Show CAPTURING AN EARL la 14 met exclaimed mrs biro jenkins to her ber daughter Bl atilda who do you think has arrived nt tit the hotel any oy of our fi lenda loqui inquired red the adauf daughter liter 1 I wish I 1 could say hu he w wis ts 11 aid said ur jenkins no M miliha Mit iHa it is no lees less than a member of tho the british nobility how do you know mother mo because I 1 happened to bo be tn in the postoffice poat post office a tow few ini eluce since and with my own eyes I 1 saw a letter upon the ithe wheel directed earl junes jones alboro hotel so I 1 wont went right over to the hotel and found thit thu tt it wax so the landlady pointed out the young man tj me oh matilda he Is ucb such an a elegant young man mito and all that air of f high breeding breding aad so 0 o ou which yon you only tind find in the nobility reilly really re illy mother you quite excite my curiosity but ve got more to tell you matilda ivo ive managed to got an in citation rit vi atlon from the landlady to comp over and tale take tea so that flint aie w e shall be introduced to him only think of that and if only think he lie should take a fancy daney to you and matilda though I 1 ought hot to say it you are very pretty retty just the very deturo of what at your age as I 1 wae was sating saying I 1 dont think it at all improbable at least that vou you should at tract lib his attention and think what a dine thing it would be if you should be come a countess mrs jenkins paused to take breath on 0 ose Jointed jo nud speech to see what effect effe ct it lyt would have upon ber her daughter the latter teemed seemed quite as much affected as she he could wish she was like her mother not onia only in form bat but in mind and ber her mothers words bad had stirred ber her ambition la how fine that would be bet she exclaimed 1 I guess ellen Ilaw hawkin kint would not show ber her airs any more the mean creature I 1 wouldn take any notice of her except jast just to invite hex bet to the wedding eo so that she might hare a chance to envy my good luck 91 very true said her mother approvingly provin g ly but you ou know a good deal must be G done bellore before this can be accomplished complis hed you must endeavor ent lemor to look 3 our prettiest tonight to night so as tc te pro produce dut a an I 1 impression I 1 upon the young man m if poss possible Tle I 1 think you youna had ha better wear your green de laine wo no mamma that become me I 1 shall wear m my T plum colored silk and 3 ou must lend mo me your gold chain but said sald mrs jenkins reluctantly il I 1 was going to wear that myself 1 I dont eee see said ber her daughter tos tocsin sint her bead head I 1 that it is of much consequence colis q hence how you look I 1 presume you dont expect the young lord will marry you but it is vry vory important how I 1 look if I 1 cant go looking decent I 1 f ont go at all of course all the ladies in england have gold and i kleweis 0 wels to wear and I 1 know he wont won 9 say a word to me unless I 1 have Ao of the lind kind Ter perhaps Terba haps ps you ought matilda aid said her bother mother 1 I am sure it is my sole aim ID in life to promote byoir success and slid if I 1 could only lire live to you the wife of an earl I 1 should die in peace notwithstanding the apparent disinterestedness terest edness of this re remark maric it ia Is proba ble that unless mrs jenkins expected to hire in the prosperity of her daughter she would bare have cared consid ernold iez defor for her alliance with the nobility that was a busy day for mrs jenkins and ber her daughter it took them up to the very moment of departure to arrange their toilet at length resplendent with the best beat their wardrobes could furnish they went oyer to the he hotel kotell it may be remarked by the be way that mrs jenkins with the cunning natural to such an ad admirable manager a n er had not whispered a word os of herfor ler e r ulterior designs to the landlady be b even cautioned I her daugh daughter tar not 0 address the nobleman by his title in he s bearing of any one else six found them seated tn in the otel it so chance that earl spencer iraa as only guest the reader must member that it was a email small country an a and nd accordingly mrs jenkins n a her daughter bad the distinguished dished tran brancer tr ancer fe sul quite te to ret if suited kirs M earls jenkins data to appear quito ignorant of too b earle station even of his nation clity ity unless he should himself reval it i it would have been somewhat biffl fult it to decide where in lay the tho marks t high birth which mrs jenkins pro essed se to find in the stran stranger or he JIG aked much more ilk like 0 a efird t third rate dork ark he ile wore a flash waistcoat an tete cravat a gorgeous watch aim which might bay have been gold but ilke uk bo the showy argueles lilt a I 1 which remind rewind one of the old proverb verb that all Is not cold gold that glitt glitton r pr I 1 but mr jenkens WAS not cot a women I 1 of grent great she law saw nothing but what illicit might be 10 expected of nn an onil call and anti la in the we ear r of IMa matilda tilIX that hi hit was very ve by the wa was she ho the word in a x iv ty of of her own matilda nodded assent to her mother mothers roni irk and began to play off oil her liar airs anti graci i upon the di dis her iler delight wa wits art it to had find she lie was wits creating nn tin impression the earl listened to her tier very attentively and anti men conde scented ett to exchange a lintio playful badinage 61 1 I should judge said mrs at length tant oil worn were cot not an american there as 1 I something nebout you which maefs in ino think you ar at englishman gl ishman you aro urn right batem 91 sald the ca earl 1 I am from front aarsand en band may I 1 ak aak if 1 you rare hiiro been long in our country biro jealine hardly knew