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Boston.-"Somo titles are bad and
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some titles , are w.orse" but there are
, no good titles , " a sarcastic American
, , I father .is said , to have exclaimed
" r' ' apropos of the marriage of a relative
, , / to a foreign nobleman.
He wns not altogether right , nor
was he .altogether wrong. The Old
World Is flooded wlth titles , good , bad
and ind fferent. The bad and the in-
1ITerent greatly outnumber the good.
Amertcan gIrls have some of the good ,
1,10ssibly more of the bad , and , per-
- naps , still more of the indifferent.
here is ! l heraldr ) ' , gffico in London
that spends ull its time straightening
; -out the Idnks in the peerage. With
rr some 500 American women married to
foreigners , duly handled ns to their
names , some of the freaks of aristoc-
racy's rating are apropos.
In America it is self.evldent-
though some children disprove it-
-that a parent is superior to the child.
Yet an American woman is on record
to disprove the , fnct. The late widow
-of Isaac 1\1. Singer married a soi-
dlsant Duc de Camposellce and later
. 1)1. ) Paul Sohege , a plain Frenchman.
But her daughter is Duchesse Decazes
among the French aristocracy , and
Duchesse 'de Gluecltsburg in the high
11ghts at Denmark. If it isn't a case
-of daughter out.dlptancing the mother -
-er , it.is the nearest approach to the
condltlon.
Some of these daughters have boo
.como duchesses of England , prin-
.cesses of Russia , duchesses of Franco ,
, . . principessae of Italy , duqueflas of
Spilin or Portugal , and .still others
nave obtained titles of the Holy
. . " Roman Empire and napal titles by
. : marriage. There are said to bo about
500 of them all told , but how do titey
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rank among each othor' : Where in
. . . . the scale of high.sounding handles to
" matrimonially acquired surnames doth
rank Lady Tennessee ClafliJl Cook ,
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: who is the widow of an Engllsh baron -
n ! , .and who , through him , is Vis-
.countess Montserratin in the peerage
< Jf 'Portugal ? And why does not she
> oniPloy the higher Portuguese title in-
ttead of the interior Engllsh one ?
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Pe ullarltles of Peerages.
The truth is that peerages are now
worthy of but half respect. 'Only two
of them are really to be very serious-
lYtaken , , the English and the dignities
ionfined to the mediatized Teutonic
families. And the latter of these Is
" &t not open to American ambitions , as.
" ' ! : : ; 'f Mis Mary Wister Wheeler of Phila-
de phla discovered in 1890 , when she
was married to Count 1\Iaximillnn Pap-
lenheim , of. that ilk , and learned ,
wl en Berlin heard of the event , that
'She could never be more than . a mol'-
g natlc wife. ,
Recently It transpired that .English
titles arc not always exactly what
the ) ' Beom. It came out that one peerage -
, , \ age was obtained by the typically
American practice of contributing to
a naUtical caml1Ulgn fuud. It took
1.2.50OqO in that caBe to make a
J baron of tI1e United Kingdom nnd at
th . sarno time $150,000 was equired
; . , to secure a knighthood that labors
under the disadvantage of nQt being
heritable. Scnl\dal aside , however ,
the British l1 erago 18 the best of It.s
, khJd. ' An American girl looking for
foreign honors can better realize her
nmbltlon'ln'marrylng a more English
baronet : .tbnn by' contracting lal ! , a
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dozen alliances wIth Russian princes ,
papal princes and such.
There , are haIr a dozen kinds of '
dukes , spelled according to the geniu
or their geographical situation" There
are dukes in England who are real
aristocrats. 'Vhen , therefore , an
Amer can girl , Miss Zimmerman of
Cincinnati , captured the heart of his
grace of l\Ianchester , she got a titular
matrimonial prize. ' .
French Ducal System.
There are'ducs In France , but their
only value is as contributors to the
government's income , by the sarcastically -
tically graded scale that puts more of
a price on thorn the farther up
they go. One exception may be made
to this general rule , for the royalists
still hold levees , and to them a title
is insflnct with meaning and dignity.
