The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11

An exceedingly rich man when he in
herited the bankrupt estates of the
Melbournes, each year found waning
of his natural generosity, growth Of
rnaccustomed meanness, and diligence
in the quest Of fortune which the cir
her part, Evelyn was perfectly well
aware that he would give no parties at
I the hall this year, would not take her
to Trouville, nor visit the Mediter-
ranean in the winter. Each season
, found its own excuses for delay. The
godsend. when postponements of any
kind troubled the earl FOR good
excuse.
IT am glad you are going to do some
thing to the hail. she said evasively;
cat least there will be the painters So
may go to Dieppe, as Aunt Anne wishes.
It will be quite dissipation-unde the
circumstances. .-~ 49, ~,
He looked at her rather sharply.
So you went to London after all9'
he said. Il thought you meant to put
ssTo put it off! That would have
been familiar task I live to put
things off. There is no one in all
Derbyshire who has SO many excuses
to make as have
st]My dear Evelyn, you know per,
Of thing .~se
"Indeed, I know nothing, except that
you dislike it. This is the third year
that you promised to take me to Lon
don and have disappointed me. If there
is any reason that keeps us prisoners
wish me to know of itg I am your
daughter, and surely. father, you can
speak to me of this:
..My dear little Evelyn he said,
hiding his embarrassment as well as
might be, you are talking the greatest
go to London, you shall 60 tomorrow.
Take a house, a fiat, an hotel, anything
you ike-only don It ask me to 90 with
you. am past all that sort of thing.
A city stiles me; the fools I find in
1t maze and e angy L bayya hike ae them as
enough in my life not to mind very
much being alone again. ., T.. =: =.
This &quasi-appeal to her pity was his
invariable argument. He would have
been embarrassed had she accepted his
proposals; but he knew full well that
she would not accept them. And so he
made them with a generosity which cost
him nothing but a momentary tremor Of
doubt lest her answer should disappoint
him. s....
noh,', she said, rising from the
across the park am niaaim satiated d With With
gayetyand Aunt Anne is a very para.
gon of giddiness We went to bed every
| night at half past 9 and got up at 6;
and, Of course, Richmond is quite
Mayfair when. you learn to know it,"
The earl, rising .also,, would have
laughed it off, despite, the ridiculous
| nature of the effort.''
Poor old Anne is not as young
as she was,' he exclaimed lightly. Il
dare say you found her a little tire
some Well, ! suppose you y :4s,, come home
Yes said Evelyn, without turn
ing round, II came home when I was
He could not see the deep blush
upon her cheeks. nor would he have
understood i had h he do done > So 81 Indeed dee
of the truth went. A visit to Rich
mond had been the excuse which car
i ried her from Melbourne Hall. Three
dreary days she had spent in prim
| house overlooking the Thames. The
60 years did not forbid her still to
| look ont, like Sister Mary, for an
| heroic 9 Him upon her horizon. From
1 Richmond Evelyn had gone to the
1 Carlton theater; and now, for an in
stant, even here in her own home,
| the Eta Rpmney could return to de-
light in her adventure.
l What a sensation had attended her
disappearance from London9 Safely
guarded in her Jewel case upstairs were
cuttings from the newspapers of the
days Succeeding that mad fight. Be
sure that the great Charles lizard made
the most of his misfortune. He had
believed that Eta Romney left him at
the bidding of caprice and at the voice
of caprice would return to him again
| His shrewd mind instantly perceived
that the truth wonld best serve him on
this occasion; and tho he was not on
very good terms with truth, the quarrel
was soon patched up. To all the re
porters he told the full story of this
captivating romance.
ssThe girl came to me from no
where" he said frankly, and where
she has gone God knows. I gave her 6
hearing because she wrote me the clev
crest letter have read for many a long