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SOCHETY NOVEL.: ,
By tbe author ot Tit "Mildred
2!coreim ROW "Mafioso "Or.roto...
ThUteeriyeare1 Had they:0842ga he4
past recogpitient She -hoped, She believed
$ot.- and yet. never in: her:: life id Ague*
ItetningtOlei heart beaten . with :so mu&
• terror, and apprehension as when , she
. entered the receptioh-room. where .Guy
. talking with -the -infirm. old many. she ret
- :Membered go well. - 'Re .had *Own, -older„
•. -thinner,. peorer-laoking, than:when shsaaw-
kink last, but in his wrinkledface there
Was -the same, benignant, heavenly eiprete*
• Sion, which,,. when she wastetter than she
was now,used to remind her of the angels.
soowy hair was: partedjust the same
'asever,:hnttheMildbiue.eyeErweredimmer,-
•. and rested on her warm suspicious glance,
as,. psirtially reassured, she glided. across-
- the -threshold. and bowed civilly -when:- Guy
presented grandfather talier.:
;A: Rote anxious_ as to iow her gaud-
.
-lathertwolild acquit hire:self, Noddy sat. by,
wondering why Agnes- appeared soill at
ease; and. why. . her grandfather started
pometes atthenoutt& of her **ice, and
-
looked! earnestly at her.. . • • *
'" We've never' met bethre te my know-
• ledge, young woman" he said. cone .-to
Agnes, you_ are mightylikenikirebody,
. and your voice„ighen. you. talk kw, keeps
rookin' mei iturrn as it I'd heard4t summers
• or other..."•
Aftick thatAgnes spa& in elevated tones,
•M if ghatholight hiin deaf, and the livid.
fiet leek of wonder did not, returh„, to his
- face. Numerous were the charges he we-
ts Agnes-- concerning Middy,bidding her
be watchful of his child, and -sea that she.
didnot 44 -get, too much taken in with the
.- wicked things on Broadway I " then, at he
•toga thiojie laid his trembling hand. an
• • her head, and said. soleinniy, "'Yon are
" .Youtigyet„lady, end there May be a. long
• life, before you. ,. God bless you, then, and
•prosper you in proportion as you, are kind
7 ta Maddy. I've nothing. to give you. nor
Guy for your goodness, -May my
prayers, and them you have every day.
• Wesillpray for you, ladyjciseph. and all,
: though I doubt ther he knoWe .mtich -the-
meaning of what he soya." _
. "-Who, sir? - What did you -Bay?an&
Agnes4: facewee seailet, as grandpa, replied,
"JOseph, our unfortunate - boy; Id.addy
• must havetold you; the one who's.. taken
such a shine to.4essie. Hies- orezy-like„
and from the corner where he site sa much,
loan hear hire:, whispering by the. hour,
• semetnnes- of folks he used toknow, and.
then of you, • whom he calls ntaclant, He
says, for ten minutes- onthe stretch: '-God
bless themadour--tha madam ----the
•niedanil ' that's because- you are good to -
Maddy You're sick;- lady; talkin .about
Crazy 'elks malesyoutaint,"grandnkadded
• hastily; as Agnes turbid white as:the-dress• .
she Were. .
"-No r -oh, no I'M better how," Agnes
gasped; bowing him .to tne- door with a
feeling that she couldnot breathes inothent
• longer in his presence.
•- He did not: hear her faint cry of bitter,
• remorse, as, he..walked through the,hail. or
• knowt•slie watched him as he Went. slowly
.
down-the-wsik, stopping often-th admire -
..the far biossoorawhicli'Maddydninot.feel
•.atIiberVy ta pick. .
hived, flowers.," Agnes whispered, as
her better nature prevailed over every
• -other feeling, and, startingeagerly.forward,
ran- afterthe- old Loon, who, surprised
at herevident hate, waited a Uttle
' anxiously forher to opeak.
It wag rath.er 4ifdoMt to de -ea with
Maddy's -inquiring eyes upon her, but
Agnes .rnahaged at last to: say:
• "Dees that crazy Man 'like flowers -the
one who prays for Olt:km(24m
• "Test he used to; years -ago," grandpa
• replied; and bending &Wu, Agnes began
to pickond arrange into a most :tasteful
• bouquet the blossoms andbuds, growing so
• profusely- within theborderS„
- . "Take them. to him, wiil yot4'". and her
hands shook as, she passed: to Grandpa.
• Markham the' gift which would.thrili. poor
crazy 370seph. with a „Amiga • delight,
no/An:gild-in:1 hold. converse exhina with the,
unseen -presence: which .he called "she,"-
. .
an th ta whisper blessings on th
madam's head.
Three days. after this, a party ct.f fou
left Aikenside, -N.Vhieh prefleatad. a- MOS
forkrn ADA cheerless appearance to. th
Passers-by, who were glad. amost as th.
