The Signal, 1908-12-17, Page 5t.
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Meadow
.Brook
BY MRS. MARY.J HOLMES
Author of !!_remPest and . "Lam
a,=
Rivers," "The English Orphans."
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Ibut, she added: veining t' the gate. after ...Med came r
.. •d .1110 CM
i
THE- SIGNAL GODLRIC. L ONTARIO
awl •il'eukiug in a whisper, "l'm glad 11 17eulle rut, nt thi• outer deer,%ht
mil. and Inebby she'll draw in her ceded•, rt an et straitthtr)}reng 1111 irittli
L,• 1,
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If
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h if , t r
r l t4( Ily rh/>ll •s l t 1•
ut x11 w ..ilii » 1 hl e
uuo of the. l g 1 rye ru ta'1
iiii.I ,dual; as rho (alhi ten colt IMI 4,, nn tact. (nf I I,it, 11,-4"..11";m1",111.
all•iI . li•
0 1, ••.1 by I)r. Clayton tun ue well as he trod e\1 hat Ilii a tyn
he•, .r1L" surprlsu u".;:',4;.. nhI.11 1 i of lupi 1 c.
I luev«'al x, llus compliment was; a 1uru¢11ty-t'a'kilia twill% Iajjv, 54h
Il 1'.
¢ lteflsdi,nla,.and fl'uta that Hu,4tn•ttt tmvruuyt 'ma,;,:itlk '. Tl! r«r. -r
1 felt a spirit of rivalry towereds'I)ell troditr•ed herself:l-'.alie. ThWytlpsuu
Thompson. 1111, 1 did tot wish her eitying elle 11811 eoule to ' t Isis .11
t • know .4 h- t'aytonls can, 1411. Pr.""
' ,:0 1 said to airs. Roes, who' replied'. 1 had neve r••IN•lure had sox Fool
i "Yue needn't be ,tu etam afrard of ( view of her, tul'I ,Merv, when 1 Inv
my tattJiti'. 1 lama' too well what ,how 1ri',i1l e, rhe 111110110 1141, 8r 111:11
t y d : 'rix t , be a schoolmarm, and have".the there ,,•ally wry• ni her iran w•r seine.
V • (• • 1 • • 1 • f .1. .. . hull. heeetriet h),%kin' at you. So It thuet rlrgnnt and lehted• 1 out airily
V `1 .yetu'res uutu,,tt n yet! want
kept:- Yltr y tier 1iTl ior. bet 1
the ouv; for I can be still rye the faiu•!wh that De Cletton woad,' al -.,r
1 Ftly, the required prouder., and I ter, end when he saty hear i,:;•iuy initial-UtDid-th e doctor
say anything observe Jhc differeuee I, its, o rs
then Mrs. Russ preeceded to inform 1: •ur u 1 to 1 In t. 1 know. anis . when 110 PAW us tuget11er. .\ft, -r offer-
! R ptiv,' u, the :eel!, he ,,-i , el1 'taint likelyhe said, anything about in: 4(.•r the sten of honor, illy :Thee
111 that Dell was jeuhar of 4ne." t0 Mks' it. say'I.nF. "hr. eh,t'1 carr n nuyblaty
'Jealous!' I exclaimed. "How can darn where he sa"'-oue place ea. 1 replier)• that he talked with too 'patterned(. 414 JI''«'dry'.'u},d rrmy
that be?" as gu'gl os another:" possible,
"1uu rrmemtx•r Dr. Cliytoa, don't That day Na;, tunen- /bout my school; lied then as 1 heard 11cut114 hypitg (lint the doctor -would
your ,slid Ah.e. • ough. Nut More than halftheliilih Lookinthe g ha ssI eix ntered red Mrwiiiked �Wm-long. thought*, or • olive,
diy�hrsl my
"Vas. I remember hire, but what ren %ere there, and 1 found it exdveel- 41411's mite ,l pawl Mrs. Russ s- old fo when T ll. e
tins he to do with Miss Thompsons nlgty 1aresuu,e and 11(4 444 44 (1e(4 .It- 4(1(1Irt ,1.IIaNI and brawn bonnet 111x• snirjf rl} "You
sover eem' to til`• long hill, he,
being jealous of n,P!" ting eu that 4(814, x4)11114-betturnod appearing over the hill as Net As her the. lookout. Ar.• yriii ex ,eetiutljl e•n
"Wily," returned 41 Mrx. Rams, "Dell's
chair, and telling Emma reel, • •!1111 feet could take them, but 1:hail t1n 0111;•. 1 R InV
• kinder scala' her cap far sial. and I Sophia Bream for the hundredth 144 4,11'ion that her destiflation wax Invotltntarily my eyes 'ai•
nght here
4 •Lime that the round letter we. ••0 (•nt 41114 Thompson's1 t did not know • it 1 4(14 ed .beneath their quizzical
7. mese he's a sueckaren' there
retef and 'ftle"`enx,kty) one "S ' The' Rclwl• t4(« world then as well rya .J do' now
• n•ss'u
her. Any way he (YUAPR thcrr preth 1
often. WPII, he was there the week 1144, teal la•pnn to prow' 11nage and : •anri iclu•I , n, rand seareely kimaing
tu.�µl(-H$*$CHree-tlf-U4PTr. , -e ii .. tile_ -next. aced p 1- filet PIM i said, replied. "\o.' nl•I':le,r.
