The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-04
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On Monday lnoEh1ng Philip and his
sister sat att Ire fast. Grace vas in
high spirits, de igl ed with Tnekla and
Emile Berg4aIsAith the whole Ber-
ghaus family inde(, and certain that
she would besyary Pppy in Irkford.
81 am sure ! h pc you will" said
Philip. absentys fo4 in truth he was
thinking of other fhings. of his inter
view with MIR. 1arI e the day before,
and how, on his repz fting all the efforts
he had made 10 lean something def
mite about Bywell,s how they had re-
suited in nothine but vague rumors that
he was a very eli YER fellow. but some
said wild" oti erss1 laid crash" and
yet another said ne Us the best fellow
in the world, and no5man's enemy but
his own; his chief had him for
his exertions, saGd Expressed himself
perfectly satisfied. but had appeared at
the same time IS il nd GU te ut ease in
his own mind on The subject.
Philip had lunc red <t Mr.. Starkie's
with him and his lamfE (the first time
he had enjoyed tina : hoo or). and had re
turned home to fno Gre dressed in her
very best. drawing IN 8 pair of lemon
colored kid gloves. and dying with i'm
patience to set OIL to carlton Grove.
Mr.. Berghaus' house. frhekla. Emile
and Hermann had JAILED that morning
or their way from dhaifl,. and she was
delighted with them.
Il suppose You " II ID going direct
ly." she added, On this Monday morn
ing. as she rose fron the table and went
to the window. .Da VOC go to town on
the top of one of those fa,tlng omni-
busese How funny.
'.Yes, l must be loff1pow." ne an
swered, also rising. b
''Oh,' continued Crae4 still looking
out. there is that sweet looking girl
whom l noticed " ster4ay morning
when 1 was sitting q ftbe4v.ndow here,
pining to go 10 chursl. DC came from
the next house withthsr lister. l sup
pose. The sister is u, ally quite beauti-
full, though 1 don't H. shef face. butthe
little one looks both ,retk- and good.
Look at her, Phil! Day. know who
they are:?"
Philip looked oreri er dhoulder and
saw the girl of whom hexhad said to
Hermann Ber ghaas: f.tliat 5 a school
girl;'' the Younger Of the 4wo ladies'
who had arrived in ;, cab on FIR day
evening. She was a tall sliGtt. upright
looking girl. sbott fifteen or
sixteen years old.
Philip took stock q her with an in
terest for which he could hardly az
count, thinking of her al til time less
as an individual than rs IL sister Of
that other girl. She ns.s fsir. with a
bright: handsome, open foe: bright
hair. bright eyes; everyt ming about her
was bright, and there was, besides. an
indescribably sweet and God expression
in both eyes and noah. 8She was
dressed in soft. gray stut,f. Wth a little
black fichu about her Aould5rs, and a
small, compact, black straw h9t crown
ing her shining locks. She c1fried sew
eral books fastened t0ge hey with a
strap. and she was a'realy Equipped,
gloved, finished, .'ready1'. in very re-
spect, as she stepped n. III Rom the
house and took her way d>wn the
street. There was sOmeth ngzsuperior
and refined about her aopet rance-
nothing slovenly. All VS. compact.
neat and well arranged.
where can she be gcingk at this
hour:?" asked Grace. fdalo wit with
her eyes the 1.-THE. graceful kure OF
the grl.
Probably to school," sai, Flip, in
a tone of indifference.
School oh. very likely. T1trc is a
great big girls school near he1k, isn't
there?"
..Yes. in Carlton Road. chs Lots
of girls go-hundreds. Ones lways
seeing them up and down."
but who is thai giaP you
know?"
Il don't. saw two young Lad $ ar.
rive in a cab the other night hat
all l know about them. Trey pdge
there. l suppose"
Every likely. Well-oh,t e,e Jour
omnibus. isn't it? GOODBYE
In another minute Philip lad been
carried out of sight, by the m BUS.
and Grace was left to find hei to
the scene of her studies. the ' l0l en's
College, the classes Of which sh had
prevailed upon q fond father ards en-
der mother to allow her to steend
Philip. from the top Of the an us,
oon caught sight again of Ae are
of the schoolgirl. Is he suppoSeo III to
be. Yes; she was Just. turnaa Nm
the side street which led to b. is
High School. and he had beetf "a in
his conjecture. : ~
II wonder who on earth "a vi \
be?" he soeculated. Then an &C. ud +
ance sitting next to him began 70 81 K