• servants when, at the expiration eta week
Guy carne- back and took up- his olden lif
of solibide stud loneliness, with nothing in
particular to, intere.stlim„ except billhooks
• and theletters be Wrote torah:3y. Nothing
but these thedoctor'a picture -the on
: designed expressly fOr and whic
troubled him greatly. Believing that h
• had hilly intended it -for the docto4 Gu
• felt asi. if -it were, in a measuret stolen
• property; and this made' hire prize it: ell
the, mere. : ••
Me/ that Noddy. was avEgyi; Guy raised
• her terribly, wonderhag how he.hacl. ever
- lived withouther, and sometimes. working
• himself into a violent passion against the
ineddlesorne neighbors who- would: not le
her remain, with him. peace, and who,
• nowthatithe was gone,- did not. stop their
• talk one whit, for the people marvelled
•.More than ever, feeling (son:admit now- that
he wae.educating. hie own wife, and making
• sundry spiteful - remarks • as • to what
he intended doing with her relatiehs.
• Guy onlY'. knew 7 that. he. • was
very - that .- letters
seethed insipid,that even the doctor 'failed
to interesthim, as of _old, and that his
greetest comfort was in looking- at the
bright young fairewhich seemed to smilo-so.
• - trinitfully -upon hint, just Middy. had:
. staled upon.. him when Madam:
parlOr„he bade her good-bye The 'doctor
•' oould _not -have .that pieture, he, finally
• 400*d-44M-a ought to be satisfied: with
- getting Maddy, as of °Qum he watt -for am_
I not: educatingber fOrthatvery porpoSe?":
• b • -
the latter abandoned his susiiicion4 and answer wilidepend my future ourse with
gave himself up*. blussful dreams of what
might possibly be when Maddy shOuld ave
become the brilliant 'Woman she was sure
one day to be? -
CHAPTER XV.
• • Tim immix& -
-
• The summer vaeationhad been spent by
•the Retaingtons and Middy et the s ide,.
the latteroommg to the cottage for i veek
-before-returning to her schoolinNew rk ;
and att- the doctor Was then absent -from
home, she did heit meet - him at all. bmi-
• sequently he, had not seen her -since she
left Aikenside- for New•York: BO she was
• at -hoe nevi for the -Chrietiniei haidi e,-.
• Was down at the cottage, _too; and, un *m-
any nervous' for him, the doetor • sJood,
before the little square glass . in his ack
office, tryingtoma;ke himself -look, As 'ell
as possible, for he was going that after On
to Galt upon Miss Clyde: • He Ws:a glad she
was. not at Aikenside_; he would- re her
meet her at the cattage, . and he hope r he
!night. be fortunate enough• to' find her
alone, , • • - - '• -
. le
The doctor was seriously in laYe• .tfe,ae,
Imowledged that now to himselficonfessi,ng,
too, that with his love was mingled a snice
- of j'ealousy, lest Guy Remington-- shouldj be
expending wire thought on Maddy 01! de
than was consistent- with the proin sed ;
•_husband of Lucy Atherstone. He wised
• so much to talk with. Guy about her,- *nd
yet he dreaded' it; for it the talk sh 414
confirm. his suspicions there would -b to
hope for - him. NO girl in her eglit
mind -would perferniin to Guy Ithming 'oh,
• and with o little sigh the doctor wastur ing
away from the glass, when, as if to ve ify
ii, femillar proverb, Quy himself drove hp
in a most dashing equipage; the sil 1 er-
tippediharness of his high:mettled :s eel
•flashing in the wintry. sunlight, andthe
bright -hired lining. of his . fanciful r
presenting a very gay appearance.
Guy was in the best of spirits. - tor
entire half day he had tried. to devaie e
• means of getting Noddy up to Mimi
It was quite too bactfor her . to spend
whole vacation at the Cottage -as She see
likely. to do, . He knew she was wati lo
there;. that the bare floor and low, 4
walle affected her 'unpleasantly. He
keen this , in her, face When he bade
good-bye,. for he had carried her dOwi
• the cottage hinsielf, and now -he . was go
after her. There -Was to,he a party at Ai
side; -the .. very- first since Guy was
mater. 'The neighboyi had .said, that
was -jot? proud. to invite thein, but I
should say so no more. The house Was
be thrown. open in honpr of Guy's birth4
- and ill who were at all desirable gu
were -to be bidden to the festival. • Mrs
the list was the doctor, who, renrember
. how- siverilie ,Guy was to large part
wondered at the- proceedings. But
wasall engaged in.' the matter,' and it
_tellihg who were to be invited, added rat er
Indifferently, 'I I'm going -down_ to Hb e -
Weisner Middy. - Notate; _for her -to be
- with us a day Or two _beforehand. Yo ye"
. seen her, of course."-- ' • - • • ._
No, the doctor had not ; he woajustgo ng
there, he said in a tone so fhll of sad dis p-
pointinent, that Guy detected it at o ce,.
and -asked if anything was the matter. ,
• "Gay," the doctor continued, • sit ng
gown by Ife2-frierid; "1 reinember o ce
• your making me your eenfidant ab iit'
Lucy. You remember' it too?" • -,
- "Teti, why?" Guy replied, beginniiij
feel strangely pncomfoitable as he .
divined what was -corning next. • .