The fourth Duc de Dine , who unsuccessfully -
cossfully indulged his predilection
for American wives on two occasions ,
would be entitled to enter this society ,
and either she who was born Elizabeth -
beth Curtis of New York or the pre
viously divorced wife of Frederick
'V. Livingston could have accompanied -
ied him during their reigns over a
heart whoso unhappiness became
rather well known at divorce court.
The royalist society constitutes the
worth of a French title , but only two
per cent. of all titles of La Belle
Paris and elsewhere in France are
legitimate. The others nre jokes.
His Turkish Title.
In all except the mediatized fami-
lies-formerly royal German families
-thero are women to represent the
greatest country without a nobility.
Even at Constantinople , where you
call buy the order of Osmanieh and
the lower , grades dirt cheap , there is
one of our women. She has had the
wings of her dignity clipped , but she
is sUll Margaret Fehlm Pasha.
Her husband was , tlll a few months
ago , hlef of the Yildiz secret police ,
likewise a distant relative of the
sultan. The German ambassador objected -
jected to a llttle pleasantry of his ,
and Fehim is now In renl exile. But
his wife , who was a circus rider , married -
ried a week after rencontre , is sUll
the wif of a pasha. That dignity
I1m't worth much , and in the matter
of value of tItles TurlieY , for once ,
agrees with the rest of Europe.
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A Russian prince is a travesty on
language , actually and llterally. Prop-
er13he isn't a prince at all , according
to respectable English standards , but
the Almanach de Gotha mistranslated
the word "kniaz" that way , and the
mistake at significance has persisted
like the Almanach. Its orrect English -
lish synonym is lord. The incident
th t , led to the present English trans.
lation occurred at Paris , where a presumptuous -
sumptuous one of these squireens ap.
Jleared at Louis XlV's court. , Etymologically -
mologically , however , "prince" fs thp
proper l'Cnd ( > 1'ing.
Russian Princes Plentiful.
Prince Michael Cant.acuzenc , who
married Miss Julia Dent Grnnt , is one
of these , but he has escaped tJhe additional -
ditional title , a "Utinned-out prince. "
Every member of the family of a Rus.
sian knlaz is a Imlaz , mnle or temale.
Count UI > a gen ration or two in
mathematical terms , and it will not be
surprising thl\t there is n buna fi e
Prince Krapotldne driying a Peters.
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stovCllorc , or a Princess Oalatltin in a
tourth.rato clrc\l ,
A DOlGoruld ancestor was once Idng I
of Rusilin. and , the alnlzil and 1(1'1\1' ' ' :
oUtino families \re mnong Its most I
honorable amI ancient. Occaslonal- ! '
"zaldmdaly Imlaz" llRB fl\lIon so low
that ho Is but n. lensant , and t11\111
minus the tltlo of noble that is glvon
to the educnted subjects of the czar.
'l'his Russian dls1'ogard or primogeniture -
iture observance ( which does so much
to ItCop the English peerage to the
standard , obtains also in Germo.ny.
. Certain imnlURitios and l > rlvlleges , besides -
sides the satisfaction of deflnel ! precedence -
donce , malto the Enclish lord a
marltcd and envied lOrson. Most German -
man and Prussian nobles nro devoid of
extra privilege , and their children 0.11
benr the titles of their fathers.
The house of HatzCeldtis one of the
fairly numerous 'excoptIons. The hell'
of Prince Alfred , present head of one
branch , Is Prince Francis , whoso wife
was the adOIted daughter at the late
Collis P. Huntington. On the ether
hand , the late ambassador to Germany
was only Count Hatzfeldt. His case
was Imrtlcularly interesting because
ho had a genuine love affair with an
American woman , Miss 1Ielon 1\Ioul-
ton , of Albany. He married her in
1863 , and was forced to separate from I
her by Prince Bismarclt , who made it :
1 rule never to allow n German dlplo- :
mat to marry a foreigner. The separation - :
ration lasted untu Dlsmarclc went out
of power , when the two promptly' -
mn.rried.
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Many Times a Duchess ,
There is ono' American woman who
Is a duchess on four commonplace
counts. This is the Duchesse de Dine ,
who is the same of Talleyrand-Peri-
go I'd and of Valencay in Frnnce , nnd
Prusslan duchess of Sagan.