• after the examination, and told 'em jU,?110-4 ITeil j`hemusou *he stared at We in- re' •
about you. He wad you was bright Their lessons were half learned and 4x8 g the 41 *idea! the monnto
as new 111101, awl had better lane. if 1 made a •su meekly ' (el hely." lip,
n ie idea
surer curl- it 11 terc•d1 told when
slesol•oin to
ff KRhe,r 1 was (, (el her lip, 1 had me ides that rhe was confess t4(. truth. when she. while rat
in' than .half the trlirherB, and then 'informed that their former' to -Helier, • jealous u( u1r. tittle Rosa Lee, whose
you had such N 4M't•1•t name -Roses-- Frill' Daum'. didn't du s4). Even lit• "(tb, f thn ht you were." While at
— 1044 11*l it. --- Vow onto have have -Reef how u" t:1oH1a f ilrh; ..leo 1 b: her heart Nay 1ig11r t�h ��-k the- R
sr•tvu«d for easier ur aeca..s,4 .ut t had Ix•r1-t1..►.ia1 1q
ttuf_Jh'Il was at You :after. he was lett her 4.1va (mine wander aboutl�44 , * tuns past "114 ( promised visit. . dunpin¢ her 44' and raising such
lover it.� doR't bailee she'll ever tit lixls•r1 out that "Thnit Damn' let her hAturdny night came at last. nod by uufrry that. fo n time; f Target
look off"; a tn(tf 1 did not dispute. very joyfully 1 started hums on Trait, Nhnt I hail .sne• . on when I +Ig+,en
Herr Ike culled out that "the John- when 1 (mind that Phil 1110 ! 1 , feeling nut at all burdrued ! rei`urre.d to nie
ny-cake wax burnt .blacker,1,0,1.1.44.1...-.1 �, 4 with 1 rn j
flet," and forthwith Mrs. goes starer gvehrle et 4.40(4 r without haniin a 'r1'hmrntts '1? lily` ;utru[is or the it tau rrchTy it. It NTt Ile NPPe11f)
senglf• 'tlttt,l l. g esteem ', my. pupils. (1h, what x talseho(ld 1 n•menderred tee 'ng and
ed for the house, fiat biddinglite y rirbt, 1h1u4•h s4(. m(4ut 41,1, raised At the shortness of it 1)4, 14ed-nuc greatly. Trend which
"keep dark." (441111 repent the 0ntn l .
am «al..
- 4•I .t r!e
tin t n
to for-- '
e she 1
g h
my the.,. ens a ..e still, n d it
.
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war, Niv ,
1 and k. Wily
• }r I br nx m
1, I a o n 1 entered r I woad.)
1 II k nn 1 / sit- uta '
h' d! our 1r -
he , all 4
anti
h
al to N11II
Mr. (
r M.
Ran- t
I11 'rye
1
a ting -r.,44,4;
),4441 All l r •
1 !Hurtled m
, • n u hl ,t
L111 hid g (1, g ( It aril' e •he
heal for they needed- Mein' �I. on for 1unn.•t..._ txee• d oily
if ever young- ower did _ they aurn't ,l a irre tt Ise 1 grew neat the win -
'brought up like !sick, who wait gov- 1:.•f010 night a (100111iar ki•
nd of
.- erne. so wet et hohte that lie didn't elekier4s, sever daft crows. but deee1
• need it at 4f gra,'.'
tie hila a.• erre 14.e; 4I 4i i(t' w utuuF Ir(.4
vi, iii h i«nd.aiip at • oriel_ nn.t f' ''' r l_..
nt 1muls ,),sial en out ve 4tic
1 ! I
,:tkl1
1F
tl l.utw4, .hut -
1 11 Miele I 1 pellnc
rately',
m n,,
• ecfrO
Nr
x
d. 1 r
g a 1
etl dY,tlt u m d n
preparations let: 11(y 4• r •
1'. ane t 1 • w 11111ow. IMI
1 ;41411) books, slot(' x1111 (14.111),•
while. Charlie. who seenvel i
n• hut- ry, amusedtrtm•ett toy whiplltng
at the thistle -tops elides grew
the. door. Al Inst hr. ('l,tytose
�i hits, xai1, 11 n t
1r
10 war 110 ( I,apl01nt
eel. aand%hill I ghee .t'arrie's tittle,
rfxtknljt-chair to her side, I) id told
her 111.N. hard my head N'/11.1 nchitl1,
she hail •
ew y 10 a t1•rpoon dreg r,'.I on. bu
it brought no Dr. Clacton; and when,
nt n quarter of four. I called' ul) my
class of :%IIPeedari:ul; to read, whit
near
,.tine
11 1 11 you u have come
to carry your 'sister home, when f
was promising myself 41111t pleasure?"
Charlie glanced at my Nee. and its
expre*ittmt,--doubtless, prompted his
answer, "you can do 1a now., it god
choose, for 1< like to ride alone.
Of course, T disclaimed against
IUPll an arrangement, but my ob
jections were overruled, and al-
utost before 1 knew. what ' i was
doing, 1 found myself seated 111
Dr. Clayton's covered buggy, with
him at sty s114'. 1.01111¢ Charlie
"not to he surprised if he ,lid not sen
Is 11111 11 'un. et.". he .drove off ion dff,
_tenon direetjnll f Merehiw 1lrook,
remarking to mei that "it wire .a fine
afternoon 4(,r riding" and be meant to
enjoy it."
I hardly know whether tic' had any
abrade in. pa42. lig. ('apt. Thnmpsun's,
but he eertneray. did so, hoe ilig. pr11-
rtou1.Iy and showtnc llf -,'slur teeth
to Dell. 1\ 110,. (corn.'), 01)111111..'4 air'
flat•, hake. haughtily (leen upon me,
and as 1 nfterwaid• learned, made
fun 111 my pink* sat-ho),net and little
-A1-444K
And 11411011 to my 11r4rrisr 11e asked me
how 1 liked her' 1 r•onld not answer
truthfully and 4siy "very well;" PO T
re ,lire! t •• -
ens very fine looking. and 1 presuito
cel elle Wil; very intelligent and sir-
cuu --.- ----
i.:l4a
al , -
rill -
"You i
l Ire11w -
n g ! hearted little girl,
you 14U(4ose 410 54'u1.1 do the
S11111e' by you if asked a similar ques-
una..
"Oh, 410," 1 answered. eagerly.
