Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-24
CHAPTER XIX.

uS5uiiIt IS illbit CICCllui nut
1t is true SSd, the beloved young
vagabCnG. Is still in LANCER, but it is
not for the FIRST time; and nothing is
more remarkable than the ease in
which he fails into scrapes excepting
the facility with which he scrambles
ont of then. And he seemed so hope
ful so unusually serious, that May
cherishes the conviction that he has
really soWn his last handful of wild
oats, and if he gets out of this mess
will settle down.
And, for another thing, ii is almost
impossible for a girl to be sick and
sorry for long when she is in love,
and her lover is within gunshot
1t troubles her that she cannot
carry her worry TO her lovers sym
athi2ing ear; but she feels convinced
that Syi viii escape somehow, reach
a distant and of course fourishing
land and succeed in making himself
prosperous
So she says Poor Syd.7 fearful
ly at first. then again. Poor sgd"
more hopefully. and at last: Poor
Syd" With something like a smile, as
she remembers some Of the boyish
follies through which his good temper
and easy-eoing disposition invariably
-arrieI him
BY the time she has reached the
hoU~e she has pictured happy vision
Of the future when sgd shall come
home from the unknown land. pros
porous and famous and his father will
be proud TO claim the wild vagabond
whom he now refuses TO OWN.
The foOtm2n stares in an icily-politc
way as 81 enters the hall, and won
ders whit the dickens" She has been
Up on
Is my father i'm" she asks.
Yes, miss. is the reply. In the
library"
May glances at the clock; it wants
b-.t ten minutes TO the dinner-hour
dnctuality is regarded as the cardi-
nal virtue of Gresham House. and Mr.
Dalton waits for no ole.
With a far lighter step than she de-
scended. May dal,s up the stairs,
filings the mysterious cape on the bed.
and makes a hasty toilet.
A hasty. but by no means an inef.
fectiS one.
SoLAe girls require a great deal of
dressing-R Vavasour is one of
them; her toilet is work of art, her
maid an artisa OF the highest talent
Rose Vavasour, before she places her
self in the hands of the said artist,
and Rose Vavasour when she leaves
those hands, are two distinct persons.
But MAY, as Mrs. Turner once re-
marked. would look well-dressed in
1wo-penny cotton print; her fair
fresh complexion needs nett, or
powder nor paint.
Tonight she chooses the dress she
wore the night of the dinner at the
Void, the night Heron first held her
in his arms and whispered his love
VOWS in her ear. and she puts flower
in her hair, and the thought of how
soon he would be by her side adds a
blush 10 her cheeks. aud she is
diesel
The ~ ler gong bOoms through the
Hall as She enters the liningroom,
INT for once-in-a-way The master of the
house IS not seated at the head of the
liable scowlins at the late arrival
Where is papa?" she asks of Car
rie. who is kneeling at the fire, vainly
attempting to persuade . mug 10 stand
on his hind legs.
Il don't know. she answers. Il have
been running all over the house for
'cr-tor The last hour. Perhaps papa
aas gone oDj for walk. too" and she
,mts.
Don't be angry dear" says May
lying her hand on the sleek head. II
II only went for a run.
You weren't running when / saw
goa. You were creeping around the
mouse like-like an Indian ON the war
track, laughs Carrie Il wonder why
uapa doesn't Gomez"
I'm 90 All tell him dinner is
.eaily' SAYS May. and she goes 10 the
horary door and knocks
II is quite minute before any re
sFonso comes and then it is a quiet:
Wen" which does not sound very in
eiting
Dinner is ready, papa" she sar 5
Dinner? don't wait for me ]
lave d headache"
I I'M 50 sorry" says May. gently. 4
Can 7 sent you anything? May ]
-o1. come in"
No. he says. evidently from the
6epihs al bis chair. Il want TO be
nuie', that is all; go on with your din
ner.
May fingers a moment and then
gees back.
"A headache says Carrie. staring:
i never knew papa to have a head
acne in his life and it won't do him
any good TO sill zaoping there. Let
HE go. May
No, says MAY. holding her gently
Il do not think papa wants to be dis
iurbed. Let us wait little while"
They wait a quarter of an hour dur
ing which the butler and the footman
hover uneasily about the room and the
hall and the cook. no dou6t raves in
the kitchen.
Then they sit down al the long
table, one at each end and the soup
Is brought in.
How strange il seems" says Car
RE in an undertone Look at these
three great men TO wait upon two
girls, wish Sir Heron were here
So do l." murmurs May. with a