Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

two hours apiece every day
Oh. my husband, wherever you are, come and marry
me! Bald headed, double cnned, loud voiced, stupid
whatever you IN YOU can't be SO utterly as
stupid as life here at Brent!
CHAPTER H.
WILL hold onto the top of my head with one hand,
and write very carefully with the other. For it
turns, my poor head How much has happened today,
both inside of it and OUT
Events then ideas. | will set them down, the most
important at the last.
First then, this morning there arrived from Paris
package sealed and addressed to Mademoselle de
Vauquieres de Cugny in the of the Duke of Port
haven. Inside it more important yet,-two Bank
of England notes. for a hundred pounds apiece, just
five thousand francs then quite little box OF gold
eregns- another thousand francs, nearly Never in my
life had seen much money all at once. And Papa's
old lawyer in Paris, who had told me was poor!
His letter, which l found also inside the package,
told that here, after selling all Papas property and
paying all his debts was the amount that remained:
The letter very apologize, though it incloscd
about six sous. Six thousand francs. quite sure
do lot of things with much money that.
Darling Papa wherever are don worry about your
Li You didn't leave her SO poor, after ALL
And SO, thinking about Papa, | naturally did at
the sight of this little inheritance. and perhaps crying
little too | didn't feel very much like going to the
flower show at Brentpoo that Aunt Elizabeth had prom
sed to take me to that afternoon. However, she in
sisted She said it informal, scraggly parvenu
sort of thing; that person in the deepest mourning
could go to without shocking people las though that
what | cared aboutD and that if | didn't begin
go around little bit, people would say she wasn't
doing her duty by her sisters child Besides it seemed
that the American beauty to be there, who had
been the rage for house parties all this winter and
be presented Court next week at the opening of the
season The girls all enjoined to study her
fully and if they could athom the secret of her fas
cinaton. For it appears that, although she is quite
poor for American), everyone is wild to marry her.
and she can be Duchess Marchioness anything
she chooses any day that she condescends say the
word
Aunt Elizabeth quite CRASHED her teeth as she spoke
of this intruder "Why don't they stay at home and
marry their men, these American grls?' she in
quired with tears in her eyes. what earth becomes
of all the superf1uous there is what can't
understand. Certainly, they don't over here and
marry our poor glrls
60 we went the flower show. The flowers GER
- tanly beautiful; but no seemed to be looking
at them very much. There about five hundred
ladies there all dressed in the greeny blue and faded
pink and dusty looking white that Engshwomen seem
to choose for their taormades. There were besides
about twenty-five gentlemen. Oh, how wistfuly my
aunt and the girls and all the other ladies' looked at
them! But they weren't looking at anybody. They
all in cluster in of the conservatory,
with their backs to the flowers and the Duchess too
If had been Aunt Elizabeth, should have collected
my band of ugly girls and come straight away. But she
stayed and ragged to the flock of satellite ladiesand
clergymen- swarmed about her. dts that Ameri
CAM" she exclaimed bitterly "Now, that's what
call outraged
The American beauty! l craned my neck but the
wall of black and scarlet coats too thick give
me glance of the wonderful magnet that held them
there. However, l had nowhere to go and no to
talk to; had no choice but to stand there and wait
and wonder what it would be like to be beauty like
that and only have to choose whether you would be
Duchess N1archioness for the rest of your life.
What she like, this famous beauty, | wondered
marvellous, golden haired creature, white and deli
cate like the hedges we had passed on drive from
Brent?
Suddenly the crowd of coats parted, and they all
started down toward the gardens where the tea things
And saw her, the famous beauty,-black hair,
black eyes. that showed dusky against the
trailing white broadcloth of her dress. NOire
me tanpe-yes black MOLE just like me!
If had shock this morning on seeing all the money