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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-4-23, Page 2The We. ..i. tomg Eve Or, Marrs cd 'to a Fairy.. I CHAPT11 �'t1I,-- (Continued). ..dhves, ecilai�dxi t you?" she asked eagerly. I wise 811 t in env itmaenuat© words 1 "N.°. deal% never•, paint fl ut'es, .You a . must be a good girl and do lust as 1 c mid for at. moment picture ne'Your. iiu• I s. t.„ ►tt;'ination halt the nature' enteee, the a"Ilot what will be the good of my ed- daantiness, and charm of Jana Young. ere0,ture. Her beauty --the smallness and regularity of her features. the dell- c shin, s• .a her t softness I fairness 1 t Ptos and deli - cam x the absolute :symmetry Of ]ver flgare, slender as any fairy dancing: on dew - 'lung leaves by moonlight. but perfect In shape as a sculator's x iodei--these at- 1'.r:hetiOOS were. be no means the chief • teats in the .chum that so strangle' -Muni me to her: Something i.n bee in- effable Joyousness .and sunny light- ttcation 11 it's never to snake me good e lough for you?" she asked Pathetical- ly, and forthwith burst Into tears upon, shoulder. 1 uldez; 5 1':Tl 1 could da no less than ,lip u a a n round her and seethe and console hen under which treatnieta•t her sobs ra1(id1Y died away, and be u very few seeonds .Sere turned a. 41101st -eased but radiant: face up In mine, with vett lips curved into a kiss. heurtecine5s, in the fianl,ntss of her (lies rtee, :tf4•, Nei•ve'vl" 5110 whispered, and 1'I1 ,prwznlse to 1!e obedient wad cltiktlpkd chatter. atad in her -affectionate, . rood. (mending tricks of manner, faseinated 1 kissed 'lar cheek softly, but she child should have taken it into her head to follow lie up too town. it tram no' a little pasgt six la the evening; the funeral }zed taken place at ten. and 1 had left Cra111dng station by the one - thirty drain; So that Lilith had elearlY tarried at the hose and drown not more than three' hours after my departure. The disagreeable smile which I plainly saw gathering about Nicholas Wray's full lips, and his prompt sugges- tion that he :mould at onere retire, an- gered me .deeply. I.ilitll"s- action, .as I could see very well., had elated both her and myseQlf in u #'Rise ptrsdtioxt, obilging me to atlotlt an explanatory attitude in itself zxlwass a susn cious eireanl- st.hnee-^^toeerd ma servant and. my in .. , "It's a little girl whose father: Was. (buried this mor.ntnf. X said. I was at the funeral, and did xnv best to comfort her. So I suppose she got my address from the landlady: and has tranked me down. Since 1 arrived in town 1 have been trying te find her' relatives, but, unfortunately, tiheY are dead." "That's vehr^ lu It ." sneered' Wray. 'wedging my elbow, 1:. felt X bated the Irian at thatln'onaeet, Until then his. bad .moral character and cynical views about women hate.,.never been brought before me in a reulsive light: but, with -the thought of Lilith 10 my laded. the coarse suggestiveness o the man's tone offended me deeply. There was no easel to the mischief 11e e e e nlia'ilt have it in his power to make be - me so .zbso}utely that even nay.', at this -quleizly brushed. her face against mine tween me and Lady Madge, or to the 1,pace of time, 1 can bat•dlY sat nrhd .and offered.ate her I!Ia • ]tarts he might do to Edith's name if write about her unmoved; and if any- ••tt)lheawvise 1 shall thin(: you etre cross he�were not at leasttforced tto secidthe the thine; in my conduct .citruses .a xea lets as .v ith u1e," en, said. ba e esenoss of ISM bi ab extravagant or absurd, 1 can may say.; 1 kisser( �iie'r. then, ssgniai1Y as' email, with regard to her, and 1 resolved at "Had You seen Littt'LI Saxon .as I saw ,ted lett Cdr 1•roxne to airs. 1tFokes 'ire once not to let hla11 ro until he had seen Iter, anti loved her .as I loved ilea any- lvirose care I placed her, :being resolved and spoken with LYlitix. thin„ and everything done for her ,salts .tel go at canroe to London in order to die- 1 therefore passed hien, where we all would appear to you .0001P hensibi•e .and .cover her lawful guardirtn. I could :stood in the Passage outside the studio, excusable." see quite ateeney 1 should never Have a (without speaking, ;end, throwing open llappily, 'oto doubt ;rou who ;read tats morxaarnts Txtehce until bale most un- the door that he might follow, 1 enter- -wilt think but most