Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Yes he liked l music and h he was very cry el fond of Moores Moore's melodies Would Voul l he sho please go so on with that she was teas singing It was ryas She was far ar from Crom the he land where her young young- hero sleeps and the tender young young voice was vas full of oC the pathos and sweetness of oC the beautiful son song He Me lived for his love lo for or his countr coun- coun tr ry he died lie l. l sang ang Lad Lady Cecil and glanced glance l under her hel long brown lashes lash lash- es at the time grave dark face beside le her Robert Emmet must have looked like that hut she sho thought he seems as though hough he could die for tor his country too loo oo I suppose his ancestors have I I wish vish I wish papa wish papa could do something some- some thing for him or Sir or-Sir Sir Arthur lre genna But somehow It was unpleasant to think o of Sir Arthur and her hel mind l shifted away from him She he finished her song ong an and l discovered Mr II ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell could sing sing had In had had a very vely fine tine and hl highly cultivated voice Indeed Inee and was vas use used l to tho the piano accompaniment I used to sing with m my sister he explained In answer to her Involuntary tary taly look of surprise She Sho pla plays 8 very ven we well II Your sister r why I thought I had none Oh yes I have very have very Jolly little girl Sill Rose nose is Is loo too too-I I rather think you yuu would like her I am quite sure Ule Mr Ir ODonnell O'Donnell blushed l a little himself us HS he turned this first t compliment compliment com com- ment she sho would like like you And will she hc cone como here How glad gladI I 1 am Will sho she c come come me soon I am ant certain I shall like hOI her Remond Hemond shook his hea head l. l No he sal said l she sho he will not nol come here at all all never never In all likelihood She Is in America America in in New Orleans living with her grandfather A French French- man maim Lady Cecil A Frenchman Your sl sisters sister's ter's grandfather rathel 1 Yes ail Yes an odd mixture you think smiling You see La Lady ly Cecil when m my father was a young oun man he fought In the Mexican war waa under General Scott We e aI are arc a lighting race I must inform you you war war Oll-war war Is our trade trado When hen the Mexican war ended l he lie went to Now Orleans and there he ho mot met ayoung a n. ayoung young la lady lady French French and a great heiress heir heir- ess ess-a. ess a. a beau beauty I too though sho ho way was my mother Well ell Lall Lady Cecil she fe fell In love lovo with the dashing Irish trooper her trooper her friends were frantic and she eloped with him A romantic stor story Is it not He brought her here hele hereIt It It must havo have been beer a R contrast to lo Ihu thu luxury of or her French home homo Her Hel father fath fath- er cr refused to tor forgive lve her returned her returned all her letters unopened l and here heru she sho lived liver seven years ears and here hele she sho dle died l lamI rand and was burled Ill I'll show you OU her grave some somo day clay In the churchyard of I was vas six six Rose Rose one year old Her Hel father Cather heard of her death not death not through mine he hc never wrote or held heir an any communication with ith him him and and he relented at last Came all the way over here nearly nearh broken broken- h arted an and l wanted to become recon recon- But m my father sternly and bitterly bit bit- terly terl refused lIe He of offered to take lake Roseand Rose Roseand Roseand and me and bring u us up an and l leave us UJ his fortune when he died led but still sill he was refused l He returned l to New Orleans Oilcans and three months montha after atler Fator Fat Fath- or Ryan Ran of ot BaIl wrote him word wOId of m my fathers father's death He had never held up his hla head l after my mr mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's loss los I They sent tent us both loth out there Young Toting I as I w was as I re resisted resisted all all l-all all the bitter- bitter ness mess of my nl father ather had descended to tom m mc me but I resisted in ht vain We 1 went out to New Orleans an and now I look back upon m my life liCe there as a sort of Indistinct dream or fairy tale talc The warmth the tropical beauty and the luxuriance of my grandfathers grandfather's house come cone back to lo me in ill dreams sometimes an and l I wake walie to lo see sec the rough rafters an and l mildewed l walls of or tho the old castle I stayed there with him until I was nineteen then I refused refuse l to sta stay longer long long- IonS IonS-I er cr Ho lie had despised ed my father am and shortened my mothers mother's life b by his cruelly I cruelty I would not nol tta stay slay a dependent on his bounty It was boyish bravado lo perhaps Lady La l Cecil but I felt elt all I Ial said al l I left lell New Orleans an and l Ho Rose e. e and came here and here hele I 1 havo been running wll wild l an and l becoming the Iho savage savage sav sav- age tige you OU find me But I like the freedom freedom freedom free free- dom of ot the life In ht spite of Its Us poverty I J would not exchange It for forr the silken indolence and luxury of l a my home And Anti here I shall remain until an opportunity