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CHAPTER Nxttt-rIsufsush
These last expeditions we're yerj
plea ant. Philip drove, ADD Grace an.
Maheils toak Il IN tarns W Nh bcsih,
him, while In johnson shared he bark
soal With whichever Of tho young ladiei
occupied H. They were hapry hour.
which were passed In this manne-
while Philip, wtien hard pressed would
relate some VI his e,Iprienco 81 Tho
'in conceivable harisifps' whieh, h,
sad, be feared were going 10 heepm,
histor cal IN HI. family and his sIstal
listened. aud did the questioning with
That glance from hor dark eyes which
spoke Of a loYe like that which Glars
Van Arteyelde felt for her Phllip when
she said,
"I'yc loved him much, aud guarded With
him uft
Aud ait our loves and q%narrcls past arr
10 hind Us closer
And Mabelle listened, too, the more.
perhaps, in thatehc said the loss.
Gra o teasod Philip on bis newly dis
covered capacity for lakincss, AMI b,
said that MA was celebrated for adapt
Ing himself 10 all circumstances
''Even adverse ones" suggested
Grace.
EVEN adverse ones. my dear, suci
rs the present, v he answered.
Sometimes Mabelle speculate upon
Philips rough analysis Of his owl
character, which be had given her thai
day on the clifl. Nothing. he had said.
could make him otherwise than rough
and hard. Rough he was perhaps. oc
casionally trough, that is, in expires
sion. rough In the sense tina, In a yery
refined crcle his manner would have
been found wanting in polish. his bow
In elegance, and his compliments
wanting altogether rs q rue. Hut hart
- Mabelle could discover no hardness
for a long time. She thought she hat
never seen pny man whose manner an,
whole conduct toward mother and : ste
was " good and 80 satisfactory as tina
pf Philip Massey.
II he had certain old fashioned idea
as " the sphere OF n .woman's nseful
ness, and the d~esirability OF c~ultlyating
her cul nary and household capacities,
II was assurcdly not because he mag
ined she could not wofthlly take hei
share In other things that was cylden.
from topics which he discussed will
Grace and her mother. aud the weigh
he gave TO their opinion.
Once. when n lady with very all
vanced Views on tho subject Of woman
sphere Ind had an argument viii
ihilip, and discovered what she con
sidered bis great and lameniable dark.
ness upon some important points, III,
suggested 10 Grace that mans wish fol
women 10 be- accomplished cooks ant
honsemaids 50 she expressed it-coy,
cred an abyss Of seldshncss not To b,
measured by ordinary standards.
'lndeedl'' rctorted the Indignant
Grace. You think Philip Is fond o.
eating. and would rather I could cool
well for him than any thing else | cal
tell You that he would rather a Dir,
bread than see his mother or me boil
him a potato, II we were tired. or II h
convenient and | have g hin
do II; and seen him make tea and loasl
for me with his own hands. when | wa,
vi at lrkfurd, because | didn't like whaI
the, servant u the house had made. \
that Is an abyss of scliishness, III,
sellishness."
Assundly, thought Mabelle. lhe-.
were not The traits Of a hard character
Only. once, when his father was relat
Ing something concerning a woman.
one Of his tenants. who had lost hel
child. partly through her own careless
ness, aud had added. "she married
her husband for bis position. there wa
ayonng fellow whose heart she nearl,
broke four years ago., Philip had said
with what seemed TO Mabelle a yer,
cynical laugh;
1T u a good thing the child did die
huch women arc not III TO be mothers
She stole a glance at him, and saw Il
his eyes what he meant By saying hi
disaster had hardened" him.
Mabelle was rather sad that day, ~
In two days more she was TO 20 back /,
Irkiord. angela had written some YER,
pet sh letters, IN which she upbraide,
Mshell. for her salilshness, adding tina
81 she did not come home soon, shs
Angela. would have 10 come 10 Foul
haven and take lodgings there. Thcs,
letters Mabelle showed 10 Grace. an
the peEildloas Grace had revealed theiI
tenor % Philip. whose comment has
been,
GOOD Lord Does she think she ca,
keep Msbelle forever tied 10 her apro,
strings What win she do when N,
child marriesp'
IT viii depend very much ON sphI
the child marries." hls sister had grave
) answered. y she fixed her eyes upor
him. but found he was not looking n
hsr. When ~ Last be did meet he
eyes. Grace laughed. aud philil
laughed, too. upon which Miss Masse'
called him = goose. and went away look
iug very vii satisfied with herself an,
him. and the world In general
The day came on the morrow O
which Mahells was 10 70 10 irklord
she and Philip and Grace had planne'
= last excursion with DIR johnson In III
Poaj carriage. 10 some fine old wood
irom which they could descend to III
shorr, AMI picnic under some hug,
eiuis-a almost unknown, untrodde
resion. which Mabelle had a yearnin
70 visit.
i was September, yet the heat wa
great almost sultry; there was adusk
iAze over sea and sky when the thre
would b. excursionisis met ut break
last Their elders had finished lon
nEo. Tor do not suppose any one wi
n1i<mpt 70 dispule The fact that III
ffeeeut generation. n = whole. break
~ lzi<r than The one Immediately nm
esSilng theu,- Mr.. Massey had been o
/. his fields b half past seven. an
M Annsey - q this moment Ii q
1iiq191 - eaosllf "easinr brad On
~ nnpefiniesdIaf her hand
= ~ Pfepefntlon IL sumethin
- = - eyenlpk meal ahouM Il
- tx<plknee any brpad 10
1yu r11rpt ndrtaI To-.
Elans1 ~ Al
; - onvu11us =