Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-22
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"He Is doing this thing secretly. He
is keeping It from his friends-from
the duke, from--from me, from all
Of us"
Then he Is half ashamed Of it," he
suggested.
Perhaps SO" she -"perhaps
so But If he has made up his mind
TO do it he will 90 through with 1t,
despite ali arguments and attempts
10 dissuade him. Yorke"-she used
his Christian name unconsciouSly--
"Yorke is one OF the sweetesttem.
pered men; you can lead him with
silken thread until he has resolved
TO do anything, then She turned
TO him and looked at him bnseechng
ly. "Can you help me--usI his
friends, ! mean, generally? He Is so
popular. so much liked! II would be
n shame and pity that such an ono
should be wrecked and ruined. In
such case a man should be saved IN
spite Of himself Can nothing be
done? / have sent for you because
you have always helped me- have
always been 50 kind She stopped
and turned her face away
Ralph Duncombe regarded her with
grave surprise.
u am very sorry" he said, slowly,
rs lawyer speaks TO client to
whom he has been listening patiently
But do not see how you can act In
this matter You might try persua
sion"
She shook her head. "Oh, you do
not know Lord Auchcster!" she said
Il can scarcely see what else you
can do. He Is Of age and his own
master. And the lady Is Of age |
presume. You could scarcely bring
pressure upon herr"
Lady Eleanor sunk her head again,
this time scornfally.
1T Is scarcely to be expected that
she would be induced to release him.
In these cases the girl Is generally q
low.bred schemer, or some simple
girl who believes that she and the
man she Is running are In love. Oh,
no, nothing can be done with her! Be
sides, know She was going to
say, ! know one who has tried and
failed" but stopped suddenly.
We'll, then" said Ralph Duncombc,
Il fear that | can suggest nothing
After ALL II Lord Auchester is re-
solved upon committing social sui
eide"
"oh, It is terrible" she exclaimed,
in low agitated voice; land !
thought you would be able 10 help
me-"
4 am very sorry for being 50 use
less" he put In
Il thought that perhaps those bills
you hold for me-that they would
give you such a power over HIM
and she colorcd and cast her eyes
down.
"fhere Is no longer arrest for debt,
Lady Eleanor" he said They say
there is no longer Imprisonment for
debt but that il not true They i'm
prison still, but they call it for con
tempt of court All 1t is a pity we
hIt not llNlHR III WV lhal N NENhF N1
could have sot an ambush for Lord
Auehester seized him bodily, and
cast him into dungeon below the
moat until he had come to his senses,
But there Is an absurd prejudice
against that kind of thing nowadays
She drew long breath, and taking
her silence as an acceptation Of tho
fact that he would be OF no use to
her, he reached for his hat and pre-.
pared TO go,
Il suppose It IL the usual thing, he
said, sympathetically some girl Of
the lower middle class has attracted
him, and she and her parents have
succeeded In obtaining n promise of
marriage from him Il Is not an
uncommon case
Lady Eleanor had sunk into her
chair again, and answered languidly,
for the excitement was beginning TO
toll upon her:
II do not know the details of the
affair. It is very probable The
girls name Is Leslie Lisle--"
What"
The exclamation burst from him
with the suddenness OF gun shot,
Lady Eleanor looked up; but he had
turned and stood at little distance
with his back TO the window, and
though ms pale MS usual, his face was
set and calm.
I-bog YOU pardon did not quite
catch the name" he said lie spoke
very slowly enuncating each word
distinctly, as II he were uncertain Of
his voice. u did not quite catch the
name"
Leslie Lisle,' said Lady Eleanor
"He met her at n place called Port
maris You remember that ] men
toned II TO YOU when you were here
some weeks ago"
"Yes--I--remember' he said, in
Just the same slow, mechanical voice
"a