The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24

goods, wholesome, and strengthening,
but not nectar. However, the nectar
was taken from Lizzie's hand while it
was yet nectar. After she was engaged
to Mr.. King (that was the artists name),
and her mother and aunt had cores
ponded on the subject, and people gen.
orally had been duly apprised of the
fact, some one told her that Mr.. King
had betrothed already in England.
She asked him if this was true.
Well, he said, what if it were ?"
You ought to marry her."
"You think SOP You mean that 7"
YES" she said with all the GOODNESS
and dignity she could muster, " if she
will marry you, and you don't change
your mind again."
You have considered the thing, and
that is your advice ?" he said.
"That is my advice" she echoed.
every well, so be it," he said; and
they parted.
He went back to England, and she
wrote home that the engagement was
broken off by mutual consent; which
good-natured people translated as mean
ing that she had been Tilted. That was
three years ago now, and since that time
she had heard nothing of Mr.. King.
Jock visited Stonylea next day, and
gave his sister full account of his trav-
els, telling her all about the people she
had known in Dresden. She listened
eagerly, but the name she waited for did
not occur in his narration, and she was
disappointed, although she tried to
make herself think she did not care;
but she found it difficult to believe a
fiction of her own making, and it was
fiction, however much she might wish
it to be fact.
"How did Lizzie enjoy your travels 2"
Sibyl asked her brother.
ooh, very well; but she is a curious
creature, Liz: she is what call notion
to something or somebody, without con-
sidering if it is reasonable or where it is
to lead her."
is she ?" But she is good"
Excellently good, as she is given to
think every one as good as herself"
"There is no one in particular that
she is making hobby of just now, is
there? 1t won't do her any harm to
think John and Nelly as good as gold,
and it won't injure them"
"Oh, she entertained me for about
half an hour last night with the inno-
cence and beauty and piquancy of the
servant they have-Hebe she calls her ;
and looked at the girl and said she
would make a good figure in a land
scape, and was vexed after l had said
it,thinkiDg it would put her in mind of
King, and then made bad worse by tell
ing her that all her geese were swans.
believe Kings good qualities existed no.
where but in her eyes"
"Oh," said Sibyl lightly, "she has
forgotten King long ago; you need not
distress yourself about that But think
we should go often to Stonylea I should
not like her to feel dull"
"Ill go as often as you like when I'm
at home"
Lizzie was not dull, however, nor like
ly to be so {: she was a young woman of
energy and resources, and dullness was
thing that had never entered her head.
Besides, she was in position of COM
mand ; she was, virtually at least, mis-
tress of the situation, and that to per-
son of energy and ability is to be priced.
For one thing, she was seized with an
enthusiasm for educating Hebe she saw
perfections and attractions and possi-
bilities about that young person which
no one else could see. Not that Hebe
was without admirers; on the contrary,
in her own class she was quite belle
and attracted numerous admirers; but
Lizzie grudged her to the ordinary work
man, and she had formed small ro-
mance-nOt exciting or sensational by
any means, but still a plan with the ro-
mantle in it.
After time, Lizzie took Jock into
her confidence as to what she was do
ing. Jock had been at home all his
life at Stonylea, and now when he had
time he very often drove one or more OF
his sisters over. To her delight, rather
to her surprise, her brother approved of
her plan, for he was given to check ro-
mantle flights in his sisters, and she had
expected him to frown on it.
There's no use in speaking of 1t to
averv ono ;, she said eff were tO tell