The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-09

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Young Lee would not follow. The ex-
elements and enjoyments Of London.
Paris and Berlin would quite drive
him from the daughters mind. and
some day that daughter would kneel
at the maternal feet and exclaim:
'Bless you, mamma, that you have
caused NE to forget that penniless
young man and engaged me to the liv-
Ing remains Of an ancient lord. duke
or count-
The living remains appeared in Lon.
don. He was Lord Somebody or 9th
er. The only certain thing about his
age was that he was over sixty. The
only certain thing about his attentions
to the daughter was that he believed
the mother far richer than she was
and that he had several mortgages
on several ruined castles that he wish
ed to repair.
After the first meeting, which came
about through accident, Milford was In
evidence at brief intervals during the
tour. lasting three months and more.
He received all proper encouragement
from the mother. and there We're times
when the daughter sat and looked at
his dyed hair and false eyebrows and
pasted wrinkles and was amused.
In due time. which was a day or
two before the ladies sailed for home.
he made his proposal. 1t was first
made to the mother. who received IT
smilingly: then to the daughter. who
also smiled little. but prevarcated
by saying that she didn't know her
own heart.
Milford was in duty bound, as gal
liant remains are. to say that he would
give her time. and Clara looked back
at London from the decks Of the
steamer and congratulated herself that
this ended 1t all.
That was where she was just as
much mistaken as her mother had
been. They had been home only four
weeks when Milford put in an appear
ance at the American manor house
1t was no ones business but his own
how he had managed to raise the cash
for the trip. There are money lenders
in London who will take long chances
His love had not grown cold with tht
departure of Miss Deland.
Just as the mother had figured on
young Lee had not followed the cou
pie abroad. There are postoffices al
over the civilized world, however, ant
slangy girl might have said that
was a cold week when Clara didn'
receive and answer a letter from
certain New England college town.
She may have even met young Lee
after her return. They may have me
and strolled on the broad highwa.
leading to the village-just little
stroll and just little talk. II SO, the
mother didn't know anything about it.
Milford had arrived to renew his pro-
posal, and not three days had passed
when the mother wanted to know
what the daughters answer was to be.
III he proposes to me again shall
accept him." was the prompt and un-
expected reply.
No more arguments, no more prot.
estations, no more tears. The moth
er simply threw her arms around her
daughter and murnured that she was
the sweetest. dearest daughter in the
whole world and then went off to in
form MILFORD that he had a cinch. A
cinch, it may be explained, means a
good thing-you are the only iceman
ON the route.
Nothing has heretofore been said as
to Miss Deland being the sole owner
and chauffeur Of an electric runabout,
and even now the name of the maker
will not be announced except at regu.
lar advertising rates.
When she realized that a second
proposal from MILFORD was inevitable
she chose her own ground to receive it.
That is, she invited the living remains
to take trip with her over the high
ways. Had he been a young man OF
thirty he would have scented deviltry
In the air. Had he been few years