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THE S1G1'ril. GflDRRJCA. «lr'N., THITRSDAY JAN. ti. ►x' 5.
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('HATTER V.
11 is Ju.t ae welltthat the
batter had become notorious. Other -
Wise the Armour/. had lived is that un-
plcas.uit cnolitiou of being constantly
"diet -oven -el " It was tllssply a case ,f
aiming at "Nature OsallCy, which had
been frust, toted by Pergee himrdf, or
bold and luno mbstrrassed acknowledg-
ment and at attempt to carry things teff
with a high hand The latter course
was the only one possible. It hail origi-
nally lw,.0 Richard's ides. appropriated
by ().neral Armour and accepted by
Mr. Amour allot Marion with what
grove wit pneethlr. The publicatioi, of
the event prepared their friends :Ind
prtrludoii the ueomitity for remove.
What the trit•ads did not know wa
wheal, r they ought or ought not tie
a,mmiserat• the Armours, It was a dif-
ficult pt,itn U. A death. an aecide'ut, a
lost reputation, would bays been easy
to them. Concerning theft then, ca,:!.l
be no doubt. But as Indian daughter -
in -lave a person in ntoecmtius. wive
ecarn•ly a thing to be congratulate l
upon. and yet sympathy and etensolat len '
might he much tni/plseed No .' n,. tt sea
a
tell how the Amelia world take it,
for even their olalNM acquaintances
nces
knew what kind dislisate hauteur was
peesihle to them. NOM the "'eeutne-
Richard, tel,., visited the cottages of til'•
poor. carry Ing soap and laxurits of
many kinds, accompanying them with ;
the lnoct wholesome advice a single man !
ever gave to families and the heads of
families, whore laugh was ou cheery
and sp ntant oris ---and face so uncom-
monly
neow-
monly grate end sad at times -had a
faculty for manner. With astonishing'
suddenness he could raise insurmounta-
ble barriers. sad people not of his ,er.
der. who occasionally trimmed ou his
simplicity of life and habits. found
theneolvos put distinatbW at toss by
a quiet, curious look in kis rya.. X.i
Mali Will eytr more the sentheSe and at
the sane• tone the man d the world.
H. had bad his bitter Hide comity of
lite, het It Was different from that of
his ',retie r Frank. It wag buried very
deep. \ ..t ooe of his family knew of
it. Edward Lambert and tine or two
others who had good reason never ue
ip.ak of it were the only person". pose
messing his secret
But a!1 England knew et Frank's
nweallia,or. And the quo. titre way..
What would people do? They very prop-
erly did nothing M first. They waited
to see Mow the Armours boeM ttllt
did not eogu zatulate: they did Nil
Bole. That was left to those pt
which ebaneed to resent (ie'neral
moor's polities and those others wh
were emotional and sensational as t
try subject, particularly so where wee
en were concerned.
It wee the beginning of the seam
but the Armours bad decided that tb
would out go to town -that a the g(
eta( and his wife were not going. Tb
telt that they ought to be at (ireyb..
F'th their daughter-in-law, which le Ftheir credit Regarding Marion tb
a nothing to sip. Mrs. Armour in
°lined to her going to town for the sum
eon to visit Mrs. Townley, who her
thoughtfully written to liar saying the
the was very lonely and bagging Mre
Armour to let her come, if she would
She said that of course Marion womb
see much of her people in town just the
Immo. Mrs. Townley was a very clew
and tactful woman. She gummed ilii
General Armour and his wife were no
likely to come to town, but that mos
'not appear, and the invitation ehoni,
be on a different basis, as it was.
It is probe' tether Matin sew throng'
the delicate plot, but that did not mak
her like Mrs. Townley lea These lit
Me piecesof art make liteposdble-titins
tender fictions!
Marion was, however, not in goof
humor. She was nes vies acrd a loth
petulant. She had a high strung tem
perament, a sensitive peree prion of the
'roti® of things and • barter of what
'wee gauche, and she would, in brut
make a rather asstssa parson it the
.lines of life did not run in her favor.
She had something of prank's impel
tetvemess and temper. le would have
been a great blessing to bps if she hart
had a portion of Richard's pbiloanphi(ai
t lama also. She was at • point of own
Viso -bier mother and �Itio.bardcould ser
that She was anmio'_v��'tt,for tie
Warks she would not have had it thought
so--eegardrng Captain VI4aIL She bac
4 norm oared for anybody but him. 1t
was partible she never w aids Bat he
did mat know this, and she wee not ab
aolwtedy rare that his evident bat as yet
tNibie
illtIrmal lis would stead this strain,
Which shows bow people very buntra-
nd perfect minded in tbeenselve+t
■fy allow a large margin to other poo
Ss who are presumably bnnarabie and
pioc minded also
There was no engagement betimes
and be was not bound in any
and coould, therefor. without slash -
the has orf the code. Titles without
*pokey. bat they W bed that Im-
sadersWdiag Midi sarin 1110
Who leve each other sew ems he
• word of dedarashe bas psalwe
lilt's. If ike withdrew beaus, at
there tight be gains swwk'e
boom far Trunk Armoitsles stile at
bet more thee list ukase
a very he 1 pethi
ahearted=
1 Nis woad be se 1in
1111111111 iia 3'fetiasla b, yam
the r • the
bra.ded a fl M
ent with her father and mother. They
were eh.iekeet and indignant at first, but
when the first mdeltehaei leettfarrd they
began to unite the beet of things all
round -that 1e. they pros etled :it once
to turn the North Aimee -an Indian ince
a European. a matter anti no little hilt -
catty. A gate rneem was diseurwrl, 1411
(ieue'ral Anuoar did not like the idea
and Richard o,ppneed it heartily. She
must be teu,ttt Eugliedi and educat,rt
and made p.asible "iu ('bristiau cl.th-
iugr. " as Mie. Armour put it. Of the
tehecation they altuost d,spmainrl-ill
save Richard- Time, ittstructeat, vani-
ty and a dr.•s.tuaker might du much as
tt> the other.
