The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-23


 They were by the hall-door now. and h.s hand was on the handle. a single ray from the gas-iamp outside falling on her smiling face.
 You don't know the shop. and you would spill the milk. to certainty she replied. Besides. am used to fetch ing the milk. and probably ysu are not. You see, there is no bell. shall rattle the letter-box when come back"
 So saying. she wen, out into the street, and le4t the young man 10 think out the situation al his leisure.
 The milk tasted none the worse for the way in which ii lad been brought in. and Penelope poured him GU, cup of tea with pretty, apologetie hospitality when she found he had been neglected, and he drank 1t in the showroom where the pea cocks feathers adorned the man,le-shelf While she slipped i, slowly he recognized with that delight at perceiving familiar object which is the rudimentary stage of art criticism, one or two of the water colors on the wall.
 You know Cambridge. l see
 sYes: do you:'
 !" was a, Caius some years ago. Have you been there often
 @ used to go nigh, of:ea when my sister was at Gir,on.
 "Gir:on: On.
 The sudden blank expression of face the sudden fall of the voice. were familiar experiences to Penelope when she spoke of her sister, bu, she had her own amuse- nlent GU, of the situation. private source of never-failing amusement in comparing her sister as she was with the speakers probable idea of her.
 Laura. she said to her partner. as soon as the g-ests were gone, who was the man you called Air. Brown =
 There were two Browns" said pru- dent Laura. raking the coals ou, of the fire. '' one a rich man. brother of Mrs. Burlington, ard the other-
 My one lsn', rich
 The other writes for .he papers.
 = wish wrote for the papers then He makes l; pay: he's been to Venice wonder Ii the Z;rseS will send me If 1 reml; ,heri an aecoun, of my travels. H. lus,ra,ed''
 Been done ,oo ot;ea.~ was the laconic answer.
 .l always knew WIS born hf,y years too late. Everything has been done al- ready -
 No: everything. for the ,ea-,hinss wan, washing up. Don; be lazy. pene- lope; am sure |. Is time 10 be going home.
 PART Il.
 If Tom had some ditfieul,y in recon cling his companions social position. general appearance. and eviden, culture with the terrible actions of which she was guilty. Penelope experienced no shock of lncoIgruiiy Tn comparing his supposed occupation with hi. mental powers With feminine rapidi,y Penelope decided ,ha, NIT. Brown wrote short articles on so- cie,y for certain journals. more remark able for flippaney of tone than elevation of sentiment or depth of eruditoa. She was soon confirmed in this beliet. for the next time she met him was when she was copying one of Moro-l's petraits in the National gallery. He appeared ,o nave no particular business there. and stood chatting to her for half an hour. while she painted. payiag h::le attention ,o the pictures. but discussing the people round W.th sood-humored in;eres:. She sup posed he was collecting materials for a serles of articles on London p.ctufe-g gal lerles. On one point she was convinced he was no, looking a, pictures from an artists poin, of view. ard therefore she took some trouble to give hum a little superficial information on the subject. with the hope of thus bringing his readers 10 a knowledge of higher things she even told her sister iha, she was educa,- ing the British public by means of stray journalist.
 = Where on earth do you see him asked Marian. looking up from the pa. per she was correcting
 '. Al the Na,iona. gallery. Penelope re- piled. swinging to and fro the ;asse, of me blind. l; vas a lovely evening ,o- ward the end of Nla,. and she was en- loyias lazy hali-hoar after tea. He Is writing articles for some papeg-a ser.es oi sooIal notes-and he IS us: now |, the Trafalgar square stage.
 Marian accepted the account of the young mans appearance upon the stage of her sisters life in the same spin, of simple faith Tn which Penelope offered II. To both of;henl. and io mos, of ,heir friends. the idea that any ul,erior motive mus, exls, would never have presented ;selt. and il suggested by others, would have been relected as absurd
 Tom listened patiently ,o he lectures on art. quite unconscious iha. Penelope was addressing through him the average newspaper reader, and thus educating the masses. As he never volunteered any remark as 10 his profession or means of Livelihood IL was obviously unne. es- sary for her to make any suggestion con- cerning the one or the other: but having framed her theory. she found TO difficulty in fitting in with i, alike his actions and his words. l, would be difficult; 10 over rate the peculiar charm which Penelope $ quick. active spirit eNered over the slower, calmer mind thus brought into frequent oontac, with hers bu, i, was no, her intellectual superiority which at ,racted him, but rather her attitude to- ward life. He had never before. among all the comfortable rich people who were