, 1874-08-02
SYBiL hUUENT AID THE ARTIST,

younger"
| $50 do I, my dear"
"You would be just as good chap-1one, ant
you would enjoy little time in London
II do not think, 6ybil, that am quite pas
that yet"
| "THEH WE WILL 90.
| We WILL take lodgings in nice part near every
thing; and VIC will shop all the morning, and
lunch nt a pastry-cook's, and shop all the after.
noon, aud go to the theatre in the eyenin e.
back to dear NuttinG, and the dogs, and mare
| and cows"
| IA little change will be very nice," said Miss
Efnlly Neodhan1: who always acquiesced. and wat
generally loved in consequence. That she La:
| not been particularly loved was . loss to some
| one, for she would have made an admirable wife
| Her husband would have gDt his own way in
everything; but perhaps that would have been
bad for him, too, and Miss Emily's cohbacy was
probably all for the best.
| 1t WAS very convenient for SYPHILIS step-father,
Gen. Won Flopdollingen, German soldier and
| politician, uho married. an English widow with
one incumbrance, ind, when lie lost the former,
folt rather hanlpercd By the latter. lie kept her
ut school as long ~ possible; but when she
reached the aGe OF q, eho vas Independent, az
she inherited her OWN fathers fortune, which
WAS nice little property. Tho General, indeed,
would have liked her to live with him, become
natutalized, and bcstow her hand and what Was
in it on one OF his nephews; and to this end she
spent several holidays In Prussia, and might
have lott school Some years sooner il she had
sho1n q wish to live abroad But che called the
soil Of the Teuton Stcp-fatherland. and did not
care much for her cousins-Germah. So Gen.
Von Flo9dolliugcn, rho had promised to look
after her in:oresfs, and who WAS conscientious
in private lilo, was puzzled till Hiss Emily
Nesdham was suggested as fitting companion
for le1 young aud spriShtly relative, Tlon he
Eiadly accepted her services.
Az for Sybil Nugent herself, she was pleased
enough to have
COUSIN EMILY,
who had always been d favurlto, to live With her.
She made an effort at frat to promote her into
III aunt, Dut the familiar ''Corsin Emily ros q
to her lirs, and the attempt hal 70 be given up.
Lastly, tile attempt suited the elder lady capital
ly, She WAS poor md lonely, aud she liked COM
would be very agreeable; aid SO they resolved
upon the excursion. There was difficulty
Sybil asked Emily if she knew. any ono At all in
London.
"Thcro il Jane, Ars. IIin:hb, ook's la,iy's 1catl
who married aud Eettlsd in London, where she
lets lodgings. l,a7e her adere3s somewhere" !"
''Lc,s iodginss!" cried Sybl perhaps they
arc vacan., xna we can have them. Find out
where she lives ut once, thcre's dear"
Cousin Emily hinge rosewood desk yielded up
8 card which ANNOUNCED that Mrs. Eoysfs had
Genteei apartments, replete With erery comfort,
IL Clover street.
ut must be in quits fashionable part" said
Sybl}, consulting mp, ''because it il near Ok
ford street aud tho Brush Nn=eu:n."
So Cousin Enaily wrote to Mrs Rogers. who
had boon many years in tho service Of her priu-
ctpal crou; in tho Cathedral City. and 10 wio1n
she had presented wotk-bo1 Oh her n,ar.,Are !;
and received in reply by return of post to tha
effect that, by the most extraordinary accident in
the world, hof drawing g-room floor Was vacant.
30, one fine October day, the young maid and
the old one found themselves transferred from
their bright, roomy homo in the country to
D1SGY LONDON LODGINGS,
which Sybu commenced at once to brighten up
with flowers.
They then conm cneed life which the male
mind sbuddcrs to contemplato-a life Of ehop-
ping. Not that S. bill had many wants, or made
many purchases, Tut thoso which she did make
mined to &c: nlantlla, do you think they went
to tho nearest shop for such things and bought
oaef Not a bit Of it. They looked in all tho
Windows which displayed such things in St.
1kEEEQt
s:recs, uId, when they saw something which
pleased item, they went inside and oycrhnued
ti1., whole stock, diye,gng ut the shopm2n's = in
sttsaton, into every article of female costume
from oall-dresscs to Etockings, aud then lcft say
lug tuoy woald think about it.
When hungry, they turned into pastry-cooks
shops, aud ate ices and sweet cakes. About
o'clock they were exhausted, aud went home to
tea uf:er which they sailed Oh: again to thea
tre, d concert, or Al entertainment, and then
wound up the day with hearty supper.
This kind Of life was al worry we'll for the
yoaug one, who had the constitution OF cas-
sowGry, but at the end OF three days Cousin
Emily fell i'll. Sybil was much concerned. aud
wanted to call in doctor, hut the invalid didn not
CONSIDER that necessary.
II think, DEAR she said, meekly, "that if we
we're to dine sometimes should be eble TO stand
it all we'll enough"
So they
ADOPTED MORE RE0ULAT. HABITS,
and Sybil left off working her chape1one hard,
obtained books frcm library, hired piano,
aud started piece Of silk homework. But Is
her constitution and habits demanded good
deal Of exercise. and she could not walk about
London alone, she fraternized strongly with the
laudla1y, Mrs. Rogers. and took her about with
her, as the best thing iu the circumstances.
AIra- Rogers was Indy OF considerable con-
vogsational powers, but perhaps sl,e was most
graphic when she talked about ler 1odge1s, past
aud prcacnt. Her ground floor was now occu-
pied by IN Old gentleman, Who spent tne greater
part OF his waking life in tho library Of tho
british Museum. Tho top part OF tho
house was tenanted by an artist, who had
many merits, and ono great fault, ! poverty
which caused him to be backward in his rent
payments. He was accustomed to 20 away for
weeks, OF even months, together. without leav-
ing any address; be was thus abscut now
One steady wet day, when Sybil had played,
read, worked. till she got tho 1dgets in all her
rcstless limbs. d curioEity which had already
been awakened, became imperative. She sent
for Mrs Rogers, and asked whether she could
net sec the deserted studio.
s.The1e's only rubbish, miss," eaid the land
lady; "tut please not to move any Of it, or lie
will go on at nc like anything when he comes
back Not that he has any right, being in
arrears, but be has q way with lin, and | am
and he pays what lie can. THIS is
the key"
sybil took it and ran mp stairs. But when she
turned the lock feeling Of shame came over
her, as il she wero prying, at lcaat trcacass.
ing. However, she pushed the door back, and
entered
MOST uST1DY APARTMENT. |
There were easels one with half finished |
painting upon it; there were vaEions articles Of
male and female, scattered about; in |
one corner stood dummy figure. attirei merely |