TeuaauAv, Der, II1ber I7, 1 90e
waN citral Ig to rend the world'ssmoothing•e + 11041
gan o creep over; on sly. 1r'' ,'tool gently my my heart was so full that 1 could not
1111•. and had it alta leen for the mod, short curls. bathed .thy forehead .in t•'I'ce'h1t1•k. all the tones 4hiell stn
Brent (oak fu..t\- 1.ty tux[ -_110.1 541(11 1 should probably have 'footed it to ..r,utpdor until the in wets "1
:1 slightly heayy'hea+t 1 turned away, M.•I/dew-Brook• where alone' be Had. there bei), 110 gone. glad sn (%1111' for Pgresx; and when
' pausing mice wi�ila• afye;. Russ • Ir rue prrx.•l,t r
the .dabs ct108 called! to alai. flayingf• l'0I t role for my disease. Just ' our own family, i ehnul,l probably ten air tlirre 1:nge (trope fel upon
g before seh091 was out a little buy have rased; hat owing to some mine 'hi.; -Chubby hand, and. looking 1
flint "she guessed hi letter give 1Bi.•k .hried to go Irene, and this wits• the 1'1411 c•ircunl:.nlnee. Aunt Sally H'rieht tuk in my
"•1he sent to-niirr•uw, cerin' his L.rett one strew 11,0 runny. 'Hastily 111x. N+1.; there. vi)t!t4galtututtrruciutl,aud'ITac•' he called out in n Inud, distillrt
\1 :Ix set (411 4 " 'Hies ing-the sehrderi': ITurtied towarda.- as ti t1•ucher 1 felt obligd•d to. main I. v1 Thies.,• of 1cr 1irse•-11r,r, iigl he ±" - -
1 found %lr't i610'111 wuetitg to, the 511111 • and my teal's fell as fast thin guy dignity Is hire her lr•i (tool all the ee r"iigt n t gene.
reerove ml• in a demi giegl.un dre-s a- did the rain in the earl • morn-), Almost. 1 y rte f satin' ill which i avis
t apron with L •, 1 11 1 Foci y R• • d'}'r. 1 •r first :salutation to 1 f •
a d 4 "° - The sehoolnt4'nm's ervin',- -idle ' 1 e
•� humored tar,• hI:ulc a. if it had- 1 snw her " (•ireul ed . fig old %H's• yoli 1 .ft ho a ydiu've f•Sowu
.been 1hro,Iph the ,ante nlcesr.atlfi nt 1 rapidly eek to „1-1 .10_ yea U•(t home?"
• the- Inn lice o p 1 the children. Who -alt rushed back to ; "1-'lu-not. ut er
a f -ue%-4441414 liudH, 1.14 .•mean 1he•1rht4)-for thenisplves. '' 4talul -wllab-year
...t.41 -deo. ea- ,tnr,g•nt• 111 the c•lefhr•e_ ule:ui.' 1 11nswrr.•d,
yen!. Ti hello )ran trnq hod .been .. ; et-ourlll•t think she would (rye •"N'hv. 1• meat+•'' !sitni".tie, "that-
n,•rtiovttil t„ the. t!`l-.Nle t+f; t11r. "girls totlPr brothel.sonic-tit - .
1 4 t r"M.•1•Nhleh sonic -tasty' toll u. that Mrs. Goren
%ns to be ruing. The big rocklll �•�"n'vr noted "ugly enough to heke '•Id them, that aixjrur Pond's wife
•e11.. t axe be u, g R• I a,•yh,wly cry, anri if. v(lwden 't Lduiva tit 1.1e•r
Rht, •,•rt for incl the ' ,tewecr trt.ttierrhw, Jini Muswell. 1'11 that Nan..y thee heard Miss
'(1uild n ,lable, nicely spread, .ta..t.' tell ptnth'r'"ilsx 'Cnp'n
u Ibr. ),tri• ut the grail, and arraIPI SIXtee"!"
1111/1ap,ela ,111' thatli'H. odd lit. -dare
After the delivery. r a . . t"1, 1111 -
kn.•e that the subject of toy' are
had not (rine up _between 44442 awl tlu•
iluetnr, but it was 'toles. 'to deny n
etory r., well authenticated; an I said
nothing, and Aunt Sally c4.1(41nued;
"They do soy you thrash 'em round
about right." while t l(
r, ay ell W.1__..
wast 'Why, he , n young pill -peddler,
1 who's taken 14 bine 10 Jtn.n, and
stai11-8'1441 11e4 oflei,' en the '0/0...1-
1101.1,0"
0/0 , 1-
1)01)440" until pitch 'lark " said! lust
--Red(',- hr-littir-Frren vc, twinkling
with the imn11 use :,ratactron she
i
rah -
athlm
I marvelled • -
1 lu to
thusource
that whence' she obtained the Information,.
4,01-' 541,14-11 so gee tl exon-ed.•d the truth;
Ix
rase i arm considering- 144441
rpt- o n
rig n rye.
Zl knew of
r , the der
n .tnf's mil but ltrs
Ise
, Ross. it
,,' real s
h, I w
x ,alar
She wv pro -
t to 1 eeenli11g 'wltli leer' remark., 811011 we
et1
stn to jean, ,tltho'I4l 1 tett 'resitly
eliagr1nt•d that 1 '-4,.•14111 have betray-
ed so nubs rwelek,, . before hell
Tho apsore,. who, in referring to - it
%then school arts out, said, "rhe sup-
p' '0.1 1 ssanted""to sac ia• mother,- or
.,nmhwhy."
The snrrn4414e'sanile whirs dimple.
