Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-23

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Nv 4 at the steamer they did not
MAJ expect long separation. but
w Colonel Rawdon never recov-
cred his health. and for many
excellent reasons Tyrrel could not leave the
dying mai Nor did Ethel wish him TO
do 50. Under these circumstances began
the second beautiful phase Of Ethels WOO
ing. q sweet, daily correspondence. the best
OF all preparations for matrimonial oneness
and understanding Looking for Tyrrefs
letters, reading them, and answering them
passed many happy hours, for to both 1t
was an absolute necessity to assure each
other constantly,
''since / wrote thee yester eve
l DO love thee, Love. believe,
Twelve times dearer. twelve hours longer
one sun surer-this much mere
Than 7 loved thee. dear before.
And for the rest. she took up her old life
with fresh enthusiasm.
Among these interests none were more
urgent in their claims than Dora Stanhope;
and fortified by her grandmother's opinion,
Ethel went at once to call or her She found
Basil with his wife. and his efforts to make
Etnel see how much he expected from her
influence. and yet at the same .ime not even
hiut disapproval OF Dora. were almost pa
thetic. for he was SO void Of sophlstry that
hi9 innueudOes were fiagrantly open TO de-
toolion. Dora felt a contempt for them, and
lie had hardly loft the room ere she said:
Basil has gone TO his vestry In high spir-
its When / told him you were coming to
see me today he smiled like an angel He
believes you Will keep me out Of mischief,
and he feels a grand confidence IN some
tFns which he calls your influence.
what 10 you mean by miscmefT
"Oh. 1 suppose going about with Fred
Mostyn- I can't help that l must have
some ono to look after me. All the young
Men / used to know pass me now with
liftod hat or a word or two. The girls have
forgotten me. l don't suppose l shall De
asked 10 a single dance this winter"
1.-THE ladies in st. Jude's Church would
make O pet OF you IL"
The old cats and kittens! No. thank you,
I am not going to church except on sun
day morninEe-that Is respectable ana
right, but as 20 being the pet of st. Jude's
ladies'! No. mol How they would NEW over
my delinquencies. and what scratches l
should got from their velyet-shod claws. III
I have 20 DO talked about prefer the Ia
dies Of the world 10 discuss my frailties."
but II / were you 1 would give no one a
reason for saying word against me. Why
should your"
'sFred viii supply them with reasons. /
can't keep the man away from me don Z
believe want to-he Is very nice and use
ful"
you are talking nonsense things you
don't mean. Dora. You are not such a fool
ish woman as 20 like 20 he seen with Fred
Mostyu. that Iittle monocular snob. after
the artistocratic, handsome Basil Stanhope
The comparison Is a mOckery. Basil Is the
finest gentleman l ever saw. Socially he is
perfection. and
He ~ only clergyman"
Even as clergyman he Is OF religlously
royal descent. There are generations OF
cIergymen behind him. and ne is a prince in
the pulpit Every man that knows him gives
him the highest respect, every woman
thinks you the most fortunate Of wives No
one cares for Fred Mostyn. Even In his
native place he is held IN contempt. He had
mine hundred votes to young Rawdon' $
twelve thousand"
II don't mind that. I am going 10 the
matinee tomorrow with Fred. He wanted
TO take me out in his auto this afternoon,
but when ] said 1 would go IL you would
he drew back What is the reason? Did he
make you an offer OF his hand? DID you re-
fuse 1T"
He never made me an offer. count that
TO myself as a great compliment. II he had
done such thing he would certainly have
been refused
II can tell that he really hates you What
dirty trick did you serve him about Raw
don Court7"
so he called the release OF Squire Raw