The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-12-10

'-" 49," hhc 'hat my vanity nae
not deceived me.
Bravo, little Cindy." he said; 81
knew you only wanted fair PLAY. All
the women viii be madly Jealous OF
you"
don't think this prospect gave me
as much pleasure as he expected. but II
was certainly a delightful experience u
md myself such an object Of general
attention. My part in the tableaus was
not much. Once ! stood for a few min.
utes behind a eauze with two other
ladies'. while Lord Lavender. as Paris.
offered the apple 10 the center figure, n
very lovely girl. She was Lady Sybil
Lennard, "a Dukes daughter and a
great beauty" Jack whispered to me.
We must have another set of tab
lcaus next week." said Lord Lavender.
coming up TO US. "If your sister will
help rs. Spiccr, we could have Faust
and Marguerite and The Sleeping
Beauty and 'Pygmalion and Gala
tea"
His bright young face was n little
flushed with excitement and his dark
eyes sought mine with an expression
that, novice as was. l could not mis-
understand.
Pm afraid there'll be two words to
that" said Jack, laughing. "Cindy is
Kept in a glass case; ! slipped her ont
by mere chance. But, listen! they're
calling for The Judgment again,"r
As soon as the tablcaus were over |
had to doff my borl owed garments and
make the best OF my way home. | had
had my glimpse Of Fairyland and must
return TO slavery again. slavery more
uncomfortable now than ever. / could
hardly believe it was real when / found
myself at home, waiting for the return
OF my stepmother and her daughters;
still more unreal did it seem when the
morning light stole through my windows
and had TO take up my weary work
again.
1T was all a dream" | thought:
impossible that all those compliments
were paid to me, all those tender
speeches and loving looks. Ridicu-
lous"' But there. opposite. on nv
table, stood the bunch Of lovely roses
given to me by Lord Lavender himself.
II was all true, thenl | got up; i SANG
to myself as dressed. it was one of
Adelaide songs. andthe words were all
Of love. They had always seemed rub
blsh, but now they struck me as pretty.
That morning all the talk was of the
tableaus. The Spicers found great
fault with everything except "The
Judgment of Paris" They held forth
at great length on the beauty OF Lady
Eva Beauchamp and declared that she
was far handsomer than Lady Sybil
Lennard.
That's ridieulousg" said Jack.
shes quite a young thing. and Lady
Sybil Is avery fine girl-such a figure!'
Lady Eva's beautiful creature, and
every one in the room said Lord Layen-
der was quite epris. ! am so glad Lady
Sybil and the Duchess will be disap-
pointed-nasty. stuck-up-creaturesr'
Lady Eva is as like Cindy as two
peas said Jack m~ischievously $50
I'm glad you admire her so much.''
"Cindy' how absurd Lady Eva is
the most elegant figure. Every one
said shell be the Beauty next season"
"She is like Cynthia" said my faith
er suddenly; ..and that reminds me
that Lord Lavender talked about COM
ing here this afternoon. | think he said
he wanted 10 see Cynthia
"Cynthial what nonsense, How can
you be so ridiculous. Sir William? It's
Adelaide; he admires her singing. 60
TO the MUSHROOM, Adelaide
mot at all. Cornelia. you had bet
ter 90 down to the Rectory; and, Gin
dy, there's poor Mrs. Brown wants
soup"
My heart sank. II was evident |
should have no chance OF seeing Lord
Lavender. ! was to be sent to the other
end Of the park! But just rs we were
speaking a carriage drove up with Lord
Lavender's aunt and Lady Sybil Len
nard. You may imagine my step
excitement. Ccrnelia rot her
innings. and made her way into the
II have come.r said her Grace, ITO
beg, Sir William. that you will spare us
your daughter for n few days. The
young people are going to get up some
more tableaus. and she was invaluable
las, night; ! don't wish to ~flatter, but,
anything 50 lovely as she
looked
I'm sure I'm much pleased" an
swered my stepmother. .'Thcir dresses
very pretty; but, indeed. your
Grace. your daughter was splendid, and
Lady Eva, too-most lovelyrf
The Duchess opened her eyes.
Lady Eva is no beauty" she said,
land as you know, didn't APP
pear. But when can your daughter
,ome TO us? Lavender is most anx-
I'm sure he's too good-my girls
will be delighted. either Of them.
There's no such thing as Jealousy be-
sween these two. Adelaide, my love, I
.hink we can makes guess thatit is Ad-
you want"
Pardon me-" said the Duchess, I'D
slaide is not the name"
Then il must be Cornelia! Really!