The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-07-19
MyLord dno His
Daughter
By CONSTANCE TYLER
Copyright, 1905. by I. G. Mcclure .


not only the proprietor of Hopes bank,
the owner OF three or four factories
and the recognized business head of
the town, but he Mis- president of three
or four societies and charities and OF
high standing us II church member
Whatever Mr.. Thomas Hope said or
did WAS always the correct thing. He
and his wife could have existed with
out Chelmsford, but had they departed
for other climes that town would have
died socially
1t happened that MIR. Hope had to
make n trip TO Paris in financial in
tcrests. He spoke TO no one on his way
over. Several strangers dropped re-
marks to which he could have replied
consistently, but he held himself aluof
with true British reserve. When Brit
lsh reserve has money behind II, II Is a
stone wall. Mr.. Hope might have re
piled TO an earl or Il lord had such Il
parsonage addressed him and had he
been certain that there was no imposi
ton The banker shuddcrcd as he look
cd over the common travellers.
Mr. Hope was not impressed with
Paris. He had been there before. II
was his duty To Impress Paris instead.
and when he departed, after stay Of
three or four days, he felt sure that he
had done so and was very compaccnt
over It, This self complaccncy scry-
cd To Il certain extent to thaw out his
reserve That Is, he dcigned 10 show
himself among his fellow passengers
on the boat instead of locking himself
up In his stateroom but mt the same
time lie let it be seen that his dignity
was not to be trfied with.
Suddenly something happened 10 the
great man good looking young Wu=
man approached him and, addressing
him rs My lord" asked the privilege
of speech Never before I'm his life Ind
he been addressed by II young woman
IT strange young woman. His dignity
would have received fatal shock had
she not used the prefix. His fnttcred
vanity offset the shock. His wife had
several times nverrcd that he looked
| like IN earl, and now here WIS living
proof that she was right, lie put UP
his eyegass and gave the young wo-
man II critical glanee and Indicated
by n cold bow TINT she might proceed
She had Il story to tell She WAS an
English Eoyerness who had passed the
last three years IN Partisan family.
As she had great property eNpcctn-
lions the family wanted her to marry
one of the sons Because she would
not because she had said that Ms an
English girl she would not marry an
enemy of her country she had been
charged with purloInng certain articles
of jewelry and driven from the house.
The inccnsed family might even seek
| her arrest
II was pathetic story. with many
embellishments, aud Mr.. Hopes heart
| was touched his British heart. II
wasn't touched because the young wo
man was good looking, but because
she had continually addressed him ~
my lord" aud had appealed 10 him as
| the British lion Itself She wanted his
| protection while landing. That French
| family might have set the mlnions Of
| law at work and she might be arrested
and hailed back to Paris and thrust
into dungeon for years without trial
Under the protection of MY lore"
what officer of the law would dare look
twice mt herr If they looked many
times II would mean war between the
two countries.
Thomas Hope listened. was battered,
and his iron bound dignity became as
| putty For the first time In twenty
years he had some human feeling about
him. lie came out of his shell and dis
covered that there were Joints In his
backbone Had that young woman
made the mistake of appealing to him
as Mr." or even AZ "Nisc0unt' her
petition would have been ignored. but
that little trick Of "My lord worked
like IA miracle. She should land under
his protection, and If lnterfcrcd with
grim war and all Its horrors would
burst on the country within two hours
Thanking him over md over again aud
with tears In ler eyes MS she repeated
her Thanks tine young woman returned
to her stntcroom and made some tri.
fling changes In her attire. Shortly aft
crwnrd the boat reached It's dock on
| the English side OF the channel
MIR. Hope was ready to rl3e to the
occasion, and the girl walked ashore
leaning on his arm. He had II cane In
Ne other hand, his monoclc In his eye,
aud he walked erect He was the Brit
lsb empire
While the baggage was being inspect
ed there was dctiy that Is. others
were delayed As for Mr.. Hope and
the young woman hanging on his arm
they walked up to n customs Inspector
A card was produced and thrust into
his hand along with Il Bank of Eng
| land note, and there was no inspection
| Of the wuInan's four trunks. II never
| occurred to MY lord" that II girl Tying
! from enemies would hardly have fon
great trunks along with her He say
them loaded into van which was sus
| piciously convenient and was about t.
hand his protegec into II cab and re
sumo hlsdnterrupted dignity when they
We're approached by n common looking
British subject with what looked like a
warrant In his hand.
"Excuse me, please he had begun
when Mr.. Hope interrupted him with.
"Slr, are YOU addressing me-
"Y yes. sir have here warrant
for the arrest Of
"A warrant, sir"
"Yes, sir. 4 warrant for
what have to do with you land
your warrants. slrT Numbered Mr.
Hope.
but u
"That Is enough, sir! There islmy
card | Will communicate with thu
government at once regarding thisl out
rage. | Will see whether British citl
zens must submit to SUCH humiliatlor
while travelling about in Il peaceful
manner"
But may | ask, sir persisted the