^'•^"�•" ("tier mouth ;mitered me,
and elen, at last. 1 wire a1(tire,_nly
bursa--pekf-Mp - herrn --h•tt in copious
s1i'wers. ft, is my ntiof'rtune never
to ie able to cry' without disfiguring.
an0- face•, err that itis sometimes 'al-
most hideous t. took upon: and naw,
as i slowly walked home, i earofitlly
kept my parasol 1nwere(1, so that no
one• should see me. Rut I enols' hot
c
a _usxal.-was at -her post lit the, door-
a ay. although i knew she a.•I* 11 da11-
'e'tou, aut�r._likt d her, for -
there ans,,•tu lite, something a'imliinp
in her apptlrent friendluu•1:,:, NIi11 we
had come to tea (mite intimate, s,
bones that 1 usually' eased there on
Irl
way r
n t,
Of
.from sr
hon
1 but flow
N
eta
i she r b r
1
bade ior rn '
.•d. tele Me brought nlher tlatlonee to
the F P where she obtained a full
01.
,It !1
f ►n\•
hN'O
ileafeatures.
�
"La•ws n mercy.••• she r
1 exdnemike
Nhpl'24 1 ) noel N'hy, you look like
it tone,. W tit's the matter?" •
•' ot)ting.
4rrye all she
'flint night s
doll's, slid -tithe
haiurnli meed I wol,l'# make myself . tf
I
t •1104),4, and n le rtitire. group moved away, lefty•
:,,nth (' t d put tip with her own die 1110 alane, and sur0 am 1 there
4 could. To rte a rt, el wtl2 ?Weer 1t more homesick child than
'11,111'4 he ' .1longs quite As 11101!
nits
e
11 one. , '
rW '
l lar
.Ifs I
('• .• with 1
a K,, r hetet Ht 1 t ,ail1•u
r►
, 1
K ;
f n .4t ¢
I a• 54 • l t, but she i Opel the df'sk, rat there
tl1 ns she, l:ne(v 11i,e. -Irene flea low r rr , 011ug in
, llr-. it:u'ldli' Imo%,i1)0 heart-aarnled 1 • Tiny schoolroom, W ou 110W
cards tier; d81k, rainy aft.•rnran. Where now
Owl n. 1 took
-4 Ihe.ipb%. an I 1 Arid flu b.. , s 1 4 pro ise4
rte-- wi
\\�pr► clic- of pule e ' Hy*rlf in appearing, d it
t h tr herleVPnn I)
1
rail
1
I
t disappearing, „•
1 ,
nr
m
`•'uu 1 r I I and
tin Lt'- g• 1 mite 1 t.
1 f Ia•fe,e.le
_'r
a
allow -oil
Hal-
e., - = ..sitetanking n InvMeadow
),tend to . n 41 the give
u •
dirt af;nnP arra �_fe•lt 1T�at 1 would ...site of afradlu
\,.t exchange ►ref rrem, a 4(.r n home itettlemand Rite up
net 'heel .at. gently
oft toy -s adtatoulderl was
' »i-t•'wi.t: Th„61t.,.,.r , ! t .y. pertly oit toy -shoulder. and
i t-Itlu,irt any 1)111.1 1111, .,f n• •caring „ 4,'
t \11- Ho_ •hn.I il.tp,,ited t me, 11•i parliAl#y familiar said.
ow
nal . the Inniter, Re -e
, a1, ,
, ,led au. 1 in buy' grief.
1 ,tad set I,.:.rd the ,.,and of t
i 4''. iilitl 541111 a --tart «l sari,
Y e.
I k
PJl u, '
ni -
it ,m..
1 t- x
sere
tl
1 nun -atm eyes of hr. Clikei n.
1 ed in 4114• ,ids He. tial 4(.-..r
4.1'44 le patient, he said, 'and aa,
ay home. alien. seeing• the d
ler
I n+ had ..tan• 'in, hoping to
la.. the •,. "hut 1 did not expect 1i,
o•t you, she'd. been a sihoole 1. . ,
••rlttl tell) pointing
rel h(rsel • I In 11ti to the tears
' '+ •'4(••••k __ "What is 111e matt
••I•. ltu.trrlt-l'h,ek=: t:iraye.1 the 1,.n't fleeChola) s. behave well,
• that Mees. mitten had ur-.ed
' I... nn.l sifte•r� a moment sl,«, con_ t v h m Birk • '
t 1101- ,t4wy,y„J rttfintntli4,,,4444,..„_4,40.„ rn r,
ern`--n—girl, i ting All hie t)
•I .,(.her. wh,oAt 1,44'a" trilrbltl .an11t' 1 1. d p•11,441si.
R i,:tally Inn( bur h eel ,e,,thulgly
. 5'' away be t u day-, teed got r. t reee , tangled urn .ere 1 eo
II,, -s. then \11 icy Stnedly, to - b•• emlitr.',.d•• to ,top. Then,.' ,rhea
her place, nail hat's the lea r
\ R ! hill haw disnpgr,int••rl i w
short of her testier i r. She's a , t. 1 %1-11e.1 1 1 .i 1 ''ver tried'
il...mine worsen, He makes more , t lied, Heel l..,w i meant t Five it 1
1.',, In the 1)Istrlet t an an L(xt
S f I: •talk.•! he .
u,« - rkindly
,
broth
r
t4(
She laird to make .11ss brown �.'I,1 :. still keeping. hi; him, on 1
he was misused, -I •rause we l„/!,ler, %here it - ‘101.1 f:111u1 'hen
!i ,'t hire her instead , ou, who. i lilted uµ nr,.1.:...t.',41...t 1 RN, yr
• T'tftryt, ate 'tor a 1 1 Rues :,,h 1. thinking 1 co'44,! -ray ie h
I 14410,, %taLt H tittle' el Ie1A,s, .C! r'i% 1'.411 forever.
•.•)•,;•si' l� e• acre o 1
rias -tt ••re .