Tltles in Italy date back a long time ,
and had their origin in the times when
thero. were free cities , each of whictt
had its own collection of nob111ty , The
tltlo of prince there is not awe-inspir-
ing , and the others of lower grade fall
far'short of honor. 'rhe Italian oquiv-
tftont of Burlte's Peerage will loole . .UP
your ancestry , determine your heraldic
bearings and include a history of your.
origin in its next edition for a nominal
sum.
sum.The
The vatican grants titles. The parvenus -
venus worlt so hard getting titles unto
themselves that , really respectable no-
blllty have got out of the habit of
using their legitimate ones. Prince
Ferdinand Colonna married Miss Eva
Bryant 1\Iaclmy , but in that family the
title is disregarded. They consider it
really more aristocratlo to call each
other simply "Don" and "Donna. " The
Uospigllosi and Ruspolln f milies ,
which together number nearly n dozen
American women among their wives ,
are as aristocratic and as particular.
Long String of Honors.
Yet even persons with the plain
name of John Smith will very IlIwly
admit that Don Francesco Rospigllosi
Is quite a come.down from Prince GIu-
seppe Francesco 1\Iaria Filippo di Ros-
pigllosi.Gloeni , duca di Zagarlo , principe -
cipe di Castiglione , marchese di Glu-
liana , conte dl Chi usa , Barono di Val-
corrente , Barone dell a Mh'aglia , Signor
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an ! hI. ' married 1\1108 Virginia Lower )
of Washington , when he was In the
Inthr clt ) ' ,
A curious feature at t110 Spanish nobility -
bility Is the manner of Inheriting it.
The 11IJnltlos desccnd from father t
son , but It there Is no son the daulb.
tel' takcs the title , and It. Is contorred
on her husband what tlmo.sho mar-
rlf . .
PrInce Owns Gambling Housc ,
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' } he prince of Monaco , who r\1n8
Monte Carlo , was married to AlIoQ
Heino , at New Orleans , and the present -
ent holr to Ule gambling receipts 18
her stepson. Prince Rcehcd Boy
CzayltOwsld Is a 'furldah diplomat , but
not very Important as a Tur1e. 1\IIss
Edith Comns , of New York , was the
princess' maiden name.
Boston is not wonderfully well r p-
rcsonted among the titlell AmorlcaUl\
abroad. Foremost , perhnps , amon&
Boston girls or this description Is thQ
countess of EIlla , who , on Juno 10 ,
18G9 , manlell the late king consort o (
Portugal , 1.'ordil1l\11d. She was Miss
Elsie Hensler , and received the morganatic -
ganatic dignity of Countess Edla ,
which she still bears.
Then there is Lady Playfalr. nee
Miss Edith Russell , who visits Boston
annually , and Mmo. Jussorn ld , wlfo of
the French amb'aQsador t Washington -
ton , who was the daughter of George
Richo.rds , of Boston , who founded the
bo.nlclng firm or Monroe' & Co" Paris ,
LadY Gilbert Carter , wife of the IOV-
ornor f Barbados , was Miss Gertrude
Parker , of Boston.
. The curioslUeB that have grown up
around the matter of noblllty would
fill a volume. In England , where the
heraldry office Is more Ulan it is elsewhere -
where , the tcchnicallttcs are best ob-
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served.
There is the matter of the courtesy
title , for instanco. There is Baron wn-
loughby d'Eresby , who is ma1'Tied to
Mias Elroiso Breese , of New Yorlt , and
who Isn't a baron at all. Ho is simply -
ply oldest son of the earl of Ancastor ,
who has moro than one oxtro. title that
is Inferior to his own of carli His father - .
ther hus virtually loaned that of , his
barony to his eldest son until ho shall
succeed. So the eldest son of the
duchess of Marlborough , who is known
as the marquis of Blanford by the
sarno courtesy.
Young American Mother of Peer ,
She who was Miss Gertrude Violet
Twining , of Halifax , is the youngest
of American mothers of peers. It was
in 1902 that she married the marquis
of Donegall , she being 22 a d he 80.