. .Letterly Gay Intik stopped telling
doctor that he was edueiting . Middy
him. Indeed,- hedid not talk of her at
and the doctor might have fancied her
of his mind but for the- frequent- visits
New York,. which. Guy found , it absolirt ly
•necessary:to make.. Guy did not himstrielf
understand the. state of his own -leen gs
. _
with regard to bleddy, but it compelled Ito
,
explain. them they would have been so le -
thing as follows; Ile -fully _expected to
marry Lucy Atherstdbe ;_ • the possibil V
that he should not had never o-ccurred to
hitn, but that was. no reason why Mad i y.
es
the
regard to !daddy You are true to Imey ? "
Guy felt the blood prickling at the rootsbf
his hair, but he andwered truthfully, as he
believed:
. "Teti, trueis steel;" while the generdua
thought came over. him that he 'Would
further the_dontor's Plans al that he roe,
ably could.: : • .• - _ *
"-Then I Lent satisfied,!' • the dciotor
rejoined; "-and •as you have rather
assumed the positithr_of Maddy's guardian
or brother; I ask your perriaission to offer
her the love.which, whether she accepts or
hot.- ishers." . : -
•
- Guy had never felt a sharper pang than
that- which now thrilled . through every
nerve, but -he would :not prove false -to the -
friend confiding in him, and he..anstvered
cAlmly• -• • • ••.
"You have 'my consent ; but, Dow better
put it. off till- you see: her at • AikenSide.
There's he chance at the cottage, with those
thief) old people .- I -wonder she . don't go:
•wild. I'm sure I should.!'•• - •
Guy was . growing rather savage abOut
Something, but the debtor did not mind;
and gasping his axm as he -arose he said:
- " manage it for- the, Guy
You.know. hoir. I don't. Yoiell contrive
for me to see her alone, and-- maybe.say a
word beforehand. in thy favor." -
•" Yes, yes, I'll manage :it I'll -fur_ it
right. Don't forget, day -after to.morrow
night. The Cutlers Will -be there; and, by
the way, Moria has grown to be a • splendid
girl: She fancied you once, you: know.:- Old
Cutler is Worth *half a million." And Guy
tore 'himself aWay, from the doctor, who;
now that the ice Was . broken, Would liked
to havatalked othtaddy for' ever. •
But Guy was not thus inclined, and in- a
mood not eitremely. ainiable,.. he -threw
himself into. his sleigh and'wen.t dashing
•down thward Honedale; • For ..sonre unac-
countable reinion,--he Was :not now one bit
interested in the party,, an were it not
that a few Of the invitations were -issued,
he would have been tempted to give -it up.
Guy did not know what ailed WM'. He
only felt as if somebody had been Meddling
with his plane, • and, -had. be -heel in the
1 ed habit of s.wearieg he would probably sworn.;.
ely :but as., he -Was -mit he contended himself
rk:• With driving „like a Seemid Mid. Until he
lad reached Honedale, where - a, pair of Soft
liar brown eyeasmiled UP into. :his face; and -a
..: to little warm hand- was Clasped in his, :as
'rkg. Maddy , came out to -the :gate to. meet hilt..
In.
hey life - and hustle: of ' Nei% york,..• -and.
12.- • She was very glad .:to see him. -'-The Cot.
itti tage With its huMble -adorning.: did *see&
he .lonely,... and. almost :dreary, after - the
uto Noddy had cried more ' than .oncete think
iYi. how hard and Wicked She Must be growing
ts when her home had. ceased. -to .he the -dear
on. old place sheOnce loved se well. She had
ing• beeu there five days,ahd riotWithsta.ndingthe
es, efforts of hergandpArents to entertain -her,.•
'ay each day had seemed aweek in itir- duration. -
ter bleither.the doctor nor Guy had -been near
her, and Noddy had Made ,'herseltherieVe
that the - former was- sadly remiss reMies..-in;
his duty, inestiinoli as belled notseen her
:forst) long. Be . had been in the habit of
calling everyweek, her :granditiother Raid;
and this did. not tend to thorease her smile-
bility. ''Why. didn't he Come now when he
knew she st.honie ?' Didn't -he wish to
see her?--.. If not, she could be indifferent
tea, oini' when they- did. ineet,:shia -Could
-shoWhiin how little she cared 1 • - - -
. .
At any she was notparticularlypiqued.
