Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-15

ADY Campion took up the letter that she had
dropped into her lap, and with sigh and
a frown read it again
l ~ Dear Mother-Iou never quite APP
proved Of my half-engagement to poor little
IlhEMk / Madge and am when the first shock
k111&ayy9l Of my behaving like sucn a sweep is over
you will not be altogether sorry hear
have met and am engaged in forma to-he in
the world for me. l going to down home to
Madge, sometime this week, for Of
how things were going knew couldn't marry her. but
last night (wait you Auro a in a black evening
gown you beautifully I lost my head utterly
Win you tell Madge? know it's a hard thing you
do but dear mother am in such a state Of st baf-in-
creduous exultaton that m afraid make some awful
blunder can't help thinking, however. she will
much for she must have found by this time what
a hopeessly unnteectual chap Dear little thing
hope she won't take 1t nard, for happy that
want every else to be the same, Perhaps in time
she will have pity upon Tempest in Teapot
Now, Mumsey dear you'l be lamb and smooth
matters for your outrageous boy won't you? Aurora has
your picture in watch, and she loves you
already Humpy will furious, and give me one
Of his horrid cold wiggings suppose but that is detail
Best love for from your affeotionate, Paul"
Lady Campons handsome face full of trouble as
she read Paul had always been her torment, well
delight but this the first time in her life she
had felt herself 70 be ashamed for him Until tonight her
had than her of Justice
but she laid down his letter she felt with a pang,
that this time she could not stand between him and his
brothers wrath.
Humphrey will be furious" thought rising
rily and walking about the room in her distress, and
Humphrey will be right
Paul was right one thing She mad never been sat
ished with his engagement to Madge Pafrey. Madge
her to be charming and suficing companion
10 herself but Paul was wrong TO have let himself fan
with dependent
Now however, as she reflected situation. NOV
ing resessly the long filled ROOM the fact
the young girls poverty and dependence seemed to
make Paus cruelty the more heincus! She remembered
the morning when she had founi her dreaming
fire. little creature had cou-ageousy done Paus
bidding and broken the news l.. his mother.
good enough for him." Madge had said, though
Of you do not think because l love him so
much"
her"
As Lady Campon put the question to herself the door
opened. and eldest ill.,
Look here, mother" he began, with the lack of all
soothing premnaries which always rather annoyed her,
do you know anything OF Fau devotion to MISS An
struther?'
Sir Humphrey sank down a low chair by the fire.
and with a blow from the poker shattered a smoderng
log red light splashng upon her reluctant face
l never heard of Miss Anstruther in life" she
returned promptly and wish you'd be little more
careful Of rug. Look at that suark"
Sir Humphrey frowned but trod on the spark of fire
IN question before he went
rye letter here from Clara Gust in which she says
that unless she happened to know that Paul
gagged TO Madge she would expect announcement in
connection with this Miss Aurora Ansruther That can
mean only thing Do know anything about it?"
Lady Campon came of family in which lying I'm
so-caed matters regarded lenienty, and Hum
phreys truthfulness which demanded much as
it gave, quality that always annoyed her If a
lie had been possible just then without certainty Of
detection she would have told it, As it was
not possible, suddenly lost her temper.
He writes that ne is engaged TO an Aurora
Somebody suppose be this Miss Anstruther' -
she returned GROSSLY. Don't be any more dsagreeabe
about it than is necessary.
Sir Humphrey turned TO her. Give me the letter"
he said slowly when he had read handed II back
Paul is a beast" he said in quiet voice, much
belied by the swollen veins about mis- temples Have
you told Madge?'
The letter came an hour ago and she is out"
And you yourself, mother, what do you say?"
II? My Humphrey, know that Paul and l
are made the paste. am sorry for Madge but
confess l don't having fallen r love with this Miss
Anstruther, do anything besides break his-sily
half promise to Madge! Love knows no law"
She spoke with airy carelessness which she was
far from feeling but he always got her nerves this
big black proved with his painfully plain language.
Honor knows a law, however I've wired Paul to
come wanted explana''on-Clara's letter was
TO come down! How unklnd of you. Humphrey
Think painful for him TO be in the same house with
II hope it may be-" he returned. grimly. L mean
him tell her himself He can lie decent in that one
And you will pride yourself on having arranged a
miserable halfhour for both Of them! really can
Then I'll tell you. mother He must tell her himself
because II had been Of the Mowbray girls. or
Katy wiscombe instance the possibility OF shifting
the unpleasant burden Of doing TO eses
shoulders never would have occur-sd-even to him."
Lady Camplon shuddered. Thank heaven it isn't one
OF Mowbray girls Katy We can be thankful for
that much at least!'
Sir Humphreys grim mouth relaxed into one of the
sudden unwilling smiles characteristic OF him in his
relations with his mother.
Yes-I suppose you grateful to him for breaking
a
Nonsensei Breaking the heart indeed Because
you choose your life be ruined by a woman, you
must not think that all hearts brittle yours
Lady Campon a brave woman; almost brave
as her big himself Not many people would have
him what she uttered so gliby she walked
up and down the He did her for a
moment. then said. without needing her speech:
wired him an hour ago, so DC will come down by
the o10. If he at his club"
OF your powerG
Il He is in debt again. All There's Madge's
voice Poor child -"
busy ostensbly with the poker, when the girl
did look around while she aloud
she had made OF books 10 be sent from the
library.
Then he and went to his study II painful
her all unconscious the blow about
on her that he could Sh, mad him with
his mother years the death OF her father
a distant cousin Of Lady Campon and watching
grow from what almost childhood into auhood
he become fond OF her. She clever Il
him her books read and then discussing
them with ner TO mark their ianuence her young
When Paul had come home from Japan and fallen
suddenly n with the girl H-ilphrey been
pleased hut her influence IN handsome. idle Young