The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-06-14

1rresurssvr t1on. ;.''.. c, s.ss f;a,1 iola .l,l
of the lace curtains that hub,o from
the lofty French win dows like bill
lows of foam.
A dainty, daisy-face d girl, with /;
complexion as fresh as the morning
with warm, rosy glow on The health
full skin, and wine-brigbt sparkles il
the big, yelvety, gray eyes. A hap
py, earnest hearted girl, on whom all
the fntsse Of her parental aunt. the
fashionable Mrs Grenvilie, of Leg
ington Avenue, had been wasted ID
vain, in so far as that lady had at,
tempted to make stylish city young
lady of the little rustic guest. A
| girl with plenty OF common sense
aud an innate delicaey of refinement
that Alexouma and Ethelberta Gren.
vile, her twin cousins, might have
been proud to have possessed.
Now, nesting away among the
foamy curtains, LILY listened to the
ripples of conversation that eddied
past her, thiEking-in the vague,
balf.distressful way OF thought that
had, somehow, coIe to be quite nat
ural to her, these few last weeks of
that short, delightful winter spent 10
New York-that of all lhes. people
who had met her so many times in
ber aunt Grenvill's drawing room
there was not one who would care
n hen she should be gone, unless
and just the faintest possible little
culver ran through her pretty figure,
as the sound Of Sydney Ellis voice
suggested the possibility Of an excep-
tion in his favor
He had been very good TO her all
winter-from the very day Alerouma
introduced him, and tcld Lily after
be had gone that be was one of tie
most eligible young men in the city,
worth cSaple hundred thousands,
and perfect love Of a maLsion on
Fifth Avenue, not to mentnn his
country seat on the Hudson. LILY
had liked him from the very frat
and liked him none the less wLe
Alexouma had whispered to her, IN
greatest possible confidence, that she
and Mr.. Ellis were so nearly en-
gagged that it was as good as accom-
plished. Liked him none the less,
certainly, but somehow she felt Curl
ously strange about it.
Not that she was in love with him
indeed, no. She had told herself
thousand times that she was in love
with nobody, aud tried her best, and
almost succeeded in convincing her.
self, that it was only a little relnc-
tance at leaving all thr luxury and
the elegance of aunt Grenville's city
house, that made Ter SO uncomforta-
ble
Until the sound of Sy0ney Ellis
voice talking to group of girls near
ber, aroused her from that sad, dis
tressful mood that had taken COM
plete possession Of her.
Then you consider me a fair sub
ject for pity, ladiess"
"Only we don't beiiese q word oi
it, Mr.. Ellis. just imagine the in-
congruity of the tLing."
Miss Elbelberta Grenyille laughed,
and looked straight into Mr.. Ellis
eyes.
He smiled, as if amused.
"Tbe 'incoDgrpity' of what, Miss
Bertie? | confess my inability TO fol
low your meaning"
Alexouma fiirted her fan in man.
per ip,e nded to be the very poetry ol
motion and took up the line of de
fense.
why, the idea of you. Of all men
leaving the city, burrying yourself IN
the horrid country! What on earth
will you do with YOURSELF"
Mr.. Ellis looked across the group
to HelsiDger, who was vainly trying
to interest Mrs. Eustacie Wyndham
who had her eyes on Sydney Eli:
for her decreased husbands success
or.