Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-12-08

morning.
"Oh. that big, splashy crest WAS his.
then. 1t looked like him. now com"
to think Of it. Nobody but brand
new knight. with piles and piles OF
money, would need one more than hal:
the size."
Don't sneer at his money, my good
child. We want 1t badly enough In
this family"
mot his"
"Yes, we do. And see a reasonable
prospect of our getting 1t II you'll so
to the States with Mrs. Ess Kay"
what can that have to do with X.
I don't know one bit what you mean
That's because you're such n great
baby. If you must have ever 7
crossed and every T. dotted. Sir Gil
bert has apparently conceived p!
tronizing liberation for your Victor
which Is likely II properly fos;ercA
and encouraged to develop into some
thing more satisfactory"
"Patronizing indeed! That dull Gle
phant!'
ELEPHANTS are not rs rule du'i
And forty thousand n year in IN"
form can afford to patronize Il dan&l
ter Of hundred dukes without Il
penny, whereas I'm merely the sfaai
daughter OF three. In fact. M Gear
I'm humbly anxious that Sir Gilhe.f
should propose. and as he's been r:t1
er nice and as he's written nl:a' "
asking for an invitation 10 c0'.c uoNh
with Stan from next Saturday 10 Mon
day, although he carefully states he's
been invited for the same time l..
Princess Paul OF Plon, things looi
hopeful. The only trouble is-you
"Mew
"Yes. you The one time he evci
saw you was when you had tlll
frightful cold and looked hlroG'
with your poor dear nose twice Il
size and your eyes half theirs Eat
well. Betty. you're beauty, AMI ln'
not, though I do fiatter myself I'm n".
bad looking I'm penny plain an
you're 'tuppence coloreI. and H.
Mantell man can afford tuppencr -
a wife. You are so frightfully. lurid!;
pretty that it's almost improper. an
II he comes down and sees you he'll
probably think you better worth h.
money than | am"
What nonsense! And II he Were
such an idiot Of course should re-
fuse him"
"You would. That's one OF mott
ers difficulties. Even you must see
that would do no good from the fam
ly point of view."
81 could keep out Of the creature :
way"
you couldn't without Stan making
some laundering remark or some con
tretemps happening. 1t would be sure
to. It's much safer to have you abso
lutely out Of the way, and it was whei
We were talking 1t over this morning
that mother hit upon the plan OF send
ing you to the States You know how
prompt she Is once she's made up her
mind! Mother is really II wonderful!
woman. Twenty minutes later she sell;
q telegram to Mrs. Ess Kay asking lei
to come down and certain under provi.
dence that she would, for an intimate
sort Of invitation like this when we'rt
alone Especially after the great disap'
pointment would he too hattering to Il
woman of that type not to be s9ap1ed
at, no matter II dozen engagement
had to be trampled in the dust"
"What great disappointment are you
talking about?'
Infant In arms! Why. Stan ana
Miss Woodburn."
"l-didn't know-Dobody told me-
Fancy needing to be told. AS II
that weren't the only reason why
mother smiled OH Mrs. Ess Kay in the
beginning. 1t was because she thought
Miss Woodburn might do for Stan
forth, who must marry money. and Is
too poor. horribly poor, to be much Of II
aren't as keen on titles as they used
to be unless there's some solid founda.
ton for them to stand on and not wob-
ble. Every one says Miss Woodburn's
u great heiress, and though she's few
years older than Stan she's Il lady. =
charming creature and not bad looking
Mother thought all that out the day
they were introduced to her at the
Northminster's concert. so she Invited
them here. But Stan and the Wood
burn wouldn't look at each other. II
was useless even for mothers genius
to attempt the impossible. so she re-
signed herself to the inevitable and
gave the thing up. She meant to drop
the Americans gently, which she could
easily do, as they were going home
soon, when this new idea popped up.
It's really important for me, dear.
do want you to see that. 1t will be SO
much better all around II you are out
Of the way, anyhow until I'm safely
engaged and the wedding day fixed.
Then. you know, If you haven't mean
while picked up an American million
alre OIL the other side-dOn't look SO
horrified-mother will be able to de-
vote herself to you. heart and soul. as
she has to me. Next spring you can be-
presented
"Don't bribe." said, feeling as II
wanted to cry. "If you want to get
rid Of me III go without that. but
should have thought I might be sent
again to Aunt Sophy's."
"Not again until our magnificeD
Cousins safely married. She wouldn'i
have you there. Remember how sht
sent you nome last time. POOR Love
land! He, too. must think about col
lectlng honest gold somebody else's
to brighten up his cOronet. We're
poverty stricken lot, my child. aud II
for me, with your help, to retrieve thu
fallen fortunes Of this branch Of thu
family"