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the author -of "Edith eerie,'" "Mild_red-
" Veneer Both*" "-Chateau .e'Ore' eta.
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lie' had oalted her Sarah at first; and
then ohtinged-the nate_ to "Daisy," which
he persiated In calling her, watelkingirreni
his window for her corning,- and -crying
.
whenever Noddy stewed without here
At li rot,- Agnes, - in er letters, forbade
jeseieigonig ea often to see a lunatic; but
' when lassie described the poor, crazy man's
, delight' at sight cith'er, toiling him- quiet-
anktappy he seemed.if he could but lay
his hand on her head,ortouch-her hair
she withdrew her restrictions, and, as if
moyed to an unwonted. burst ortenderness,..
wrote to her diMghter,"Comfortfhatorazy
niau ill you can; he heeds it so 'ziarioh."
. A- few weeks„After this there came
• another letter from Agues, but this time . it
was to Guy, and its: contents darkened his.
handsome facie with anger and vexation.
Ineidentally Agnes had heard the gossip,
andwritten ittoGuy, adding, in conclusion :-
" Qf course- I know it isnot true, for even
if there were no LucyAtherstote, you,of all-
menewould not stoop to Maddy Clyde. 'I
do .not presume to ad `le,but I will say:this,
that new she is growing a young lady,:
people, will keep on, t - king so- long as you
keep her there in theihouse ; and it's hardly
fair toward Lney." i *
Latterly Guy had fancied that. the .dootor
did not like the educating proeess, while
-even°Mrs. Noah managed to keel) Noddy
'out of his way as soon as the lessons were
,. • elided. What did they mein? What were
they afraid of, and why did they presume
to inteeferewith'hi ? He would know, at
ni
all events; and sum oiling lira. Noah ;to
his -Preseeqe, he re d. her that . part of
Agnes' letter partaihing to Maddy, . and
, asked Whet it meant : •
.-‘1t theanithiac.that folks are in a con -
stint worry, for fear yotill fall inIcive with
Maddy Clyde." • , - • ' ' •
, "1 fall.in love with lhat-childl " Guy
- repeatsdr laughing at the idea, and forget-
ting that he had. often accused the dootpr
-of doing that: very thing. ,
- "Yes,, you," retur a Mrs. Noah, "and.
'taint strange they do; Maddy is not a
'child ; she's. nearer s teet than fifteen, is
- t almost -a young lady; and if you'll excuse
'my boldness, I . must say I ain't any too
; • welt pleased with the gole's on rayeelf ; not
that.' don't like the girl, for I do, and I
elen't blame her an. atom. She's as innocent
RS a pew -born ba : , arid J. hope. she'll
always stay so; but you, Mr. Gey; you—
flo!ce tell. me honest do you think as Much
of Lucy Atherstone- as you. used to, before
you. took up aobool-t- achin' ? " 't .
; Guy did not like o b.s. interfered with,
:7 -and, naturally high pirited he at first flew
into a passion, decla ing that he would not
'have people meddling with him-, that he
- thought of Lucy Atherstone aft the time,
;and he did not know what more he eciuld
- do; that it was a pity if it. Man could not
,enjoy himself ku hks _tan way, provided that replied: while Guy continued: '
, . . . .
'way werehermitas; that neer, in all ' " 1 know you are right; that is, I do not
his life, spent so ha. py a Winter as the last ‘
that.—
fender, and he mentally- compered-Luoy
and, Maddy with each other, and tried to
think that vtaik. net ;the peen .of this
comparison, but rather Mis..-Nosh's next
remark, which affected him unpleasantly.
"Of course she'll make a. splendid
woman," Mrs. Noah said. "Everybody
notices her now for her beauty, and thatie
why you!ve•no business to keep her here
where You eee her every day. Its a wrong
to her, lettin! yourself alone."
Guy looked up inquiringly, and Mrs.
Noah continued:
"I've been a girl myself, and I know that
Maddy weft be treated as you ,treat her
without its having an effect. I've no idea
that it's entered. her , head kat, but it Will,
and_theregoodeleye to her happiness." •
"For pity's sake, -what do you mean?
Do explain, and talk to me in riddles,
What have I done to Maddy, or what am I
goieg to do? "
Guy spoke savagely, and his hoots were
in great danger of being burned awhelkicked
vigorously agahist the fender. Coming.
nearer to him, and lowering her VoiceeMrs.