Their son , now marquis , was born 11
} 'ear before his aged fathor's death.
He is a marql1 s of the Irish peerage ,
which is quite distinct from that of
Great Britain or Scotland. A peer of
Great Britain sits in the house of lords
because he is a peer. DultO , carl , marquis -
quis , viscount or baron , it maltes no
difference. But Ireland sends only a
certain number , and Scotland a few
more. The rest not sltting In the
lords can stand tor the commons.
But that is material for a boole.
England , It should' be noted , is not
overburdened with nondoscrlpt princes
like some other countries. A prince
there is a really and truly prince , son
of royalty. A princess is just as real
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di Aidone , di Burgio , dl ContesllB. and
di 'rrnpetto , Roman noble , patrician
of Pistojn , Venice and Genoa.
There are 200 duk B , 900 marquises
and thousands of counts ia Spain , according -
cording to a recent account. Legitimate -
mate Spanisq nobility , or , better , aris-
tocracr : , Is called the , grandezza , In
English the gra11llees. It was instl.
tuted by Emperor Charles V _ In 1520 ,
so that Spain could be just like other
countries In one respect.
They 'began 11 dozen In number : the
legitlml\tc members of the grandezza.
now are 200 , and ntter that tbe popular -
lar deluge that includoo the butcher ,
the baker and perhaps tbe candltlsUck
maker. The duke de 'Arcos , who was
once Spanish ambassador at 'VashJng.
ton and 'IUS just retired from the Iloat
at Rome , is a real Spanish nobleman ,
and jJ.Jst as true , 01'en to the second
! ; enern.Uo. .
'rho Princess Royal , for Instance ,
who Is married to the duke of FUe , hall
two daughters. WhlJe the princess Is ,
bel' royal hlrhness , her daughters are
onlY their highnesses , but 0.1'0 , never.
theless , prinoesBos. 'Vhen they crow
up a.nd marry , their children will not
be princes or princesse unless they
mnrry royalty.
The blood of England's royal family
carries with it. the title 9f prince only
to the second generation. That Is
worldo awa , In point of dignity , from
cabdrivlng Russians or princely Gar ,
mans , Wb08Q dignity reBts onhe \
chance that they are heads of famUits. .
During the , seven years 1899.19. > 5
the doath91in IndIa numbered 4,059,800 ,
IJd-1i. : -to. L..d.
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THE GIRL IN THhE..PlCTURE '
, By Elsie Carmichat 1
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( Copyright , by Jocph ! D. Dowles. )
It stood ever the mantolln the oak-
paneled dinlng.room , n portrait by
Gnlnsborollgh of a olcnder dark.e'ed
girl in a white satin gown , with a
necklncQ , at milk.white pearls about
Iter DOftlyounded Ulroat. Sl o was
vulHng the l > etals tram a red r so aul1
miling rogulshy ) out of the fram , .
I bad always been in 10VO with her I
trom the time I used t spend m-
schoolboy holidnys nt the manor until ,
as n : ) 'ollng man I ran down to ' ( or-
soy for weok.ends , ostensibly tu see
my Aunt EUznbeth , In reality , to sl1eml
moat of the time betore the creat. fire.
place In the dinln.room ! , blowing rings
toward' the colling sud dreaming ns I
watobcil Mnriauno lroI11'Ing'tho . vetals
of her crimson rose.
"I 'am going to have a houan party
on the 25th 'of June , " wrote my Aunt.
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"nnd you must not fail mo , my. denr
Reginald. 1 phall refuse to , tl\lco' no )
for nn nnswor , " ,
This 'W S of the nature of , a summons -
mons , to Windsor castle , and' I dared
not d s boy. Bcsldes , I dtd not altogether -
gether object to n houso' party nt
Ierscy manor In rose tlmo. However ,
at the last minute I was delayed. . nnd
It was not until the ovenlng or the
26th thnt 1 drove up the oale-llned avenue -
nuo In the soft moonUgh My aunt
mot 'mo hi the great hall.
