Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-24

viscount, though Lord Guy only says.
Yes. No. Indeed and Really.
in response.
The meal comes to an end and the
two girls having left the room. the
rector passes the claret decanter.
No more wine?' he says, as Lord
Guy declined. Jack, you will find a
box OF cigars on the sideboard. do
not smoke myself, he adds
Lord Guy rises Instantly. decla. inc,
that he doesn't care in the least about
"a cigar. but Jack, who knows him
well, says:
We'll smoke outside, sir; 1t is very
jolly now" and the two young men
pass out, leaving the rector to sink
into the easy-chair with a sigh of re-
lief.
Lord Guy lights his cigar and walks
by Jacks side across the lawn in 81.
lence for a moment or two, then he
says:
Jack. why didn't you tell me that
you had two sisters? You never said
anything about the second one
this he adds in a tone of injury.
Didn't I? | thought YOU knew.
Perhaps forgot, says Jack, with
all brothers carelessness n!
What what is her name? /
didn't quite catch it." says Lord Guy,
after few seconds of thoughtfuf'
putting.
Dolores. Lorrie. We always call.
her Lorrie.
Dolores! Dolores! It is very
pretty name"
Think 60 says Jack, indifferently,
1--WE don't, I suppose, or we should
call her BY it; or else it's because it's
so jolly unsuitable
"Unsuitable?o
Eyes. Dolores-quiet, sad kind
of name, you know, and there isn't
much that's sad and quiet about Lor-.
rie." and he laughs. If they'd call
her Polly or Kitty now, there would
have been some sense in it. The gov
ernor says she's got more chatter
than all the rest of the family for two
generations back; and as for mis-
chief
She wasn't very talkatiye tonight
hazards Lord Guy, quietly.
mo-" says Jack, as if it had just
occurred to him. "Said she got a head
ache though she was all right halt
an hour ago, and was bullying me like
a good 'un. No she didn't say much.
did she ?"
"only one sentence says LORD
Guy.
"Oh, she'll make up for it when
you're gone. It isn't often she has
quiet fit! It isn't any use taking no.
tice of her-got temper! The gov
ernor says that we've spoiled her
Youngest daughter, you know! Did
you buy that polo pony, after alp
But Lord Guy doesn't seem very in
terested in the pony, upon which, only
two days ago, he had volumes to say;
and, seating himself upon the low
wall which divides the rectory lawn
from the churchyard, smokes silently,
not to say thoughtfully.
For the life of him he cannot get
Miss Dolores Latimer's face out of his
head. He had thought her beautiful
enough as she lay behind the tomD-
stone in her old serge frock, and with
her eyes shut, but in the soft cream
dress-with her. eyes open, the dark,
lustrous orbs which seemed to go
through him and burn hole some
where in the region of his heart-her
loneliness haunts him. Did she mean
anything by her II caught it sleep
ing in the open air." or was it only an
innocent remark? Good Heavensi IL |
she knew that-that he had kissed
her! She, the rector's daughter! Did
she know, and was it that made her
SO silent? If so, the best thing he
could do would be to get his horse
and ride off and give the rectory
wide berth for the rest of his life.
To be continued.