Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-09
Lady Betty
 Across 1be Water By C. N. 6 A. M. WILLIAMSON
 Co0yrisbL 1906. MeClurs Pbnio. Co

make a famous mine and give Mr, Marlborough a great fortune. Sally
 knew a good deal about the new mil. lionairc too. 1t seemed that cousins of bis in the west somewhere were
 acOuaintanccS of hers and had told her how immensely he had been sought
 out and fattered in San Francisco and
 He hated it SO much that he'd gone abroad and stopped long time, wan 1 dering about in strange eastern Coun- tries making friends with Rcdouins
 and people like that who love horses
 better than money. and on account of
 certain experiences with women he'd
 got almost a morbid horror of failing
 in love with some girl who would only
 pretend 10 like him, while in reality
 all she cared about was his money.
 Nobody in Mrs Ess Rays set knew
 Jameson R. Marlborough. though every
 body would like to. so it was q blow
 to others beside MohunseiEh and me
 that he couldn't or wouldn't show
 himself at Newport for the wedding.
 With the exception of this one hitch
 nothing went wrong so far as the wed
 ding party was concerned. but with me
 things began to go very wrong several
 days before Caro- and MohunsleiSh
 were married There was fuss of
 some sort between Sally and Mrs. Ess
 Kay, and Sally came to me, very much
 upset, 10 say that she would have to
 leave the Moorings immediately, she
 couldn't stand it twenty-fOur hours
 longer, even for my sake. She had
 promised 10 visit a friend in Chicago
 sooner or later, so she would go
 straight to her. and if anything tco
 tiresome should happen before I was
 ready to sail for home. I had better run out there-the friend would be de
 lighted to have me. Sally gave me
 the address, and I told her I would
 write often, but of course l didn't dream of having 10 accept her invita-
 tion. I missed her badly, but not as much as if the wedding had not been so near.
 Poor old Mohunsleigh-who knows more about the manners of polar bears than etiquette in American society-was coached by Potter, and the night before tue wedding re hearsal reluctantly gave an elaborate dinner to hts best man tan officer in Stan's regiment who happened to turn up and the six ushers The same day Carolyn had her matron of honor and the bridesmaids to lunch, and We did have fun talking over things l should have thought a luncheon with all girls and no men might have been a little tame, and perhaps it would in Eng land. but in America girls are not at all shy. They gay just as funny things as men. and take the most beautiful pains to amuse each other. so that it's impossible to be bored and for hours on end you forget there is such crea- lure as man.
 At home Mohunsleigh would have had to give LIS things. of course, but in America it appears that the bridegroom makes presents to the best man and the usherS, so it was from Carolyn that got duck of a brooch, like an Amer ican flag, with stripes of diamonds and rubies and the blue part sapphires. Mohunsleigh said that, as he was aW- fully hard up, it was bad luck for him to have to provide each of the brides maids with bouquets and chiffon muffs, and he could not see at all that it was pretty idea for everything they car rled in their hands to come from the bridegroom. But as Sally had told me that Carolyn's father had settled ten million dollars on her, I don't think Mohunsleigh need have complained
 Although it was in a house, the wed ding was very picturesque, and the bride and groom stood under a bell of white roses about as large as Big Ben.
 l enjoyed it all immensely. for it was my first time as bridesmaid. and 1 had a lovely frock and hat (copied from an old pictureD for whlch-when l wanted the bill found Sally had paid. There was crush at the recep- tion, but it only lasted two hours. After the bride and groom had gone. with showers of rice and satin slip pers, we stayed and had q dance-just the ushers and bridesmaids and a few young people who were intimate friends of CarOlyns.
 It was then that my greatest irou- bleS began. On a pretense of show ing some wedding presents which he said 1 hadn't seen because they were in different room from the others Potter got me alone and proposed again, This time he didn't laugh and i joke as he had before. so that could | take it half in fun even while it made | me uncomfortable. but was very seri- i Ous indeed. When I wanted to % put he stood in front of the door and let mo pass and his chin and . eyes looked so horribly determined l that he was more like Mrs. Fss Kay . han ever
 My dear little ladysbip." he said. you're not going to get away until l you've given me my answer"
 But 1 have given it." said ]. f
 q don't call what you've given me m answer, because, you sec, want ! 7ou so much. and I've made up my mind so hard and fast to have you hat shant take no for an answer"
 T don't see how you can help it. as Is the only one I have to give, and 've told you that two dozen times at east" said. beginning 10 feel irrita- .ln aS aluars hara frnrn tha first