New-York tribune., 1905-02-14
Glass-EYed Bill.
BY LLOYD osBoURNE.
IN TWO PARTsPARr II.

TS-PART II
"stin. IT'S very awkward" murmured the Captain
so you read Bilrs letters and got quite discour-
aged. she said smiling.
irrevoeable mistake said the Captain
Is that how you'd describe his marrying nsF
There was a pause.
ETanky-yes, said the Captain
here are people here who think the irreyocAoie
mistake mlght be the other way, she remarked
Then my lear young lady. he went on ortskly.
the people here have your true interests at heart
union rhf inTa 1sS San oe & no lTSs is ~ sSatj ~
II Is currently said that raises his wife % his
that hat, only too often he-eF-sinks 70 hers"
IN Iact he's been IN a panic lest he wouldn't GET
T he he Eli Of yesterday and the Bill OF to-day
TWO different men. said the Captain. He has now
q a great place 70 Ill he becomes the head OF one
England 1t would De too unutteEa0ly sad z hs
his rank"
His class and his rank never bothered very much
ABOUT hin out here. she said. They seemed quite
starved TO death for ali they cared, -
- know We lay ourselves open 20 that tuapUta-
sayitv "f .l G "a ee SaPsain n a tone OF dspressed
ePencli qs We held at Aode-ton Abbey circumstance
IT'S not BIZ they're thinking about she said
It's their noble and splendid selves
the affair, even if they would continued the Cap
tam Iranton,s disgrace is necessarily theirsl'
needn't she retorted. with heightened color. IL
have oth the Ge 20 eE 6eEs II s y aa a5n a can always
4nen there's the DOwager Lady TFanton.'' said
the captain Bills stepTnOther.''
She really Se9 men fsels 5iq "a 1,62 6ns srL Sa
Feasibility Of mistakes being made-ths Inevitable
It's Just what you said before. Captain she
f TXGiaiIned Tockngly- It's too unutterably sad
.; Il knew I am expressing myself very badly" hs
somebody better lifted for the task than / But t5s
cTie luxe ~ @ was SO Peremptory and Lady Trantoa
Yolgauon naturally turned the scale-and 50 here
Wh5combe T said would Si.FiOie mess OF H. Just As
- It was certainly long way come Just 70 talk
And then TO do il so badly" added the Captain
.1I can see It's any OF their business.' abe ex-
c.I.gy was charged to ofrer-inducements- said ths
..L9 ....ILn9ducements? What sort Of inducemsntsr'
=. % On am almost ashamed to say-er-of a none
Vel Vel: you ought to be-. she said How nauchr'.
The The point is where you to Leave or AR
Why didn't you say It soorer7'
WIS., Tns Tact ser-the dear Duke thought-er-
-I That you might pull 1t or withoutr.
..I dne captain hung his head
Oinder ~ than you are" she remarked crusIly
tA taA ANYBODY into doing anything said the Cap
Bis IS Of not t6I6 i6RI9gsh 3 foB %E.I P r. ss4 ne E
6!tI ~ M T9rth lots more than that-to me"
responsibility subject 10 c0ufrnstior b $500 80
Where's the thing for me TO sign? shs ssI.s
ne dreW out from his breast pocket a large In
porJanI looking document engrossed on sheapsIlfr7
~ cracked richly as he opened and spread IN fas
Win ms Dig hands u Beautifully glossy s-5
iI1e4en thought Magma Charta must have iooEed
IKE II when II was new She lay back in the har1-
mock look chocolate cream, and gave II he- His
danIul attention Btu was renOunced with a
wealth or legal detail that positively bewfIde--
ING, renounced from his head TO his heals re-
houhced awake or sleeping dining out or sitting
up with a sick friend; renOunced BODY and s.Oui
Jrls, past present or 70 come. She coui5nIt even
say good morning 70 Bill without vSo1stfns 1 80 80
whole pages Of il: she couldn't even sanH Sf-, =
postcard without mourning fourteen lines ot dire
ent kinds OF penalties, and the whole thing vas
lneXphcahly fntertwined with the Lord Chanceor'z
dlspleaSure and the High Court OF Chance-v +
reminded Helen in the prOfuseness OF its reprOba.
uon. or the curse OF the Jackdaw Of Rheims
GU are to sign at the places marked in nanril D.
Said the captain who had been watching he- cr1t
OF the corner Of his eye and who took IL for eoo5
sign that she had read II with such care and pa
Helen gazed at aim and then shook her head
- Wouidn c give Bill for all the money in
EnSiand. she exclaimed II wouldn't give Bfff m
II you threw In the Crown jewels, i wouldn't give
nm up II YOU added Westminster Abbey and TIE
Tower Of London and the Beefeaters and the pIsce
The Captain slowly took back Magma Chs-ta AMI
folded il W. ~
Il suppose there Is nothing more 10 be said he
on but sthere is" she retorted u1iscbiavouzlv
I think It's about time tell YOU that F3ilI s7I
were married yesterday '-(The Illustrated I.orfion
News.