The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10

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Jasper found Colonci ynners Iner
yesterday afternoon oh, ma,am. sucl
| goings on
"Pshaw.' said Mistress Kitty.
"Well. they're going to fight. any
how" cried the girl, land Sir Jaspe
tore of the coloners wig and beat hin
about the face with it. ma'am, and th,
colonel's been like a mailman eve
since, and he vows he will shoot hin
this morning"
lief
Let them shoot each other, said she
sinking back on her pillows ane
stirring her chocolate calmly. Il d.
not find the world any better for either
of them
But that is not all, ma'am, for pool
Sir Jasper, 10 sooner had he thrashet
the colonel. than he finds Mr.. Deni:
O'Hara behind the curtains
"Denis O'Hara"' exclaimed Mistress
Bellairs, sitting up in amaze you're
raving.'
mo, ma'am, for 1 have it from Mr.
O'Hara's own man. And did not be
and Sir Jasper fight it out then and
there, and was not Mr. O'Hara carried
home wounded by the watcil? -
Mercy on us!' exclaimed the lady.
"And that is not all, ma'am,' said
the maid
you frighten me, child"
"There is Captain Spicer, too, whom
you can't a-bear, and Lord Verney."
Lord Verney.' cried Mistress Kitty.
AYE, ma'am; he and Sir Jasper are
going to fight this morning. Sir Jas
per's going to fight them all; but Lord
Verney is to be the first, for Sir Jas
per found him kissing Lady Standish
yesterday at noon; the others We're
later on. So it's my lord comes first,
you see, ma'am.''
La, GIRL cried Mistress Bellairs
with scream, and upset her chocolate,
''going to fight this morning? TITS not
true!' Her pretty face turned as
white as chalk under it's lace frills.
YES, ma'am.' pursued the maid,
Cabling as hard as she could. Yes,
ma'am, first there's Lord Verney. Sir
Jasper, they say, behaved so oddly to
Captain Spicer. who brought the first
challenge, that Lord Verney sent an
other by chairman this morning.
And then Colonel Nilliers OF course, as
Mr.. Maho says chats Mr.. O'Hara's
man, maam), Sir Jasper is safe to
kill Lord Verney, and Colonel Villiers
is safe to kill Sir Jasper. But if the
colonel do not kill Sir Jasper. then Sir
Jasper will fight Captain Spicer. La,
ma'am, the chocolates all over the
bedv'
"Oh, get out of that, you silly
wench," cried Mistress Bellairs. Let
me rise! There is not a moment to
lose. And where is Sir Jasper sup
posed to fight my Lord Verney? Give
me my silk stockings, useless thing
that you areD l don't believe word
of your story. How dare you come and
tell me such pack of nonsense? But
where are they supposed to fight? OF
course you must have heard the hour|
She was pulling silk stockings over her
little arched foot and up her little
plump leg as fast as her trembling
hands would obey her.
Il do not know where, ma am" said
the maid demurely, but the colonel is
to meet Sir Jasper in Hammers fields
at noon, SO l suppose my Lord Verney
and he will be fighting about this time"
"Oh, hold your tongue" cried her
mistress; you're enough to drive one
mad with your quacking!'
Not a dab of rouge did the widow
find time to spread upon pale cheeks,
not a dust of powder upon a black
curl. The pretty morning hood was
Co.
that which it usually shaded, but who
shall say that Kitty, the woman, run
ming breathless through the empty
streets, with the early breeze playing
with her loose hair, was not as fair in
her complete self abandonment as the
fashionable lady, powdered, painted,
patched and laced, known under the
name of Mistress Bellairs? Her small
feet hammered impatiently along; her
skirts fluttered as she went. She would
not wait for coach; chair would
have sent her crazy.
At the turning of the crescent another
f1uttering womanS figure, also hooded,
also cloaked, also advancing with the
haste that despises appearances, passed
her with a patter and a flash. They
SIoSScu, tueH, IloNCu ny Tic SdlhC ILL
pulse, halted with dawning recognition.
Mistress Bellairs.'' cried Lady
Standish's fiutelike voice.
"Julia Standishr' screamed Mistress
Bellairs. They turned and caught at
each other with clinging hands.
''Oh, heavens" said Mistress Bellairs,
sis what hear true? Is that devil Sir
Jasper going TO fight Lord Verney this
morning? Why, Verney's but a child.
'Tis rank murder. You wicked woman,
see what you have done"'
"Ah, Mistress Bellairs,' cried Julia,
and pressed her side, my heart is
broken
But what has happened, woman?
What has happened?" cried Kitty, and
shook the plaintive Julia with a fierce
hand.