The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

He has evidently quite forgotten how
very kind he used once to be, but / have
nota ,ut even i'll do deserve it, / can't
besd Grace might be nor consid-
err When she comes and towers
ov21 ne like she did just now, and
fias4s her great eyes upon me, she
looks, so exactly Ike him that l could
A rush past her of some moving body
drew her attention to the form of De.
johnson. who. with an unseemly haste
very rare with him, whirled by, arrest.
ing himself by a backward spring just
in time to AVE himself from being
dashed Ove the cliff to certain death,
and then transferred his attentions to
her as if in a paroxysm of affection.
""My dear DR.. JOhnson!" she had be-
gun, in the tone of one who would rea-
SON with an impetuous person, "be a
little less violent, Or"
"Let him alone! He'll take care not
to risk his precious life. He is like his
immortal namesake, too fond OF the
good things of the kitchen to prema-
turely cut himself off in his enjoyment
of them." said a voice behind her-a
voice which caused Mabelle to start viO-
lently and make a palpable movement
of dismay as she beheld Philip, alone.
except for DR.. johnson. standing above
her, and looking down from what
seemed to Mabelle an immense height,
for he stood upon q little knoll of grass,
and she was sitting in the bottom of q
small hollow between two ridges.
do l disturb yOu?" he asked, throw
ing away his cigar, and-was it posi-
ble?-seating himself beside her.
"N-no; l am not going to stay here
long" answered Mabelle, inwardly
wondering when adversely would cease
to prosecute her; wondering. too, still
more. what strange chance had sent
Philip there.
Not stay long! You have only just
come, have you?' he asked, looking at
her intently, and with imperturbable
gravity.
'NO-wel-about--"
"About three minutes" he inter-
posed; ''because l saw you go while
Grace was shaking me out of my chair
and telling M to 90 after YOU"
Telling you to come alter mer''
CALCULATED Mabelle, on whose Mortified
mind the truth now burst in its entirety.
Grace had, indeed, put her scheme of
revenge into operation with the prompt
itude and skill of a great General.
"Ies, she has sent me after yOu,"
said Philip, TRANQUILITY, while he rested
his chin on one hand and stroked back
the ears OF DIR. johnson with the other,
a process which caused that intelligent
animal to put forth his tongue farther
than ever. and to grin q hideOus grin of
ineffable satisfaction.
.'She said she had quarreled with you,
and that you had been unkind-no, you
had been very nasty that was the form
of expression she used"
''Oh, dear!" was all Mabelle could
calculate.
''She says you want to 90 away" he
and if he had taken no notice
Of her before, Mabelle could no longer
accuse him Of maintaining that line of
conduct. He vas observing her innocent
ly, and the fact did not intend to reassure
her either in mind or manner.
Mabelle had worried herself BY brood
yer the situation until she could
no longer see it in its proper light or
proportions. Her conscience was NOR
bidly sensitive, and Grace did not know, |
could not guess, the real agony she was
intlicting upon the girl by her jesting
piece of vengeance.
"Yes-no. l don't want to 60 but
| am afraid l must"
"But why? Grace says that Il few
days ago you seemed pleased at the
prospect of staying" said Philip. with
= half smile in his eyes as he saw the
uncomfortable flash rising to Mabelle's
lace at his question.
fro BE Continued