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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-05-22, Page 2� Fo�l�sti oun� Or, the Belle of the Season. CHAPTER VitI. afford and Ida remained, unOcna St io ag ace ,u rte e 1 DOS ao ou at da ro for at chi 11a f h tie -of the rain, looking atter the' Ca,- e for a moment or two, The g the mares heavy yet acutely shad) still incensed Stafford. He had the al desire of the strong man—to dash ✓ the rapidly disappearing tile fellow out and ask him what Vas sueering at, Ida was the first to a lc. What e. strange-100Mhz• than," she :afford started slightly, awaking to fact that it was stillpotu'ing. —I beg your_ pardon. l'rn keeping out i11 the rain." ie put Adonis, not at all uzlwillinglY, 'trot, and.'they gained the rough tie -shed, and he would have lifted down, but she was too. quick for m, and slipped gracefully and easily m the saddle. Stafford, leading the se, followed her into the shed. Bess on the extreme end of her haunches tee k vering and blinking, inky cursing the British climate; bu paid threw himself down outside as he regarded the deluge as a cheap ower -bath. Stafford looked at; Ida :iously. 'You are fearfully wet," he said. "I, nit 1 could wipe off the .worst of it, s ou'11 let me." 3e took out his pocket handkerchief he spoke and wiped the rain from her eight, beautifully moulded shoulders. e drew back a little and opened her s to protest at needBthet self, with. h her slight rug site rest Wncast, a faint color in her face. I must be quite dry ,now," she said last. ' I'm afraid not," said Stafford. "1 sh I lead something bigger --a towel." She laughed the sweet girlish laugh Itch seemed to him the most musical and he had ever heard. "A towel? Fancy carrying a towel wipe oneself with when it rained! It evident you don't knew our country fere are weeks sometimes in which it tothrough yceases ourself," she added, glth. And you anc- g at him. He aefully was iping n bis the old habitte moment with s saturated handkerchief as if the rmer were something precious; and :r woman's eye noted his short crisp Lir. the shapely head and the straight 'oad back. "I'm afraid that's all I can do!" be ad, regretfully, as he rose and looked her gravely. "Do you mean to say sat you habitually ride out in such eather.,as•this?" • SYbY, ;vest" she replied, lightly. "Why never cath cosubstantial d stBeside$ 1 ho. ave to o° out. in all weathers to see to the cat= .e and the sheep." Be leant against one of the posts hiclr supported the shed, and gazed at er with more intense interest than any they woman had ever aroused in him. "'Isn't there a foremast, a bailiff, what- ver hat- j She you her head. these parts?"• 1' "No; we cannot afford one; so I do his t , is, works And very pleasant maria i especially in fine weather. "And are you hapPY?" he asked, ,al- niost 'unconsciously. Her frank eyes met hid and with a smile f nuserneat "Why? Does it seem. so unlil.ely, so un reasonable?' lied, as if her "Well, it does,' he rep frankness were contagious.. "Of course, I could understand it if you did it oe- easionally, if you did it because you lila- el riding; but to be obliged to have to go out in all weathers: it isn't right!" She looked at trim thoughtfully. "Yes, 1 suppose it seems strange; to You. I suppose most o3 the ladies you know are rich, and only ride to amuse themselves, and never' go out when they do not want to do so, Sir Stephen Orme—you—are very rich, are you not? We, my father and 1, are poor, very poor. And if I did not look after things, if I were not my own bailiff—Oh, well, I don't know -what would hapaen," Stafford gnawed at his moustache as he gazed at her. The exquisitely color- less ow- ed like two twinin lrlo vers,, thee violet delicately cut lips, soft and red, the dark hair wet clustering s this hearthe tbeatieeg With attheavy pulsation that was an agony of admira- tion and longing—a longing that was Vague and indistinct, lea' !she Said as if sheswee follow- itonge you," follow- ing out the lines of her own thoughts, "You must be accustomed to girls who are so different" "Yes, they're different." he admitted, "Most of the women I know would be frightened to death if they were caught in such a rain as this; would be snore than frightened to death if they had to id e down that