The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-01


Hi,rouutc,.$. VIII" r!""Iin"H to be- inter.
"2tru ; ANY m"u il, '.,f Of ovrra.IS
When tj"Y left IA; d"lLriIIe2U Gladys
WAS murh r.""~'.I AT lN" 7oUuI W3H :,
"li"f {" show th,lu "ytj lh" balance ct
th" N"rE ana #r,"r'"d It Wilh iHrnkS
>,hc WAS snnJnW hat surprised th&t ur
ah"H,d "n' """"h ui,.u parts at the fac
tory under other ten; mrU. hut h" nr"Glr
II" "Np"NntI"n Of tn" matter. ana it
WIS soon forgotten in th' interest h'
excited in what they W"r" >nViN,.
when th@N were usb"r"d ont to their
conveyance !0d} N1ri"IGh dI1np"d Il
silver dollar in tie i"r"mAm $ hand.
much to 81" dA1"hf"rH Identification.
Seeing her embarrassment. b" Showed
Il dcltcavE far ah"E" his station by ac-
ccptluG HE tip A$ matter Of course.
This was tn" Hast visit E,adJ Eur
leigh made with her daughter o. any
Of the commercial or InCchHni"a! won.
drrS q America. After that she colo
GLADYS shat ~hE might 20 where she
liked If she would "lbiy cut it short >"
that they miGht Get back 70 EuGlNnd,
and in few weeks they SHilCh for
home. Vhe poor woman Rad met with
Il great disappointment
At Che opening C4 the next season
when the "AmcriCun inV1Siun' OY Eng
land. as che English prOuI" call the
gan. persons whom Lady iIurIaigl ana
her daughter had met in America com.
mCnced to send in their cards Yhe
younger Of these persons 0hc viscoUni
ess left to her daughter 20 entertain
Gladys. who had been much pleased
with the freshness, the absence of
sham among the masses, thHR she had
found in America. surprised her rnuth
err by doing the hUn0rS successfully.
indeed, Gladys was far more attentive
to them than her mother considered
necessary. for the older lady not hay.
ing gained anything from her visit was
disposed to let the visitors see Eng
land by themselves.
Few young American men put in an
appearance and these the viscounteSs
left entirely to Gladys, seeing none of
them herself One day Mr. Edwin
Atherton called, and the card being
taken to Lady Hurlcigh. raising her
glasses to read the name and not rec
0gnizing it. she sent it to her daughter
with Il request that she receive the
visitor Some time after that when
Mr.. Anterior called again, Gladys, who
was dressing, asked her mother 20 90
down and entertain him till she had
finished her toilet. The vtscounteSs
did as she was asked. and though she
felt sure she had seen Mr. Anterior
before could not place him. Neycrthp,
less, to the manner born, she greeted
him as one she remembered perfectly.
but was careful to keen the conversa
ton on general topics that she should
not betray her ignorance of his identi
tv. Her daughter apDearing, she turn
ed the guest over to her and. eXcusing
herself, left the room
1t was not long before Lady Hur.
leigh noticed that Mr.. Anterior was
becoming a frequent caller One day
she asked Gladys who he WAS and
where in America they had met him
But Gladys identification was not es
pecially clear, and her mother got but
little satisfaction. The Americans
calls continuing and certain attentions
coming from him to Gladys that ind1
Gated more than an ordinary interest.
the fond mother made another effort
to learn from her daughter something
about him. All attempts failed, but
after one OF Mr.. Athert0n's calls.
gladys went to her mother radiantIy
happy and' handlhS her an American
SILVER dollar, sald:
MT Anterior asked me TO give this
TO you for one OF your charities
The viscountess looked at the dollar
then az Gladys. Something in the,
Slrls race excited desire Tor further
Information.
do you remember, mother, when we
were I'D America visiting a factory be
Ing shown over the premises by fore
man ana you tipping him when we
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