The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-20
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

anu all he says straight In the race. Il
You may talk of him all day, and find
You might not listen to. / should
have brought. him with us, but he's
away now taking a bit of holiday.
m sure he needs it,
"Where is he taking his holidays
"Why, he went with cousin to show
they got thru London sights very quick.
and thought they might as we'll put
Paris in. / wish they hadn't / don IT
trust foreigners and foreign ways, and
they don t have the same kind of money
as ours; but Nicholas says [ needn't
worry; he is sure that our John Thomas
if change is to make, will make it to
suit himself. -
How. soon will he be home?'
81 might say today or any other
early day He's been idling for
month now, and his father says .thee
very looms are calling out for him.
I'll bring him to see you just as soon
and he'll be fain to come. No one APP
preciates a pretty girl more than John
Thomas does. -
So the days passed sweetly and swift
ly onward, and there was no trouble in
them. Such business as was to be done
went on behind the closed doors Of the
squire s office, and with no one present
but himself, Judge Rawdon, and the
attorneys attached to the Rawdon and
= Mostyn estates. And as there were no
acknowledgements and no possible reason
for disputing, a settlement was quickly
arrived at. Then, as Mostyn1s return
was uncertain, an attorney s messenger,
properly accredited, was sent to Ameri
ca to procure his signatures. Allowing
for unforeseen delays, the perfected
papers of release might certainly be
on hand by July Is, and it was pro
posed on Aug. l to give dinner and
dance in return for the numerous cour-
tesies the American Rawdons had re-
ceived. rs =
AS this date approached Ruth land
Ethel began to think Of a visit to Lon,
don. They wanted new gowns and
many other pretty things, and why not
90 to London for themg The Journey
was but a few hours, and two OF three
days shopping in Regent street and Pic C,
cadilly would be delightful. owe will
make out list Of all we need this af-
ternoon,' said Ruth, "and we might as
well go to morrow morning as later,
and at that moment a servant entered
with the mail. Ethel lifted her letter
with an exclamation. st is from Do
Of annoyance in it. "Dora IS in Lon
don, at the Savoy. She wants to see
me very much. PISS, ,sy.ss -
81 am SO sorry We have been t,11.. SO
happy , s, !. ..s.
much. Ruth. :.ssss .*aEs
NMy dears,, said Judge RaWdon,
81 have a letter from Fred. Mostyn.
He is coming home. He will be in
London in day or two. 80
5ttWhy is he coming here, fathers
HHe says he has a proposal to make
about the manor. wish he were not
coming No one wants his proposal. :,
Then the breakfast table, which had
been so gay, became silent and de-
pressed, and presently the judge went
away without exhibiting further inter
est in the London journey.
81 do wish Dora would let us
alone,'' said Ruth. "She always brings
disappointment or worry Of some kind.
! And / wonder what is the meaning Of
| this unexpected London visit.
thought she was in Holland.
"She said in her last letter that
London would be impossible before Au-
"Is it an appointment a coinci-
dence9''
And Ethel, lifting her shoulders sar.
castically, as if in hostile surrender tC
the inevitable, answered:
.- cit is a fatality!
CHAPTER VIII.