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CIIM'TO! XIII.
Two i. ii lire drags-el thi'ir slow
length ri.iv. Tu .. ytar! I have tint
hricf records them lu re nud thore-s.i
brief nnd so far ! twoeii th:it it seems (
mi" tin . v must luuv I n very linprolitie of
en nt.-.
I ll.lVe Kid two seasons ill I.onil..ll. nil I
n winter ii, ill,- S i : r l uf l"r;i n-.'. I know
thnt i!i.' ! ,i:i. Nourishing, nnd that
Mimihi i i i, -i,l: ..nr own; tluit Diirliy in
lily shadow as i, i yore, n sweeter, rnt Ut
and in.. r.' lender shadow i tin it even in her
-hiil -!i .lay-. I know, loo, tlinl my lms
Iiiii I i- ,!. i..iiii itsi.ir Li n li"ili: tli.-it
very u I urn beautiful gift of lift' i
shov, t i I up.-n in.', mi. I that .loan. Lady
l'iinr. is i personage of ii'i sninll dig
nity .ami imp -ri :: in (lit' county.
It is iilgui, nii'l lull- night too. Monk's
ll.ill Ill's I., i ll gay Willi curst llllil fes
tivitii. hut iln-y liiivi- nil departed now
It i 'l i lii -I unlit of thp in 'W year, and
1 have Ii.-i ii silling nloiii. in my dressinc
room, mt .'.?. into ihe lire Im t. yet not
ii!"iie. lor :i h"i of memories it'nili'il my
solitude mo I ti::..! nt m.' from out thf
dickering Manic. As I no looked kirk
iiinl thought, ti knock came nt the door,
mi l. in answer to my '( 'nine in!" a pret
ty s::rl l;ga:-o :eh .iii. r.l iiml dropped into
I llr !i:i !! In -;.r lliy ort'll.
"I ih .iu;it y .ii would not mind." lm
Kit-, up I villy; "u nd It Ih tny Inst
lii!n."
Slie is fry I'r.'tly, :im i-h' In the only
j;irl I li.ne ever r.illnj friend, tlioiitH
niiliy l.r-:.,,v thnt 11:111 u me. She is
11 . o'ii.T. in fin t. I linn thnt Willie Netlio
Cio li ..t nil. in I wa nine so jealous.
Mir li:i- Iiiiii -'.iviim with ns for thin
Christ urns week, hut to-morrow file linn
lo to ii .-iii- lo :i very ilrniry home, poor
::i'l! t iih the M.ureil, emhit lered old nom
ii n uli i i- In r only livim; relative, nnd
v. hoso I,,;,..',. ,iu,l ii inprr are proverhs in
tin- IH'i'il.'.ih I.
"I urn ' it -1 ymi have nnne," I Raid,
i-lo-' 'I ImI'i ; "I ihoiinht you would."
"I am sorry in ci lionie," idio said, with
n plaiiiiiM. a -. in in her rich yoiini: voire;'
very, .-iv sorry. I lliink ynu spoil
lur. .I.mii; r.ry iluie I route it ii hinder
I. . . . ;iwa. r.ui are toil tired- you look'
S-i pa : to l....-ill '."
".. hi. or in.-. I than usual," I answer
-I . ' I ii.s ii i I., i n a very fnliiiinii week.'1
"I i-'i.y you." (ihe said suddenly ; "oh
I !.-. o'i! What would you do if ymi
h.nl ihe empty days, the dreary ronnil ol
'--'U'l'i' 'iij.'.'i'i- i vi uls, the wri'trhe.l lien ten
II. i : t., II-. :'.! tl'l'l I havrV"
"V- i ti I hue nilirr rhaiires." 1 said
I olllIU
1 1 1. 1 IT i
. et. 1 -1 think it is
youm:."
ini-i .1
I .
marry nt nil," she snid,
: lo ih.' hue
f her white wrapper.
iii.it id.
a aside Inns iiiro."
.1 in. mii." I
-aid. looking cravely nt
. "lliai you have rared
.veil- I,, l'ori;et."
I y.'-iui: la. "
.in.' ..lie too v
-." she said,
i ry low and with n
p:-,'l
"I -pel"
IW. I
li
I. ill':
inn look of the pretty hrows;
ee uiosi firs have had nn e
nf Ihat sort hefore they are
I i au't help it if mine has Inki n
root than most. Yyii don't mind
mi fpe.ikiiii; to JoiiV it is H relief nt
la-i."
"MIii. IV iiu. 'I'lie f-prrienee of one Kea
soli, was ii not? And you think it will
l.i si "
It wi'l last." she said solemnly, "nil
my lite."
l i e tire tl.inns died down for a mo
lii' U'. I tlm.k I nits Kind of the sudden
li! "in I I.. 'tit a little nearer to Ihe tlimies,
n shiver i nn d lo i lull my veins.
"Mid h- did he hue yon V" I nsked.
"I le made nn- heliuve so," she answered,
the faint eoli.r spi incini; into her ire
"And then he foi'uot."
"Suppose he returns'"
"lie will never return to me," he sid,
(he s'ow teal- rising to l r eyes; "even
if he did
"I i iioH." I said, in thai hroken pause,
"ii is ireier ih.' same th'nif. Oiia may
jo n I lie tlii'. nd. hut there is alw nys the
kn.'i lo mm it."
She looked at me quickly.
"Voii have not is. 'aped either, " she said
tenderly. "I 1 I'm red it. Hut it is over,
is il not V"
"Oh. " I lllisu creil. "It wus over
IoIik. h ut; uiio."
"I wish I roiihl say the same," she said
lirokeiily. "li is sn hard - so lerrihly liurd
to l ti r. S, ,iin i lines I think, if we meet
again suddenly, Iflee to fare, withoul
Hiirniiix or preparniion. I - I should he
tray myself. Thai" with a sudden shud
drr - "III. il would lie terrihle. 1 should did
of shame."
"Voii think he dors not love you, then?"
"I nm sure of it." She rovere.l her fnrd
villi lur hands, and for u moment wo
Were hotll silent.
Thru she rose slowly to her feet, and
leaned her ii rm on the mantelshelf, and
heiit lu r head down on it.
"It is Ymke I'errers you love," slip said
In a low, hard voire, "Yorke Ferrers. And
you are his mu le's wile."
"It is n romplirnlioii, is it not?" I said
liitterly. "Itut ymi should have put it in
the past tense. Il was Yorke Ferrers I -loved.
That was two years a pi, Ab."
with a sudden outburst of unreasoning
passion, "Hhy did yon speak of il? Why
recall Ihe dead? It is over huricd -i rush
ed oyit tumped out!"
