The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-17

@1s~s - AsN. S8S VI afSatt o&4 kA8AA4tt2&k~ CTS. For shoes she had pair of blue satin slippers, high heeied, hat wezn in fashion again, by good lnek, akAr a[6l3 years. When the Groexonor cae1<~Re drove up (which had thouEhslnl1y h&en sent for her. in front of the li4kfed m1n- sion Nellie was Tn such . nufter thAk the hardly knew how she got inso the roomx. She had dim sense of heing kiaaed by Miss Jennie and welcomed h9 the sxafely Mrs. Grosyenor, and then she heafd Miss Jennie say. :" Le, me introduce you to two of our most particular friends-Mr. Bar clay. Miss Alcorn Mir Arundel. Miss AL corn. Now, gentlemen, tender your re- spects like true knights" It was all like tale Of a story book. The two gents danced with her in rotation and kindly explained to her the 6gures when she blushingly confessed her ignorance. Aker that they had other partners, but they still continued to come back and claim their respective dances. Mir. Barclay had mose to say, but somehow the ohiv- aious, de1exenkin1 manner of Mir. Arundel made by far the deeper impression of the twc upoa Ne1lie. Suddenly, while danc- inR with the laansr, her ankle turned and she would have fallen if he bad not caught her. She was supported to seat and Miss Jennie 6ew to her side. "I, is a sprain, fear" said Nellie, as her friend knelt and took of one of the shoes "Oh." she said. "how ii hurts when you touch it.'
 We will have you 10 bed tkls in- stant,' said Miss Jennie. and the poor dear little foot bAthed and bandaged." Mrs. Grovsenor by this time had come up. '' am so sorry for your pain" she said, eour,eoasly, bu, glad for our sake since II will give us the pleasure of your society until you recover. James and she called a venerable white-haired butler, carry Miss Alcorn carefully up to the blue spare room." Nellie, m spite of her suffering, felt a wild thrill of joy. To be a favored guest in such house hold was beyond her widest dreams Arundels eyes, as she was borne away. partly concern, partly tenderness, tha, set her heart strangely beating. The next day Miss Jennie came into Nellie room with annoyance on her face. My dear she said, your pretty shoe IS lost. have looked tor ii everywhere I'm afraid one of the servants h..s stolen il. i 1 am so sorry Never mind said Nellie, speaking more eheeIfully than she felt. They were only valuable because they belonged to grandma, and have one still" You have the dearest, sweetest temper in the world," said Miss Jennie, kissing her. Isn't it dainty little affair" she said, holding up the re- manning shoe, -why, you are a verita- ble Cinderella Nellie blushed with pleasure. She had often been called Cinderella derisively, but never before in earnest. On the second day Nellie was able to appear in the drawing room, lying on couch. She looked lovely in white morning dress. trimmed with blue. which Miss Jennie had insisted oH lending her. With her sweet expression and golden hair, said Miss jennie to her mother. enthusiastically she reminds me of one of Raphael's angels. How different she Is from her aunt and cousin. They are earthen-ware and she Is porcelain. Bu; then they have none of the .Aicorn blood. For Jennie was an aiistocra, d, heart. Life at the Grosvenor was a rev
 elation 10 Nellie 1t was so cultured 1nd rehned, so different from anything she had ever seen, but she had often dreamed in her day-dreams of such household There were no loud voices m oonvcrsa- ton. \o one ever contradicted another
 No one interrupted. No one talked of himself or herself The meals were served noiselessly by the attentive men, servants, who seemed to anticipate ones every want. Flowers and ensray- i ings. pictures, books and bronzes were stre~n in pretty order ali over the douse The whole atmosphere brea,hed of beauty and repose. Mir. Barclay and Ar
 Arundel, both of whom were siaylrg d, Colonel Grosyenor's, hovered abou, Nellie's couch most of the tune. Icnnle was there, too, and the gentlemen often read while ;he ladies sewed or net,ed. l. vas difficult 10 tell which was the most attentive. Mir. Barclay or hIs friend Fer haps, on the whole, Ii was the former
 but Ii was of the latter tha, Nellie began insenslbly to think more frequently than she would. His eyes looked SC often ! language that thrilled the poor childs heart he was e deferential, so tender altogether, Nellie little suspec,.ng Il. be- 1 gan to be in love Recollect she had no mother to warn her. In those few weeks she lived in dream of perfeci happi- ness It was Miss Jennie's maid who firsi revealed to Nellie the state of ner heart Nellie was now able to walk and the day had been fixed for her return home On the same day the whole parry was to break up, for the Grosvenors were to go to the White Sulphur Springs and the t~o gentlemen had promised to accompany them. Miss Iennie's maid vas comoing out Neilie's hair. :" 1 s'pose by the time welcomes back said the maid ,hefe1
 be weddin'. hab my eyes open as well as white folks Nellie colorei. She though, the speaker mean, Arsndel and herself bu, she was soon undecessed
 4 iine match. too both mighty uch, though NIT. Arundel IS the rohes,. And such plantation he owns on the ames river and an old family, too. lou eoesn'; hab 10 go roun' askin' who dey IS. Ne- lie grew dizzy. She though, she was aha4ff fn f1srt k. !