The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15

and risen superior to the boyish follies
/ that threatened to eneuIf him Tot
me express to you our deem sense nj
oDilgatlon-our gratitude-for YOU
evident Kindness to him at a time wher
he needed it most
don't think I care to receive the
FAMILY gratitude she answered cool.
ly. What did they ever do for RiI
! put give him the cold shoulder from
the time he was left an orphan al
Il! Sent him to Eton and Oxford
as preparatory step to giving him a
! thousand pounds and telling him tr
scoot' You can imagine how vel
equipped he was to strike out for him.
self. Couldn't even spell English tn
L got after him with a speller. and haf
10 work nights before he could write
a page without at least six school.
/ boys mistakes. The ONLY thing be
really knew was Paradise Lost
which had been crammed into him for
the army. He must have found il nice
and useful"
He was given his chance" said the
captain, and like many another. he
wouldn't take it. He was put into 2
good regiment, and received an allow
ance that, with economy, would have
amply sufficed to let him hold his head
up. Then he went the pace and was
forgiven. Then he went the pace again
and wasn't. He has no right to COM
plain"
"Oh. but he doesn't" she exclaimed
hastily. I wouldn't have you think
that for anything"
But you seem to do it for him." said
the captain
I don't suppose my opinion matters
particularly"
well, it was enough to bring me
from England" said the captain.
What you think or don't think has
suddenly become of great Importance
to many people"
Don't you think it is about time
to tell me why?" she asked. You have
limited and limited till 1 feel like a
person in a detective story-and 1 no
sooner seem to touch something than
you continue It in the next number"
Did-Bill-eVer tell you of his first
cousin, Lord Tranton?"
only that he held down the title and
was the dead image of the postmaster
at jacksonville. Never passes there but
ne says: Look at that tallow-faced.
wall-eyed old"
Hush" said the captain. Lord
Tranton is dead"
Dead"
lis bNO SpilS WITH nftlif ana Lazy
Grace Morrison-William's aunt, you
know. All killed in the terrible lift
accident at the Hotel des Hesperides
in Nice"
well, am sorry" she said. as An
struther gazed steadfastly at her as
though expecting she knew not what.
Sorry for anybody that gets killed.
you know-especially in an elevator.
But, as I didn't know them, you can't
expect me to feel very bad about it,
can your
Don't you realize how it will affect
William ?'
"Oh, he'll be terribly cut up about
his aunt. She was the only person
who was ever kind to him. The only
one in England he ever wrote tor
who wrote to him"
This makes him Lord Tranton, "
said the ca plain.
Il suppose it does" she said. 4
had never thought of that
We've thought of 1t a good deal, A."
said Anstruther
Lord Tranton," she repeated. Then
won't his-his wife-be Lady Tran
ton?'
That's just it. you see" said the
captain. "She will be Lady Tranton.' -
What do you mean by it?' said
the girl.
You'll hardly believe it," said the
captain, disregarding her question, but
for a time we didn't know where I'M
der the sun to find him. They, some
body, said something about Lady Grace
4 believe it was her maid or house.
keeper-and we went over all her let
tiers to try to get track Of him."
"Well, you've succeeded" she re-
marked, as he hesitated
I'VE got on the track of something
else" he went on Significantly 1T
seemed-indeed there was no doubt
about this affections-er-were Sc
riously engaged-er-to a young lady
-er2"
ME, 1 suppose?" she said quite
calmly.
Yes, you" he returned, though it
is only fair to William to say that his
letters were xpressed-er-with con-
siderable reserve-with what you