hill—most of 'em think 1e o at "i es, quite itatipi'." she answered• tows are In the meadows; the fences are bad in places, and the stupid creatures are always straying.. It iswonderful haw quicisly •a cow finds a weak place to a fence." . Stafford's thee grew red, a hitch, -dust ted "It's -not tit work to you,' he said. ` Yon• a -you are only a, gift you can't be strong enough to face suoh weather, to do such worts," The beautiful eyes grew wide' and gazed at hire with girlishamusement and soniething of indignation. older than you ,,think• I'M not a girl" she retorted, "And I am as st'ong as it:; hersea"'" She drew' herself no and threw her head peels.' 1 am never tired—or 'scarcely ever. One day I rode to Keswick and back, and when got horne Jason met me at the gate and told me that the 'steers had 'Molten" and gut on the :Sryndermere road, 1 atarted after: them, but Missed them for a tune, and only eatne up with - then( at I.andal Water -ab, you don't know wheae that is; well, it is a great many miles, Of course I.had' a rest -corning- back, as I could only drive them slowly," - the Something in his eyes=the pity, indignation, the wonder that this ea- quisitely reflared specimen of mnaiden- liood• should be bent to such base-uses— shone ase uses—shone in them and stopped her. The color rose to her face lznd her eyes grew faintly troubled, then a proud JIMA flashed in them: ' "Ah, I see; you are thinkiug - that it is—is not ladylilte, that none of your lady -friends would do it if. even tlieY were strong enough?" • Stafford would have scorned himself if hehad been tempted to evade those beautiful eyes, that sweet, and now ra- ttler haughty voice; besides, he *as not given to evasion with man or woman. "I wasn't thinking quite that," he said. 'Bat I'll tell you what' �T was thinking, if you'll promise not to' be of- fended." She considered for a moment, then she said I do not think you will offend tee. WI at was it?" "Well, I was thinking that—see here, now, isiinot worthy I've of you -sur e work,' I mean." "Because I'ni a girl?"' she said, her lip curving with a smile. "No," he said, gravely; "because you are a lady;. because you are so—so re- fined, so graceful, so"—he dared not say beautiful," and consequently he floundered and broke down: eat you were a farmer's daughter, clumsy and rough and awkward, it would not se• em as if I, were an old friena or a—brother? Or are you going to be unkind enough to refuse?" She began to feel driven, and her browss knit, es she said: I think you are very—obstinate, air. Orme," 'i es mehe said, That doses bexactly., cheerfully,: "I'm a perfect mule when I like, and Ito lilting it all I know at this moment." It's absurd—it's rtdioulois, as I said," she murmured, - half angrily, half laughingly, "and I, can't think why you offered, why you want to—to help, me! Never mind!" said Stafford, his heart beating with anticipatory triumph; ,'tor Ile knew that the woman who hesitates is gained. "Perhaps. I want to get some legsons in.•farming on the cheap,' "Perbaps you really. want to help the poor girl, who, though she,is a ladye has to do the worle'of a farmer's daugh- ter," she said, in a low.'oice. "Oh, it is very Bink of you, but'-----" • 'Then I'll come over to -morrow an hour earlier than this, and you shalt show the •.bo1V to count the sheep, or whatever,' you de. with them;' he put in, quickly. • 'But. I was going to refuse—very gratefully, ,of course—but to refuse!" ,fou couldn't; you couldn't 'be .80 un - 'dna! 1'11 ride a hunter. I've got; he's rather 'stiffer than Adonis, and better up to rough. work. I will come to the stream where we, first met and wait far' you—shall I?" He said all this as if the matter were settled; and with the sensation of being driven., still more strongly upon her, she raised her eyes to his with a yielding expression iii them, with that touch of iniploration which lurks fir a woman's eyes and about the corners of her lips when for the first time she surrenders her will to a man. "I do not tallow what to say. It is absurd—it is—wrong. 