The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17
LATTER DAY sWEETHEAR1's.

LEl5FlEASlS.
ing to join your dear father and his
wife. When you lay your head on your
pillow, every night after this, you will
sleep more sweetly with the thought
OF havlng--why. child. you're white as
ghost! suppost you're a little train
sick. after the shaking-up we got. It
was too bad your having to sit out on
that wrctched little campstool. but you
seemed to get along we'll enough with
Mr.. Glynn. and there wasn't an inch
left In Countess lie Saint Eustnche's
compartment DO you know, she told
me the whole story. from beginning to
end, Of Kate Ravcnel's unfortunate
marriage with the Marquis dc Contour.
My dear, he is an absolute decadent
And to think how the Ravcncls bought
and paid for him in hard cash. and how
wrctchedly they were sold in the trans-
action! BY the way, the countess knows
our friend, NJ. dc Mariol. Intimately,
and says that for people to get him to
their dinners orscountry houses Is the
greatest feather In their caps! He is dc
tout, she assures me, which, of course,
makes one enjoy his writings SO much
more. hope we shall certainly meet
him again. Helen, speaking Of young
Glynn, II ever a manswas porn with a
gold spoon in his mouth, It's he. TO
be marrying Mr.. Winstanley's only
child, and they having gone UP like a
house anre! TheE Countess says the
Winstanleys have been floated here by
Lady campstown, and already know
everybody, and are much liked 1t
seems they have one Of the most de-
sirable villas. own a smart motor the
girl has no end OF stunning gowns
7 you remember they showed us at
Worth's the evening frocks they were
con II In n t<,1 a
entertaining lavshly. The question Is,
where did Lady Campstown pick her
up? We must call on both of them to-
morrow. am all anxiety to meet dear
Lady CampstoWn again, and I confess
] am anxious to get peep inside Villa
Refine des Fees"
II fancy you will find Miss Winstan-
ley changed in many respects, Miss
Blocker" said Helen. YEARLY But
it seems to me hardly probable she has
lost her high spirit in this little e.me.
And she may remember your conduct
to her on shipboard".
Nonsense. my dcar!" answered the
chaperon, complacently. IS we live
now, 1t is always easy and generally
convenient to forget, The girl, for all
her bnrbarisms, seemed to have q level
head. She "4A be charmed to see US,
and 80 will Lady Campstown. who had
set her heart upon marrying You to that
nephew of hers, Clandonald. If it were
not for young Glynn. l should imagine
that the Lady Cnmpstown had gone off
on another tack in her heiress cruise.
Looks like 1t, don't you think? If Miss
Winstanley hasn't told her of hcr en-
gagcment to Glynn, there'll be pretty
row on presently. Well call. at any
rate. am glad to hear Mr. Winstan-
ley is no worse. any may be counted
upon to recover permanently from this
attack. wonder II he likes being read
aloud to. Helen? TO show that I bear
no tll-will to the girl for her pertness
to me, I'd Just as soon offer to sit with
MN, sometimes was always said to
nave great success with invalids. And
we'd better be prompt in looking them
up, for who knows whether this IS real
~ business trip OF Glynn's? should
pc much inclined to think he had run
over to look after his heircss, and see
1hat she does not slip through his fing-
ers with all these fine people with titles
hanging around her. Glynn looks like
q positive, If not self-u.i1lcd. follow.
Helen. Indeed ! shouldn't in the least
wonder II the business pretext is a
nllnd. and NJ. lie flance won't go back to
America without his bride. In t1,nt
case. we shall have smart wadd ana,
at Cannes and poor Mr. Winstanley
VIII be left all to himself at Vilia
Reine des Fees. They say there is
nothing like that entrance hall and
staircase in the town, all marbles 81
the rarest and most beautiful coIors.
and the dining-room, with its wall
.apestrles ana screens, is fit for pail
ace. Poor Mr. Winstanley. Thnre l.
nothing so sad in life as a person Of
we'll middle age-lcft alone by young
people for whom he has done every.
!l There should be some congcn.
Winstanley!' -