The . venting of It - eta" I ,li wunld
not, witlf any urging, i• :I .ms dot
Marion's which had been sent in t4 her.
And thee net ncorteug it was stirs the
,ante. She curs into the breakfast retry
dressed .till iu buektekin tui up,careins,
and though this gr•.u. bail Mete ti takeetn
out of h. r heir it wee still coeuleel flat.
Mrs Armour had triol to influence her
thraugh Mackenzie, but to wo turps.
She Wes plae•uily stubb ern. It had been
unwisely t.ald her by Mackenzie that
tbty were Marion'e •rh.'et. Th.'
scarcely Nook in the feet that the girl
bad pride; that she Was the daughter of
a chief and it chieftaiue,e hi r. If, ani
that it war tar from !,appy t offer her
Marion's chitties to wo ar.
Now: Richard, when ht. watt a led, i
hal teen oro :► Journey t , (h.• south Sear
and had learned ,•.we'iof tli psdvli:tri-
tie.. of t:..,'nitro.. mind, and h^ dill not
sapper that Auierirau Judi: us differed
very, touch trent certain well tired Piey-
neeians in little matters at ferin and
geed taste. When bis wether told him
what lupi •senmri before- Lali entered
the breakfast nano, rte went directly to
'shalt he believed was the caws • and ad-
vised tact with conciliate'''. He :tlso'
p)inte.3 out that inti -ora.: si,-iisetlieng
taller tbau Marion, aril that etc• might
is. pis's:veil ..f that gnroeral trait et hu -
main t, -earl try. Mrs. Artneur hail not
et get need to thinking of the girhin
:another mariner thaw an intrusive Is•ing
of a lower utter who was there to try
their pati.uee•, but also to do their bid -
thug. eke heel yet to grasp the fact that.
owing her son's wife, she mutt have
therefore a peeiti.ro in the Meuse, exer-
eising a ce.rtain authority over the serv-
ants, who, to Mrs. Armour, at flret
seemed of superior stuff. But 1$ieharit
said to her: •'Mother, 1 faney you
don't finite grr-p for situation. The
giri is a daughter, of a chief and the de-
eretelant of a family of .hires, perhaps '
through ,nilly generations. In her own
land she has been well to respect and
Mee been h..ked up to p recti generally.
neral ly.
Her garments are, I fancy. ..nsider ed
very %wart in the Hal -,.n bay country,
and is finely .t.(.e ta...1 blanket like hers
i• expeniaive• up there. You ser, We have
to take the thing by comparison, so
gi•rl please give the a chance.
Auei Mrs Arntonr answereel wearily:
"I suppose you are right, Richard. You
generally are in the tet. though why
you eLoald be 1 do not k,.uw. for you
laver wee anything of the world any
more. and you man about au..ug the
epr Lager . I sipper itis your natty.
tonne• and the books yon read."
Richard laughed softly, but there wa
a queer ring in the laugh, and he reeve
Mstumblingly and
er mother's shoulder.st •Neverrm rmin
how I suet such maim :es I have, mother.
I have wt much time t, think it would
be a wonder if I hadn't tense. Bet -1
think we had better try to study het
and cons her along and not fob her od
a, a very inferior person, or Nin shad
have our hands full in earnest. My
opinion is she has get that which wiL
lave her and use too -a very high spivit,
which only meds opportunity tode•velo1
into a r•markahle thing, and, take my
wnrei for it, mother. if We treat her m
• ehteftaneas, .r prtucws, nr w•hat•vte
O m Is, and not simply as s dusky person,
we shall come aft tetter, and she wili
come eft better in the long run. She u
not darker than a Spantatd anyhow."
At thle point Marion mitered the
room, and her mother rehearsed briefly
to her what their talk had been. Marini.
had hod little r.lod•p, and aha only lifter.
her eyebrows at them at first. She wet
in little mod of conciliation. Rhe re
m.mbered all at ince that at sapper the
evening before her eiate'r-in-law hod
Mid "Hover" to the tut ler and had eat
en the neayennaias•with a dfeseert Apron.
But presently, twenuae she caw they
waited fear her to speak, she said, with
a little flatter of mahciomsinfee:
"Wouldn't it be well for Richard -
he haa plenty of time, anti we are ales
likely to have it now -to put as all
through a rennin of instruction for the
training of chieeftainodmen? And when
do you think ahs will be ready for s
drawing norm -her majesty Queen Vic-
toria's or ours?"
