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"A good tonna sum," Dr, Sola nors
replied,
"All ri;ait. When can you go ?"
"\Vudaeslay, I guess, if 1 can leave
lay patiuuts."
"Oh, 00010 now; go and ivo your
patients a chalice to got well. '
"\\'sit till l catch you sick, and I'll pay
you op for that,"
"You'll stand a better chance of
catching trout."
The day passed much as usual, only
Arnault appeared in the ascendant.
"He is going to town iu a day or two,"
pleaded the dipiomats, aftcr.cliuner.
"And Pin goiug troutiug," Graydon
replied.
"When ?"
"Soon."
"Only for a day, I suppose."
"It depends ou my look. Tan will
get oh better whet I'm away."
"It's cruor for yon to speak lilci tha!,"
she replied, her eyes moistening.
"I suppose it is," was bis 0110101
reply; "but I can he more patient, I
imagine, back in the mountains than
here."
"But how about poor me?"
"Th t is a question that I often ask
\'ilehnere, but you alone
- can a,a, . it. As far as 1. ant able to
judge, yuo situ meet the probloui in your
mine', wlnatever it 0, rte well, if not
batter, iu my absence. Yon must
uoderstauel me, and I hero promised to
be roasouably patient."
"Very well. Mr, Muir," she replica,
its ai,par nt silms4s, "I will try tat to
tax your patle:l in b gond what you
well Lorin reason."
`•...o.m:thing far beyond reason, ana—
I may ae(,l—drido also, permits you to
to;. it ani. I would rather not revert to
this uli;ic la is embarrassing to
us 1.nuIi. 1cannot 1i:4os vie;;, however,
tint ;t is essential to my ria, pivass that
t;r• t,; o40ut state of affairs should soon
••ie. it were only present happiness
tll:ti ,‘11,3 had to consider—" she begat,
u:'g1 Lien hastened away.
swots she played npou his sympathy,
him by the generous side of
his nature.
lin;, h., dstorminod nob to give Arnault
the 1'loasii t1 of seeing Mini wait for rho
crams ,n of time that f•,:11 from his table,
0'1.1 lid .Luightod la Igo, having sought
her o it on the piazza, by remarking ;
"It i. ao cool to -day I do not see why
we cannot start at once. I shall not
find the time too loug, for yon can talk
as well as rule,"
made good his words, and gave
wings to the !lours. Among the scenes
through which they passed, sho re-
mindcd him, not of an exotic or a stray
tropical bird, but rather of the ideal
in 1'(1111)11 nymph humanized, developed
hrto modern life, the strong original
iorets of nature ha oicu1 into perfect
lvo naullao 1, yet n iimpairo(1. Her
s:nitus, Ler piquant words, and above
all, the ohanoing expression of hot
lively eyes, a1, allseeted. slim subtilely, and
Liu tmparted a rising exhilaration.
Hoe thoughts came not li;cu the empty -
hos cf a c: ;g. but rippled forth like a
r<!, s'.'t• ° rill 10010 some deep and ex-
tc,,',, < • '141 Arl,l what reservoir
hsnstiblo than tho love of
hers 9—a love bora as
1r ea uucensciau.ly as life it-
. :_at, whoa disenvoro l, changes
r:•0 t.mee. by a and•1eu kaleidoscopic
tor::. eitapnlling all within and without
ti at untie into new arrangement
mit c ,ui .(nation.—that inspires heroin,
patient effort, self.1oiJrl, and even self.
sarrit v,.
;i:1,, had prepare:' herself for this op-
porutnitc by years of training and
the 1;;111, but his presence brought her
an inspiration beyond all that the had
gained from books or study. He was
the magician who unconsciously had
the power to waken and kindle her
whole nature, to set the blood flowing
in 1icr veins like wino, and to arouse a
rapidity and versatility of thought that
wits surprising oven to herself. With
the pure geuius of lovo she threw about
his mind gossamer threads, chow the
fb4111entstogether, and held them in
1100 heart, It was hard for him to find
a o'er,/ T eo:prim of thought into which
she lion not made some slight eoplora•
tiers. In his own natural domains sho
skilfully appoated to know ouough to
follow, but not to lead with mortifying
superiority. Sho also had her own pre-
serves of thought and fancy, of
which she gave him tantalizing
glimpses, tliou let fall the screen.
lug boughs ; and ho, who fain would
see mote, was coutcnt to pass on, as-
sured that auother vista would soon be
revealed, It was tho reserve of this
frank girl that most charmed and ex•
cited him, tho fooling, morn or less de-
fined, that while she appeared to math -
fest herself by every word and smile,
something richer and rarer still (vas
hidden.