-•
.She did not take his attentions aii a Matter
of course, and did -not talreit Very: strange:
•that frincw.bringirig her:There on the -night
„other' retirrn- from New York, he had not
once called -upon her; - still, she thought -
more ofhirnrif possible, than of -the doctor,
during. those fivi3 .days,. and Was - rat4r.
anxious -to se e him. She had .eornethingto
show hini-a letter frem TAticy Atherstone„
who had gradually tome tche her regular
correspondent,. . and - whom • Noddy had
learned to love with all-theinteninty of her.
girlhood. --- Toler ardent imagination Luoy
.Atherstone.... Was * a- little-I:Aver than the.
angels, and the `Pure, . sweet. thoLights con--
tained in every letter - Were doing almost as -
much toward Molding her ellaraecer As
:Grandpa Markbabili ' prayers -and conataht
-y teachings. Maddy - did not .knoWit, butit
as was these letters froth Ludy which -kept her
from loving. Guy- Renlin.gto; She could
not fOr a moment .assOciitte. hith- .with her -
:self when she. so donlitantlY thought of him
as the husband Of another, and idiot other
Lucy, Atherstone. Not for 'worlds- -would.
Kiddy . have wronged, . the gentle Creature
who WOO-. *1"..1 her so colifidehtly':of ,Guy,
Onvying her in -that she e.ould sir often- ',see
his face . and.,heAr . his . voice, :. while :his
"betrothed- "Was separated from blin by
many ,thousand miles. ',Little by little.
Maddy had learned that ..11.1;cy's mother'
wasaverse to the match, a bad:always
been; that "she .had in her Mitid. an Eng.
lish lord; who would Make her daughter
"My Lady ;" And this. waithe secret of her:
to so long deferring. her daughter's marriage.
e Inlier last letter to Maddy, 'however; -Iniey
had written with More than herusualspirit
that she Should come into possessioUrd her
• property on her twenty-fifth birihdey. and
be really _her- own mistress. • She shOhld
then- feel at liberty to kat :forherself,-.and:
shelaunched out into joyful antinipations
otthe, time- when sheshould come to Aiken --
side -and . Meet her dear MOddY. Clyde.
keeling that Guy would be glad to see this
letter, - ruddy. bad- all the Morning been
:Wishing he *Quid come, and when she
Haw, him at the gate she 'ran out -to - meet
him, her eyes -And' face. sparkling with
eager jay:as:she Offered. WM- toretan her -
'head, Whileshe said, "Lam so -glad to :Bee •
d you, . Mr. ,_Renaington. I alniost thOught.
you had forgotten Me at Aikeneide." -- • . -
Guy began toexclo.ina Ogainetanyone's fo.r.,
-
ci -gettingbar and else to express his pleatititif
, at finding:her -So glad . to see laini;-. when.
Macldyinterrupted hilii with, «Oht's not
Lk*..
that k I've something' to show yon.,- me,
thing which williitaks, yeti very happyo I
- had a letter from :IMO- last night.- .When
she is • twenty-five she will be her Own:
- mistress, 74:5i1-1E46wi and .. She meAns to be
t. -married in spite ether mother -she Says,
It me riee--'1.. and drawing. frota .her
- boioniaLucyreletterOgaddy_Tead,-.."1, Ido. not
. intendto fail -in filial obedience, but 1 have
tired dear Gay's patience tong enough, and
• AS 8004 ita T am Of MO T. shall merry hiiii.'.
len't itiiicer and :returning the .letter -to.
it's -hiding plOce,,Kagdy scooped up in her
hand.,and ,ate.a quantity.Of theenow beside
the.path. . j. , . . , -
- " Yes,'itis very labile GO admitted,.but
there wart a shadciw. on his. 'brow .-as. he-.
folloiie.d Maddy into ths cottage, wherethe
- lunatic, who had been watohing them from
:
the window, shook bis head.donbtftily-lind
said; " Too young; . toe young, •lor.. you, . neve
to
alf
lhe
tor
ut
to
O/yde need be married for. these ma!
years. She was very young yet; there
dine enough for :her to think of marry
when she Was twenty-five, anclin•the me" in -
_while it would be splendid to have her iat
e Aikenside as"Lacy's friend.- Nothing could
benicer; and Guy did- nob care to have this
✓ little arrangement spoiled. But that be
t doctor had an idea of spoiling- it, he ad
er not a doubt, 'particularly after the &Oct* esti.
e oeit reMerk.
."I have not seen -Noddy since I
e 'spring; you know'. Is she Very much i
proved?"
• "Yee, very. Muth. There is no to. re
styliiih-looking girl to heseen on Broad_ y
e than. Noddy Clyde," and Guy shook. do n
h his-pintaloons a little awkwardly. •
• "Well, is she as handsome as she uaed
y be, and childish -in her manner?.
doctor asked; and Goy replied :•
it I took her .to the opera once, 1st
month; and the hien), admiring glances o st
at out box proved pretty positively t at
Idaddy's beauty' was not of the Ordin y
•
"The oiiera I " the adopter exelaime ,
ti "Maddy (Nide at the opera! What Wo ld
herkrandfather-say ? , He is very purit
' ical in his nod-9ns."
