Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-24
She nodded her head grayely.

Sne NODDED Hef mead gruYefy.
Just as really as you are Lord Far
inash!' she answered
by lover said the minstrel. Il
shouldn't have thought it, | never should.
You are too pretty" --
whats that got TO do with it?" she
demanded, dropping her parasol slightly.
Nothing. except that il is generally
the ugly girls who own the lucre-Na-
lures law of c0mpensa ton, you know"
Il thought" she remarked demurely,
that the intelligence might appeal TO
dukes son who is faced with the mo-
mentary possibility of disinheritance."
Surely You would not sell yourself
for mere empty title" he exclaimed in
a tone of righteous disapproval.
The maid gave little ripping laugh.
well, a title-even an empty one-is
rather nice. you know she replied re-
fectively. 'For instance, Lady Farinash
would sound so much, so very much bet
ter, don't you think, than, for example
fhan, let us say, Mrs Archie Clavering?"
The minstrel sat belt upright and his
hat fell off. For an instant he gazed in
silence at the mocking, beautiful young
lace looking down at his own.
And now" said the minstrel with
deep sigh, ''since you have found me
out in this-this absurd disguise, singing
for for, eoppers on the beach, | suppose you
will have nothing more to say 10 me-
"Oh. as To that" replied rthe maid. ''it
depends. Since you are not lord at
all"
And you,' he broke in a little bitterly
g are an heiress?"
Il am not" she confessed with a pen
itent air.
You told me just now" began the
minstrel in a tone of stern rebuke.
II told YOU she interrupted him.
that | was as really an heiress as you
were lord-which was. You must adj
nit, a perfectly true statement of the
case"
Then " said the minstrel, you are no.;
an heress. either
She made him little mock bow.
NO. my lord. ! fear you must look
to retrieve your fallen fortunes else
where!"
Then she rose to her feet and shook
| the sand from her skirts, while the miIi-
strel slowly rose too.
IF only l were Lord Farinashr' he
/ murmured.
And Ian heiress.' she added.
when l marry" said the minstrel
/ firmly, lit will be-for love!"
In cottage" said the maid, gazing
pensivcly toward the sea.
I'm afraid it will have TO DC some
| thing OF that sort-at first he admit
ter. Would you mindY'
Mind? Mind what?" she asked, fix
ing pair of wondering blue eyes upon
! him.
''rhe cottage" said the minstrel I'M
abashed
Il don't understand YOU" said the
maid with dignity.
Il certainly feel that owe you an
explanation, replied the minstrel in his
most conspicuous manner. What l
mean is
Excuse me-" interrupted the maid,
turning suddenly, but l perceive my
aunt reckoning to me from the parade.
but my meaning!' protested the min
strel. 1T is imperative that you should
grasp my meaning"
She threw little backward glance at
him over her shoulder. Her eyes danced
with mischief, but her cheeks were pref
lily flushed.
Il will promise" she said ''to try and
grasp it, when ! get homer and the
next instant was tripping daintily over
! the shinge.
The minstrel gazed after her and
sighed. Then he lit cigarette and
smiled. for he had observed the sudden
delicate wave of crimson in the maids
cheeks. Emerie Hume Beaman IN The
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