Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-06

sng and do like that, you know. But
how about yourself. Gren? l don't think
vou quite did your duty.
aprptty fairly, fancy. We can't be
vnac,ed TO consummate the amount of
nirouetting that your sex delight In.
danced a good deal. and it was real pleas
,u-e 70 me to see the little sensation you
made. | like to see my pretty cousin
.o,-aciated as she should be, and taking
hsr legitimate position in the county"
aAnd what's that, pray?'
aWhv ms the belle of all Hampshire,
- course. | wish. though. you hadn't
Ssnced with that fellow Pearman last
r;vht I've a sort of presentiment i'll
will come Of it"
aYou stupid Grenville: what can come
of it? | am not likely to see him again
for months-perhAps never. AT the
worst. recognition of his existence on
meeting is all that quadrille entails"
aWelI. suppose you are right, Maude;
hu, il is time was off. Good-by." And
Grenyille's pulse tingled little, as his
1ins touched the fair cheek so quietly
welded to him. "Kind regards to my un-
Gle and aunt; and drop me line now
and then.'
Don't be afraid Of that" laughed
Miss Denison: don't / always write to
YOU when l want anything?-and am l
not always wanting something? l think
the past might testify in my favor. Good
BY; don't be long before you come and
see us again.
Grenyille Rose pondered moodily over
his visit, as he drove to the station. He
hsd not quite mastered the fact that he
was in love with his cousin, but he had
arrived at some close apprehensions on
the subject. He fr.t that he would have
been a good deal better satisfied had his
parting salute been much less easily ac-
corded.
Maude. fresh as a rose, after turn
round the garden, comes in just in time to
greet her mother on her return to the
dining ROOM Petting her mother is one
of the chief pleasures of Maude Denison's
life. On this occasion she conducts her
into the easychair next the fire, makes
the tea, and then, drawing a stool near,
seats herself at Mrs. Denison's feet, and
with girlish delight recounts all her sue
cesses of the previous night: to which
the fond mother listens with quiet happi-
ness, as her hand plays with her daugh-
ter's silken tresses. That nobody could
eclipse, that nobody could ever be wor-
thy of mating with her peerless Maude,
was a thing that Mrs. Denison would
have deemed absurd to argue.
And, mother, DEAR" said the girl. at
last, "Grenville said, before he went away
this morning, was quite the belle of the
ball. What do you think of your daugh-
ter now: Won't that satisfy papa, al
though he did grumble so about the ex
pense of the dress?"
Yes, love. He will be quite content
ed when he hears how thoroughly you en-
1oyed yourself. | am only SO sorry that
was not strong enough to have been
present myself at my darling's success"
Harold Denison entered the room in
MS usual listless fashion. He kissed his
daughter carelessly, asked if she had en-
loyed her ball. scarce listened to her af-
hrmation, and then plunged at once into
tne letters and papers that lay piled
alongside his plate. He was tall, slight.
handsome man, with keen, cold eye and
rather undecided mouth. verging on fifty
years OF age. The slightly grizzled eye
orows knit as he SKINNED his correspond
ence. Duns, lawyers letters anent mort
cages and sundry other liabilities, form
Cd the staple Of the daily missives that
constituted the accompaniment to his
breakfast. Can it be wondered that the
mans temper was ured?-that the
whllom gay frolic squire of Glinn had
become cold, caustic and selfish man of
he world?
Things seem to be getting worse and
worse, Eleanor" he observed, throwing
uown an epistle on the best superfine
olue post, and slipping his tea moodily.
Inc old cry from Reynolds and Gibson
.nat mat interest on the mortgage will
oe oue next month, and begging prompt
eeluement this time, as the fellow is get
une rather uneasy about the stability of
.ne security, on account of the delay of
Iss' haif-year. 1t will be hard to scrape
.ne money together. Sheep, too, are
uo~n to nothing almost-so Thompson
ee.s me-or else / have a hundred to
gen mat looked to to help me through
mrs Denison sighed. She had gone
through a good many such breakfasts in
1er time, and felt as helpless as ever in
suggesting expedients for the occasion.
IT'S very unfortunate" she said at
iengtn. Mr.. Pearman is not pressing,
at all events, hope
NO; ne has the grace to remember
nas two-thirds of the property have al
ready fallen into his hands. He is al
nays tolerably lenient about his money.
ne fellow knows, moreover, that his is
ue nfst mortgage on the estate; and, /
.r esay' at times looks forward to being
sue eventual owner of Glinn. Shouldn't
onuer he was. too, some of these
muttered Denison bitterly. II
10 grieve once, Nell, that we hadn't
SON l begin to think now it was all
,Oi ehe best. l should feel it more if / |
~ 70 mink that my boy would never be |
s.er 20 here. Yet that is pretty well how
.n 1se would stand il we had one"
:. rroyidence knows what is best for
a. harold" returned his wife, softly !;
oa was sore source Of trouble to us
-. put, as you say, it spares us some |