"Marion!" said Mrs. Armour .everw-
ly, but Richard came round to her. antl
with his frsb, childlike humor pot his
arm round her waist and adder. "Ma-
rion, I'4 be willing to best if 1 were in
the habit of betting, my shaky old pin
here against a Inok of your hair that
you may peasant her at any drawing
+'noun -ars or Spume Victoria's --in two
yeah if ws go at it ,right, and it would
serve Maxtor prank very well if we
earned her oat aaatethieg, ahem. all,"
/dm Annear said almost a gesiy '•I
with it were ably peewee, named
Aad whet yen i y le Winn I suppose -
thee she ice tank fa bee ewe attmly.
Ind se
�batsswr ar Mara '•
his mit int t '~�
Richard saw ay
ago•. "Wall. OdKwing cue could portably have dean atteuturi uud w•a+ sRaightway diglrolt r I •
�fl.fftlhll_111As
mother," besaid, •'a cbteftaans.ee is a Manua was Myself at self aad yet to teach 11 alae Men net pladrl when- sten Han) .'
meld louk out on the park. They hail
uo chutta., fur though her nwlstuu..• ae:a
aeeer active tl WY nevtnh•les,. effect
iiia
Pnrrntly .be gee on very swiftly
with Richard, fur he, y.itlt maims
worthy of a woman, tuner! their 1,s
stela npel her Wits .saute' end Frank
This tort luta ans•thiug, but It had Ito
reward. There was no noon, lis lesiew r
Previously Frank's name hail warmly
boon spoken totter. Mrs Anuuur wont,'
have hours .f levitation sud impotent
regi -t b.4ure she. brought Iiersolf to
speak of Leer sero to hie 11,.11m1 wife.
Marion tried to do it u few ttw,o• and
failed. 'ill general did it w'it1s rather
a Unveil oohs• amt manner, because be
saw that hie wife was very tender wpm
the phut. But 'diehard, who never
knew self emacitniere v+s, spoke fn, ly of
Frank WIi•u he spoke at all, ouel it was
; eee'tug Lull aeyts brighten and her look
earn. -ply Need on him wh•fl he chanted
to nie•wt4W1 I rank'', man.. that determin-
ed him tan his uew nimbus' of iustrue-
tiee'. it hail its theorem. but he had cal-
culated them all. The girl uIa.t be 'eine
catty! at alert tete. The soon. r th•u .a'-
eum.l th,• ..ruler would she oat.• her ew'n
position and try to :adapt herself to In r
rspuusibihtits and facet the renal state
of her habeutelee attitude towunl her.
• He siumeakd adwinbly. striving
to tell him about her past life mad
,tatty to talk ,rodl'sely about her hate -
baud, of his prowess in the hunt, of his
strength and beauty, she also strove to
Hud English words for the torten•, and
Richer,' supplied tem with uncommon
willingness. He humane! her no far aa
to learn many ludi:n burls luta phrase*,
but he -wee chary of his twee them and
tried hard to Geake her :.ppforiatit'e of
ht -r now life a4141 surroundings. He
w'atch,dl her waking slowing t.. an un-
d.•rstateling •dr the life and .4 "alt that
it involved. It gave hyo a kind of fear.
tat. because. site wtni senaltiTe, nail
the.: was the psessibl• danger of her
gnawing dish,•artetest air 4... s•rate and
dome w,ul. Hiatt thing in the hour that
she wakened to the secret' behind her
marriage.
111
apprehensions were nut without
(':141*, for slowly there came into !.all's
trolled the fete tne•nt of ,.empirtson. She
Meanie (one -i ons of it one day wbe•u
tome neighteritagpoopdecalled at ling-
hoper. aIrs. Armour, in her tense of
duty, which rho had rigidly stet ls•f•, ,,
her, intndncedrLali into the drawing
rent The v'ititert veiled their eeriest -
?y and raid setue•pleaealit casual things
te the y,euug wif., but she saw the half :
curio's., half furtiveglances, she. taught
a snit. Lug glance and smile, and whin I
they were gene .h. took tui' le..kiug at
herself in a entree. a thing she .onlel!
Namely be persuaded 4., .1.. !sitar.•. She
saw the difl.relle.• Ixtw.,-n her carnage
aid others% her manner .4 wearing lair
eletln•s and •,th,•re. her rutupl.•siuu aid
theirs. She exaggerated d the diff,•r•nn .
rbc brseded ,el It. Now Ow sat (keine
met and timid and hunted in fare as
the. first evening she. came. Now she
appeared rstl•ssi are( excite.
If Mrs. Armour was. nut exactly Fyne
petro -tic with her. .h.• was quiet, anti
forb.artug, and etcetera! Armour, like,
.Rieherri, tried to draw her out -but nut I
eat the same snbj.ret.. He dwelt upon
what she did -the walks she took r
the teak thea• hone in the afternouu
when, with Mackenzie or Colvin, the
vanished iut•) the be '.hes, flaking
friends with the binds and doer anti
MUM. But most el all she loved to go
to the stables. She was, however. stoked
not to gao unless Richard or Mineral Ar-
mour wars with her. She loved buses,
and these were a wonder te, her. She
had never known any but the wild un-
gra.rn.d Indian pony on which she hal
ridden in every fashion and over every
kind of country. Mrs. AMMO' seat for
a riding master and had riding costumes
wade for her. 1t was intended that she
should ride every day as soon as she
tamed sufficiently presentable. This
did not appear so very far off, for she
improved daily in appearance. Her hair
was growing liner and was made up in
the m.xltret prevailing fashion. Her
akin, not now ennead to an inclement
climate and sabjeet to the utmost care,
was member and fairer. Her feet, in-
cased in tine, well made toots, looked
much smaller. her waist was shaped to
fashion, and .1* was very etraght and
lissom. too many things she did jarred
op her relating' that they were not fully
aware of the great improvement in her
appear:nee Even Richard admitted her
trying at times.
