Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-02-21

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her to forget, and the sight OF me,
word from me, would cause her to
| remember"
4 understand. God bless you, my
usW pIo 9ql peInmInm .,i6oq
In rev days II was publicly known
that the squire had been sold up,
and that Lord Clydesfold had bought
house and lands, horses and cattle,
every stick and stone.
Two days afterwards, twenty or
| thirty men, carrying pickaxes ami
spades were seen to tramp up the ave
nue. and TO the amazement of all they
were seen to set to work cutting a
new road. But everybody understood
Lord ClydesfoldS intention when it
was observed that the new road d.
verged as far as possible from the
old one, and his object was made
still clearer when an army OF men
fell to work with Portland cement
and altered The Naples from red to
white. And when they had finished
the villagers were startled by seeing,
in neatly carved letters, Hospital for
Convalescent Chilren" along its front
The Grange, too, was redecorated,
and though not altered in character,
still very much frightened and light.
ened.
All this took time, and Lord CIydes,
fold never left the place for day, but
superintended the whole with as much
probably more-energy than if he
had been a clerk of the works.
He and BERTHE were constantly to-
gether, and Clydesfold almost lived at
the Carfields
At last he had accomplished all ~
had planned, and one day he re-
marked quite casually at breakfast:
Il think Of running over to Paris TO-
morrow"
BERTHE and Lord Garfield exchanged
glances.
Very WELL" said the latter Early
traln?"
Thanks, yes; pass the marmalade
Berthe"
That was all; but as he got into
the dOgcart on the morrow BERTHE
held out his hand and pressed it.
Good luck dear old boy" he was
Dered; and Lord Clyesfold returned
the pressure without a word .t.
He had news of her almost daily.
sometimes from Bessie, and not sell
dom from Paris society papers.
For though they had striven to live
in as much seclusion as is possible in
the gay city friends had hunted them
up and had insisted upon Olivia going
out a little She withstood all en-
treaties for some time, but yielded at
last and the Parisians, who were al
ways ready to acknowledge and vel
come beauty and grace-even English,
which are supposed to be nonresident.
made what Aunt Amelia called "a
fuss" over her.
Before ten months had passed DIV
la had received as many offers One
from a well-known nobleman, of so
high a rank that he must be name
less in these pages, threw good Aunt
Amelia into a futter of excitement,
which was turned into the agony Of de.
SPAR by Olvias refusal
My dear" she exclaimed, with
| fearful indignation, do you want to
marry an emperor? Is that what you
are waiting for"
Il don't want to marry anyone" re
turned Olivia; "and am not waiting
for anyone"
We'll, I'm glad of it," exlaimed
Aunt Amelia, driven snappish by her
disappointment Because if you are
waiting for-for-"
"Wen?" demanded olivia, her eyes
beginning to flash and her little foot
to beat the carpet; by which signs the
| Intelligent reader will understand how
perfectly restored she was.
We'll, my dear, don't look as If you
meant to eat me All | meant to say
was that he doesn't seem as if he
were coming or as if-if he meant to
come"
II don't know what you mean"
exclaimed Olivia.
Then she burst into tears, which
seemed to indicate that after all she
had soma nkling whom Aunt Amelia
! intended 10y he
She dried her tears very quickly
and went to dress for ball; quite "a
quiet affair" with only about two
! hundred guests
She had never looked more love-
than she looked that night and had
never shone more brilliantly, The
romantic story, the more than tumor.
ed proposal OF the prince, attracted
MI attention to her: and everybody
! OF note and there were some famous