"They are having' tnbleaux In the
music.room , " she said. "Will you come
there as soon ns you hn.vo changed 1"
' 1'he light was turnOll low as I
softly entered nud stood unobs6rved
in the back of the music.room. There
wns a hush ave l' the nudienco as the
curtain Was drawn to , reveal a ovoly I
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picture. My cousin , Jeanne , smiled :
winsomely out at the rrnme as the. .
Countess Potockn In the famous portrait -
trait that Is familiar to everyone.
The ch\l1plng of hands drowned the
llttle murmur of admirnUon as the
tmrtaln , was , drawn ever It. My cousin ,
Jeanne , evidently could not endure the
ordeal of ltoeping still to bo looltod nt
ngaii ) , so the encoring died away 111111
the low murmur of conversation was
resnmed.
Suddenly the conversatIon ceased :
the curtain wns about to bo drawn for
the next picture , and I turned perfunctorily -
functorily toward the little stuge.
I ga've a great start and clasped
the back of the chair in front of me.
1 could see the sheen of her white
satin gown , the long necklace of
pearls about her snowy throat. It was
Marianne , but a living , breathing Mar-
ianne.
SUddenly the lights. fiared up , the
buzz of conversation grew 10ul1er ,
everyone. was talltlng at once about
the tableaux. Ono or two old friends
saw mo and came to welcome me , so
It was several minutes beCore I could
mnlto my way to my aunt.
, jAunt Elizabeth , " I demanded , present -
sent me , 1 beg , to the Indy of Kersey
manor. Whore did you find her ? Did
she step down from the frame to.day ?
How did it all happen ? "
I'en . as I sllolm Marianne came by ,
1\Iaria.une 'in hel' white satin gown ,
her shhnmering pearls nnd the red
rose 'still In her hand.
"Murlan , " cried my aunt. "Stop a
moment while I present your cousin ,
Heglnald. "
I bowed low. I felt that I ought
to have a plumed hat to sweep the
11001' before this lady of an olden
time.
"Why did you not come down from
your frame before ? " I asked. "I have
waited tor you for years , centuries ,
neons , o.nd I have been so lonelY ,
though' I knew you would como at
last , 1\Iarlanne , lady of Kersey ma-
nor. "
She smiled ravishingly and looked
at my aunt questioningly.
"He is our court jester , " the latter -
ter replled with a smile. '
"But I am not jesting , " I cried ,
with mock sOle mlty. "She is Marianne -
anne , Marianne of' the portrait , " I in-
slstesI. "Deny it it you daro. "
"Yes , she is Marian , " my aunt ac-
knowledged. "But , Marian , the great-
great.grandnieco of the ladY of } ( or-
Bey manor and your distant cousin. "
"Not at all , " I begged to differ.
"Sho is Marianne herselt , Marianne
who l'I ' t 'to 'Gainsborough , Marlamie
who pulled a red I'ose and flung the
petals at her feet-you are , aren't you ,
MarlanneJ"
Aunt Elizabeth smiled Indulgently.
Then some young upstart bore off
my Marianne for the otlllon. If 1
could not dance it with bel' I showered -
ered her wit 1 tavors and danced with
no one else. When she mischievous.
Iy brought me a jester's cap aud
1olls In one figure , I put it on reo
luctantly.
The next morning we walked in
the garden together just as we used
to do In tho. oJ.d days. and I gath ,
ored her roses , 'Ve fiung bread
crumbs to the trout that rose greedily
I to snatch thel11 , nnll we pelted the
cross old llcacock with flowers , and
then wo leaned on the sun.dUll , aUlI
Marianne's faper finger traced the
letters of the carved inscription just
as I had dreamed of her doing. lIeI'
hair curied riotously , bewitchingly
about her face that was flushed like
the petals at a plnle rose , as she bent
over the lotters.