"VThere'iilfieT- she interposed enltnly. .
"I do not know. I have not seen him
for two years. He- ho went ahroad."
"And when lie returns?"
"lie will not return here. Ife-h dare
not."
She. Miami her white face and looked at
roe in a Htriimie, dazed way.
"Yorke Ferrer dares anything," ahe
said, "lie will return."
CTI.Vl'TF.U XIV.
The next iiiornini! while I was sitiinR
In the moriiiiiK room listening to liarl.y
I'laiuiK' oil tile pi.iilo the ilooi ojU'los! nnd
(19
my luisiiand etnc
over .i me H ie
wood lire. I noli
1. il.-
line srr.'Ho'it
In the .i-:-lit
ad Mime lei ti rs
d h.
in his hand.
"Co on. . liiM." hr said
I'll!
Stop.
prd nnd moved round.
She turned and n -iiiii d In-r pia,- imr,
only keepinc il soft and -1 1 1 1 1 j . I . -j,
not to drow n his voice.
".loan, my dear." Ii
her the liew lloll.-rk
a;'!.
day?"
"Yes," 1 aiiswei. .!; "i!
Itat'ed ill I.'Uldoii."
" Wntllill! Sue T ' 1 1 1 i I
lady," he said, lauuiiiiv
iliKiiilieil and imp. .sin.', i
Hut I ihoiiL'ht 1 would
ii-rM-i1:
renin:
indeed.
hi. f..r
ynu must see her wlnii she i n . I sun
pose her rooms are ready?"
"III. yes." I niioweiid: 'I saiv al-oii;
thini this inxrii in if. 1 a til sorry h I.e..
Mrs. l'.irket. She was su.-li a d.-nr ',.
thing."
"Itut sin- is really i in old for so n sp m
fii.lea pea." said Sir Halpli. "1 thmiglii
ii hi si to pension her off, poor old hodi!
Yon see, my dear, you are so young, ami
we nre away so otli n. tliar it is iiecessai'v
to have some one tiustworthy and ca
pnlde to look nfler the p!:i. e and ! In- s.i
vants."
"I took Nellie safe Inline." he Went I'll
presently. "I'oui- little thing! I w ish sim
were i . i f 1 1 i r . She is such a swe.-t. g I
girl. I have always hern fond of .Nettie.
I used to think at one time that she an. I
Yorke would make a iniil' h. lie sei teed
verv fond of her."
"Yes," 1 said quietly.
"My th- by, I have had n letter lioin
him at last; he is tired of roving- he is
roining hoine."
"Home!" I .ii".l sliarplv; "do v.ni ttnein
here?"
I had the letter in my hands I was
looking at the superscript ion. Mow well
I had known that writing once! 11 ov
lny heart used to l.eal at sight ol il. I'.v.n
now a faint iretin.r shook ni" as I In M ji.
This was ih.. letter:
"San IV. is.-o, lie. s.T -
"My Hear I'n. ie--
"I nm sick of roving. I luw In m to
silver mines, and lead mines, and oil "t-.
and across desert, and mountains, and
riiers. and si as, until I am yearning for a
Lreaih of the old pine w ...!s. and a look at
tl Id ho'i-". Vol may i .i.-r; uie kick
almost mi the heels of my letter, ''.'in;.!:
lueiits to my aunt. I trust she can uiie
men corner at the Ha!! for a little while,
till I cm a look a I. .cit mid si-c what I had
host do. I am afraid the It.ir was a fail
lire. J couldn't siand the dryness and the
doubtful honesty of legal complications.
Hilt 1 suppose there are oilier tilings.
However, we w ill tnlk thnt over when we
meet. Kind regards to nil.
"Your alfe."l'.ill.ile nephew,
YiiUK K."
"He has got iner it." I said to inv-
Self, lis I folded the Ii Iter. .'Hid replaced il
ill ils envelopi'. "lie would not rail nir
mint, or wish to i ie kn-k here, if he
had not. (Hi, 1 it in glad 1 am mi.., "iy
Bind!"
A weight seemi'il lifted off my heart. I
looked up ill Sit lklpii, col and uiiein
ha missed.
"I If course he iiiusl have his old looin."
I said. "I had lu-tler gie orders for it.
He may return at any moment."
"Thank you, dear." Sir liaipli .aid
lieartily. "I mil glad you don't muni. 1
1 was a lillle iifraid you uul.i Hot lik"
il. 1 don't think Ym-ke l.ehaved very
politely thai lllll" He U. -I llll.l :ll S:l'.
I.nrg going oil' in that abrupt niaiiinf.
and throwiiiu- up his profession and stnri
ing off to Am.-rica. lie was always a
siratiL-e 1 do hope In- his ipiiet' l
down a little."
"1 have no doubt In- has," I said ralmly.
( MAITKU XV.
A few inoiiii'iits later and tile duor
cpeiieil to admit the "lady in inluci d eir
eiimstanrrs,'' as S.r Kulpii had il.-s. rih,.!
the new llolisi keeper. As 1 looked up with
Koine curiosity, I saw n dnrk fare sonic
what rich in the coloring of . heck and
lip n tall and very beaut, ful liiniiv, ami
Slinnolllllillg the whole, a head of snow
white hair. So white nnd silky and beau
tiful was ii. that the dainty lace cap
neeiiied almost an altiont lo lis beauty,
nnd yet it seemed to me Ihe face lonki d
too young for its I:: work. The lire
so darkly glow ing in the heavy lidded i yes
was altogether out of keeping with such
signs of age. A si ranui- looking woman:
hilt, after all. h.-i- b".!.s didn't signify
much, and lu-r inauiieis were irrepi-o.-n Ii
able. I to'.d lier ..f her duties, mi l sh.
expressed herself quite saiisliid with her
rooms and the .itiaugeiiieuts.
"I don't think 1 shall like her." was my
lellerlioii as I sat ga.,ng doH i a
blank sin et "f paper blank. sae f,,r ib..
"Hearest .Nettie,' that I had scrawled hi
my iiinidy hand nil inu. "I Mippi.-u- .-bo
is a lady ; she has the manners and ap
pearance of olie. Hut she (.n,., . .,,,
impression of soiueihing coi.-i; un,. i -haud
wnichliil. Herejes lo-ik too yoiinu
for her face, nnd lur "!" s.enis t..n !
illlo those low, elen tones."
Then I dashi'd into my b-n.-r.
'Iiearesl Nellie:
"I have some news that will surpn-.'
you. Yorke Frrrers is eoiinng here. II.
may arrive today to uioi-row next
week. I eaniiot say decidedly when. Tell
me if you will mine om-i- am! dine aiol
uleep here, the day nl'lrr to morrow.
