Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-14

mo doubt"
Well, Miss Desmond. you have In
terested me a good deal, and, as you
say. whenever l grow too tyrannical
or you grow too fearless, we can part
company. At any rate, you are more
of q rational being than most young
women. Now as to my plans for this
winter. l cannot stand being worried
by the people l know In London. and
my relations; so l propose going to
Dresden, a town where one meets few
English. l have had enough of my
compatriots for the present / shall
come to Paris in the spring; and after
oh. that is too remote to think of.
! had a letter this morning from Mary
Dacre. She is staying in Yorkshire.
at some wild country house. where
she hunts and shoots in modern-young
lady fashion. She threatens to return
here with her obedient father on the
18th, and that idiot George Lumley in
her train. Lady Olivia writes that
the preference dear Mary Dacre shows
with such girlish simplicity for dear
George is quite touching. OF course
the Lumleys are enchanted at the pos
sibility of such a marriage. ! won.
der does 1t ever occur to them to count
up the number of aspirants Miss Da-
ere has encouraged and thrown over?
/ do not myself quite understand why
George Lumley hung about here so
much. fancy he was rather laughing
at the future Baroness Castleton; and
he is too much of a Saville to do what
he doesn't like, even for a wealthy
marriage"
Il must say. Mrs Saville. that seems
to me erring in the right direction"
Il suppose It does. to you. To me
II seems weak self-indulgence, when
you consider the position George Lum-
ley is born to, and which he is bound
to keep up"
What a terrible birthrighti" re
turned Hope Desmond. laughing, as
she resumed her lace-work. and. tea
coming in at that moment, the CONVEX
sation was interrupted
Hope had been for four months
Mrs. Saville's constant companion, and
having got over the first almost over
powering inclination TO fly from her
awful presence, every day added to
the steadiness Of her nerve. and TO her
influence with her wealthy patroness.
She too. rejOiced IN Miss Daere's de
parture for more brilliant fields OF
conquest. as her constant demands on
her new cOnfdante's time and sympa-
thies We're rather exhausting The
village concert had been a great sue
cess. but the practicings which led up
10 II had been an equally great trial.
Moreover, Captain Lumley's manners
had caused her much annoyance Pre-
occupied feeling had al first blinded
her as 10 the true meaning OF his at
tenti0ns and efforts 10 escort her to
and from the Court and Ingledeld
House; while the selfc0nfdent hussar
was enraeed, Diqued. and above al
fascinated by the friendly. kindly un.
consciousness OF his aunt's attractive
companion re had never met any.
thing Ike n before, and gradually pru.
dence N0rldliness, every cOnsldera.
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