Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22
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a'rI j 1, was struggling into
~. clothes, and his face wore
e ,.a.sion Of as much dissatisfac-
y !. he ever permitted to appear
. whom VI he had brushed his hair
s.#Isd his white tie he took up a
s.Om his father, the cause OF
l. n and re-read it slowly.
O y. ssa assr Richard" wrote the fourth
". t' from his home at Stockton,
a.n you have now been six
Y. IN America and have not sue
~ IN your quest of a bride VINO
Y ,..tore the much depleted fam
..0me to its pristine size before
ssa radical ministries in power
,'Ioc for the laboring classes at
.vnsnse of the landed gentry. Nor
\ Tou displayed any evidence that
re- likely to succeed in such an
.rnf in the near future. And
s,rbiIe the sands Of my patience
mining out, and, what will dis
'st YOU more, I fear, the allow
! that I am making you must
rly come to an end.
. have. therefore, Richard, picked
J, bride for you. She is Mis- May
.rnd. the daughter of the Pittsburg
-rhnaire who owns a magnificent
- in Fifth avenue, New York. The
.Gy have recently been visiting
Inland, where I met them. l have
eged into a tentative contract with
smother, and you will do your best
bring about an engagement now
n they have returned to America.
ii will be warmly welcomed, and
ire is little doubt that, If you are
n lost to all sense Of duty, Double
I'D Manor will see a new bride next
E,'
vvon the table lay a second mis-
be- an engraved card, announcing
BIT Mr.. and Mrs. Jerrold requested
pleasure of Lord Jocelyn's COM
boy to dinner that evening.
Lord Jocelyn had paid one visit to
AIenOld's and it had not pleasant
impressed the young Englishman.
D had found May Jerrold a plain
hned, rather worldly girl, and the
hher nOnentity, socially speaking,
Piled by the mother, a pompous per-
mage who, in language hardly veil
bad suggested that the exchange
1.-The title for the Jerrold wealth
'nut be in the best interests of both
'lalEes. As to the wealth, there was
NdOubt Of its existence. Though he
'Mecently been implicated in some
amer speculative transactions in
VAL street, Jerrold pere was reputed
c0nSerVative judges to worth fifty
Billions.
suppose that there's no help for
Lord Jocelyn sighed. "I'ye got
|s@ spliced. Tonight shall warm
|qN the Ierrold girl, and soon, after
ssent interVal-two weeks, say
llA ask her to be my BRIDE"
~ struggled into his overcoat and.
sSd out of his apartment and down
NHalrS. A crawling taxicab doomed
gV@ OF the mist. Lord Jocelyn en-
NN' and some twelve minutes later
~ SSsed at the threshold of the Jer-
M home.
1 'ue guests We're for the most part
e'aoy assembled in the drawing
!. wAen he entered. Mrs. Jerrold
~, Forward to meet him with af-
S S.s enthusiasm, and after he had
M ,.s'l hands with her daughter, in
, y him to some of those near
stiace Won Mitfohlen, / want you
' u Lord Jocelyn," she said.
! ~ prince, a tall, slender young
VI military bearing. bowed stiff
! ~, looked at Jocelyn curiously.
M S =, prince, Lord Jocelyn," whis-
ma. Mrs Jerrold with evident self
s c.s He's in the 'Almanach
l.ssn ua' Lord Joselyn-Mr. Henry
S,.'' id''er was the antithesis Of the
d =, a Snort, round, jovial Ameri-
h 'le successful business type,
isS S,asped Jocelyn's hand warmly.
ma lure introductions were effect
aasr ' 'nen the servant announced
n ~ SFe to take my daughter down,
N evelyn" said Mrs. Jerrold, and
NJ ~ s.told put her small gloved
d so, On his arm and accompanied
en WI the stairs. The drawing
ght - at the top of the second
q ~ the top Of the first was a
spssa observatory, the entrance
d oo, " TWO antique sets of armor,
Ssrn su, lance in hand, as though
sa,I, al Persons away who had
Ind us business within. On the
b aa aoor was the dining room, Law
les - with pictures of all
pan u sizes, most of which bore
d sLi', s OF old masters and had
lopraal ully copied for the Ameri-
Sa ~ aser in Brussels.
saso S'nner passed off quietly, the
ia ~, Of the guests being concen-
,oo T,er On the viands than upon
shn,n F' On the other side of
In companion sat Prince Nit
lerota az noticing that he seemed
) lo', much of his conversation to
w. and that she listened