" she says.
Dinner? don't wait for me, |
have u headache"
u am so sorry" says May, gently
Can send YOU anything? May !
not come in?"
NO" he says. evidently from the
depths of his chair, 81 want to be
quiet, that is all; SO on with your din
ner."
May fingers n moment and then
goes back.
"A headache" says Carrie, staring;
Il never knew papa to have n head
ache In his life, and 1t won't do him
any good to sit moping there, Let
me go, May?'
NO" says May. holding her gently,
4 do not think papa wants to be dis.
turbed Let us wait little while"
They wait uuarter Of nm hour dur.