disastrously as I reasouabie little witch : was safely uta- ed the room. - considered 5t at that moment- The figure And here I Pray WS well owl( tiu t all of (.ads Madge Lerinher stood between der the rare el older heads than mitre: my vexation at Liiith's invasion melted I avoltlas telling- Lilaxla of my de- me.tnd this lovely .child, who aught ;well Izalture, lest elle might t]ral.v mei tvhen.rixy eyes lighted Upon her. have posed as the heroine on the nld'Protracted nto a Tho light from The - great., slnitint after aiel, eevrataae leave -telt- !:reek poets' tales -af 1'.s'ehe 3'he bii•cie aarg, for, site¢ till, seven-andwe s north window fell full upon where she t'1 l.nVe t o t rtty i. lay curled up fast ' asleep in a carved beadle a eatriaarehael age, nor eeuld I (ler face clouded .a little as 1 Laughed stip eat the eland oak armchair, coasted in of cushions d away her suggestions. Grown men din p t' 1,A tat retard me with awe 'OiientaT sills, A,curtain of blue and lot engage teemselves to little girls who and veneration, at least for solus Seals Kriel tapestry was Hunt; across the high had not yet left off growing. 1 as.ured her; and whenever 1 did marry, It would be some lady ,of my ,own age. That was as near as 1 went to the absolute truth. Somehow the tale of go.- engagement to my Cousin Madge stook in my throat. Besides, how should it eoneern this elxild that I was to marry this person or Hata? Hers was meetly a e1111dtsh fancy • for me, which would disappear when she passed to long gowns and grown-up coiffures. So I argued with myself, while aloud I "laughed at Lilith's dread of school -life, and at her last and most startling proposition that she should go up to tea's to serve as a model for my pirtures- I'm not too young for that!" she had protested. "And, if I am not sent to school and made a young lady of, there'll be no reason why I shouldn't be your model. .-k girl I knew in Winchelsea be- enine an artist's model when elm was yonger than I am. Artists have made t�eneil-sketches of me sometimes when I've been about with father: and they've all .said they'd like to paint a big pic- ture from me. But father. he would never let me sit to anybody" to. home. !ions, I therefore l" bock of the� 011012' over the cos] o e s S in her room quietly and against this Litith'd little .. head while Lilith tvafi d her moan. telling shone out malting a' radiance of" shin - twoKokes I would return in e rias nr taro, and giving her my address and Ina, tangled yellow silk 'over .her des! n more nl000y than size could possilxlY re- ine; face. In her lap ln;, giay T'e quire for Liitlis simple wants. eat Saladin lay comfortably ensconsed, Before even returning to enc studio, 1 ace ngt withaOcotntent, tv !!thele one un �,v I chsoard the theReverend James Pthe der s,fblack-stockinged 1001 hung down. chard at the city church where, at the minus the well -worm walking shoe size time of his daughter's elopement with had ]ticked ort before going to speer., asHcora e. x.t heh heti beenecomplete dng whiz her long brown lashes resti.e he as curate. :and here a complete d#s- appointment awaited ee. The Reverend more her flushed gbro ,. and her rose -red on names Pritchard had been dead for more mood( half open, mY marsh fairy look - Dispirited four years, and 1 was shown 1101 ed n0 marc than a lovely child of headstone in the adjacent eintetery, twelve. Par the moment, els child T for - made and troubled in mind, I got even to be glad that she lead. iusti- nIede the best of my way home in a cab. fled ne both by t}te. extreme youthfulness and upon the door• -step of my house I of her appearance. She I001(511 so found Nicholas Wray, 1vb01n, in my thoroughly at 110010. so much. part and new responsibilities. bilties. X had entirely foe- D1 Iperfe0t1Y 1 3the adi , �and the had etieplaid gotten, with his hand upon -the knocker of the door, ways been lvanting there, that mY er Ile greeted rue with some effusion. heart seemed to contract at sag of pier; which 1 fear I did not reeiproeate very in mingled pleasure and train. heartily, and together we passed up to This was the presence I had dreamed the studio on the fleet !icer, of, longed fol. the embodiment of all Outside the studio my Man Wrensltaw 'sty ideals of beauty. gentleness, and "dor would I. Leah. ,1 shall be vex_ stood waiting, having heard my sten on grace. Of •her •own aceol•ed she had come eel if you talk like this any more. For the stairs. Indignant protest (vas writ- to 1ne, attd she asked for nothing better one thing, I only paint the sea." ten in every line when .his hard, pale face. than to place her life in my keening. 