Noah replied: -
"You are going teach her to love you,
Guy Remington, just as sure as my name
is Nosh." • - •
And is that anything so Very bad, I'd
like to know? Most girls do not find love
dislasteful." and Guy walked hastily to
the window, where he stood for a moment
gazing out upon the soft April snow, which
was falling, and feeling anything but satis-
fied either with. the weather . or himself;
then walking back, and taking a seat before
the fire, he said: "I understand- you now.
You would' save. Maddy Clyde from Barrow,
and you are, right. You know more of
girls than I do. She might in time get to
—to --think of ma .as she ought .not. I
never looked upon it in this light before;
I've been se happy with her;". Guy's
voice faltered a little, but he recovered him-
self- and went on; "1 will tell her about,
Luoy to -night, but I•can't send her away.
Neither she be happy to go back, for
though the hest of People, they are not like
Noddy, and, you know it."
Mrs. Noah did know it, and pleased' that
her boy, RS She called Guy, had • shown
some signs of penitence and amendment,
she said - she did not think. it necessary
to send Muddy home; she did not advise -it
either. She liked the girl, and what she
advised was this, that Guy should„ send-,
Medal- and. Jessie both to hoarding -school.
Agnes, she knew, would be ;willing, and it
was the best thing he mill& do. -Maddr
.would thus learn what was 'expected of a
teacher, and as soon as she graduated, she
could procure some eligible •sitnation, or if
Lucy were there, and desired it, • she could
come and stay forever for all she cared.
"And during the vacations, where must
she go? Guy asked. .
," Go Where she pleases, of course. As
Jessie is so fond of her, and they are so
much like sisters, it will not be 'improper
for her to come here, as I see, provided
Agnes is 'here: Her presence, of course,
would make a difference," Mrs. Noah
Here Mrs. Noah interrupted -hire. with
-..! T4at's it, the ver it ; you want nothing
better than to have that girl sit close to you
- when she recites, 48 she does; and once
, 'When she was-workiia! out some of them
;Alum& and mtnuses, and thingee her state
restedon your knee; it dfd,, I sew it With
my own eyes; and jhen,_Iet me ask, When
Jessie is drummin' it the piano, why don't
7Q12 bend over her, and turn the leaves, and
count the time as you do when Maddy
pIays,; and how does it happen that lately,
jessie is in theway,rxthensprkhearNaglay's
'IesSons. She has no suspicions. I know
elle ain't sent off fortnothin?;- I know you'd
_ rather be -alone with 314day Clyde than to
have anybody present; isn't it so?"
(31-14 :began to wince,- There was much
did devise Various. ethede of getting rid. of
.truth in what ug, ,Nloatc-had said. He
- Jessie. when Middy Was in his library, but
• it had never looked to him in, just the light
it did as when presented. by Mrs. Noale„ and
he doggedly asked What Mrs. Noah would
have him_ do. --
'First and foremost, then, Pa hatve you
tell Maddy yourself that you are engaged
- to -Lucy Atherstone esecend, I'd have you
write to :Lucy . ale about it, and if you
honestly eau, tell her. that you only care
.,forMaddy as a frieed ; third, I'd have you
' send the girl.-- : • • •-•
' will l'e and Guy sprang to his feet.
"Not away froun Aikeeteicle! I hover
The mine had . exploded, and for an
instant the young Man reeled, as he caught
a glimpse of his real self: - Still, he would
netbelieve it, or Confess to himself how
strong a- plecin- hie affection was held by
the beautiful girl, nownolonger a' child:
Aft- was RIMOSIt er year since that April after-
noon when, he first- 6W Maddy Clyde, and
fronie, timid, bashful child, of fourteen and
3
a half, she had grown to the rather tall and
Self-possessed. maid ea_ of fifteen and . a half,.
.
almost sixteen, . o, as .M.rs...: Noah said,
"almost a women, ; "and as if to verify the
latterfact,:sheher lf appearekat thaCvery
ands book, which ha& been mislaid, and
s
„moment, asking permission teeetae. ilk and
.Which she iieedidi- in - heating aiSiiiell
leSSetle. • . . ' '
"Cerbeirdy, come in ," Guy said; and
folding his arms he Aaned against the
mantel, Watching her as she hunted for the
missing book. - ! •
'e There was no - pretence, about Maddy
Clyde, - nothing was aerie. for effect, and yet
..in every movement she showed. marks of
great improvement, both in 'manner and
- tyle. Of ORR hundred._ people who. might
. glance at her; ninety-nine would look 'a,
,isecerid •time, askiri • who; she was. Itetur-
ally graceful andn terly forgetful otherself,
.
