Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Dines. "Let me get that much out of
it, won’t you? It shows how much
confid enc-e he has in my getting what
1—want You see, he didn’t know
what brought me to America, and, fol-
lowing on the heels of my proposal to
him, it really seemed, you know, that
I was coming to marry him, whether
or no. You can see for yourself how
the poor dear man must have felt.
Did he imagine, I wonder, that if j
everything else failed I should kidnap
him? Well, I forgive him even that.
And I want you to forgive him, Hen-
rietta. You must. That’s a good,
sensible sister. And now it’s quite
time we came back to oi*r mutton.
Tell the man to drive us to the Hem- |
ingrays’, /will you, Mr. Twining? If
you don’t feel up to going in, Hen- ;
rietta, I’ll go alone, but one of us |
must certainly see Barbara at once.”
“Then you may let me down at the
Fifteenth street corner of the j
Square,” said I. “I’ll get along back j
to the office.”
As the carriage stopped, Miss Win- j
Stanley bent forward, looking eagerly |
after a fast-disappearing figure.
“Isn’t that Dan?” she cried. “Can
you overtake him? He is the one to
take her the word.”
I sprang out and caught up with ;
him within the block, although he was j
swinging along at an uncomfortably
brisk gait.
“On your way to the house, are j
you?” he asked when he saw roe. “It
must be pretty nearly time for the ;
wedding. I was afraid I couldn’t j
make it in time, but I caught a flyer
within the hour after I had Barbara’s
message.”
“Miss Winstanley wants you,” I
said, nodding to the carriage, that had
turned and was bringing up to the
curb.
He was surprised to see Mrs. Dines, |
and greeted her with a boyish affec- j
tion that must have warmed her heart. J
“All on the way to the wedding?” j
he inquired after he had shaken
hands.
“There is to be no wedding, Dan,”
Miss Winstanley said, gently.
He had paled before she could ex- j
plain.
“Nothing’s wrong with Barbara?”
he asked, quickly.
“No, no; everything is just Goming
right for her. Get in”—with a glance
toward the coachman. “We are driv-
ing to the house now, and Mrs. Dinee
will explain to you. Then you must
tell Barbara what is to be told. We!ll>
wait outside, and if she wants us wefll
come right in. If not you must tell:
us, and we’ll go away again. Doffit
you—will you—”
“I must tell you good-by,” I said. j
As I started off across the Square,,;
Miss Winstanley called after me. that
she would send for me later in the
day.
But I was too impatient to await her
summons, and four o’clock found me'
at her door. As I turned in at the
steps, the door opened and Dan came j
out, hurrying, down and stopping at
sight of me to wring my hand. He
was beaming. I had not seen him so
much like his old self in months, and
it did my heart good. Somehow it
also seemed to presage well for me. |
All his buoyancy had returned, and
he was once more the charming, ir-
resistible fellow we all loved.
“Everything’s all right at last, Tom,” j
he cried. “I don’t deserve it, but I’m j
down on my knees giving thanks for |
it, just the same, and if ever—he
lowered his voice, looking over my
shoulder at some one who was ap-
proaching—“if ever I get any of you
into such a muss again, may I bfe
hanged!’ Oh, it’s been awful! You’ll
never know. But it’s over, thank God!
And now it’s up to me to make good.
And that’s what I’m going to do, old
man. Who is this confounded fellow
coming?.’ I wanted to talk with you a
minute, but I’ll look in after dinner,
if you’re to be at home. There’s a
deal to tell you,” and he was off.
An ecclesiastical-looking gentleman
mounted the steps with me, inquiring
for the bishop, while I went in to
Miss Winstanley.
She was flushed and smiling and
bright-eyed.
“Did you think I had forgotten you?
Bless you, no. But there has been
so much to do. We only left Barbara,
poor child, an hour ago. There were
messages to be sent for her, orders
to countermand, and—”
“Then she isn’t going with him?” I
broke in.