Yours. ,l!.Y"
I sealed il up 'Hid addressed il. Hlell left
it on the liilde lill the letters should !
lolleriml for the post -hag. 'Ibis done. I
turned once inoie to my I i v. .rite chair I'.v
the tire. The II. lines leaped merrily up;
the dark, glowing colors in and about the
room stood out in rich relief.
"It nil look very roinl'ortalile." 1 said
to myself. "I wonder larli his n..t
come. It must he nearly time lor tea."
I leaned forward towards the ll-.w.-ts.
nnd sniothrred a little yawn, .lust tin ti
1 heard the door behind me s, -lily ..pen.
"Is thai you, . hild:" I said lazily.
''Where hnve you been ail this tune':"
The Haines died down and left the
room in sudden darkness. W Iei,ng ai
the silence, I looked round. A hisii'-o
stood there outlined .against the pal,- l.gii:
from the windows, and the faint glow !
For a second my heart stood still. I
did Hot rise. I felt as if till I to st.u,,.. j
Then suddenly the light leaped up, nnd
Ihe ligure nnne forward from the shad ,
mi, and Ihe deep I s ol a r.iiieiubi-r. -1
voire spoke to me:
I fold them not
mo soon, r i li -i ii
I c.pe, t. -,!."
1 lose tin a. The euliii, iiirasiire.l ton-s.
t':o :ibs.'uee of any foruuil greeting, ic r.
ed mo to play 1 1 1 v own part. We clasped
hands, coolly nnd c.m out ioi.ally. lis
friends tinjiit have done. Hut platitude
did Hot rohle easily Vet.
"We-we e.vpis'tisl ymi," I said, "hut
not so soon. Your letter only arrived this
liniriiing."
"I lid it ?" ho said in the snuiu quiet,
even loins. "1 hope I hnve not put ymi to
iiii-i.iiveiiietice. How are yon nil?" look
ing round the room, bright now with
lieaciirious glow from the iktnitis logs..
"I low is my uncle- nnd Darby? You
took me for her, did you not?"
"Yes, for a moment. We always have
lei here together about this time. I will
r iig for It," I added mechanically.
'lo." In- said. "It will he like the old
lays in tin' school room. Poor old ilnys!
II"-.v far back they look now!"
'I lie lights wi re brought, and the ten.
aii'l w ith their entrance cmno Iiarby. Hil
ling, pure and spirit-like, into ihe room,
p.aiisin;' as if some prescience warned lu r
.I an intruder on its dear loved solitude.
"Who is there?" she asked quickly.
I 1. d lu r up, and placed her hand
'Sh,
at least in not changed," 1 said
ns .mi' ryes met.
"I'x'ipi to look more like nn imcel,"
lie said very softly, and his lips touched
her brow.
A great peace nnd calm seemed to settlg.
upon lis with 1 lie child's presence. She
took oft tin' D'Straint nnd hardness that
had both betrayed. I looked sit
Y'.'i ke's changed fare with a sense, of won
der, for It was rhanKed, and something
eel I to tell me not for the better.
And I. looking nt him. felt that I had
hanged too. A sort of numbness was
upon my heart. It thrilled no longer with
l! Id vivid joys, and hopes, and fears.
It beat on quiescent, and nt ieaee. 1
iild not have gone back now to rhe old
tiedisli times, or stretched out quick nrum,
Tying: "(.'utile hack! (Hi, lill my life
again!'' for. suddenly, without wnrning.
i.r reason, or preparation of any sort, a
truth shut home to me, barbed nnd sharp.'
but wholesome in its pttin a feeling that
bo never had Idled it; that I ha.1 only
! ream! he did.
In the tiiiutlcred consolation of thai
thought, 1 grew at ease with 1 till. When
list we had parted, there had hseti a
I .wr's plea in eyes and voice; but ic.w.
by might of two cold, barren years, ii was
. hanged nnd silenced.
1 looked life and its neressiiies In t'o
lure from a calmer standpoint, and I," -I
almost thought he must have forgo::, n
aii'.getln r. Ills composure nreouipiished
':,.v own. Not one trace was tlieiv in
.,;-e ,.r look of tliu old love, or tin' . Id
-.crow. We had fought the battle in our
i . -. -peetive ways; we nu t, and claimed vic
tory. When I went t.i my room that evening
to dress for dinner, I said gladly, wonder
ing!.. :
"He is cured, and 1-1 have cmquered.
lie-Hen has been kinder to uie than I do
serveil!" (TIAi'TKH XVI.
That I Rhoiihl be entertaining Yorke
I'errers in my own houso as a guest Unit'
lie should be simply polite, and friendly,
nnd conventional, would have once seem
ed t e nn astounding nnd impossible
I ii.i. Hut li was a furl nevertheless, and
tie to which 1 grew accustomed as days
passed by. With each day the feeling of
a change-n strange, indescribable, but
si complete change-dawned upon me.'
Never by one word or look did ho recur
to the past - ueier by the faintest iilliii..ii
re, all that secno of our hist parting.
It is over safely over," I would n il
my self, lira wing in a deep breath uf thauk
fuhicss. 'T'l-rh.ips, after all, he w ill marry
Nellie Croft."
l'.at Net'ie had not ye Inppeiired on the
s.eiie. I had written twice, but without
.nail. I made up my mliiil at last ma; i
would g.. and fetch her myself, refusing
all cveiisc. I had a sort of longing to see
.ike Ferrers w ith her. : i see if In' would
i ike up thai broken thread ngiiiu. knot
ting il with new admiration and regard,
I of indeed Nettie was worth both.
S... ready for kittle, and armed at nil
points, I was ushered into the lit t ie dingy,,
shabby drawing m of the Crofts, and
tlier... silling calmly at his ease, nnd ap
parently on tin. best of terms with grand
mother and granddaughter, was Yorke
Ferrers himself. 1 was so amazed that,
I could not evii offer any conventional
greeting.
"Voii In-iel" I exclaimed. "Ymi never
told iiic yon were coining."
"And you favored nn' with equal confi
dence." ho said, sarciisl it-ally. "I never
e led lo meet y.ui here."
Then I remembered myself, and went
..v i- in gi I Mrs. ('roll, who vvns glow
ei'iiig at us boih in malicious and most
sinister lashioii.
"li is Hot always proarritngeil things!
that mi' as easy as accidents." she said.'
and something in her voice and look made
nie color hotly as I turned to N'i"!I:e.