1 "Bet you could paint me as a sea- and his tones he addressed me was her only friend and proteetor, nor nymph just sticking my head out of the were such as might he employed lea a had she any home but that watch 1 rigorous judge toward a specially hard- should oily#de for her. seed criminal. - She had slid into my life as sudden - , .Asking your pardon. sir," he said, ly, as unexpectedly.' and as irresistibly "but a young person a.',.l bore about is a ray of sunlight, and the sight of ANYONE CAN THEIR CLOTHES WITH The Dye that cngVs /AMY gstalp of Ctat� Perttdt y !pith t g iltll99E DYE. No Chance of Mistakes C1er,n and Simple, List- •our Druggist or Dealer. Send for nooklet TheJohnson-Richardson Co. Limited, Montreal an hour ago, and would not leave, She seesaidhe e knew wshe tlras0 go gone be pleased in your amebae. And she told me her name was Lilith'. CHAPTER IX, ane y ed 1Z ensha,i h Wih'ay; Lilibtti moor myself,. - Roth my friend and my servant were scanning me with mingled censorious- ness and curiosity, Wrensltaw being' one of those crabbed old curjosities— a � faithful retainer. He had !teen 11 �+.is of his a t?r12 ns ea deet. life in the service of the Hervey 111313''. I �Iµs � 1jo means pleased at his pro- aixd Ile elle' e,l'ore felt himself entitled needing. and yet I knew not: quite how to er txeize his master's conduct, and to to take exception to It. _almost nxeelxani- make himself unpleasant whenever any-t'�ally I crossed to my easel. Placed a thing hada ened to displease him i1. 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Fanners lnfoI'molon Bureau Canada Cement Company' Limited 516 I-fez04 Building, Montreal and more etonerl.drT in our respeetive tasks. , t'elasnaw had left us at the door iri disgust, and we had the place te ourselves, the sleeping f ini and the Weeping cat serving as models, while their regular breathing. and the noisy ticking of ITIY tall. carved corner -clock alone broke the perfect stillness. Presently I crossed to where Wray sat. and looked over his shoulder. I have that selfsame drawing of his. with the date roughly 'penciled beneath it, hanging on the wall close to the desk at which I am at this moment writing; and of all Wray's brilliant bla.ek-and- white work. it is to my hind the clever- est example. Slight as it is, a mere penciled outline, he has caught to per- fection the inimitable girlish grace of Lilith's figure and face. Half child, half woman. sleeping, and dreaming as contentedly, and basking as happily in .the sunshine and in the comfort of the chair as the eat on her lap, the drawing brings back Lilith to my memory. as she then was, as the most highly finish- ed painting could never do. More :than once during the years that have passed since that summer evening. I have re- solved to destroy that picture. but. when I have come face to face with -it, I could never find' it in my heart to lay a finger on it, "Admirable!" I murmured as I watch- ed Wra3- putting the finishing touches to his sketch. He looked up and smiled. Then he wrote .underneath: 'Happy Animals." I snatched his pencil indignantly from him, and drew a line through the offensive words. ' He laughed, took the pencil again,.,and. wrote instead, just below the words ef- faced: `Soulless Dreams." .And at that moment, with a little sigh, and a stretching out of her sums and rubbing of her eyes, our model awoke and stared about her. Perceiving me, she sprang un in a great iturry. upsetting Saladin, who, be- ing a lofty -minded cat of Eastern origin, mewed with disgust and crept under the chair to sulk. Meantime, Lilith darted across the room to me, and laid her hands op mY shoulder, ignoring Wray altogether. •I couldn't stay at Lythinge without you: I couldn't. indeed?" she said. ')'oil dont know what Mrs. Nukes was like an soon Re your back was turned. Going on at isle about not • being grateful enough to you for all you'd done. .for me; and then when I told her 1 loved You very- much, she was worse than ever. And that old doctor drove over with hisWifefrom SandhYthe—the doe toe as saw poor father, you know. And they all three went