1 ' don't under- stand why—. Ah, well;' she sighed with an .air of relief, "you will tire of it very quickly --after e. few hours—" "All right. We'll leave it at that." he said, with an exasperating air of cheerful confidence. ' It is a -bargain; Miss Heron. Shall we shake hands on it?" IIe held out his hand with the smile which few men, and still Fewer women. could resist; and she tried to smile in response; but as his strong hand closed over her small one, a faint look of doubt, foletteyestrouble, on ter ls ips able She in her hand away—and it had to be drawn, for he released it only slowly and re- luctantly—and without a word she left the shed. Stafford watched her as she went lightly and quickly up the road towards the Hall, Bess and Donald leap- ing round her; then, with a sharp feel- ing of elation, a feeling that was as no- vel as it was confusing, lie sprang on his horse, and putting him to a gallop, rode for home, with one thought stand- in clearly out: that before many hours —the next morning—ire should see her again. (To be continued.) 'Very Simple. "My dear," said Mrs. Snags to her husband, "what is a canard?' "Don't you know what a canard is?" queries ' Snaggs. "Why, the word itself conveys it own mean- ing." ' "Does i -t Well, really, what does it mean, dear ?" "Why, & canard is something. which one canardly believe, of coarse!' ° '-"Oh. to be. sur ! -Why ycoold couldn't ' think., of. that?" ON Wash Da 25 Bluings 10 cents. Makes the Clothes as Witte as Snow Try It 1 Manufactured by 'rho Sohesoe.Richardson Co Limited, Montreal, Can. r they've done wonders if they get inat so 'inappropriate for you to be herding the end of a run over a fairly easy cattle and counting sheep; but—now country: and none of 'em could doctor your promise!—when I come to think a sick sheep to save their lives" that ever since I met you, whenever I Ves," she said, dreamily. "I've seen think of—of—a beautiful flower—that drew, now I have seen. you in evening I realize how wrong it is that you shoal& do such work. Oh, dash it! I know is like my cheek to talk to you like tlarte he wound up, abruptly and desperately. \'i'hile he had been speaking, the effect .of his -words bad expressed itself in her pallor and leer face. alternating t wte first tor ime in her life any man had told her that she was refined and graceful and flower- like; that she was, so to speak, wasting her sweetness on the desert air, and his speech was both pleasant and painful to bei. The long darts lashes swept her cheelc; her lips set tightly to repress the quiver which threatened then' but when he had completely broken down, she raised her eyes to his with a tool( so grave, so sweet, so girlish, that Staf- ford's. heart leapt, not for the first time that morning, and there flashed through' hint the unetpeoted thought: "What would a man give to have those eyes tutored upon him with love shining In their clepthsl" "I'm not offended," she, said "I know n. ? ane qf' :state,. lads what you mea use =are friends would do it beCa• '�Jtey ladies, I'm sorry, Bitt.:t11 i •n, e n t placed.as :1 am. Do, '1,Frlt t r:'i`otuiX sit with my hands before e,!' or o fancy work, while things -went to- ruin? My father is ofd and. feeble—you saw him the other night I have'ano brother —no tone to help me, and --so you . see, how it is!" The eyes rested on his with a proud smile as if she were challeng ing him, then she went on: '"),.ltd_ it does not matter: I live quite alone; Y. see no one, no other lady; there is no one to be ashamed of me." Stafford reddened. "That's rather.a bard hit far theta he said. "Ashamed!, If you knew -how I admire—how amazed I am at your pluck and goodness-----" Her eyes dropped before his glowing ones. . And there is no need to pity me: T am quite happy, quite; happier than I should be if I were playing the piano or paying visits all day. It has quite left off now." Half unconsciously he put his hand on her arm pleadingly, and with " the firm, masterful touch of the man. "Will you wait one moment?" he said, in bis deep, musical voice. She 'paused and looked at hint in- quiringly. You said just now that you had no brother, no one to help you. Will you let me help you; will you let me. stand' in the place of a friend, of a brother?" She looked at him with frank sur- prise; and most men would have been embarrassed and confused by the steady, astonished regard of the violet eyes; but Stafford was too eager to ,get her consent to rare for the amazement that was mixed with the expression of sur- prise. , �vhy--=how could you help rne?" she said at last; "even if--" "You'd let inc,' he finished for her. "Well, 1'nt not particularly clever, but and drive sense and x ca to obreok its cosies train dogs, and, if I'ni obliged, I dare- say I could drive a plough," . Her eyes wandered thoughtfully, abstractedly down the dale; but she was listening and thinking. "Of course 1 should have a lot to learn, but I'm rather quick at picking up things, and-- " • "Are . you' joking, 11ir, Orme?" she broke in. 