whether to say str air or not but finally decided not to do so only a few months 11 liia the reply A few month 11 thought hu g she rh he then bu he must certainly he ba traveling tin or wo we should hit ahme heard of hi being here by the papers i when they were ready to depart the managing lady turned to the english mau and s slid skid kid 1 I should lie be very happy indeed to i see oil at our house to tea to morriw w evening it if you have no other engagement I 1 hare 1 a s had a very high idea of the english and anti am urn glad to hare have an opportunity to show it 11 I 1 thank hank you maam the earl reeled d with alacrity 1 I will certainly call at what time do you sulp at whatever hour will prove most convenient to ou on was the gracious reply indeed maarn maaen iiii iam you yon aie ate ery kind su suppose ose we name it 6 then chank mank you iii tu I 1 mean sir air we ball shall look forward with great pleasure to your coming 11 those people are extraordinarily polite thought thi oung man tuan after their departure as its he sat in his fits room smoking a cigar ogar I 1 I 1 really think they bavo tikes quite a fancy to me we BI my good looks I 1 think it must be for I 1 I 1 ha venta a single recommendation besides on earth well if I 1 end abe jorl has ha a monea I 1 may improve my advantage ilg and offer til self in matrimony bonev would be evy cry acceptable just at present heard this quy she would probably have come to the concu conclusion siou that there was something wrong about her calculations abut but f fortunately for our hero this was not the cise wise i it will be readily imagined iaac Imaz ined that M mrs jenkins exerted her culinary skill to the utmost in preparing for her illustrious lust rious guest As he saw the numer i ous da dainties laties spread out before him be he felt a glov of joy his frame and determined on the pot spot to lay abiega to the heal t of matilda the reader will imagine that bis his ad i ances v ere readily met b the lady chow who wis is quite enraptured by the conquest which she had aehl achieved ered over the heart of an a eirl nor was her motherless mother less gratified the good lady held her head higher than ever and ia speedily M anticipated the time when as the mother in law of an earl she would I 1 take precedence of all who had hitherto ventured to look down upon her you know matilda she he said that ebeo ea you are a countess cou I 1 shall of coune be dow dowager r countess or countes est dowager I 1 a arze really I 1 ly dont don t know which I 1 wish I 1 could find somewhere a book of the british peera peerage e then I 1 could find out without any ay trouble she thought of going e to the bookseller and asking him to s send e nd for the book but an on second thought decided that it would be mo most it prudent not to run any such risk 0 of revealing aling her aspirations even if she wern obliged to remain in ignorance a little while longer one point however puzzled her a s little notwithstanding the very intimate terms of the earl with her family he never ventured any allusion illusion to bis his rank or bit hn english estates or the amount of bis his gincomo which mrs jenkins would have been very glad to learn but I 1 suppose matilda she re marked to her daughter I 1 that he is determined to remain so as to mak make sure that you you marry nim him for him belt self alone I 1 have hive read of such cases in stories but I 1 never expected to have anything like it in ma ni own family itally ro ally I 1 f think it is quite romantic on oa the whole I 1 buass it would be best to say nothing about it until you are fairly marrie married matilda acted upon her mothers prudent advice and although her bier curtosi cur losi shy v was as strong u her parents she car carefully kully guarded against betray ia ing it to the earl it at last one memorable day she burst into her mothers room with a triumph act glow on her face has he propos proposed exclaimed mrs je jenkins akins in great agitation yes mother was the reply of the overjoyed matilda he told me that he loved me to distraction 1 loon I congratulate you countess that Is to be said her mother by the way did he say anything about bis his rank not a word mother 1 I am not at t all surprised be sure then that you lont give gire him a hint that you know anything about it how much we shall enjoy kalug to england WP war repeated rope atod matilda surely X dant nt propose going gain cross across the atlantic at your time of 1561 1 at my time of liter said mrs jenkins sharply indeed I 1 do I 1 doat BIB mean that jou you shall have all the A ay ar enjoyment ilu did the earl lit the coy d day for the hi lie ile left that to luo then fix it its AI 11 11 Youn you tuAt not lt him BI lip ip through lur ouli 3 our tin I 1 U 91 that ay three wick tho the important curein carenio ony ny took place in mr mrs Jouk Jou kilis iii cot 1 IC beir coly was it wor 01 ur alin that 1 worthy 1 arthy lady in no longer able to restrain herself in law 1 I truit tit nn lurd lord that you will never regret tills day botill tier her aon son iu iii luf law il hiting ocal surprise you can not expect to ro thain 1 1103 10 lot erp hal e no c clitu allu to tho the title 1 AM 1 clainie nu clai nit exclaimed the th and anu liter r terni pale arbou are jou not an erl P that is only my Christ loin nanny carna and what Is 11 a afred mr mrs jank bour no 0 ou the point of fa latIng 1 I nil still I 1 houe house falater tit idars 1 but belp belg at little unwell was ordered orde reit by the doctor to ovi band end a couple of months la in the country we draw a veil over the atene at ene that flint ensued the lofty fabric of pride which mr biro jenkins bad had built up fell to the and her chanco chalice of being allied to the british nobility booms more remote than ever Ca carohne rolins F f preiton preston in boston globe |