Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

or no." He gesticuated. We'll, but life is
very dull in Deptford village, and it amuses
you to twist Queens adviser around your
f1nger I it plainly, you mink, and
acquiesce because it delights me to give you
pleasure, even at the cost of some dignity Yet
/ may no longer shirk the Queens business
no, not even to amuse you, my dear"
You said you had heard from her-again?"
Il had this morning my orders, under Glori-
anna's own fair hand either to depart tomOr-
row into France else to come tomorrow to
Windsor need not say that in the circum-
stances consider France the more whole
some"
Now the girls voice was hurt and Wistful.
go for the thousandth time, 1t is proven the
Queens business means more to you than do -
He observed unruftied: MY dear, / scent
unreason. This Is q high matter. If the
French King compounds with Rome, it means
war for Protestant England. Even you must
see that" e.. j.. .-. - ..,.
She replied, sadly: Eyes, even I! Oh, cer-
tatnly, my lord, even half -Witted child Of ~
can perceive as much as that"
IT was not speaking of half-witted persons,
as remember. Well it chances that ana
honored by the friendship of one gallant Bear
nais and ann supposed to have some claim upon
him, thanks TO- my good fortune last year In
sewing his life from the assassin BaTriere. It
chances that I may perhaps become, under
Providence. the instrument of preserving my
. fellow eOuntrymen from much grief and trun-
pet-sOundinG and throat-cutting. Instead Of
pursuing that chance, two weeks agO-as was
my duty-I have dangled at your aprOn-stTinWS.
in the vain hope Of softening the most variable
and hardest heart in the world. Now, clearly,
j have not the right TO do that any longer"
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CHE admired the ennobled, the slightly rapt
= look which, she kneW, denoted that George
BulAer was doing his duty as he saw 1t, even
In her disappointment. mo, you have not the
' right. You are welded to your statecraft, to
your patriotism, TO your self advancement, OF
chrsten it what you WILL You are welded ct
= all events, 70 your mans business. YON have
not the time for such ~trifles as giving maid
that foolish and lovely sort Of wOoIng to which
;. every maid looks forward In her heart of
hearts. - Indeed, when you married the first
., time It was o kind OF inf1deNty; and am Cex-
tain that poor dear mouse-like Mary must have
felt that often and over again. why, do yON
not see, George, even now! that your wife will
always come second to your real lOve?"r ,
+ - "In my heart, dear sophist, you viii always
come frSt g But It's not permitted that any
loyal gentleman devote every hour of his life
10 signing and making sonnEts and TO the
general soaAeihg Of q maids loneliness In this
duh little Deptfofd" ~
- IAN this is but another way Of saying your
:; lordship would have cups upon q shelf" she
pointed out-"in readiness for your leisure"
:, ~ He shrugged said "NOnsensel" and began
AbhoAS At0HDAy W enlA VI OeAlcE HlaCtcTS linus
and thus he would do, in France, such and such
trtnketS he would fetch back-"as toys for the
most whimsical, the loveliest and the most
obstinate child in all the world" he phrased It,
And they would be married Prevensey declared,
in September: nor Che gayly said) did he pro-
pose TO have any further argument about it.
II, Children should be seen-the proVerb was
dusty, but 1t particularly applied to pretty chill
dren.
Cynthia let him talk. She was just little
afraid Of his self-confidence, and, of his tail
nObleman's habit Of getting what he wanted,
in the end: but she dispiritedly felt that Peven-
sey had failed her. He treated her as a silly