The Worthington advance., 1882-09-28

Gertrudo anu lIOttto went into tho
parler, the former to practice 3 difficult
selection from Beethoven she. had
brought with her. and well she did for
not piece Of music was seen lying
around except few hymn books and
| quite new instruct ion boOk; !; the lat
ter to sit and listen to Gertrude's many
and oft repeated attempts to render
certain passages correctly.
'sl4ottie d. not sit there 80 Qcietly
while I'm In such agony over thu se
at last; ''do come and try them. y
I'D rather be excused, Taudie, I'm
in no mood for the exertion; call Hugh
perhaps he can assist yOn.'
Hugh, laughed Gertrude, does
not know a quarter, from q half
note.''
I'm sure he sings we'll
''But reads better"
'Oh yes, he promised to read for Us
this afternoon, but I exrect he would
prefer race with that little tombOy.
the last part of the sentence with
freezing emphasis.
Presently Allie entered the room
with y piece Of gaily cOlOred silk in one
hand and a pair of scissors and . large
doll in the other.
Pausing before Miss Raynor. she said
hesitatingly, II have tried and tried to
cut Rosie dress like the one yon have
on and It wont come right; would you
be so kind as to help me?''
A contemptuous curving Of Miss
RaynOr's lips.
''lndeed> your presumption Is un-
paralled by anything ever heard Of;
dolls dress indeed! AS il would
make 4 slave Of myself in order to
p'e1se troublesome child who ought
to be made to keep her own place!"
A slight qniver of the lips, as these
words fell on her ear, was the only an
sWer.
~ Lottie," answered Gertrude gently,
after u searching glance inte "A lie .
doWncast face, ''do not feel 80 badly
about it; Allie meant nothing, I'm
Yet she was not 80 sure, for ilai
ly that little tomboy' was becoming
more and more of an enigma to her.
Give me the scissors, dear, and
will try and help you;" she said turn
1 e from the piano.
You dear. g0odt Gertrulel You unev
er scold me or say cutting things to
me, do you?'' giving her y hug. II
don't really care for the dress, though
Rosie does need it," giving Il look at
the dilapidated doll.
But Miss Baxter cut the dress TO
Allies satisfaction. who was holding
it out triumphantly to Miss Raynor
as Hugh Baxter entered the room.
"WiIat is under discussion. ncav?''
"Children;' answered Miss ltaynor
quickly. Il contend we can get along
very nicely without troublesome little
girls and their dolls.''
Hugh looked at Allie 4 moment then
said, I'VE might possibly exist with,
out the dolIs,'' giving Miss Rosie u
cOmical side-wise glance. ''but rs for
the little girls, well, I don't think life
would he very pleasant without Il little
| Sunsl,ine.''
And Allie quickly seizing Ills hat.
passed it around for collection. III
which all laughed Mt Miss }ayn"r
who murmured something about ''cOn-
summate foolishncss, then reminded
Hugh Of his promise to read. and he
gallantly took i book of poems from
| the table, and complied with the re.
quest.
When Gertrude was alone with her
brother she broached the subject that
was uppermost in her mind.
Hugh what do you think OF Allie
Mayne?'
"Precisely what her aunt does-.'a
perfect little Sunshine"
"Well. she is mystery TO me; she
loves to torment Lottie and does not
seem to le one bit afraid of her or
aws 4 by her sarcasm"
''The artlessneSs OF 4 child, "explaln-
| ed her br, tler.
NO. she seems to know Just in what
way to tease her and she asks her to
tie her sash, pm a ribbon. arrange her
dress, III the sweetest manner possible.
when she knows I.ottie is aggravated
by such requests her eyes show it, or
else she is i most extraordinary con-
tradictiOn Of human nature"
''She will make nuble woman some
day and the sunshine Of some mans
heart ard home, an,l may he prove
worthy of her," answered her brother
with more solennity than the occasion
seemed to demand, which caused Ger
trude to scan his face quickly; then in
connection came the tl,"nght Of 1.ottie.
for she wanted no ol,e to occupy
fIush's more serl0us thoughts but her
friend. Alas! for castles in the airI
AS day after day passed. he found
himself in company with a thought:
underlined at first but making 'itSelf
gradually ineligible tn his bewildered
brain. when he started at the bare idea
and tried to thrust it from the place it
had so secretly entered.
(Ccnclm'ed aext week.S