Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-08

going TO America. Mrs. Ess Kay did
say something on the subject when she
was staying here before"
oh. yes, when she was going away
she said how much she would like to
have either of us visit her Is that
all:''
It's something, isn't it? Enough TO
make a handle of when handles
needed"
But why is a handle needed"
Il nj going to tell you the whole truth
and nothing hut the truth Mother had
letter from Sir Gilbert Mantell this
morning.
oh. that big, Gplashy crest was his,
then. 1t looked like him. now come
to think of it Nobody but brand
money. would need one more than halls
the size"
Don't sheer at his money. my good
child. We want it badly enough in
this family"
Not his
Eyes, we do. And / see reasonable
prospect of our getting it If you'll go
to the States with Mrs. Ess Kay"
What can that have to do with it?
don't know one bit what you mean"
That's because you're such great
baby. If you must have every It
| crossed and every Il dotted, Sir Gil
| bert has apparently conceived 4 pa
| troniZing liberation for your Victoria
which is likely if properly fostered
and encouraged to develop into some
| thing more satisfactory"
"PatroniZing indeed. That duh ele-
phant."'
| elephants are not as rule dull.
| And forty thousand Il year in any
form can afford to patroniZe a daugh-
ter of Il hundred dukes without Il
penny, whereas I'm merely the grand
| daughter of three In fact. my dear.
I'm humbly anxious that Sir Gilbert
| should propose and as he's been rath-
er nice and as he's written almost
asking for an invitation to come down
| with Stan from next Saturday to Mon
| day, although he carefully states he's
been invited for the same time by
| Princess Paul of PlOn, things look
hopeful. The only trouble is-yOu."
| Me-
saw you was when you had that
| frightful cold and looked hideous,
with your poor dear nose twice its
size and your eyes half theirs. But
well. Betty, you're Il beauty, and I'm
not. though do fiatter myself I'm not
bad looking. I'm penny plain and
you're 'tuppence colored,' and the
MantelI man can afford tuppence for
wife. You are so frightfully. luridly
pretty that it's almost improper, and
if he comes down and sees you he'll
probably think you better worth his
money than l am
What nonsense, And if he were
such an idiot of course l should re.
fuse him."
er's difficulties. Even you must see
that would do no good from the faini
ly point of view"
Il could keep out of the creature
way"
You couldn't without Stan making
some laundering remark or some con
tretemps happening. 1t would be sure
to. It's much safer to have you abso
lutely out of the way, and it was wher
We were talking it over this morning
. that mother hit upon the plan of send
ing you to the States. You know how
prompt she is once she's made up he
mind. Mother is really a wonderful
. woman. Twenty minutes later she sen
q telegram to Mrs. Ess Kay asking he
to come down and certain under provi
dence that she would, for an intimat
| sort of invitation like this when we'r
Q alone especially after the great disaT
pointmenD would be too fiattering to
, woman of that type not TO be snappe'
at, no matter if a dozen engagement
r had to be trampled in the dust
what great disappointment are yo
I talking about?'
\ Infant in arms! Why, Stan an
: Miss WOODBURY."
"I-didn't know-no5ody told me-
o Fancy needing to be told, AS
n that weren't the only reason VIII
mother smiled on Mrs. Ess Kay in th
v beginning. 1t was because she though
> Miss Woodburn might do for Stal
o forth, who must marry money. and
j. too poor. horribly poor, to be much of
4 catch with most English heiresses, WI
a aren't as keen on titles as they use
to be unless there's some solid found
Y ton for them to stand ON and not we
BILE. Every one says Miss Woodburn
}. great heiress, and though she's fe
$ years older than Stan she's lady,
I charming creature and not bad lookin
to Mother thought all that out the d.
Il, they were introduced to her at Il
y Northminster's concert, so she inyit,
IT them here. But Stan and the Woo