he always alWays appeared to goodadvantage„ an
„ 4 'never to better than ockvi, when two-
' 'Of eyes were watching her, - as, standing o
tiptoe -0:m ltneelingl Up(1411, the floor to`, loo
under the -secret ' , She. hunted for th
ry,
boo_lr.CNot the - emoteat, • suspicionhad
' Ziliday of what wasoccupyingtthe thoughts
• at her cOmpanion4 though, as left; the
.„ --ifoord aridgitme;adrisyrightlY up at Guy,- it
wish to do, Maddy harn2 by plaamg
•teriaptatiou in her way, neither will I have
anybody ineddlieg with my business: I
tell you I weiet; I don't Mean. _yeti, for
yell have aright to,136T what no -one else
has," and he glanced half angrily at .Mrs.
Noah. '‘-‘ Pity if I can'etakee an interest in
egirlbecause once wronged her, without
every old. woman 1n Christendom thinking
she must- needs fall in love with me; and so
be ruined.for life, • Maddy Clyde has too
good. sense for that, or, will have when I
tell her about Lucy."
"And you. will do so?" Mrs. Noah. said,
coaxingly: - .
e! Of- course wide and write to Lucy,
too, telling- bee how you talked, and how -I
care no more for Reddy than I do for
Jessie."
'
"And will that he true?" Mrs. Noah
asked. •
Guyeeuld not look her fully in her face
then, so he kicked the grate until the con-
cussion sent the red-hot coals out upon the
carpet,as he replied:
True? Yes, every word of it." .
Mrs. Neill noticed all this, and thought:
"Lought to have taken himi in heed long
ago;"then elle came up to him - and said
kindly, soothingly, "We shall all miss.
Maddy; I is muclvai any one, but I do
think it best for her to go to school:- and
so, after tee, manage to keep Jessie
with me, and 'send Middy to you, while
you tell her about Lucy and the plan." -
Guy nodded- a little jerking kind of nod,
itt token of his assent, and then,. with that
perversity which prompts *omen particu-
larly to press a subject :after enough has
been said upon it; Mrs. Noah, as she turned
to leave therroomegive vent to the follow-
ing: .
"Yon know, Guy, as.: well as -I, that
pretty as she is, Maddy is really beneath
you, and no Mimi- Of a match, even if you
arn't as good. as Married, which you bo;"
an he good lady left the room in time to
escepe seeing the sperks.fly up the chimney,
as Guy now! made a MOSt vig..orous use of
the poker, atia so did not finish the scorch-
ing process Commenced on the end of his
_beet. - • '
Mrs: Nosh's hist remark awakened in
Guy a singularitrain of thought. Middy
was inferior. 613 the world saw matters,
and, settling himself in the chair, he tried
to fancy what that same world would say
-if he Shctild make Maddy his wife. Of
- he: had no suck.intentions, he. was
egining someelaing which never
asibly happen, because in' the first
e- wouldn't marry Maddy Clyde if he
d" he couldn't if he would! Still,
unpleasant occupation fancying
friends, especially Agnes, would
e did, andeo h� sat dreaming about
until the bell ring for supper;, when with
ervous start he awoke from the reverie,
d wiehing the whole was over, started
for the eupper room.
, HAPTBR XIV
=DM AND Lucy.
Supper was over; an Guy had returned
to hislibrary: - ne hadnot stopped,- as he
; truokAor that tils face .WEIYA dark and tunAllY aid, to romp with. Jessie, or talk to
d a - ful sensation flitted Maddy Clyde, but heel come directly back;
in some wayshe had dioppietv the heavy curtains and. pill/
1910 ?a -first detriment,
Maddy; ha; Ste Guy
;that, she continued:
you Won't deem."
*sit Pretty,. -,ShellOnnke 'a
to talk more to himself than
fresh coal upon, the,,fire..T Mrs. Noah had
lighted the lamps and then gone after
-Maddy, explaining to -Jeanie that she must
;Stay with her while Maddy went to
Guy-, who wolfed to talk with her.
sub' ,he ARM with. nie,_ Mrs ' Noah 'Ar
Madly Sakai, andi-- frenterabsiing - his
moody looks when shement in quest of the
what inilit he the result of DalinteriifAL
with Guy. .•- -- `•-' -•
Mrs. NOah, however, reassured r,
lif ay stele for a m011160;0 her owntot,td-
, • .
