The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-03
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CHAPTER xxx-(continued).

Sil<1 In
"Ho-hoi Not at ALL Far from 1t.
You'l find 1t dangerous to say that to
Miss Hampton herself, prince. She
would most likely answer something
saucy to convince G of her antiquity.
Sixteen she Is. and southern girls
mature young. According to my fancy
she Is of a m~arriageable age and l will
tell you IN confidence, sir. h l would
no tell every mani have selected the
maj she Is to marry"
"Ah!" the prince murmured. Ger
tainly the Inn parlor woul have been
better h condolences. And then. as
the c%olonel's air seemed to demand
something. is it known who is to be
the happy MANI"
The colonel pursed his lips and shook
his head slowly. Well" he said de-
~uberately, well. it certainly Ia not
known In general"
"a thousand pardons!" Prince Louis
fastened to say. II am far from de-
handing YOU family secrets. monsieur.
conversation. Shall we not talk OF the
country. MONSIEUR"
But the colonel felt an expansion Of
b~rotherlY love toward this quiet young
man with the mighty background, who
would not lift a finger to Impress him.
The deep and genuine haughtiness SO
carefully bidder under his gentle man
ner had its effect on the soul which
spread its wares ever before the world.
He was conscious of a desire to become
intimate with his guest. He turned
and laid a hand on the others arm,
blandly ignorant that h muscles
frightened against II.
Not at all, not at all, prince. I feel
1t an honor that I should be able to
tmpart to you. II I know that I am
safe in imparting TO you the
ment Of a family alliance. My daughter
Lucy, although she herself does not as
yet know it. is destined to become the
wife of the oldest son of my cousin.
Carter Hampton, himself my namesake,
Henry Hampton the fifth. His estate,
my cousin. Carter, his father, being
dea ad1otns my own, n this mar
rage will unite the two places under
the old name. a most fortunate circum-
houses and broken fortunes. you will
admit"
The colonel. with his whole soul on
his own affairs. did not think Of a
house. better known than his, whose
broken fortunes knew no immediate
hope of healing. but the heir of the
house smiled another ghost Of a smile.
The voice flowed on.
The Il man himself is in every
way deserving of even so brilliant a
match as this. He is a man of parts
and has travelled in foreign countries.
11e ~ ot ah peTSOnallty-in
1act"-the colonel smirked-"in fact.
my flatterers say tina he resembles me
strikdngIy."
"one could ask no more" Prince
Louis answered neatly. and the colonel
was satisfied.
And before them. at that moment.
rose a stately picture. A large old
house. built of dark red brick brought
from England, lowered suddenly from
out of the bare trees of its park like a
monument OF calm hospitality. It's
steep roof was set with dormer win
dows; Its copings and its
were white stone: a white stone terrace
stretched before It At one front, as
they came. was the carriage entrance,
and the squares OF a formal English
garden. walled with box hedges, lay
sleeping before the springtime; at the
opposite side a wide lawn fell to q
massive brick wall. spaced with stone
pillars. guarding the grounds from the
flowing Of the James river. Colonel
Hampton gazed at the home OF his peo-
pie n then at his guest. and he cast
the harness Of his smalinesses and
stood out In the simple and large cor
diaHty which is the heritage above 9TH
ers OF southern people.
You are welcome to Roanoke.
prince" he said.