Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

Mrs. Chedsoye eyed her offspring
through narrowed lids.
q should say that he was about.
thirty-fVe, tall, something Of an ath-
lete; and there remains some indica-
lions that in the flush of youth ne was
handsome Odd He reminded me of.
young man who was on the varsity
eleven foot-baller-When [ entered.
my freshman year. didn't know him.,
bat was a great admirer of his from
the grand-stand. Horace Wadsworth:
was his name"
Horace Wadsworth. Fortune had
the sensation of being astonished at
something she had expected to hap
pen.
Just before going down to dinner
that night, Fortune turned to her
mother, her chin combative in it's
angle.
81 gave Mr.. Jones a hundred and
fifty pounds out of that money you
left in my care. Knowing how forget
full you are, took the liberty OF at
tending to the affair myself"
She expected a storm, but instead
her mother viewed her with apprais-
ing eyes Suddenly she laughed mel
lowly. Her sense of humor was too
eXcitable to resist so delectable a sit
uation
"You told him, of course, that the
money came from me?" demanded
Mrs. Chedsoye, when she could con-
troll her voice.
Surely, since it did come from
you"
"My dear, my dear, you are to me
like the song in the Mikado;" and she
hummed lightly
TO make the prisoner pent
Unwillingly represent
A source of innocent merriment,
Of innocent merrimentI"
Gam I a prisoner, then?"
whatever you like; it can not be
said that ever held you on the leash,''
taking a final look into the mirror.
What is the meaning of this rug?
You and know who stole il"
Il have explicitly warned you, my
child, never to NEEDLE with affairs
that do not concern you"
Indirectly, some of yours do. You
are in love with Ryanne, as he calls
himself"
"My dear, you do not usually stoop
to such vulgarity. And are you GER.
tain that he has any other name?"
'If I were I should not tell YOU
"Oh!"
a man will tell the woman he
loves many things he will not tell.
the woman he admires''
CAS- wise as the rpent," bantered
the mother; but SIC looked again into
the mirror to see if her color was still
what it should be. "And whom does
he admire?" the Mona Lisa smile hoy-
ering at the corners Of her lips.
YOU" evenly.
Mrs. Chedsoye thought for mo-
ment, thought deeply and with new
insight. 1t was no longer a child but
a woman, and mayhap she had played
upon the tsut strings of the young
heart once too often. Still, she was
unafraid.
"And whom does he Iove?"
"Me Shall I get you the rouge,
mother?"
Still with that unchanging smile,
the woman received the stab. 'AIy
daughter" as if speculatively, ''you
will get on. You haven't been my pu-
pill all these years for nothing. Let
us go down to dinner"
Fortune, as she silently followed,
experienced a sense Of disconcertion
rather than of citation.
TO BE CONTINUED1
The Blessed Christmas Tirne.
l walked in the world today dear Lord.
Midst worth and wealth and fame.
Clasped hands with power and beauty
Lord.
With loneliness and name. SO
l walked in the world today. dear Lord.
Midst perfumes rich and rare.
Earth's choicest exotics poured costly
breath
Upon the heavy air 49,
1 walked in the world today. my Lord
Through crowded hall and mart
Where fruit or loom and press and brush
Each vie for glorys part -
have come apart from the world. dear
Lord.
Where the mighty rule and shine,
! To find sweet 10y at thy blessed side.
To feast on things divine
Oh, the woTld is poor. / am rich tonight
| AS / walk IN the path of the stars clear
light.
And | need no share in the great worlds
fame
/ am crowned in the faith of the star
childs name
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