Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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CHAPTER X—Continued.
"Have you a sister? I didn't know.
What is her name?"
"Mary. I should like you to know
her."
'\And who is Miss Lilbourne? Does
she live with you?"
"She is an orphan; my father and
mother adopted her," said Bernard, his
«yes fixed upon the sketch.
'Is she pretty?" asked Mildred In
her slow, direct way.
"Yes—very."
"And she won't sit still when you
ask her? How very unkind!"
"Oh, she was always very busy, you
know!" said Bernard in some confu-
sion "'iae girls had always plenty to
do, but, thanks to old Miss Selwyn,
♦.hat's over now."
The sketch finished, he showed it to
lady Mildred, who was evidently
much struck.
"How clever you are to do so much
with so few touches! I should like to
•how it to my father. Will you, Mr.
Steliing—Selwyn, I mean—be so kind
as to give it to me?"
'T had meant to keep it," he said
hesitatingly, "as a remembrance of
one of those golden days which don't
come twice, but I'll make a bargain
with you. Lady Mildred."
"A bargain?"
"You shall have this sketch if you
will give me your photograph. I have
one photograph of you."
"Indeed!"
"Yes, but it was taken a long time
back You gave it to me at Oxford.
It doesn't da you justice now. May I
have another?"
"Well, I think that it would be only
fair," she assented. "A photo of me is,
after all, a poor return for this clever
little sketch."
"Lady Mildred!"
"Nay; I mean to pay a compliment-
mot to fish for one, I assure you."
He leaned against the tree thought-
fully for a minute or two, and there
was a brief silence.
"ft is growing cooler," he said at
last. "Come down to the water and
[ will row you about."
"It will remind me of Commemora-
tion!" she said merrily, as he helped
Iter out of the hammock.
"Your brother tells me that Mr.
Miartineau, of the firm of 'Leroy &
ing a summer afternoon than sculling
idly in the shadoof the great trees, on
the glassy surface of the water, with
Lady Mildred's proud, sweet face be-
fore him, shaded by her wide-brimmed
hat.
A long silence fell upon both during
the latter part of that row, and as they
walked slowly home together under a
saffron-colored evening sky they hard-
ly spoke at all. Lady Mildred waa
thinking that her companion, with
twenty thousand a year to back him,
was more than endurable. Bernard
was wishing that Marguerite could
have the advantage of a few lessons
in the art of dress from Lady Mildred.
He wished so even more when her
ladyship walked into the drawing-
room some time later, her clear-cut
face and pliant figure set off by ame-
thyst-colored plush, which caught the
light on all its rippling folds.
She was conscious, as she entered,
that she was looking at that moment
as beautiful as it w'as in her power to
look, but nothing in her perfect man-
ners betrayed the thought. She
crossed the room slowly, purposely
stopping on the way to replace some
flowers which had fallen from a vase.
As she turned again, her glance fell
upon a gentleman who stood on the
white fur hearthrug, talking to her
father. A sudden change passed over
the face which before had been only
beautiful. No other man ever carried
himself with such careless grace as
this man. As he stood, only the back
of his head visible, she knew that It
was Valdane; her breath came more
quickly, her heart beat faster at the
thought. She stood perfectly still, her
eyes fixed upon him. Then he turned
slowly round, saw her, and at once
came forward. She moved not an
inch, but remained where she was, the
brilliantly lighted room bringing out
every point of her beauty.
Their hands met, and in that mo-
ment she knew that he was changed.
He looked ill and worn, but in her
eyes a thousandfold more lovable. Ills
greeting was cordial, but it lacked the
delightful tone of mutual understand-
ing. Almost In terror she scanned his
face for the wherefore, but found It
not.
"I did not know that you had come,"
she said.
SEATS ALL GRADES IN 'FRISCO
SCHOOLS.
Itand* at thd Ileml of Thlrt y-Sev©n
Thousand 1'uplU—The Chlaene School
i:\aioinatUm HeveuU Some
lng Fact*.
There is a public school of Chinese
pupils in San Francisco, and it has just
made itself felt with something of a
Jolt in the understanding of the great
white men who make the educational
wheels go round in the "velly big city."