to 800 how the was looking. .The crimson
dress, with itssoftedge of lace about the
slender • throat, became her well, and
timoothin i thefolde of her muslin apron,
whose jaunty shoulder:pieces ,gaVe he; a
Very girlishappearance, she Went . doyen to
evliere Guy was waiting for her. ge heardi
her coming, and involuntarily drove near
to him the chair where he intended she
should: .sat. But Maddy took ,instead . a
stool, ansalleaning her elbow on the chair,
turned hnr face fully toward hire, waiting
for bim tii-epeak,
"Maddy,"he began, "-are you happy
here at :A.Ikenside 2 "
• - "Oh, '!•es .very, ' very happy," - and
Maddy' ef‘• eyes shone With the happiness
1
she tried ,c) express.
. It was t least a minute before he spoke
again, at 'when he did, he told her he had,
conclude 1 to send her and. Jessie to school,.
i
for 4 yea I or two at least; not that he was
tired of . Leaching -her, : but it ' Would be
better fie I he e thought, to mingle with
' s and. learn -th.e ways of the
other ,
world. Aikenside would still be her home,
where lee vacation. would be spent with
Jessie if the chose, and then he spoke of
New York as the place he had in view, and
i
asked he what she thought of it. '
Maddy wee too much stienned to think of
anything et first. That the good she had
coveted test should be placed within her
grasp, a 'd by Guy Bernington, too, was
almost
happy
expected
Untie
wished t
devise:
semin
Essileohoaldb
his motk e. . He hardly knew, elienself,
only he liked -her, and wished to do some-
thing for her. -.
.
"Oh, r. -Remington, you are so good - to
me; what makes you? "e she cried; and
then sheiltrola him how much she wished to
be a teacher, so is to help to take ears Of,
her grafidnarents and her poor Uncle
Joseph. It seeinea almost cruel for that
young orture to be burdened with • the
care of those three 'half. helpless people,
and GO shuddered just as he Iwue.ny .afa
Ivhen herissoolated Maddy with thena, but
wherehelistened while she told him or all,
the .castees she had billt; and in every One
of which there Was -a place for " Our -folks,"
as she termed them, it was more in the
form of la blessing than a caress that hia
. . ,
hand re ted. on her shining air.
- "You li,re a good. girl, Maddy," he said,
" and_ I sni glad now. that I have concluded
to send you where you can be better fitted
for - the office you :mean to fill than you
could be -here, but f shall 'miss - you sadly.
I like lit ble girls, and though you othhardly
be classed with them now, you seem to be
much like jeasie, -and I take -pleasure in:
doing fa!' you as I would for her: Middy,
leo much to credit, She was.
Aikenside but she had never,
her life there would con-
ery long, • and had often
at -when- it ended she might
OMe means of entering :a
, ass other young ladies did. But
never : dreamed. of being, sent to
Guy, nor could she conceive of
• /1
Guy S ,ppped, uncertain what to say nen, -
i
while addy's . eyes :again looked hp in-
quiringl 'T. -
- : He NV a going, now to tell " the.little , girl
Mush hile Jessie" of Luoyeethoistone, and
the wor Is wohlcenot come at first. •
III
' " Mad y," -he said, ageinblushinggeiltilY,
"el have said I liked you, and se r hope will
some o e else. I have written of you to,
her." • 1 - • ' _ -
Up t� this point,Maddy had a vague idea
that he meant the doctor, but the "her"
dispelle that thoughe, and a most inexpli-
cable -fa }ling of numbness crept over her as
she seked,_faintly:
". Wri Aen. to whim'?"
Guy aid not look at -21111dy.. He only
knew that her head moved Out from beneath
! as he replied :
4iS43.-Atherstone=Viss Lucy Athei-
ave you 'never heard of her?" '
Maddy never had, and with the same
numbness she could not understand, she
listened, While Guy told her who •Lucy
Athers bne was, and _why She was not at
1
that moment the mistress Of Aikenside.
There Ras no reason why Guy: should be
excited,' but he Was, and he talked very
rapidly never once glancing at Maddy until
ti
he had finished speaking. She eves looking
at him lia.tently, wondering if he could hear;
as she id, the beatings of her heart: Had
her life upon it; she amid not at
firethaVe spoken, for the numbness which,.
like bands of steel, seemed to piefiii all the .
feeling put of it. She did not know why it
was that* bearing of Lucy Atherstone
should 'effect:her so. Surely she ought to
be glad !for Guy, that he possessed the love.
