The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 9, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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MAT WALTERS
SYNOPSIS.
Three girls — Elizabeth, Gte,brlello and
J21Ibc—started for Canada to spend tho
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened .by an apparently rtement-
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«d stranger, who finding a bag belonging
to one of them, took enjoyjnerit In scru-
tinizing a photo of the trio.f Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
bound for Canada. The young women on
a sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham,
anxiously awaiting her husband, who had
s mania for sailing.
CHAPTER II.—Continued.
"He was to have been home by
lioon," she said, "and I have been
standing here two hours. Sailboats
«re treacherous, and Harry is s<j reck-
less. Ah!"
The ejaculation was one of relief, as
a white sail appeared and headed for
the slip.
"I'm coming to see you," I called, as
we walked on, but the conclusion was
forced upon mo that she had forgotten
my existence.
"Why do yon suppose they use that
forlorn little slip," I inquired, "when
there are plenty of good landing
places farther on?" v,
But the subject did not seem to
Interest Elizabeth, whom I had ad-
dressed, for she merely remarked with
a sigh:
"I just hate to go back to that old
hotel.*"
"'But of course we could never rent
the cottage," said Gabrielle, the pru-
dent.
"Oh, of course not!" we agreed,
and ascended the steps of the hotel
In gloomy silence.
In the hall there were mountains of
trunks, covered with a bewildering
quantity of labels, and a subdued air
of excitement prevailed, indicating
that the new arrivals were Worthy of
consideration. As soon as possible
we investigated the register and found
that Lord Wilfrid And Lady Edith
Campbell of London, England, were
enjoying the hospitality of the house.
It was no use pretending that we
were not impressed, for we were, and
we read the names over several times
aloud'to see how they sounded. It
was our first encdunter with British
aristocracy outside of books, and we
hurried upstairs to make fresh toilets
in their honor. .
They did not appear until we had
nearly finished dinner, and we were
ao interested watching for them that
we forjtot to comnlaln about the food.
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Lord Wilfrid was disappointing, al-
though he had the drooping blonde
mustache and bored manner we were
familiar with on the stage. I say this
frankly, because we learned later that
we had been unjust and that his un-
prepossessing appearance was simply
the result of unrequited affection,
which, of course, went very hard
with one Who was accustomed to hav-
ing the world at his feet—especially
tha feminine world.
Lady Edith tjjld us all about It after
we got to know her very well, and
explained that they had come to this
quiet retreat, Where they were sure to
meet no one, to allow her brother to
regain his usual poise before visiting
their uncle, the' governor general of
Canada. She added that the length
of their stay depended upon the ben
eflt he derived from if, and hoped we
would do what we could toward dl
verting him. We said we would.
. Of course all this happened quite
naturally as time weht on, and I only
mention it here to show how wrong it
is to judge by appearances, for we
thought. Lord Wilfrid looked 111
natured and grumpy whereas he was
really suffering from a broken heart.
His sister, however, was all that
could be desired, and suggested Lady
Clara Vere de Vere in a very satis
factory manner. In fact, I heard
Gabriella murmur: " 'The daughter
of a hundred earls,'" as Lady Edith
swept through the doorway, and Eliza-
beth quoted: "'The languid light of
her proud eyes,'" when she inspected
the somewhat dingy menu.
I don't think I said anything, for I
was so absorbed in wondering whether
the ripples of her golden hair were
natural or acquired that I forgot
everything else; but when we met her
the next day and felt the charm of her
personality I was ready to swear that
everything about her was genuine.
So absorbed were we that evening
in discussing the brother and sister
that we almost forgot the cottage;
but I saw Elizabeth busily engaged
with pencil and paper as we were pre
paring for bed, afid was not altogether
surprised .to hear her voice from the
next room after the lights were out.
"If we got a competent woman who
Would do our washing," she remarked,
"It would not be much more expensivo
than staying here. I have calculated
evsrytfttfnc."
"But we could never find such a
woman," Gabrielle said, Interested
but! Incredulous.
"The old man s«iid ltls sister would
come," returned Elizabeth. "Of course
I did not engage Jier, but I know whore
to find her."
The next day we rented tho cottage,
engagod the competent woman, and
notified the clerk at the hotel that our
oorns would be at his disposal at the
nd of tho week.
CHAPTER III.
Wo saw a good deal of the Camp-
bells—or at least of Lady Edith—
during the following week. She was
unquestionably lovely, from the crown
of her golden head to the tip of her
dainty shoe, and, moreover, was en-
dowed with that most enviable gift.