Marion went up to town to stay with
Mrs. Townley, and there had to face •
good deal of cariosity. People looked
at her sometimes as if it was she and
not Lali that wee an Indian. lint she
chieftains,, and 1 don't know bat le
atwtunice her an such and" -
"And be proud of it, la 11 were,"
put in Marissa, "allyl pose her said aurks
her a prix -a l',eealionme. wasn't W-
and go tat pr.•trutlung werhl wit hunt
emir' Marten's vol.•, Was -t:11 ,.lightly
grating, but thrr.. W e. In it, 1.,.., a faint
.twnd of hop. '.Perhaps, " she sant to:
henoelf. "Richard is right."
At this pt.utt the dead' opened, and
1.a11 mitered, .•how -u in by ('olein, het
newly appointed maid, :old einem eel by
ela'kenziee :aids as Wo .mid, dressed
mull in her he :it heuish g:trineut.. Mb.
hall a strung tens.. td ellirnilte• fur alta
*1..,141 still aid waited. 1',rhal.s nuthin
could have iltepr•asrl Marin ware. Had
Lali been subservient .imply, an entire-
ly mauve, unintelligent creature, she
would pn.belily have tynuutizert ov,t
her ill a r,f., persistent fashion and de
.p:,• tl her generally. But Mrs Armen
luta Marion sate that this strangi-r might
tervmie very truuhh•waeir iudrwi if beet
temper wen to have play. They were
aw'ar.• of eapm'itnw for pawlero u► thner
dark ere., se. anteing, yet is. active in
e•spr.-,. io'tii, which woviel owtftly from
ono, object to another anti then suthlen-
ly he .awe nwdute.
Rah meta r and dangle. r .ante for
were awl held out their hands, wtsb•
tug her a rl.asant pp.,* teoru,ug, and
w -e n• followed by Richard and imam-
, (tiately by do neral Armour, who hail
mitered soon after her. - SLe heed lst•u
keen enough ti, near), if a little vaguely,
ts•hnel the Welles:, end her nuts' was
wakening slowly to the peculiarity of
the petition she ,seupevi. The place
awed( her and had broken I - rat by
perpltsing her wird, and she •at down
to the tort .ikeiet table welt 'a atm..
hauled leek in her face. But opposing
1.' her Was it window op ' g W re
ground, and beyond it were the Sam
and beeeh,s and :a wide, t.•rf,,et aware
aid far away a little lake, on white:
swans and wild fowl flutter O.
Pure ntiy, as mho sat s1! ht, emir
little, her eyes lifted( to the windev
They 113611,41 instantly, her face ligite
up with a weird kind et a barna, an
sud.h•nly i be got too ter feet nvith India
eztianlati.nt e.01 her lip.. and, at if to
oon,e'tun% if thew all, Went swiftly 1
the window and out of it. %eview he
haunt.•e up and down oude or twice to 11
trues and the sunlight.
"What did elle say:" said Mrs. As
mnurr rising with the others
•'retie said... replied Mackenzie 1
ehe hurri.dL toward the wjudnw, "tit
they were her loeuntifnl worms,
there were wild binds flying and towhee -
ming iertbe water, an in her own cue
try. '
By this time ell were at the window.
Richard arriving lau.t, and the Indian
girl turned um thein, her beefy all quiv-
ering with excitement, laughed a low,
birdlike laugh, and then, .lapping btu
harnb. above her head, elle sw'uug roust'
Tool eau like a deer toward the labs,
shaking hes heal back as an anlrwgl
dens vvheu fleeing trim his pwsuert
She would iintreerly have been recogutt-
el as the slave placid, speechless weiat-
an in a blanket who sat with folded
handy day after day on the Aphrodite.
The watchere tunnel nail Joked f
each other in wonder. Truly their task
of civilizing a savage; would not latk
in interest. The o111 general wee betel
pleased, however, at this display of a'
tivtty and excitement than at yeete•
day's t.w'itnrnity. He loved spirit, eve I
if it had to be eubdned. and he thong'
ou the instant that he tuight poysilee
asoma to look upon the fair savage as s
actual aid not a nominal daughter -it
law. He had a keen appreciation ,
courage, and he thought he SOW in h.
fan•, as she turned upon then(, a 1..
of defiance or daring, and uothnug•co.
have got at his nature quicker. If the
(arse bad not been w near to his own
hearthst.nii, he would hate chuck left
As it was, he said gr..1 hui..,'r••,1Iy that
Mackenzie and Marson •h .nI.I go and
bring her back. But Mackenzie was al•
ready at that duty- Mrs. Arrueur had
had the prs•uee of mind t., send f. or 4'ol-
vet, but presently. when the general
'spoke, she. thought it better that Marion
u
al► nl i go an.1 counseled returning to
breakfast and not making the matter of
too much importance. This they did,
Richard very reluctantly, while Ma-
rion, rather ',hue's(' than not at the
spirit shown by the orange girl, ran
away over the grass toward the lake.
