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. An3 allenesirie rtiehedoff into one of his
traveller's e.necceotes. He had plenty of
. theme though it, was; not often - that he
• related theme he kaiak -ed.. to 'be in an
. eepeoially expansive mood to do CO e and it
was the opinion of some who knew, him
Welltheit the Most interesting and eatable
ogtephiest anecdotes which he could have
told wouldneyer he, related at all.
Dialieg liked, to "set thefellow going," as, he
irreverently put it - Indeed,. the 'a oddly
assorted Woe' the bearded, .careworn: tra-
veller cif -mealy- lands, in theAuturon prime:
othai rough roving life, tha young man, in
• the vigorous May of his, and 'the _fragile;
• giri.ohildoil.whom. the early Spring of‘life
had .ficareely devenede got on always-: well
together, and 100rEi more and. more free
- qaently in teach other's company as: weeks
• we,24:t on... .
•:They .ofteet went for * day. dawn the
• river. tegether. Dake was- very -eoad, of
rowing.; indeed it, eveseth.eonly athletic
exercise he oared,much about, or. atany
rate: mach indulged. n.. .& horse was toe
eapenslve a Luxury for 'him to' &acetify his
testa or:. riding oftea ; but a defa, boat-
ing: ;Was easily' attainable,, especially as
Giencairn also liked.- to take an oar, said
• they often rowed- down the river, palling
along let, cooiable silentsfor:lean the day,
whileiLuhi sat curled: up: he the bottom Of.
7 the -boat playing *Ali, her doll or picture
book, or with ha,: who was sometimes
- lionered with, a place, amongst the partye
and sometimes, leftat home, howling and
• disappeinted.
a One day they bad. pulled .a long.. way
. down the rver, peaV The; bridges and the
smoke and the claserptialeed Iteuseseaway
tebanks of sloping-gardepe and autumn.
tinted- 'trees. • rt had be.e_ti a. long, hard row-,
and here they rested on thair` oars,. There
were people strolling shoat. the gardena;
there was one garden that eeern_ed tabelong
to areestablishmeet, somethingof the nature
of an hotel, to judge atrl- the littie tables
• dotted_ about in arbors: and under trees..
It not -a lonely spot, by any means e
there wereseverel boats abatitdind a strin'g
of big lieavy,,hulking-loaking barges eliding
• by, black and -ugly-, .like .a trail of blots
• agrees the bright,: quiet ,beauty.of the. river
there. "
. There was eaeep bluesky, flecked:with
• 'soft euow-wreatbe of -floating: cloud that
• melted and. : mergelleinto the laae as you.
gazed upon them.; and lastbeveeg e rosier.
light. was, rising, deepening: as the Rua sunk
•lower. • • - •
":There kistlie: smoke that so *gracefully
• ourleal".quoted Olencairri„ looking at a-
- faint blue mist behind a. tall laurel ehrub.
' aery.: Bat it there's peace to be found
• in the world,' ---by the heart humble or
otherwise -4 think you are as likely to
,‘ find. it in a prairie camp or a oity garret ea
• hetet" •
aa Renee- seems, . to me a very: peer
• atiebitionea. observed. Duke, with youthful
• ratihnese and energy. • " How ,cian mere'
• peaee-beaitira andaa object of any body's,
Wee It Meths tern° only needlultecome
• . late in the day—a rest after all things-
. have,:be,en, won."
a Or Iost,"isuggested Glencairn. . "When
you. have lost your etalte,•• you'll look for
peaoe, -and, not,flu.d, it.: Whileyou are:win-
. ning, itwon't be. for peace, yoe'll aeelrea
• "‘-Papit, is, apreitie prettier than this ?"
*gaited Lull, who, had beea dwelling upon
•- die -word she, had. caught -e few moments
before, and -who: was Boated in the stern,:
eeeoyingthe proudprivilege of steering.
" deli% think it would hate your
taste. -There* a eooddeal.' of : eaminese,
'about it. 1 say, Duke we're not, On the
right. side for this steamer to pas& wed.
leettearillatiross.a. • -
a We- shall foul of thoffe, barges, then, if
• we deal:look out," obeerveaDuke. "Hadnat.
we beater stop here ?"' e -
a:The:mai time to fell in below thober-
- pea' said Glezioeina, Pull -away hard:a
• They did pull hardebut the steamer was
• shooting along, More tepidly,: and the barges
- were driftinga out of the way :slower than,
• :Glezioairn, had calculated... Instead of get-
ting: clear of. :the steamer. they were actu-.
