The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-09-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: A DOUBLE
5 ARISTOCRAT

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso
ciation.l
During q winter that my husband
and l spent In London we were pre-
scented at court and saw considerable
of society. That season there were al
unusual number of debutantes at the
capital, among them Lady GwendoleI
Fortesque. We met her at variou:
functions and made her acquaintance
but l cannot say that between u.
there was anything more than an &C
dozen years our Junior, and. in tbs
second, her position was far above the
reach Of untitled Americans. Never.
theless should have liked to know
her, for she impressed me as being q
superior woman.
Several years after this winter In
London while at my home In st. Louis
l had occasion to visit a public schoo,
In which my daughter was studying.
Entering a room where a class Of girls
were reciting, there on a raised dais
standing beside desk and speaking
| to her class with all the ease and Gig
nifty Of an Oxford professor was the
counterpart of the young lady l had
met in London.
"What is the teachers Manner l
asked of one who was with me.
miss Grandon."
| What an astonishing likeness! Was
she or was she not Lady Gwendolen
Fortesque? l have met many per-
! son well known to me Of whose tdenti-
ty 1 was not at some time sure, and 1t
was natural that did not feel certain
of the identity Of one whom l had
seen but a few times. Besides. how
could it be possible that a member Of
a select circle of the British aristocra-
cy could be teacher in a st. Louis
public school? l was at the door
when the class was dismissed and
went to the desk to speak to Miss
Grandon about my daughter.
Curiosity prompted me to. inquire
about Miss Grandon, but no one ap-
peared to know anything about her,
and the next autumn, when the school
opened, she was not there. l wrote to
friends in London asking Of the where
abouts Of Lady Gwendolen Fortesque
and was told that she was travelling.
supposedly in Egypt. This was puz-
zling, but was obliged to be content,
for | could learn nothing further from
England. At home I asked where
Miss Grandon had gone and was told
hot hn In
England. The Lady Gwendolen For
tesque, or Miss Grandon. whichever
she might be, occupied a considerable
portion of my thoughts for some time,
then gradually dropped out.
When my daughter had finished her
education l decided that she should
make her debut In London. The intro
duction was successfully accomplished
and we were kindly treated by Lon
don society. One of the first questions
l asked was what had become of Lady
Gwendolen Fortesque. l was told that
she was now Marchioness of Brockle-
bourne. All my confidence as to Miss
Grandon and Lady Gwendolen Fortes-
que being one and the same person
deserted me. Certainly | must have
been mistaken In thinking | saw
momentary recognition In Miss Gran
don's face
The time came when at a reception
we met the marchioness face to face
My daughter had been extremely fond
of Miss Grandon and when she saw
her double standing among a group Of
ladies was impelled to run toward her
She checked the impulse. however or,
rather, I did. and few moments later
the marchioness saw US She looked
away at once, but showed no especial
embarrassment We saw her no more
that evening, but the next day whose
card should be handed US but that of
the Marchioness Of Brocklebourne.
You may imagine that both my
daughter and l lost no time in going
down to greet her, and the moment
Alice entered the room she rushed into
her former teachers arms
Then, Of course, we had the story.
The marchioness' brother. oldest son
and heir Of the Earl of Herendeen,
had become involved in speculation
and had been proceeded against crimi-
nally and finally iDcarcerated. During |
this trouble her father spent every |
cent of unentailed property to assist |
his son. Lady Gwendolen Fortesque
resolved to turn her education to ad- |
vantage, secretly sailed for America. |
assumed the name of her mothers
'amily and secured position in the
public schools Of St. Louis. While
here her father died. and under a
British law that no peer Of the realm
AN be arrested or imprisoned her
brother, who became a peer at his IA
hers death, was liberated. Almost at
he same time the shares Of a certain
corporation In which the new earl was
heavily interested advanced In value
N the London Stock Exchange, and
re was cleared of debt. Lady Gwendo-
en- returned to England. resumed her
,osition without her friends knowing
where l-.e IL = and married
Don't TELL" she said LAS for me
am not ashamed of my work. but
ny family have made every effort to
onceal the knowledge that l have
eep q teacher In America"
Tho Cure.
He talked too much--far too much
Already he had driven his taciturn /,