The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

meet and reclaim their wnnderer.
THUS vanish. Miss Winstanley and
her little court" said Mariol In, Miss
4Carstairs's ear. 1t is true, Bobby vnne
session of by his elder brother, whom
tho Kenningtons sent down to fetch 4
him fsafelys homo. Tho Ind was sufli-
clentlys hard hit, and II tho; young lady
had bee q ambitious OF maxi SEs an En- Il
glish alliance OF rank, she might have
ningtons, OF course, since Bobby. has
nothing. md the WinsLnnleys arc owl.
IDENTIFY In modest circumstances"
II believe ] can surprise you there"
snid Helen. "As we are all scattering, 3
1t Gun make no difference TO amy one
certainly on this side Of TIC, globc,"
she added, with a faint sigh.
IT like an npres coup. Please tell
me" answered he, smiling.
"Flrst, tell mo something. II you :
like. that is, II not, let 1t go. From
what you have observed. does 1t striKd-
you that friend OF Miss Winstanley's
+ would be justified In thinking that
: Lord Clandonald has fallen in love with
hor?''
lord clandonald left the ship With
out making any arrangement for fu- 4
,ture meeting with the young lady"
said Mariol. diplomntica And to
my best knowledge there is no ilkei..
hood Of. his seeing her unless. by
chnncc.,,' Ig
Holen drew q long breath, but noe
one OF relief b 81 .Ss
5.Because," she went on "her good
old father camo yesterday to thank mo
for some imagined Kindness to his
daughter, and, in the course$of con-
vcrsation, told mo that he had recently
become The owner Of q large-very
large-=fortunc but in his desire to pro-
: tect her from Interested suitors. had
determined to keep the knowledge OF
1t from her. Hc asked my advice 40
to- the wisdom Of the step. poor soull
told him that had had some ex-
perence OF paternal acknowledgement
OF mine--and that I thought Posey
ought-eart ainly to know.
Il agree with YOU" commented
Mariol. nstonished. and. for clandon-
aids sake. just a tiny. bit depressed.
What difference 1t would have made
on board had 1T been suspected that
y our social sovereign was possessed OF
a. golden foundation for her throne.
And since you have mentioned my
3 friend Clandonald's fancy for the young
lady---''ss n
II t was rather unfair for me not
to have told you at once."y2intcrrupted4
Miss C:arstairsi that am aware O
reason 8 why such n fancy or, his part
for Mr.. Winatnnley's keiress, 20 Of her
= for him.s would have produced disas-
rt
.s.She Is. then" began Manufacturing
81. to slseep5the syexa ton from his voice.
Mr.. syVinstnnley said that heSt thought
1t best rfor any one Interested In his
aughter8t that there should be no con-
cealment Of her engagement to marry
a man whom she has long known--of
whom he thoroughly approves. and
that his daughter was willing to have
1t known. A man whom such mar
rlage will help In the best way, since
when they became engaged. he knew
nothing whatever, nor does he now.
Other improved fortunes.'
Lucky fellow! said Mariol, awal-
lowing grimace. .'But Unjust own to
you that the circumstances robs the
-q fair Posey ola good deal Of her In
terest In my eyes. You. Miss Car
stairs, nre so far removed from their
estate Of happy barbarism. you arc SO
broad, so far seeing. you won't object
\ to my suggesting that the image OF
Miss Winstanley's mate chosen from
among her friends OF early years doe,
not allure me. He is,$in fact, "a tota
extinguisher Of my desire to meet hel
Il after she shall have become his wife
Now. own that you yourself have
shudder Of mild distaste when VOL
think Of what he must bel"
.''On the contrary said Miss Car
stairs, distinctly, II have the pleasur,
g Of knowing Miss Winstanley's nance
and consider him not only one Of TIL
most manly men, but the trucst gen
tleman in the circle OF my acquaint
ance." 81 y
Helen, here is g compartment tina
"a. will just hold you ant me and EulalIe
comfortably, and we will tip tho ugar
to let US have it to ourselves" cam
in Miss Bleecker's penetrating tone,