Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09

MRS ST. GEORGE, LILY MACKENZIE, RINAL-
DO GRAZIANo.
Che drawing room, No. 200 Eaton
Mrs. st. George am afraid You will
be Gull with me, dear Lily 1 go so little
into the world
Lily do not care for society, Aunt
Agnes [ am not accustomed 20 il. So
long as am not a bore to you, and YOU
will let me love You, | sLall be perfectly
happy.
Mrs st. George-Let you love me
Could desire anything better my dar-
ling, than to he loved by one who is to
be now my own child
Lily-Bnt people get tired sometimes
of beng loved. Cecil does wh1n his old
nurse Jones wants tC pet and cossit him
and miss Payne tires him dreadfully
when she gushts over him. and calls him
her dear boy, aud makes eyes at MIN ;
silly old thing
Mrs St. George-But I am not, Cecil,
my dear.
LIy-Nn, you are not.
Mrs s.. GeorSe-Why do you sigh?
Llly-Du Isrgh?
Mrs st Grurge-Yes.
Lly-Oh, II Is only II bad habit | have.
Papa Strong used To scold me for it, and
wn d Cr,ll always laughs at me.
Nj. ST G.urge-It is habit YOU
must tY aud rhocn, my GEAR. You are
tup young for signing.
LAZY i vii 1,y to do all you tell me
u tie.
Mrs S GrorLe-My goou child L
the Young only Enew what "a grace com
pInnc" Is aud how distaNtcfnl the con
only wish th''ir own good
Lily have been accustomed to obey
Yru know how severe Papa Strong was
Mt being my own father made HIM hard
er tlnln ever and after poor mamma die,
he got very bad indeed
Mrs. st. George-He was awfully sc
we're, | confess he frightened me who an
not easily frightened.
Lily-So he did me and so he Iii,
poor mamma But do not let us t. Tx O
1t, Aunt Agnes. | hate to remembe
painful things. Let me look at Won pref
ty room. How pretty it is That Vepe
tan glass, those brass things, those me
saics-how lovely they all are What
beautiful stand for photographs! VIVA
work is It, aunties
Mrs. st. George-Florentin
Llly-Aud this complicated monogram
"A. ). G.-and there is I'll r., too. Wht
is it, aunte?
Mrs. st. George-My monogram
dear.
Lily-Can you make it for me T.? VIII
that r. 2"
Mrs, St George-The man who mad
it Numbered.
Lily-Wnat a pity That impuder
looking spells 1t all How beautifr
the photographs are! They are all TO
eign, see What pretty man an
those dear children aud-vho ia tn
handsome man?
Mrs st. George-Which That? Si
more GraZIauO
Lily-Who is Signore Graziano?
Mrs. st. GeOrge-A singer.
iily-HOw handsome he is Oh. he
he Is again in another dress and here
another Auntie, how handsome
is
Mrs. st. George-Yes, he has rather
picturesque head aud face.
Llly-He Is superb But there ia som
thing L do not quite like in his face ,
the same. What Is it do not lik
auntie?
Mrs st. George-How can I po,,ih
know, my dear?
Lily-Is he a great friend of yours
Mrs. St. George know him pref
well. paw
Llly-How strange it must be to KIN,
singer, or actor, or something like tbf
don think | should quite like it. Y
would never know when they were acti
and when they We're themselves. | sbo,
expect them all to be so made-up. SO
sincere and hypocrtical. Auntie de-
do you feel i'll ? You have turne1
pale
Lily Now you are not. You are au
rosy agnh-rosler even than you W,
before. Where does this Signors G.
zano sing, auntie?
Mrs. ST. George-At the opera.
Lily-Shall [ ever see him | sho,
IKE ~ much to 60 to the opera
Mrs. St. George Certainly, Won 81
60, my darling. But not Just yet, ,
know You cannot while you are in v,
first mourning.
Llly-No, | know cannot. Cecil a
l was to be very particular what ,
II Papa Strong had been my own fatl
or II lntd been very fond of him and
OF me- 1t would have been different.
CeclI sad | was to be extremely car,
not 10 show any disrespect to his IN
Dry
4"i7' W. ptoIBe-ln he tnlrd time
have quoted Cecil Who is he?
Llly-Cecil Cecil Forester.
Mrs. st. George-That tells me NJ
ing
Lily-There is nothing more to tell ,
auntIe. The Forresters lived quite c
to us. Their shrubbery touched our
den. They had he'd ge and we ha,
inside fence but there was gan in
hedge and the fence was easy to get O
Mrs, ST. George And you saw a 9
deal of Cecil?
LIly-l? Yes, every day, and sc
times twice or three times day.
Mrs. st George-How old is he ?
Llly-Just five years older than I
same day.
Mrs. st. George az Won
nineteen, he is twenty -four not
complicated sum.
Lily-Yes. Our birthdays were
month, Just before Papa Strong was t,
ILL., We had such happy day, 80