. Ally crossing its, path. ,1.-biit!they would have
cleared it safely enough, if Lull,. in her
• alum at seeing . the steamer so close upon
• theme had not let go, the rope, and then
seized exici jerked itethe wrong way. The
boat swung round in tae swell of the
. Steamer, it seemed that the steamer 'barely• .
touched it, but in a' second it cepstied and,
• to,seed its. taree Occupants: into the water
Close to the revolving paddle wheels.
Glencairn seized: Luli with one arra'
alMost before thewater haehtime, to close
aveefaer head,endwiththeother ar,m,struck
outelorthe benk, The bankwaa not die-
• _ tent; he was agood„ swininver, and real:the&
- it easily, encumbeeedthotighlue was. He
had for -ambled on: to the shore and lifted.
Lieliapinlas-errcue :shivering anddrench_ed„
but Anita unhurt, '-alteost- before th,e look.
• era-eneouldiush from the gardens to hie
easistence,, beforetbe ladieson beard the-
. eteamer: had done sorgenetng, and while the
• top were yet, .flnging aropeover the etea_ni-
• eee, aide. • ••-
1. Two or :three sympathetic: matrons- and
• Maidens—one of whorn.h.ad clambeied over
•an iron railing- it bee- eagernees—immedi.
eetely made e, rush tot Luli ; but Glencairn,
...pasting her dripping hale off her facie, and.
- Wearing himself aiLliotisly that she was
ade and soulikwideawake and conscious, -
•and inno; way the worile-niCept fortright`,.
see*** in: no -hurry to: give her out of his
• aerate e . •
Lula. rubbing the• water' out of her eyes',
nearest woman, and eohoeil the question.
"'Where is he ?"
• "He.meat havebeen hit bythesteamer,"
•shouted one man. -
"4. He wont down like lead all ins minute,"
called out enother.
Olencairn tore off his coat and boots,,
which in the suddenness of the overeat he
ned no time to remove, and sprang, to the
water's edge. He ' east one &doe,- swift
and keenaaan eaglels, up, deivn, earwig the
river; sheuted oncte more to the rnen• on
beard, "Da you see no sign of him?" and
-then plunged an dived -down near the
spot where he' supposed Duke must have
•sunk. -
Tne _groups on the bank, who., were
momentarily increasing in • numbers,
• watched' breathlessly, and celled aloud
injunctions to the 'boatmen, tithe shouted
•mutuee instructions in turn, The women
clustered round Luli and hugged her and.
tried to hush her frightened sobs. •
: All eyes were fastened'a the spot where
Glenosirn, had disappeared. . •
Hush1 he is corning up again! there is
• Ms headby that boat! there he is—and
there he is,. alone! .They are stretching out
hands to help him into ,the boat, but he
rejects the help. He has only come to the
•surface to take breath; he pauses 'only a
minutee and then- he is down again, down
•deep under the water out sef sight.• •
They wait :and watch; it Wenn
him and a I !clued jiiin. asehe. sank. : Itwas
,
evident that, whatever sees the - value of
Duke Ma tirne's life. to that ameent he
was inde tad to Glencaira. • But, how
heavy cir lay light that debt Might bee and
.hineself utterly refused, to pose
server, and when they sent for
Duke, bestowed' en _ lain no
ohate greeting then -a. -
oung map, so youv'e come round
Bather a close ithaveit's been.
ext time lreu get upset; 'you'll
ind that , year head Was not
nature to knockagainit paddle-
‘ net be thanked and- barred' all
t• expressed gratitude, saying
of settling things finfilly, _
up, my boy. It was a Were
I hadn't fished yeti out, some
Would."
how the fter-yeaes Would pey it, only
those c,on2 g years would show.
Gleno
es the p
him to s
More 'affe
"Will,
all right?
