New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Oh my husband, wherever you are, ''''' , "',i
mel Bald headed, double chnned loud voiced SIhPlu
whatever YOU are, m sure you can p' ~ "''' "
stupid as life here at Brent.
CHAPTER H.
TWILL hold onto the top of my head with one hand,
L and write very carefully with the other. roI II
turns my poor head. How much has happeled 'oldy' >
both inside of it and out.
Events then ideas. | will set them down, the most
important at the last. NJ.
package sealed and addressed to AlademoiScHG dc
VauuiiGrcs de Cugny in the OF the Duke OF PorI
haven. Inside it more important yct'-t"o DAM
Of England notes. for a hundred pounds apiece, Just
five thousand francs; then quite little box Of gold SOW
crcgns-anohcr thousand francs, nearly. Never III my
life had seen 50 much money, all at once And Papa
old LAWYER in Paris, who had told me was poor.
His letter, which | found also INSIDE the package;
told me that here after selling all Papa property ana
paving all his debts was the amount that remained
The letter was very apologctic as though II ncoNcd
about six sous. Six thousand francs am quite sure
one can do lot OF things with much money as that
Darling Papa wherever YOU are don worry ABOUT your
Iil You didn't leave her 50 poor after all.
And So thinking about Papa, aS | naturally dld al
the sight Of this little inheritance, and perhaps crying
little too | didn't feel very much like going to the
Brcntpool that Aunt Elizabeth had prom
,cl 10 take me TO that afternoon. However she IN
sisted She said it an informal Scraggy parVcnu
sort Of thing: that a person in the deepest mourning
rnu1 90 to without shocking people laS though that
vos what | cared aboutg: and that if | didn't begin
10 90 around a little bit people would say she WASH
doing her duty by her sisters child Besides 1t seemed
that the new American beauty was TO be there VINO had
brr the rage for house parties all this winter and IS TO
bc presented Court next week at the opening OF the
season The girls all cnJoncd % study her care
fully and if they could athom the secret OF hcr las
cinaon. For it appears that, although she Is quite
moor for an Americana everyone is wild 10 marry her,
and she can be a Duchess or a Marchioncss anything
She chooses any day that she condcSccnds to say the
word
Aunt Elizabeth quite gnashcd her teeth as she spoke
of this intruder WHY don't they stay al home and
marry their own men, these American girls, she IN
ulircd with her eyes What on earth becomes
of al the supcriluouS men over there is what | can
understand Certainly, they don't come over here and
marry oW poor girls.
GO We went TO the flower show The flowers were GER
~ tanlv beautiful; but seemed 70 be looking
at them very much. There were about FIVE hundred
ladies' there all dressed in the gTcCny blue and faded
pink and dusty looking white that EnglIShwomcn seem
Ia choose for their tlilormadcS There were besides
about twenty-five gentlemen. Oh how wlSttully my
aunt and the girls and all the other ladies', looked at
them But they weren't looking Al anybody. They
were all in cluster in OF the conservatory,
with their backs the flowers and the Duchess too.
II had been Aunt Elizabeth. | should have collected
my band Of ugly girls and come straight away But She
STAYED and RACED to the flock Of satellite ladies and
clcrgymcn swarncd about her It's that Amcri-
cam" She exclaimed bitterly. "Now that's what |
call m outrage,
The American beauty, | crancl my neck: but the
wall Of black and scarlet coats too thick to give
me glance Of the wonderful magnet tha, held them
there. However. had nowhere to 60 and no one to
talk To. SD had choice but To- stand there and wait
and wonder what it would be Ike TO be beauty like
that and only have to choose whether YOU would be a
Duchess or q Narchoncss for the rest Of Your life
What was she like, this famous beauty, | wondered
some marvellous, golden haired creature white and deli
cate Ike the hedges We had passed on our drive from
Brent,
suddenly the crowd Of coats parted and they all