Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-20

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the Embankment. across the bridge
towards Richmond. long for IA
breath of the country" Thir time he
made no effort to resist her appeal
| As they drove, Jim learned from
Diana the news about Sir Charles.
His Ill health had greatly Increased
and a London specls lists opinion had
been far from sanguine. He gathered
that Diana felt it was the beginning
of the end; as she spoke, Jim could
read the anguish of her thoughts
Once she turned to him and said:
ri have so few to love-"
Soon they found themselves talking
merrily over gay, "reminiscences Of
their childhood days. The hours
! slipped by, and 1t was only the deep.
ening of the shadows that reminded
Diana that she was entertaining the
Prime Minister that night at large
dinner-party. The return home was
quickly made.
Wont you dine. with us, Um7~ Di-
ana asked as taey reached Pont
Street. 1--WE can easily lay an extra
cover"
But Jim, feeling that It would be
better not to see Henry that night
i pleaded an engagement at his club
He left Diana with 4 promise to see
her SOON,
That night he forgot her unusual
beauty; he remembered only the fra.
GRANGE OF her personality. During the
following week he obtained leave OF
absence, and with Singleton planned
Ito go abroad. Why he did this he
could not quite explain He saw Diana
and Henry only once before leaving
for his holiday That was in June.
/. CHAPTER VII.
Upon the expiration Of his sick
y leave Jim returned to his regimen
stationed at Borden, few miles from
EDinning fold, He found the situation
4 but little CHANGED at the Towers
4 Henry's uncertain moods made Jim's
visits a doubtful pleasure, but since
his first day at Pont Street there had
been no decided outbreak on his
cousins part.
4 The autumn brought with it, the
lcalamitous war in South Africa, and
all thoughts we're concentrated on pre-
|paring the Yeomanry of the country
to be ready to join the Regulars in
the field Jim's services were readily
enlisted by Henry, and in the organiza
ton Of the country's Yeomanry he be
came an active force. His work Otter
Required him to spend days at the
Towers.
4 With the passing of the last days OIL
the old year, Henry's moodiness In
creased; even Lady Elizabeth seemed
hopeless and unable to avert them
and Jim could see the bitter disillu
sionments that Diana daily encounter
ed. During the winter Henry's atti
tude towards Diana changed; her pre-
sence was an irritation to him. A
times he made every effort to regail
his lost footing, but again and agail
he forfeited the newly acquired grace
which her clemency granted Days c.
absence from the Towers were now
not uncommon. The light gradual,
faded from Lady Elizabeth's face
leaving it haunting gray mask. Bill
no. word was spoken by either of tn
women to jim. Both were indefatig
able in their efforts to relieve the con
'dition of the soldiers freezing on the
African veldt fund was started il
the country to be used for the widows
and orphans of the fighting men, an
: Henry was placed at the head of it..
In London the innumerabIe bazaar
and fetes given to swell the various
funds for relief were the principa
functions of the fashionable world
Jim, who had just returned from ;
: visit to Scotland over the holiday sea
son, was standing near a stall in AL
bert Hall, presided over by Mrs. Hobar
) Chichester Chichester Jones. AS sh
!. eagerly turned towards him there wa
no doubt of the American woman
! desire to gain his appreciation.
, friendship had sprung up between
them since .Tin's return from India
, and her frankness amused him. 1t wa
+ s. lie; Jenes's second year in Londor
and the half of the great houses tina
had been denied her the previous yea
We're now open to her and she was
, much sought parsonage at their fest
. vfties.
Whether this was due to her insou
Giant face with It's tip-tilted nose, 0
. the slight lisp that made her American
accent seem SO fetching, her friend
could not decide. Her enemies-ant
Sadie Jones had them at Battle Cree,
J declared it was her charming char
! acteristic Of never remembering
, social slight; Of generously forgiyin
the offender and In true Christia
, spirit Offering the other cheek. The
forgot what jim and her sponsors i