The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-03
CONTINUED From Yesterday

AS soon as she has finished reading
the letter in which M. Brumeau an
nounces his arrival in England for the
following day, she rings the bell and
Ndesires the aforesaid man in blue to
inform Mr.. Alston, as soon as he comes
in from the works, that she wishes to
speak TO him.
Dale House is a large, white. Italian
looking villa, with green Venetians and
a green veranda, about a mile and a half
up hill from the works. Mr.. Aston
seldom returns so early in the day,
having a nug room in the factory,
but Lady Muriel remembers that it is
Saturday, and he will therefore be in
to luncheon.
She is very much interested in this
new epoch which she believes Is about
TO begin for the factory, and is SC ex-
cited that she does not even attempt
to open the other letters. Hearing the
sound of voices outside on the veranda,
which is shady, she takes up a parasol
to keep her from the sun, and goes in
the direction of the voices.
An Indian rug had been thrown down,
and on it a fair young man in a suit
Of very light clothes, n a hat to
match them. with a puggeree tied round
it, is lying at full length. He is sup
posed to be reading a newspaper, but Is
not bestowing on it a very large share
of his attention. Near him, on a low
chair. is seated Lady Muriel's pretty
little first cousin, Bertha Yorke. She is
dressed all in white batiste, with a wide
blue sash round her dainty waist; and
the curls of her ripping brown hair are
almost concealed under a very large
tapping sun hat. She is not reading
or pretending to read, for seated in her
lap is Master Eric, Lady MuriePs q
year-old boy, who has a perfect passion
for Bertha, and, a young rebel by ma
ture, is never so good as when in her
society.
1T thought l should inc you here.
Really. Bertha, you will tire yourself
to death with that child. Where's his
nurse
And there was an amount of petu-
lance in Larry Muriels tone as she
spoke, and a frown on her white brow
which showed hat something beyond
the very usual occurrence of Eric being
on Bertha's knee had put her out.
1t could scarcely be the announced
arrival VI M. L dul IuiilCdu. ao L
not rather the sight of hat little group
so comfortably arranged on the Indian
rug?
The young man lounging there
jumped up as he heard Lady Muriel
speak. for he had not noticed her foot
step, and he went at once to get her a
chair.
80 delightful here. Lady Muriel;
quite zoo and delicious"
'Thank you, Christian, I do not in
tend to stay. 1 have too much to do
to be ~lounging about at this hour. M.
Paul Brumeau comes tomorrow"
First rate!" cried the man she called
Christian. what a wonderfully clever
woman you are, Lady Muriel."
And there was something very much
like a flash passed simultaneously from
his gray eyes and from her black ones,
while he s~poke-which Bertha, how
ever, did not see; perhaps they did not
intend that she should do so. Lady
Muriel went on talking practically.
M. Paul Brumeau will arrive in
England at a very early hour, and will
travel straight on, arriving, as he
thinks, at Arundale about half-past
in the afternoon. You know there are
III ldiIlS ENODRiAiS at "a hAh - u
day. go he will find himself stranded
eight miles off at Bolton. l wonder
if Mr.. Aston would let us have the
carriage TO go and meet him? He OBJ
iects. as a rule, to its going out on
Sunday
"Of course he will. Does he ever
oppose your wishes when he really
knows you want a thing?'
This was Bertha's observation.
"Well, no. / don't think he does. He
is very good" and she gave a little
sigh and closed her eyes as though
dwelling unctuously on the merits OF
her husband.
Christian dispelled the dream, how
ever. by jumping up.
Let us all go. I am quite longing tc
see this Paul Bfumeau. I have heard
so much about him.
81 am willing, but, of course. it en-.
tirely depends on Mr.. Aston. Here
he comes
Enters on this family group Herber
Aston, junior partner of the house o
Schippheim & Co. He is not fair t
look on, but he is a young man, still il
the thirties, that is to say. He has
coarse, fun face. is short, rather ROUND
in figure. and take all his attributes
collectively. he by nc means gives 70,
the idea of a thorough gentleman
though a moneyed mar unquestionabl!
he must be, or surely Lady Murie
would never have married him. III
wears a cutaway tweed suit. and
low. stiff hat, which he pushes to tn
back of his mead as soon as he get
into the shade, and begins a sentenc
with:
Cursed nuisance being without a dc
signer; there's an order come ii
from"
Seeing Eric, however, in Bertha
lap. he does not finish. but snatching u
the child. begins to kiss and play wit
him, while Lady Muriel says with dig
nifty:
SHOP is not allowed in play hour:
Herbert; yet we should like to knoN
from whom an order has come"
From the Emperor of China, for
; dinner servic of which all the plate
are to be English views"
What nonsensel"
ION my honor. it is gospel truth
and now Jones is gone. I don't knov
how we shall accomplish it," y
"Jonesi pooh! Paul Brumeau will b
: here tomorrow"
, NO. that is news and Mr.. Alsto
put the baby back ia its cousins lar