on at me, sexing Trow I mustn't be a burden to the nice, kind, young, gentleman—that was you— and as how I had no claim upon 'him— tvllfch was true. of course—and.. that your relations would be angry w11en they heard - how you meant to educate me above my station, like I told them you did, and that I ought to go into some. dreadful home Doctor MMartin's wife has for training young servants, where they cook and scrub and sew all day. '(lou would soon • see, . they said, r when-you andifrien s. 1 ow wrong and how inappropriate it was to try Wed make a lady of me, or to bother your a_ ; b t when all. 1. vy eldit eft alone, I had tny- Self thatWaYdXlwouldf0low yot up to Lon- don, as I'd gat the remains of the 00und WAX gave me, and I'd heard 3'ou give Mrs. Nelms your address, and I'd get hold of you before Your relations and friends had persuaded You to have nothing. to do with ane, and T'd beg you not to listen to them; So I slineeci out Te tems�ieQydtian hab ac)limbed age' otrramalniwb;auyandsstatahtaildnn ,blyoanideksgtc YTghhlatree old gentlettlaJb W51,10 beeped the door didn't Want toilet iso in; but I toil him you'd be aegrY i1. 7 warin't allowed to wait for you. for I didn't }snow where to go, and X Was go tired? So et last I ren past him and ulr-Stairs, because he said if X waiter( anvWhere. 1 must wait tip here, lead then 1, was 50 tired .t went to 51509. 1 knew 1't. Atloid t,e1 5(11 rigllt 'wbou sot. 58,1110 hal'''e i,nd, Oh, heti!' 1V11':.l•Ie1059, 1 am 10) hungry," What e.auld I ;te,x to the child? Tho ulleonventianeltty of her Proceedings anllydlerneeIa1'otte' t,11. 1110010nt struck her, ami 1 could not see 1ny way to malting her l4 gay atood:a little way behind - 115 while (.!lith talked to me Illus. His glittering', gray eyes clever for one mo- ment left thegirl's lace: but she seem- ed 10 ignore hien altogQtlfer until, be- canling swiftly eon:010us e1 111s pre - menet), site made a swift dart at his sketch -book and began to eagerly etude• her own picture. "Tau have tone it nicely," she ea - claimed. . "though 3. thought 11vas nret- tier than that.. l -ave Yea been doth one, too, Mir, Hervey? Do let, me see 011,111 , that to 1001' smudgy, isn't it! But,_ then, 1 (ott't understand Pictures, l like being .painted though,' It's s0 in- tet•eStilig Co see. how one 0011108,001. Mil 1 wish I could paled, And lentthis a lovely big 1oorili These ,polished boards with rugs over these are much nicer• Mai stuffy carpets. And so beautifuk for dancing on too. 1'c1 like to denim on them now only I'm that hungry You Can't think! I've lied nothing - to eon'. since breakfast at eight; and though I've often been as long as that and 10nge0 without, rood, the railway lemma" and being a bit tired maize Ino worse.' She resumed her seat in the great armchair, curling hcirself uu ae before, Clearly, she had corse to stay, and T rang for W rerishaw to ben) me in title emergency. : When tile old soldier apPeared in i'kn- swer, to 1ny su111r110ne, I. ignored the mute protest of his face and 0PPGaled to his softer side. WreeshaNv, 3. said, "this is ltIlss Lilith Saxon, a'' very. young fr'iend. of. 1111115 and an orphan. Her father was buried. this (morning, and, having no friends in the world but myself, she has comm to ask my advice, and I in turn, appeal to you. . YOU. 10101v this neighberhoacl; do you know 01 any kind. respectable, motherly solid, who will take Miss Saxon in far. the ,night and make her thoroughly comfortable until. T can find- a school for her to go to to- morrow 01' the 11e11 day?" 1i'renshaw was mollified by beide ape pealed to thus, Lte was "a 0laofsome. Common sense, ap0.rt fro 'and n r'ot011etq.. •and he stroked.hiss eh. n reflectively the while he scanned Lilith with a critical' eye. • Airs, Philips, in Jersey Street, is us- ed to children,. he began, PACNAGZ Why take chances by asking for "A Dollar's rl 'Worthof �s. Sugar ?" • i 14F,. it +.k n /rt , J' / 41°CMS. r- �y r l s. ,„?,:,-;s a{ . WAR Buy .REDFATH in Original Packages and you'll be sure of full ` weight--. highest quality --- absoluteuric . Y 81 to Ilia CANADA SUGAR REFIINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL. •C.. F: "":...t> .'i7!nat,.e, ea -Later 'ate' 5 - , ,Jit to f e _21i,teeua 'r]3ut I'm not a 01111d," nut in Lilith interrupting hire, "len sixteen. nearlY,sl. 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