Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-23

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gentle tones she remembered so
we'll sit down and get over your
fright, SUSIE What a surprise it is.
You are the very last person in the
world I should have expected to see
here
But she seemed to pay no heet
to him, and, still keeping her ter
ror-stricken eyes upon his face, ex-
claimed pantingly:
ooh, Master Harry What are you
doing here@'
He smiled
81 am working here, Susie. You
know I always was fond of horses.
i am helping a gentleman who buys
and sells them I shall be part
.ner, presently, 1 expect" he went on.
talking to give her time to recOve'
herself.
Here, i'll London-not abroad, no,
lin Australia, or somewhere out
his reach!" breathed Susie, with
trembling lips. "Oh, Master Harry.
lis it safe?"
Harry stared at her.
'Ts it safe? Is il a safe business
do you mean, Susie? Yes, if you I'm
derstand it."
business? Mo-" she exclaimed
with troubled, frightened air. Is
safe for you, I mean? Oh, Master
Harry I did so hope that you would
have gone across the seal"
Harry looked around the office
amazed and perplexed. Could this
sudden and unexpected sight Of him
have turned her brain ?--but, no,
that was impossible.
He made for carafe Of waite
and poured her out some, and she
drank a little, her teeth playing cas-
tanets against the edge of the grass
Nov, Susie" he said. Come, M
girl; what's the matter?"
Nothing, nothing, Master Har-
ry." she replied, as if she had re-
pented of what she had said. 1T
it was the surprise of seeing yC0
that upset me-"
q see," he said soothingly; "yOu
didn't know that I had Ieft'-hc
hesitated- 'Darracourt p"
She eyed him nervously.
''N-o, Master Harry"
-'But you have left Darracourt,
too" he said, kindly. 'rWhy die
you do that?"
Her trouble came back to her as
he put the question. and she hung
her head.
Eyes. I've left Darracourt," she
assented, with a choking sob. ooh,
Master Harry" and the tears Wen
cd to her eyes.
Come, come" he said, gently;
you. have had some trouble, Susie.
Have you quarreled with the-march-
ioness?"
"The marchfoness!" exclaimed Su,
sic; "then-then they are married?"
His face grew dark and his lips
twitched.
Yes; they are married, Susie,
Ae said in low voice
Susie rocked to and fro.
Married, married." she murmur-
ed. oh my poor young mistress!
Oh, dear. oh, dear!"
Harry leaned against the desk and
looked a. her gloomiIy, looking
through her to the vision of Lucille,
which her words called up.
oh, my poor dear, sweet mis-
uess! DO you remember her, Mas
ter Harry? How beautiful and han
py she used to look, and how gCu~
she was."
q remember he said duly.
"And married to himI-to him.
Oh, Mas er Harry he is a bad mani
My heart aches for her."
"And mine, SUSIE he said in
low voice. But it is all past and
DONE" he said, despairingly; all IS
past and done, Susie. There is no
use talking about it. Tell me about
yourself. How did you come here?"
Susie got her troubled mind pack
to the present.
II saw an advertisement, and
and answered it."
Little thinking you were going to
enter nv service, SUSIE" he said,
with q sad smile. But you haven't
told ma when you left the Court
III Ief- the morning after you,
Master Harry"
"The morning after / did" he
said, his brows contracting as her
words called up the scene Of his de-
parture. why, how did that hap
pen? Had you quarreIed with-Miss
Lucille?"
"Quarreled with her!" she exclalm-
ed, then fal1ered and hung her head
and whispered, Yes, Master Harry.
He was silent a moment. There
was evidently something mysterious,
something she wished to conceal
from him, and he would not press
he".
And so you are coming to wait
upon me, Susie?" he said, Il fear
you will find it a change from tn
luxury of the great Court" "A
change" she echoed. Master Harry,
if you knew how I have been hiding
and skulking in corners lest she
should hear I hadn't gone abroad to
Australia after all" she stopped
and looked at him in terror. NOh,
what have said?" she gasped.
Not much, Susie he said, kind
II. But why don't you go On? Whom
die you promise that you would go
abroad, and why?"