At the recent examinations this school
of Celestial youngsters reached a high-
er percentage than any other public
school having no grade higher than the
seventh. The percentage was 100. One
of its pupils, Wong Bock Yue, attained
a higher percentage than any other
pupil of any grade or color in the city.
The highest average of any white stu-
dent was made by Robert Dougherty
of the ninth grade of the Mission
Grammar School. He got through
with 94 per cent, or 3 per cent less
than was attained by Wong Bock Yue,
who is just promoted from the seventh
to the eighth grade. There were sev-
eral of Wong Bock Yue's classmates
who gained as high a percentage as
Robert Dougherty, the highest white
boy. The seventh grado of the Chinese
school ran from 84 to 97, a remarkably
high average. In the fourth grade
(primary) an individual percentage of
89 was attained, while no pupil ran
lower than 82. In some of the white
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"OF COURSE YOU MAY HAVE SOME.'
Martineau, Is your cousin, I>ady Mil-
dred," he remarked, as they walked to-
tother through the park to the water.
"Yes, h' is," she answered, without
raising her head.
"It Is strange. He has the man-
agement of some business for Miss Lil-
bourne."
"Indeed! Did she go to him by
chance?"
"Quite by chance. She says he is
very kind and painstaking. I shall be
(lad to meet him."
"1 can't fancy Valdane a solicitor,"
ehe said, laughing. "He is so essen-
tially a society man."
Bernard saw that he had started an
wnwelcome topic. He adroitly changed
the subject.
The water was the great feature of
the Clarisdale estate. It was a beau-
tiful irregular-shaped lake, with a
•mall Island in the middle, much used
for picnics. Bernard thought there
IBtght be many worse ways oX spend-
"I arrived two or three hours ago.
They told me you were somewhere in
the grounds, so I went to look for
you—as far as the lake-side. Then I
came back; you were being well en-
tertained and did not want me."
Lady Mildred's ebbing spirits came
rushing back in swift flow. She
thought she had a key now to his cold
greeting and worn appearance. It was
love of her, she thought, which was
telling upon him; she had accom-
plished her object, she had made Val-
dane jealous.
tor him and prepared for a couple or BMART CHINESE BOY.
months' relaxation. They were very
happy. Bernard, they all agreed, had
behaved remarkably well; he had
shown such thought and consideration.
He was not at all unduly elated at his
prosperity, and had done just the right
thing in making no radical change un-
til the will was proved and the tedious
law business completed.
(But when the cottage at Bourne-
mouth had been taken, the trains
looked out, and the day of departure
■fixed, Marguerite electrified them all
by gently refusing to go.
•T have no right to a farthing of
Bernard's money," she said, "and I
should not feel happy, thank you." '
"But, but, my dear," spluttered the
good doctor, "that's false delicacy, you
know—that's straining a point! You
surely may accept favors from the man
you are engaged to."
"Bernard and I are not engaged,"
she returned w 'h quiet persistence;
then, after a short pause, "nor ever
shall be," she added.
"We shall see what Bernard will say
to that," said Mary. "He is the only
person that can manage you, Mar-
guerite."
Marguerite smiled,
"We won't discuss it," she said
steadily. "Only I am not going to
Bournemouth."
There was no shaking her decision.
Her will was indomitable, and uncon-
sciously she influenced all. WTith
quiet tact she persuaded them all to
start without her, and lived on by
herself In the dull, close London
house, looking eagerly each day for a
possible answer to the advertisement
which Bernard had inserted in the
West of England newspapers.
Had Valdane Martineau known of
that advertisement it would have oc-
casioned him some uneasiness. A
rather strange thing had occurred on
the morning the day after he paid his
visit to the Stellings' house. A box
of exquisite, cut, hot-house flowers had
arrived for Miss Lilbourne. No mes-
sage or card accompanied them, and
Marguerite was thoroughly mystified.
Mary thought that Bernard had sent
them, but, on bei* g written to on the
subject, he was obliged to disclaim
any knowledge of them. Each day ar-
rived a fresh selection of choice and
delicate blossoms; they were brought
by a man from a floral depot, who
knew nothing of the person who had
ordered them or anything about It.
Marguerite loved flowers and, left
alone in her glory, she grew to hall the
daily arrival of the fragrant treasures.