when. Lali had new support_
There was a little bridge at one point
where the lake narrowed, and Lali, evi-
dently seeing it ,Ill at once, went to-
ward it and ran up on it, standing
poised above the water about the mid-
dle of it For an instant an unpleasant
pnsaibility came into Marion's miud-
suppew the excited girl intended ani -
ride! She shivered as s}x' thought of it,
and yet- She put that horribly cruel
and *plain thought away faun her with
an indignant wand at herself. She had
paved Mackenzie and oeomr first to the
lake. Here aha slackened) and waved
her hand playfully to the girl, Ito ao not
to frighten her, and then with a foxed
laugh carne up patting on the tridgee
anti was presently by I.•Ii'a side tali
eyed hew a little furtively, but geeing
that Marion was moth inclined to be
pleasant She nodded to her, maid some
Indian words hastily and spread out •
her hands toward the water As alio did
so Marion notice(' again the beauty oil'
these hands and the grsmtnl character'
of the gesture, ed, much so that she for-
got the fiat hair, and the nnmtayed body.
and the rather broad feet, and the deli- •
nate duskiness. which hail to worked en
hew in imaginatiru and in falx the even
ing before. She put her hand kindly on
that long slim hand stretched out besiede
lieu anti bemuse the know not what
etas to speak and because the insigne is
very perverse at timte. saying the typo -
sits of what is expected, .he herself
bNesderwd net, "Hew, how, Lett►"
Perhaps i.all was as moth surprlgsd
at the remark as Marion herself and
atartainly very much mere delighted.
The Sound cif Mem. iiaimiMa . wards.
spokes by reeidas< Nis obey were, opened
the was to a haste andmalssdlast as
amused too. 1f her mind had been per-
fectly mound regarding ('aptain Vi-
• dull, it is probable that then and there a
peculiar, a genial, tenmradevdup would
hive been f,•rw.rl As it was, Macon
fund this little myon* more e udurable
thaw .lir tope -eel She also found that
Lull, when the laughed in pleuas•at ac-
knowledgment of that "Haw' had r•-
nearkably white and regular to tie In -
dolt Marian Armour begun to ,lian,ver
wane estimable points iu the appearance
of her rav;µe aster 111.10W. al:►ritel r...
►oar!:,.1 t , herself that Lila night he a
ratite r striking lesson if she were dows-
ed. as her woollier Niel, iu ('hr►stian gar-
wcut* and oe.old speak the English lau-
gn•tgt• well -ane( sus .uuietioly ehoe's
eiet.r• in • law
At this. p,iut Ma.•kenzie carie breath -
hotly to the bridge anti called out a
shadily 141 Leh, rebuking her. In this
Mackenzie made a mistake, for not only
did Lali draw herwlf up with ,enddrr-
able dignity, but Marion, noticing the
tuatte•rful nature of the tone, instantly
"31ack.uzi,, you must remember
that you are staking t.. Mn. Footers
Amour, and that her pot:item in (be,-
,ral Armour's honer is the setae u.
mint. 1 hope it is nes ne'e,w.ary to say
anything more. Mackenzie."
Mackeuzie fldah,d. elitavas a► sensi-
ble Wuwai. Ire knt'w that shy had done
wrong, acrd she amid very promptly: "1
ant very sorry, miss. 1 was flustered,
mei 1 expect 1 have•u't g..t used te speak-
ing to -to Mr. Armour air 1'11 be .are
to do it, the future."
Aa she spoke two to three• deer cavo•
trotting out of the beech's dewu to the
lakeside. if Lali teas please.( anti ex-
cited lel'fou.-, elle was mere -Mel natal now.
Her breath rams in quick gasps, She
laughed, she to eon . r hand,, .Ix: stem
ori to become dizzy with delight, and
presently, as 4f this resew tank with awl
reunuder of ler part }tail mover' hew as
out little expvtea gavage Iran 1t mov-
ed, tela tears gathered lit her. eyes, then
slid duwuoher ehts•ks uuh,dtbrt and dried
then• in the suidight as she .rill gazer(
at the deer. Marion, at brat surpristed.
was now touches, as she cd,ul.' not have
thought it leessible cemeruing this wild
creature, and lee lewd went out anti
ca aught Lali s gently. At this ga•nnine
act of sympathy, iustiuvtively felt by
Lali-the stranger in a strange laud,
husbawle4 twd yet a widow -there
(alae a flood of tear'., mei dropping os
ir'r ku.es she leaned against the low
railing of the. bridge anti wept silently.
Su patsionle sie was her grief it seemed
the n.ere pathetic, tri Marie on, dr.ppd
tel her knees tssitle her, put her am
rowel her ehouliker and said: "Poor
girl! l a ,r girl!"
At that Lail caught her hand and
be•id it, repeating after her the words:
"P,.,r girl! Poor girl!"
She did net quite understand them,
but she remembered that , ce• just let -
tere .he• parted fru* her hn.n..nd M the
great lakes he had said theeee very
war's - if the fates had apper'ut ly given
thing. lute. Frank Armour's hands when
he sacrificed this girl to his revenge, ,
the ;y were i vidtntly inclined to play •r
game which would eventually defeat '
his purpose, wick,d so it Lad been in !
effect if not iu rts,dute mortive. What
the end of this attempt to eugradt the.
