The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-10

Come here. she called sgrscably.
Every one has gone thank heayens
I've been waiting for sou ior IN are.
Lets talk it i'll over y
'Iust What I've come back 70 do
There had been Toyaits al tlie mus.
Gale. and the hostess spoke Of her
guests and their approval, mentioning
one by one the names Of the great Il
might have impressed the ear OF
nan more snob than was the Mon
tana copper kings son. u did SO want
You to meet the Bishop Of London"
she said, eBut nobody could find you
You look most awfully well, Dan" and
with the orchids she held, she touch
ed his hand. /, ,ssai
He was so direct! SO incapable Of
anything but the honest truth, that
Dan didn't know deceit when he saw
IT, and his lady spoke so naturally
that he thought for a moment her
rudeness had been unintentional, Per
haps she hadn't really meant. Ey'
erybody in her set was rude, great
and rude, but she could be deliciously
gracious. and was so now.
Don't you think It went OF well?"
Dan said that it had been ripping
and no mistake.
II like Lady Caiwarn; she's bully
and liked the king. He spoke to me
as II he had known me for year"
She began to be little more At
ner ease.
Il didn't care much for the tiddling
but Lefty Lane made up for all the
rest" said Dan. Wasn't she great?'
"Ra-ther!" The duchess tone was
so warm that he asked frankly: We'll
why didn't you speak to her, Lily?'
And the directness caught her lnpre'
pared. The insult to the actress by
which she. had planned to teach him a
lesson failed to give her the bravado
she found. she needed to meet Dams
question. Her part of the transaction
deliberate, unktnd, seemed worse. and
more serious through his headlong act
wien he1had driven of. Drawing her
in the motor of an actress. She didn't
dare to be jealous.
Wasn't 1t too dreadful" she MIR
INJURED. ''Do you think she noticed II
too awfully? was Just about to &c
up and speak to her when the prime
minister"
Dan interrupted the duchess. He
blushed for her.
Never mind, Lily" His tone had In
!, 1t something of benevolence. IF yor
really didn't mean to be mean"
She was enchanted by her easy vic
tory. 1T was abominable."
yes" he accepted at was just
that! / was mortified. You wouldn't
treat beggar so. But she's got toe
much sense to care"
Eager to do the duchess justice
even though he was little by little be
ing emancipated, he was all the more
determined to be fair to her.
at was too sweet of her not te
mind. dare say'her cheek helped Il
soothe her feelings" the woman said
you don't know her" he replied
quietly. She wouldn't touch a cent.
The duchess exclaimed in horror;
"Then she did mind"
And he turned slowly: rshe'.
eaten and drunk with kings, and i
the king hadn't gone SO early you car
bet he would have Set the fashion
differently. Let's drop the question
She sent you back your check, and
guess you're quits"
With sharp note in her voice sht
said: q hope It won't be in the papers
that you drove bareheaded back to tn,
hotel with her. Don't forget that VIZ
are dining with the Galorey's, and It'll
past seven"
After Dan had left her, the duches!
glanced over the dismantled room
which the servants were already re
storing 10 order. She was not at east
and not at peace, but there was some
thing else besides her tiff with Oar
that absorbed her, and that was Ga
lorey. She couldn't quite shake hin
off,, He was beginning to be imperl
GUS in his demands on her; and, II
spite of her cupidity and her abts
in spite Of the precarlous position ii
which she found herself with Dan, she
could not break with Galorey yet. She
went upstairs humming under hel
breath the ballad Lefty Lane had suns
in the music room:
"And long may, his lady Look from thu
castle wall" -
CHAPTER XIX.
Dan Awakes.