• "Yes, I know; and so- is Maddy, t o.
She wrote and obtained his consent bet e
she'd go With •me. .Be won't let her go a
thiatre anyhow. He (=eiders that t e
settle blockwith the bottomless pit"- '
* Here an interval' of silence ensued; '
then the doctor began again: '
" Ghy, you Warne once you were educ t
. Maddy Clyde for me, and I. -tried ft
make you- think r didn't -dare; but I d d
oh, po. much. Guy, laugh. at me if u
pIease.- cannot blame you if you do;
• the faot is, I-belieVe I've loved Maddy Cly e
ever since shb Was so sick, At all• evens,
- I toile her now, and I was going dOwn thee
. this very afternoon to tell her So.- Sir
old enough: . She was • Sixteen last Oct° r
the -the -6•• .
enth day,"- Goy responded,: thijs
ngthat. he, too, Was keeping Maga 's
van to. a day. " • • -
es, the tenth day," 'restimed. the
r.
"There are many years' differen0e
en but if she feels -at all .as I do
I not dare; Guy ; " and. the. doc r
to talk earnestly; "I'll he oand d
you, and say that you have sometim
my hears atthe a little."
"and any's:ace_ was crimson, ei
octor Continued: • •
es, and beg your -yard -on 'for it; it
• _
ask you one question, and upon
st
e. h mself ; and, as a kind of atone,
merit_ for whathe deemed treachery to his showi
friend, he talked with biro. often_of her, age, e
*always taking it for granted that when she "Y
was old enough, the 'doctor would Woo and docto
- win the little girl who had come to him in betwe
:his.nonaeity. aa Inspector, as Candidate No.
she wil
1. At. first the doctor suspected: him Of began
acting a part in_ order to Cover up_. some :with
design of his- own with regard lo -Maddy, mule
and affected an indifference he didnot feel; "It
but, as time pasted on. Guy, who really the d
' believed bivaself sincere, Managed_ to make er
the. dootor believe so too. Consequently, let me
yourigniam: • You can't our Sunshine,
if you want her,' :
"Hush, Thiele Joseph,"- Nadihis
-
pored, sof tly,-„taking his ann. and laying it
around her neck: Reinington . don't
-want Me. He _is engaged: to a beautiful
-English girl across the sea."
-Low es IladdY's words were .Guy 'heard
them, as Well on the crazy Man's .reply,
".Engagements have been broken." - •
That was the first tini_e.rthe possibility -
had ver 'entered_ :Guy's . brain that: his
engagement might he., broken, provided he
-Wished it,whichhe dirt not, hesaidto him
self positively, Litcy -loiecl him, he ...loved
-
Lucy, anti that ; in a. kind -of
abstracted Manner, 'arising from: the fact -
that calculating how long it Would
ihebefOre Lucy :woe 25; he: began to-talli
With Maddy, asking -how she had sp.ent her
time, and so forth." This reminded Maddy
Of the doctor, who; she said, had not been
to see her at - ,
• 04.1Ier-Was coeciing this_ morning;" Guy
rejoined" 4.4 lint persuaded- -bite to defer
his, call- -until- yoii Were Aikenside: I
bave.cbme to take you back -with," me,- aewe-
are tO have a party _day- 'aftek-to=ntiorkow
evening, sand I wish you to be 'present."
..MaddY. had never- attended a big party
in.her life, arid her eyes Sparkled from mere
anticipatiop,. as she lopked, appealingly_ to
her groodiather;:who though elaiising par
ties with the -ponrps . and vanities from
whichlie would shield hischild; stiliremem
hoed tbal be Was once ; that
.fifty years .ago he, tee, like Maddy; -wanted
'to •eee the folly of -a,". and not take the
mereWOrd of Older people that in every
estival scenp. there was -a -pitfall, strewn
ver so thicilpVith. roses th itwas cif di roeiri
hard- to tell just where its boundary line -
cornmenfol:. irBesides that; grahdpa had:
aith -. Guy, and SO his -Coneent was
ranted, and Maddywas soonon her way to
Aiketudde;which-presented a gayer, -busier.
ppearaireethair she had seen -there before,
e.ssie was' with delight.,- dragging
Orth at once the talk dress which she was
o.- wear, .ond, whispering to Igaddy: that .
Giiy had bought. a . blue- silk .for her, --and
hat .Sarab4ones was at that mordent fash-
oning it: atter it dress:left thereby Maddy
he previousetiininer. • "
' Mother Said plain white Muslin was
ore appropriate for • A young :girl, but
rether Guy said ; the blue silk Would
e useful after the party ;-,it was -what you
eeded ; and So he bought it and -paid- two
oilers systd, but it's a secret until you
soalled to tryiten. -Isn't Guy Splendid ?”
