The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
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| ty knew that he cousin. Sir Peter might
| have been viscount Arley IL he had
wanted to. was more perplexed than or
Tended.
| Like the true lady she was she
could not understand the motives which
had induced Mrs. Jameson to repel 50
rudy the intended friendly advances
| of the Crawford ladies to Nher sister-in
law.
1t appeard that Mrs. Jameson had
wished Lady Glenmire to believe that
she visited and was visited only by
| the County Families" Perhaps she
thought that when she had Peerless
beneath her roof the county families
really would call.
The next Sunday at church no one
Of the ladies of Crawford even glanced
at the pew wherein sat Mrs. jamie
SON and her guest But they all cross
| questioned their servants afterward a.
| to what sort Of person "Her Lady
ship" seemed to be and what she had
on. They found that she was dressed
| in an old black silk and shepherds
And she looked up and down the church
like bird and nipped up her petit
coats when she came out as quick as
ever ! see. I'll tell you what. a'am.
she's more like Mrs. Deacon at the
Coach and Horse nor any one"
Hush. Martha: that's not respect
full" said Miss Matty.
Amt It. ma'am? beg pardon. but
Jim Hearn said SO as well. He said
she was just a sharp. stirring body
rLady," corrected Miss Matty.
"Lady-as Mrs. Deacon.
Another week passed and somehow
the County Families did not call at the
house of the Honorable Mrs. Jameson.
This fact gradually dawned upon the
torpid intellect of that lady, and as
Lady Glenmire found things rather
dull under the roof OF her sister-in-
law a dispensation from Mulliner was
obtained and Mrs. Jameson sent out
invitations for cards and tea" to the
ladies of Crawford.
At first they all declared they would
not go-not under any circumstances!
But on second thought 1t was consid-
cred that their refusal would be evil
dence that they, really had cared about
the previous prohibition Of Mrs. jamie
son-which they had not; no, not in
the leasti So instead of "regretting
that a previous engagement, etc" they
all accepted with pleasure the kind.
etc.
They found Lady Glenmire very
much such a person as Martha had
described her to be-. Ten pounds, my
dear" said Miss Pole afterward, would
have purchased everything she had on
her," But the ladies were a little en-
barrassed at first. doubling as to what
would be a proper subject on which to
begin conversation with a peerless.
Miss Pole, however. broke the ice
by remarking. "Has your ladyship been
at court recently?"
Dear me. no." laughed the bird-like
little woman. IT was never at court
In my life I never was In London but
twice, and that was after my marriage.
Papa had such a large family he was
never able to take us anywhere except
up to Edinburg once in a great while"
The Crawford ladies gasped. Here
was a peeress who talked of being
poor as openly and unblushingly as
Captain Brown had done. But they
soon became warm friends of the
bright. cheerful little woman. and by
the time they sat down to Ombre and
Ouadrille they were calling her you"
and "ma'am" Just as naturally and ia
miliarly as you please.
But do not think that the fundamen-
tai law of Crawford society was shat
tered by Lady Glenmire's open remarks
about poverty. Captain Browns Of
Tense of the same nature had been
passed over long hKo Win pltylnB
smile. a sigh, a dubious shake of the
head and the words 1.-The poor Captain"
LADY Glenmire's remark was set down
at once as being one of those eccen-
tricities which 'the peerage" Is allow
ed 10 indulge, but which would be
shockingly bad form in anybody else.
Among themselves the ladies OF Gran
ford held strictly to their old laws of
Rentility, and any one OF them who
had ventured to speak OF being poor
would, In spite of the Captain and the
peeress, have been as remorselessly
expelled from the charmed circle as a
Crandee OF Spain would have certainly
been expelled from the court who had
ventured to assert that the Queen
walked on legs. And served 'em
right too. There are so many dis
agreeable things in this world that the
more we can ignore the better.
Miss Matty. who since the dinner at
woodley and the subsequent departure
Of Mr.. Holbrook for Paris. had been
more than ever given to INDUCING in
periods of silent meditation before the
Are OF evenings. one night awakened
from a reverY to ask Miss Smith. who
was still her guest. to assist her in
reading and destroying some old let
ters which she would mot like 10 have
around after am gone, my DEAR
They were old family letters OF no