Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
By Charles darvlco

Is brought in.
How strange 1t seems" says Car
RTE. In an undertone. Look at these
three great men to wait upon two
girls, | wish Sir Heron were here!'
80 do J." murmurs May, with a
sigh; If 1t were only to carve this
duck. What agony its mother must
have suffered at parting from 1t after
living with 1t for so many years."
Carrie laughs, as she always does,
at all Mays wittlcisms, and the din
ner proceeds.
SO far as the diners are concerned,
1t Is an elaborate farce; the veal and
ham pie, boar's head and tarts are too
recent an experience to permit OF
their having any appetite, but the
farce Is played out at last, even to the
bottle of port which the waiter places
solemnly before May.
Papa must be H." she says, ris-
Ing and going to the fire thoughtfully
Il Will take him a cup OF tea"
when you get 1t" says Carrie,
comically Everything Is done to or
der now, May. You won't get cup
Of tea made before the proper time to
save your life"
We'll see" says May, smiling, and
she rings the bell and requests that
tea may be brought at once"
The butler stares, but the tea Is
brought and May, cup in hand, goes
to the library door.
She comes back In u minute with
the cup still In her hand, and her face
troubled
Papa will not have any tea, and
does not like to be disturbed. We had
better go into the drawing-room," she
says. and they go into the gorgeous
room.
Carrie throws herself down on the
hearth rug, and leans her head against
Mays knee as she sits In low chair,
and for minute or two there Is ST.
lence-only for minute or two, for
silence and Carrie do not agree.
"How soon do you think he will be
here?" she asks, leaning back to look
at the clock, a mosaic monster In
marble and ormolu.
81 don't know. Yop seem very
anxious for his arrival"
81 do" says Carrie, candidly. "Pd
have him hero every minute OF the
lay IL could-and who could won
der? There never was n much dearer
fellow In the wurld-fellow!- fancy
calling the great Sir Heron fellow
ought not to do II, ought !, May? You
are not angry are you?"
Angry? MOI" says May, laughing
softly. You can call him what you
like, dear"
so that | call him by his name"
says Carrie, shrewdly. "And |
couldn't call him by any other. for he
Ia the dearest fellow In the world!
How Kind he was today! Think of his
taking me, Many another man would
have left me to NOPE a. home. and
treated me like n child. May, UNI
derstand now why people set such
store by gontlmen--real gentlemen,
mean, not your male-beiievc men.
vcnecred with politeness outside, hut
plain deal within! know now what
a real gentleman Is and people think
they are proud! Why, did you hear
how he spoke to the men and the land
lord and the landlady? Just as IL
he'd known and liked them all his
llfe That Is why common mem
soldiers, and that sort of paoplc--fol-
low men like Sir Heron into battle,
and are ready to die for thcn,, May
I'd so through fire and water for MIN"
4 told him today that If anything
happened TO me, he would easily sur
ply my loss, Carrie"
Carrie laughs and shakes her hea l.
May, II Is my opinion that he is n
great deal too good for you"
And that YOU don't care half enough
for him"
mo-" softly
mo- Why, he loves the ground
You walk upon. saw him looking at
YOU MS YOU won't out OF the room to-
day, anj--oh. May. what wonderful
thing love is"
May is silent, but her face colors
and he" eyes grow dreamy,
"Anu, May. what a proud lady you
will be, Why, | thought the queen
hadn't moro land and places than he
seems to- have, and he talks about
them all MS II they wcre nothing.
Now, see what fuss we make about
our trumpry place, We can't have
gold and marble enough about It. how
different II Is at the Void May. you
will be Lady Ietchford of the Void;
and shalt be Lady Letchford's sis.
tor"
Counting chickens before they are
Matched, Carrie, Is Improbable cal.
culation."
YES. | know. but these chickens
are sure 70 be hatched, and grow into
! ilnc pullct--isn't 1t pullets? They
must have had dinner by this time; Sir
Heron will want to smoke cigar with
Mr.. Vavasour and then-there is the
bell
mo that's the library" saws Nav.