Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-08

satisfied to play Othell0 4 relate ht
wanderings and adventures to Elizabeth;
he had Travelled much, and somehow the
presence of silent Elizabeth was a never
ending delight to him.
One day he came across the grass 81
lently; under the dense shade of the
dropping, swaying branches of the elm
tree, Elizabeth lounged on the broad
bench, trying to endure the heat of the
late July afternoon.
He caught sight, as he approached, OF
an illustrated book. Hearing him, she
sprang up and whipped the book under a
big blue denim cushion embroidered with
a white tleur de lis, and sat upon it,
turning a confused and blushing face to-
ward him.
"What is she reading, that she hides
it so7'' he reflected, his heart full OF
pain that his lovely, young, and wholly
innocent Elizabeth should be reading a
book she must hide from him.
Ten years of drifting about the world
a rich young man had shown him much
wickedness, and the pure wholesomeness
without ignorance of these young people
had been such as is rarely met, and lie
loved Elizabeth with all the strength and
fervor of a vigorous, cultivated, and fas'
tidious young manhood; he had been al
ways sought after, and many young wo-
men of all degrees of social prestige
would have been willing to have become
his wife. Perhaps the fact that Mrs.
Redfeld did not regard his attentions t.
her youngest daughter with unmixed fav-
or had some effect, for it certainly was
new to him to have a mother carefully
guard a girl from him.
He could not discover the faintest in
dication that she cared for him; even
Dudley, who read her like an open book,
been in this shy, proud maiden's heart.
"Going to play tennis this hot day?'
was her original remark, as she noted the
sad, reproaehful gaze and moved u~neasily
upon the book, which made a disagreeable
hump under the fleur de lis.
emo; I put these clothes on because
they are q thought cooler than son 9th
ers. How is Lady Clare getting on9''
"Dudley and I are doing it so well
that if we rehearse any more L shall ruin
it. The costumes came yesterday; they
are perfectly beautiful; my 'russet
gown is the most artistic and becoming
thing I ever had on, and Mrs. Soule has
had her diamonds set in a necklace for
me to wear; it is the most splendid thing
l ever saw, and to think of me wearing
seven thousand dollars around my neck
| is sitting in the lap Of luxury indeed. y
: She shifted the book a little to one
side. He sat down beside her on the
| bench.
3 "Do you care SO much for diamonds"
| looking at her in a way that caused her
W DG GOllSC1Oup u q pbAthfSS
f'for I'll raise Mrs. Soule's diamonds
/. and 90 her ten thousand better y he
. thought, as he pictured a diadem in the
i. pale fluff of Elizabeth s bonny hair and
| O necklace around the sweet, white throat
, ooh, I wish Dudley would come will
that lemonadel he went after it ages ago
/. Oh YES, I like diamonds because they are
80 beautiful, but if | had the money they
a represent, I'D have such a library, am
4 instruments and q laboratory--oh, IT
{ only could have a laboratory
Dudley CAME singing across the law
0 with a pitcher and glasses and there wa
!, the refreshing tinkle of ice in the pitche
Q as he walked.
"'Drink, weary pilgrim, drink an
r pray
. For the kind soul of Sybil Grayl'
q He handed a trimming glass to I'll
b agitated Thomas and another to Ellza
beth, who in a few minutes said rapid
to Dudley, in a childish gibberish the
used when small, "Take care OF IN
book"
can right, " he answered, understand
0 ing without explanation, and she left theI
and vent into the house. As she rose, b
negligently sat himself down upon tn
10 book, and endured much to shield h
twin.
The valiant Thomas wal not to
managed in this way, however, SO |
said:
n "Dudtey, I am going to tell you som
thing; I love Elizabeth want to ma
ry her, and she was reading a boo
which she hid when I came up, and yc
are helping her to hide it; and it xii
me to think of her reading anything III
that, where did she get it?"
ooh, she reads anything, y said Du'
lev, ''and ] have never seen her wit
any book very bad. She does not wal
you to see what she was reading, an
that IS enough for me, you won't see ]
What did you think, anyhow"
IT thought it was q book 4 saw
Roxie's library and told her to, put o.
Of sight wben there were always your
people in and out-and you know she al
Ross both told Elizabeth to take any
\ her books she wanted-and-and
thought, from the looks Of the book s.
was reading, she had that very book
"Well, she didn't; since you are
interested in Elizabeth, and are SO met
y as to suspect her Of reading contrabal
\ books, why heae it it.,' He drew it 9
and handed it to Clinker.