Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-30

manifest to Marian that he amused
them greatly. She was not pleased at
his arrival IN s~haftesbury. and Is day
followed day saeh became 20 her like
a new link In . chain Of troubles.
Lord Uak presented hiInaaaf at thu
villa and though his raserved beer.
ing gave No sign that Gregory had
not described truthfully his altsred
frame Of mind, she still nurssd her
doubts regarding his real motives Tor
armed herself against new pressure
of his suit, but found in his tranquil
courtestes No faintest rsaeonsfor thus
standing on guArd. He sought no
private conversations with h4r, and.
indeed, seemed to selectf&ErneStins a.
an object 81 ha~lf-paterhai pleasant.
RES But he was 30 very subtle, and
wtthal had shown himself 10 I'M
h~inchingly determined In former
days! Why had he drifted here un-
less beneath the sway Of some secret
and im~penetrable purpose?
AS II to weight Marian's anxiety
more heavily, Lander, returned from
his last cruise, almost at ono struck
lordship. Beyond q doubt. she con-
cluded. he a encouraged BY their
cordial treatment There was much
In Leander to like; but did Lord Yak
or her nephew perceive it Was he
the kind Of associate they would
have chosen spontaneously? She 40
ttced that each. in his different, way,
paid a certain court to the youns
Croesus. Paying court to anybody,
except herself, was 80 completely out
OF Usk's line! And Gregory-id he
ever detgn more than Z nod to those
whom he thought 'unarnudng? For
hours at a time, she would put, 50 to
speak, two and two together. obvi-
ously, Gregory was bending himself
to the task Of fascination, with Lola
for its object Despite her p~rettinsas,
was she a girl naturally to please his
fancy? How could she understand
his picturesque Attttudinizingk, his
panoramic v~agaries? And yet these
often made her smile, sven some.
tirrsss to laugh, very heartily.
"Usk," Marian would fretfulfy
muse, lis only trtdinr with E~rnestine.
Of course; and I car scarcely be ac-
cueed OF vanity when I assume that
he has held some new sort Of pro-
vocative confab with Rupert reeard-
Ing myself.
"nut what II the girl should be-
SOu1e Interested IN alW ! Won't nave
1t! I won't have It! These yachting
parties. (which the. conquered ana
molhhed Leo plays propriety, whetla.
er I 60 or not, these walks on the
shore. these evenings passsd in
shadowy hooks of the big piazza-H
won't endure 1t, and the whole affair
must speedily cease. But how? Usk
wanted ne, with the money thrown
In. He shall not get Ernest1ne, Il
that, after all, be his aim. Az for
Gregory and Lola, I scent leas dan
ger thsre, but with them, too, the
situation is threatening"
Once she sat by the starlit window
OF her own darksnsd room, and
clenched her bands and longed 10
shrek aloud That her earnest a.
Ifort should end IN this absurd hasco!
HorAible! horrible! OF al men callins
last she would have chosen. AM
every phrase OF the g1rlx imroediats
future had bAAn - carefully conEid-
cred and Devised! She had begun her
work as an unfaltAring duty; she had
meant to carry It through With =.
energy Q different from that 81 tha
paid duenna! And then had con,s
the great. irreetatihla fondness. ovnrs
ecrolling with it, nirabus either mar.
1shsd7 head! Her two pupils hnn
srown into her two darlinea. 70 her
sense Of duty was now added 1 sense
Of devotion. . ~
The summer slowly sbbsd, but
NTH ~ feeoive strengthened. HAr
b fjugEled, like this from ont her
embrace. II seemed only yestard. :
that she had told herself, With tor,
Gus ~8pre0e1ence. hov nrn,,Ni. ~