Called personal magnetism; her smile
was a caress, and the Inflection of her
voice implied unqualified pleasure in
the society of the person whom she
happened to address.
Wo took her to the cottage, and
she went over it with genuine interest,
suggesting, slight rearrangement of
furniture, and lingering on the ver-
anda as though reluctant to leave.
* "I quite envy you," Bbe said, with a
trace of sadness in her -voice. "You
will be so cozy up here, and—the
hotel is horrid, is it not?"
"You must come and see us very
often," said Elizabeth, and Gabri-
elle and I echoed 'the invitation eag-
erly.
"How_good of you!" she replied.
"I°shall Tbe only too glad to come. And
I may. bring Wilfrid sometimes? We
are both rather forlorn strangers in
"a strange land, you know."
We hastened to say we would be de-
lighted to see Lord Wilfrid at any
time, and Elizabeth, who had volun-
teered to keep house, added that tea
would be on tap every afternoon and
guests very welcome.
So we too'k. possession of the cot-
tage on the bluff and settled down for
a long, lazy summer.
It was nice. That first evening as
we sat on the veranda after our jCQBi-
fortable dinner, listening to the mur-
mur of the waves and watching the
myriad of stars overhead, we spoke
contemptuously of the stuffy little
hotel, and pitied those confined within
Its walls. w
Elizabeth had heard from home that
day, and told us that a man her fa-
rther had recently met owned an isl-
and near by afid had pledged himself
to call upon us. Elizabeth's father is
a general in the army, and has hosts
of acquaintances, so his daughter is
quite accustomed to encountering
them wherever she goes.
"When do you expect the old gentle-
man?" inquired Gabrielle, languidly.
"He isn't old at-all," flashed Eliza-
beth—"at least, I don't think so. And,
of cpurse, he has sailboats and things
if jtie has a summer home on an island.
He might be very useful."
"Ask him to dii'ifer," I suggested,
secure in the conviction that our
"competent ^woman" could really cook.
"And ask Lord Wilfrid and Lady
BJdith the same evening," supple-
mented Gabrielle. "Let us impress
him at once with our intimacy with
the nobility."
"Have we a butler and 12 footmen,
that we should give dinners?" inquired
Elizabeth, with withering sarcasm.
"When I entertain landed proprietors
and members of the peerage I don't
want to feel nervous about anything,
s6 we won't attempt dinners while I'm
housekeeper."
We did later, just the same, and
our little dining room was the scene of
several merry nondescript meals,
called dinned by courtesy, and thor-
oughly enjoyed by every one. But
this is anticipating.
The next day as we were all three
leaning out of the broad window of
my room, in" an interval of repose
■after unpacking and settling, we heard
steps on the gravel path, and before
we could withdraw our heads two men
turned the corner and started for the
front door. From the hand of the
taller dangled Gabrielle's black shop-
ping bag, aud although he wore gray
clothes and a straw hat instead of blue
serge and a small cap we> recognized
the man on the steamer, and were
consequently petrified with astonish-
ment.
"Don't let them in," whispered Ga-
brielle, who always has her wits about
her in an emergency. "Tell Mary
Anne to say 'Not at home.'"
They were directly under the win-
dow now, and we feared to move, al
most to breathe, lest we attract their
attention; but it was just at this cru-
cial moment that my side-comb elected
to fall out and land with considerable
force upon the aforesaid straw hat.
Of course its owner promptly looked
up, and equally of course we precipi-
tately retreated.
"Do you think he saw us?" gasped
Elizabeth and I simultaneously as the
doorbell rang; but Gabrielle had fled
to the hall, where we heard her whis-
pering hoarsely to Mary Anne over
the banister.
We also heard ttiat in valuable facto-
tum's assurance that the ladies had
just gone to the village, and a polite
expression of regret, accompanied by
a promise to call again.
We stole again to the window as our
visitors retreated, and saw them
Up to Him
'Do you think you can manage wliA
my salary of $12 a week, darling?' he
asked, after she had said yes.
'I'll try, Jack,' replied she. "But
what will you do?"—Unlversalist
Leader
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Escaped Terrors of Many Winters by
Using Pe-ru-na.l
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Dr. Hartman's remedy. Peruna, I
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CATARRH and diarrhea.
reliable reined
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"I have come to rely upon it almost
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pausff, examine my side, comb, and
culnily drop if. in Gabrielle's bag,
which had not been left with Mary
Anne, aa, pf rxaurise, it should have
been.