Perhaps
bear in
intended
boxes "
. He 'We
attempts
- ith an
"Shut
°halide.
other fell
though it is only moments, that -they wait
mad watch ; and the woman *rho- holds
Luella sobbing too hysterically herself to
teethe the child. At last—at last theid is
a shout_ of a Here! here he is la from one
ofthe beats- - something dezknomes-to the
surface- of -the. water; there is oue-momeats
breathless watch, and then a, Tinging shoat
of " Hurrah ! -hurrah". goes up tothesky.,.
," He has got him safe!" they cry, while
• eager hands are held out to help to haul
the twe men -into the neareet boat, •
. One is of course perfectly insensible, and
hangs a limp, heavy, lielreese masover.
their arms, as they manage to drag him over
the side. The other seems very little the
worse for his diving exploit and scrambles
up- into the boat without much difficulty,
A. few strokes, take the boat to thebank.
There is a• rush to assist Glencairn out;,
but he is in no -need of assistance, though"
still panting and breathless. He steps on
shore, and stand's, dripping, in a• peel of
water, water running he little rivulets from
his hair and eyes and nose and Alin, the
cenere of an admiring, -eager, congratula-
tory group: - •
Lull flies to him and seizes his strange
wet, dripping hand in. both her trembling
ones.- His is trembling little too; as he
chispa her clinging fingers close, and tains
to see that they areliftieg Duke out of the
boat.• .
• " Carry-hira te the house; quick," he says
with hs: usual authoritative tone. •
,
0 he is dead ?" cries Luli, sobbing
wi'1,41)1Yeed. ? noel he's' no. business to. be at
least," .he atiswers abruptly. "I've seen
Men come to who have been twice as long
immersede' .He takes no' notice of the
friendly- effers and inquiries and,compli-
Ments .that surround hitt, but suddenly
strides. out of the circle toward tee two or
threesttong men who are inakingsoinewhat
cluinsy attempts to "lift -up tenderly" -and
tipsily distribute between them the weight
• of a perfectly senseless human body about
• six feet -high and broad in proportion• .
"Do-Yoa want eo destroy whet life there's.
left in. hiair he says roughly. Lay bine
flet on that rug there, and carry him- so."
Thus in obedience to his commands—.for,
though many other pieces- of advice _ate
offered, his is the - instruction that is fele
leveed—the procession moyes off toward the
house.• - -
• Glencairn •asserts in answer to. all
inquiries that he is all right and perfectly
himself, but he 'has not gone above a few
steps_ when, he staggers,. and in spite of
his rauteered exclamations (which sound
suspioiously_ like curses), he has to be
supported and have bratidy poured down
his throat,beforehe min resume his inde-
pendent step.
In the house *Lail is eaddled and kissed.
and straightway undressed and pot to bed
by the sympathetic lady of the house, wile,
cannot think -of any' better way to dispoed
of her. Glencairn, whose transitory faint-
ness has quickly paesed aweneeis surrounded
with attention, which he receives now with
ahalf careless.but. ewe -unattractive mixture
of Courtesy- and taciternitye •
eConcerning Duke *aybuthe there went
many anxious questions as co whether he
could: be recovered from-. that &old and
pulseless insensibility which looked far
more like: death. than life. Glenoairn
maintained from the ' first that heavould
revive; but it was: some time before the
quests:el:Could be satisfe.ctenly solved, and
some sign .of - the. life that had been nearly
extinguished began to manifest itself.'
He did. not open bis eyes to full consols:me-.
-nese and murmur, "y preseryer 1" • Hall'
drowned people don't RS a nap. When he
did revive—to find himself- rollea in hot
blankets,. rubbed., chafed, and otherwise
maltreated in a way that rendered the
retain to life rather an wipree.saat affair -
he -stared. vaguely round, and wondered
where on earth lieWes, and what had hap-.
pelted.. There were strangers itaindllina;
Glenceent was not there; Lull was net there.:
Ele had. not tbe least idea whose doing it
was ehat he was still in the lana' of the
-living, until.thentaster of the house pre-
sently enlightenee him.