'He e:12., ;.. I' Ir1v'e snit )
1 nt•er it. - 1• :• rely h;n.l-(uli.•, ,std Iiiv, Meitner
i..\-:,,,,. 'theta- to tell her of the roue , ,- .,, very .fn-,rnatnl •
I, , g t. ' 81 ltjs trent-
! tern (loot P nn. Ike, when 4(P r.: nt .,( iw• -a ),),1011 Ilk.. 11'11114 I Taal
,nat.vi me by ,trying, "(leo e i •1 ('belle.•'- eeeId 1'., Were t1�• n
- L« tied Ike Rrsss• fit about n sea , 1 t•r4nln up man .r:,1 Lit httl `ivJ,
I've hired' 11011 10 give it lit 1 flint 1 began to file hint very, veryy.
,;ably, for if Miss Ross gets ;TIM-, !line1.tlrii kith.-ttuv,-11,41? 'tuy.._fc,'i iIu.
m-t)rr. beginning, there's nee kIl•,,. 'r 1ttm aH4 sues n.' 'n child 541111.1
,,lint kin.I•'.4 n row ..he'll raise,. iyt r ,u,'1nr a h,ther fort Ind heard
4.44 -arc-r4) t(nlllg '4 feel kinder 1 :1 lie • 41:1. 111-1,11 -seven, end be-
t of y/t1•" ht , flint rind thirieei1 4itere was,
L. 4•---w� Tem.* in • me ever- , rl Tu' �Iln'ri-
� TT y AL call �:_.J�Jp R. 11. -
f.'ars Of jrret, need 1f I 1 -:"1 n .h - 4 hill -itiy' buggy herr," he
pleas with Mrs. Randall be• sari , t lit -r, after r•.n.ultinp hes
. I Irked r ten tunes latter now, aate''I, y 1,h _offer
t" half -past live.
-::w in 11 . n gcm'in. sincerity "I ei-h had my hurry here, for
I.
r
_convinced- wr
u -
�l
else was my there -t-41,. e' tt carry 'c,,n 111),14. S'on'ti
:.1 indeed. 'fu sure, she was wet emir ' mid you ought. tot to
, 1unill and un hied, but her . all. '14;,1 e241 yet red,• 111 my lap:
' was right, and ire
r fnenttnent 1114 no "
f ' u
. she was nlw' k,o.l ,. y �e
,i.' ¢ �s yds,",. Y� '1 -•r -Ir•', , an
nankin ample lell'',nm,• for 1 11, '..'• 14.'-. a 111
1.r'''. rind warmly defending
� w 1 tihuirl lolls
s1,.'-ltiture T T 8.4424 nn a ed: If 1 • '- h re arts a %1 lie, lank in his. evil
1� ry I►il,triet there neid a like . . all this,n 1 secretly won•
Randall. the teewhe[ B lot w•oul,.I .1- ,e I 11 le. entertni ,1. cit name npul-
e} rte title -hell so hard to bear +• ,ten et 11.11, that h- •vii •ugly 11111 of
! rimes it i4, ,.ter. At l. -i : s eking sty.
11" ,..,' 1 woke next morning !heard lentil. h.• -bode me r• 1 -by •, telling
110e I-anvilp8tte.ring ),Dania me t nt the Externem' t' 'litre
mduty, 114)41 •.n pm.-hmg nei4ethe trod' pt 1111' roottoys no ,in 4141'
are ;, ( PIM' that the dark henry rhlerg', 0 1 111114 m• aen' pr. lash•
"4'�de betokened a dull _rainy dray. crit 111ee •Indy .4,11 -Thuds'. y'- u. tire_
tntnrtly, -T thought of the aid , h•laow'p;v.e. ,Like a ver ft o 'S4(
Ir:41,.1 at home, where on such reel• 4•',11.1, 1 watch , hon until
sml;. -110 always resorted, -"raining i!i the toed hid- Ine "biter vie'..
Cali, )'enerelly," an Sally said, sal theri, with a Millin I mold note
%1y1•rl with IIIIIhr,IIi, I/Intlkrl-.hew'l, Iyz,•, 1 storied for rn boarding-t•1n
rL'I.,,t.er.hoe,, l started far school, 1 thinking- that tt 1 gni ,p my srh'tr,
''^"1 mid felt ferlonl indeed. Rain• T should wait until ,titer sur. day. .
tat it Wee, rt did not prevent Mrs. , In the deorwnv, 'with r sleeves
001 4111)14144 gut. with the table- rolled apn�nP her ella.ww,. wl 4(',.
" •1 over her hen,, to tell me that hair, as she• herself said•, ",it ',x'
'llr n'rh she never wnrn't an atom mil s,'t•.Il'.'' 'ns Mi '. Ross. with,nf•
par'„'!s r, _and never meant to inter- ter infnrmin1 n1r-that ''i4 I,.4,hAQii
' '.'• wr r tentehere, she knew just what et ,keret ,nim• day." it+ked, if
+t v'4- .. he did hope the ',11:2'
,;,i � fx' I'rl give Irick knew whether hr. Clayton had 'teen
ha ', 11•„ not he partial to George to ('iptnin Thnmpsen'-%"
-- r'Diitd et "i'd 4:00 14) tt,"•atnl 4).74114 nt 4111. gnrstinTis hitt -LI. diit.,
marring 41101117, when she again though my sunbonnet. fery1�lnately
nail„„I. 1114' to know "'what I'd.got Amex -Ailed the fact from my-.infetruftas
in my diluter baeltet that WA, p.it)cf.'' tor, who. %14110111 wnitite1 for nn Ors
Afterwards I fnitud it to be tine ..f seri. Prnitinned, "Ho drove pa -r herr
4("r 1rr•s'rst leeulieritiee,•this desln' nianit fifteen minutes nee. ami 1 !mess
-try 11a„w what her neighlp.ra hied to •Ire's been slenrkin' 11.11 ” •
est• end 1 seldom passer) her door it mill -4 hey., been 8n rvil spirit
thAt r! rlitl tint inquire of me con- , surely which pltrolded my reply that
le,n;!i„ te "kind of fare” I had at• , "he had been at the nch.. lhouee with
int place* whets i boarded. me."
