The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-01-23
66e
Harridan-O rmsley.
Elopement
by Mary rVood
Copyright. i9W. by c. II. sntcliFc
Dy Mary e1o cd

seven daughters, red haired and under
sized. but that did not prevent her
from being power in her world. At
the young ladies' seminary she was the
acknowledged leader as well as the
most intimate friend of her twelve
classmates. each of whom had the
promise OF being bridesmaid at her
Wedding In this they We're president,
since Thorndyke Ormsicy had for some
time made her the object of his atten-
tons.
Thorndyke ormsley did not altogeth-
er meet with the approval OF the class.
They thought linn lacking In the dash
and daring requisite for suitable
match for their president
Katrina, however. viewed the matter
from Il different standpoint. Az she
eoniided to her youngest sister Pamela:
"'fhere Is something rcstful In Thorn
dykes couycntionality. l always know
just what to expect from him, and |
fancy that | can furnish more of the
element of the unexpected than is
found In most orthodox families"
She therefore SMILED upon her ad-
inlrer. ~ ielie"eu 'ii"t sue hau peeh
Fr"uua'eu p"e lew 'lioh'hs wien ne
ii'aoe UP MS iiinu Unit 10 hurry ner
WAS the only proper course of action.
'ie WAS 100 wen rceu'h'ea YOUNG
man 10 Pioi'ose To ha'rliia Mi'nou'
having first spoken to her father. This
WIS procedure ,lia' me hs'u'e inorsei
"i sF,lood iau ioreseea ana arranged
LOT.
AS ne ""iu 'ohipi"iueu 10 M
'fi'la' caiii'ot "huers'alu IL. -FOUR
ia'aef "aS h'"sqoe' nervous, quite uh-
IKE hii'iSe'i' All INA, l eouia Re. MN
TO say WAS .nat You We're loo Young
anu maj ne eh'ireiy Unsupported.
Hheh l urea 10 argue. fahleia came
m ana ne ihllillated That the inter
view was closed.
h'iitlila buried her iace Ill his Shoai-
ter. On aeaf' on. dear. she walled.
w nat sil'ti' we do
th"fhdShe attempted TO comfort her.
ana he found the process SO agreeable
int lie prolonged IL lof some moments
neiofc SAVING se"'iliSiS: 10 not De
discouraged, dear. VIII call on him
again lie must be made 10 see rea-
son. As hnppy Thought struck MN:
why don't You speak to Him your
sell! You girls nave always seemed to
GET Your way pretty thoroughly. lie
VIII say yes 10 YOU.
lie won I. hatrina voice. though
a a 4 +,
sillo'hcred, was decisive.
ny not:
lieca'lsc won t let nm. Without
giving her lover time to recover IRON
the shock she hurried on; Papa ha
loSt II great deal OF money these las
yours. ne mas really II nara time Il
set alohe' 50 'lat announcer wedding i
o.,t VI t''e pue9tloh' on dol Know
W'''t "'ao'l's COSTS we nave iliio
- ~ 'a' wv, W. H'te No,i'' i'e .h'
,''''' '''i' ,''',,''' 'o' 'ioS' '"'iN'
,",,a''' '"',i
-, 49,, 90,
~ ''''''', ''si'ah 'nE'A' "P,'
rooo 10 honso h,,, at, .n,,o
i,,t, mi, -. On.
I.,, 81 ar mn, I,o,.t,,, ia ho.,
ruo ,,1 sn,,,,, ,,anra.,t /, 1t,,.,,,,.,
cheeks And h,yn nc all ashamed 70
look Won In tl,n raceg Never, po,noI,
and / hnvn dori,Ied no,.o, IN ,,o,r,, ~,
less We clone
Thorndykc OrmsIey stlfrened "rbot
is impossible"
Katrina began to cry in earnest 81
always knew TINT Won were proper
but never thought YOU were so hor.
ribly proper that You cared more for
what people would say than Won did
for me" she sobbed.
Her lover could not resist her tenrs.
"Yol know that love You better than
anything else In the world" he said
tenderly. at Is not entirely ON my
own account that object. There il
Aunt Harriet. She would be utterly
scandalzed by nm elopement II II
right 10 distress her when she has done
everything for me and | am nil she
has
At this virtual cnpitulatlon Katrlna's
tears ceased To flow. .Thcu IF | get
Aunt IIarrlet's consent YOU Will be
willing TO elopef" she asked puileIcssly.
II would do ANYTHING TO marry Won -
he answered. with unusual reckless
ness
Katrina threw her arms around his
neck. Then IT IL aa rood os settled"
you don't know Aunt Harriet u
Orinslov admonjshod
yes do And. wIiat IL more |
wnper thnt If Won do rvnctIv ma | fell
Won She herself will suggest nm clone.
mcnl
SO the two put their heads together.
Most mon would have wished them
SELVES il Ormslcy's place. lie must
have been sensible of his privileges. for
he left the house more in love than
eyer and vowed to play Ills part In the
comedy Katrina refused to admit the
possibility Of tragedy,
Miss Harriet Ormsley lived In Il big
Old fashioned house called the Larches.
She had the only victoria In town, her
butler always stood behind her chair
at dinner, and her parlor maid wore
French caps Ia al respects her estab-