Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-15

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"You will not find her. She does
not intend that You should With all
her beauty, and grace, and sweetness,
she, even she-eyen Ieslie-being n
woman, is too worldly TO marry Yorke
Auchester, now he is a duke no
longer
"I'll soon prove you wrong!" he
said.
And II you do not? If you prove
that | am right" asked the duke,
looking at him steadily,
Yorke stopped at the door and
looked over his shoulder.
Then hen"--he stopped and
swore--"then you may do what you
like with me, Marry me TO whom
you please, when you please-send
me to the devil!'
He strobe through the marble hall
and called a cab He ran up the steps
of the Dorchester, and confronted the
patient Stephens.
There's n telegram for nae now,
Stephons-bearing 'forke,' you
know"
mo, sir, nothing for you" was the
freply.
He turned at once, and going
straight TO the telegraph office In
Regent Street, sent the following
telegram to Mrs Merrick
'1f Miss Lisle Is not at Portmaris.
send her address TO Yorke,' Regent
street POstOmce. Reply paid At
once
"I1 wait, he said.
ut may be an hour, sir" said The
young lady clerk,
'l1l wait If It's ten hours" he said.
He waited for an hour and half,
ana they handed him this,
mir. and Miss Lisle have gone and
left no address"
He walked from the postoiilce to
Grosvenor Square with the telegram
crushed in his hand, and went through
10 the dukes room The duke was
stil lying on the couch, but he did not
| art his head as Yorlte entered,
"Wcll?" he said. But ! need not
ask you--are convnced?"
Yorke nattened out the telegram,
and dropped It into the dukes hand.
No address, Here In London, and
do not know where to look for her, =
! he said, hoarsely, Convinced No.
no,
Then his voice broke, and he sunk
into the chair by the duke and drop,
ped his head upon his arms.
The duke sighed
INV poor Yorke, OH woman, wo-
man God sent You az Il blessing, and
YOU have proved a CURSE
CHAPTER XVIII.
Lady Eleanor reached Palace Car
dcns. and went straight to her boudoi!
and flung herself on n couch. To
women Of her class came very few ad'
ventures such as that which hap
pcned TO her this morning. From
their cradles, through their girlhood
and, indeed, all through their lives
they arc SO hedged in and protected
from the world, outside the refined
and exclusive circle In which they
move, that there Is little chance OF
their coming In contact with Other
than their own set
She had seen Finetta on the stage
~ the Dadom. had heard of her
read Of her. new that lorke Auchcs
ter's name was In some way connected
with her, hut she had never dreamed
that Il meeting with her would b.
even possible, much less probable,
And now she had not only met her
but talked and listened to her.
The fact that she had done 80 file,
her With shame and confusion VIVA
would her friends ana relatives think
Ii they knew? What would Godol
'phln, tho duke, say, II he were tol,
that she had not only engaged In con
versation with this Finetta, but act
uallN entered into kind of compac
and conspiracy with her?
But she soon dismissed this par
Of the case and allowed herself 4
think only of the information tina
Fiuet,a had given her,
Norke going to he married
: She would almost as soon hay
heard that he was going TO die, In
decd death would not more CON
/ pletely remove him from her woul
not SGT mp more iusurmountahl
barrier between them, than marriage
for IL he were To die she could stil
think and dream Of him as hers
whereas, II he married. he would be
/ long in this world and the next to NJ
! other woman
And such 4 woman Finetta ha
| spoken uf this Leslie llslc as II sh
were an uncultured half.educate
| country girl
Lady Eleanor could imagine wha
she was like, some simperlng. rount
| faced girl, Just step above a II
: horers daughter. One of those Girl
! who hlushed with gaucherie an
. fright when they were spoken to, VIII
3 spoke in strong provincial dialect