.of NO sweet a creature as he described her
to be. He was glad, she knew, he talked
so encl. etically—so much self it were a.
pleasureto talk; and 'she was glad, too,
ti
Only it bad taken her so: by surprise to
know that Mr. Guy was engaged, and that
some ime Aikenside - would really have. a
mistreese She did not (pito' understand
Guy's lest words, although she was looking
at him
like to
prehen
41 Ye
lips, -a
as she
vinle his foot kicked the hook,ehe felt her heart misglve her as to
his han
" To
stone.
t * dared it the very best picture he
, _
h w different laisseAtherestunees,froin me. ashe de . , , , ..
S eei richetedlaindioineee'Xiiii, poor Mei' had eYet-,filide.-P;IC-Wia..-1-biontitut,-, tiene
hmely, imie--e" . - . . , ' AgneeiteknoWleaged.-frherieltivhileJeseie
-. 1"319,, Middy, you ,are not;". and Guy -Went into raptures, and Milady blushed! to..
interrupted her. , ._ • , . - --J. , e-' e --e.. :. ,'„- hear her -Oft ipraises. -. Guy said,'-.nOth itlg,
- f -Gently lifting up her head,!„ he .smoothed -eicnopt to ask that Maddy should.:Sit. igill; .
beckhotheir; and. keeping aliandoneatfir the firet was good, but a second might be
side of her fact; Egoa- pleasantly; . beetle; : -§o:Maddy.:.-zeat *gain, . egieeedfng.
Iciu are net .-,k,thinkyou_qUite qiiit-O-ias *It** fist, butas,filies2aithNo .
as pretty as Luc:Yee:I elo,_reallY-e. he colas'. preference was for the former, it was left --
Untied, as her eteekindledat the ,comPlie to be finished - hp; With the iindetiltending-
reent. "1 am goiegte writete her tomighe, that Gey -would call for it. As the 1940S -
seid shall tell MOte abdut yen,: 'I want Send; -down the stairs, .GuY , lingered -
you to like eaelieothereseirY inuoheWlien--ehe' behind, and -whene imxte.they :weise, out of •-.
cornea, so that - you 'may litre, with us.. heating, said, in alow *Ciro:
Aikenside would not be Aikenside ''without -"You mayaswell ffeielkbothe they are
you, Maddy." --- .= - - - - ..- ' ee ! :: - .: .• toogood to be leek"
- In all- his wooings Of fucy-!Atherstonee - "The artist - hewed,. and Guy, with a half- -
auY's-voice had never_ been: tenderer in its -.guilty Nisei hurried into the street, .-
tones than when he said , this M. Maddy, Where Agnes was - waiting tor him. . Three -
whose hp quivered egret, . and who invole 'hours -later, Guy, in Alio. :C.olittees- perlet
untarily laid- her heacrUpon.the erre et his Was exhibiting the finished picture, • Whiell, :
-Ohair ItS she :cried a second time, not labially,. rin its handsome casing, was more beautifni
hnt, quietly, softly, as if thlik-orying did her than ever: and more natural, if oseible.
good. ' 17Or several minutes they sat there - "1 think Imight have -one," Jessie said,
thine the nature of their thoughts thoughee7knovin- hal4outingly; -then; -ea she. :remembered
only to each other- - for neither, spoke until the -Second sitting she begged Of Guy to get -
Maddy, half ashamed oehereraotithis, lifted it „for her.. !- .- :- - -, .: '.. - • 'il '
Op her head, said said: - e ,., - - ., :. !- : But he did net ,seeei. iholinea to com ly
"1 do not know What Made Me try,. olity : with her request, and kept putting her off,
I have been so happy here that 4 guess I mitil,despairing - of success, Jessie, - when -
thought it -Might go On forever: I ani. afraid alone with the doctor; tried her powers of ,
Miss Atherstone will not buoy ',Mee and I, persuasion on him, until, in Self-defence; he -
know I shall.not feel as free here, She, dossed theeetreee, and el:00ring ehedagdere.„. • :
comes, as I do hose.- :Then your i.being isor ,reart -.gallery, .asked 1 for - the remaining '
.good in sending - me to eohool„., helped me to picture of:Miss-Clyde, seyingthet he wished • _
cry more, and so I was very foolish.: -.Don't it for little-Aiss Remington.
tell Mies !Atherr3tortelliatIceied. Tell her, .4'11r, Remington , took thein both," the .
tbongli, how beautiful •she is, and how glad artist replied, commencing &dissertate:ilea .