Indian girl upon tate stricteet t'onven-
time of English t.oetal life would have
been had her introduction nee been at
(lreyhue, where. faint likenesses ti, h. r i
p
past eurruuuded her. it is hand to von
lecture. But from pnseut app•aranece
it went.( well, that Richard Armour'
Was not wholly a•fah.e prophet, fur for I
tayagr.• hall shown herself that morning
to pies• t in their crudeness sonic• strik-
ing epuahtie•s of cbara-ter. (liven char -
Wier, litany things an. possible. even 1..
thee who are not of the elect.
This wan the beginning of better
Shinto.. Lali mema,t to the Armanni nos
quit. so ,rnpoeibl.• now. Had ,one horn
of the Corr («Malll'11 ester of Indian,
"pure and simple, " the task had re-
solved itself into making a eommou
MTage• into a very o•.1nlmnu European.
But whatever Lali was it was abun-
dantly evident that she must be reckoned
with at all points, and that she was
more likely to tet -rime a very startling
figure in the Armour hensehold than a
mere encumbrance to be blushed fete.
whore eternal absence were preferable
to her company.
Years atter that first morning Marion
caught herself shuddering at the
thought that carne to her when she naw ;
Lail hovering nn the bridge. Whatever
Marion's faults were, idle had s tine dis-
like of anything that wormed unfair.
She had not ridden to hounds for noth-
ing. She had at heart the spgtman'a
instinct. It was upon this basis indeed
that Richard appealed to her in the first
trying days of Lali'a life among then.
To oppose your will to Marion on the
basis ,f superior knowing.• was only to
turn her into) a rebel, and a very effect-
ive rebel she made, for elle had a pretty
gift at the retort court, out, and .he
could take as much and as well as she
gave. Rhe rebelled at flea at assisting
in Lali's educatin, though by fits and
Marta *he would teach her English
words and help her to form lug sen-
tences and was on the whole quite pa-
tient. lint b•li's real instructors were
Mut Armour and Richard; her best,
Richard.
The first few days she made but little
pvngr�s.
for everything wan orange to
lin, and things evade her giddy -the
servants, the formal routine, the hand -
same furnishing., Marion's musics the
great hone, the many precise promoted
deities set for her No he gut through at
stated times and Mn Armour's rather
graoti manlier. But there wee the relief
to the else *Iwo girl had pined terribly
for her native woods and prairie*. This
waa the park, the deer. the lake, the
hams and birds While eh* eat raying
over after hire Armour words and
phraess in English or was being shown I
how else mint put am and wale the i
mean which • dressmaker from Regset !
street had best Motgfit to soak, her
eyes would wander eerily to the
nese, teed the hare. and thermal. nay diseafaled_ title she .cattle mor ao
:IN11895 _
Tae Mmpto1oesa. • noir oo. si b1 Themes
fierily. will ho bates le Me IAselt•ar Neta -
Mr 1111. cud uostissed to November. 1y tis msaero
. favorite aund e:ap
11•b nor0lots. It will be .•osreded by anoraks
•hat Thomas Rarity Mand. foremast" as •
osier erovi le detest. and Tbr atamplros•
,. rr be estre ted 4011140111/01/00ote eathue nam 1144 V-
terur in decree to that ..Leh has marked
Trilby the nowt suecasseul story of the .este.
Another le..d se feature will be the Prr..sal
aree11er11et. e! Jana of Are. ti) the t•teur
Louts M Coale. Ilex Pace mud s.r-reaay,
order slack ewes the Mata (w.•4:‘, 441 ...vial(
A, 'rie•i magn[,te writer. will unw•nl the
' etw ••f the )(aid e1 enemas.. lu the Januar)
, Nut.' r all: sower a ter •1e -i•:) •lo•,rrtad
piper 00 l'rahrdM sad tar a erellae.. Ino
• air,) of a errlra of *netters pryer..
Northern Afries la attr•.'llug more intestine
, then at any a her t l Nis ritete 0 0 14, the seat .f
.sive.•. The nett solu,ee ..f HARPER el
! MA(•A%INK will instant lour illue.rated
•rtieles oil Ihls mortes. and ,1n•" of i h, n, 0.11
depict the 4.0.00411 life (been. J. i IAs It tit..
,X11 prepare for the VI .11.0•/.1N k a eries a4
eget •tortes. ••epu•.Ilog 1, pi -a1 phases of
, Itdmrle 4k sed aware•. Herdent the ions
.10ri.. ,here will bean In the Jan earl Nam -
he. 11.e firm eh.yten of 0 Thaw -Para %wives
rue. hr Ili. 11401. 11tsun., IIA,.,, oho .,ne-
'vet work'et atiomvr.i b. lh.. writer. t' oar
plate .hon .Inns h1 pepuhl• e, more ..11.•.n•
tmuetob*atartareutfor M.VI.t%INP.
Na/ M tlluNrplrr Pr.•perlas.
The \',Janie. ,t the Mat'y ins begin with
, the Nomlx'rs for June awl Ih'wn,b,-r ,d ,'srh
year. Whet, no neo. aa.a,t mw't.•u ocr.ptioas
will begin with the Numl.•r current at ti.e
lits• of receipt -)f order. •'loth 1'...14,, our
hind re eclair err'. b> wail pert paid.