We kissed each other as usual, but for n
-ecoiid a Hash of eager curiosity shot tr.'iu
lor ees to in i nc. The 111, inoiy of th.ii
veiling was present witu lis both. We
had in.! met since, and we met now in In.
! i ti.-.il f the man we had thru illc-is
I '''
At last 1 ii ineiiibered my errand, ami
' .;, Nettie thai I had come with mi am
i . 1 1 ii . ii lo which I would hear no rei'iisal.
She looked ill her grandmother, but the
I old hnly nodded n graiious assent.
I "ii. child go!" she said quickly, "and
slay as long as ymi like."
"I will come in ihi' afternoon, ami may
Ihe day .after," Nellie said quietly . "That
w ill he long enough. I do not like to leave
t.'raiiiluiammn so much alone."
"Very well," 1 answered, rising to take
my leave. "1 will send the carriage for
you. or," glancing at Yorke, who hud also'
risen, "perhaps Mr. Ferrers will rail and
drive y oil over?"
"I shall be delighted," answered Yorke
quickly, "if Nettie will trust herself to
me."
"Thank you," said Nettie coldly. "I
will not (rouble you. .loan always ar
range matter for me. and my box would
not go in the pony carriage."
"As j oil please." said Yorke hiiflily.
Thru In- turned to me. "Will you give r.ie.
a lift home or is it inconvenient ?"
"Not at all," I said; "I shall be giud to
be saved the trouble of di-iiing. I am al
wais iierioii. about that hill."
So we all shook hands, .md I h.i-l :,!
iusi an instant to whisper to Nettie:
"It is all right now-; he has got over it."
flu II I went iillt illto til Id. I rest y
t.ir. and Yorke assisted uie into tiie oar
r.nge. and took his place beside me. a,:d
we drove off.
"So," he iinid, after a few moment'
silence- "so you have formed a friend
Inn, Are Ton hi).! Nettin iusuiarublc?"
"I f.-.ir I startled ynn.
lo iiiiiic'iin-e me. 1 have
"Hoes that follow?" I ashed qui.-tlv.
"I nm very fotel of her. I -I think, t- ".
sue is folld of 111)-; 1. 1,1 we .'lie H") ... e.
siir:!y iusepat.ablo."
"When I knew you," he said .ilu-ii;. .
"you had Hoi i-vcii a bowing jrqun ic!:. :n
w ilh hrr."
"True." I said. "It was ymi and s'; ..
who were inseparable t In n. It is .-i!i h .,,
things change."
"All'l people, loo," lie said gh i"y.
"Yes. 1 believe 1 was folld of Nellie on. o."
"There is no reason," I said tranquilly,
"why yon should Hot be fond of her nga n.
She, at least, i not changed."
"You talk." he mi il. savagely, "as if it
wpre the easiest thing ill the world to be
fond of anybody."
I was silent. The sharp, cold air whirl
pi! by, ih" bare trees and hedgerows scorn
ed running a wild, mad race. In Kiloneo
we drove on, in silence we reached the
lodge-gatea nnd passed Into the park.
Thi n, half way up the drive. Yorke suj
ibiily drew the ponies to a standstill.
".loan." he said, abruptly, "yon hav
ching, ',1. mid so have I, it mayn't b"
quiii' in the same way. Hut that ln.it
t. not. The change is there. Now for
i tie moment drop y-mr mask. Lot ns go
kn to Jiuiissee.'
No," 1 nicd, l.rrcclv. "let lor -tie
IU"!liellr.o
1 1.. i g . ki.k
one second even ! 1 w ill
I will not even think ..f
il tune. JE?i, shame shunn' on yon to
a':; inel"
"1 asknl you." he snid, in a strange,
husky voice, "to try you. .loan. Ymi have
not forgotten. No; well as you play
your part, ymi have not forgotten."
lie lashed I he ponies, they sprang for
wind -lorw nrd, nnd almost over a tigtiro
coming toward us down the dark and
winding drive.
"Take care!" I cry In terror, but th"
figure turned aside and passed shadow
like into the briiHhwood ami shrubberies.
li was a woman's ligure, tall and dark,
and with a gleam of silvery hair under
dusky ilrnperies.
"1 suppose Mrs. March i Inking n
walk." I said lo myself. "But what an
mid lime!"
Then the ponies reached Ihe hull do..r.
and I sprang from ihe carriage and passed
In. without another word or look nt Yorke
Ferrers,
OII.UTF.R XVII.
Nettie Croft stayed with us for Severn i
ilnys. A hard frovt has set In. nnd Yorke
J-errors, anil Airy, mid herself pass most
of their time knt;tig. I iio not skate, nnd
tlio weather is too cold for Harby to go
nit. s ,r Halpli iias to chaperon Nettie
(i:i" afternoon, however, I go ,l.,w:i i , tli
poinl to wai.'li liiem.
Midway bet'.vei-n i he plan In ' ion and the'
polld wllel'e I i Spec! lo lili-l the sh.it. I's
I'.-ie is a lilt!) heir of trees, enciosing a
tumbledown old summer house. A I
glanced easnally in ils direction I gav" n
liuV start of surprise. At the eni rn v-c
of the summer house I see two tignii
The one I cannot help recognizing, its
height and bearing proclaim it nt once as
that of Sir Halpli. The ofher ligure is
that of Mrs. March, the new housekeeper.
I limy well be iiiuazeil and I am iiiiin.
ed to fee my husband and this woman
in deep and earnest conversation. An
odd, uncomfortable feeling conn's over
mi'. I think of Sir Ralph's warm praise
of the stress he laid upon the fact that
she was a lady of his engaging her with
out rrfereneJiir inquiry: and I think, too,
of irrt.iin l?rtfe j.e'uilinrities in her milli
ner to myself a want of respect, n cer
tain half patronizing, half-:otiilonceiidiiig
I lu'ceptnnce of my orders or directions, tliat
1 have hitherto phy ed lo the score of my
own youth nnd wain of dignity.
Hut now a new light seems to dawn up
on me. If she is on suoli terms wiih my
husband that she ran meet hlui in tlii'
unlikely spot, and walk and talk with him
in this familiar fashion, it seems to siiy
iiii'tt llie.v haie strangely forgotten then
i l el a i ive p -sit ions. As I watch them in a
:pu,..'.!.. nod wholly bewildered fashion.
I he.v pi-s ..ii and beyond the little belt ol
. -Ii.-li. Ting ire. -, and are lost to o:,!ii
I Unit indignant and lesi-ntful, 1 make
i i,; hi: ii inn to the pond, and there I . "in.
up -. Y'-ik'- lYrrers. standing g!"Otiil'
j spar:, h i i. I: lug Ally instruct N . 1 1 i. ' r ft
,n -..nie new ligure. As I approach lo
hits his hat nnd conies towards in.-
"H is S.r Kiilph not I n skat tig?" I
ask. klancin- quickly round.
