The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17
rying her own flowers now, paused on
the threshold with an exclamation OF

delight.
ooh! how good, how sweet Of you
to let mo GOMEZ" she cried, and, please
would you think inc very rude If l
sat down on the rug and played with
your Orange pussey?
The tea over, the new friends talked
with ever-increasing cordlality Lady
Campstown soon knew all there was
to know OF the girls former modest
positio In life and her recent nfor-
nation by her father that she was ex-
pected to spend his large income as
she pleased
He asked me, poor dear, not to hold 4
back for anything in reason, but to
find out all that we ought to have,
and order 1t. And you'd better believe,
Lady Campstown, that an American
girl knows how to do that same 1t
seems he had n talk on our steamer,
just before we landed. with Il friend
both he and I trust In and shr 'ta'd
him 1t was his duy to live up TOT his
fortune. Hes known he haa ~. ....s
4 money for nearly n year past bu had
no idea how to begin spending 1t. And
SO we branchcd right out in Paris, and
got suite OF rooms that a royalty
had before US l went straight off to
the Only Adorable Worth, and bought
everything in the way OF gowns.
had masters in French and singing,
ana Wncn we drove IN the l1OiS, VI
went to the galleries and shops. and
everybody stared, / took to 1t as ma
turally as duck to water But must
say it was lonesome. I longed and
longcd for somebody to tell how felt
about it all in my Utmost heart :
Then my darling old daddy fell i'll.
and his life was in danger, and all
the grandeur fell fat as pancake.
didn't@care straw for my clothes, my
carriage, my fine maid, even my new
pearls-thc whirng wheel Of life stood
STILL STILL and heard only my heart
beats! / thought l was going to lose
the dearest, tendcrest father In the
world, and be left poor wretChed
orphan with nothing but things to
comfort me.
She had sprung up from the rug and
was by this time seated on the couch
beside Lady Campstown, and that
Iady's kind little hand had found It's
way into hers If the dowager felt,
at moments, little dizzy with the
speed at which this episode of new
acquaintance had progressed, she had
only to look across the room at the
portrait of a girl who would have
been thirty had she lived, but IN her
mothers eyes seemed forever Just
eighteen. LIaybe she would have beer
ungrateful, unloving, mondaine OF
devote; she might have married i'll, OF
died in bringing a child into the world
or any one of thousand everyday
happenings might have robbed the moth
er joy in her companionship. But, K
Lady Campstown. her lost daughte
was always young, prosperous, lovely
beyond reproach; and for her sake
Pamela Winstanley, with. all her i'm
PROJECTIONS of bringing-up upon he
golden head, was forgiven much
III What wonder that before they sepa
rated Posey had received assuranc
that Lady Campstown would look al
ter her in various substantial ways
and that Mr.. Winstanley's new motto
car, ordered from Paris being yet t
come, the girl should be invited I
take her first view of the RANT lltt
town from the cushions of Lady Camps
towns well-known old landau. wilt
~ quiet black horses and sober coacl
man? When they had thus agreed
go shopping together in the temptin
II narrow and sunless, rue dAntibe
and Posey, for the second time, h;
arisen to take her leave, her eyes Il
upon an imperial photograph, frame
in silver. Of a man she recognized wi
swift leap Of the heart
MY nephew Clandonad." said t
dowager, heaving little affectiona
sigh. Almost ali l have left left
love. He is dear fellow, and h
been much snned against. Just M
he is somewhere In the Balkans los
ing, as he calls is, with his friend.
de Mariol, but trust he will col
back soon, and that certain things
hope for him will become realities.
don't mind telling you, my dear, Il
there is young lady in the case, a
that shes}s5a6 countryWoman of yc
own. have met her, and love |
already for his sake, but there's be
mischief made, and 1t will take II
to straighten out the tange or
poor Clans heart affairs. and. wi
you and know each other better
will explain. In the meantime.
won't talk Of it. You'll be ready
1890 Tomorrow, when I. call for y,
I'll take you around to the Ri
tradespeople,s and afterwards We'll III
Z little turnBon the Croisette."
: An American girl" Posey s