Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-31
.lr anmphrey smiles and shakes his

Sir humphrey smiles and snakes his
head
No, my dear young lady he says,
Ia'lrossine the curtains, a little sur.
prise will not hurt her ladysnip-not
al all And 50, my dear laiy" he says,
bendine down and smiling, you are
under the impression that Miss Vaya.
sour Is the young lady who has
unused you with such devotion as it
has been my fortune seldom to meet
with. even in my long eXpCriehce?"
The old lady looks at him, scarcely
listening TO his stately periods, but
! elanciug from Heron to the curtain
with a faint, eager expression in her
eyes.
Heron looks at Sir Humphrey, gets
a smiling nod Of assent, and then. as
the great man trots out of the room,
! Heron goes behind the curtain and
gently travis forward to the side Of the
bcd-May!
The 0ld lady looks at the sweet face,
! pale ana thin with the long three
weeks watching, and the keen gray
eyes grow dim.
Then she puts out her hand and
I,irawa Mays hand 10 her lips,
Forgive me, my dear" she says,
"cor2iye poor old woman who
thought more of her own pride than
her sons happiness"
| That Is all Rut when Heron comes
Into the room again he finds May half
sitting, half lying on the bed, her
warm little hand firmly grasped in
Lady !.otchforl's and tears on both
their faces.
Wei, mother2" ne says, looking
down at them with is old smile.
And Lady Lctchfcrd looks up at
him with an answering smile that has
something sad in 1t. too,
"HotDn-Heron. she says, family,
III had only known her as | do now"
She closes her eyes and signs, then
looks W at May with a meek self.rc-
muaCh. What waste Of time and
loye?" she murmurs-"what a waste
Of time and love?" she murmurs-
what a waste"
Not n word of Rose. AS If by in.
stinct she 2ucssos. what the world
knows, that the beauty of the season
Is no longer Rose Vavasour, but the
Warehouses Of Cornvale!
one more picture to conclude these
few sketches of girls life and love.
II IS summer still-late summer, early
autumn. by coincidence 1t Is the
same hour of the evening as that in
which We first saw Carrie; now, az
then, SIZE is waiting impatiently for the
tram, and pouring out all kinds Of
inpeuuus abuse on the officials Of the
Great Western.
But 1t Is not from window Of
Gresham House that she is watching
but from Il window of Letchtord Void,
md instead Of poor Samuel Dalton
asleep IN his chair there sits Lady
LttChiOrd, not asleep by any means.
rho otler occupant of the room is a
younG gentleman whose name has been
casually mentioned oncc before III
these vcraCious annals This young
gentleman no other than Charlie
baldwin. the Squire of Warley's son
and he If, stands at Carries elbow, his
attention rather riveted on her face
tlan on the distant piece Of drive OIL
which Carrie anxiously longs for u
carliaSt to appear
Charlie is a handsome boy-he
Wouldn't forgive anyone excepting it
was Carrie for calling him boy. by
the Way-iust type OF the fresh
manly young Engltshman lie cXCels
in cricket, lawn tennis, Is No. in
his varsity boat, and can run and
lump any man his own weight; his
great passion Is athletics-and Carrie.
ro ne near Carrie he Is quito ready
itselt II You want to mako him per
tcCtly, serenely happy, simply allow
him TO be within sight and hearing OF
hat l.Ghthcarted young LADY and the
trick Is done.
How Lady Lejchford came 10 know
the secret perhaps Gralam Gordon
could tell; at any rate, here he Is by
Lady LetchIord's invitation. and not
MY Carrie, but the old lady herself,
is pleased to have him.
She says he reminds her of Heron,
though Heron was always inclined to
he dark and Charlie is as fair as a
millmaid with closC-croppc | hair, OF
thc texture of silk and the color of flax
tow" Carrie calls IT, She also
calls him Miss Caroline" and other
feminine names; indeed, she leases
and bcwilders and hewitches all lay
long,
The wisest, cutcst man that ever
lived could not tell, for certain,
whether she cared for him or not. but
Lady Lctchford says that the viii
puss has 4 sort of sneakng iondness"
Tor him and with that Charlie is more
than content
only let him he near her, to fetch
and carry for her, TO endure the most
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