Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-03

in the mOnstrOus warehouses; hot in
/ the dim and dusty offices; hot on the
hard stone pavements of the squares and
in the narrow streets. Hottest of 9 Ii,
perhaps, in the rows of thinly built
suburban houses, with their inadequate
blinds and fiirnsy walls and nl-ftting
windows.
In the parlor occupied by Angela and
Mabelle Fairfax they both sat this broil-
! ing morning. The blinds were drawn
down to keep the sun out; the windows
were shut to keep the dust out; and yet
it was hot-stifling hot.
.How aWtut it isr' calculated Miss
Fairfax from the sofa upon which she
had flung herself, and upon which she
lay, languidly waving a fan up and
down-her face rendered more pallid
and marble-white than ever by the great
heat. Nature is much kinder in this
respect to some of her children than to
others, and, as usual, arbitrary and
caprcious in her favors. For example,
excessive heat did net give Angela
Fairfax red face. nor Philip Massey
either-it rendered them rather better
looking than before; but its effect upon
the countenance of Mr.. Fordyce was in
deed lamentable.
"Hoa0 awfulp' repeated Angela. eff
it is half as cold here in winter as it is
hot in summer, shall die"
No answer from Mabelle, who sat at
the comfortable, her rapid fingers deft-
ly manipulating straw hat and some
| black gauze-an employment tending
to produce sickness of the fingers in
that temperature, and who did not COM
plain of the heat. nor of anything else.
Her sweet face was paler than it had
| been: her eyes somewhat dark and
heavy; while in her whole attitude
there was dropping listlessness, telling
| of WEAKNESS.
when l think of the rectory, and
Nenside. and the gardens, this is intol-
cradle, and l could scream" pursued
Miss Fairfax. who had a way of empha-
sizing the last words of her remarks.
mo doubt it is pleasant at Nenside
now," her sister acquiesced.
pheasant! l should think so. Oh,
this is a miserable life that l lead! How
l hate and loathe it! Drudgery and
,, slavery all day and all the week-and
for what? A pittance! That I--that
Fairfax should ever come to such
passT'
''Dear Angela. people have be IN very
kind to us. | am sure we seem % have
lots of friends, and look how many
pupils you have already"
.tVulgar wretches! Shop-k ,eper's
children, the Dissenters' childrrn. and
all kinds of horrid peoples chi dren."
Il can't say that see so mrfsh vul-
garity in Them
'You are hopelessly devoted to what
is low and horrid."
ssIpIonIS, cold NToho11a yc~c;no ho,.
head with flashing eyes, and a height
comment upon this gracious remark.
them together, and bending again to
that one irrepressible lnIeedr'
Sat what time does CHS wonderful
entertainment begin?" was Angela's
next inquiry.
"Half-past ten they were to call for
us, and it is half-past rtne now"
s.Half-past ten! Imagine setting off
on day like this to Z picnic! A bank
holiday, too! All the town will turn
out, and we shall look exactly like
party of cheap trippers. For my part,
l can't see the pleasure of such expedi-
TONS"
'.Why 60, if you think it will tire you,
and that you won't enjoy it?''
How ridiculous You are! OF course
l Unjust 90. What could do here all day?
dition to our two selves. How sick peo-
pie do get of each others society, to be
sure?"
Thanks for the compliment"
''Well, you must own. Mabelle, you
nrIl
''No, / suppose not. One may be
useful as q milliner without being eX-
actly company for ones customers"
..Oh. as If meant that! What hor-
rid things YOU do say. You know what
/ mean. You are a child"
Il thought children got on best to-
gether, said Mabelle, me ,kly, but with
an odd curl at the corner of her lips.
"What? At any rate there is one
human being to-day who will be more
entertaining than my adored pupils and
their delightful parents
Mabelle made no answer, but her del
icate eyebrows contracted, while An
of one inviting question or comment:
"Poor Mr.. Masseyr'
To this also she received no reply, but
Mabelle's face was flushed, and she gave
an impatient jerk to the hat she was
trimming.
''Hc really must be very good Great
ure, despite his disagreeable sister,"
continued Angela, discussively.
1T you mean Grace, don't think
she is at all disagreeable."
Mot to you, perhaps; ifyou had the
misfortune to be twenty-five years old,
and an object of admiration to her
brother, she might favor you, too, with
a share of her i'll manners. Really, the
way in which these sisters are jealous
of their great clumsy brothers is too
ridiculous. They seem to think that
every woman who meets them will set
her cap at them. Thekla Berghaus is
Just as ridiculous about Hermann, as if
l would iooi; at child like him!'
THE question is, whether a child
like him would look ut you. He seems
to me to have no eyes for any one but
Grace Massey"
''Grace Massey exclaimed Angela,
with a deep flush. ss.Just fancyi How