"At this rate, Bennett," said a laugh-
ing voice, "you'll soon be able to open
a junkshop. But I must say, old
chap, we were very neatly snubbed.
Wherefore?"
"1 don't know," replied Bennett,
"but I mean to find out, for I'm coming
again very soon. I assure you, Blalte,
the picture doesn't begin—"
The rest of. the sentence w:.j lost
as the two men disappeared around
tho corner. Wo straightway held a
council of war.
"I suppose," said Elizabeth, "he has
lucid Intervals and Ills attendant
humors him, but this is no reason why
we should be victimized. Let us cau-
tion Mary Anne."
So we descended in a body to the
kitchen and solemnly warned Mary
Anne that the day she admitted our
late visitor we would immediately
part company. She in turn solemnly
assured us that if he crossed the
threshold it would be over her dead
body, so we felt somewhat comforted.
Elizabeth picked up the cards and
looked at them.
"Mr. John Clinton Blake," she read
aloud, "and Mr. Gordon Bennett."
The card dropped from her hand
and she collapsed into the wood box.
"What's the matter now?" de-
manded Gabrielle, fishing her friend
out of its capacious depths.
"Gordon Bennett," said Elizabeth;
"is the man who knows father, and
who owns the island."
We stared at each other in incredu-
lous silence, then sank down upon
Mary Anne's immaculate floor and
laughed until we were exhausted.
"I feel sure," said Elizabeth, when
she could articulate, "that it is not
the same man. This is some im-
postor."
"Mayhap," suggested Mary Anne,
who had been an interested listener—
"mayhap, miss, 'e's a smuggler."
Mary Anne had not long left the
mother country, and her manipulation
of the letter h was as agreeable to oUr
American ears as Lady Edith's fault-
less enunciation. > Just now she was
regarding us with the manner of one
who possesses unimparted informa-
tion.
"It's quite hawful, miss," she re
. sumed, dropping her voice to a whis-
per, "and it do give a body the creeps,
so it do. But they say the smuggling
wot goes on 'ereabout is most hextaor-
dinary."
"Smuggling?" repeated Gabrielle.
"Yes, miss; taking things in over
the border without the duty—which I
do say is a sin and a shame to 'avg
to pay, so it is."
- "It is perfectly right to pay it,
Mary Anne. Everybody should obey
the laws of a country."
So spoke the general's daughter,
b'it she carefully avoided looking at
us, for we all intended investing heavi-
ly in furs before our return and get-
ting them in without cost.
"Yes, miss," replied Mary Anne,
without enthusiasm and Gabrielle in-
quired in rather a m.iffled voice what
the miscreants smuggled.
"Oh, most hanything that comes
'andy, miss. Fur, clot1!, gloves, hum-
brellas, preshus jools—mot ii." di-
amonds. The feller they're lookin' fui
deals in di'monds. Quite the gentle
men 'e is, too, so I've 'eard."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
KISS!
EVERYBOE
for your
breath finer yet
Ion
HiUWIIpV
BORES AT PUBLIC GATHERINGS
Protest Against Prosy Utterers of
Dreary Commonplaces.
Those who impute to us a national
lack of patience and politeness must
admit that there are occasions upon
which we deserve a long mark for self-
restraint. and kindly consideration of
the feelings of our tormentors. Un-
doubtedly altruism is. one of the finest
jewels in the moral crown, but it has
its limits, and at the close of a sea-
son that has abounded In lectures and
debates it seems a fitting time to pro-
test against .their being stretched be-
yond the point of human endurance by
downright bores in the shape of chair-
men and speakers, who vocally amble
on and on while their audiences, how-
ever they may chafe inwardly at the
waste of time and mental irritation,
begotten of a dreary rehearsing of
commonplaces, sit as patiently as
dumb puppets.
In private their victims discuss the
advisability of a stiff civil service
course for chairmen who apparently
are of the firm conviction that they
are expected to make the longest ad-
dresses of the occasion over which
they preside, and certainly they as
well as other speakers frequently
stand In need of training In the direc-
tion of much thought and few words.
—Vogue.
Our Wonderful Language.
"For my part," said one, "I t|)ink
Fred is very bright and capable. I am
confident he will succeed." "Yes," re-
plied the other; "ho Is certainly a
worthy young man, but I doubt
whether he has head enough to fill his
father's shoes."—Roseleaf.
A good game cock has no white In
Its plumage, and hence the synonym
for cowardice—"to show the whit#
feather." , ■ / %
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Banger, John. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 9, 1909, newspaper, March 9, 1909; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341191/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.