Its tooter... -s at on!A ler mete ly' i'u,-,anise
' alone) (hder ur Orall, W •lona cl.aut:e of
tare.
Newspapers ore not to cops 'Au ,ulrenhiat-
meat . 114 ..) the , rpre.a order u,' Harper t
Haien hr r..
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:lutea, Canada and .4.rieo.
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IN I895
kleilant and etel u.ies designs for mN door
sod Indoor ToMI.44• drawn from Wotan
models br Seas,/. and 1'w art" 1., are as tm-
portant gesture. These appear every week.
aeeoii prniwf to *.nut* de,e,rnrio•s and de-
tails. tar rare. Lauer, by N eel, sees: 141‘
rostseT. is a seedily tranacrepr of the latest
styles and catin,w in the mode. Under the
bevel of hew loth Wa•blrw•, plain din,ctlons
; and full par Ionian, are gives u to shape,
!Wines, trimmings. and acoessorie..( the .us
tans of well-dr.wrd ranee. lie/Hera'•
fYesb/ms te...,vrs trarti.el alnrstlon. A
Vnrembhtly rapers ahem %.Nlilsraa en•
able• readers le , ut and make thee own
ggss0na. The woman who takes HAlal'V..Ir's
FA7.AP, i. prepared for every occasion in
me cereinehi''11 ter taros n.•Lwhete tsesu•,ful 1
drake 1s ••••,•tone
Aa Aa,ni,'s e.rriar,' ner*4. warrl.�'e
wauab..rr,b. ft f'4". II,ai x,, )►tits. a
nroeg. •,.1 64 .itiaras 111• tart(• Laid in 1
14ase)-•Isis amolly lly i'- 4wig'. far \Uu ,, w
debt) , e •aa' ha., or the )err-
Ily Lady heb.li. se i.,tea.elf exciting
novel, h, \l.Ai.rcx MAAII KS. author of
'God b r..s.' 11.e :-•.sister aloe).' ate,, Will
crones tier • res.
wa*q• ate 1aer1.) e'b.e.. 1,. th.. dsear
mrnl rr„T,Tutcwill,u',Ir+'urrheruLsnn
popes..et Wbet %4e a,, bolt)' is New Perk
aoc,et
am.wl.rnbCer►r.pe.Nme.. Vtu•+tiYin ►e•
more the per•on•1 attention of the editor. and
Wee/lowered at the ~heat poo* boa date of
ter their receipt.
Semi fine Illewrated Pro.pee's..
The V01110100 of the HAZAt begin with the
des Number he Jauars of each year. When
be time It mentioned. rub.cripetoiu will brain
with tee Number current at the time of receipt
of Dicer.
(loth Cases for each volume. suitable for
binding, will be sen; by mall, poet paid. on
receipt of $1.00 each.
Itemittasade should be made by Post office
lfooey Order or IhatI, to avoid chance of loss.
Xeressp/sperm are tot to ropy thisrderr(asr-
weal rittosl f4, express order of Heinous It
Hsunttua.
carried things off bravely enough and
answerwi those kind inquiries which
one's friends make when we are 1n em-
har'rassing situations with answers *o
calm and pleasant that people did not
know what to think.
"Yea, " she said in reply to Lady
Bellwood, "her sister -in -Lw might be
in town later in the year, perhaps be-
fore the warm was over. She ("mild not
tell. She was tired after her long voy-
age, and she proferred the quiet of Grey -
hope. She was fond of riding and noun -
try life, but still else would mime to
town for a timet," and an on.
"Ah, dear me, how charming! And
doesn't mho resent her husband's ab-
sence during the honeymoon, or did
the honeymoon occur before elm came
over to England?" And Lady Balwood
tried to my it all playfully, and cer-
tainly said it somewhat loudly. She
bad daughters.
But Marion was ptrrfat tl' prepared
Her face did not ehange expression.
"Yes they had had their honeymoon
on the prairies. Frank was eo fascinat-
ed wiib the life sod the people. He bed
not come home at once became he was
making she did mat know how great a
fortune over thein is investments. and
ss Mn Armour .fame as before him.,
and of coarsn so soca se he maid gilt
away from iris beldam be would fellow
Ids ostia "
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Address : HARPER t HROTH4l4,
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Harper's 'Weekly.
IN 1896
HARPER'', %VICKELI' isa pictor:al history
of the times. It preside every important
event promptly. eoeuratel) and exhaustively
In Iitantration and descriptive teat of Owl:tgb-
eN seder.
manner in which, during Ills It baa
t ed the Chicago hallway Strikes and the
('h Jspneess War. and the amount M
Ugh it was able to throw on Korea the iereiet
attention was dirwcted to that little -know.
ooentry, Pr. eumpl.e of iia almost houndlesa
re.ourrea. J,'1.1Ad itAI1'11. the distinguished
writer aad correspondent. has tree sent to the
seat of war. and tbere Joined by C. i). W 1[1.1wed,
the well-known Amertoas artist, now for
many years resident In Japan, who has been
engaged to on -operate with Mr RALPH le
aendlag to HARPER'S WZOKL4 exclusive
information and Illuatel101o .
i)uring I00 every vitalra
aaN. will be
es
dlsotud 0,141 vigor aad without prejudice ie
the Meson eolumea and also in spedsl arts.
olasby the highest authorities In rack depart
meat. Portraits of the sem and women' who
are tasking history. and powerful sad caustic
Montt/al
feattcaruroa IN Mss we'roti with 4 charac-
teristic
bees mid kindly comment on be lesser doings
of tbe flay. w111 remota a regular department.
rheas. Thera wili be two pcwerfu' serials•
both hea usmsty IUaatrsted--Tbe Bed Cock-
ade. a stirring remae.+e of olden days by
WeeNLItT J. Wrrt.A' and • enrol of Now
Volk, sanded Tae slow .f Ek, Tatar,. by
HaAmnza M.rrnawe leveret nov,:jetts, and
many Ebert stories by popular writers.