"b'; but he left half an hour ago." he
answered.
Half an hour! So for half an hour he
has bieii walking in the plantation wiih
Mrs. March. I think lo myseif. What can
ho lime to say to her?
We walked up anil down om the bank,
wailing until Nettie hnd pnrlpeted that
lesson. I was ill anything but nn amiable
Hioud. 1 was annoyed with Sir Ualph. an
noyeil w ith Nettie, and nut at all pleased
with Yorke's company.
"It I n dreary day." lie remarked al
lis!, glancing round nt the oolorbfs bind
scape. "tins any one else been here?" I asked,
abruptly. "Any one from the In. use, I
Ullilll. to look oil?"
"No." In- said, looking straight al in.
"Why do you ask? Have any of your
'h'tiiisiics been playing truant?"
"!, not b" absurd," I snnl .'tlish;
"I asked because bantusc I fancied
"'II- It Is III' id." lie illtl rpos.sl, quietly.
"I think you are imi in a very good ti to
per this a i tot-noon. Something has put
ml
"Von an- mistaken." I snid, with dig
nil.v. .Nothing has put me out. I w ish
they Would come. I wauled I" talk to
A. i'.v."
"V"ii lo e l let hint so plainly thai y.-u
don't want lo talk to inc." he said slot in
lly-
"Ho not be foolish," I said with "in
posiii'o. "Il is not more unnatural that I
should wish to walk with Ally than
than that jmi should wish to wn'k with
Nettle Croft."
"Hnl I sny thnt?" he asked in n low,
fcuppressed voice. "Hid 1 even hint il?"
"No; but. of isiurse, I knew it n'i the
Dame," I said, coolly.
"Oh!" he said with nn odd sort of com
potiire; "there Is a rival In the field!"
"Nothing that need make you very tin-'
easy." I said quickly, "for I. am nliim?'
sure you are lirst favorite."
He turned i uldeuly ami faced nie. and
seized my hand nnd drew it tight against
his breast.
".loan!" he said ticroely.
I snatched the hand away I made a
Pih pas! Mm. There -n few yards in
advance I saw the ligure ol Sir Halpli.
1 a a so,-. .lei I w as beside him.
Mil.' 1 :: I joy fully, "so tlnle you
are at 'a-;! V liy did "U ti"i wait for
in,- at the pond?"
He l-illi.l .11. d looked at IIIC. b:- l ice
s'l.iugc'.y p.i'" and ''old ill the II , li w 'I
tcr diik.
"I did not s:iv I would wait." In- ; i
s-,v. red r.-l-lly . "and." looking ar "i!o.
who was hi s .(,. us now, "I had ii- hoilr
y,,ii would b" well taken rare of "
U.S. t.'Ui.' and lock were so strnus'e and
.... - inlort:,.....!
lllll--!:;! j!,, a
i.w:''. '" f '
i J, .''.I not
1 I !'a I p': 1 in
,. 1" ! - ic a 'el
.."d Ill' itOI-l
"At, 1 Cl , ,111. 1 g ,11 to hale .- cue f a :
I :: ic! S r Ua'.pil. :1- I iil .-!' d t bo'l-e.
"No. I, la.s aft. .iio..n." !" - icl -.ir:-
li. - l.-r... ...loe Icrtcl-s lo rile, all'l
.- tie :, -ounls lo look ; ."
II" left it' in the haP, and went away
o I'isown sit.dy. I'ora in-. no nt my eyes
f.clowed h.m in inline. I wombf. Then I
nit lied aid met S'"tk"'s watchful gaze.
"Il is aii y.iiir I'aiiit." 1 burst out in sud
den fury. "What business had you to
s, ;.e my hand to-'., -' make ni" h"'l
like a fool? I'f course he saw us."
"No doubt he saw us," Yorke answered
ii'iiingly. "Hut he won't say anything.
If -if he does." sinking his voice and
drawing nearer, "ask him wii!i whom he
h alks every afternoon in tin- p'nhtatio i."
The., ere 1 could collect my amazed
md i 1 1 1 1 -' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 sens,-, ho walked away,
and 1,-l't me standing there, but with
something in my loan that was not there
before -soiiieth 'ig thai threatened !
sltilctioll to tile pe.Oe , f lllllld 1 ll.id ils
sllfed lliysell was hellii tonll to be t he
lies' -Hid -Woo!, .t I .! .'I of lav life.
CHAI'TFK N III
The day after th s seeiie, Yorke Fer
rer left Monk's Hall. S t lia'u.'i i.e. I
tin. ho was going I,, lake up h:s old pro
fession again; that he was g ..'ng ::,t,i
chandlers, in oi f iii..s.. ci..s. and dreiii-y
curls siirt-oi:iid!iig ill" Tviupl, : that he
had .iiiiiotiiicisl his ,h tcruiina i i,,n of go,.,g
ill sieadiiy lor w,,rk this time, and I had
lisii.uiil with wunler I i the announce
ment, niil iiiai'Veled if 1 sii "ul, I ever un
derstand Yorke.
Nettie ('Soft. -, w!.ii I wrote this
news, aiiswit'eii back that she was de
I g '.t c.l . that no doubt he w.,uM do well.
Why should he iioi. with his mlouts and
abilities? And tln-re was nothing like
work .i 1 1 ' I oecup.i t ion for young men.
(Mice again we settled down into the old
quiet nautili" of life. Hut iliere was a
change. Sir Ilalpii was not so ready with
i cu, to join nie at every opisirtiiiiiiy.
Never by any . h.ai lid he wander into
tny boudoir or dressing room at those
hour when he knew I was sure to be
aloi.e. Hay after day glided ,,n nioliol
,.:i)iilly. iiiii-Veii! fully, and. M me, most
drearily , nicl siill t In-shadow between us,
and in tisiraiiit w. gh. .1 more and
more hi-avi'y.
The wilder wanes, and m ihe sjiring we
go up t" I ...ml ti. a"l ..r ,,te I am glad
!' gl "I of til" pi 'lllls'- of e. i'e!ll'-!l.
ll.i.li'l'l l.l'-c of gaiel... hoWell-f h -'.l-.'V
,f i he li.rl, :: ii I b-isile. and en !!.- i
gag, no Cs a-id iip.itioii- which are
mi. -lit in . I. ud ! -ia-.. s, and I"' '!u -"
loe s cue d.s'racl ion an I forge' ' u'n, s.
