Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-04-21
By Charles Garvics

Paris in the time of the revolution.
should have stood beside the guillo
tine and seen their heads fall with
out shudder. | would have cried
Death to the aristocrats.' till my
throat dried up and the milkwhite
hand that held the ran closed upon il
Nth a soft, cat like ferocity.
Il would have joined you" said the
brother with low laugh and cruei
carl OF the thin, Greek lip. And
have more cause to hate him than you
You do not mix with them in the out
siGe world do | have felt their
cold insolence. have WINGED under the
gneer on their lips and the scorn IN
their eyes Hate them" He laughed
IF by a shake of this finger | could
lay them all ruined and destroyed at
my feet I'd do it, This insolent young
fool tonight looked at me as if | were
the dirt under his feet as if he won
dered how / dared enter the same
room with himself. To that gawky,
Latfmer boy he was all smiles and
affablity. 1t was Jack, old mani! with
him; but when he spoke to me it was.
Mr. Melfard.' He raised his hand
and looked at it; it was quiyering
The father, the old earl, was hard
to bear, with his cold fishy stare whe'
| spoke, but his son, my Lord Ken
dale's' easy, lounging insolence made
my blood boil till at times | could
have seized knife from the table and
tabled him whore he sat-" and the
white hand made swift downward
movement as if it were thrusting with
a knife.
Take care, Seymour, that temper
of yours is acknowledgements"
THAT is what / felt, Diana. What
did was to make myself as pleasant
as possible to our guest. thought
even as | longed to strike him, I've
better game to play with you, my lord
The man you look at as if he were
dirt under your feet shall be your
dearly beloved brother-in-law, and
them" he paused and smiled.
ut is all very well to say it," she
smiled; ''but how are you going to
bring it to pass?"
1--WE will see. Why did not Dolores
come tonight?".
Il don't know. What does it mat
ter.
Nothing, nothing" he assented
carelessly.
II am rather surprised she did not
for she knew Lord Kendale was com
ing; told them in my note"
coun. Most girls like meeting a Wis
count. Most girls like meeting a Wis
night, the sister told me-"
81 know, I know" she assented
quickly.
"You know?"
Eyes. II was walking in the lane
and saw him leave the house.
He left early tonight. That was
only an excuse he gave
"A mere idle excuse. At any -ate
he was not so anxious to reach bar
racks, for he waited in the lane for
half an hour"
"Why did he do that?"
ITO talk with Dolores Latimer."
How do you know that? You were
here all the time, till the others left
Yes; but Greta and went to the
open window, and I heard voices; they
were Lord KenGale's and the girls"
"You might have been-been mis-
taken; some servant-"he suggested
Il might have been, but | was not
| asked Greta Latimer. and she said
Yes, that it was her sisters"
He went and stood behind her, out
of reach of her eyes and stared at his
face-now pale and frowning-in the
glass.
Hurried away from us to spend
half an hour in the society of Dolores
l4atimer," she went on in an indo
lent monotone; they were alone to-
gether in the garden. Does not look
exactly as if she were altogether in.
sensible to the charms of a. yiscount
Seymour,
He dld not speak, but his hands
opened and shut slowly The jealous,
tigerish nature of the man was work
ing itself to the surface, and as if
she We're aiming at provoking him,
she went on:
did you see how he looked round
the room when he came in, as if he
We're searching for some one he ex,
pected? did! and 1 heard him ask
Greta why her sister had not come in
the tone of man who was disap-
pointed"
He asked the brother, too"
Il should say, Seymour, that Miss
Dolores had made an impression
Lord Kendale is not the man to ask
after girl twice in the same evening
unless he missed her and wanted her.
My dear Seymour, don't reckon with
out all your hosts! When you talk of
making Lord Kendale your brother-in-
law, don't forget that a remarkably
beautiful and bewitching girl lives
next door"
A French oath slipped through his
lips, and he glided in front of her
with his hands outstretched.
Why do you say this?" he demand
ed in a low voice "You-you know il
maddens me-"
1t is as l thought My poor Sey-
mour,"
Yes, 1t is. Do you pity me,
will not endure it. You sneer? Well
you hear2 I love her.'