The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-22

squarely, and to his joy her own jolly
grin at last spread itself out to cheer
him.
II won't if I can help it, she said
wistfully.
think it was through the Malinder
servants that the dark secret came to
light at last The only wonder was
that it had remained a secret so long,
when one remembers how Tormen-
tilla, to Illustrate Mr.. Bromsgrove' s
evil designs, had been obliged more
than half to confide in the head gar
dener and the head game-keeper--
both married men.
| It was at the Cogwheels' bridge
drive month later that it was first
openly discussed.
/ Mrs. Hay was frankly annoyed.
4 II have always heard" she said
'sin fact, it is one of my husbands
most settled convictions that the
habits and morals of the aristocracy
are beyond all--well, you must admit
that they would never be tolerated
1 for an instant in the upper middle
class to which we belong, and which
is, my husband often says, the bull
wark of our country--the backbone
of our empire"
Eyes, but how sweet of her to run
about in her old blue linen pinafore,
| with her frank, unaffected ways, and
be so nice to everybody" kind Mrs.
Cogwheel murmured Il said to Au-
| drey directly / heard the news this
afternoon, Darling said, you
would never have guessed that she
was blue-blooded for a moment,
would you? She was so polite and
friendly and natural with everybody.
And Audrey quite agreed with me- =
Lise laughed. Mrs. Flanelle, who
had been busy sorting her cards,
leaned eagerly back to join in.
"She might have been milkmaid
in a sunbonnet," she said. ri never
was SO surprised in my life, and it is
such a relief to me to think that we
had such a delightful talk together
children in and gave them buns-all
about" She caught Lises eye and
Redeemed a little. 81 little knew that
an angel was entertaining us I'M
awares," she finished hastily. Shall
/ play to hearts, partner"
All through the evening the play
was interrupted by their comments,
but then. as Miss Cotton remarked,
one never expects bridge at a drive,
and no one ever minds, except one or
| two elderly men. and if SO, why come
but my heart aches for the
thoughtless child" she said. "You
never know what deception may lead
into when you once begin"
"You never know what anything
will lead you into If it comes to that, "
Lise said coolly. 'And If you never
begin anything, you won't travel far,
| will your"
Miss Cotton shook her head "I'm
afraid you are philosopher" she
said sadly, "and that is SO risky, l
always think, and so destroying to
ones peace of mind. I'm afraid am
right. There was the Lord of Bur
leigh, you sea- similar case-and
| you remember his sad bereavement;
and then the young Pretender, too,
and Perlxin Warbeck and Lambert
Simnel-always such tragic episodes
in history. I am sure it is better far
to live an open life. once knew a
| girl-a pretty girl, too-who mas
4 queraded as mothers help, and she
was the comfort and right hand of a
simple, trustful family for years. But
truth will out, and leave you to
guess the climax when all was discov-
cred"
"Who was she really, then?' Vera
Hay asked with much interest. What
| was there to discover"
| "She was a ballet girl who had
strained something permanently,
which prevented her from pursuing
her calling. yet allowed her to run
up and down stairs hundred times a
day. No one would have known that
she wasn't a simple, modest English
girl IL they hadn't been told, and she
kept it up for years. heard her
\ mistregakay with my own ears that
Miranda would be blessing in any
! home, and then--like thunderclap
the end came. Did diamond take
/ that trick?"
How" Miss Hay was deeply in
/ terested by the,story, and obviously
bored by the game.
! ooh, she got engaged to a young
man in tea, and she told the whole
shocking truth to them all the day
she left them to get married, when it
was too late to do anything. Not
the king Of spades? Why. thought
that was played long ago. How stu
! pid of mel"
I What did the tea man do?"
"Oh, he'd known it from the first.
But you can never tell what might
not have been averted if she had not
stopped to deceive, can you?"
No one could, but it didn't matter
much, and diversion came here;
little natural confusion brought
about by the surprising second APP
pearance of an ace of hearts, and it
was not until it was finally discovered
that Audrey had absently absorbed
whole trick into her hand few
minutes before, that any one remem-
bered the real interest OF the even
ing.
Audrey sighed as her partner
frankly showed her what she had
done with their score.
tYOu oughtn't to make me play"