S r Kalp'n has siiggi s', .1 thai 1 should
'r.i.g NeHie with me. and I .1111 nothing
huh, nnd :i- Mrs. 'r.di is in l Her le al:h.
.ml gii.s a grudging consent. I bear my
friend off in t riiinipii. a'ei tell lo-r tha' 1
h ue now a iioiib!e imi iiceniei't t" be gay
and worldly.
We lake a I'lllilishe.i llolisc for the sea
soli. Its aii-.iiigrnienis do not please me,
and I spend much time in alicriug mid re
arranging, in selecting other furniture
and hangings, nnd in making what Sir
Halpli tonus a "picturesque litter." Itut
the result is satisfactory, and it Rives me
oecitpaii ,n during those early April days,
w hen as yet the rush and whirl of gaiety
are in embryo.
"I have a-kid Yorke to dinner to
night." tny hush md said one morning at
breakfast. " saw him last night, ho
lid li"! I.i.ow we were ill town yet. H"
sail . "ii'.-t 1'ing about culling."
"I hop"," I said. "v,,ii in. -n' , oiicl my
days."
"No; bill you cm oil !'.;u yourself to
teg.,-. 1 ilioiii-lii ..'. ';. r- wouldn't spoil
ur number, s , I t . 1 h ,,i t.. look in."
1 gi:l!;.d a' ..": '!y was coining,
aid A It i i. i i ' c . ! I I :..it lo- w as to
t .1;,' li. i- .,-.:..! I f. a 1 Yorke
wollid h, :, -I .!- : g .1. Ill' lit. She hud
Slush. -I i r. -'. ii 'i s!ii:'e. .- .iiscioiis'y
a- s n- lie i gla ice. S i ll.llpll's .-y.-s
had I...1 ..:.- I ,!"ti'l know w ha!
iui'i pi ,1 . r ,;p ' ha t e hatige
i ol ....' . I Mas ..r.c.vil,. almost 1, o reck
less ., . . 1 1 s, "ine.l Ii.i r-1 that he
shouid c. "i!,-:i ,,l,luii misunderstand
me.
"Why does he ask him here?" I said
to nivseif. "If he sii-pecis anything, why
Iocs he as, hilll hele?"
The evening ..nn.- 1 was not quite
ill-. sse, when N.'tl le knocked al my dress
ing room door. I lurne I mid looked nt lu r
wiih wondering admiration. Her snowy
arms, ami throat, a id neck shone sa.in
sniooth troin .mi taint i loin Is of tulle thnt
draped Ihe lull, beautiful ligure. Her
rich wealth of hair was twisted high up
oil her head, and fasieiied with a dia
mond arrow.
"1 never saw you look so lovely." 1
said - "uev i-i'l W hat have y ou ib-ne to
y "ill- el! '"
"I', ihaps," .he whispered shvlv, "it is
hai'lM ."
We eii'ii-. d the draw ing room log. jher,
Nclie and I. atid a : w moments after
H. ii'ls .e',, 1 ', iiei-s vv.ls alilloiliiced.
i.toi.l. a- lightning, 1 saw his eves turn
ir toe t.. N.'i',.. and lead their look
,! -duel .ui-'ii .-.'id wonder
I - 1 - I " !o bill The feelillgs
.-! i-'--. n; u.. '. ii-t! in,! gnaiioii wliu-h iie
had 1, t! w.ih in, as a leg.-n-y afier our
l is- i',t,-i i, s.-, in, , i . , s,i-ing up into
ten. i ,1 Ii le ai I in. i cry s-ghl ot his face
lie wa. loii.il-.. m. r than ever. T.. pal.
I. . I ol li.s .-!;, eks :, liie sIl ldoHs under
id , e- ::: gave ;i new charm lo hi
l'a. . . As ihe -", !ll Iillt il I sill Wiilm-li's
iiii turn lo i i ; 1 1 1 . uin! uie also. f h:i,l
again ami again to repeal that formula,
"My luisb.i mi's nephew . Mr. Fi rrei-s," in
answer to in, pin. is. and I found myself
dobiiiiiig n to wh"iu 1 should offer the
felicity of h s company .
The hour for dinner arrived, passed,
and siill Ally had not come
'l.'ii minutes a quarter of an hour
then the footman enicied with a telegram.
Sir It.ilph took it with an apology for
opi ning il, then turned to inc.
"Alfy is ilctaiiud n Ablcrshot," he
said. "We need not w a any longer."
There was no help f -r u. Sir Ralph
led "II his appointed dowag.-r; the others
fol'oWe.l "t w o by t Wo."
"Vol must lake No!!'..-." I -aid hurried
ly I.. V ..i ke Ferrer.
I'll, :.. as he ofteie.l I,--; ', - i'-ni. I found
III! -cl!' , olilp.llliollless,
VI.-. 'i.inically I b. gan .. - I.
' C, . tour s ':.", I I. twelve.
J.. ..I g: i. ions!"
N. i .-. , a ! ching thai - lit,, c ..'t. ! u ru
ed l-o'll. I
"Wli . . y-'ii have no one." s(,.. said.
"Take V . ii., 's ol tier . 'inn. How : d we're
a n odd niiiiil', -r':"
"Ni'iir uiiiid." I said hurriedly; "do
ii"l s k oi ii perhaps no one will tin-
! ice. V c arc i ho-'een !"
(To be .onlinned.l
FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.
4
't
Mls I. ..lib Is Ul' Ilclief fell il ).
Tho ni.'tivity of Minn Helen (biubl
iu the iiuldir service hda been re. ug
uiziii.1 by 1 lie miiiiiciiuil iissfmldv ni
the city of New York, in letiulutiuus
jiussed Si'pt. 1U, vvbich take note of
but- gift ol a war fund of S1U0.W0 to
tho national government, and of Lor
"iii-fli'licii mill wiimntilv interest in
the welfare of our firk ami woiuideil
sailors ami souliets I. y personal ad
jiiiuist ration and (eiit'inus heliifti!-
ness ' nnil directs the fit v clel'B to
convey to her the assurance of the
assembly's gratitude nnd admiration.
Tins is a iliMingiiislioil Ir u !-, but it
is one that lias been well cuuied. As
Risi-daiit direct, .r-gciiein! id the Wuiu-
NuMotial War J il iff nssiirial nm.
V i-S ( inlll'l lias been Cici'i'dill". V l'!H-
fieiit mi l iis)'ful iii liolpiti'i the sick
Kol'lier who have nunc IU s l -'l llllljl-
beisj., c.v V..; l; iitid i's '.; iiitl v.
lllll l : ' lillll!'.
