Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

I to deceive themselves or any one else. A
break up Of the group came when a certain
great and much talked about lady sent
across an imperative message by her cava-
! Her for the moment She desired that Mr.
Wngrave should be presented to her.
| They passed down the room together few
moments later, the marchiOness wonderfully
dressed in a gown Of strange turquoise blue
| looking up at her companion and talking
with somewhat unusual animation. Every
| one made remarks. of course-exchanged
| significant glances and unlovely smiles. II
was so like the marchioness to claim, as a
matter of course, the best of everything
| that was going. Lady Ruth watched them
| with curious sense of irritation. for which
she could not altogether account; It was
| impossible that she should be Jealous, and
| yet 1t was equally certain that she was
annoyed. If Wingrave resisted his presen,
| fair captor. he would enjoy a notability
conferred upon him. No man as yet had
done it. Was 1t likely that Wingrave would
wear two crowns? Lady Ruth beckoned
| Aynesworth to her.
graves general attitude toward my sex?
! Absolute Indifference" he declared
promptly unless"
| He stopped short
You must go on she told him.
| Unless he Is possessed of the ability tc
make them suffer" he answered after a
| moments hesitation.
| Then Emily will never attract him." she
| declared almost triumphantly, "for she has
no more heart than he has
He has yet veto. to discover It," Aynesworth
| find that he will shrug his shoulders-and
/ say farewell"
'All the same" Lady Ruth murmured tc
herself. Emily is a cat
| Lady Ruth spoke to one more man that
| night Of Wingrave-and that man was hel
| husband. Their guests had departed. and
| Lady Ruth. in a marvellous white dressing
gown. was lying upon the sofa in he1
| room.
How do you get on with Wingrave?" she
asked. What do you think of him?''
Darlington shrugged his shoulders.
what can one think of man." he an.
| swered. who goes about like an animated
mummy? have done my best: / talked
| to him for nearly half an hour at stretch
| today. when l took him to the club fol
! lunch. He is the incarnation of indiffer
| ence. He won't listen to politics. women
or tales about them at any rate. seem tc
bore him to extinction: he drinks only a
| a matter Of form. and he won't talk finance
Bye the bye. Ruth. I wish you could gel
him to give you tip. I scarcely see how
| We are going to get through the season I'm.
| less something turns up"
lis 1t as bad as that?" she asked.
"Worse!" her husband answered gloomily
We've been living on our capital for years
| Every acre of Queens Norton Is mortgaged
| and I'm shot II / can see how we're goins
| to pay the interest"
She sighed little YEARLY
| DO you thlnk tnat IL would De wiser
| she asked Let me tell you something
| Lumley. I have only known what fear wal
once in my life. l am afraid now. I an
afraid of Wingrave. 1 have fancy that hi
does not mean any good to us"
harrington frowned and threw his Gig
| arctic into the fire with a little jerk.
| NONSENSE he exclaimed. 1.-The mans
not quite so bad as that. We've been usefu
| to him. We've done exactly what he asked
The other matters dead and buried. We
don't want his money. but it is perfectly
easy for him to help us make little
She looked up at him quietly.
II think, Lumley that 1t is dangerousl'
she said. G"
Then you're not the clever woman take
you for" he answered. turning to leave the
| room. Just you please. Only it will
be that or the bankruptcy court before
long,"
Lady Ruth lay quite still. looking into the