Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-27

exploits in Indian warfare before he resigned
his commission. he seemed to have ''main-
tanned the reserves" Roger adored him.
bu, then men often did for her part.
| thought Agatha again, as she observed him
listening to Mrs Julian's remarks while he
stood turning over Helen's album Of water
colors, she likes q man to have some man
ners. Manners or not, apparently Colonel
Mastineux endured these remarks as long as
he could. "And YOU really have killed pco-
pie ?" she was saving. How extraordinary
IL seems to he talking on equal terms to a
person who really has killed people and
hasn't been taken up. or who has told other
people wha, 10 do in order TO kill How
did it feel. wonder' DO YOU remember
ans peculiar sensations at the moment |
CERTAINLY" And there Colonel Mastincux
had coolly walked away. and left Mrs. ju-
liam addressing the empty air.
Are those your ~aier-colors ?" said a
sudden voice beside Agatha As she sa, with
her embroidery by the lamp in the back
parlor She looked up. of course amazed.
"Ah," said Colonel Mastineus. II forgot
iha, We had no, been introduced. Although
i, may he supposed ,ha, the people under
one roof"
Those a; which you were looking ?" she
said, paving no attention to his las; words.
"They-they are Helen's" twas true tha,
she had given them to Helen long ago. on
that Young ~oman's demand.
Then Helen is a genius. Unfortunately
for the supposition. though, ! have seen
some Of Helen. and ,hey-,hcy are no, the
same. |. it Helen who sings"
Helen sings"
And YOU"
Il emhroider. said Agatha. caiegorically
In the highes, style Of Remington"
Colonel Mas;incu,.- said Mr.. Odiorne.
coming to the light. are YOU Interested in
ar, work. We have some beautiful .peci-
mems from the nuns Of Crown Hill"
Thank you. no, in the least" he replied.
with the slightest inclination.
"Ah. infcrrcd-Pray. Agatha, have YOU
met Colonel MAstineu, before"
No. aunt" sAid Agatha, breaking off her
thread Mrs Odiornc's eyebrows ~ere
lifted in an arch iha, agatha knew very
well. and she hastily rose. folding her ~ork
she did so. and IN the movement upset
ting all her silks. She stopped. and a, the
same moment Colonel Masiinsu1 stopped.
and their faces touched.
What misfortune iha, ~e have no. been
introduced - said he. with laugh ,ha,
showed his white teeth. a. he instantly
stood up. But Agatha va. a. red as rose
There no neccssi,, OF an iniroduc
ton" she said. in gentle bu; swi:t tones. Il
know Who YOU are. ar. A. for me. am the
poor Miss Odiorne." And then she ~as
gone.
Poor Agatha. temper" said Mrs. Odl-
ornc. apologeiically. she Is alone IN the
world. and one hrsitsic. 10 correct where It
may wound. Ny o~n daughiers-dear
giTls'-arc ,cry different from Agatha,
Surely you know them all p
Il think DO" said Colonc! Ma.tineux
drly.
"Ah there is Helen going 10 sing.
have given them every advantage" And
then Helen began TO sing. Ms. Odiorne
went sailing down the room to wake Geor-
gic. ho was rcvcriEIng IN i moOnlIghted
window seat. TO sense Of her duties and
then Colonel Mas,IneuN saun,crrd out OF
the room through another window and
Helen till sang.
The next day the fcsti,i,ie. set in there
was little dinner party. and dance, and
picnic, and riding party 20 the falls, and
high tea. and there we're high teas and
dances and dinner parties in return.
IL declare. mother" said Roger. coming
round by way Of the butter, TO the morning
room one day. II think YOU migh, have
some one else to do such ,hing.. il the girls
,hernselse. can't help Agatha. II make.
me ashamed TO look her in the face"
I'm sure don't know ~ha, YOU mean.
Roger" said his mother. with an air of IN
jury.
Il mean" said Roger. coloring, but stand
Ing his ground, that II is disgraceiu tina,
nv cousin Agatha should be slave and a
drudge in this house, while ms sisters"
Your cousin Agatha would have yer,
poor spirit If she wished to make no return
for"
MY fa;her's las, direction was tina, Aga
tha should have home in his house till she
chose herself another; and | don't know
what return she owes for her right said
Roger. siouily. "She Whips cream for Char
loiie Russo for the dinner party till her
head aches so tina, she can't go TO the table,
or 60 10 the dance next day. and she makes
chocolate meringues and bakes fairy cakes
for the picnic, and angel food, till"
"Well. really, Roger, this is very curl
Gus interes, that YOU take in your cousin"
cried Mrs. Odiorne. ut seems 10 me that
any well-condi,ioned brother would think
she nigh, as well do this Us his sisters. |,
seems TO me a subject for gratitude ,ha, We
have dependent in the house TO take all
this off our shoulder"
"A dependent, - roared Roger. And then,
perhaps lest he should say too much he alb
rup,ly left the room, 10 stumble over Col
onel Mastineux leaning against the doo.
n,,,sii. and Es..p,u., NJ. u.r,.,ss
conundrums, and very probably, and un-
avoidably, to Mrs. Odiorne's magnanimi,y
US we'll.
But wha; Roger said was quite true.
Agatha had been made too tired BY the
preparations to enjoy the pleasures, and the
little time that she had spent on the scene of
the pretty gayeties was while sitting apart
reading her book, or idly moving her fan.
and persis,en,ly looking the other way if
Colonel Mssiineux vas bending over any OF
the ladies who had joined the party. She
vas ashamed Of her aunt's match making
intrigues, and wanted it understood tha, she,
si least, was no party TO them. But she
needed not to trouble herself; nobody
seemed to think of her at all. Yet Colonel
Mas,lneux was not much given to bending,
in spite Of Mrs. Julian's insinua,ons that he
was a man with a history. If he did not
hold himself at naughty distance. he new
eriheless had singularly Indifferent air
that rather compelled ones attention, and
Agatha found herself gancing in his direc-
tion again and again when she would rather
have suffered an attack of total blindness
than have had him catch her eye, as he in-
variably did. But those accidental glances
were nearly all the communication they had.
claimed by one and another az she Vi as, and
waylaid by all the rest as he vas. They had,
indeed. read one short romance together,
and had had one sunrise stroll in the dew
together. when Agatha felt, in some unrec-
ognized way, that the world was made for
that morning; and they had met again on
the edge Of the wood as Agatha went out,
with party of Rogers dogs bounding about
her as If they would bar his way. He stopped
aud laughed. "A guard of honor" he said,
IL suppose the goddess Diana kept Just such
company. You seem to prefer it to human
ity."
"They are sufficiently human" said Aga
tha, half inclined to resent the loneliness of
his tone.
He sat down on the broken stump before
her, and called Wolfgang and Sultan and
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