The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03

"Ho--hoi Not at allI Far from Il.
You'll find Il dangerous TO say that 20
Miss Hampton herself. prince she
would most likely an9wer Rofnetnin8
gaucy TO convince you OF her antiquity.
sixteen she IL. and our southern girls
mature young. AccoFding 20 my fancy
she IS Of Tnarriageable age, and VIII
tell you In confidence SIR. what would
not tell every mani have Beaected tne
man she 10 to marry"
-Ah!" the prince murmured- Ger
tAinly tho Inn parlor would have poen
better than condolences. And then. as
the coloneIg air seemed TO demand
something els II known who In to Do
the happy MANI"
his head slowly. We'll" he said de-
liberately, well, IL certainly II not
known in general"
"a Thousand pardons!" Prince Louis
FASTENED to say. II am far from de-
manding your family secrets, monsieur.
simply -how do you say itf--made
conversation. Shall we not talk OF the
country, monsieur <s..
But the colonel felt an expansion Of
brotherly 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 hidden under his gentle man
ner had its effect on the soul which
spread it's wares ever before the world.
He was conscious Of desire to become
intimate with his guest He turned
and laid hand on the others arm,
blandly ignorant that the muscles
frightened against IL. ....a.r. e.--.
mot at all. not at all, prince. feel
II an honor that I should be able TO
impart to you. and / know that l am
safe In imparting to you the arrange
.Nfa e.. Ill hk
Lucy, although she herself does not as
yet know II, 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
dead. adjoins my own, and this mar
rlage will unite the two places under
the old name, a most fortunate circum-
stance in these days of changing
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. an. .
1.-THE young 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,
He is OF an attractive personality--in
fact"--the colonel smirked-'in fact,
my flatterers say that he resembles me
striklngly."
"One could ask no more" Prince
Louis answered neatly. and the colonel
was satisfied. 3
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 or its park like 9
monument OF calm hospitality. Its
steep roof was set with dormer win
dows; its copings and its easements
Were white stone: a white stone terrace
stretched before II. At one front. as
they came, was the carriage entrance
and the squares of q formal English
garden. walled with box hedges, lay
sleeping before the springtime; at the
opposite side 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 and then at his guest. and he cast
the harness Of his smallnesses and
stood ont In the simple and large corr
diRlity which Is the heritage above 9TH
ers OF southern people.
You are welcome to Roanoke
prince" he said.