The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-03

his tender, melting tones. "Now to me
the very idea is too delightful-Jane
Grand at Yatton"
1t was a week now since the first
meeting in the woods, but Mohun ana
Jane felt as if they had seen each other
daily for years past; as if no break IN
time had existed between the days OF
valentines and this delicious rose-col-
ored present. AsJaneproteSted against
the honor of meeting all the county on
terms of equality at Yatton she was
standing-not in q romantic position,
reader-but picking raspberries in her
,wn little cottage garden, with that line
gentleman, Mr.. Clifford Mohun, humbly
| holding basin Of very ordinary yellow
ware by her side.
eve shall see what the Tenants
think and do" she went on, in that
happy voice into which no ring Of sor-
row had ever as yet entered. But
can hardly picture to my imagination
| what 1 shall feel when 1 find myself
actually in the presence Of them all.
Of course, you know, Mr.. MOhun, that
L
by any of the country people"
81 suppose Miss Lynch has not
thought you old enough to go out yet:'
said Mr.. Mohun, hotly.
This fact of James not being visited
was just the one thing about her that
he liked the least. The woman he adj
mired ought to be at the head of So
eiety-courted, looked up to, popular
as he himself meant to be.
"It is simply absurd to think of such
people as the Tenants not wishing to
visit you. 1 should be very sorry in
deed to think of your being intimate
with them"
"Why, Mr.. Mohun?"
81 think l told you once before why
I disliked them. Old Tenant made
his money dishonesty. 1t is disgrace
to all the people in this neiShborhood
that they let his past life be buried for
the sake of his present money
"But there are other people in the
county beside the Tenants, and they
none of them know me. No, MI. Mo-
hun, the fact can neither be denied nor
explained away. l am quite old enough
to get out; Miss Lynch would have let
me go to parties for the last three years
if had been invited-but [ never have
been: and the strangest thing lS,' she
added rather mournfully, that L have
no idea why 1 am eXcommunicated. l
am sure Miss Lynch is as nice and
we'll educated as any lady i'll the
neighborhood, and have been brought
up by her, and have never done any
thing that l know Of to prejudice peo-
pie against me. But still the preJudlce
exists. Yes, Mr.. Mohun, am not Wis
tied, and however kindly you mean it,
you are taking bold step in inviting
me to YattOn."
If she had known all the hidden
weaknesses Of Gifford'S heart, Jane
could not have played upon them with
greater success than she did by the
Wistful earnestness of this little simple
speech. 1t was disgusting, no doubt.
that a girl he meant to loye-(he had
actually progressed thus far in the last
ten minutes)-should have been, hitll-
erto. in a subordinate position TO such
people as the Tenants. But was he
not Mohun of Yatton? the possessor OF
the oldest name, of the best blood, in
half the country? Would not his wife
be a member Of his family? Would it
not be delightful to see the homage
with which all the neighborhood would
receive her as soon as they perceived
her to be, as it were, hallowed and en-
nobled by her presence?
The idea did not present itself under
the aspect of vanity OF intense selfish
ness to Clifford. He thought he should
be performing a singularly honorable
action in putting public opinion on one
side for the sake Of Miss Grand's
pretty face; and his voice shook with
genuine emotion as, bending over her,
low-and this time taking her hand,
without subterfuge or concealment,
in his-he began to whisper about the
importance of what they thought OF
each other, not of what the world
thought; and how he would not give a
ball or any other festivity unless Jane
promised to be there; and
"And I hope, Miss Grand, that that
will not be the last time you will come
to Yattonv'
(To be continued)