The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-25
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eNaxi YOU must have no rear, my
fnrS since Won have honored me py
consulting my feelings In the mater,
Il shall be my pride and my oersn.
10 further your cause, ana tnat o. .ui
! Lady Ursula II inoeeu
/, de1sru to express her wishes to me
I hereby give you sentieman's WORD
81 honor that I consider the promise
which she made to her father In cnilo-
hood. in no way binding upon ner now
As for the future. ! swear tnat
win obtain Her Majesty's consent 10
your immediate marriage
sNayi 1 pray you. not so fastf' laugh
ed DON Miguel lightly. Neither the
Lady Ursula nor ] have need OF Her
/ Ma5esty's CONSENT"
/ But methought. ="
Twas not I who spoke of mar
riAge. remember"
.sThen you have completely bewild-
cred me, my lord" rejoined Wessex
with sudden frown. IT under
Z stood. -
ssThat am the proudest of men, cer-
tainly,s quoth Don Miguel, with a sar-
castle curl OF his. sensual lip. but twas
your, Grace who spoke of the lady's
virtue. merely wished TO
know IL should be offending your
Grace IT,"
He laughed and shrugged his shoul-
on Wessex's ear, and the gesture sa-
vored Of impertinence. The Marquis's
manner had suddenly undergone
change. which caused the Dukes every
nerve to tingle-
.Tf what?' he queried CURLY. The
DEVIL Sir. cannot you say what you
do mean7"
..why should II" replied the Span
lard. ssince your Grace has already
guessed. You viii own that / have
acted en- gallant homme. by thinking
OF your wishes. You will not surely
desire TO champion that much Wanted
virtue of the Glyndes. I
'-Then. what you mean, sir. 10 that. !"
II cannot speak more plainly, my
lord, for that among gentlemen is
quite impossible. But rumors fiy about
quickly at court and I feared that
your Grace might have caught one, ere
had the chance Of assuring you that
I recognize the priority of your claim.
But now you tell me that you have
no further interest in the lady. so am
treasured. -. We foreigners. you know,
take passing pleasures more lightly
than you serious minded English
and II the lady be unattached and
more than willing why should we
play the part of Joseph? :. ridicu-
ious role at best. Ell. my lord? 1. and
one, think, which your Grace would
ever disdain to play -. AS for me.
am quite treasured Au revoir to
And before wessex had time to ut
tar another word, Don Miguel, still
Laughing, went out OF the room.
The Duke felt little bewildered. The
conversation had gone through such a
sudden transition. that at the time he
had hardly realized whether II touched
him deeply or not.
Grvfnuv 20 TGrrt,1asa ugrIfot, 1sftyn ,,xua
ne was totally unaware Of her identity
with the lady who had been the SUBJ
1ect ef this very digtastefui discussion.
TO him Lady Ursula Gfynde was both
unknown and uninteresting. His meet
Ing with beautiful. exquisite Fanny
had driven all thoughts of other wo-
men from his mind.
But with all his volatile disposition,
where women were concerned. the
Duke Of Wessex was nevertheless inn
bued with a strong and romantic feel
Ing Of chivalry towards the entire sex,
and Don AIiguers disdainful illusions
TO the lady. who might have been
Duchess Of Wessex. had left his finger
tips itching with the desire to throw
his glove IN the impudent rascaI's face.
Harry Plantagenet, who throughout
the interview had openly expressed his
a7fsapproval of his masters interlocu-I
nor, gave an impatient little whine. He
longed for the privacy Of his own
sMpartments the warmth OF the rugs
laid out specially for him.
ssHarry, old friend!' said Wessex
th0ughtfiuly, what the devil, think
you. that young reprobate meant?"
He took the dogs beautiful head be-
Nween his hands and looked straight
into the honest. faithful eyes of this
dear and constant companion.
Marry" he continued more lightly,
f''you may well look doubtful. you wise
philosopher, for you know the Glyndes
as well as I do. You remember old
Lady Annabel. whose very look would
stop your tail from wagging, and
Charles, stodgy, silent, serious Charles,
txrho never. drank, never laughed had