The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-07-06

SURPRISE. when her ladySn1p gave hin
the opportunity of speaking on hi,
side he had very little to say. ant
that little did not suggest that he hat
% greatly profited by what he had heard
J. His mind had been full of Isabel wher
Il Lady Lydiard began, and it remained
r just as full of her, In Just the same
4 way. when Lady Lydiard had done.
Yes" he remarked, quietly, Miss
. Isabel is an uncommonly nice girl,
as you say Very pretty and such
: frank, unaffected don't
; deny that / feel an interest in her.
n young ladies one meets In society
are not much to my taste. Miss Isabel
is my TASTE
Lady Lydiard's face assumed a look
of blank dismay. Il am afraid | have
failed to convey my exact meaning to
you," she said.
Hardyman gravely declared that he
understood her perfectly. Perfectly"
he repeated, with his impenetrabIe
o~bstinacy. Your ladyship exactly ex-
presses my opinion of Miss Isabel. |
Producent and cheerful and sweet tenn
pered, as you ay-aII the qualities in
a woman that | admire. With good
looks, too-of course with good looks.
She will be a perfect treasure (as you
remarked just now to the man who
marries her. l may claim to know
something about it. 1 have twice mar
rowly escaped being married myself;
and thought l can't exactly explain it.
I'm all the harder to please in conse-
quence. Miss Isabel pleases me-. 1 think (,
| have said that before. Pardon me for :
saying it again. I'll call tomorrow .
morning and look at the dog, as early =
as IL o'clock, if you will allow me.
Later in the day | must be off to g
France to attend a sale of horses. y
Glad to have been of any use to your :,
ladyship, | am sure Good morning." G
Lady Lydiard let him go, wisely re- a
any further attempt to estab- .e
ish an understanding between her &c
yisitor and herself. ~
H is either a person of very lin
ted intelligence when he is awav e.
rom his stables,," she thought, "or he m
deliberately declines to take a plain
Int lei 1T is given to him. l can't in
rop his acquaintance, on Tommie's kr
ccount. The only other alternative is In
; Keep isaDel out OF MS a My Yc
God little girl shall not drift into a m.
Use position while l am living to
ok after her. When Mr.. Hardyman
alls tomorrow, she shall be out on
I errand. When he calls. on his re- ,
0nNi nc upstairs Win a the
sadache. And, if he tries it again. no,
70 shall be away at my house in the nm,
'untry- If he makes any remarks on
n absence-well, he will find that uo,
can be just as dull of understanding NJ,
he is when the occasion calls I'll
: it." -,
Having arrived at this satisfactory 60
luton of the difficulty, Lady Lyd- inst
d became conscious of an i~rresist- TT,
e impulse to summon Isabel to her ~,
S1iooo q IL ne nature of
a warm-hearted woman, this was on
y the inevitable reaction which fol -.
'ed the subsistence of anxiety about con,
girl, after her own resolution had ~
1880 ies' one tnre" prob
w ""ue one ol nef betv
den appearances in the boudoir. IT,.
IN in the fervent~ outpouring of her ~.
. ''hn me inherent iden,
~ WHICH, so waite
ngly marked Lady Lydiard's 49,
racter in all the relations of life. 80 a.
Did I give you a kiss this morn e.,
;" she asked, when Isabel rose to
her.
'es, my lady," said the girl, with mr.
charming smile. LIZ
'ome, then, and give me a kiss
sturn- Do you love me? Very well, Yo'
treat me like your mother. New on yo
ind my lady this time. Give me airy
cd hug" Cutti1
and
netting in those homely words.
'meth1ng perhaps in the look that Scr,
auo enen' 'oucned sympa- splend
- isapei WHICH seldom showed water.
selves on the surface. Her smfl- a,as
ips trembled, the bright tears
In her res You are too good War
. SIG murnureu, win ner head on wa
10y Lydiard's BOSOM. How can pear.
: love you enough in RETURN"
y Lydiard patted the pretty head A II,
-89tad on ho~ 18th ~u.A eus>,-c -.