“Oh, did you think—is it possible
you gave her credit for so little—”
“If she loved him—”
She caught me up sharply. “Of
course she didn’t love him. I always
told you that, but you would go on in
your stubborn unbelief in my intui-
tions, you foolish, foolish fellow. My,,
but she was gallant, though! She had
me almost bewildered at first; but
the moment she found that she could
have done with all pretense and: that
her fancied obligation to Ankony was
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PICTURES BY A. WEIL
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SD.ifjiii,
CHAPTER I.—The story opens with a
scene at a box party. Miss Henrietta
Winstanley, sister of Bishop Winstanley
overheard Banker Ankony propose to
Barbara Hemingray, wiiose brother Dan
was in his employ. Dan was one of the
town’s popular young men. Dan showed
some nervousness when Attorney Tom
Twining told him Barbara refused An-
kony.
CHAPTER II.—Ankony the following
day, in the presence of Twining, ac-
cused Dan of looting the bank. Twin-
ing refused to prosecute. Barbara, per-
suaded Ankony to postpone starting pros-
ecution.
CHAPTER III.—Twining learned of ths
engagement of Ankony and Barbara, He
congratulated both.
CHAPTER IV.—He visited Miss Hem-
ingray and found her gjmost in tears. He
told her he had loved her, but feared
prematurely announcing his affection. By
actions alone she told him she recipro-
cated.
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CHAPTSri v.—Mrs. Anson Dines,
wearchy widow, proposed a marriage by
proxy with Bishop Winstantley. The lat-
ter consulted with Twining. The bishop
had been paying attentions to Miss
Streeter.
CHAPTER VI.—Dan consulted the at-
torney, saying his sister was determined
to marry Ankony, declaring she actu-
ally loved the banker, though he could
not help believing she was making a sac-
rifice to save him from jail.
CHAPTER VII.—Miss Winstanley, find-
ing a pressed rose in the bishop’s book,
scented a love affair.
CHAPTER VIII.—Mrs. Dines sailed for
America. Miss Winstanley informed Twi-
ning that Mrs. Dines was intent upon
stopping the marriage of Barbara and
Ankony.
CHAPTER IX.—Mrs. Dines arrived.
Ankony immediately set about to sail
with Barbara for Europe the following
day, in order, it seemed, to avoid Mrs.
Dines. , .
CHAPTER X.—Mrs. Dines confronted
Ankony writh evidence of his peculations
while attorney for the late Mr. Dines.
She told him that if he persisted in mar-
rying Barbara that day that she would
prosecute him. She fiad been a life-
long friend of Barbara’s, and refused to
allow her to marry the scoundrel that
she declared Ankony to be. Finally he
agreed to her proposition.
CHAPTER XI.—Ankony notified Bar-
bara of the necessity for breaking the
engagement. Dan was informed also.
Twining was told that Barbara pos-
sessed affection for him. Dan Hemin-
gray was offered a responsible mining
position in the west by his friends—a
chance to retrieve his lost prestige. Bar-
bara and he went to the mountains for
a time. To avoid the possibility of mar-
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“To Run Away!” She Moaned; "at
Charles’ Age.”
but I—dear heaven, how could I be-
lieve such a thing?” she wailed. “And
to elope—oh, Hannah, think of it;
Charles to elope!”
Mrs. Dines’ laugh rumbled forth so
contagiously that to save me I ^ould
not help echoing it softly.
“That’s just what I am thinking of,
To think of his imag-
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dear,” she said,
ining that he had to fly from poor me
like that! It’s so funny! Oh, do try
to see how very funny it is, Henriet-
ta,” and she sobbed in her enjoyment
of the affair.
“ft is absurd and unforgivable,” said
Miss Winstanley austerely.
The large hand tightened over hers,
and Mrs. Dines’ tones became serious.
“You are not to hold it against him.
