The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04

afternoon, too"
ssQuite right" said Mr.. Stark;e, look
ing tranquil again. MAKE your mind
easy: I'll 90 and meet your sister
myself; and do you be off as quickly as
you can"
s.You. sir?" calculated the astonishcd
Philip. Il couldn't think"
"Pthaw.." was the impatient retort.
s'Waste no more time. 1 can't 60 and
look after the fellow myself, ii would
raise suspicion. If / could have done
Grey's errand, / would; but the Lady
Elizabeth might not have approved of
the substitute. However, as this is your
sister, and not your sweetheart, who's
to be met, it is managed easily enough.
At which station should she arrive, and
what is she like?"
.'She comes to the Parry Street Sta
ton, by the train from York; and she's
like-they say she's | Ike me-"
VERY good. Half-past four, you
say? III see to ii. And now, lose no
more time. Good-dayr'
Must 1 let YOU know?"
"Ah, yes. If you get back tonight,
/ must trouble you 10 come to my
place tomorrow and report to me, any
time"
''Yes. sr, I'll do my best said
Philip, at lat actually taking his de-
parture.
As he drove to the station to take the
train to Eigeton, some six or eight
miles cut of Irkford, he had time to
realize hat his mission really must be
an important one.
at must be-" he reflected. ..for the
Governor to hurry me off on the spot,
and go and meet Grace himself. l can't
get over that"
1t was almost eleven o'clock of the
same night, when Philips hanson
stopped at the gate of his dwelling
place. Grace had come. There was a
light behind the green blinds. and-he
looked toward the left band--yes, a
light behind those other green blinds,
too.
As Philip entered the marrow passage
of the house, aface, somewhat dolorous
in expression, and, as he had limited to
Mr.. Starkie. strikingly resembling his
own, was put out Of the door of his sit
ting room. with adub;ous. inquiring look.
till he had fairly entered. when the
door was flung vide open and tall girl
bOunded-as much as such a small
passage would allow bounding-out
of his parlor and threw herself into his
arms.
MY dear Phil At lasti How very
bad of you! How immensely YOU are
improved! [ thought you never were
coming.r' She dragged him into the
sitting-room. "That little mustache,
oh. its killing, 1t is, really, But what
hare you been doing all this timer
Ibid Mr.. Starke meet you all right.
you unfortunate child?n asked Philip,
holding her at arms length and look
ing at her. "Allow- me to return the
compliment You, also, are immense
" improved"
To view her. one must have said that
in any case Grace Massey must have been
apleasant object to look upon. Tall.
dark. upright. she was perhaps some
what amply developed for seventeen;
with shoulders thai were decidedly
broad, and hands by no means small;
all was yet so tremendously formed,
and in such fine proportions, as not to
appear in the least awkward or ungain-
lN. In every mo, ement was the free,
elastic grace which covers. or rather
displays, vigOr of constitution and
strength of limb, given by a healthy.
outdoor life. Grace Massey would new
er be a Hebe, but she might develop
into a Juno-a stately. dark-eyed dame
one could easily imagine it. At the
present moment she vas all girl, all
sister.
Ibid old Starkie meet your repeat
ed Philip.
"sOld Starkie' did meet me. sir.
When he came up to me taking off his
nat. and saying: Miss Massey. l i'm
agine.' / thought hat your manners
were immensely improved, but that you
had aged very much, and"
You p~reposterous goose! l hope
you didn't give such a welcome to the
aged imposter as you did just now to
the real BROTHER"
"Ohr' cried Grace. convulsed with
laughter, what a frightfrl idea! Ibe-
haved like-why. like any n ought to.
Mr.. Starkie saw me safe here, making
profuse apologies all the way for hav-
ing deprived you of so great a pleas
ure,' and all that. He appreciated my
company. whatever other people may
do"
"The old humbug.n' sail Philip, in
much amusement. "Wsil, thank
Heaven YOU are here at last. What do
You think of your quarters: You might
begin housekeeping at once # YOU liked.
by seeing after something in the shape
of food and drink for me, forI am nearly
starved"
Grace rang the bell, remarking:
81 may get accustomed to it in time.
but just at first this place gives me the
sensation that l am in a pastcbOard box,
and must step and move gingerly for
fear my feet should 60 through the floor,
or my fist through the walls"
"They are rather thin after the Foul
haven ones. 1 confess" he said ..Ah,"
he added with q sigh of satisfaction. as
he seated himself before the meal which
Ibis widow" had prepared FOR him;
"if YOU knew, my child, what it is to
be perishing with hunger in the midst
of plenty
when was your last meal?"
Sat q quarter before eight 4 = of
the present day."
but where have Won been, and what