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LAKE rOUNTY EXAMINER. LARKY 1EW OREGON, THURSDAY, MAR. 4. 1909
Lady "Betty
Across the Wafer
By C.N.6A. M. WILLIAMSON O cofyricht, wo6. by mcClure. raiLLif $ t co.
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Chapter J2-
'T'S more than a fortnight
since I've been able to
wrlte .about any of ,ue
fJ-J things that have bap-
frSrMjT1 pencd to me. The last I
did was on the morning
after the great affair, when we were
looking forward to the pink ball In the
veiling. Mm. Ess Kay didn't quite
lave her wish, for the ball was a
moderate success, but It did seem a
pule pink after the gorgeousuess of the
night before, and it might have been
till paler (as every one felt rather
washed out) If It hadn't been for one
pedal excitement. Mohunslelgh's en
gagement to Carolyn Pltcbley was an
nounced, and we were told that the
Wedding would have to be soon, as
MohuiiHlcIgh had had news which
ailed him back to England, and he
wanted to take his bride with him.
Before 1 stopped to think I'd prom-
teed Carolyn to be one of her brides
maids, but live minutes later I would
almost have liked to change my mind
because of roller. lie was us!;ed to
o an usher. (I didn't know at the
(line what that meant, but I had a
vague Impression It was something of
Importance at American weddings.) So
that I was sure to see a lot of him If
I were bridesmaid, and In any case I
was beginning to ferl he might make
It too awkward for me to visit much
longer with Mrs. Ess Kay.
However, when on second thought
T tried to get out of my promise by
luting that I might have to go home,
Carolyn seemed ready to cry and said
that If I threw her over It would spoil
verythlng. The wedding would be In
ten days, and surely I hadn't been
thinking of going back to England as
soon as that ?
It was quite true, I hadn't. And
lore than thnt, I knew I shouldn't be
welcome at home. I made up my mind
lo get through somehow and told Caro
lyn I b'Vi only lieen joking.
Hbe hi'.' jtltvuv wanted to be mar-
ride at Grace church In New York. In
New York Is uo place for August wed
dings. If au August wedding you uiuhi
fcave; so Carolyn's Invitations, which
appeared almost Immediately after the
engagement was announced, tol.i
very one that Mr. an I Mrs. Pitchier
egged them to be present at their
aughlers maniare In the drawing
Boom or the I'h.ircuu do Pbilsan e,
I tUJn'l know that you could be mur-
Wed In a drawing room, but It seems
yiu can, quite properly. However.
wheu I go home 1 don't think i d bet
fer say mtn h about that part of Mo-
hunslelgh's wedding, or some of t lie
old fnnlilmieil people mightn't under
wnnu. I HiioulJ hate them to ret the
Mou just berau e of the drawlu,: n :
that poor Carolyn was inorgiiiniil- or
something.
fche seemed ecstatically hippy, more
than 1 could Imagine i.;iy Mil be"!! If
be bad to marry Moliunslel'sli. who,
nil I t
n-uuoii.;.! a (.car goou lollow wlieii von
know him, Isn't a lilt romantic. Inil
ue suddenly blossomed out Into all
oris of pleasant American wiivh. sent
Ouro flowers and things every day
though fancy lie couldn't afford It
gave iter a lovely solitaire diamond
ring, which I'm sure be coul In't. nn.l
a "guard," an heirloom In x family.
It would have been shocking. Carolyn
mi id, for her to be seen anywhere after
the Invitations were out, though I cnu'l
think why, as she didn't seem at all
ashamed of marrying Mohunslelgh, bul
Wither the contrary, an. I asked me hun
dreds of questions about what she
would have to do when she was a
countess. Fortunately, though, she bad
lots of things to keep her busy lu
doors, trying on such frocks as she
eould get made in a hurry and writ
ing letters to every girl slio knew an
Bouncing her engagement.
T'he funniest things about the whole
affair were for me-the ushers, the re
eiirsals for the wedding and having a
married woman its a sort of head
bridesmaid. Carolyn's best girl chum
was married hen-elf In the spring, so
he had to be what they call a matron
at honor.
It teemed horrllily irreverent to re
hearse for the ceremony, but lioliouy
ltf thought so except Mohunslelgh
and me, and Mohunslelgh said in con
ndeiice that he'd found out the bride
groom was a lucre lay figure at a wed
iT.nt; -nu'yhitwMii America -ami he lu-U-n.!od
to let Caro do exactly as she
liked until after they were married.
TUcu she might have to find out that
Jameson It. Ilarborougn wasn't even
able to come to the wedding. I was
disappointed, too, as Mohunslelgh had
told us such romantic things about uis
friend that we all wanted to see him.