One day, soon after she was left
alone, Mr. Martineau called. His os-
tensible reason was to say that he was
going to Clarisdale the next day, and
he asked whether there Was anything
he could do for her before he left.
She thought it was very kind of him
to take so much trouble, and thanked
him warmly. He stayed a long time',
and she gave him tea in the drawing-
room, which was almost full of those
lovely flowers. He bent to smell one
of a bunch of tea-rosebuds, and re-
marked that they were very fine for
London. Hereupon she innocently re-
vealed the fact that she did not know
who had sent them.
"But it is some one who is very
kind," she said—"some one who knows
what flowers are to Londoners. Each
morning I am always afraid it will be
the last time. I think I shall cry when
they leave off coming."
"The sender would feel more th'an
repaid if he or she could but see how
the gift is appreciated," returned Val-
dane gravely.
"You are fond of flowers, too," said
Marguerite. "I knew you were by the
way you noticed these wheu you came
in. Won't you have a rosebud? I
have so many, and I don't want to be
selfish, you know."
"Will you really give me one of your
flowers?"
"Of course—any you choose."
"If I might choose, I would ask for
one of those." He pointed to a vase
full of marguerites.
"Those—they have no scent."
VThey are my favorite flowers."
"Of course you may have some."
She selected three of the pale starry
flowers, with a piece of maiden-hair,
and dexterously made up a button-hole
for him.
He took It with a very low and quiet
"Thank you," and, having no longer
an excuse to linger, rose to take his
leave.
(To be continued.)
CHAPTER XI.
Bernard Selwyn had persuaded the
doctor and his family to go to the sea-
| side. It was a treat which they had
never before enjoyed, and great was
j their delight at the prospect The
j doctor, to whom a holiday had hitherto
meant no more than the space of time
I between Friday and Tuesday, now
1 procured another doctor to do his work
WONG BOCK Yl!E.
grades pupils ran as low as zero, while
one entire grade averaged only 16.
Whether it is more difficult for a ninth
grade pupil to reach 97 per cent than
for a seventh grado pupil to reach 94,
depends, of course, upon the relative
severity of their respective studies, as,
for instance, whether it is harder for a
l 15-year-old boy to learn multiplication
' than for a 13-year-old to learn addi-
tion. Assuming the most logical the-
ory, that each in given work corre-
j spending to his ability to grasp it, we
' must give Wong Bock Yue the credit
which the figures stand for, and call
him the top-notch pupil in the lists.
There is a daily attendance of about
37,000 pupils in the San Francisco pub-
lic schools. Wong Bock Yue has, ap-
proximately, 36,999 competitors. He
holds a higher record tlian any. Is he
the superior of them all in precocity?
Wong Bock Yue's school Is one of those
unique places in the city which not
even the old residents, who think they
have seen everything of interest that
is to be found heye, have ever discov-
ered. It is a familiar fact that San
Francisco contains many such odd
corners, which no one seems to know
the location of when eastern friends
are to be entertained with sightseeing.
The Chinese public school is one of the
most interesting of them all and prob-
ably quite the most novel to a stranger
taking a survey of our city. It is pre-
sided over by Miss Rose Thayer, who
is assisted by five associate teachers,
i There are five grades in the school,
I most of them primary. Only Chinese
pupils are in attendance. These num-
ber about ISO. Superintendent Webster
is attracted by the unusual features of
i the Chinese school to the exiont of
J having formed some speculative Ideas
j upon its effect in local education. He
J thinks that the ladies of the school are
doing great work. He does not know
in what degree to compare their pupils
with the white pupils whom the other
j teachers of the city are given charge of,
for, as he says, there are many circum-
stances which make the instructing of
Chinese children a very different mat-
ter from that of teaching the white
idea how to shoot.
THERE IS NO GRETNA GREEN.t
l'laro Where Romantic Marriage* Ta4 a
Flaca Han No Existence.
