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berneth. "You are always in mis-.
chief. i suppose Miss Van Orme has
tainted. Go and tell mamma" ~
"Who is Miss Van Orme?" asked
Bert. a's' t,st tf!9
"only the nursery governess. We
do have such q, bother with them
One has temper, another has head.
aches, and now, when we thought we
had got a jewel, here she is faintingp
ri think we ought to try and re-
vive her," said! Bert, taking Charles
nand, while Kate led the way. But
when they reached the school-roon
Eiss Van Orme had recovered hel
senses, and was sitting in an arm
chair, while Mary vigorously famed
her pallid face. -
"For mercy's sake, what made you
faint, Miss Van Orme?" cried Kate
You almost threw Charlie into con
vulsions." - ~ :.
Miss Van Orme st,od up aid look
ed beyond Miss Aberneth to Mr.
Greaterex, standing in the doorway
who CAME forware to- her relief In
stantly. y
A.,Ysu rnust not stand, !" be said, lead
ing her back to)her seat, Il think
have found friend Of mine"-turn,
ing to Kate. "Why did you run
sway from your friends?" he CUES.
toned, relieAing Mary of the fan. .la
II ron away from my enemies, il
YOU please" :" SOS 81
"Do you call me one?' :,
"Perhaps we had better withdraw
said poor Kate, tossing her head to
conceal her chagrin. "Come chill.
drenp' <f.2fti
"Thank you," Bert answered her;
II should like few minutes alone
with Miss Van Orme, if you please
'"Oh you had better go back to Miss
Kate in the drawing room," said Miss
Van Orme, when the door had closed
unon them; sit will be q shame to
disappoint Mrs. Aberneth; and, in.
deed, I can get on very we'll withou,
you, Sir" - ~ {
"But I can't get along without yo1.'
"And yet you know nothing at all
about me ?" + -, e t12a
Il am satisfied with my knowledge
I know that you are charming and
that I love you.
"You love a woman sailing unde,
an alias? I am neither Mrs. Small
nor Miss Van Orme." = tssl,aa W.
II don't care a fig who you are. ]
will marry you tomorrow, if you
consent, under whatever name you
choose" = ~ tae2 W
generosity is catching. I will tell
you my story" - . :. q"
II will not listen toit except from
the lips Of Mrs. Berthold Greaterex.'
"PIease yourself" e3 i i+ES
"Thank you. Then I will come
for you tomorrow. and we will be
married in church." But when be
returned to the drawing-room and
told his story to Mrs: Albernsth, she
insisted that the wedding should take
place at ber house. :, - t,a,-.s "a
Everybody was taken. iaback al
Greaterex when Berthold wrote that
be should bring his bride home the
following week. You may have seen
her." he wrote, "when she was Mrs
Small, and lived in the cottage in
Lovers Zane. You remember per-
haps, that you once sent her some
summer sweetings. ! owe my happi'
ness to those precious apples. Caro-.
line will remen ber the occasion, be.
cause she offered to part with some
OF her wardrobe to the poor widow"
"Ohl oh cried Caroline, he has
married the widow Small and oil her
childrenI How could he? She's old
enough to be his grandmother. Oh,
dearI dearl dear! shall never want
to see another summer sweeting as
long as live. I wish you would
order spades to cut down the tree,
mamma. No wonder az apple
brought trouble into the world, and
shut folks out of paradise! 1t keeps
it's reputation up finely To think
that the heir Of Greaterex should
marry hideous old widow!" !.
Guess her surprise when Berthold
opened the carriage door, and there
descended little person, who threw
aside her veil, and disclosed a daz-
zling skin of rose and lily hues, eyes
like summer brooks, brown. and IL
quid, hair a ripple of sunbeams the
semblance of an angel in flesh and
blood!
"Where-are-the the-the children ?"
gasped Caroline. '@ " g. ~
"Yes," laughed Berthold, "and
where are the wrinkles, and the gray
hairs, and the sunken eyes? IL she
an awful old tight, Carrie ?"
"Summer sweetings are not so sour
after all, mamma" said Caroline, la.
ter. Il guess Spades may spare the
tree" .. .,
The next week Rerthold overlook
Maria Upton in his walk.
II saw Mrs. Greaterex In church,
said she.
"Did you see an antiquity with q
false front piece 2" ....
"Now don't be disagreeable; how
could I know ? By.the-way l have
some news to tell you; 1 am engag-
ed"
"Allow me to congratulate your
lover. Isuppose you mean to enter
tain him with those precious old let
ters of mine p
Your letters? Oh, I haven't the
ghost of one left; l curled my hair
on them long ago; it was only the
empty envelopes with which I teased
you. But tell me about Mrs. Great
erex. Ihear she is like story"
eyes; perhaps you have heard of