'1144, I ,wased the ech0olhnusr, 1 ' "How yrpt talk! isick neve Paid
Ti'^rks George Randall transterrinp his a word about. it!" wan Mrs. RI*a'*
At 1(' anothermlito g�part of the room. exelnmation,-tlte blank expression tit
Weald hnv tilt dieputed17 *eats if ,he' when he her ll told ime 'rowing
that the dirt not l mere hcome i
w'AntP,l i} "
With the anti the Actinism ,were gone.
�p right kind ee training and "1•on two been there -4, sole alone
-•try^n rn lsaec Rosa w'Mtld have boon 'sin'', leer o'cleek I'll give up nowt
i
%Riskin v
e blir there were in his ri4s• ► holy hell Thompson won't find it
many noble traits of ohiir*e- out. far she's awful 8landeraotaat
'1 •' ! reit•:, •teal c.'1 -,'-it
In
'f•- �Ran'l ii' opal), h et her.�u
r n time, I ventured to 'Teak of,
- hitt or . , n Let. and to eel sten
••f
r. re tat nt •
1,1
school. With
eerr n
1. 1, 1 r -
I
\ 5 g tau nal
I replied.
I "v�romie Hew, ,f
Ii'Pa,ntau • so .0011' \8i.c to111.you,
t,
1i"e e'en.. ,
t. h. t
•r with all
•• ebb -, r , he knew how
Heide your
%•,•r1' .ununirne(t tee 1110 supper table,
when; err re
o en tea R t 1114'1 ,o •n.
td •c
g an effect
find Mein her, 41114 Ly- Ihelinte she was
a," Moe ieg her third eup,.slie began to
nn nr11s•nd:'repeating to ale several,e(nn- e.1 411e "to aalk n' little piee.e. with
tter?-pliimeitxry eemerks whhlt--•he swirl -h r." 1 •41Tw.-there was something on
LI- clone front Mi.. Roes, Ry this T her wind, and eo: /ring that it
knew that she had #line Hill n- Well might have some con ectien with rive.„tins
lite Meadow. Brook-. upon fiet._!tan4,,._ f olievor# ,TM-fr,,
1Ting
#r•.,, neo. h 114.=- itnndlll's a cut attempts to �
n1. Aunt Will did manage to" attend( to keep me back Twitrhi icl
on at oneeM for, lti•sides keeping her son's
uld Wife continually fretted• and her
1 -•daughter •cunsnultly quarrelling with
as, her husband, by .her foolish interfere
ellee; ' -,
to 1 there Was scar(td•h•a thing trans.
l4), pired in the neighberhn(,( let Which
ere 4114' did not hive n part. Not n mar•
ny rings. was in prorpeet, but she knew
ru,mething had of kith parties; not
ry a Tamely jar- re.eo..el ire-ehleh sbc
at did not hdr•e a finger- Not n man
melt."
I said. and
this
,1s
'11111 elicit from tno.
ie called at Mr. Ran -
sitting awhile, ask-
Nob • ever e11441 111111." -
"If should 'tell w'ou that i think
you lett • Ioukitl¢ than Dell Thome-
...
looking Undo" 111y' bonnet, while, with
plowing chew ', 1 turned ;_my head
away, ar•i reel ••.I, "1 am sure you
w;nrrl4, we itienn- - f kttua f'm ugly,
but i Io not care 'o much, about it
now ns I used to."
There, ens 14'silenee 'r snare minu-
tes, and when he spoke sin, It tva.•.
of faces, which. eithont r ul:n, ty et
if -Metres or brilliancy of er qtr eimm;
still 11441 an expression" car' 111i11F1y-
Oleniring_nn•f_n,ttrattio __"I_do t Any
yours is such n face:" .said he. "for'
r ueyer.flatter: but I do, env, at I
. a lite your.
tar b•etter than I (ln Nes; Thornp-
i1 I hail cried then, as 1 wished
try. T should have ,lune n mast -foolish
thing; but by n strong effort of the
will, -1 forced down 111y tears, and
changing the convorsntiuu,.commenc-
ed talking on subjects quite foreign
to Drill Thonlpmet, or greet 'looks. i
compnninn, and ere the close of Mit
ride, he was "a11 the world" to tile.
1a_short, ..-1-suppose 1 wits ra- mite#,
in love as n ehild•o( thirteen can well
be, and when we at last reached tenure
and I introducer --him -to my -mr -her
fuel sisters. I blushed like a guilty
thing, stealing out of the room as
soon as possible, and staying out for
R - long time, although i Wanted so
much to he back milli him. -
"Catelt
•d a been,
h '
ain't you? and
u handsome nod. n1r anri 41x1 "' said Stilly, ap-
ph•ing' her eye to the key' hole and
thus obtaining a view of his face.
Tommy Trimmer, a little boy, five
years of age, who lived near by, and
who Phanced to be •there, overheard
her and when hr. Clayton, Wt10 Wait
very and of children, enamel him.- las_
til hili lap, he a4kei( pointing to me,
"14o you Rosa's beau? Sally said you
l'hl,' dotter laughed nlou.i_ �_ror •
minty to ale for tel answer, and
ling him "it was lust as 1 said."
"Rose ie altogether too young to be
ridings round with beatltt. It will give
her a bad na,,lii'," said grandma, when
at. lest the doctor was gone.
No one mHde any answer unfit Liz-
710, who %ns 11107e 01 my way of
thinking, said, "-You n)ust have had
44.,ux early, grandma, for you wasn't
nuke it h neigh-
e, ten we Were outside t4( my sleeve
Rets gate, airs.
at I
cried because Dr. 1 Clayton dl *ere t n tlrnnle
a ho' prnwis.>,f?"