Mad tour Ilisse aaed Prospr's..
The Volumes of the Wm- nix- begin with the
first Number for January of each year. When
so time u mentlosed. mho -optima win begin
with to,. Number cnrrest at the time of re-
ceipt of order.
('lath (Lir for .urh volume. amiable for
Mediag will be sent by moil, poet paid, as re-
oolpptl of $1.00 each.
Hemittaaoem should be made by bat of',ce
Mosey Order or haft, to avoid chane* at
los.
Neoronopero ire nog to roper (Ma adrerflab
even( without the expreaa order o/ HAnrea t
HtOTwsta.
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HARPLRa1 YOVVO PEOPLE.Poeta
may...Jus tool)M fAs Mead
emission Misstee.
Address HARP=R *11m1 o'liiilte.
P. it Ma iL11.If. (114.
e Med Ueda tar.
Mishear aad did yea to persuade the
bets an te Y ea the hely `Mbhsta •
ftm0A R. -Yea, sit ; I weld the. there
warners a Y is IM creek.
Mnion- Mat did they eat •
Small Say Tbsy sale I Wei !yin" sed 1
Item M
'The Signa
sues to reeselM spout attention le iia
Jeb Priatiaa t•otlit e., whiah are unser•
eased outside he Miss for the presort
t
and proper eteeuLlea of all classes of
printing. A perusal of Lbw sanueisas-
mast may suggest sonwhmg you may
be u aired et, wd su such case we soli
sitour pa a, feeling uutlti
n.at
w
that rr.B1. tar/mto pla.w wall n•oet with
the apleural of aur patnae
141Ote
This useful site is kept in the full
range of qualities same as letter
11011461. While
IAtma. \itad►s
are not no generally usedi, they fill
an important place iu commercial
c'ornispondenoe. See what we've
got under the above heads.
TJ,etttr \ieads
Iu thi. lieu we' have a very large
stock of tine writing papers sn
able for every class of 14tst
represented iu this locality
prising laid anwoo, sena
quadrille and other »rr, ruled
or unrule.l, its tusk- ,e required.
INA\ \\tl\t\,
If the• pay as -you go" plan was
the ler of the day the demand
r account paper would not be
ss great ; hut there are some men
who get so many dinners that
they wonder if the stock will ever
run out. J'e don't inland it to,
and at present our stock is ceosa
plate in this line with four sizes.
Good paper and trot ruling.
Vitatemet►\ts
Both tangle and double dollars
and cents columns. They cause
cheaper than bill heals, and are
the proper thing to rend after •
delinqueut once a month. They
are sun- to fetch Lira 'round -
sometime.
lEhvvt\ohts
Now, it would be hand to get
along without envelopes, and to
keep up with the demand for
timer we keep a large stock on
hand. We hair now about e►
hundred thousand in stack, and
the pricer will range from 73c. to
$2.00 per M. We handle cow
mercial and legal sizearxcinaivcly.
C ohr+.40' t e.stt\ 1'rss‘ Shyo
has already been partially mourn
entail in some of the heads above.
There is, however, a vast awoua
of work under this heal that to
enumerate would more than take
up the entire space occupied by
this adv't, but we do it all at Tam
SIGNAL.
-i nm>htatho‘\s
to an "At Home" or a wedding
require considerable taste in 'tithe
tion sometimes, but we make it
an easy matter by keeping in
stock the very latest and best
samples to be had. Call and sea,
lib I' OS, W8%
of entertainment/ and meetings
promptly turned out, from the
plain but neat to the most elegant
with cord and pencil attached.
C‘,rC\\\ars
We aim to excel in all the differ
ent kinds of work we turn out,
but especially in this, and keep
in stock plain and fancy papers
suitable for all requirements.
Cards wad. T'tttltet%
This head covers a large range of
work, from a bread or milk ticket
to a neat tailing card, from an or-
dinary admission ticket 1a a tasty
business card or a handsomely
printed membership ticket.
4 esters
Our facilities for turning out this
class of work are evidenced by the
fact that the great bulk of it is
done by us. This line also in-
cludes
Dodgers
which our three fast-ruantng job
presses are able to turn out in a
surprisingly short time.
a\t Bh.\s
belong to the poster deoartanestt
also, and we make a specialty of
them --promptness being our silk
in thia respect A notice of sale
will appear in Taa 1n1TAL free of
charge when bills for wine see Not
here.
#\\ `}Chrad►s of VI 001c
in the typographical printisls
oar t>• done in tthie e•tablitl`11111%
in an expsditioes anti ai�i
mamma aad
O11r -ch T'ktth tt1&'1 it SM►tka
WILT rt41•011tOb\t.
We exteorl our thanks for past tale
ars and saint • esstianaaas al the
MOW
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