:jile was indeed splendid, Maddy thought,
onclering why he was so kind to .her, aod
• itwould be..eo when Lucy mine, „The
ess fitted .admirably,--• Maddy
bought her. grandfather . would say it was
o low' in the neck, :but Sarah overruled•
er ;objections; iissisted. by Guy, who; when.
hadiess Wes complete and triedon thr the
et time, wascalled in: by•JeSsie to see if
Middy .thirst have piece" sewed On-; as
he suggested." - ',The neck was aufait, Guy
id; -laughing at Maddy for -.ben* sir• old-
aidishi and saying When littiV. ho*
ally distreisecishe seemed:014 he weuld
rovide her .wit/a something.. to. relieve the
arenees of -Which she cOmplained. -
"Oh, know, I Sew; Ipeokedia the box,”.
essie began; but Guy- -put his. -hand. over
e little tattler's mouth, bidding her: to
eep the reSultof her peekinj *herself: -
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--•AndlOr. once Jessie,-seceeeded .1;14ilig:
so, althotigh elle several times 'get Maddy
Ito what. it was Goy had for her in
ta.bot I -the :size of the box-. VMS. not
mentiened, Middy hadfullyf made- up- her
-Mind to a "Sila*VT or -scarf, and wan .prOpor-;
tionately disapp.ointed. when, aS .she Was
dressing for the_party; there was sent .up to
,-herroom- a smell:mind box, scarcely large
.eneughto held an apple, lesaa small..
Warr., The present provedto be a pair. "Of.
plain .buts-heav.y: . brOcelets,. and a --'14$711t
exquisitely Wrought chain of gold; tb which
was appended. a beautiful pearl Oross,- the
whole _acoompanied. with the words -"From•'
Guy." I . •
Jessie was in ecitoeies;agaiii,. Clasping
the ornaments on Aladdy's neck and ions,
she 'danced irounci her; .cleclaring.-. there'
never:Was anything more beautiful, orany.
body se pretty.. as --1111:day :Was in.: her
party dress,..MaddyWaStendbf
jewellery—
and felt a -flush of gratified.Pride;
or -sittisfairtion,. whichever one.: -Chepaes :w-
eal-. it, . as she glaneed atlierselLin the
Mirror :and remembered the time when,,
riding With the _debtor,- She had :met Idrs.
Agues; with- go1den4ra0e1ets flashing on
her arias-, and Wished she ..might.one s day
Weak something than.. The day had
cornesoener thanshe had antiCipated;bUt
-Maddy was - not •-sei happy .in.. possession of-
thecovetedornaniente ag she had thought
she should be. Itieemed. to he i that Guy
ought not -to bovegiVentheth to her, that it.
Was :improper :for her Ito keep thena„-and
that both:Mrs," Noah and Agnes thought se;
- too. She she . knew exactly :what
was right ; and. then,- reMenabernig, that
.any--. had so4d-. the doctor,: was eipeeted.
she -decided*: to ask' -opinion
on the eubjeet. and.obide - -
- -.4tAret Agues had cared - but little -about
the party, .affecting to despise the : people
in their immediate neighborhood ;'_ buther-
.spirite retie :at last and . when -her toilet
was completed,
lace and diaithondsand ourle, managing to
retain_ through all a • "Certain -simplicity of.
dressappropriate;the hostess..- -,But
beautiful- as Agnee. was, she: felt in her
jeslotisheart that therevOis -about Maddy
Clyde an, attraction the. did- not poseess.
'Guy ea* it too, and complimentihg,
• his pretty Step -mother, . kept his:eyes fiimd
admiringly on Maddy, Who started hint into.
tiertain Unpleasant. remembroneesbyisking
1 the denterhedethneyet. :
• ," he is now," -an4 Guy.
looked . into. the hall; ;where. the: doctor's
voiee.washeardinquiringfor
"1 want to see Idea
please,- -There's - something I -wish to.. ask
him:" And;untnindfol.olAgnes" darkened -
frown, . Guy's look of Wonder, Maddy
darted from' the rocipr„ :and: ran ..hestily.
down -to the: :hall 'where :the doctor atcod,
waiting : for Guy, not for her. . .
