The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24

Now and again, OF course. In spit
Of the faithfulness with which sh
soiiowed the instructions of the Hor
cradle John Rufin to let other peopl
DO the talking. she did make a sir
displaying an ignorance Of some IA
miiiar fact which should have as
founded those about her. 1t was for
iunate indeed that she had to do witt
unohservant persons. The servants
were her chief danger; and she fe,, it
By the circumstances of their life
they had to be more observant. Blu,
with them the Honorable John Ruins
other Injunction, to be red Deepine
and give herself airs, stood her in
good stead. They too were not inter
ested in Marion, and though they no
iced this change, It was not OF a kind
to awake their suspicious. With them
Pollyooly was at times almost trucu-
,ent.
More than once, in the secrecy of
the housekeeper's room, Mrs. Hutton
said gloomily, Il don't know what's
come to that there Marion. She's
taken to giving herself such airs that
there's no doing anything with her.
The way she orders me about, she
might be twenty
Lady Marion's a red Deeping: and
taey re Ike that. And what's more
she getting to the age when it comes
cut, said the housekeeper.
In spite of the trying need of con-
.inuous wariness, Pollyooly was en-
loying ner stay in the country beyond
all words. Her pleasure was only
marred by the frequent thought that
the Lump was not with her to share
IL She would have liked also com.
panlon of her own age; but the dogs
proved most efficient substitutes.
They attached themselves TO her to
a dog Firmly and with devotion. big
dogs and little dogs, they accompanied.
her on all her excursions. They were
not indeed welcome in the woods, and
were the occasion of her displaying
her best red Deeping manner to an
underkeeper who had the fond idea
that SO much noise was not good for
his sacred, but nesting, pheasants.
Pollyooly felt very strongly that IT was
the inalienable right of the daughter
OF a Duke to disturb nesting pheasants
II she wanted to; and the feeling that
she was the daughter of a Duke was
growing on her
On the fourth day OF her stay At the
Court new and discuietine figure
came into her life The Duke was to
arrive at four o'clock. and Mrs. lint
ton dressed Pollyooly to have tea with
him and Lady Salkeld in the great
ball. When Pollyooly came into it she
found not only the Duke but also his
nephew and heir Lord Ronald Kicks.
borough, dark. good-lookine bow of
fourteen, OF an almost girlish delicaey
OF complexion. The Duke, a dapper
little thin-lipped man of thirty.fiye
protruded two limp fingers. and Polly
ooly shook them gingerly. Ronald
shock hands with her in a somewhat
perfanctory and condescending fash
ion.
Then another newcomer. a fox-ter-
rler, came forward and shifted at her
skirts with an air OF inauiring doubt.
Their elders. who we're talking to
one another. noticed nothing, but Ron
aid said in tone of great astonish-
nent, Why, what's the matter with
Wigs? Hes pretending he doesn't
Know Marion
1t seemed to Pollyooly that now. IL
ever. was the time for airs: she drew
herself up and said scornfully. Hes
! silly dog"
That he isn't, He's one of the most
Intelligent dogs in the world: and Won
now it as well as | do" said Ronald |
lofty.
Hes not intelligent now, anyhow"
aid Pollyooly coldly.
He must be kidding" said Ronald.
ut he looked with a puzzled air from |
biggs to Pollyooly and from Polly |
oily to Wigs.
PoilFooly felt that she would have I
0 be very careful indeed in his pres
nee. and she made up her mind to |
VOID him as much as she possibly
ould. But she was thrown with him I
good deal, for he took his breakfast.
"a, and supper with her and Miss
harlow: and at lunch he sat beside
'oilyooly.
y tN-A@oA44 sl4cuL Was lUISlKu TO dis
AZURE; and she found his talk awk-
ard TO deal with. for 1t was full OF
Illusions to events which had hap
ened during his last holidays in
'hieh they had both taken part
ometines she extricated herself sue
essfully from her difficulties; some
ines she did not.
One morning at breakfast, after
ne OF her failures, he said to Miss
larloy. .Narion's memory's getting
ply bad"
Then It's Ike your manners" said
ollyooly. exercising the somewhat
angerous gift Of retort she had ac-
uired during her two years residence
18th her Aunt Hannah in the little
.um which runs along the back of the
,ing's Bench walk.
Tow last holidays you'd never have
aid 2 thing Ike that. You weren't
i cheeky" said Ronald, and he
'oked at her with that puzzled air