"My dear boy," said that gentleman,
:with the familiarity and friendly interest
one naturally feels toward.. a fellowerea--
• ture one hue just seen dragged back With
trial and trouble from the border-leed.
between We and death,. "If ft had -neetlaien
for that noble fellow who dived down twice
.atthe risk of his own life to find yon" (this
wasthe natuial-exaggeration of the peeve -
very pale, but at first too terrified ter tearer, leuttendeneyt genre worship, for Glens:earn
CHAPTBR V.
She touche • Me with herface and with her voice,
This demg ter of the people.. •Such softRowers
From such rough roots? ••
- —E. B. 13nowimui.
The ri
sensation
Glenoair
anecdote
fortune' i
sumption
tis follow
had ash
an inter
" Nobody
• Glenca
ble prase
amcirnent
ability ag
(as Bluth
nervousn
ization.
water as
frequentl
and inur
well tha
and whirled -round the room in high delight.
Duke Mayhathe did,. not jein in the teethed
throng in the danebig400M ; he Was still
apparently absorbed talking art to - his
mature charmer in the raven ringlets. For
• the dance following, however, he .and that
•lady appeared Upon the scenee and floated
away delicately *to aslowpolka mama -eke,.
This being a dance iinpraotised by Luli, she
was obliged ,tel sink into the ranks of the,
wallfiewereagebie W'h'enit *as over, Dake
_deposited his partner ander the wing of a
clzaperonl and came to invite -Dili for the
•following Lancers. Luli responded to the
invitation delightedly ashe wee:proud of
having such a big, tell, handsome friend;
and .then, toe; she halfcentracted a lie.ttit
of carrying all her problems of life and
the world to Duke for him -to solve and
daring the progress' Of the polka-mazourkaa
8. new-probleta had ;suggested itself to her
-tor, rather, had been- suggested by the
oonfidential instruction shehad accideneelly
heard given by a mamma to a little girl
•who, like Luli, was ken -ding out" of the
eane,e. -
r Adventure was. e nine days'
amen& the email circle of the
• friends, and -a nine years' stack
for the Miss , Potters. By good
led to no evil results;. no con -
nor rheumatic fever, nor beonchi-
d it.; indeed, except that Luli
t cold for some days, and Duke
sting cough for some weeks,
seemed -one penny the worse."
rn of course observed every possi-
don as regarded Luli, physically
lly, even guarding to the leestof his
alma theaccident's leareing behind
arms so often do) any enduring
se in the child's sensative organ.
His•plep was to take her on the
oon again as possible, and more
than ever, so as to accustom
her to it; and he succeeded so
although she never forgot her
fright, eh, Was.not a prey to any recurrent
fears as th the " dangees of the deep."
• Of couise the. episode rather tended to
increase than to diminish the intimacy
between the Glencairns. and young May-
burne. Elie timedrew near, ', however,
when thiI intimacy was to be interrupted
by exteria1 circumstances. Glencairn and
Luli we e going to °rose the channel,
and Duk . to remain in London; thus as
none of Ihe three were likely to.. be good
correspo dents, and' as the duration of the
Glencai le eabeence was uncertain, the,. gladly, not onlyfor die naturaland obvious
friendsh' , so far as seeing and hearik, reason, bat .91130 betNAllbe she saw in it a
giving a d receiving news, went, ran a risk means :of endeavoring to atone for bee
of being
chances
• together
them ap
• Lull
going a
indulge
than in
anticipe.
More ea
old.
• The a
departu
day pa
engage
comae
treat, b
fetched
domesti
too ; he
to the c
;soious accent of pride meths-word"abroad'
ai se -I'm afraid tahan't see,..you again, but)
should like tte see you. . like to- talk tc
you." . _ . .
"1 should like to meet you too," said!
Zeta; with an affectionate -a -Mile, - " Are -yo
going abroad te:Bohool ?" . - •-
• "I'm going to; travel With Papa., Mit
ape tie geeto seleodpert of the time.. Have
ytni been at school ?"' •
• Oh yes, for three years."'•
Ahal thoughtyoulad," s aid Lull, satis
fled with her eyea Penetratkei, "be -cause
you know about epectiee .apd-genuses,"• -
-.Zees'-lea:0,0:st this. • '
• "1 did . not learn: Natural History a
school," sheet -said. a I bought. a .book of it ---
fall of piattirefeaaI thought, though
Only ar Bearrog; I'd learn all about _th
peaesecks sued. °merles."
