The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-10-10

~. lou can put your IHlHSS together
and leave my service Immediately. No, |
will listen to no words. You go, and go
at once, within the hour"
The servant attempted to make a fur
Their protest; but Gerald's manner i'm
nediately suppressed this.
You will give me a character?' said
Stephens. II have served you well. l.
don't deserve to be turned off like this, at
o moments notice"
Il allow no one to be i~nsolent to me.
If you can find others who will put up
with your i"mpertinence you will be
lucky"
Its ruin to turn me away like this,
SIR" said Stephens, and there was a break
in his voice, but Sir Gerald made no
answer, and, seeing that his case was
hopeless, Stephens picked up his portman-
teau and passed out of the chambers.
Antonio went out early. She was too
restless to remain in the house. That
short interview with Lady Betty had left
her with a pleasant sensation. 1t was
the first time she had really felt that it
would be possible for her to have a grain
of sympathy for her uncle's wife.
Hubert had given her a full description
of Ben Coop, and as she saw a burly man,
wearing a sun-burned look, and having an
air of travel upon him, approach her I'M
cle's house, her instinct at once told her
that this man was Hubert's one friend.
She spoke to him almost before she was
aware of il.
You are Ben Coop" she said. you
have come to find me?"
Ben looked down into her beautiful
eyes, and his heart went out instantly to
this girl whose love for Hubert was writ
ten SO eloquently in every line of her ex-
p~ressive face.
"Ay, miss" he said, II am Ben Coop.
Mr.. Hubert sent me to you with this let
ter. | was just wondering whether to
you coming, and / knew the first time,
miss, that you were the one l wanted"
Come back with me to the park" she
said 1--WE can talk more freely under the
trees, and, oh! l have so much to say,
SO much to ask. 1t was good Of Hubert
to send you to me-"
HE would have come himself" said
Ben ''but you know what keeps him
back"
Ben was walking shyly beside Antonio.
1t seemed to him that Hubert's declara-
ton that she was more an angel than a
human being had actual truth in it.
Out in the park Antonio led him to her
~favorite tree, and there they sat and talk
ed, needless of time, and the happiness
of the girls heart was ~deepened and
made certain, now that she assured her
self that Hubert would not fight alone.
1T ought to be so easy" she said to
Ben, when they had discussed everything
land yet we must be prepared for difficult
ties. Gerald Tenby will not give up what
he holds without a great struggle"
mr.. Hubert will win, miss" Ben said,
stoutly 'but now I'm thinking 1 must
leave you. Mayhap the lad will be back
at the hotel waiting for me-"
AS he was crossing the road Lady
Betty's very smart carriage rolled swiftly
by. Antonio did not notice it but Lady
Betty leaned forward and looked keenly at
Antonio and at the girls strange compan-
ion.
To Lady Betty, of course, Ben had a
rough and common air. A frown con-
tractcd the pretty, babyish face.
SHAT must be Hubert Tenby's friend"
Betty Marchmont said to herself. "She
has met him already. He looks as il he
could fight. Gerald must see me. | shall
90 to his rooms this afternoon. He will
got my telegram early this morning,
and viii in all probability have left by
the first train he could catch that would
bring him to his chambers about FIVE. AT
on foot no one will recognize me, and he
will thank me when he sees me, for there
is not a moment to be lost"
But the best plans are apt to go awry
sometimes, and Lady Betty's plans receiv-
ed an unexpected check when she reached
her house, for her husband was waiting
for her return.
II have just had this telegram from
Marchmont, my DEAR" he said. HE is in
town, and is coming here this afternoon.
/ thought ] had better tell you, as he
will expect to see you."
Lazy Retty's face had a pinched look.
lord Marchmont does not come to see
me-" she said. "He comes because An
tonia is here. l cannot possibly be at
home
Then Edward Marchmont demonstrated
for the first time in his married life the
fact that he had a will of his own.
Whether my brother comes TO see his
daughter or not, l expect you to be here
70 receive him." he said. coldly. and with
that he went away.
Lady Betty stood and watched him 20.
4 strange kind of chill crept into her
veins. and yet she seemed to be in a fever.
She mounted the stairs slowly.
1t was a strange thing that her hus-
band should have chosen this moment out
Of all their married life to let her feel
that the freedom he had Flowed her was