The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
Copyright, 1906. by Constance Burton
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] CHAPTER ~.


- The, = measure Of. M. winstanley's
] ned this occasion since, almost i'm
medistely; the colloquy with his Idaughl
ned Gy to ah arr; Tatl was des-
sld IN, person, " no came Up to ask IL
As Ia; Winstanley were ready for their
since the,nrst evening Of their meet
in6. ne had fallen into the habit of
seeking her out In a hall shy. wholly
unsemo uonal man ner, and of spending
han hour or 30 In her company lis
senins e rh as merry chatter and ms
out OF theF heavy lassitude thatT1,ad Il
Possessed shis$soul for so manysTReary
i nno rs. returning animation. the
F Fee Dsauty ", his
thought OF his title merely as d pieay-S
M toy,.who had as yet acquired mono
oI.the prevalent orship OF her average
among the hereditary nobility OF the
H lands they affect to >slrpassY IN Achieve
nene liked to be with him because Of
three things-vtx., the great strength
h hnant peauty y,o ct his body his gift
sneech that rang upon her ear like
chime Of perfect bells. She also en-
5ossd nl I. way q brushing his hair
caring In the least w hat any body on
board thought Of him or said or him.
\ AT least. that is what, had she I, pos
M sessed ~, o. :. conhdante Of her own sex,
Y concerning her indifferent admlrer.
.3f he had come to her as "a man who
at thirty considers himself. TO have
done Nth life and consents totake
He had never met q girl 80 ignorant
81 Of the world, so inexhaustibly ~ Is inter-
ested In things and people, so fresh
daring yet 80 sure Of herself that no
man might take q liberty with her IN
speech or action: and, above all, so
So dclicioualy pretty! The NO man,
whom he had ruined his life BY mar
rying, 1ye ears before, had been ac-l
counted a. beauty and was q gentle
# As he had seen Ruby Darten last lin
the divorce court, she seemed mere:
made-up creature who would q go to,
thins. J Of srtifice and stimulan ila;
base passions and shallow emo tionality,
u already e has been, Though barely his
own {! = hat. time q her exist
& pulses thrill with her loveliness7 Gould
no have ever con sidered Ie uby he peer
s In looks Of this stray mai den come upon
never seen again He hated to- think
he had believed himself Ruby,s lover
during the time before he had found
Sc her out He had loathcd the days before
sake he had keptaon terms with her
4 outwardly..5 After his child died, and
s. he had taken his opportunity4ito be a
following that voyage OF his wife to
VI gouth%Africa he had never thong OF
@s heryaa beautiful. 5s4 s8
h adrnirAho excited y in. him, the young
American had not yet stirred the deeper
fountains OF Clandonald's feeling. Ma
r1ol. observing the progress OF affairs.
quietly he really con.
sFf6 q species Of mild euro. like a Visit to
.a4 a German health-place who're one eats
Aa brown bread and baked apples, and
goes TO bed at ten o'e 'ock. II 1t had
been Miss 2Carstairs, now, upon whom
these desultory attentions OF his lord
II ship had been bestowed. Mariol, hav.
Ing aseertained this lady TO be- tho
daughter of the world famous flnancier
would havo been much more actively
concerned in forecasting for her a place
among tho white pcacocks at Beau.
MANOR. SIX, s39s
It was about Benumanior@ that Clan
donald now found himself obliged t
talk with Miss Winstanley. With tn,
nghtntng-like rapidly OF growth ii
steamer intimacles. they had all com,
to discourse OF one tunothor's domicilc
and surroundings, and Mariol who's,
aestheticism rejoiced In his friends no
BILE old forsaken home. had shown tn,
fS girl o photograph Of It,. Poscy. lik
every southerner had an insttnctiv'
love and reverence for the$historic clio
ment in English country homes, an,
+ the ancient moated dwelling In who's
grounds monarchs had taken thcl
pleasure appealed keenly to her other
wise concrete and contemporaneou
view OF things. To see x it was lik
stepping out Of a MODERN railway sta
ton into an old-world garden OF rip
delights. And to be actually walking
up and down decks with the owner, al
belt he looked like other men and ha
Ills hands thrust In the pockets of a
indifferently shabby ulster, was q hlli
her Imagination had not previously
I'M known.
a little teased, a littloy nattered b
her queries on the subject. Clandon
aid yet felt assured that her intercs