"Do you know , Mnrlun\lo , " I sall1 ,
I "that this Is not the tlrnt Ume you
and I hnve leaned on this sun.dlal
Sometimes It hus been in the pal (
moonshine when the gr.-t'den WI I
: I turned to silver 0.1111 the roses , dew
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drenched , fillcd the nil' with their
perfume , nnd somotlmes wo have been
here In the wintertlmo when the snow
lay doel > on the torrnced nnd tho'
quaint bay trees and hcdge we1'O aIt
enrvod tram purest Parlnn marble. Always -
ways wo have heen here together , a11l1
a1\vnys \ we will lean together on thIs old
dial watching the sunny hours go by ,
1\fnrlanno , Indy or 'Kersoy manor. "
She blushed ravishlngly , "Dut I am
not Marianne , lady of Kersey manor ,
stupid , " she pouted , "YOli are indeed -
deed mad , madder thnn the maddest
1\Iarch haro. "
"Yoll mn ) ' say you nro not , but
) 'ou nre going to be , " I said omphat-
Ically. "You have got to be. I have
boon In love with Martanne , Indy at
Kersey manor , since I wont to Rugby -
by , a mtlo ehnp In knickerbockers ,
:1I1d : I am In love with you and two
things equaling ulC Barno thing equal
each other. "
"AlA , . you are getting too mathematical -
ical for me , " she 80.111. . and ran swift- ,
We Leaned on the Sun.Dlal ,
Iy away down the garden path and I
after her.
And then began days of uncortain'
ty. 1\Iarianne teased me and tormented -
ed me and avoided me , choosing any
little insignificant creature that was
nearest her when I approached. But
I was not discouraged. I had l ved her
too long not to feel that sarno day J
must win out.
By grent lucle one dl1Y 1 found
her alone in the IIbmry and boldly
wallcod in.
"I want to speak to 'ou nbollt a ut.
Ue matter of business , it you .will
deign to listen , " I suid , stiffiy to her
baclt , as she sat at the desk writing\
"Oh , business , " I3he said , coldly ,
though her lips trembled a bit at the
corners , as though a smile were
struggling through. " 'Veil , be quick
about It. I am hnmensoly bUBY. " A
frown puckered her delicately penciled -
ed brows as , she loaned her head on
her hand to listen.
"It's about the succession and the
property , " I said , sitting down com.
fortably In the low chnir'beslle }
her.
her."Is
"Is this strictly business ? " she
asked suspiciously. ,
"Strictly , " I answered , "It is very
important. You see I am my aunt's
heir and some day Kersey manor will
belong to me , and do you know It
doesn't scem to. me quite fair. You
have always been the Lady Marianne
of the manor , and YOli know I feel
as though I were doing you out .qf
it. "
"Oh , not at all , " said Marianne politely -
litely , halt tuming back to her lAI-
tel' , as though she wished mo to
hasten. "I have no claim in any WRY ,
you know. "
" \Vell , " I said , . refleotlvely , "some.
how I' feel Umt it's not tail' and I
have a proposition to make. I want
you to keel > on being the lady of Ker.
sey manor. " ,
"Oh , no , March hare , " she l'Iaid. '
"That would be doing you out at
it. No , thanks very much , but. J
couldn't thlnlc of accepting such a .
present tr'm you , " She lau hed.
"What docs Mme. Grundy say ? 'A
) 'oung lady should never accept any
gift from a young man , except books ,
flowers 'and bonbons , unless- ' "
She stopped. . sUddenly and blushed
adorabi ) ' up to the little curls on her
forehead and down to the collar of her
frock.
"Unless what ? " I demanded , but
she laughed and blushed still more.
"Unless ? "
"Oh , novel' mind , " she sald.
"I know , ' I cried triumphantly.
"lIaven't J studied Mme. Grundy's
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rules of etiquette ? Unless .they are
I engaged 01' married. Isn't that it ,
word for word , Marianne ? That's the
only way out of It , " I said. "Come.
I Marianne , sweet. I have never toved
an'ono else but you. I have been
faithful tQ my Ilream Marianne for sn .
long anll I waited for ) 'OU , oh , ag ( . . .
and ages. Pray keep au beIng t le
lady of lCersey. " -
'I'he pinlc stole IIinto \ her tace
I nga1n , lur ; eyoo were soc.t DUll win-
I some as she held out both handa to
me in sweet surrender.
"Well , I SUllpose J shnll have to ,
1\Iarch hare ; " Dho said , . . . .I'/'f : } ynu insist -
- sist lul > on"U/ ! ' . . , r. I ' ; . '
. ' . . " 'o. _ ffi..Q..t , : . < "