offers to toJU togo togo go JU as aM all my kith and 1 kin ln have ha gone before mo and und earn my livelihood at atthe atthe atthe the point of or my r I Lady Cecil listened l. l Sho liked all this she livid lived tine the In lads lad's ls l's spirit In re refusing refusing re- re fusing for or himself that lint which had been refused his mother mothel Not hood good oo l sense perhaps but sound chivalry You YO will go o out to India I suppose suppose sup sup- pose she Mho said ald there always alwa's seems to lo ho bo lighting theme thel c for rOI those who wan want I It 11 The young mans man's brow blow darkened India he s said lId no No ODon ODonnel nel over o fought ought under the Iho English Enc flag I flag I will not be bc the first Years Fears ago Lady Cecil two Cecil two hundred and morall more mor all all this country you sec seo belonged to us us and they confiscated 11 it It and leftus leftus left leftus us us- houseless an and l outlaws lh The ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell of that day swore a terrible oath that none of or his race raco should ever over tight fight for tOI tho limo British invader and none of them ever have I shall hall seek seok servIce service service ice under sunder a foreign it flag it doesn't matter mailer which so that It is not that thul of your nation Lady Cecil Lad Lady Cecil sal said said l It II was un- un Christian and unforgiving but in her hoar heart of oC hearts she sho ho liked It all and wished with Desdemona that thai Heaven ha had ma made lo her such a man Redmond Redmond Red Red- mond ODonnell O'Donnell lingered l until limo Iho carl earl yawned audibly over his muM musty accounts accounts ac ac- counts and the little ormolu clock ticked licked off of past half ten and walked l homeward under the moonlight ht and starlight feeling that the world had suddenly beautified and anti this lowly valley alley val al had hud become of Eden Ellen ley Icy a cr very garden arden with the sweetest Eve that ever smiled smiled smil smil- ed among the tho roses That first evening was wa but the tho be beginning beginning be- be ginning of ot the end ond The visits the music the duels ducts leading the reading walks walles oer the moor among amons the heather heathel tho the rides over ovel the autumn hills with Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell for tor cavalier er the sketching of ot the Iho old castle the castle the old 01 ol old l. l dl Old did endless story tory of youth and love 10 told since the world began began to to tobe be told till the last trump shall shaH sound Lord saw nothing heard nothing was nothing wal was as unsuspicious as though he were not a battered batter d London London London Lon Lon- don rake and a thorough man of ot tho the world HI His Impecunious state filled his hiN mind to the time exclusion of everything everything every ever thing else and then Cecil had been boon so well brought up etc He The rhe child must walk and ride an and l must have a companion Young ODonnell O'Donnell was wa a beggar literally beggar literally a he beggar riar and of course COUlS might as well fix his foolish I I affections on one ore of or her majesty's daughters as upon that of or tho the Earl Earl of l. l He was awakened suddenly and anti unexpected unexpectedly unexpectedly un un- un- un expectedly expected from his dream an and l his de delusion lle- lle lusion Seven weeks had passed the passed the Ides of oC November had come the come chill chili autumn blasts were whistling drearily drearily drear drear- IJ ily OV over I the mountains He was sick and tired to lo death leath of or his enforced exIle exIle ex exile ex- ex ile affairs had been patch patched d up in some way a compromise effected he might venture to show his face once more across the channel In a n week weel or two at the farthest he would start He sat Eat complacently thinking this over o alone In the Iho room drawing when the door Olene opened l Gregory his man announced Mr ODonnell O'Donnell an and van van- Ah Al Redmond my lad glad blad to lo see seo you ou Come In come In-come come In Cecils Cecil's up- up stairs Ill I'll send for tor her hm But Mr Sir ODonnell O'Donnell interrupted l ho holl did ll l not wish La Lady ly Cecil sent for at for at least Just yet He wished to speak to the carl earl alone He was so embarrassed so unlike himself himself bold bold frank free c asI as he habitually ha lma- was that was that Lord looked at al him gin in surprise Th That t look was enough enough It It h-It It told him allGood allGood all Good heaven he thought what an ass I have been Of Ot course he hc hasI has lens I fallen In love lo with her her aint aint matrimony matri matri- matrimony mon mony an and l murder mUlder the national pastimes pastimes pastimes pas pas- times of this of-this this delightful Island And very likely she sho has fallen In love with him the the young youns savage Sl Is so confoundedly confoundedly confound confound- edly soo good lie He was right While he sat sut thinking think ing this thins He Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell was pouring Into Inlo his ear car the tho stor story of oC his love lovo and his hopes It was teas his madness to lo worship her ho he was ver very young and anti inclined ed el to hyperbole bole to to 10 adore her hel He lie was teas