The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-23

~ find it impossible to bend it at al
so as to suit my weak intellect. Those
dreadful sums about express trains
starting off at so many miles an hour
and other ones having,to 60 after then
and ooyertake them in given time
Dreadful ~
Philip laughed!
"Ihose are simple enough. Perhaps
you are not fond of arithmetic"
II am utterly without the capacity ia
40 it, said Mabelle, resignedly. "But
Angela says | must study that more
than anything else if I want to get my
certificate, and | suppose l must man
age that, whatever happens"
Angela" repeated Philip, pro-
nouncing the name lingeringly, for the
sake of uttering it. Angela and Ma
belle Fairfax. 1t was no Irkford name,
any more than they Che was quite GER
tain( were lrkford people.
My sister | mean. You are the
gentleman who lives next door to us.
And is that lady your sister-the one
with the dark eyes, who is so hand
some?"
Z" Yes, tlRt is my sister-Grace, {"
said Philip, secretly feeling extremely
gratiiied that he ana Grace had been
objects Of notice and speculation TO at
least one Miss Fairfax--possibly TO the
other, too.
" thought she was. Sometimes she
goes to college at the same time that
go to school. Oh!' continued Mabelle,
as they caught sight of an omnibus,
which Philip made no attempt to take,
how l should like to ride on the top
of an omnibus!'
Would youP You can not think it
is pleasant mode of conveyance"
L suppose not. But | have never
even been inside one" (This admis-
sion spoke volumes to Philip "An-
gela thinks they are dreadful, but she
is obliged to go in them sometimes,
when her pupils live quite out of
town"
PupilsP" echoed Philip, interrog-
atively.
"Yes. She teaches music to a great
many girls at the High School, and
she has other pupils out of town. 1t is
when she goes to them that she has to
ride in the omnibus"
IL see," said Philip, greatly desiring
to ask several questions, but feeling
with instructive delicacy, that to do SO
would be to take mean advantage
Of her. She had betrayed the fact that
they were poor. He would have given
much to know if they had always been so.
"ls it your sister whom have often
heard playing and singingp' he in
quired, venturing on that question as a
safe one.
"Yes. Does she not play well, and
sing, tooP Only she says that giving
lessons is enough to take all the music
out OF one. l don't know; think If
one has music in one, nothing will
drive it out"
They had now got into Carlton Road.
and just as Philip was wondering how
many schoolgirls were in the habit of
having such thoughts. and so express
ing them, she turned to him. saying:
"Ihank you for carrying my books,
but will not trouble you any longer"
He put them into her hand, feeling
that though he was stalwart young |
man OF six-and-twenty, and she a little |
schoolgirl of some fifteen or sixteen
years, he had received his dismissal in
a most decided shape. Mabelle, with
a gracious smile and q dieniiied vet
cordial little bow, wished him good
morning and continued her way to
school.
He watched her until she had disap-
peared within its gates, and then he
hailed hanson, and while he drove to
own he sat staring at his wet UNI
orella, wondering and coniecturing
nightly as to the past, present and
uture of his neighbors.
"Angela Fairfax" he repeated TO
himself. "And she gave music lessons,
Ind she has that little darling of sis
er; What a sweet, bright, dignified
title lady she is! Such lady, toop'
hought Philip, raising his eyebrows.
by George! She must be a contrast
o some Of her school-fellows!'
Lost in reflections upon this subject,
le arrived at the office. |,