The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

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gentlemen. rare decacy. lords. My
daughter about viii speak for herself
beseech to be prudent
They heard him impatiently and soon regular nup-
bub arose in the house going in and out at their
pleasure to the stables, to the snn---none
treating the place though it had been an alehouse
Kitty who stood at the bedroom window above and
she began to ask herself If would dare SO 10 be-
have unless sny encouraged them and was aware
of their impestnenee. To be plain the whole adven-
ture opened her eyes III amazing manner and SO
hot was her anger against the company that she sen.
down word to my lord begging to be excused ana
feigning indisposton This, unhappily the old
dame would not accept and to cries of Fetch, ners
out No no we know better they compelled her r. a.
declared must be but vinegar without her
She fears your wit cunninghames4 says the mar
Bringing a. shadow suggested Alsa.
Being utterly overcome and blinded by his mag
Cunnnghame bore it all good temperedly
1t is evident that my lord sups with a long spoon"
said he at which Mr.. Dulcimore again said, Hush,
and the old lady afflicted by hardness Of hearing
that she found neurabe From which point the mis- mis-
listen while great nagons of wine were set before
the gallant huntsmen and the talk waxed more pppu- (
dent from minute to minute. Long before supper was
done 20 insults had been spoken which had an honest
man been present. would have drawn at least one blade
It would be idle TO- disguise the meaning
and Just idle account for Harbornes design
in the matter. Some him best declare that
had impatient this present enployment and
determined to end it, let the consequences be what
Others again. aver that his intention marry Kitty
had been hones- while his gainst Richard Es :.
conventfonality cooled altogether Brighton
and threw him back more ancient and more evil
where concerned. he per-
mitted these rogues and rakes sentiments
which he himself favored and to be in someTway his
mouthpiece.
little, to show the absurdities which are at
tribued woman's innocence and TO emphasize that
instinct girhood which is wonaans surest protec-
tion. And shall that Kitty was not for a
moment deceived; that she understood what we'll
meaning mother failed to understand and that her
s being opened and her heart ahane, she Quilted
the at last ashamed, so desperateaso so awak-s
ened to her danger that she would have sacrificed even
life itself to have obtained. her liberty
Now, this was at the height of the debauch and to
be sure salvo of wit attended her departure
"oh. come Ailsa, there's Venus picking her
shes gone the lamp" cunnnghame..
devsh ugly god she will awake and too square in
the shoulders to get out of the window Vanish man..
vanish in ethereal vapor but for Gods sake pass
Hush cried churehill initiating the gentlemen at
the theater and then in deeper voice The time will
Even the matter of fact Repton could join n at
"st. George calls chair. he. "A new reading.
Harborne. The kill the dragons nowadays.
They've for us" 4a~
Gentlemen, gentlemen" cries old Mrs Dulcinore,
It's but whiff of the vapors and will pass presently
I'll Kitty myself while you after. the wine
though better you'd be without it, the Lord knows and
of money pocket. Let Anthony touch
another drop and I'll know what say to him-will
Anthony Ducinfore expressed opinion that her
vocabulary certainly would fail her, and OF she
would have upstairs to her bedroom but there she
was mistaken; could the truant be discoveredgn
of the house. apprehensive, and
wholly foolish in her confidence this fond mother
determined that her peevish child would be'in the
den. whence she would and sosshe herself
took her accustomed place in the high backed cair
upon little overlooking the sea- there
awaited my appearance. Well
meaning soul with what terrible weapons did she mot
unwitngly play; how far from the realization of all
her ambitions she stood how bitter tears must
be shed because had entered her house and
she had received him with open -
Now Kitty had gone down to the garden and from from
she walked full hour distressed. full Of the
gravest apprehensions that surely her pride did pen
since pride could sin at all
For, you see, the whole meaning of it had come to
Kitty ina moment just though fash from heaven
above showed her pit at her feet and she had drawn
back back shivering Many time had she doubted Lord Lord
Harbornes sinceritX time scofed at the notion
of marriage with him. and said that he was but
which things had taken her revelation Of
nfamy black beyond belief
oh" she would cry IF 1 had friend, but ono
in all the country house to harbor honest
man at my side. And in the same breath she would
remember her treatment Dick and try to that he
had deserved it and break wholly in the task and
shed bitter tears because Of all that had befalen them
DICK had treated her badly enough-n was beyond
bearing to recoect the affair at Sherbourn and what
Richard to her tonight just opened arms to
her and said Kitty ah, how she would have run to
upon his heart--if Dick had come her.
She was brave girl enough-ths record must prove
that is rare in her story Flight had carried her
good way from Brighton the cliff road to Shore
ham, and deghting in the clear cool air that blew
from the sea- the picturesque scene of moonlight and
the black shapes of the fshermens boats she recovered
her spirit presently and discovered that weakness
the prelude to resolution such she had never known
in all her life before.
Now she could begin to if she might ever return
to my lords house at ALL if she did not return,
what alternatives lay before her. Young as she
she perceived that public scandal would be precious
TO my lord and that account of It, once published
abroad. would ruin her rretrievably. Or, more than
this, we may Imagine she cringed from the