Hehad
.no.t expected to : eet. her. thus,
or' to. see her thus, and thenight- of - her;
grown So -tall, -.womanly and beautiful,
.almotit took his 'breath:way. And.- yet, .aelle
stood ivith her hand in his, eud. surveyed,
,her iron:thing toloot, befeltthathe would
rather -have her .as she 'Wen_when. a dainty
frill shaded -her 'pale, wasted face,: when
the snowy ruff (1 -)';-"was: fastened: high -about
her- threat, and the -Often hands Were
buttoned--':aboit :her vista; Where -golden
Were now 'Shining; The ..dooter had
r forgotten 1%fa4dy as she Wasthen, the ,
, . „ .
very embodiment, he. - tiro -tight, of helpless
purity. Tho little:sick girl,: so ilear. to him
their, was growing itwArroiii-him .--00*.;.
and these 1-144rilinge, ,:which ..marked.. the.--.
budding- xvoinan„ . seeined--. to ..reinove i her
from hint:- and place her: -nearer to Guy; ,
Whose bride should wear silk and jeWelai;
juin as Maddy aid, • ' , .. : . - .
She was -very glad:tepee him, she r.said,, - .
'asking in the Sarnelireeith Why.he liagnot
been to the cottage, if ..:ehe hadnot.irciWn-
till; ondif :he thought '_ her- iinProve with -
living in a City.? - - - .?' -' - ' - : - -
-
"One question at a time, if' Yon_please;!”
ha.said;idralipg her a little more into the . .
shadow of the - hall; 'where they wotildha,
leSs observed -by anyone passingthreigliit -
8 9- .M,_ eaeedg d, yr . wasd tibisohie waittounburden ohim- to re u swmind-.er:
and-know:if-she -ought to " keep the -costly ., • -
presente at w-hich she •krieW.he. wag -looking,
.-- "If .he '_.renaenibers: his -.Unpaid bill, . be-: .-
mustconsider me, mighty. ,Ide-an," she
thought;• nd then, ivith-her usual frank- -
ziessiShe told' Vim of the perplexity, -and. -
asked his opinion. ' .- . - - ' . i • •
" but it _is hardly right for me: _ to. - , ce.pt; .
eta
- ' "It'woUld].dispiegsa Mr.- Guy' very
if-. L were to. "give: them, back," She sa
them islit?" - -•• . • " . •
-
': ,'The doctor:did not.Says -she ought not - to--:.'
wear the:ordain-exits, :though he -longed' to -
.tear:thernfroin her ;arms and throw ' herd-
snyWhere, he cared not Where; sothey.
freed her. wholly from Guy... '•', ' - -
. :‘.rTbey are Very bedonaing," he timid,-
0.17ou would- not look ' as- ,well without
them; 'so yen.- had better wear them, j to- "
night, and to;morrow, - if you will -grant tile- "
MiliilterViOW;JVill talk vrithYou further."-• -
He -: maid: all thisto. .gain the.. -deSirecl-.:
interview for which ' Guy was to :prepare -- -
her.: That he had not _clone se he -felt .
•assured, but he could - net be- angry-, i ith. ;
him, as came Bafflingly-towardthem,
asking : if: they had talked. privacy :oriX-:
-expression to dietnib hina,and,,ofiering her ."
xri,
enough, and : glancing rather , eurionsl:
lifaddr.s- face. i There" Was -nothing i. 'Ali.% -
his arra, he. led . her back to the draviing.'
rooms, 1946TO-4110K WAS ..BOIOOtilijig . down .
the. folds -a! her thesis,- rireparatery-jto.
receiving the guests, just deacendingitbe ,.
stairs.' at,' Was . 8,-. brilliant Beene - which
Alkensid.e presented • that night,. and althid '
-,-it all.: Agues bore herself like -- a • queen -:: ' :-
while: Jeseig„. With . her sunny face iand
flowing hair, 'Caine . in. fora full .ehare! of
attention.- .. But ainid the gay throng there -- '
.wae none So -lair er-beatitiful as .t.Maddy, _
who -deported herself - With aetouch- -ease -
and grade as if she had all her life: teen
accustemedte just such - occasions:as 'him- -
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telline•ieveral. Who she Was,- and nno.e
At,. a..:..4itit:i.,303 the -. doctor: watched
resenting, -.13Y-- both look and- ..inannert, ir 4.
remark made by "Maria entler,.:ta the -
effect that - she. was, -iipbody'-.--blit'., -Airs.
Remingten's governess; a poor .giii wicinm. -•
Goluid taken -Orfaircy te edudate out of .-*
charity, - - ' - - : - .-._:'
7 "Ile seerC,F.1.- 'very _fond -i.of his -charity
pupil, upon. : My -word. - He scarcely leaves -
her neighborhood at all," whispered old
MIL" • Cutler, `.the mother ,of Maria; Whci,
"Gilysaid, once fancied -13r.' Holbrook, liand -
who had .thi particular -objection to fancy.
inghini now; :provided itcmildbe reciprdeal;. -
•-. But the -doctor waeonly-intent On Maddy,
knowing always _inst:where she. jiat3":".Sii/14,!--,
liiig, j1.1.St who Was •-.toilking -toiler.. and- : Ugt-:
how far from her.Guy WO.. *He knew,o _ -
: /
-When' the latter was urging her .to :s ng.;.. - .
and, managing get nearer, beard her
.. ., _ _ .. . . .
