Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18

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She finishes with a sigh.
1t is as bright as a summers day
as the carriage drives up the old
avenue of elms leading to the Court,
and, as they near the entrance. Lor,
RE falls into perfect silence.
There is the Court, my dears!
Isn't it lovely place?
Poor old Guy!" says Jack. Cant
anything be done?"
The carriage stops at the great
stone steps, and Guy comes down.
Welcome to the Court, dear Lor-
rie," he says, in a low voice. II am
glad you have come! / was afraid"
Lady Farnham made me-"
The earl shakes hands with them
all save Lorrie. Her he draws
little nearer and, raising her hand,
presses it with a gentle courtliness
to his lips.
II thank you, my lady," he says
to Lady Farnham, "for bringing these
young people to see an old man
to welcome them under the roof that
is his for a while longer.
Guy leads Lorrie into the armory.
This is the armory," he says, as
they enter the magnificent hall. Guy
stops suddenly and taking both her
hands, looks into her face with long.
ing eyes.
"Lorrie!" and his voice quivers.
"You know why have brought you
here? Oh, my darling! my darling!
Has it all come right at last, or is
it too good-too good to be true?
Lorrie, do you still love me, and
will you be my wife?"
She says nothing, raises her head
and looks up at him through the
mist of tears and he catches her to
his heart.
The dinner bell rings for these two
in vain. Later they enter, arm In
arm, radiant look OF joy on Guys
face, a bashful happiness ON Lorrfe's.
The earl looks up. Guy kept you
a long while, my dear" he says,
gently. II hope he has had some
thing more interesting to talk about
than the mouIdy history of Lstcham
Court"
Father, Lorrie has promised to be
my wffeT" and the earl stretches out
his hand and, laying it on Lorrfe's
soft, white arm, says: Heaven bless
you both!" '|The Court must go,"he
goes on with smile, later, $50 must
all the land, or nearly all of it. But
there will be just enough remaining
to- leave Guy a country squirrels in
come, and with that our dear Child
must be content AS for me'-he
pauses a moment-"a seat beside the
fire in the winter and a chair in
the summer"
He stops, for Lorrie, with sud-
den impulse, rises, and putting her
arms round his neck, draws his
white head to her bosom, and holds
1t there, sobbing softly.
The door opens, and the butler an
Sir Christopher Latimer.
Lorr1e has only time to resume her
seat when that gentleman appears.
The earl rises and holds out hiA
hand
II am glad to see you, Sir Christ
opher," he says.
Sorry to intrude SO suddenly, but
I have most important business with
my wards" The fact isl continues
Sir Christopher, something has oc-
CURED in connection with a portion
of the affairs of my late cousin, their
father, which entirely alters their
The carr mods sympatheticaI1y.
"Have you discovered any further
Sir Christopher"
Liabilities, not" almost shouts
Sir Christopher. Perhaps you are
not aware that my cousin purchased
five thousand pounds worth of shares
in gold rnine-the Great Wheat
Rose?"
The earl Shook his head.
cit was the first and only occasion
of his engaging in speculation" con.
tinued Sir Christopher, land to me
it is a problem why he should have
done so at all. Some one may have
Influenced him-I have my suspf-
cions!"
1T was Seymour Melford," puts
in Lady Farnham.
"Ah!" says Sir Christopher, hum,
Well, buy these shares he did, and
for a time he was under the inn
preston that he should lose the
money. The shares went down, you
understand. On the morning he
died, we found a letter saying that
the mine had suddenly disclosed a
rich vein of gold, and that the shares
had risen in value. AS the executor,
/ had, of course, the power of real.
izing those shares; but for some
reason I can scarcely explain-call it
presentiment-I kept the shares
and supplied the money they repre-.
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