The Washington herald., 1919-07-26

nothing about the Napoleonic war
that was raging. the fate of Europe
was TO her only Lieutenant Georse
! Osborne; while he, often away with
I his regiment. the Horse Guards, read
! her letters hastily. murmuring, Poor
/ little Emmy-how fond she is of me.
and CAD. what a headache that
| mixed punch has given me-
About this time Miss Erawley re-
turred from visiting her brother and
| brought back with her to her house
| in Park Lane no less a persona sc than
Miss Rebecca Sharp. who, so well had
she played her cards. was now Miss
Crawley's much cherished companion.
Whereupon Capt Eawdon Crawley be-
came frequent visitor at his aunt's
home. incidentally. Lady Crawley
died-so incidentally that Miss Craw-
ley merely said, pettishly, "I suppose
l must put Off my party for the third
Immediately upon the death of his
wife. Sir Pitt came TO his sisters
house and endeavored to retrieve his
lost Becky as governess.
Il daren't-I don't think it would
, be right to be alone-with-you, sir"
she replied, seemingly in great agita-
ton.
Come as Lady CrawIey. then!
There, will that satisfy you?" and the
vulgar. ill-bred old NJ. p. fell down on
his knees and leered at her like
satyr.
Rebecca. in real CONSERVATION at her
lost chance. wept genuine tears, as
she exclaimed. oh. Sir Pitt-Oh, sir
I-I-Fm married already
When it further transpired that the
bridegroom of Becky's secret marriage
was the brass -spurred and long
mustachioed Capt. Rawdon Craw.ey
there were two cataclysms, one in
which Miss CTawley went from one
mt of Mysteries into another. and one
where the frenzied old Sir Pitt went
wild with hatred and insane with
baffled desire. But the bridegroom
captain remarked to his wife: You're
sure to get us out of the scrape Beck.
never saw your equal, and I've met
with some clippers in my time. too"
George Osborne. though dependent
no his mercenary, low-bred father.
despised him. and when the elder. Os-
borne forbade George to marry our
little Amelia, the young man broke
over the traces and married her out
OF hand. The marriage was eggcd on
and managed BY the faithful Dobbin:
and. radiant in her straw bonnet with
pink ribbons and a white lace veil
little Emmy went off with her husband
to Brighton for the honeymoon.
Here they fell in with the Raw
don Crawleys. Becky. mistress of
fine establishment, and surround
ed by respectful admirers. was so
edroit at wheedling tradesmen and
standing off creditors, that she
| made it possible for them to main
! tain a fine social position on nothing
a year.
Soon after this, among the bril-
liant train of camp followers that
hung around the Duke of yelling
tons army, our friends were all in
Brussels. George, now desperately
| infatuated with Becky, and neglect
ing his six weeks wife shamefully.
slipped a note in a bouquet at a
ball, begging Becky to elope with
him. But before the note was an
| swered came the call to arms, and
Lieut.. Osborne. forgetting all love
and intrigue. kissed his Amelia and
marched away-marched. alas. to his
death on the field of Waterloo.
Col. Rawdon Crawley. promoted
for gallantry. returned in triumph,
and he and his wife passed the win
ter of 1915 in Paris in much splendor
and gaiety. Becky's salon became
famous, and great people hobnobbed
there. Col. Crawley's dexterity at
| cards and billiards became so
marked that he constantly won from
his guests. and under Becky's tute-
/ lage he became a clever and sue
cessful gambler. and thus aided in
their fortune of nothing a year.
Amelia, now the widow Osborne
and with a small son, Georgy, was
in sad penury; her father-in-law
refusing to see her at all, and her