• Lull embraced 'Zone Brown ;atparting
indeed, on:the strength of her journey cnl
themorrow, she filing herself into the.
of earnest all the ladiee And; SOWS of
oldgeademen.- present, vowed with man
.kieseseeerlastirigfriendship with:Katie
yen and was only disappointed beceeis
the -publicity Of the vatting prevented as
from entering into -a similar. covenant wit
"Dear old Dukee!
On her return 1 home that night - to tbr
aunts and her . father, there was of _tour
'-ccaisideting the :, impending ejouriee
abroad" and 1 the birth-day..pertya-sp
Mich to be seid about so many things thi,t
net mach:wii iftia about anything.
Luli found time to giela Glencairn alas*
nit:retitle° of • the "dreadful blunder" she
had made; and referred to him tbe vex41
question which she was confident:Wait-in his
powerto solve. •
• Glencairn at that .hour hadLotopport
nity to en_ter..deeply into the subject; le
found.tinee, however., to say jastenoegh t�
'set Luli -Pondering more perplexedly th
ever. .
"What --makes a • gientlettnana•a•wh, t•
-makes = a lady ? - he repeated. Money?
Money won't gild vulgarity, child .; doret
faioy it Will, Banke: known a vela
count whewas a stop Saida sneak. ,Bducla-
get y Well, the icieverest swindlers and
rogues I ever met, and I'VO. met -peaty
were the best -educated, . Family ? The
best blood gets spoiled -by _ erotic
Family1 why. looktere, Luli, look at me d
at yourself—at us two who dim% even knlw
what we are We nifty be, you and, I,.
of royal blood cm of beggar's bloc •
yea may be an :Earl's, granddaughter of a
boseermongee's; I -may be is
admiral's sea
-
.or a cabin -boy's. And s _there any one
Who can tell Whether sang astir rims in (Mr
.veins.or not ? We are that which our -
catistances Mahe _ ; and who we reaMy
are; °Wide neither ,:you noir I will *her
know!" • •
"Do not talk too much ta that little Zara
Breath, my dear," this lady had geld to her
offspring. "I don't Wish you to be friendly
with. her. :She te notalady, yea. know ; and
yOur,papa, and I don't wish you to associate
with any but little ladies."
Lula with great neterest in the question
on which this ieneferk 1 had Set her Small
brain pondering, appealed eagerly to Duke
on the subject as they -paired off to take
their places.. • :
-
•
"Please - tell nee, how oftn you know
•whether people are ladies or not? leecaiese
• I heardthat lady say tliat ZOre. Brown was:
not a lady a and I: want to know; what
really *keg aladyl".
. • •
• Although she spoke confidentially, Luli
had not spoken, in a prudentially loWered
voice, audited• already finished her -speech,
When she perceived to 'her horror, Zora
Brown.passing at her :elbow, go closethat
she could not fail to have heard the indis-
creetly plain words. Tkiat she had heard
thein wail evident by her -bey' blushand
hasty move away from .1elle veho, on her
pert, colored as deeply, and looked, fee more
confused andoverwheimed. '
• This ma -a -propos incident saved. Duke
Mayburne from'.the reeponsibility of solv;
• ing the problem aeeli had propounded, for
she was. so abashed and - distressed by her
own indisigetion that she Made to allusion'
• to it; and was delighted to escape from
conversation into the mazes of the Landers.'
Aftei this dance came supper the-
youngeepeople, which prospect Luli greeted.
roken up end. lost, if the random
that had worked to -bring them
should not work equally to -keep
as in high delight at the idea of
y with her father, and, child like,
• more in the pleasures ofl hope
• the sentiment of memory, and
d entering onher' new life far
erly time she regretted leaving the
ening preceding Glenoairns'
e was Katie Craven's annual birth;
ty. Glencairn,' having another
ent, was unable to go; but of
uli was not to be deprivedef the
t was to be escorted there and
way by the Misses Potters' upper
• • Duke MieburneWas to be there
had been introduced by ,Glencairn
avene, who.had.straiglaway taken
a fancy to his bright, attractive face, and
invited
tality.