From the Genealogical Magazin3:
The novelists have woven a romance
about Gretna Gteen and its village
blacksmith which will last for all time
and which for all time will supply a
denouement to the wares of successive
professional story tellers. The sordid
facts of Gretna Green marriages and
the still more sordid details of the
Gretna Green registers are widely dif-
ferent from the picturesque romance
which we associate with the days of
postboys and the mad racing and chas-
ing through Carlisle. The history of
Gretna Green and Its marriages rests
upon the abominable marriage laws of
Scotland. We call them abominable,
for they are the curse of the Scottish
genealogy. The marriage laws in Scot-
land were and are (for they remain un-
altered) atrociously simple, and there-
in lay the temptation and attraction of
Gretna Green. Probably the novel-
reading public will be shocked to hear
that there is no such definite place as
Gretna Green; the name applies to a
district comprising some number Ot)
villages or hamlets some miles apart.
All that was necessary was to get over
the border into Scotland and there
make the necessary contract before
witnesses. The blacksmith's shop on
the high road north from Carlislo was'
the most easily accessible and waa
probably the best known, but there
were some houses just over the border
which kept witnesses at hand and re-
tained a register of the contracts en-
tered into. The registers were a sec-
ondary matter and the fees demanded
were frequently large and, where se-
crecy was an object, extortionate.
Those Gretna Green marriages still oc-
casionally take place, though now only
between residents in the neighborhood,,
but as similar ceremonies take place all!
over Scotland vhere is nothing espe-
cially distinctive about the contracts
made at these Gretna Green marrying-
shops. But unless an actual and
proper ceremony takes place we believe
these Scottish marriages are not valid
upon persons where both are of Eng-
lish domicile, though to those intend-
ing to elope we can offer the consola-
tion of the fact that the preliminary
residence and advertisement necessary
In England are not compulsory in Scot-
land, and a marriage in a Scottish
church is binding. So a couple of re-
turn tickets to Scotland may still
carry matrimonial advantages. The
British law attaches great weight to
domicile and, provided domicile be
established, a marriage legal under the
laws of the place of domicile is held ta
be valid in England.
Following Health Hulen.
Housekeeper—You don't look as if
you had washed yourself for a month.
Tramp—Please, mum, th' doctors say
th' proper time to bathe Is two hours
after a meal, and I haven't had any-
thing you can call a meal in six weeks.
-Tit-Bits.
HERO TO BE HONORED.
The city of Mobile, Ala., is to do
honor to the memory of Rear Admiral
Raphael Semmes of the confederate
navy, one of the greatest sea captains
of the rebellion. Semmes was born
in Maryland, the state of Rear Admiral
Schley, and was appointed a midship-
man in the navy of President John
Quincy Adams. He served with credit
during the Mexican war, and when the
rebellion broke out offered his services
to Jefferson Davis. His most noted
engagement during the rebellion was
a:i commander of the famous Alabama
during its engagement with the Kear-
sarge off Cherbourg, France. The Mo-
bile monument will be of heroic size,
the figure of Semmes being eight feet
Frenerlptlon Wanted
Mrs. Oldham—Doctor, what shall I
do to prevent these horrid wrinkles
from coming at *.he corners of my
eyes? Doctor—Stop getting old, mad-
am. Two dollars, please.
He who can pay homage to the truly
despicable ia truly contemptible.
Crlftln In the flgnret Trade.
In 1889 the total production of cigar-
eta In the United States was 2,lt- ,«o0,-
000. For the next eight years there
was a steady increase in the number
produced. In 18H7 it reached the as-
tonishing total of 4,063.000,000. Then
came the agitation against cigarets,
and the tax was advanced from 50
rents to $1.50 a thousand. The elTect
was that in the fiscal year ending June
30, 1899, only 3,735,000,000 cigarets
were made. In spite of this fact the
exportation of American cigarets has
itesdily increased. In 1889 the total
taxes paid on cigarets amnunteu to
fl,203,000, an Increase of $010,000 over
the previous year.
NEW STATUE OF REAR ADMIRAL
Si: MM IBS,
six inches In height. It was cast la
bronze at Newark, N. J., recently.
Iluw to Hide Medically.
A London physician has been Ingen-
ious enough to nnnounce himself us a
"consulting cyclist," and he will tell
(for a comfortable fee), whether to ride
or not; and how fast, how slow, how
far, how late, how early and how
every-thlng-else to ride. He will -!so
dictate the kind of gears, hanule bars,
etc., cte. .He will be a boon to physi-
elan-consulting peoplo of bicyclist tea«
I dencloa.
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