Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-15


when l go home 1 don't think I'd bet
ter say much about that pe,t of Mo-
hunsleigh's wedding. or some of the
old fashioned people mightn't under
stand. should hate them to get the
idea just because of the drawing room
that poor Carolyn was morganatic or
something
She seemed ecstatically happy. more
than / could imagine any girl being if
she had to marry Mohunseigh, who
although dear good fellow when you
know him, isn't n bit romantic. But
he suddenly blossomed out into all
sorts of pleasant American ways, sent
Caro- flowers and things every day,
though l fancy he couldn't afford IT.;
gave her lovely solitaire diamond
, ring. which I'm sure he couldn't. and
Il guard" an heirloom in his family.
1t would have been shocking. Carolyn
said. for her to be seen anywhere after
the invitations We're out, though l can't
| think why. as she didn't seem at all
ashamed of marrying Mohunsleigh. but
/ rather the contrary, and asked me hun
! dreds of questions about what she
would have to do when she was a
countess. Fortunately. though, she had
lots Of things to keep her busy in
| doors, trying on such frocks as she
| could get made in Il hurry and writ
| ing letters to every girl she knew an.
nouncinS her engagement.
/ The funniest things about the whole
affair were--for me-the ushers, the re-
hearsals for the wedding and having q
married woman as sort of heal
bridesmaid. Carolyn's best girl chum
! was married herself in the spring, so
! she had to be what they call matrou
Of honor
! 1t seemed horribly irreyerent to re-
!; hearse for the ceremony. but nobody
/ else thought so except Mohunslcigl
and me. and Mohunsleigh said in con
/ Edence that he'd found out the bride
| groom was a r:ere lay figure at a we'd
| dins-auyhow il .Arserica-and he in
| tended to let Caro- do exactly as she
liked until after they were married.
Then she might have to find out that
once in. awhile it would be just as well
If she did what he liked. But he asked
me not to mention this TO Carolyn and
her stepnIother, so didn't And in
spite of my objection the rehearsals
were interesting l felt as il oughtn't
to laugh and joke. but the others al
lid tremendously, SO | did, too, in the
end
Mohunsleigh was disappointed be-
cause that Californian friend of his
whom he would have visited if il
hadn't been for falling in love uneX-
pectedly and getting married) couldn't
come and be his best man. He urged
him, but something interfered. Mohuns-
leigh didn't tell US what, and Mr.
Jameson B. Marlborough wasn't even
able to come to the wedding. l was
disappointed. too, as Mohunsleigh had
told us such romantic things about his
friend that we all wanted to see him
Mr. Marlborough had been sailor and
n cowboy and had left everything tt
. fight in the Spanish war. where he'd
done brave ard splendid things. and
might have stayed in the army after
ward as captain if he had liked. Blu
he preferred to go back to his old, fret
life and was still poor young maj
until two or three years ago, wheI
some land in which he'd invested 6
few savings turned out to have gold il
it-quantities of gold, gold enough t.
make a famous mine and give Mr.
Marlborough great fortune Sally
knew a good deal about the new mil
, lionaire too 1t seemed that cousin!
of his in the west somewhere wer,
acquaintance of hers and had tolt
her how immensely he had been sough
out and fiattered in San Francisco ant
other places since he'd become rich
He hated it so much that he'd gon,
abroad and stopped long time. wan
dering about in strange eastern coun
tries making friends with Bedouin
|, and people like that who love horses
better than money. and on account o
certain experiences with women he't
/. got almost morbid horror of fallin.
in love with some girl who would onl.
pretend to like him, while In realit,
all she cared about was his money
Nobody In Mrs. Ess Kay's set knew
Jameson B. Marlborough, though every
body would like to, so 1t was blow
to others beside sMohunsleigh and m,
that he couldn't or wouldn't show
himself at Newport for the wedding.
Il With the exception of this one hitci
nothing went wrong so far as the wed
i ding party was concerned. but with m,
things began to go very wrong seyera
days before Caro- and Mohunslefgl
were married. There was a fuss o.
some sort between Sally and Mrs. Els:
Kay, and Sally came to me, very muei
upset, to say that she would have t,
leave the Moorings Immediately. SHE
couldn't stand it twenty-four hour:
longer. even for my sake. She hat
lpromised to visit friend In Chicago
sooner or later, so she would g
straight to her. and If anything to,
tiresome should happen before I wa.
ready to sail for home. had bette
run out there-tle friend would be dc
lighted to have me. Sally gave IN,
the address. and told her woult
write often, but Of course l didn'
dream of having to accept her invita-
ton. missed her badly. but not a