. Kate'
melee of
im Warmly te 'share their hoop-
.
birthday party is a heterogeneous
various ages, little schoolfellows,
old uno es and grandmammas, old friends,
•and old
tire, .ne
Mr.
Wont of
tiinseit
some e
who is
anybod
stool et
enjoyin
follows
innocen
Might (
not be• -
only tall
and Lul
. and 'ins
piano a
ing roo
of form
partner
symPat
subject.
riends' grown-up sons and daugh-
riends and their, little ones.
uke :Me.yburne, according to the
young 'nen in their teensedevotes
o a comparatively matpre siren of
ght.and-twenty summers. Lille
ore interested • in Duke than in
elee there, seats herself op a foot -
he lady's feet; with -the purpose of
their conversation,- which she
with simple interest, perfectly
of any suspicion thatther company
der smite similar circumstances)
desired. As it happens, , they are
ing Millais; and Frith, and Feed,
semi gets weary of the discussion,
ired - by the cheerful strains of a
da bells, wanders into the adjoin'-
, where a is
is in progress
g. Luli s lust toe, late to find a.
and is yew* enough to reply to the
•etic remark of matron' on this
e isn't one -to spare, you see"
isconsolately). But.' (with rising
ess) I shall stand here and wait,
I stand just bere" (confidentially),
be sure to get one ter the next."
ee that you do, my dear," says the
looked :round. and then burst into a cry of
alarm, '
"Duke 1 re'eliere is Dilker -
Gleneftira looked tonna too at the child's
cry. Leelead. elitirely forgotten their comf
panion; rather, knowing that. the young
Mate could. swim, he had not_thotight of,
looking after him; he had been: only
absorbed in. the child., Near he:saw heone
rapid, glance that then) was no gliroapsi, tole
was too good e. -swinamer to haye been in
:danger—" if it had not been for his heroic
efforts, you would never have been with us
now." ' -
"Who was it?" asked .Duke, collecting
his co -eased senses and looking round the
"Your friend who waif with you; the
father of the little -girl." ...
" Is she all. right` ?"alie inquired eagerly,
• caught of Duke either 1127 the water or on. • as the full remembrance of what had -hap -
r
• the shore, and that there was thus a very.
good reason fbr the excitement of the pee-
'ple who were rtinniag to and fro Oa the
hank, andel thole. who were still shouting
and Oallingfrom the -steamer and from the
_
boats that came- crowfeet*: round
• Onalaska gave Luli into the arms of the probablii.the paddle -box, must have struck
pened, flashed clearly upon bun.
He recollected the boat capsizing, and
-nothing more except a rooment'e struggle
and -a Wank darkness coining over him. A.
suffloiently bad bruise on- his head bore
witness that some portion. of the steamer,
• " •
"'The
(rather
cheerful
I think '
"1 she,'
"I'll:
matron, smiling; and Lull'her spirits-
reit:id-a this promiep, stands by toamuse
herself atchieg the : dance.- There are
grown -u. girls Who know the figure, and
little on s who don't; the . two little girls:
who are the most aufai; at every turn, and
who cop equently take' the -lead from the
other li le ones, are Kate Craven and a
gender, dark -eyed girl in a: pink spotted
muslin • rook that looks somewhat faded,
and is :"ueh eoliesed by the fresh and
pretty s ow -white toilets around her; for
.
all the thee - little girls are as tastefully
and dai ttily attired as the grownup young
ladies. di would not -have noticed that
thie girl dices was inferior to the others
if she h not heard somebody behind her
remark that it Was "shabby," but that
"the- 0 • de was pretty," • and "who Was
she?"• o which Mrs. Craven.replied ccia-
fidential y, in a slightly lowered voice; Which
neVerth less Luli, as the _ stood beside
them w tolling the dance, heard quite dis-
tinctly
error. Accordingly, in the supper more,
she armed herself withthe most gorgeous
gold and silver cratiker.she coald fincl, and
malting her way up to Vire -brown, she
eagerly tonclind her erre, - and whispered,
holding out the gilded peace -offering,
4' Please wile you i3n11 this with me 2 :
Zora Brown looked - a little' surprised,
-
and then she smiled -T -looking very pretty
and pleasant wlien she smiled—and
accepted the olive ilireeech, -saying, with, a
lack Of eloquence but an abendande of good -
nature, •- - - •
' "Oh.never mind I didn't care!"
