Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-01

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lowed. her, They crossed the great,
hall, and. going througha reception
room and the d%eliEhtfuls sln-parfor,
CAME to the warm, heavily-scentsd
conservatory. s4 q
Poor old 'chalrliiesr!!. aaid Havilanid.,
as the pair disappeared s.she,,s in*5for,
it now! Do you suppose the palms
and orchids will bring him UP to the
scratch? 'Nita( FIJI bet you:a boxg6&
gloves against box of simple ects4ala
cites that he doesn't propose to the
lady tonight?" y
'.Done!,-cried Miss @Frayne. who
was sparkling again, now that the
dread presence was removed. Il
him at her mercy. And he's too good
hammered to disappoints her wish"
He'll propose" said Pauline, with
fortune-hunfer, that man. Indeed, /
am not sure he's a Count at all. Do
you know, Mrs. Illsley?
II know almost nothing of the man,
save that he's a guest Of the Froth-
inghams. That's not entirely in his
favor, l think
Right you are!" agreed Haviland.
Those people are-well, they're to be
queried. But I say, Polly, If the two
do hit It off. it's grinding poverty for
us, eh?" $50
ut may be a blessed relief, Gray.
She'll give us something, of course,
and send US away from here. I, for
one, shouldn't be sorry to go. She is
getting too ~impossible!"
"She Isl" put in Anita; ''every day
she pounds us worse! I'd like to kill
her!"
The fierce words and would-be
menacing glance of the little blonde
beauty were about as convincing as a
kitten declaring himself a war lord,
and even the stately Pauline smiled
at the picture.
"she ought to be killed." declared
Haviland, land I'say this dispassion-
ately. I wouldn't do it, because kill
illness of things requires her removal
to another: sphere of usefulness. She
makes life a burden to three perfect.
1y good people, and some several
servants. Not n would mourn her,
and"
"Oh. stop, Cray" cried Pauline;
don't talk in that strain! Don't lis.
ten to him, Mr.. Illsley. He often says
such things, but he doesn't NEAR
them. MI. Haviland loves to talk al
random, to make a sensational hear
ing"
! Nothing of the sort. Polly. I dc
mean it.. Lucy Darlington is a misery
dispenser, and. such are not wanted il
this nice little old world."i
But perhaps" Pauline looked
thoughtful, "the fault. is in us. We
! don't like her, and so we see nothing
good in what she does. Now, Car
rington Loria adores her. She had {
letter from him today" d.
Eyes, Loria adores hertz interrupt
Led Haviiand, because he doesn't live
with her! She sends him love-letter'
and money, and he doesn't know thu
everlasting torture Of living unde,
her roof, year in and year out! Blu
he caught on a little the last time HI
was here. He said-well,i in his quain
Oriental fashion, he said, Gee! she'l
the limit! that's what he said"
well, she S. pouted Anita. {"
can't do a thing to suit her. To-day
wrote a letter over six times befor,
she was satisfied. And every chang
she wanted. made was SO foolish sht
WANTED 1t changed back againSh'
nearly drove me crazy!" I
morning, noon, and night" sighed
isPauline :~r,.sYou have your hours of
Anita, but I never do. She ever
wakens me in the night to read t.
her. or to help her plan her new
gowns"
"1t is awfully hard for you." be
gan Mr.. 1llsley, and then all stopped
short, for the object of their discus
sion returned to the room.
1t was plain to be seen Miss Car
rington vas in a state of suppressed
excitement. She giggled almost hys
terically, and tapped the Count play
fully on the arm with her fan, as sh,
babe him say good night and go.
The interested one watching he,
could not learn whether the Coun
had declared himself or not. TIL,
presumption was negative, for, had h,