Promise me that. Take it out of me,
but don’t spoil his happiness by cen-
suring him. I’m the one to be pun-
ished, for anybody can see that the
hastening is entirely due to me. I
suppose if I had any vanity I’d be get-
ting my punishment right now, but,
unfortunately, my sense of the humor-
ous outweighs my vanity and I can
only—only—oh, Henrietta, for good-
ness’ sake, laugh!”
A faint—a very faint twinkle lit in
Miss Winstanley’s hurt eyes.
"It is absurd for him to run away
from us like this," she said. “For you
know, Hannah, I was arrayed with
you.”
Her friend nodded warmly, laugh-
ter dancing over her face and in and
out among the copious chins.
“She fs really a charming girl,” I
put in.
“Who is she, anyway?” asked Mrs.
Dines. “To think of my not asking
that beforef”
“Miss Streeter,” said I; “a cousin
of Mrs. Jack Ankony.”
“Not Cecelia Streeter! You don’t
tell me! Why, Henrietta, dry your
eyes; this match was made in
heaven. She was born for the bishop-
ric. Think how she looks the part.”
Miss
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CHAPTER XI
Once in the corridor Mrs. Dines put
out an unsteady hand to her friend.
“My tablets, Henrietta. It is so an- '
noying to be weak.”
“Weak!” echoed Miss Winstanley;
“you were magnificent!” She clicked
open her bag and produced a small
white box, whose lid she quickly
slipped, extending it to the suffering
lady, while I begged them to come j
into my office until Mrs. Dines had
rested and felt a little recovered. But
Mrs. Dines declined.
“We must go to Barbara at once;”
she said. “Why, the poor child te
probably getting into her wedding-
gown at this minute. Think of it!
Ankony will go to her, of course, with
some explanation; but she must have
enough of the truth from us to prevent
any further mistake.”
“And oh, the blessed relief it will be
to her!” breathed Miss Winstanley.
“You forget that she may love him,” ■
I suggested.
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“So I am always reminding
Winstanley,” I ventured.
“Then that’s all she ever does,”
wailed her sister-in-law miserably.
“Oh, hy no means. You greatly mis-
judge her,” Mrs. Dines contended.
“She is calm, I grant you, but a bish-
op’s wife should he calm. No, really,
since your brother wouldn’t have me,
I don’t know where he could have
done better. Besides, she’s prodigious-
ly rich, you know. What! You didn’t
know? Oh, yes, immensely so. My
, poor little dot looks small beside hers.
'■ She doesn’t talk about it, but—”
“Does she talk, about anything.?” I
: inquired.
' Mrs. Dines shot me an amused
: glance over her friend’s head.
“Silence is an excellent qualification
j for a bishop’s wife, I’m sure, Mr. Twin-
1 ing; then she isn’t always getting her-
self and the diocese into trouble.
: Now, see here, Henrietta, considering.
! her looks and her reserve and her
| mohey, surely you might forgive her
: for letting your brother run off with
! her.”
| “It’s very good of you to try to
\ cheer me up,” Miss Winstanley re-
| sponded, vaguely.
“And it’s downright foolish of- you
to hold out against so beautiful an ar-
rangement. To my mind this, is as
j admirable a match all round as I have
known of in a very long time. Sq do
; cheer up and be glad. Don't you
i agree with .me, Mr. Twining?”
’ “Most heartily, as Miss Winstanley
5 knows,” said I.
' j That little lady was not, however,
' ready to yield herself at once to the
j sudden situation.
| “To run away!
j : Charles’ age!”
“But don’t you see that it’s a great
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Dines spun round on me at
'that like a huge, laboriously spinning
top.
“You think that possible? Gracious
heaven, I hope not! I came to bring
her happiness, not to break her
heart.”
“You need have no fear as to that,”
Miss Winstanley hastened, assurfngly.
“You have done her a service beyond:
words. You see, she has been very-
clever in carrying forward her part
of the hideous program which she
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Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1909, newspaper, December 3, 1909; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973892/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.