Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-09


of more gorgeous proportions had con-
Yerted her consols into waste paper.
But a lawyer, not Lord Vanstone's,
sent her check for the larger amount
and at subsequent interview affirmed
the statements made by her unreliable
relative.
So she went back to her caste, and
her caste welcomed her with open
arms, and the dear woman thanked
Providence for the decree that her
daughter might now accept the atten-
lions of any man, no matter how rich
be might be, for she saw the drift of
Philips wishes, and, If Evelyn were
married to him, surely all their pre-
yiOus trials might be deemed fortunate.
She little dreamed that imperious
Philip had ordered matters his own
way.
1t was not to his thinking that his
bride should come to him from the
genteel obscurity of Mazda Crescent.
He would give her great position,
worthy of the highest in the land, and
# was better for her that he should
WOO and win her from the ranks of
her order.
1t should not be imagined that he
was hasty in his decision. To his mind,
Evelyn and he were known to each
other since they were children. 1t was
not by the hayward caprice of chance
that he met her on the night of the
meteors fall nor again that he came
to her assistance q second time after
the lapse of years.
1t was his mothers work. He was
faithful to her memory - she to her
trust. Never did his confidence waver.
On the day that Evelyn consented to
marry him he showed her his mothers
photograph and told her his belief.
The girls happy tears believed the
picture.
"a good son makes q good husband"
she murmured. Mamma says have
been good daughter, and will try to
be good wife, Philip"
Apparently these young people had
attained the very pinnacle Of earthly
happiness. There was no cloud, no OBJ
stacle. All that was best in the world
was at their feet.
Some such thought fitted through
Philips active brain once when Evelyn
and he were discussing the future.
"Of course we will be busy" he said,
laughing. "You are such an industri-
Gus little woman-what? Well, such
an industrious tall woman that the
days won't be long enough for all you
win find to do As for me, suppose
must try and earn a peerage, just to
give you your proper place in society,
and then we will grow old gracefully"
"Oh, Philip" she cried, placing her
hands on his shoulders, 1--WE met once
as children for few minutes! Fate
ordained that we should meet again
under strange circumstances. We were
separated for years. Can fate play us
any uncanny trick that will separate
MS again?"
''Well, sweetheart, fate. In the shape
OF Vale, Is coming for me at 6. I'm
less you wish me to send for my man
and dress here
Sometimes l cannot quite credit my
good fortune" she said softly. Tell
me. dearest, how did you manage to
live until you were twenty-five with
out falling In love with some other
girl?"
+"That is ridiculously easy. Tell me
how you managed to escape matrimony
until you were twenty-five and you
are answered"
"Philip,rI-I liked you that night
saw you in the square. You were
woebegone little boy, but you were so
brave and gave me your hand to help
me from the carriage with the air of a
young lord"
"And / have cherished your face in
my waking dreams ever since. You
looked like fairy. And how you stuck
up for me against your unclep
-'Tell me, what did you think of me
when you saw me standing disconso-
late in the parkH"
Tell, tell, tell--it was nothing but
sweet questions and sweet assurances
that this pair of turtle doves had been
seeking each other through all eternity.
Their wedding was fixed for the mid
die of July. Sharp work, it may be
said, but what need was there to wait 2
Mr.. Abingdon was greatly pleased with
Philips choice and urged him to settle
down at the earliest possible date.
Mrs. Atherley, too, raised no protest.
The sooner her beloved daughter was
married the more rapidly would life
resume its normal aspect They would
not be long parted from each other.
The young people had no housekeep-
ing cares Philips mansions were re,
plete with all that could be desired by
the most fastidious taste. His yacht
was brought to the Solent so that they
could run over to Portsmouth on a
motor car to inspect her, and Evelyn
instantly determined that their honey
moon in ETetat should be curtailed TO
permit them to go for a three weeks
cruise around the British coast.
This suggestion of course appealed
to Philip. Nothing could be more de-
nghtfal. II" whispered in Evelyn's