The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-07

MIN, SUhS C6T6N0ftt6, Il suppuso you'u ~
down and tell her if said you shouldW
"Surely, yesl PHI never get over 1t,
Clan. my taking you out that day-oh
yes, know you'll say twas no real fault
Of mine; but persuaded you, boy, and
somehow 1t sticks"
slack, don't. Take my blessing, man,
and go down and d K it up with my Lady
she'll not care much one way or other;"
but vision of my fond, beautiful, state
ly mother came before me, and 1 knew
we'll, when one feet memory of those
love-lit eyes came back to me, auhy l had
kept the matter oil my accident os secret.
was her baby, you must know-a baby,
though the sword hung at my side and
my epaulets were broad and golden; and
l knew that the news would be agony
since she was held at home and could in
no way seclude herself at that time from
the arIstocratic world. So bade Jack
go down to Clanchestershire and break
the news gently. He left his man with
me SO tnat should want for nothing.
After jacks departure, l turned to
the window again aud grew wrathy at
The Mam,selle's delay. But L was de.
| lighted, at last, to catch sight of a SHIN
mering cloud of veil stuff advancing
from the taller shrubbery, and was
thrown into an ecstaoy when a girlish
| figure emerged, the arms laden with
a little round basket and bundle oil
clothes. She came down the white
pebbly streak that parted the rank grass
and stopped before the tall geranium.
l leaned out, never even noticing that
my bandages snapped ard my leg
writhed, and, as she felt my eyes upon
her, her face turned slowly toward me
as flower 10 the sun-the sweet, deep,
/ gray eyes lifted their cream-white cur
taIns and
"You are Ill ?" she asked in child-like
innocence, raising her voice little that
it might reach me.
~ have been," I answered, taken
aback at her easy seli-assurance and
utter lack OF conyentionalism.
"Your face is very thin and pale, and
you look as If you were even now in
pain"
"True," said L; 'you have drawn my
attention to the fact that have moved
my bandages. IL does hurt little, l
admit" and tried to keep the knots Of
frowns from gathe ring Oh my forehead.
"Have you any one there to tix themp'
"Thauk you, yes. You must forgive
me for looking down to where your bios
SONS are, Miss Marguerite"
"Margueritep
spite of the throbbing wound, that
Such a merry laugh! Up the brightest
scale in the world it flew--all sharps and
trills and arpegglosl cts so tunny-so
funnyl Why see" she explained, and
held aloft my poor frayed cuffs and col
lars-my vests sans bOutoas. ''You see,
take in washlng-tnat is" and her
voice grew tritie graver, 81 take it
when can get it. My first fruits came
yesterday, aud Oh, ii he is q ridiculous
rag-bag bless him with all my soul for
being tirst-poor fellow, poor leilowp
I was double-hued rainbow, know l
was; Tor jacks man, who came in at this
Juncture, looked so frightened that
thought 1t best to obey him and "aY a
short rest, sur" So said:
"Mlss Marguerite, your pardoni l am
called away to have some rest. AdieuW
and l waved my hand.
''Good dayp called she, still laughing;
and as turned from the sill big clns.
ter Of tAe fresh pink geraniums darted
into the window and dropped down al
my feet.
/ breathed all my soul away upon
those lovely flowers. Not that they were
of delicious fragrance, for In point OF
TACT they were OF the fishy odor, and
hinted Of neglected ponds; but she had
touched it-ner fingers had manipulated
the stem ii not the petals, and L had
worn 1t completely out by the time Jack
came home.
| lie came in the best of spirits, which
was lucky, since for the next few days |
was not allowed to move from my bed
ior of course l had TO burst, or damage,
or otherwise Injure deuced something
about my shin bone.
In tue interval my washing came
home. Jack held the snowy linen aloft
and snook the starchy collars in triumph
} over my pilloWed head, while husged
! my little romance tighter than ever, and
! let him rave. Another bundled up guam
, tity Of soiled linen and light summer
coat, that had been needing several o..
those stitches in time until the Legend
AIRY nine had multiplied into long open
space under the arm, were dispatched
Wy Leggs.
Then [ was tossed over to the window.
: alter young eternity had set its seal
upon my SOU, land again watched for the
M'am'selie. When she appeared it was
J w tn d big bundle of limp clothes on one
beautiful bared-arm and a bag hung by q
= string on the other. A brig, ugly fiat
y kept the sun from kissing Ler TOO boldly
and ye writer from ieasting his eyes tou
: well. the adverb used ior the suns
), caress will answer. She came out to a
long white rope that was stretched criss
4
here and there TO tall poles only to de-
lscend again upon tue other side. She
y hung up all the clothes and went back /,
e the house several times for. more. !
{ learned, by attentively watching, the
the bag contained forked wOoden-piBs
u that held the clothes to their places en-
q the line admirably. AT last it came IL
Q pass that she advanced to the line in full
3 view Of my window. A row of handker
chiefs (pienty Of big eoroneted letter
C's in most ancient English blushed in
0 bright vermillion from their corners
. were caught by the wooden pins before
she raised her eyes high enough to NEE
: my own.
,. ssGood afternoon" said she, pushing
back the hdeous sun-hat. ''Haye yol
: been worseW
Z, "Not very much worse; only shall
y have to be more careful hereafter. How
), are you progressing, Miss Marguerite
!. Any more ridiculous rag-bags' on th,
listw s N
/ [Continued.l
N Experiments recently made in Lon
d don, Ia which either oil or glycerine il
0 made TO perform the function of steam
by the application of heat, are, from
!, their success. exciting no small interest