I em- that she Iceseie you, and is going to be -the:style asid,beeetY of the young girl; al nf.:, .
your wife." _Maddyei_veiee-wastretysteedy *Koh Waielost Upon the doctor,, whe,iii '
in its tone. She evidently 'meant whet .she _kiricl, et maze, quitted elierobea, and return -
said, and it made Guy - rather -uncomfore ing -tee' jeisieeeaidetcelaer ,eareleselye "laii '
table, and . as Maddy was - in some Way hasn't it. -: You: knave they rub_ met- those
associated With his discomfort, he did not . they do not use. is9-,-youli have to do
oppose her when she Aires° to leave him. ., . without it; . and, Jessie, I !wouldn't tell Guy
Had msoy - been more 'a -.woman,: and I -tried 19 get it for -you.",,
lees a child, she rWohla Imes. seen that it . ' Jessie Weedired why she must, not . ell
Was . wolf for her to know of :-Lucy Ather- Goy, but the fact that the. doctor requested-
steno before- her feelingskm GUY Remington her . not to • dci. so was . sufficient: COnSee
bed eishined aclefinite :Orme As it was, quently„ Guy little guessed that the doctor_
she never dreamed hew near-. she Was to knew what it was he tarried go datefellin '
loving '.Ailtenside's young master;— . ,;and ,eiteceat - packet, looking at it Often .wh- n
while . talking with Jessie of - the 'grand shine In his -tem etoothe .and- ;admiring ete , ..
tithes they, should hisee . at - Oohed, she. eoftegirlieh' beauty,- ma oylog: to:oonvi000 -
Marvelled-atthe little spot Of pain which himself the* his sole object in getting! it - -
was burnineather-heart, or why she should was to give it to the doctor after Maddy Was -
Wish that Guywouldnot speak of her in. gentile 'et woulabeeuela h surprise, and the
his letter to LueY Athetstone -.se - - - . -deotor would glad,'that _GA-4;-fin41?
• - But Guy did speak of her, rkaokty- made himself . believe . that he ':had done a •
cenfassing the intrest he felt in her,. telling, .nlOst generous thing!
pat how ripple: Were beginning to talk; eta - "1 ani gait* to eii4 :Lucy your - picture
asking if she cared, declaring:the:telt, -to-day,_ and as she • asked that yet, sho- d -
she aid, he would not Maddy Clyde any write iv few . eihes; eupnele. you .do it: . .
more than was necessary... : In. a _little. leas .noW," Guy. said to MaddyneXteheeritiag, ate '
than ; lour' weeks there came an answer - they Wereleaving the breakfast table. -
from leicy, who, With health:: etehowliat - .4. was a sore trial tO2-laddlle write to,
improved, -'had fainted to England, find TAW AthetatOne;„hut she Offered ribtemon-'.
-wrote to Guy from •Sevetierlatid,whereehe etiabee,:end so -7,& accompanying the picture -
expected -to spend the ,summer, half -hoping zwas -a -little; nOte -filled meetly with praises
Goy ;might joie._ her. there, though she Of Mr. Guy,. Eir.i'd- wle.ich, would - be very . . .
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could net : -Urge it;'-- as her • mother -„Stile gratifying to the ensusieeeine Lucy:-
insisted that MIA not able to take hpeh - ' Now thee it was fully eeeided.. for ejes ea
herself -- the eduties of ' e ' wife. :Then -she, .togo:to New Yea .);Nith-Afaddy, ber-,less ne
spoke : of eateady . Clyde,. Saying -..-.Sho was *aeeetispendea; aied.te,ilebiallidelor 03.6.-101:0:-' -
not. at. all jealens. of.,her;.,- dear. -.GuY.---A)t- ,were
was tweed into -a .vast eressenakieg-
,
:ceurseignore.nt, medalingpeeplee of . we liense and reillinery_establishment.
. . _ , _
America, she feared there were ea _ great many -in e - With ' hie,. usual,- ..gedereility. ' GUY • had .
would gossip, • but be was not to 'given Agnes peereission -- to _drat,- .upon his .