I ii!iioii I'.ei-oio i ng Kitoli r.
Win kers in beliall ot on -014; -ti-v
may t a '.. lu'att from the lati'-t iini'les.
I'eihaj.s tliidr Is iiitl elloits havo uf-fei-tnl
tho delliiillds uf fiisllioii. A tl
entile bird is seen very rarely on a
new bat. ( liiiisiminllv fume (.'rout
leatilli', which may have breii 1111
eagle, it hawk or 11 rooster when it w us
in life. H'jtinta lipou sonic i-i.'Iiiiih.ii
lull. Mut this mode of trimming is
Hot popular.
F.ven t he "breast" quills, a they
are culled, and which do resemble
wlnti) or colored breasts of some lai pe
bird, really nre Hinjle feat hern from
Koine kin"; or tjueeti of the bark yard,
ctiveird and eded cuiiuiugly with
wi'i' bits of fluffy feathering ovei luid.
It would jntz.le nn expert milliner
to tell exactly what mime of the
feathery ornaments are imi lo from.
Hut she uses them with her ncrils
toiiu i hauteur nnd with rut her tin
cc'iiiio'ii (.'Mice. N'".v Vni k Ti es.
Iloilicstlc )i'MI,e ill (lie ( olleues.
Tlmt I liei e i.s 11 l roin; dcniaii'l for
rotiises in which the sti:,Iv id 1 li'ini--li
v sl.a'l l.c appli.' 1 to f.i'.-il. . ".m.-u-ics
uf tin- lion -cimlil, mi l lis kin. imi
siilip'ct., iseii.iccil I .v tin- number ol
rn'li'lp'S vv In-, i' tin's)' s nlceet . at e limi
tailuiit. 'I'iiis iiiii' Is uw.il.i n.iig' to the
flirt that Woliii'll ID')' I si nil n,'ii
tillillles ns woiiieti; and alter l!ie lii-t
blind rush It iial opport unit ies
with men for higher edii.-atinn, it is
deiiinndiiio ),, 111 si's of instruct ion
which shtill include full credit earning;
coin si' iu that combination of sciences
which is woman's own.
1 111 port an t coeducational histitut ions
besides Chicuo,) university rjive iu
Btrurlioii now in domestic science,
while others me cousidet ing the mut
ter. Wisconsin State university has
all eady been nientiotieJ. The Lelnud
Ktuufonl, dr.. university ha hitrly
done ii lintiiiblo work under the able
ilneL-tmn of Mis. Mary Huberts. Smith,
a tii-liiiite of Coiiii'll, nnd for some
years professor of historyut Wcllesley
follege. 'J'hese, with the Hoston In
stitute ).f Trrliuology and itliio Stale
university are 11 lev which liuvir ul
riuidy bio ti teaching; the subject, w bile
iinpliries :tn nt i 1 1 1 1 it! I -v- ootiiino; from
many iicuo, us , 1 1 us Hum lui i e
HOliiinaiii's. Chin lid !e S. A ugsi nm h iu
Ap'iCti:is' I'.'ptiiiii- Sciein-o Molilhly.
r,'.OOV lllll)' sleeves.
Fveiybody notices, witiin dciii'
of ;nv nr disappointment ib-pr inboit
upon her own physical peil'iu-tmn.tiiat
sleeves arc giiiW Ui" "siiiuil and bt'1111
tlinll.v less."
Many women there are ho are al
ready wearinu really tight hlveves,
nnd iiiiionu tlii'se the old tune com
plaint is repeating itself like nil echo
of the far past: "How these things do
at retch and pull out ot shape." This
is especially the trouble with ttuline.l
sleeves made of thin material, that
pretty mode that intensitiesthe heailly
of curves ami whiteness of skin be
ueath. It is in the ptillino; on and off that
tirjht sleeves have been torn and
spoiled. A new method of adjust
ment, concocted by a clever little,
wotiian wli ' thinks, and winch has
lire 11 quickly adopted by sevi'iul of
the lending, ill)'-siiiakei-s' e .-luhhsl,-Metit
-, is ib'si;; 111 d 10 liii away with
tins weal nnd tear and 1 neon v 111 irnce.
The now sie ve ha- onlv imii- sr:
and is made a lull inch too !.,"-,' f,u
till' 111 HI. I lull II t lie ill t - 1. 1 a- .d t lie
maim is si' w 11 11 v ei y li 110 ci q -1 ..f r 1 1 Is.
elastic. This is 1 v isti'd nt intervals
id half 1111 inch or less 1 11 1 , , s;r al !
1 also. I loops. l ln' rl 11-1 ic 10 11 -I malcli
eactlv the i-olol id' the gown. I'm
nlli'l with tin- liinoe ol loops nnd si p
muted by an inch Irnin H is u n, ,,
biiitotis. Is it not simple'-' Thr
sb'ovc, limply l.uire, is ilmwu mi with
ease; then the wee clastic loops nn.
slipped over the buttons that conc
spniiil with them iu numbeis umi Hi,,
sleeve becomes tight. In icniov iug,
the loops uie lirst unbiitti'iied nnd the
sleeve is saved from sti eb hiiio.
it is a practical idea and one that
can be easily followed, and will be ap
preciated by any one w ho bus ever
ruined line sleeves 111 the donning; ami
dollinir.
( Ale of tile II ill, is
There is no excuse for 11 woman's
liiiving absolutely 11 mil t met i v e hands,
lioiiiilltel lio'-v badly natuii' bus shapi'd
them, if she keeps them Wi ll. Shi'
lllltst lln this if she goes rl. vi-ii-ss.,,.1,1
many women .lo Ibis nowadays, p,i
t ii'iilai I v .it hlit ic giils. Unto I'.ogle
ston, in an in t icli' mi "Pliv'i.al C11I
t lire for lulls." 111 speaknm of the
' hanils, sa. s;
i "'l'lie tart that Hi" hand look- shape
! lier and more g; aceful when the mi I
I alio ami third lingers are -lightly
curved ill and aw av lioin the index
nnd little lingers is shown by tin
liiodels ill tho i;'o'.e s i on) '.v iiiilows,
ami while it is 11 lie i.iu-.'i t b-hl the
hands in such a po-i-.ioii, yet this ex
ercise to make liie pose natural should
hi' practiced.
"Some 0110 has said snincvv here that
the number of cultured "out-rations
back of an individual may be judged
by tho degree ol curve in the little
linger. ( iliseiviilion will prove this
more or less true. When one fee
person holding; a glass or cup ith
the little linger thrust out nnd curved
until it resembles a honk, 11 little in
vest Ration will iilnmst invariably
show thnt the desire bo culture has
just awakened in that tarl-:nilui' -family,
and in its newness is somewhat
overstepping the mark. Affectation
is a sigu of lack of breeding.