"No one will over havo a chance to
understand her fully but tho man
sho loves," he thought. "To him she
would give rho claw to all hor treasures,
or else show thorn with swept abandon,
and it would require a lifotimo for tho
task Shehas a beauty and a character
that would novor pall, for tho reason
that she draws her llfo oo direotly from
nature. I havo never met a woman
that 011001od mo dB she does."
For the first timo tho thought passed
consciously through his mind, "Stella
has novor made mo so happy as 1 havo
been the last low hours. Mora than
that, she hover gavo lifo nn asport so
klun, !Moot, and. full Ot 00010 poSsibtllty.
i lall
\ ga n1lLlrag I/o, shallo4v Yo uicisln.ru•
possible in a furrow'.,,
Aa lie danced. with Miss Wlldmore
that eveuiug, or sauntered with lugs ou
the piazza or through secluded pasha,
sire :satire tendency to col11parisoud tor.
matted hilt. lie could not 11a110 ltiw•
s.r,f holieve that Melo Wiklmore's words
w r•1 lilt, the Holy of rt clear, bubbling
onviug, pure and sweob. There was in
tltelll a ,,1» 111110(1t, the lamina of a life
w•hio li had passed through 011x1111015
mow and more distasteful to contain.
plate.
Tho next shay ho event to town to look
after surto 1(lsi1018 matters, and re-
tnrum,l by tbo lat,•e4 train. To his stir.
Ansa ho round \I..dgo abeenb, and was
imamdbttely an ,su!uus of a vagus sense
()f dis.eppointuteut.
CHAPTERXXVI.
1.1114. 3(Cn4's section',
Aftx:r a light supper Graydon wets 11.1
14..arelt 01 Stella, bub she was nowln•ro
to 1>e found. IIo 1(14(1 learned that Ar.
Insult was still at the lionso, and he in•
furred, from tho stn'1asein5 beauty of
the moonlit evening, that his rival would
not let such witching hours pass with-
out an effort to turn them to account.
With a frown lie rotrvatol from the
intode, dancing, au 1 gayety of a full.
house, anti went up to Mrs..\luir's room.
That lady was found writing to her
1lu.baud, but she Wllu 0uled Graydon,
and began volubly : "1'm very glad you
I have coma; I'm (40 full and overflowing
about Madge that I had to write to
Henry."
"It certainly does xoom an oder pro -
cooling on her part,—this remaining all
night at a tarnlhouse among strangers,"
'a•a., his discoutenta,i reply.
It would be odd 10 any one but
3ia.lge. I do not think there are many
141r1s in this house who would Inc
;, t;••: of sue11 cteout ici1i's—certainly
t r. ,tax \Vj3Iin t,.. ting: al red, with a
rr•r ma'i.0 nu twi'1.ele in hor 00'08.
w,$) 14 :;,:an, 1 w•uuldn't stand it.
I've boon on the alert somewhat 1n -day,
tor .1 don't wish to s+r1 you mado a tool
of, '11141 .11r. Aru,ia„ Inas been at lar
aisle the livelong time, ao.l hu•s or,t giriv-
ing with her now,"
I nnderita>ul all about that." said
Graydon, io>patiently; "toll urn about
?Jr.(ige.,'
••Perb;a•,s y.: 1 do, and p •1.1:410 you
dolt's. It's eectainly boyoad my co:( .
pr. ii 1Rsian," continued SIrs. Muir, da.
termiuud to flee her mind. "If she is
au• -tiling to 3 ou, or wishes to lie, her
pm:foram, ices are as uuigno as tlloio of
Maelgo. a:though in a different style.
We Alden girls wore nob brought up in
that war. Pardon mo; I know it's your
affair, but you aro my brother, ami
hav,a bean a goal one, too. I can't
w•onaar that floury dislikes her. Well,
well, I see you are getting nettled, and
I won't say auything more, but toll you
about Madge. It has boon an awfully
hot day, you know, and I slid not order
a carriago till five. liladge was restless,
and had sighed fur a gallop more than
ones, so I proposo(1 to do the host for
11110 I could. As wo were starting for
our drive Dr. Sommers appeared, and I
asked him to go with us.