'wind them.' • Then she that if- Maddy &tie; fill: vihatettr *ilvitieeded:.....eottei,ior
Were willing; sheeWoula so, muolilike her 'herself or Jessie, -; with a, -definite under-
picture,- as she bad a curiosity: to knew just, retell:ding that Maddy shonafilavo-ttn ,:otolai :
beim.. she looked, and ife Maddy pleased, share of eressetbdaefentioh.e
"would she write a few linee, se as net to . -'e it Will not be ifeeessaiee'ehe said,. "for ,
.seem eomuchn;:stranger."y , - . . . • . , ,ki-iti.tio enlighten the tioisins„ of New York
,york -,
. Darling. littieLikcy, IdOove her very ;With regard- to---MaddY'spesitione --, She goes - -
dearly," was Geiyel-conamene;asheefinished ',there eel dessieel_equel, :and as such her
reading her letter; feelinglei the . element ,!ewardrobe nauss be suitable:" .
as if her niethee-Werei..altiee1of ceneLogrese,- ':.' -No one could liee_loeg with, Maddy Cleele
bent on preeeetingelaitarleoin being :happy: ,withoutebadniiligenteeeetedin her, Midi in. -
Then', ets he remembered Lhoyee• hope that 'spite or herself Agnes' diSiike . was 'wearing --
he might join her, and thought; hew- many away, particularly as of late , she had. eeen !
and he asked her twice if she would
iee Lucy's picture before she conk -
led what he Meant. -
1," COMO faintly from the parted
out which there was a slight quiver
ut up her hand to take the case
Guy drew from his bosom. •
'
Turring it to the light she gazed silently
upohtte sweet young face, which ..seemed
to retik n her gaze with a leek _ as earnest
and Ou:rious as her own. e
" What--
Limy ? '• IS she not pretty?" Guy asked,
do yeti think of her—of mer
bedding down so that his dark:hair -swept
againa F -.Maddyei while his ...Warm breath
touohe a her burning cheeks.
6, Ye 3, she's beaiitiful, oh! so beautiful,
andhaPpy, too, I wish I hadbeen like her!
r wish„---" and Wady burst into a :mod
uhconerellablefit of :weeping, her tears
dropping like rain upcla the inanimate
0 of Lucy Atherstione. - -
!looked at her amazed; his CIWIt heart
ing With "a been pang ef something
liable as he listened to her stormy
weeping. What did it mean? Could it be
that the evil against which he was *yid- was not SO sure. Indeed,the fact that Guy PhiJkyrae to he -partially, intrusted. Agnes
ing -ha really- .come- upon her? Was had told her of Limy- Atherstene...;yould; -$4-ii4n her ,-.-reeit eeliel Old -vehe hadeielfed
Maelde'r more -interested in him than he indicate that his auSpieienCwire'ground; Ifer*er.OStatitine4nielaii she turned eo -
eller) led? He hoped -not, though with 4' lase, _and he entered -heartily into .the deadly white that Madder, who brought the
MEW'S vanityhehe felt a slight thrill of SLAW picture plan, saying;laeighingly, that if he 1.:Ineseafie, flew, ,to -h.P.t irOei •e,:shinfll'il*, in
fedi° i in thinking that it might be sb. supposed Miss. Lucy would like his faceMR011 Maim whet:W*5 theta -atter- 1
of hue!, and he straggled to. cast it off, While to ask her. -The doctor's gay _spirits helped : omffa%044700heas-elittsrtlalier tiate,oTinitIptp-eawni;114, edisrossoemn4spsinastifi .
Guy pew that this feeling was not worthY he'd sit himself, and -bidding Guy- be sure
he SS ell 1.1addy_why she cried. - . . - . : to raise those of Maddy, atif-aa, that little
hi
. C ' xl-as elle was, the real earikie,-Aif lier, burning :Spot in her heart was faet,weering ieptlyete .pasee.„teee ordeal, .slities uch
tears inever entered her -brain, and she away, She Was jiistilailies;thoeid-foieSe Mos 41,44i;144' jkoln'r 1440110 ° no
answered: e---- • . • admirable likeness: Biased, the artist's- Peasibleemeelei•
"1 lani tell why, unless I was, thinking delightae his achievement was unbounded, • ' ere be :centinnee).
feetur
Ge
throb
unde
times he had -tressed the sea to no purpeee,
he said, half petulantly:
• "I've been to England for -noehieg times
enough. When that mother of hers says I
may have her daughter, TA go again, but
not before. It don't pay." -
And crushing the letter, into his pocket,
be Went out upon the piazza, where were.
asseinbied Maddy, Jessie, and :Moe Agues,
the latter of whom had conie to Aikenside
the day before. - - •
'At first she hadobjected to the hoardings
Ached arrangement, saying- Jessie was too
young; but Guy,as usual,haaoegerieled her
'objections, as he had those of .Grandee
Markham, and it was .now a settled thing
that Maddy and Jessie both should goto
NOW 'York, Mrs. Agnes waste -accompany
them if :she chose, and have .a general
supervision of her child. This waiGny'splan;
and it had prevailed withthe fashionable
woman, who,
tired of Boston, was eWeli!
pleased with the prospect of a, life in NEW:.