Mr. Harborougli had been a sailor and
a cowboy and bad left everything to
fight In the Spanish war. where he'd
done brave and splendid things, and
might have stayed lu the army after
ward as a captain If he had liked. But
he preferred to go back to his old. free
life and was still a poor young man
until two or three years ago. when
some land In which he'd Invested a
few savings turned out to have gold In
It quantities of gold, gold enough to
make a famous mine and give Mr.
Harborough a great fortune. Sally
knew a good deal about the new mil
lionaire too It seemed that cousins
of his In the west somewhere were
acquaintances of hers and had told
her how immensely he had been sought
out and (hi tiered In San Francisco and
other places since he'd become rich, j
He hated It so much that he'd gone j
abroad and stopped a long time, wan-1
derlng i! bout in strange eastern conn- i
tries making friends with Redoulns
and people like t lint who love horses I
belter than money, and on account of j
certain experiences with women he'd
got almost a morbid horror of falling
In love with some girl who would only
pretend to like him, while In reality
ill she cared about was his money.
Xobody In Mrs. Ess Kay's set knew
Jameson B. Harborough. though every
body would like to. so It was a blow
to others beside MohunsleU'h and me
that he couldn't or wouldn't show
himself at Newport for the wedding.
With the exception of this one hitch
nothing went wrong so far as the wed
ding party was concerned, but with me
things began to go very wrong several
days lefore Caro nnd Mohunslelgh
were married. There wns a fuss of
some sort between Sally and Mrs. Ess
Kay, and Sally came to me. very much
upset, to say that she would have to
leave the Moorings Immediately, she
'ouldn't stand It twenty-four hours
onger, even for my sake. She had
iromlsed to visit, n friend In Chicago
:ooner or later, so she would go
straight to her. and If anything too
Iresome rhould happen before I whs
onrty to mall for home. I had better
u n out there the friend would be de
':'''e:l to have me. Sally gave we
lie address, and I told her I would
write often, but of course I didn't
Iron m of having to accept her bi'-Ita-
lon. I missed her badly, but not fi
mich as If fhe wedding had not been
o near.
Poor old Mohunslelgh who knows
nore it mint the manners if polar
I wire than etiquette In Amerlcw
r-oclety was coached by Poller, r.nrt
the nigh before the wedill'jff !)-
rifirsal reluctantly gave nu o'::'.orat
'Inner to his liest man (nn oTVe" f
tan's regiment who happened to turn
up) and the six ushers. The (-nine da
'.'arol.vn had her matrou of beror and
the bridesmaids to lunch, and ve till
!i:ie fun talking over things. I ehoulil
have thought a luncheon with r!l gi;ls
t::d no men might have bean a li:t!c
i:u:.e, nnd perhaps It would In Eng-
Ij.hI. but In America glrN are in t r.l
ill shy. They say just as I'm.:., t:ihi.;
as men, aud take the most Lj..u.iiUl
nlns to amuse each other, so that It's
Impossible to be bored, nnd for hours
on end you forget there Is such a crea
t tire ns uinn?
t home Mohunslelgh would have
had to give us things, of course, hue l.i
America it appears that the bridegroom
makes presents to the best man and
ilie ushers, so It was from Carolyn that
I got a duck of a brooch, like an Amer
ican. Hag, with stripes of diamonds and
rubies and the blue part snnnhlros
Mohunsleigli said that, as he was aw
fully hard up. It wns bad lin k for him
to have to provide each of the brides-
maids with bouquets and chiffon mulTd.
and he could not see at all that It was
a pretty Idea for everything they car
lied in their hands to come fioin the
bridegroom. lint as Sally had told me
thnt Carolyn's father had settled te:i
million dollars on her, I don't think
Mohunslelgh need have complained.
Although It was lu a house, the wed
ding wus very picturesque, and the
bride ami groom stood under a bell of
whlto roses about us large as Big Hen.
1 cujuyed it ail Imuieuselv, for It
was my first time as bridesmaid, mil
I had a lovely frock aud hat (copied
trom it u old
I wanted the
paid. There was a crush at the rece(v
lion, but it only lasted two hours.
After the bride aud groom bad gone,
with showers of rice aud Biitln sllp-
th&t he was more like Mrs. tTss' Itav
than ever.
"My dear little ladyship." be said,
"you're not going to get away until
you've given me my answer."
"But 1 have given It," said I.
"I don't call what you've given me
an answer, because, you see. I want
you so much, and I've made up my
mind so hard and fast to bave yon
that I shan't take 'no' for an answer."