so sorry I said that" • "
.The cracker was pulled, the Motto reed
and the sugar -alum eaten, ; an4 then Luli,
who did not. feel thatshe had done quite
enough,: glencted round the table, till her
eyes lit on a dish 'pt. tempting' crystalized
sugar -rings, She helped hemelfto these
with a liberal hand,and brought the plate
to Zona -saying. a
"Please eat thee .withe me ; said- you
won't think anythina moreabout What I
said, will you ?" .
et, Oh no," peemeled Zone munchinga
sugared citron -ring. Bat a want to know
too just what yet were asking that gentle.
Man. You were Asking what makes a real
lady, and that is what - I often want to
-"Wel she is a little niece of our lend -
lady's i the place where We lodged down at
Biighto . She is a very 11i00 Well-mannered
child, and we got into the -habit efletthig
Xitie al king a companion of her. Katie
took & ("Tato Jeer, you see. They are
badly o , poet things., of course, and they.
cannot oidette diets her es -we dress Our
children Mat 1 like to' see simplicity
Youth," • ded good Mrs. Craven, charitably,
and pro eeded to imply a contradiction -of
her ow words by explaining' that they
would h
new dre
been, q
Ke dee
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BOOK 11.
OUTY ARD.
• CHAPTER VI.
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If we should Meet once more, •
It both should not forget, 2 •
We shall clasp hands again the accustomed
As when we met, _ . -
-So long ago as I remember yet! -
•
• . —CHRISTINA BOSSE
•...• The tranquil uneventful life which 4uli
G1011%14.6 had led ander her aunt's caree
that level, monotonous life, With its. lie
daileepleasuees and trivial incidents Ithat
to her seemed important fell backieto :the
past and became: but a niemoryfrianthe. .
time that her father toe* hei Under his
• oien sole charge. •
. l .
The change Was - complete and sudden; -
thekaleidoscope Was shaken for the 'rate
time, and the Whole - pattern Of her .life .
broke up and sparkled into newer, rkjher,.
mcire vivid cembinations, and thee eld
forms were lost forever, -She had -never
been further from home than on a raid4urei-
mertrip, to the seaside ;-- Glencainik- -
ro
her to live abroad. - Sheha known no enty- -
but Lone.= ; lie took her. to 'Parishen
Paris was in the full -brilliance of its Winter
season, - bhe had no idea -of. what =lona-
- ,
tAins and glectiers he their full sad beautiful
reality were: he took her on a tour through :
ell the .highways and byways of Swetzer-
lend, and enjoyed lei delight more ;than -
he enjoyed any pleasure of his esva.• -, -
Although , Luii Was tote young to ally
understand and appreciate all the ple , tikes -
of travel, she - was quite old enough'. to
enjoy them; and fehe lived the life of a '
dream; the absolute, simple, self-absorbed -
happiness of a .child he :whom its 1, own
I
'present joy is- all. i -
-Such pare end simple Bleier don iii the
iii'
prepent, sach limitless delght .. Unded
.
Within the straight and, aeriew. Inls qf the -
hour that is cetues but once again tvhen
--childhood has.past, and comes than a lave.
. Se Luli, - aliveys - a happy and cent nted
child, was happier •thata ever- 'now' 'and
airly adored the father who leant d on
her all these new joys whioh in, her short ..
life hitherto she had not even .drea d. of. ,.
Glencairn did not, hoWeyer, wits Oak'
:daughter's life away in an endles idle, -
holiday.-- He attended: to her eda.
now patting -her -to -a-day-school-the
"1• will ask papa'," said Luli reflectively.
"Papa is stire to give me an explanation."
Luli felt sympethetic, but could not
hinle of anything comforting to. say dr do,
xcept -pushing the largest and eugariest
piece of citron sheeould find -into her com-
panion's hand. • She Was more puzzled-
thanever, because there wasnothingas far
9.8 shea4ould. detect, in her new ecqiiaint-
atice'evoice, and. laok. and manner, in the
leatit ipcotnpatible avid' being a bay, She
was a pretty, delicate -featured; soft (area
child,with a genele Voice and very -fair, small;
well.shaeetafharidse and a sort of .sweet self-
possession o manner which m de her seem
a year or two older than Lnii, though there
wee -only about a few months' difference.
