The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-12

rather abruptly, as Miss Van Busker
came into my room before dinner in
an exquisite silver tissue over layers
of rose-colored chiffon.
Miss Van Busker gazed pensively in.
to the fire, II guess / don't know"
she said, thoughtfuIly. Il don't seem
able to know. But I'll write you
whenever | do" she added, brighten
Ing up.
Thank you" murmured, and
couldn't think OF anything else to say.
SO we went down to the drawing
room, where Captain Croome was
standing gazing at the door. He had
had an enormous box Of lilies of the
valley from Solomon's that afternoon,
my maid, who will gossip, told me
while she did up my dress, and Miss
Van Buskor had a lovely bunch Of Ill
les in her silver waist belt.
We were getting rather tired of linn.
ericks, but after dinner Lady Newbat-
tie set us down to a final competition
for an old-age pension, a country man
sion, with fishing and shooting at
tached, and three footmen thrown in.
We all seemed to have exhausted our
ideas, however, and our best efforts
were poor
Miss Van Busker that night wore an
absolutely plain white crepe dress, and
her golden hair was very simply done,
and she looked perfectly lovely.
Captain Croome retired to the fur
ther end of the library behind a
screen, and tore up simply dozens Of
sheets of paper.
Cant you get through, Captain"
Miss Van Busker called out at last,
when every one had handed in their
folded slips of paper
Captain Croome started up, and
went over to Miss Van Busker with
quite visible anxiety, and handed her
his paper, and l could not help hear
ing him beg her to read it.
Miss Van Busker frowned dreadful
ly when she opened the slip.
why, yours doesn't begin to be like
limerick" she said coldly to Captain
Croome. Il guess you don't get the
prize What do you say?" and she
leaned across and handed me the open
paper.
just glanced at it and then at Cap
tain Croome, whose face was study,
and crumpled it up and threw it in
to the fire.
Il can't do mine" said, and got
up and went into the hall. Captain
Croome followed me.
What he didn't say in general terms
Of the perfdy and heartlessness and
general horridness of women isn't
worth mentioning, and | felt quite
wretched. But at last he went off into
the smoking room and said he'd have
peg and turn in, and did the same.
! mean, | went up to bed.
AT breakfast next day Lady Newbat-
tie looked dreadfully worried.
Miss Van Busker's gone, she said,
looking round round the table. "She
got a telegram last night. And Cap
tain Croome got one this morning, and
he's gone, too"
LA tney go together! SAID In
credulously.
Lady Newbattle looked nervously at
little Lady Hildegarde.
"Oh, no." she said, certainly not.
Miss Van Busker had the brougham,
though how she got all her luggage on
it | don't know, and Captain Croome
had the landaulette, and neither knew
the other was going"
One of the men laughed.
But they'll meet at the station" he
said, "by Jove!"
Lady Newbattle looked more wor-
ried than ever
And this wires just come from the
Duke of Derry to say he'll meet her
at the other end" she said wretched-
ly.
Lady Newbattle sighed heavily and
went over and fed the dogs.
And we all, though we'd done moth
ing, looked rather guiltily at each 9th.
er and at little Lady Hpdegarde, the
dukes sister, who is devoted to him.
And how Miss Van Busker COM
pounded with her two admirers at Liv.
erpool street / can't think.-The Tat.
Ter