The Elbert County tribune., 1908-10-22

4 believe that you would Do It Aelissr
| ateIy. Is II truef"
Lord WHfred." said The sirl,
Strengthening up. you must speak
more clearly Il you want me to under
stand what you have been saying"
Its this" said Lord Wilfred facing
! her abruptly and terribly In earnest.
Someone told me last night that you
were married woman. Is It true7r
I could not see the face OF the sec
retary, but could not help perceiving
the ring of truth IN her voico.
I'm not married." she said, simply
Il told Mr.. Terhune SO because I
wanted to d1sabuse him OF a false i'm
preston he was laboring under. But
what is 1t to your"
This" said Wilfred, and he leaned
toward her suddenly and grasped her
hands and put his face within an inch
of her-I could see by the freight its
look Of determination and ineffable re-
lief. The secretary gave a little cry
and drew back. / conjectured that
Wilfred was ON the point OF making
an irretrievable ass of himself SO |
interrupted proceedings by knocking
feet. At the first sound of the book
falling the two had jumped to their
feet and stood. the girl shrinking close
to Wilfred and Wiifred with his arm
thrown around her.
who goes there7" ne said, sternly,
as he discovered my figure in the
gloom. and "Ah!-it's you. Terhune,"
as came into the circle of light, in a
tone hope / may never hear from him
again.
AS the secretary saw who It was she
sprang away and was gone from the
room in a second.
We'll" he said, with a sneer, as the
curtains closed behind her. "eaves-
dropper meddling as usual What
can / do for you?"
1 sat down on the stool "Sit down,
| said. with quiet authority. "and we'll
talk 1t over" He sat down. In mo-
ments like this he forgets his indie
pendence and remembers that at one
time he used to obey me habitually |
| wanted to comfort him, but knew
my duty better. Vincent" said, ap.
pealingly, don't you see 1t won't do? |
She's no match for you-a girl with no
family and no money. and of her sta
ton In life. Give 1t up. l implore
you. Think of your father There
has never been mesalliance in the |
family; 1t would break his heart"
Vincent raised his head. Mrs /
Arm.stead says her family is perfectly |
respectable" he said. Il asked her" |
Perfectly respectable!" repeated,
contemptuously. Think of Vincent
girl who has nothing in her
favor but the fact that her family was
perfectly respectablel'
Vincent sighed pathetically and
delivered one more blow. Think"
said; your brother Edmund is over
40, unmarried, and a sufferer from
rheumatism of the heart, as you know.
Suppose he should die-wouldn't you
make more creditable heir to 5he
title If you hadn't tied yourself up to |
wife of obscure origin--a penniless |
American girl? And II you don't come |
into the title you're only younger
son. and you know yourself your pro.
pensity for getting into debt, and the !
foreign Office for boy of your age |
Is not paying business. No, Vincent, |
you're not cut out for making money, |
and it's certain you can't depend on
your father forever. Can't you see
how rash and foolish you are to con
slider such thing?"
leaned over and put my hand on
Vincent's shoulder. Ho turned his
head, and when l felt his smooth
cheek against my hand knew that
the battle was won.
(TO be- CONTINUED)
ADMIREs NERVE OF FAIR SEX.