Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-01-16

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young English lord to dinner. ] watch
ed everything he did and noticed ina
ne dropped his napkin in his chah
when be left the table. | have slhce
learned that 1t is quite customary over
there. We don't do it, you know ou'
really they would look nicer In Tue
chairs than a lot of linen wads stuch
about among the finger bowls ana
salad dishes. They would be less sus
gestive of the lavatory Of a croWueo
sleeping car early in the morning.
Kitty Cosby drew a full breath When
Mrs. Cranston paused.
"And on top of all that you say mes
good looking" she said, with a pretty
smile. We'll. I'll tell you. you'd pet
ter send me back to Richmond. MY
folks have certain vague matrimonial
plans for me. and | don't know whether
I'm safe here or not. | always did love
to kick over the traces"
"Oh, do be sensible, Kitty"
well, you certainly have got trouble
ahead" said the girl, more seriously.
Lydia would hate to cause discord Id
the family, l know, but nine girls ou'
of ten would fall dead in love with thai
sort of man under those circumstances
and they would want to stick to him
too"
"Oh, Kitty, how could we-how could
we possibly write back that our only
child was to marry a man like that!
What would the Parsons, the WOOD
burys, the Delmars, think? And Aunt
Halle, who at once gets the partlcu-
lars, and if the name were not down ID
Bishop Meade's "Old Families ana
Churches" she'd have a fit. 1t won
do, Kitty; it won't do. Something has
got to be done"
Eyes, but what?" said the girl. you
can count on me. I'll earn my board
while I'm here if | possibly can. How
does Governor Telfare like his rival?
Hes simply crazy, Kitty. He is
just at the age to want to do things
in a hurry too. Folks say he never
cared for his dead wife, and | suppose
this is really his first love affair. He
confded in me and said he simply
could not peal a refusal. Then, just
as l have explained to you, | told him
what we feared in regard TO Lyd1a's
sympathy called it that-for George
Buckley and advised him to handle
her cautiously. He turned as white as
a sheet, and his proud, thin lip curled
like an angry dogs.
"'Do you mean to tell me, Mrs.
Cranston,' he said, that L have a rival
in that man, the son of Georgia con
vict-I, the only living Telfare in the
line-I, who have been honored by my
state as the Telfares before me have
been honored? Am l to meet on equal
ground, under the roof of the most
aristocratic family of the Old Domin-
ion, a man of that rank?'
II was awfully frightened over his
manner but l simply held to the
ground that Lydia had a good heart
and was loyal to her unfortunate
friends, and that if he wanted to lose
her by being imprudent and rousing
her anger l should feel that l had
given him due warning. He cooled
down a little, and my talk didn't do the
cause a bit of harm, for ne simply
logged Lydia's footsteps all the rest
of his visit, and when he went back to
Atlanta he sent her fully $50 worth Of
roses. The major says l ought never
to have mentioned George Buckley's
name to him-that Governor Telfare is
a most dangerous man, with a violent
temper. He says he'd actually be
afraid to have the two men meet here,
but l wouldn't. Buckley is a brave
man, I've no doubt, but I'd venture
anything that he'd control himself I'm.
der any circumstances"
When the two ladies had gone back
to the house and parted in the big hal
Miss Cosby turned into the parlor
where our heroine sat at the piano
idly running her hands over the keys.
81 declare, you are a lucky girl, Lyd
ia" said Kitty.
ITO have you with me, dear, in thi:
quiet place." smiled Lydia, looking up
NO" The visitor bent over the
speaker. Guess again"
I'm not good at guessing. It's tire
some, like playing whist when one i
out of practice"
Lydia, every girl in our set simply
went wild when we heard about thu
marked attentions you were receiving
from Governor Telfare. You know
there are piles and piles of marriage
able girls in the south. and very, yer.
few young unyoked governors
{ That's quite true" said Lydia, wit
; a noncOmmittal smile.
| 1T would be nice, dear" went OF
| Kitty, 'to be the mistress of that man
) sion in Atlanta and preside at ever.
, function of state in the town. That.
; about the nearest approach we max