"I don't see how you can help It. ns
It's the only one I have to give, and
I've told you that two dozen times nt
least." I snld. beginning to feel Irrita
ble, as I always have from the first
whenever Potter talked about love.
"I know you bnve, but that doesu't
! count. There's no such word as fall In
the bright lexicon of my youth. Look
; here, dear girl, you don't quite realize
perhaps what a good time I'd give you
; If you married me. I've g it as much
i money ns my sister has, and I'd do jurt
as you liked about staying In the army.
I You could have a house In New York
and a whole, real live castle In your
own country if you liked. I wouldn't
care n rap how much you spent on
clothes, and there Isn't a woman i
America who's got better Jewels thao
you should have. I'd see to that. I5e
sldes, you could do what you choose
for yoilr own people. I couldn't stint
you. I want to be friends with them.
I never talked like this to you before,
but you see what I mean. And now,
isn't what I've said any Inducement'!'
"I wouldn't need any such Induce
ments if I loved you," I answered, "but
I don't and can't, nnd somehow I never
have been able to believe that you real
ly loved me."
"If Hint's the trouble you cau make
your mind easy. I want you badly."
"Then I'm sorry, for I simply can't
marry you. I should be miserable and j
so would you."
"I'll risk that You're too much of
an English rosebud to understand any
thing about love. What you must do
Is to trust others who know what you
ought to want better than you do your
self your mother, for Instance. You'd
like to please her and your sister and
brother, wouldu't you? Well, they all
want you to say yes to me."
"How do you know?" I broke out.
"I do know. You can ask Kath if it
Isn't true."
"I dou't want to talk to her about It"
"You needn't If you'll only be a good
girl aud do what everybody expects
you to do. Come now, do say yes, and
let's be happy."
Thut did make me furious.
"Any one would think I was a
naughty child aud you were some kind
of medicine the whole family was wait
ing for me to take!" I exclaimed. "It'a
"My dear Betty, I want to have a teriom
talk with you."
lug not to understand, so I Just looked
at her and waited.
"I dare say you can guess what It's
about?" she went on.
"I suppose so," I said. "I am very
sorry about everything. But I can't
belp not being In love with Mr. Parker,
can I?"
"I should have thought," said Mrs.
Ess Kay, "that your mother's daughter
would have attached very little Impor
tance to being In love. Apparently
she hasn't been as successful with you
as with Lady Victoria. Believe me,
Betty, there's nothing In it nothing
at all."
"In what?"
"In what you call 'being in love.' A
girl fancies u man for bis eyes, or bis
dancing, or because he is strong, and
8 he thinks she's in love with him, but
It's only a fancy which passes before
she's been his wife for twelve months,
nnd she wonders what she ever saw in
him then. A year after you bave been
married to my brother, you will be
very foud of him, nnd you will be one
of the most Important young women
in America as well as In Europe. Oh,
my dear, you will bave to take him.
Your mother will never forgive you If
you don't It was quite an understood
thing between us when she lent you
to me that if possible there was to be
a match. Your beauty and name, and
Potter's money. He's really a very
good fellow a temper, perhaps, but I
wouldn't give much for a man with
out one, and, like most Americans,
he'll make a splendid husband."
"For some one," I murmured.
"For you, Betty. I assure you. I
daren't tell the duchess you've definite
ly refused Potter. You must be per
suaded. Be engaged to him. Let him
follow you to England."
"If I did that I should find myself
being married off to him before I
knew."
"Well, aud if you did? It would be
because you'd had the chance to
change your mind."
I shook my head. "I must go borne
to England," ' -Mid. "but Mr. Parker
mustn't fooow me."
Mrs. Ess Kay's face hardened.
"I'm afraid if you go home after
refusing Potter you'll have a very
poor welcome, my child. The duchess
has been kind enough to take me a
a wonder you don't get out your watch little Into her confidence. I don't think
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"1 cau't help what you thought." I
answered rudely, for I was getting
uespcrate. "You've uo right to keen
i.it here like this, and It won't do yov
r. I.it of good, for If you stun 1 there
(III we're both in our se olid child
hood 1 won't change my ml:;d. Yv
ought to know that now, Mr. I'arker.
Please let me go.''
lie didn't me-e.
