The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28

Synopsis OF instruments to 1v.-Bob
Deverill, the nephew and heir OF wealthy
baronet, Is staying at boarding house
in Southport, when he meets three sisters,
with the youngest OF whom, Maggie, he
falls deeply In love. with tho expressed
disapproval OF friend, who considers tho
girls to be rather suspicious characters, In
which view he is confirmed by fellow
boarder. who afllrrns that no knows Maggie
TO be hcartless Jilt and frt, II not worse. d
Regardless OF remonstrances Deveril calls &
upon Maggies people on his return to
London, and Is heartily welcomed. Mono
OF tho girls are to be seen, but tho Major
and Mrs. Brown help Devcrlll and other
young men who have dropped in,f to
pass d very pleasant evening. After play
Ing roulette for some time. and losing
considerably, the guests leave rather hur.
riedly, one OF them asserting that no saw
the Major cheat at the game. In spite OF
very serious doubts OF the Majors reapecta-
bility. Deverlll, on meeting Maggie the fol-
lowing day. proposes to marry her, but
is refused. He is certain that she is all
that is good and innocent. and determines
to know OF her fathers method of life with
this object In view, Deverlll pays another
visit to tho Majors flat where he loses n
considerable sum, out OF which he has little
doubt that he has been cheated. The day
following no meets Maggie out shopping.
and persuades her to co,nd with him to
theatre and later, to dinner to tho Savoy,
where they are surprised hy the Major.
whose emotion on learning that Dcverili
has asked Maggie to marry him Ia intense.
Maggie, however. again regulates the en- {
Eagement which is considered to DO n part
order ia Snse peope
presently goes with his nephew to their
flat, where much to the .latters surprise
Maggie is found apparently enjoying her
Immensely III i.
CHAPTER v.
That was. the most horrible part Of
all this horrible discovery. that Maggie.
straightforward, smiling Maggie. whose
Innocence and honesty had delighted him
30 much, In whose word he had had such
perfect faith, was looking happy, brill
liant as he had never before seen her.
Never before had he seen mother and
daughter together and now that he vi
SO, now that he saw them. 4noreover,
dressed In very much the same style, he
was more than ever struck by the re-
semblance between them.
Mrs. Carey-Brown was fair. It was
true. while her daughter was dark. But
then, as the mothers eyes were brown.
1T occurred to him for the first time to
wonder whether the fairness Of hcr hair
and complexion was the result of ma
ture or OF art f5
The elder lady looked surprisingly
young even younger, perhaps. in tho
presence OF her daughter, than she had
done on his previous visits; She was
dressed In a tea gown of the palest blue
SILK, .of that shade which does 50 much
for the faded blonde, and she wore dia-
monds, real or false, at her throat and
breast.
Maggie, In tea. gown Of similar
make, but of pale rose colored SILK, was
looking so surprisingly handsome that a
olN,, yEc1,n
heart at the thought that this magnifi-
cence had been prepared for other men,,
and not for himself.
He looked at her with eyes in which
his own passion shone with unmistak-
able lustre; he followed every move.
ment Of her: head. Of her hands, keep
| ing in the background whenHhe had In
troduced his uncle to the Major and his
wife, and noting With q feyerish unrest
that Maggie did not even shake hands
with himself, but, after 9herfmother had
|.introduced her to Sir Wilfred, Remained
in conversation with him, with only a
| bow and a little nervous conventional
| smile to his nephew ss.
Nervous? Yes 1t was that. There was
a conyulsiye twitching about her mouth,
| and she withdrew her eyes quickly from
his face; but for that he might have fan.
| fcied she held him to be only on the leVel
| of an ordinary visitor.
"a It was some minutes before DeVerlll,
| to yhen. the Major turned, while tho
ladies devoted themselves to Sir VIII.
| fred had self-possession enough to take
note Of the other occupants Of the room
When he did so, he saw with surprise
| THAT one OF them was that very Lord
William Coulsdon who had been so an
pry at the notion that no had been
cheated at roulette. The other two men
we're Granger who seemed to be utter
l5Iy.nbsorbed In watching Maggie ana q
| third whom he had not seen before. .
Major Brown was eviden.ly. DeSeti.
| thought. still under the influence OF q
| severe lecture from his wife. He had
risen in tho utmost delight and astonish-
mont when Sir Wilfred and his nephew
were announced, had welcomed them
|both most effusively; but when he and
| 5DcyerIl talked, he was subdued beyond
his wont, and kept the conversation to
1.-The lightest of light topics, with one un-
| easy eye on his wife and daughter Al ''o
| tho baronet all the time.
Deverill felt quite sorry for him. ne
so evidently talked without knowing or
caring what he was saying.sor what was
| said to him in answer. Not q word
| about Maggie; not a word about oir
| WIRED. Nothing but fragmentary and
I5unntellgent comment on the theatres,
| the weather, and the like. Evidently ne
| wanted an opportunity u e"ciih'ib t'tS
| remarks with his wife, and OF ascertain
ling what her views were upon the sur sur.
| prising visit
At last, he could contain himself no
Longer. and breaking away from Deyer-
| ILL., with an uneasy glance ut the other
young mon, he joined the group that en-
| chained all his thoughts.
Lord William sauntered at once up to
Devcrll, and said. In low voice:
II say, It's worth While being rather
doubtful OF ones company to meet such
a lovely woman as Miss Brown. isn't
it2"S
| ~ don't know about doubtful corp
5pany," said Deverill sharply. III you
think so, why do you come here?'
."Oh, we'll. TO tell you the truth, came
here tonight with tho .exi,rnss object OF
hopping an eye ON our fricll the major.
to see If | could bowl him out oyer rou-
|lette. But when / found his charming
daughter here. ! forgot everything Csc
by Jove / did! And, lopa Asllo was
wrong, for her sake.
"Of course he was wrong" said DeY-
| or,I, ,,o .tjl,, 1yVho Ia no fellow ~ tsr