"I will,' he said, 'if you will take me
to see ono of my patients,—ono that
will mak) Miss Anion contented till olio
has some imaginary trouble of her own.
My horse is nearly n80d up from tho
long drivo I'vo had in the heat.'
"'O1, do take me to see some ono in
trouble 1' oxclainiod Madge,
"'Yeo,' replied the doctor, laughing,
'that will bo a uovelby. To 000 you
young ladies dancing and pramonacling,
ono 1001dd think you bail never heard of
trouble.'
"After a 100013' drive through a wild
valley wo canoe to a littlo gray farm.
house, inuocout of paint shwa the
memory of man. The mountain rose
steeply behind it with overhanging
rocks, cropping out through the forest
hero and there. An orchard shaded tho
dwelling, and beyond the narrow road.
way in front brawled a trout -stream.
To the eastward worn rough, stony
fields, that sloped up, at what Beamed
an angle of Forty-five degrees, to other
wooded mountains. It was the roughest,
wildest -looking place I over saw. How
strange and lonely it roust look now in
the moonlight, with not' another dwell-
ing in sight I"
"Too lonely for lladgo to bo shore,"
exclaimed Graydon, "I don't liko it,
and 1 should not have expected such
imprudence from yon, Mary,"
"Oh, Madge is safe enough! Wait
till you know nll, 1Vc11, the farmor taxi
his wife w0110 at their early supper when
wo arrived. I went in with Madge and
the doctor, for I wanted to soo how such
people livod, and also thought I could.
do smoothing for then,. I hadn't boon
m the room f1y0 011i0111105, 110W0ver, bo -
foto I gave up all thought of offering
assistance. The people ware plainly
and even poorly dressed. The mat was
iu his shirt -sleeves, but ho put on his
coat immediately. Ito had a kind of
natural, quiet dignity and a subdued
manner --the result of his trouble, 110
doubt. Wo wore hi thoir littlo sitting -
room or parlor, but the door into the
kitchen, whore they had boon taking
their meal, was open. The room wo
were in was very plainly furnished, but
porfootly neat, and I was at once struck
by tho number of books that it con.
tamed. Would you believe it? ono of
the loading magazines lay ou tho table,
The mother, a pale, gaunt woman, who
looked uttorly worn out, wont with tho
doetor to tho adjoining sickroom, and
the husband's eyes followod them
anxiously.
"''Your place seems rathor lonely,' T
said to him, 'but you evidently know
how to find so01Oty rn books.'
"'Yes; he answered, 1 s'pose this
r0gi0n Booms 10(0Bame to you, but not
to Us whb were brought np hero. Ib
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1:•3 i,. ,.. -.iS 44JA JL .. �. 11 ,•CJ
all depends on what you're user t
especially when your() a•grow-iu' nl
I'm not nn1c11 of a reader myself, In
Tilly was' ; and ho henna a great sign
'Sumo tools to reaclin' almost as soon est
w'alkin',' ho aontiilued,'cwd hood to road
aloud to ns. 1 s`peso I Aeon dozed oJI,
but 11011 mother tools it all 1',1, and Barin'
the long winter rvauin's they kinder
roamed all 00er ilia aurid together. I
x081(1010001 Tilly had mare books than
was good for lior, but silo was our onl
child, and I couldn't hay no to her. $he
edlcatecl herself to boa toachcr, and
stood high, and we 1008 proud of her,
snro eu0regll, but 1 11, stearal c,11 that
study and readin' wasn't good for her'.;
and thou earns another of his deep
sighs.
"Madge's groat oyes moauwhilo w010
more and ((1OT0 1(1)1 of trunb;o, tool
there was a deal of.pathus suggcstea by
tho :van's simple stagy. Iuduud, I felt
my own throat swelling at the l0 01'
man's last sigh, it wall so amp and
'natural, and sequel to expeoss it groat
sorrow, for whicli thorn hero no words
in his homely voruaoular."
"What selfish egotists we are over our
piayuuo vexations !" Graydon mtit-
lared.
"Well, the mother and rho doctor noir
appealed. The latter looked grave;
01(1 when lie looks grave thiuis are
serious iudcod.