"Why what tin yon mean?" said. -
Te which i, h,• replied, by telli inc
that sifter 1 I'•rt her, She just ra in
to ('ap't' Thorltpson's a ulinut • r
two, .when )aha should ehe_g 1 the
l a.l nr. Clayton, -and when
hint she'd Leen to visit the school
owed more than he was worth , tewn, m on( Ing
T )Tali f'ro400n• it .from the first it, to do si. ,u - ,'if this afternoon, but I
the extrnyagnnee 04 hie wife. Rut- w:14 1100,•ssnrily - detente.] by a very
eyervbaly• iii "Meadow' l#rre,k knew sick patient."
mit Sally, and it oils a common •••'That ex halt,: N
a •Itlg ,that "her, ton rye ens no sloe- 14:44, i h} inti eedrf r,.'
R 1 ItPsh and then." continued • airs.
der '�.o 1 did not feel tis 11)1,011 am Ro B 'she cent oil t0 tell hien hots
nnyrrl Ile) 1 otherwise should at her you looked out of the winder.. and
spiteftel-'•rvmirke _whieh. . er•ntirtele1 -1vbetr`ste0 asked you if you expected
wall li le intermission instil dnrk�' anybody, you said 'No,'and then nt
�w Il gg heriu1 •tot het snuff-box_ la. t veer M4('4j right MT in the schrwr "
knitt nF• anal workbag, she started for l•
The mean • thing'" 1 exclaimed.
home, Ihd 1lc_ttir 174. (fav
.Thai 'e� t .r"� . "PP The Pal.LAsh..,t,.4- vett 3Z#• *lett Mrs..
if at ellureb. T liid now Mal then east
A furtive glance. tet the ('0114) regnt44n,
n r
t see If they'vvert looking at. m- Lc-
Cans.• 1 ens n "seh1lydm I'nnl_" it was
n et114)11 1 Anil•, which T finite long
sine.. forgiven, ns 1 trust lay 'reader
54111 dry. .lmuug 1110 101(11cner 55114
did,-"-
DI
Cur
Latest
Novelty.
Will lease
the c ildren,
as each iscuit
actually oks
like "$ant;�` ^a;
rr
Claus.
12 smiles and
72 delights in
.. _Q iery.pound
,ltun.114• I...l 1 e. r,.. 1.
COLEMAN
CAPHO
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•ti
QUININE
S 8 LA GRIPPE
Don't be I�.,d up.in bed with La Grippe;.,
Break up the cold and fever with Coleman's Cam� pho.Quin
t) bad e-ife-e1s=4bc.
At all dealers or from COLEMAN MEDICINE CO.. TORONTO.
3
And.indeed, it , „ ( offer•'wln,h 1
Her
enough: ,gladly coarse, h ing
•.Ty,, t•1: h „r ttlrellt rbx•kirirs 'were anther
destitute ail Y. t.,., h., •, I'it.•' ,.rt1,•r were 1111 e•n knit by herse having
rough•nn.l sei,t• a pre• ,• •elf beekrlun -" ,-,•. If. but they J 41(1
1:'u)Hroon 14ns(•'-tntd 771,•' 4,, %ear t4(•• dealt.
the virtue of 11.1117 white, any
1.1ile, but I had m. nn11 would have answered my
or
hea11L_ltr. i'lnct.,r1. !'r+ryti.-.• ern- teen had it nnT leen for
ay that nothing Leen ur• A y''un_ girl .the suppers, which w0rr far qom Ion
so %tell as %,lute, mill so 1.•iet"rnunr.l'
••ur it. 11 t . i4)l- 11.ek 1. •,ter ort.
a the eager•
not -x of n child 1 cousin..
t"i�.t, dF r.e commenced lav
-,n,C1tT my }reni�liis1nlec
:1 ZZrr��. li:oI, neither .shells nor stlsok-
111 t14 to wear with
The and1 muslin inn•,,
k previous 1 hnd taken my
best le.. home,. ,white l_had '-fuu-
itns)•ty (t`thenl. not'thinkine it 4)o..
Bible• ter ,` a to need them.. ((err then
was n dile ittui. ,int of syhiel. M.
Ross At l 1
te--nrtie 't1 .-i. iT•: 1: an
or nee, and rlinwe,l utmost the. whole
-- r'1 T • 1-. ^t ltesolos-tkat; -1-frtunifi ft—
rather ,Iiflieult keeping them on. un •
-
til ',- ;-I #p,rterl-thr-proprietp
of stuflirig the toes with cotton. This
!bele. ' 1 donned the mui lin dress,
ti hich ,4- t.. rrlr-tmrrh shorter than
ellen
t m,
411,:
beet worn it, nasmuch.as
rel . had i4,,• painful i•0ns('iousrtess 4.f
l..•ine 4111 (,,.t, whenever I glanced. in
that diieeti,,, .
net tl,. Iii_ said "I looked
4441, , r.aaa)k' )tt. The *lime time fes -
t "11110 e'❑ my low-iteckeel tined her
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Lulli. fifteen else , •• •
so in the
Of course. growl -ma had 110111int to
in her awn f e 4•nee. wive the very
"erect remark, that ''girls now-a-
ys were not %hat they were when
x11 Was gating;"= -714414 lore the con-
've that ceased.
nnswrr-,I
•YIut4 it ,node my 1)torirl biTO/tto..
h, Ir her tro on tnnkitl' fun of fou,
that is. kind er rnnkin' fun." -
-
"Ami the (lnrtrlf yri)At flirt NA RAp e
1 reeked. T,, Nhlrh .she rep c(1, "Oh.
he laughed, had enid it +
our minister's young bride: aiul when. ' I24appoint you it it affected you
like that l,yt b" se otree It, . ,
me. n l herr, "This 1 he" 1 hnedly knew At hi(th i Nns mdwt
1'
t e d' hilt
" i Irl(I 4414ll(, hr. ( w' .
e•)41 -you,. _)rax only_ thin 192'totl tt Dell, %1141
ten(thing school," 1 felt quite ,inn- hen T TinTrny dolling head on m
1 Y
Ila '
r
a
n�•
hs .
f thoughts 11
I
r40 o f
IIP. III lea, if !t were,
nr 1411 r
thought RK r
¢ t t h� -
At that
e
lir i/
t
r
11,0.7 -all, it was on .honor to be
trncller,
. CH:11'TER VI.
