, 1874-03-28

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1rawn by nix horsos, drove up to tho door. round
ho green lawn In front Of IT, Tic Oh bofoston
aligtcd with tllo at1 Of two Of MuromaltyH l1V-
.riod scrvauts. Ills aon hal followed him on
horseback, md together tlloy ontorcd the dlninE-
room, wf>ero tho olutl1 WAS already laid: NIL
to1nHky rccolvod Lila guests IN TIC Moht itlouu!
manner, and having proposed = turn ~ tho s. sML
lon bctpro dinner, nttd looK ~ the l'Atn;
led tho way along thn m carotuly n,raa,,tf n"upf
Md Eraveleh %nka. Iho ON ,,os t,otoseuII o,,I
tio,a oAt OH R,lcl Improbable fanclos. but con-
ailoratoly kort hia tEougllts to hmsclf HIS son |
did not participate clttlor In tho dlsnpprooae'on
Of Tho practioal landowner Or III tho enth,atas
awaiting tho Appearance OF his hosts uaug1'to!r,
of whom no had hoard nnel,, mud though big
1loart waa, ua wo know, already full, yoath and |
beauty still influenced his imagination.
tllroo seated themselves; and whllc tho old |
gentleman revived rominiscenco3 of past |
.taya, mud rceap4ulaled anocdotoa hav-
ing rofaroaco to their Horv!onB, A!okHny |
tho plcgcnoo of I.aa. 1fo decided that cold In
difference wnB ,lnlor MI circumstancoB tho bost |
suited. The door Waa opened; lie turned hlB |
head with no muoh nonclinlnnce, such cold caro- |
1egsneas. TINT tho heart Of tlle n1oat lhVetofato
lick you'll have It that instead Of Lisa there
entered old Miss JackHot1, WHO. palnted and
laood tn, .n,ado n. slight curtsoy With Lowered
eyen, and Aloksoy's manly military bow SaB lout
upon her. 1[c Ind tlulo to prepare Tor new
effort. for tho door waa ngan opened. and this
tlmo Lsa wa'koa in. All nroHo; her father was
eiloclol hinsoif aud Bit lis lip. Lisa, Ills dark
Ltaa, vas
PAINTED TO 1tEH EYEBROWS
and rougcd TO au oxtont which outdtd 1Iina
Jackpon herself fulyo curlB, much lighter than
hor own llair. were arranged after tho model Of
a Louis XIV. wig; sleevos, a Iina1ecile, stuck
1x1ta NFar1n Hn nto14tfu fnr
waist I iva vas contraotcd into thc shapo Of Tic lot
tor K, aud those OF hor mothors. diamonds
which had osonpcd being pawnel eparltlsi on her
fugorH, lor neck. and III her oars. AicKBey
under ithiA ridiculous md gorEeoua di4guise.-
uis father kissed her hnnd, aud lio, thonEn
voxol, followed LIS example. Ho fancied
that tue small whlto tingors tremhcd as he
Touched tho11, and he nv lilo samo itno no.
strung and dosieuedIy thrust out. T4is somewhat
rcconcilcl him to tho rest Of hor attire. As to
tito white and rougo wo must ayo'! That In tho
and mover afterwards suspected such a thing.
ondoavorod not 10 show evon symptom OF as-
tonishlnont; but his daughter's Joke appoared
go luIcruus, tllat he gould scarcely rolra from
laughing. 1t did not. hoYcvor. exclto tho r!sl-
conjeotlrcd that tllo paints we're produced from
hor drawers, and q deop blush Of yoxation WIS
visible through tho attitIcal whiteneas OF her
fnco. She cast angry g!ancea At tho young Of
fonder, WHO, putting on all explanations to a
moro sultablo occasion, did - IT she saw them
not.
They sat down to, dinner. A1oksoy continued
absout aud thoughtful.
LlsA LOOKED pR1a.
spoke through her teeth in drasling roice, and
only in French. Her father was watching her
necessarily, not comprehcudug lor object, but
finding it all worry amusing. Tho English
wonai' was wratful and silent. iyaa totro
for rwo, drank profusoly opjoye bis own n'orri-
| moht, conyorsing more freely an1 Laughing Witn
| moro zest from hour toAour.
AZ last thcy rose tne 6oes's tooA the0 loaso,
| aud irEory iyanovlten gave lfce Seas 10 A'a
laagnsef M aaa ny auesilonns sll,, il ,,>o ,oo,x =,
"What put It lnt9 tny neao 70 MAKE iGols q, 81
Them r. no 1hq9lfea o. Lss@ as ta hnaM ~ '"t1
did not Wleh 70 piy nto sne nso1oss .. scrs iaus
toilette, but we're IN my pace Hooaa MMass .s
use palnt--of COURSE nob 'n'"eoe's1eI5' DIV 1"1'
lttla' ,-r.,. A.. =. la.
Lisa ras delighted at nc success Of her
schene. sns emnlaeea aer naSs, M pto1ua 10 10