"'Ain't sho no butter ?' the father
asked, with entreaty 1(1 his tone,
"'1 wish site was, said 1110 doctor, in
his blunt way, which usvoltholess •ex•
pressed more sympathy than a lot of
lint pllrtses. Then he said to the
1, 1(011 'You're all worn out, and yet
-ho. ,1 ee, .1 close watching to -night.
I la t:t 1u (401(10 neighbour—'
'•'U11, please let mo stay 1' began
3Mige, in a low, eager tone, speaking
for the first time. 'I']n strong, and I'll
follow your directions in everything.
llu, ploaae. I've l,acu ill myself, and
thine: I know how to uuresl
•".Che woman hesitated, and looked
doubtfully, wonderingly, at the doctor.
Midge sprung up, and taking the
uu,ther's 1(an1, continued : 'In,leed,
madam, you do look worn out; you will
he i11 yourself. Por your slaughter's
sale, as well as amine. let me stay.'
'lror your salve, miss ?'
"'Toe, for my sato' Why should I
not bear a littlo of this heavy burden ?
1t will do rue goal. Iloetor, .say I can
stay. 31y strength should not be wasted
la
amusement eery.'
Well,' be replied, 'if Mrs. Muir con -
seats, there's uo one I'd trust sooner.'
'Ilion it's settled, Mary; she said, in
liar decisive way. 'It's perfectly proper
for um to stay under the protection of
thesu good people.'
'flat you haven't had your supper,'
I Is.gau.
'•.0 little color camp into the woman's
fiteo at my foolish speech, and she said,
'if the young lady will take what wo
01411 Of10r—'
Of courso I will,' interrupted Madge,
with a smile that would have propitiated
a dragon; "a little bread anti nail: would
suit Ono hest.'
'she shall have a chicken broiled as
nice as she over tasted in tho hotel,' said
the luau, impulsively. 'Heaven bless
your kind heart, and perhaps you Dau
coax Tilly to telco a hit i'
"'Tho young lady's nano is Miss
Alden,' said tiro (doctor, 'and this 11 Mrs.
Muir. MVir. and firs. Weudall, ladies ; I
should have introduced you boforo, but
my mind was on my patient. Well,
well, well, what a world it is 1 Some
very good streaks run through it though,'
' '1'11 conic for you in the morning,' I
said to Madge, who hall thrown off bor
bat, looking so resolute and absorbed in
her pnrposo that 1 knew t11or'o was
nothing nroro to bo said, So 1 shook
hands with tho poor people, and came
away with the doctor."
"I'm going for Madge in the morn-
ing," said Graydon, docisivoly. -
"I thought yon wore going troutmg
with the doctor."
"Not till I've told Madge what 1 think
of hor," ho said, gravely.
"I'm sure hor impulso and motives
wore good."
"They woro more than good,—thoy
worn divine, and just liko Madge Alden
as she now is. She keeps ono's blood
tingling with surprises ; but I'vo not be.
come such a cynio that I do not under-
stand her. When you comp to think of
i1, what is mono natural than that ono
girl with her superb health should
loud her strength to another who, per.
haps, is dying ; but you may woll ask,
who in the houso would think of doing
this?";
"Yes ; the doctor said she was dyiug,
—that she couldn't last much longer."
"Well, I novor had a sister, but I'm
just as proud of llaclgo, and just as fond
of her, as 1 she woro my own Rosh and
blood. Sho shall never lack what a
brother can do for hor while Vivo,"
"I'm glad you feel so," said Mrs. Muir.
Then she sighed, and thought, "A pingo()
upon him 1 Why will be hoop following
up tho other white-faced thing, when
he might win Madge if ho tried hard
onough. It's plain that oho don't caro
for him now oxoopt as alio used to. And
silo floes caro for slim just as She
did boforo she went away, in spite of
all hor prudishness about rho words
brother and sister. I'm not blind. Sho
has grown so pretty, however, that I
suppose Graydon would wish to kiss
hot too afcu. She is jnet as fond of him
as 110 is of bor, anci in just the 511m0
way ; but if I had his chance I'd soon
have it in a different way ;" and tbo good
lady was complacency itaolf over hor
ponotration, as sho bade Graydon good.
night. No ono could soo and report rho
surfaco of affairs morn accurately than
x110.
As ho deseoruclod to trio hall, Arnault
and Miss1Vildmero eutorcd. Tim lattor
hastonod forward and gave himhor
Hand most oortlially, saying, "Why, Mr,
Muir, I'm over n0 glad to rico you ; you
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