York: Guy's *Meese,. in Maddy was
wholly inexphicable to • her, unless she
explained it on the principle that in the
Remington .natute there was ' a fondness!
for governesses, as had been exemplified in
her own history.. That .Guy would ever
marry Maddy she doubted, but, the mere
possibility of it . Made her set :her teeth
firmly together as she thought hew embar-
rassing it Nebula be to acknowledge as the
mistress of Aikenside the little gite whom
she had sought to banish from her _table,
Since her 'return she had had noopportunity
of judging for heraelf how niattaft steed,
and was consequently ranch relieved when,
as ...Guy joined them, he began at ewe to
speak of Lucy, telling of the letter, and her
'request for Maddes picture.
- "'My picture? You cannot mean -that !
Maddy exelaireedeher eyes • Opening- wide
With wonder; but Guy did mein- it, and
began to plan a drive on the morrow to
Devonshire, where there was at that tithe a
tolerably.fair artist. This, it mutt be re-
membered, was -in the day Of ankbrotyties,
and before the introduction of photbgraphe.
• The next . day the four event deem to
-Devonelaire, cah1in first.' upon the-dector,
no signsot special attention ohthe docteres:
Part:. He' had recovered ;fro.M;',41is - weak-
ness, -, she thought, and ' she •• was -veep
gracious towards Maddy„ who naturally _
forgiving, begun to like her better. than e er e
she had deemed it possiblefer. bee - to. like ,
so proud and haughty & woman. - -
-Down at the cottage in Honedale th re i
wereenaey. consultatious, 'held and meny
fears eeipressed by the aged couple as to
what -Would -loathe *result , of it 414-**
doing for their ehild.* :Woniiielikee Grand -
Mie MarkliarnrIelt- a ._ flatter of - . pride in
thinking that Made was going to sehoor in
a big city . Hee New York. It gave her '
something to talk , ebout, with her leas
fortunate neighbothe; who won red, and
ci
gossiped, and -envied, bet -gouda ot bring :
themselves _ to .feel unkindly t ' ,a,rds the
girl Maddy, who had -greesn lip in their
midst, and who as yet- was wholly un-
changed by prosperity. !Grandpa Markham
on the contrery,though pleased that
Maddyf should have every opportunity for
acquiring the - ectuca,tioe _ she so r much - -
*desired, Was fearful of the result—fearful 1
lest.there niight cones a time when f: his
darling would shrink -from -the relations to
whom she was as 811118hille to the flowers.
He , knew that : the :- difference between
Aikenside-and the cottage MUSt Strike her .
unpleasantly every ".time she mime home; and ,
he did not blame her for her always apparent
readiness to go back. That was. natural, -
he thought;-1?1.1t,a life in New - - York, the
great city; f-whiohto the simple -hearted old
Man seemed a very llatiy1:ciii- . be - iniquity,
was different,- and for .9. ' unto he objeeted
to sending her there. BetiGuyterseaded
him, and when he heard that ••• gries was
going, top, he consented; for. he had feetle
in Apes liwti protector. Maddy had never
told. him of the scene, Which followed elt
lady'se-return. teem : Saratoga. Lid! ed, I
.-Maddy - never fold anything but *good- of,
Ailrefisideleritainmates,,andso.111ra.-Agnes -
cable in for & share of the _ old: people's
gratitude, while even ThicieJosepla; hearing
a daily prayer for the - "young madain,-
iaigrandpa termed her, learned to pray for
herbitheelf, coupling her name with ',bat -
whcise face brightened when halberd. why ' of &web, andaskingin hiscrazy wee that
-they _. had come. . Paring the weeks , that
:had passed, the doetor,liad not been blind
to all thatt_was passing at .Aikenside, and.
the fear that Guy was more., interested, in
Maddy than ;he ought to be lnid grown
Minot to a certainty. ''Neeie, however,- he
God would "forgive Sarah "'Rest, .-and t en.
"bless the madam—the meds,rn."
.A few days before -tMaady's' departure,
grandpa went up to see, "the madam.; " -
anxious to ; know something more than
heareay:abotiti &person -le 1whose - care his