'Object- that no one cared to hear her. .
; - "Blit I de; IViiisla it," .- Otiy- replie in - - •
that" tone ' Which people _generally obe ed ; .
and caSting'it hal&frightenedlnok at th sea,' -
._ . _ . - . , . ,
of fames - around her,. :Middy suffered ; -.lin: :
to:lead her to the piano, sitting quite -till- : •
while he . found what: he -wished . her • to„:•.. --" •
. -
playf-- - - - . . ,.- v. .
: , .
„ ,
_It Was his favorite. song, - and one w11 ich
brought out Blaclay'e. voice in its Verona - •
.- - :'_ : ' -
modiilations: . -.-
, ' ' . - ,' -- :• . - - I: -‘ •
-- . "Oh, please, Mr. Remington, anything"- -
but that SongI taiiii0tdoit justibe ;" --
-middy :whispered, .,:'pleadingIY, .hut..?uy
Answered resdintely,.. "Ten , eat.": :"T he .
.Weano appeal after this, -but a, ,resi4ied,- -..
obedient look, which .Made. the .:dector.
gthish.-.his teeth- _as .he .leaood. :upon -1. the.
instrument What right had Guy to cona-
mand: Maddy -Clyde, and .Why shoUld .she
-,Ih.
j4
er:-
obey ?and yet eethe, doctor glen-cod...at uy_.
he felt:.that, Werehe in Maclay's -place the -
should have done the -same
•- "No &lean 'resist Guy Remingen; lie
thonght.. "'M -glad there's aj.itiey A
stone over _the -Sea."-• - /Ind_ with . 11. Stni.e .or • •
encouragement 1 for Maddy, -,who waS`pE,Ile- -
, With .nervene. -timidity, he listened while .
.her sweet, bird4ike .voiCe -trembled .fkr. a
tuba:tent withlea,r, and then gaining 0, nfil-
_denee frennita.oWn sound; fill. the t:".olit
; ' ,.
With Melody,. sand 'Made the who had:
wandered off 1():Ipthi4r parts of t, ,. bailing -
hastenback to -see Who was singing. . 1 - .
. MornsCutlerlhad 'presidedat the piano
_earlier itt the evening, as had one or twO-, .-
other- young ladies, but. to mane of these..,'
had GUy - taid half:the attention he, did, -tO . .
• illaddy,-stayingieritistantly, by- her; holding
-her. fan; -thrting. the leaves of_inueic,and:
i
.dietatitig what -She should play...-. ,. ' • - i
- ".There's :devotion," • tittered a this in'• .
long ringlets, .. "but she really d-oes" hilt .-*- •
well;" and she . appealedto .14aris. Qiitlerl..:' ,
who answered,. ".1.Yes,. she ' keepsgood:tithe; „-
and I shoUld:think Might play 1(T -a danceJ, 1 -
1. -Mean to ask, her," and going_ Up in - Guy3
ishenaid, "1 wishto speak to -to Jeesie'e_ -
gebernesp, Introduce me, please." ' . -
4
quy. Waited till Noddy was throngli,'and. -
then gave :the- desired, introduction--:Itt. o •.
' --.
tote not -wholly free from shperilions "se;, ::-= ..
NUBS Cutler said: I '-:-". - • --,-- -- r,--.. -. . -..
- Can you play a. waltz - or polka, . 'as:-
-Clyde? We are aching to exercise eo
feetthat. is; if M. Remington doeg. lnot :--
Object. . ',I: dire. I say .old Mr. and: -Mr.H.: -
Deaced*Craile 'will Start for home instanter' 7
at the firet note: of anything as, wicked AS -- .
lioney,Musk" : . - .. : --. • "- •
• .Whentlie party :Was :first talked *about,- .
-400i had ----1DroPOSed that it be a tegi.-lar .
&hieing-. -party, :Withsnithble.. ameba prof 1 '.
vided Ter it. But Guy;-' who knew -howl-
-such a thing _wotild:ahock the ipuritarticall-
prejiidices Of namiyofthe peOpleof Soranter.1
Ville; -.Who:held --dancing - as anin„ said, "jNoi:
-,-he Wished all his:guests - to enjoy -t4. na-,1
:•
selVes. ' 'SO he; would not. -him' music, 7 Ok,
have dancing. -an .. a rtile„..- -if any . Of .1 1 he
young people wished to anion themselves.
.that way, they :Were welcOme to dOeo, and Fi
he preowned some of their number could. 1_
ploy eufaaieotly ;Welt. for ,quadrilles, And
possibly, waltzing." -'-.Soi: when appesile to ! .
on the subject:by -Mist ,Chtier, _ he repli do. .. -
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.':°Ce.itillinly, ;`..- dente by ell mpanni if; you I
with' teq-iiiid Middy is Willing. to play." _ •I
•• 00-:-Ile,-contninow--: : - - •