"If you don't I'll scream at (be to
ff n y lungs," I said. .4n1 be most j
r are neeu that I meant It, for he flunf
open the door with a bl.un, and I
swept past him with my uosi In the ,
nir, trying to look like mother. j
I didn't nee him again till It was!
time to go home. Then he drove back
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jou weren't behaving quite sntis'ac-
tcrlly. and you may take it from me '
that at present things stand ll!;e this j
you must go back an engaged girl or '
el?e Ht:iy away until Lady Victoria Is .
married." j
If mother we.re different I should
ti'ire hoped Mrs. Ess Kay was exag- j
('crating, but as it was I believed her.
though I did my best to be high eye
browed and incredulous till she re
marked thnt I could see "he duchess'
leiier If I liked, though It might ha
rather embarrassing
I wus sure It would be aud prefeired
to take lis couteuis ou faith, but 1
was so miserable that 1 had to keep
my eyes staring wide open to prevent
the tears dropping down. 1 was tired
with -Mrs. L'ss Kay and me to the ; aua Iurlor" d homesick for lc aud
Moorings In the shut up motor i ar j staD uud tu Uear doB8 aul everything
and didn't open Ills mouth nine on the
way, which was wonderful for him
aud beemed somehow ominous.
1 bad bi..u too angry and excited
after that scene of ours to feel unhai
py or to worry much about what
might come next, but that drive, short
as it was, with Totter free;:bigly silent
and Mrs. Lsa Kay alarmingly polite,
made me feel that the end had come.
I was sure she bad boeu told by her
brother what an obstiuate, ungrateful
girl 1 was, aud I bad a guilty sinking
of the heart as If I really had been
both. There was no Sally to protect
me uow, no one to advise me what to
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. . . . .1 Iho ushers uud bridesmaids and a few
young people who Mere iutiiume
frleuds of Oirolyu'a.
It wus theu that my greatest trou
bles began. Ou a pretense of show-
If she did what he liked. Hut he uskod
sue not to mention tills to (.'arolyu and
fcer stepmother, so 1 didn't And In
aplte of my objection the rehcursula
were interesting 1 felt us if I oughtn't , ng " 7
14 Hugh and Joke, but the others all , ,,, , h.An.t u.wn . "!
Slid tremendously, so I did. too, lu the 1 ,u . ,lllTlrpn. -s,,, fp. ,,,'.
Potter got me alone uud proposed
again. This time be dldu't laugh and
oke, us he had before, so that 1 could
take it half In fun even while It mude
mo uncomfortable, but was very seri
ous Indeed. Wheu 1 wanted to go
out he stood lu front of the door and
wouldu't let me puss, and his chin and
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Alohutislelgh was disappointed bo
ceo that Oullforiilau friend of his
fwbom be would have visited If it
badu't boeu for falling In love unex
pectedly and getting married) couldn't
euuie uud be bU. best mau. lie urged
kirn, but komelhaig iutcrleivd. Mnuuun-
kakli dldu't tell us what, aud Mr.
dciure) for whl. h- when ! nd there was a big lump lu my
bill 1 found Sally had throat as I said good night aud went
to my own room.
1 hadn't leeu there loutf wheu there
came a knock at the door, the same
determined Uud of Inexorable knock
which mother gives wheu I've been
found o;:t in something which she
thinks It lf duty to make me aorry
for.
I'd locked the door and would have
liked to make some excuse not to open
It, bul it was Mr. Esa Kay'B door
uud Mr. Ess Kay's room Just as much
as It was Mr. Esa Kay's brother I bad
refused.
She sailed In all In black, like an
executioner, though, of course, execu
tioner dou't go down luto history
wearing chiffon trimmed with Jet.
"My dear Hetty." said ahe, subsiding
Info a large armchair. "1 want to have
a seiKma talk with you."
It would have liecn stupid pretend
except mother aud 1 felt such a hor
rible weakness creeping over me that
I could even Imagine myself by and by
doing what they meant me to do. I
thought the best thing was to gain a
respite lest Mrs. Ess Kay should drag
some kind of a concession from me
which I would bave to live up to after
ward. "I can't talk any more about It uow,"
I suld "1 believe what you say, but
It only mukea It worse for me to think
that mother should have made what
auiouuts to a kind of bargalu with
you. Maybe by tomorrow everything
won't seem so dreadful.
She got up with a relieved air. Per
haps even she hadn't been enjoyiug
the conversation.
"Of course It won't," said she. "It
won't seem dreadful at all. You've no
idea how nappy we're all going to be.
Now, Just you sleep well uud dream
sweet dreams ud you'll wake up feel
ing a different girl. . Maybe poor Pot
ter hasn't been as tactful as he might
be. That's because he's too much iu
love to be clever. But be has a love
ly surprise for you tomorrow. Some
thing connected with a certain finger
of your left baud. I promise you that
you'll like It And now I'm going toj
leave you lu peace for the night"
I cau't tell what savage deed I might
not have been capable of doing If she
bad had the Idea of kissing me, but
she hadn't. She merely patted me on
the shoulder and went out, leaving
me to at a re aimlessly at the door after
she bad softly closed It
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