The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
SIR
CHATTER xvI-continued

4 Does his lordship think dog, mother
ryhioh must be led by a string How often must
] tsl him that want his gifta and WI not acc
cept t5em7"
never change be sure All, such it is to be low
ing-and ali the fine in England after him and
carriages and horses and lands az many as tne KING
Oh I'll carry him euch message, but that OF your
love snd devotion and duty Would ye be called mad
by al the world Kitty ss.eF s 9SsSs he
brought pretty lunstic into the world And snon
Oh could give thsnk to me S4a TOT t9v sna Si
they sneer upoa us ans know sts my Aiess Ana e
be ass -ayssR ~, gst rnotbe5 noHsssn mans the
Then Of all tse gvSsnt worthless Ssssss 4f a. ne
bare ye-vss Il that prsed ye IN thsse arms
swer me this instaslts
She would cross Rer arms and. standing in the
ner OF hsirvife Put these somewhat ambiguous
lions Kitty cared little for her but the scenes
nevertheless repeated deY by day as they We're et ne
courage a. low shb positively frightened her by
fhedr nossle cons She herself believed
insznt in Ea-bnrhe's protestations-sueh is the
instructive judgment of clever womsn-nor deemed
him capsbls Of honorable conduct The more intimete
their acquaintance became the more sure was her as
that at last X seemed almost an infaTny 70
nave this hetchet ieerns monster at her side
hs eyes perpetusly osns her; his aanos ,aMn,nE ha
with all this the irremovable conviction mat
Kitty was convinced: Yet there seemed no way
cape. She had friend near TO whom she might sp-
his lordship Such man--such houses. such friends
a name! The words. perpetually nuzzins IN
And were there thoughts OF Richard Esconibe 10
color these gloomy thoughts or even to Danish them
Here sure put finger upon dithcult pa sc
e- 49,, +be Whole truth concernine Dick and Kitty
as affected conduct during that insupportable
some there be who say that pride mon
strous and that she must have read the
riddle Alright the knavery Of the affair at
northumberland House-others declare that she would
forgiven Dick all II he had but written her sin
gle the lies told often about him in her
could not but weaken her resolution even as
is weakened by water that drips upon IT. Into
this We cannot go she received no iettet rom Sp h
Richard, no message no token OF sood faltn-ahd De
sure Ducimores that she die not and Harborne
with them--so that road from London was
watched every possible messenger waylsid
nue. TO correspondence carefully closed .
Thus II befell that Kitty wondered sometimes IL
pride did not demand greater sacrifice. How If she
married lord aSter Advent up 70 London to show
a. windsor-showed Dick opinion of him and
achieved that supreme revenge which is womans most
far seeing have thought Of it-and while the
temptation assailed hourly nothing but the inborn
chastity Of her race worked for her salvation For
Kitty believed that IL would be moral crime TO sub
my lord-nor could argument turn her from
Row # may have been that the hses persistency
added OLD Dulcimores imbecilites the daily almost
hourly opportunities Of the old couple following upon
lords amazing generosity. would have won Kitty
In the end and compelled her 10 that suhE1sion
which alone could purchase her freedom Upon this no
opinion Of any value. She justly with
Dick and believed that she no longer loved him
vain her vanity had been trsmpled in the very
dust; her made byword; her story laughed al
by delighted town In which state my lord is there
fuel the FIRE OF her the hag to
that she should forget daughters duty.
Sometimes in grievous despair of 1t. Kitty would
Eether. The void the desoate seashore de-
lighted her at such time Here her mothers voice
heard pasied lovers protestations And
here the evening Of hot summers day here by
the waters edge she thanking God for the soli-
tude when who should creeping her but our
old friend Honor Marwood-but. OH shabby I'm hey
and generally miserable, though she
least who she might be.
Dear lady" says Honor. you do not know me-but
II ! might speak word to you
She looked about her furtively, looked
seeming fear observation. Kttys heart beat fast
for here at last she said would be the messenger from
him in vain What bitter days and nights Of disap
pointment she had suffered. Dare she hope that this
the end Of it a?-ths the word her pride had SC
"oh. yes. yes" cried She and why should you mo-
speak TO me2 Are you afraid madam"
hushed-she still appeared very un
comfortable looked appesiipgy Kitty thougi
70 say, This is very public place: let US draw
.rve walked from London lady, and that's gooc
step surely-for I'm not the girl that ! when
bered the OF Honor Afsrwood."
Honor Marwood:-you are Honor Marwood?'
No other, lady-and one who would willingly d.
Irnagn how Kitty looked at her Had not thi
been written large in the of her life
had she not shed bitter because it; gine
vain things, and built for undoing very
tie Doubling? And here the at Brighton
the woman about whom she had heard many un
Dsroonable stories and for whose good Dick hs'
thrashed his lordship the Mall Kitty looke
at the lady up and down with that tn
What service do you speak of-oh surely. desir
nothing of the kind, and why 90 you here. mad
amp
To bring happiness. lady-to tell you tha
which should know for and o
kindeet gentleman in England night. Oh he
lieve me. am here AZ little risk myself w
players LADY, have too few friends that
the patronage Of any one OF them-and much t
his lordship and an not afraid to before tn
world But. lady, ] did Sir Richard Escombe grea
and ] have tell you of it. w
walk little where other may see-Miss DuIci
trust me. I beg Of you-iook into my face-Go
it's the pretty face that was. an
tell me IL such woman as 1 would far to Ii
you2"
She laid thin hand upon Kitty's long sleeve. an
there tears I'm her eyes-as much. it may be be
she thought Of the memories of girl
hood Of the disappointment Of these weeks
For my loro patronized Honor Marvvood more Tll
affair at Northumberland House. III planned nd :
sstrous IN its outcome. had left him enrage
against all who had taken in II. Honor
.nE gain from Li-n-and Vet. honing dssneratal,