"Some of the oi l painters under
stood blinds to ..r. f.'t t ii!). Lone;,
rounded hands, with s'ighlly cur veil
lingvis iiml f,.,iiy brut wrists, ara
characteristic of til" women whose
beauty they ha'.' made iiioinorable.
So.mi't iiin-s, perhaps, liir beautiful
Imi, ils we e those 1,1 some iithef model
than the pic! i'i ,i :!, i, il tho paint
ers k new I imt li-ii'il il hands were
ic. necessary 111 In ., 'infill l'aii's to
iiiake 11 haruiotiioii pn-'.ii! c
" I he 1 e .pli' ),' .!; i. -i o.ery other
iii'in!! lure inoie ,i .,, c, ul liiiinls than
we have, ni,, ilm-c wi-o u-e their
ha ols must iroel v- . in u conversing
are by far tho ino-.t ;r, n. v-i'ul. The
hands that make no superfluous
inoveiiieuts, which np ear to tibey
leadily and easily t !.)!. ..wtior's will,
whoso movement a.c In c. rliytlimin
and gentle, are tin- really ;;i iicid'lll
ones." - New York Sun.
ihe Women ami the Worm.
A culm, well balanced woman of
dignified mien sat on a seal in an opeu
street car, facing' a dainty, birdlike
little creature, of her ow n sex, whose
face, while it was decidedly pleasant
tu look at, bore witness Hint she vim
a sister of the 'li u ng iiii'"vniiety,
sadly devoid of sti ,!; purpose or
will power. She was one of those
atoms of w iciiaiilio-i.l whom even n
vvoiiiiin i- incline i to embrace upon
the shoi .si uc.piaiiil:ii:ee, and the
ineii. vv.'li. ( iiewi-n U i-iyh.. thai is
!n;'i.v ti a r.-i-1 :': lo t . the sterner sex.
I 1 din w.c.i in - in-led niniisedly
in -'i.. wa'.-i.c I ini ii - :i us' bright
i.n e, the v v ,." 1 -.- of innocence
iunl sweetness. :-a'. 'o,iv the calm
wotiiau f t ii" I .. : i .iic-v herself to-eethel-
w 1: ;i til- tu ;t c -t possible
shudder. 1'or ' ' ! . " 1 the white
l opl.' : kit ! of 'ic, i 1 lly !.ei;g!ibiir,was
a 1 small gi ecti -. ... m i.uii.pui"; M way
ici oss the iiiiH.iicul.il 1,111 Iioi'. She
lei'ie.l fiil'VVill, I, i!lteltt lllioil 1 II for 1 1 1 1 II
the youun ii l of '.he liionsler'H jires
i.;i,'i'. but iln-w bad; again, realizing
I In-. possihY 1 1 -ii It If I here was one
thing that lli.-e.i'.m w-oiuan loathed and
a I ii mi i ti ii t I i! wa worms iu ".Mioral
and i;ieen ones in ri ! n r.l.i:-. If she
called the utli -nti.iii id "the shy little
vviiiiniii opposite h i t the fact that
she was al tuat moment bring; trav-iMKi-il
by a woi hi liie pji l wiiiibl
si'i eani, of coin si', niul wliisk the ob-jc-tioiiii'.ili'
reptile oil her own skirts
onto lh"-c of her iiil'ni mini.
Tin! r:. Ini w. .man, win was rapidly
In-Ill'.: lo r i-nliiiiii'ss nn, lor the ni-r-ViUls
r-l. Hill llS'iie- l,v the Sltglll of
the uoi ii, de id. I -he would not risk
in!) t'lci enci'. Al! tin-way downtown
: sbc wa'ciird the hideous tiling. il inov
; in" blot ii poll her neighbors i in iniicu-
I. lie ai-piii f1. She f.-ll tor t'tie oi, liut,
j da! ml on! led he, of In"- pre li.-iiinent.
I Vlcaiiw iiu,- the ; i'l rcnaiae i in bliss-
III! oimi; )'. Al Ic.il'.'ll ill" p.ieeu
! streak ti-.nve.l up to th" i i I s ubiveil
1 ii.i'.i.l, w Ii ii li ii-'."-.- I iu Iioi lap. IVur
j in... 1,'st the c cat. ire .sn"il.l I'liiwl up
her sir.'V ), t ill' rl f ! vv llli" rullii vvoin
I an. who ,, led heisei! upon her self
I iossr-si'iii niiilei' oidiiiiiry and even
sometimes i't r.ioi dinai v .iicinu-sliiiti-cs,
h'line I foi w in ,1 mill Mild ul-loo-l
hysterically .
"I iu'g youi paiibui. but hill
then' is a worm on yniir band."
Then she ibew aw.iv - i :n 1. 1 ..'li IIrI y
so that she would be safe Iroin the an
ticipated ii'sii it of the "ill's excite
ment. What vvns the culm wmiian's
surpiise to see tiie weak sister, with
scarcely a change ,,l t -ninii-, pluck
the worm from in-r glove with her
oilier iinglove i tin t a 1 . and lis the cur
came to a stand-1 iil diop il gently to
till' s!li-ct. Tlio'l -l.e III! lie 1 to till!
calm an atid -w, . lly thanked her.
Cliicu;.'-. Cl. n le.
I.l. Il.ings I lino lln shops.
Stiei-t ro-ttiiiii s ,. lino black cloth.
Seal sk in jackets w I! li cu'aw ny front.
All over nets with ribbon applica
tion. I loll' rapes of double faced plaid
I II l.'s.
Tiiiniuiu" lace. with I'hi'lillle of-
! feds.
! l int hats turned I k s.iiuircly itt
front.
Wool and silk lii'pes in Ottoinati
colds.
Ihcvele gloves Willi cstra liravy
palms.
I'mln oiibi ed 1 1 1 1 li collui s edged
with luce.
Sluts of liolliclte lllnnu'il with
jilain cloth.
lihine stone hat oi naiiionts set w ith
tuiipioisf s.
Many pieeeR of neck wear in black
and w lute.
Ill ink taffeta silk skirts having a
gored flounce.
I!ncliing;s of hliiek luce over white
chilh'ii oi lace.
Fluids in camel's hair effects liin-
llill" C! OSSW Is)'.
I inbii-llii pel t it-oat id black sateen
lined w ith iloinct.
(iii Is' hills of cloth w ith a stitched,
hi ini iunl soil f ow ii.
Skirts of two materials, ouo form
iii"; a circular ilounge.