" Where do you -live 2" Luli vent -urea -ta
&skate they grewconfidential with the ready
familiarity of verY youne girls.
- -" At Brighton. 1Not ne fine hotese
this. - My people let, furnished eapart.
meets. I suppose. that's telly", -Zoete
finished her sentence- with a smile which
Luli undersitiod answered.
- L
" NI% I 910n.'t think that can be it " Luli
9
said theughtfullyecontinuing in her simpli-
city, "because my aunts have people stay-
ing with them, and they pay for their
rooms, which is very much the IMMO thing."
• "It eeems Very much the same thing
certainly," said Zora;."hut then your
people are richer than mine, I suppose.
Pin an orphan, and I'm poor. I shan't
have any money ,t ever, unless I marry a
rich man.
Marriage did not enter at allinto Lutes
speculations upon life at present, .arid she
was :not prepared to respond on that'
branch of the subject. SO Zora continued,.
waxing warmer and More confidential --
a' Andthen ofacourse I shall -be_ Ei.lady._
?dopey seems to- I- me to -be., the only thing• -
that really ,makes a lady. They sag it's
othet things.. _ •eliceild like to seeeitthere
Was a duchess in rags, barefoot at a creas-
ing with a breottilln lier hand; who would. -
know she Was ,a- duchess then -1 Fine
'feathers. Make:Oho- birds:"
'Btitittakea More than only feathers to
makebiatteatejOined Lula "-The jay, you
know, wee -found, out, althoughhe pretended
to be a pettecick,'" _
"But human heange. are all one species:"
said Zees' the literal, declining to be led"
away into eietalir
tion,,
bciarding-school, pew fearing E meste eland"
then a governess, for her, * all the prili�ipal
cities of EurOpe.. She learned Ital an in
Naples,- . German - in _ Dresden, - an4 was
" ii.nslied" *in French at the best establish-
mentGlentaira could find it Pats. I .
. Luli Was not brilliantly clever . hut she
• was, intelligent, painstaking, ape: auxioue
to please, andcareless; or unsatisfactory puta . As she
. atras never foundbeekward,
- feki'-
grew, year by year lesa. of e child, and
womaely. manners and qualities graidually
developed in. her, Glencairn .recogn zed in
hei heore and &ore clearly h. 'f living
IS WI
again.
. - She was very gentle, docile; affectionate,
and governed easily . and entirely by her .
affections; but she was singularly -free
from thebesetting faults that too frequently • ,
mar a Belt and gentle nature. : Of all the
various . forms-- ofdeplacity, and of the
-Wtoewittit;rde!fideCheapttivilewnesaYss:-.mLathqdl_ensl'Evteenrdas-1 .
trade. _. She wae the Dieet guileless, °t04. u•'-'
bons- and innocent of achildren, .the 'most -
stupidly allwoildlea- the 'meat easily _mein.' •
aged, and meat „eataly:degaieed,, bit the lett e
to -tont -ea, herselfein any -childish fault by
any attemptatconcealment. She was
jlike laleneagneiteeee -earkon.,..quiet, tenacity - -
that verged inknhotiusey,-and- it, spirit that,
notwithstanding- -allalier a shy ' gentleness. a -
. - _ .
reset defiant 'again -et injustice,.- and. that,
though it would_readilybend to kindness,
roughness could not break. In all other
qualities, eepeoialy In her spotless truth
and tenderness and einplicitashe as her
mother'sliiing likeness.
l!bapo4tinus.:,' ..
-
_
Luli was just rejoining that •Iliere were
'black Men. and 7hits undieei-
s, but her coaling to the party had the you,* people arose from supper to
ye presaiited hula Zora with a zabolreteafroseniattiohne..negihdtv.,fparerguhatiese-nhrwilbeenit
'suddenly strP'ilgeal to PI-°-°°° make way for _their elders, - - e
"I'm going abroad to morrow," said Lill
t a partner for the nextlence, to ZOO? Bro-Wn at parting, with anlingon;-‘ -
ea-