The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-01

celebrated again, a. ST. Georges aud
Che chauffeur would be taken into the
Minton business But Is absence
changed Btzaheth Miptous love then
au auuulmCut vas 70 be secured Rltl
Out assistance
You can wait six months, deag
esls sobbed the girl in Jones arms
The parents looked ON grImly Il
Raa the mother Tragedy 14D 10 tue
father. one more such game as be l4d
oi,eu played with lia fellow men.
Ions before tue SIX months had
elapsed the suit was begun Miss
Elizabeth bad known nothing OF che
world whoa she came home lslH
school auu ,gl a victim 10 Jones Nov
began lor her a series oil parties ana
dances al AN % which she was pre-
seHtei according 70 tha agreement
upder ben maiden name The cold
Worllliueaa OF her social set at arst
appalled, then amused. then fascinated
her She .huIdered NJ tue recoiiec
don OF tAat l0urroOm fat
1T was just at die end Of the sixth
month hat Jones received The news
OF the auulimeut lie vent no Slip-
tons 0fice ou Wan street The clolf.
ieur pushed past the once boys and
junior clerks straight into The OLD
maus room Mintou dung out bis aEm
Tor his revolver, but Jones Only
laughed
"Its Oh right; you win-now 1e
said But lei NE lel yQu tbat VII
Sin her again; J wiz so through peil
Ore 10 win her
This was Nlnton's turn TO laugh
lie had heard that sort Of Language
before lu the meantime be said
suppose yog Jet me give you taas
check Tor g million
~ shall accept it 70 buy my vic
e necklace when we are married
: again, said the chauffeur, and then
both laughed
THE check was casbed Az be PVT
= lt AWAY among bis pagers when u
g came back from the bank James MN.
Ion sighed wltb relief He meW ne
episode was closed His daughter
g bore her maiden name once more ~
; right OF Ian. From chat day forward
, The old people devoted their EFFORTS
g 10 making 0er more worldly han be-
fore They look her to Europe and
made tbe grand tour Of tbe different
countries She was voiced By numer.
Gus admirers, but the requisite comb
nation Of family and position had not
yet occurred So the years passed
elizabeth MiDtou was seven and
twenty she had been paraded in eY'
cry capital Of europe Intellectually
The young meu whom she attracted
became repealed by her hearuesspess
the cool commercial valuation placed
upoD her by her parents There ~
i not seem 70 be q spark Of Ingenious
4. ness loft 10 tAcse Ntipclal em0ers q
4 Yuaoity and studied coQuetry 2
y but thank God no woman but re-
talus, somewhere. The original sweet
= ness OF her mature however IL may b
: suppressed seven and twenty Is
dangerous ase for an unmarried Won
J an. The tr,uupas % life have pal4e1
. the charm of youth with its aWprlse'
has been replaced by lle bored wea.
mess OF lAe world which every Won
y au longs 10 shake on by some Ga4pe.
. a,e plunge at that t.me the gtrl wR
To- much Che same condition Of min
Is 80 when she made .aat amazingly Jaa
marriage IN New York
"t Was thep chat she met Wadg'
t water It was at d big English copI
uyhouae The mother had died bu
the SUI Was stu paraded by poop.
" who had taken her up-lor q cash col
Alteration ENGLAND wedge ate
had returned TO his native land ate
years OF absence abroad He had bee
~ q Younger son. without expectation
and something OF a black sheep Bu
y he had made o fortune in Che Cauad
an northwest and on his brother
death had returned 70 assume his %
heri,apco
They were standing outside 10 th
GOODNESS 0i A VT those d-,.c.0l
nights tlat Jlae only cap give. The.
speech had grown more intimate Th
girl felt b Sudden l1atl.nS for te roI
which she played A Resolution.
slow growth suddenly became viii.
bot 10 her mind She knew chat sh
could never lsa.u lend herself 20 Jha
hateful tltlehunt.nS which she ha
g. .ITUItIee4IY uurluaf iu an .uDe