Vlore slowly peered the the -s nt my
'second week. for toy mind wee eon -
stuffily dwelling upon the itupurtant
.Thursday. whieli-omete at jest, and.
eith more than usual enre. dregs -
ed myself fee---iielosol. sporting A pole
Noe end while muslin, which. mother
aid I enlist wear only on great (wen-
. Anil this. to me. wits ri great
ion: end if, for want of a better
clear ';1).pring in the woods, and there
gave .few stin,ottlitid toilettes to, My
tOileti• i•ye 34 weakness of which, it,
Strudat way. many' an older feillele
sell( heeise„ I requested one of t 10
grger irl; to weep the floor A. (Arlin
CHAPTER VIT.
One da about three weeks after
corflmcnce 4444 of my 40110444, -1 wee
surprised by n coil from Dell Thomp
wm, Who, a rr conversing awhile,
r (meshed me with
111.• illyitatioirt -•e visit• het the next
afternoon. "She es Frying to have
few of her friends rum the village,"
site said, "Dr C1ayt ' with the 44714"
Here the looked at me and I look-
ed out of the window, while she eon -
tinned, "You'll mime, ' siq)pn,,e."
1 repli ,1 that 1 would_ ter whiO4
stn' (leparreit Tcayn)R 1110 t n pe•rfert
-state o1 bewilderment. 1
•t'Nptam•Th.•nr, leiter! 1-
n"o,�.. with Ilet's`fnsh-
ion8bl,• friend-. What eonld i mean.
('recto❑ rt.r Irlid (tome to ens byand lat farBtheilmore timfortntlt twonr? Tie .
s,•hool 1'd let hint know i didn't (sore tion; for 1 knew Hint the leop4' a
For him -he might hnye.De11 Thornp- the siring)' were noted for their fl
n end terlcunl0"" dress, and 1, of emirate, c(.11 III Uo
clinngrd los mind, however. when compete with them in point of etc -
ear Etta next-.'44ftrrnAsii;--thee •premie- hence. 1J,. flatten Tia,. 1 hail hoard,
wan Maisel( eppenred to vim -beet.. his wax rather fastidious in .his ideas of
pause,' :eying hr N'11, sorry tint he a lady's dress, end me heart Bank
could U have kept his a4'l ointment, within me ret 1 frwiifadlj• ,numerated
n.1411ng a.111' finally relinquished my the articles of toy, scanty wnrdmtle.,
boort. "Y,ih' Tied erimpnriy', though, finding therein nothing which 1 400m-
1 hehiv'• lend ,o,, on the whole, 1 eel fit for the (r(1: ion. save the white
nen gird r was detained. far 1 hart dotted) eine-tin, which was now lying
rather v1'441%you'>Qlon4•" soiled rind wrinkled et the bottom of
' Ruch as 1 new irt4timai 1)r. Clayton, my trunk. It is trim. 1 hail a blue
1 ,1n not hesitate tl,sny that lm was amt whit,- Ina n. `14,,41y made and
then n enol, llirt,-a %Mari,,,* of Mail- emit. Imeornitrr,•t.ut'tny' heart ens set
kind which 1 detr'st:'., He *HA the, *44x.4) the • ►Nttl•frIt^nit. Pr/ whe1 Mrs.
hnndsaurst. most n17rriulrle• nIH❑ f k"ss, 1% ill trlrelrl 1 Nn4 that w•et'k
118.1 41'(44 seen, nrtrl by 4n'n4. ;Orange b µf 'Arg orreirj 114 proffered 410,1 iron
R,
feseenatenn, lee pnsseeleel the prrw•r:r l
of 4wnying me.. et his will. This he • The hear. -mender• when 1 p'tf'i)'41
well knew, and lienee the wrong •he 1 ,.,l,,11. '1-5 son's 1 observed a
C4IIlTllltfix--lu .ryrsrL:«�--«.... -�._ .w _t _- ___- _.. _. _
ings. Never Reeser! hours more.wetee-
in around the
green u tut to no over the win. Ably to me than dill those of that af- end t
1, on, I, hnve.,,otn. Wait To golgiftre t et inight, and that elide
ed up." *Instilled one hi another -
rail:14;1;1 lei! itt 1:iti:•tli..s.).1.ive haktri allillrileinis! I til;:r atall° I" I'f'on as school WW1 our. ' cake,
probability father would come . the s
111114 vreventing the quiet talk Mot 6-' i
nnd after a time. Jim Mnowelll's Pis -
desired; so when, about four o'cloek 1 a mho
, ter ventimel to se.k me, not who WAS
over the hill, "My emotion* wereftrnnot • foPtatenir
but Dr ClaYlon.". wondering who his pa.rtaiiiieinlantrlulieasnoietitott:thmair:dultnyriimaphip,l. nir4viitti,
I name monad cleave so to the roof of
Olpnon going home every week. The ' ."I n
rttillides' HID rdriver, however, proved to be Cherlie, helve
feet that Dr. Clayton was e()111,ing tl'AP
took- himself home: after teeming the
which Proved
when I Om how fast John Thompson
conect, for Oot, MINI . him to DT. Cher
; hints. tutd Would wait for me as long it. how
defilers bremitlit me fidingn.
jellies, end nye-ream, said to
wrese. .it preeieely butt
rt neroes 'the soon
.7 my hosiiling-plaee, where
Mrs. ROMP /10nd/he over the
e- treble with ft fares flumhed.
Ilioative 01 prime anxiety.
ever see mitten'. beat it," /the
holding doe.n her hot iron and
y 7 -reeking n slightly yellow emit
dress. "1 noyer 11011 nothin' bent
flint gown meteor me. It mint
trowel,. 1:r1;1 81.1.0snheherlid'it lilt On 4rilliblratilingo.
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d 4 5o
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