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T0nihagen, IN tho summer vine NFs
4 pheasant place, and Nfd lArf. the
greet farm wbefa NJ Massey W. older
lived IN almost patrafuhni state, was
ono ~ iha very pleaianieii 4pgis In The
vicinity There was n Mind ~ c0n'efga
ilsm about IpnlhaYon q chronic de-.
precision In M trade, Nm aha0nre NJ "gO, =
IN ~ sh0pknnpeff, and nm amateur
lshness about tho proceedings NJ IL
Mayor and corporation, all ~ which
things, combined, n u ~ be- presumed,
with other oausHa, prevented u from de-.
yolOping lnio n large and n%0nfishlng
town, aud allowed n Ia remain One ~
tho loyelieai, sleepleii, qnalnteat places
that u Is possible to imagine
Three years hal rolled by since Philip
Massey had left bis home and said good.
bye "a his sister with tho final iDjune'
tion 4" Look after Mabelle." Tho three
years had expired In April II was now
August, and he had not returned was
not expected 10 return until laie In ihe
autumn. Indeed, II was somewhat
doubtful whether he might come home
even then. IN his few aud rather mea-
ger letters he spoke Of the possibility Of
another commission which might take
him to some other distant quarter Of
tho world, In order 10 reach which II
would not be NJ all necessary 10 call nj
foulhavon. or even 10 visit England
OF course there were hopes and fears at
home. longings that he would coms,
and lamentations on the state Of uncer-
tainty In which no left them, but u con
ylcti0n underlying NIL that he would go
his own way, aud that he knew. better
than any n else, what was best for
himself.
One peaceful August afternoon every
one and everything Mt Red Lees APP
peared TO be taking q prolonged sieste
There was silence In the farmyard,
silence In the sunny garden, except
whore the bees werc buzzing and hum.
ming about the hives, silence In ths
spacious old house itself, silence every.
where. The wide entrance door stood
open. so that one could see into tho
sunny. square hall, with the black OAK
table In the center. ON which stood the
great blue china jar, full NJ gorgeous
roses. pink and white and crimson. ant
the queen OF them all, the yellow Gloirt
do Dion, with It's musky fragrance
Tho hall was Jagged, and In summe
the flags were innocent NJ mating Of
carpet. On one side were the polished
oaken stairs, with broad carved hand
rail and twisted sticks. Tho dceI
wainscoting was OF oak. too, and thu
doors Of the parlor the same. A larg,
ample, c~hintz-covered sofa stood ON on
lSide strewcd with books and n half
k.'ltted stocking, in the midst Of whicl
dcbis the blue Skye terrier, DR.. John
son. why so called no ono had eve
been a,le 10 discover, but the name wa
his. and no answered TO IT, had cole
himself TAP after turning round fou
times. p~nierhsided. with n deep. drawn
80, SIGH. cxpressi~s Of beatl,udo nm
s~peakablc. And now he lay there sleeI
Ing, occasionally stretching out a paw
or pricking up ono Of his silky oar.
ana the yCfiuu canary appeared 70 Slice
In his cage near tho door. and the greg
gray parrot was quiet on her perch OF
poslto tho object 81 her contempt an
spite. the aforesaid canary. Had you d
any n else pccped into the room on III
left, close by the sofa. the stalwart fori
Of Mr. Massey would have been apparen
his red and yellow pocket andkerchi'
lightly thrown over his face; his ham
a." .,,.,n 20 ~ JHst. In tho rocking
chair by tho window sat, not slept. h
wife-she was not Of u drowsy tcmpcra
mcnt-but with her usual aiter-dinne
recreation. volume OF fiction or poetr
In her hand.
In the room TO tho right Of the hal
which was the drawing.room or parlol
~ they called Il. there was anothc
great sofa, Of the good old kind whic
has now ceased 10 be manufactured
and upon that sofa was stretched th
shape u Grace Massey. She. too. wa
apparently lost 10 outside things. Tn
book which she had seemingly been reat
Ing. and which may have had the sootl
ing effect mentioned. had fallen from he
hand upon the floor; II bore the till,
Political Economy-John Stual
MIL"
Il there any one else, sleeping
waking. ON tho premiscsP Ii woul
sccm 81. for there came .ittlng dow
the broad. black stairs. tho slender fs
nro OF u girl. tall and lissom. dressc
, In some soft. flowing. gray stuff, ca
rylng n book In her hand. aud hol,
Ing By the brim q broad. shady. s,ra'
hat.
She came gliding down tho stair
/ aud paused In tho hall. looked aroun
and seemed 10 listen. Then. lookin
!. Into the drawing room. she bchcld n
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