poor he knew but he was young youn an and l tho the world was all before him Ho ne would woul l wait wait aye aye as long Ions as his lordship lordship lordship lord lord- ship pleased he pleased he would win a name ante a fortune a title it might lie and lay them at her feet One ODonnell O'Donnell had done dOlle It jt in Spain alrea already what already what l-what what any ran man had done doo he could do duo His birth birthal at al least was equal to lo her hers hois He asked aske nothing now nob but this Only let him hope let hope let him go o forth Into Inlo th the tho world and win wI name namo and find fame lay thorn thom at her hN feet and clam claim her as os his wife one In this world He lie loved her her no no would ever over love lovo her hel again better than he An And then he brol broke o down clown all at onto and anti turne turned away and anti walled waited for his answer The Time earl carl kept a grave ra face It face It spoke and volumes for fOl his lams admirable training high good g breeding He lie did not Jau laugh laughIn h hIn In this wild will young enthusiasts enthusiast's face ho he did not fi fly Into a passion he did nothing lU rude lC or 01 unpleasant and he hc did not make male a scene Mr 11 O'Donnell's affection did lid his daughter much honor he said certainly certainly certainly he was her equal her superior In Indeed In point of or birth and anti as to and winning winning win win- making a name for fOl himself ning a fortune of course there could not be bo a doubt as to lo that with a a. young youn man of oC his In Indomitable courage and dete determination But was It possible Lad Lady Cecil had not already told told- him she was wa engaged could Engaged The young man mall but hut Just gasp the word pale an and l wild Engaged Cl Must 1 certainly from flom her very ery childhood childhood to lo the wealthy Cornish baronet Sir Arthur Tregenna enna Sho She had given Iven her promise to lo marry him of or her own free ree will will the the wedding in all would woul take lake place upon ullon her eighteenth birthday Really neally now it was quito quite inexcusable of Queenie not notto notto notto to have havo mentioned this thins But nut It was Just possible she possible she was so very er young youns an and l Mr l ODonnell O'Donnell was a man of honor hon hon- or perhaps or-perhaps perhaps he was doln doing him injustice in- in justice in thinking he had made a declaration to her in person Xo No Young Youns ODonnell O'Donnell had not Ho lie was so white so 80 wild willI so despairing despairing- looking that the time earl carl was getting setting alarmed A scene and oh oh how he lie abhorred scenes He had hall not spoken to her hI on the subject he subject he never r had had- had ho he wished l to obtain her Imer fathers father's consent con con- sift sent first The Thc earl carl grasped his hand with ef ef- ef fusion My 1 lad youre you're a a. gentleman from head to foot Coot I am proud of r you iou Have o Vou has you has she sl 1 l. means mon do dOj 1 think your affection affections Is s returned returned- Oh Ohl dont don't blush and look t t Isn't the most unlikely thing on earth eurth Do you think Cecil returns your om very alt very ah pon pen my life ar life arden arden len devotion Youn Young ODonnell O'Donnell stood looking handsome l and modest be before himlie him He lie did not like to say say but but he hoped H HOh Oh Our of ot course you do lo the earl supplemented sup sup- supplemented d an and l Vel very strongly too Well m my lad Jall you ou deserve something for fOI the admirable and honorable mannel manner manner man man- ner nel In which you ou have acted and you OU shall bo be rewarded shall have havo your reward Cecil shall wait watt for you ou if It f she wishes It No 1 dont don't thank mo me yet rel hear me etc out onto You are to spend this evening e hone here are you not Well ell as ns you have ha been silent so gO long be bc silent yet ct a lUlio longer Dont Don't say Eay a word wOld to her Tomorrow mornIng morning morn morn- ing lug I will lay all this hits before her myself myself my my- self and anti if sho she prefers rs the penniless Irishman to the time rich Cornishman wh why Heaven Ilea forbid I should force her hOl affections affections affections af af- af- af I can trust to lo you Implicitly I know and this time line tomorrow over o to see sec us again and amid you ou shall have your answer Ho lie would not listen to the young oung mans man's ardent thanks ho he pushed him hint good nature ll r awa away and arose Thank me ho said Mid If It Queenie prefers love Jove in a collage to thirty thOU thousand a year year not not before The Tho sneer in his voice was wa imper- imper but it was there Half an anh h hour r after aHer the earl eurl sought out Gregory GregOl Gregory Greg Greg- Ol ory his valet alet and mana manager r. r We e leave leae at daybreak tomorrow morning Gregory Gregor he said Lady Cecil and I. I You will remain behind pack up everything and follow later lator In the day Not ot a word woul however to I Lad Lady Cecil I Continued ed Tomorrow Morning rime Tho Dictionary of r Ui Vex Wex Jones Lexicographer Balloon A Balloon A floating flat fiat Oh Oh wont won't you come cone and spoon With Hh me in my m balloon Close to the blooming blooming- moon Oh Oh do For when zephyrs rs are arc crooning |