'Joking? l was never more serious in my life," he said, eagerly, and Yet with s,n ,tten1P Van(4:1,1 igi3 eartlest-' 1., �. �� a,"' -••••t .. w., q, taVO1,. 1 kalif indeed! I shall be here for weeks, months, perhaps, and 1 should be bored to death---' !With your father's house full 01 visitors?" she put in, softly and with a smile breaking through her gravity. "Oh, they'll. amuse thenkselves," he said.. "At any rate, I shan't be with. them all day; and I'd ever so ;much, ra- ther help you than dance attendance on theft," She pushed the short silky curls from her temples, and shook;,, her head. "Of course it's ridiculous," she said, with a girlish laugh; "and it's impar- s1U1@. too!! Oh, is it?" he retorted, "i'Ve never yet found anything I wanted to do its^ Possible," "You aln'aye have your Own way?' she asked. ' By hook or by crook," he rented. "But why do you runt to --help me?" she asked. "Do you thunk you would find it amusing? You wouldn't " T110 laughter shone in her eyes avan�t,, Xp't would so0e. grow ties(' of i'c • It isnot tvlorklithat1�gtrie fishing tenlpe gas wjeaer knew what a fiendisli teoi.n?;' I had grit about pie unfit the '.`:,t time I had to drive'a cow anti amt. it "A a":ikper couldn't he worse;' `citiarited, caltely. "Howard says that sotnetimes T oould give points to the matt possessed. with seven clevilO" "Who is Mr. Howard?" she asked. "MY own particular chum," he said. "He cams down with Inc and is 03 at the house now, Put never mind I:iow- ard: are you going to let me liclp aou .. them, but only ata d stance, didn't know anything about farming 1111 - til I cane horde." "\nddo you never go.away from here, go to London for a change and get a dance, and—and all that?" he said She shook her head indifferently. "No, I never leave the dale. I cannot. 3fy father could not spare me. Iias It Ieat off raining yet?" She went to the front of tbe sbed and looked out, \o, it is still pelting; please come hair is it qis uite wetnagain� "the roof; y' She laughed, but she obeyed.. "I suppose that gentleman, the man in the carriage, was a friend of Sirte- phen's, as he asked the way to house?" "I don't know," replied Stafford. "I don't know any, of my father's friends. I knew very little of hint until last nigh" he looked at hint with frank, girlish interest. Did you find the new house very beautiful?" she asked. d.. t d.M Stafford to f'e a nodded. kind "It .is a. id absently, '.ties a Yes "1 of—of' Oriental' -palace. It's beautiful enough ,perhaps . a 1lttle taw --100 rich," he' admitted. : She smiled. "But then, you are rich. .And is it true that a number of visitors are corn- ing down? I heard It from Jessie." "Who is Jessie?" he asked, for he was snore interested in the smallest detail of this strange, bewilderingly lovely girl's life than his father's affairs. Jessie is my maid. 1 call her mine, because she is very much attached to me; but she is really our house -maid, parlor -maid.. We have very :few ser- vants; I suppose you have a great marry up, at the new house?" '011, yes," he said. half apologetically. "Too many by far. I wish you could see it." be added. Site laughed softly. "Thank you; but that is not likely.1 think it is not raining so hard now, and. that I can go." 1 It is simply pouring still:" he said, earnestly and emphatically. "You would get drenched if you ventured out." "But 1 can't stay here all day," she remarked,. with a leant. "I have a 1 great, deal to do: I have to see that the sheep have not strayed, and that the r' 4011 YOU S AY ROAST et y Your Sunday roast is best done on a. New 11 . .,MOW' ,1,110 Its steady, even heat preserves the rich, natural flavor of the meat. And you can regulate the heat just as you want it' --ideal for baking, broil- ing, toasting—every kind of cooking. 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