The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-21

afternoon strawberry garden party
while they're here. Alice. aud that
would make you feel indepeadsaI
"very." said I. "when we'd have 20
90 without butter and sugar. and live
on beans for o month. to pay for the
cako.''b ~ EAG Aft :
I'D Just Is lief" cried Egbcrt
"And sod L. said Alec.
"Idocss' 3 IN nd the bcans. said SIS
~. ''bus sngsfs right had 70 spars'
Miss Al"
..oh. well" said J. 81 guess you
won't have to SPAN IT. And then I
went TO meet John Rokcsby. who was
corning round the Hlac bushes. and !
Just had time to shut the wicket gate
before a couple OF gentlemen were at
the other side OF il. and he had turned,
and hesi,ating half an instant. had in
troduced 10 me SIR. Paget. aDd Lieuien-
ant Savary and Mcrvin, aud then an
older gentleman joined them. and he
was Colonel Meare. 1 knew John
didn't like Il, but he couldn't help him
| self, and rs soon As l say his annoy
ance I began 10 enjoy II. Idicint mind
them. il I was in my old gardening SUIT;
! but il il had been their sisters! How
ever, / didn't unlock the gate. or ask
them across il.
s'Rokcsby stole a march on US, Miss
Lamarte," said Mr.. Paget. ''But he II
find that sort Of thing won't answer.
We had heard from Miss Macia all
about you
All about me, Did that moan NV
dresses, too? Well, il 1 hal had all
the purple and fine linen Of the Queen
of Sheba. j could not have held M
head any higher than ! did at that
speech, although | knew how inconve-
nient it would be 10 keep up that style .
And then | saw Johns eye twinkle.
and | faced about in a second. $50
have | heard all about yoa. Mr.. Paget!'
.'What have you heard, mag ! ask?'
said he. THAT /, Alfred Pagci. AN
poor, but confoundedly aristocratic."
Poor! | suppose he wasted more than
we had To live on. ''Ihat y
THAT Colonel Meare Is a real heart
breaker, and that John Rokcsby has
uncommon luck. But, luck or not. !
can't ask your friends in. John, for IL
wouldn't be luck Mt all If ] caused
Lieutenant Savary the loss of his ease
of claret. So l must saygood-eveninS;''
and l left them all aghast. and John the
most of any; and wild horses wouldn't
have drawn me TO Mrs. Rokcsby's mex,
day, IL she had not come after me with
a pair OF time ones, and made such q
fuss about it-for she was fond of me
and setting in about it. and
crying, and saving / was losing all my
chances-that it was less trouble To 60
than to stay. But l can assure you thai
if | had really been the Queenof Shcba,
| couldn't have been treated thereafter
with more propriety; although John
said, when he had a chance, that it wa,
only the society manner of his friends
aud | was very foolish 10 show temper
that they were all good fellows, am
Colonel Mearc wa an excellent match
Colonel Nearer said /; "why, he,
rying you. John"
/ well" said John, can /, then
really so entirely out of the question
| Have romance and i babe good by?"
| "As if there were any romance posi-
BILE where people have known eaci
other ever since they were born! Why
when l was two years old, you used t
r feed me with "a"
MAUD with her sweet purse-moutl
when my father dangled the grapes
quoted John. "Yes. it's uncommon
luck to seem no better than an old ma
1 to"
Now, John, / heard your mothe
I say you were getting morbid. Every
body grows old-if they live Ion
enough. And truly / don't think thos
2 grizzlcd curls of yours the least bit IN
{ becoming" And 1 couldn't imagin
q why John left me in that sudden way
Y But | saw him presently leaning owe
that tall sallow Paget girl, and playin
with her fan, and felt as if alwal
had hated that girl from the beginnin
of time. Still, / must acknowlcdS
o that by-and-by. when John took her
the piano, she did sing most deliciousl,
d but then in the evening. when ever
@ body was dancing-well, l never sa
such dancing before. and hope | nevt
If shall again. Mrs. Rokesby said Her,
it dias' daughter couldn't have done an,
II thing more shameful, and she vas gla
= neither Marcia nor l flung herself roun
in that style. But John and her othc
partners liked it, 1 noticed-at lea.
1t everybody wanted to dance with he
% Somehow, il she was lean and sallOv
she was awfully handsome. and so W;
d her brother, as | said once to John.
L Hes young, too," said John, IAN
l. that seems to be your sine qua moi
It Alice"
r alt isn't yours" said l." for Miriai
-. - l... &c ,l.af. laro
5. And then John laughed, and went
Y take the seat that vas always kept fl
him BY Miriam Paget's side.
e So the time went on. with rides AT
L rows and picnics and parties; but
$. wasn't very pleasant TO me, and e
70 cused myself from all / could; and Il
re way that Miss Paget conducted herse
I'd about John was simply-simply ou
ut rageouS! And it "a no wonder tn
le Mrs. RokeSby and Marcia were worri'
* to death about it. while he hung rouI
& her like a moth round n candle. SO III,
TX zled that he was entirely unable TO S
Id her as she vas
lis Marcia and her mother were to gi'
a dinner party one day, and as o,
d. places adjOined, it was mamma w
ut required to her former proposition tn
l | should invite them all afterward in
vs. our garden, and wind up the event.
as outdoors with peaches and cream, I
lip we had the first ripe peaches in tn
Y. part of the country. l protested; b
ty mamma had gotten it into her hea
ed and said the peaches were there, a
e! the cream wouldn't cost w doilal
m and we could nip and save that fire
o. something else. And nobody but Sis
dissented, except myself, and l not /
II, cause of the nipping and saving. b
because I was tired of doing up th
i'd everlasting white dress overnight. a
20 / did not want . new one, after all.
I'm sure" said mamma, ''yo
10, white dress is agreat deal prettier tn
Miss Mervin's patchwork affair, Il
IS, new thing -"
1.-The Illuminated Dress?' c
na mamma, it was perfectly lovely!
at looked just like a page from an {
ed missal." ~
81 never saw IN old missal,n S:
re mamma. dryly.