Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-11-06
'aMr. Hillier!n She called ont.

slsyoung gentleman, with a smile of
aEprovoking GOODNESS.
4 lido You see this black fag'"
SEwaving it proudly. "This means
gIEswar7 to the knife from this hour
aEbetween you and me-"
q AS you please" said Alfred, Sc
:sdrenely. "But let us keep up at
5.least the semblance Of civilized
before Others"
ssVery good" said Laura, re-
sEtiring with final wave, while AL
fred laughed quietly to himself.
81 Early the next morning Laura
sEstood in the garden waiting for her
Haunt. The horse was harDesssed,
saswaiting to take them to the village
Aswhere Miss SouthwelLdid all her;
20 ark eting She had been trying;
som weeks to 5indoc tr;nates
fhaura into its mysteries, and the
Eyoung lady proved herself an apt
:8seholar.
The old fashioned, pleasant house
(which Miss Southwell and her
.Ebrother had occupied now some
:Ethirty years stood on a hill in the
.outskirtS ofthe village. The grounds
5lwero tastefully laid out, the noun.
.tain air delicious and inyigorating.
There could not be more glo-
wious morning than thiS,yet the eX-
Epression of trouble Oh Laura'S pref
10y face showed that her mood was
;|not in harmony with the day.
|saSo provoking" she muttered,
E.that should have lost my temper
THAT wayl But it was bad enough
.Ito.have my ball croqueted WAY to
1.-THE ends Of the earth without his
/ looking so pleased over it,"
aSophle HIsley, too, Growing ov-
err MI. Palmer and me as she did
It,ewas real unladylille. And to
think OF her whispering to Mary
Shaw that [ was "a little singing
cockatrice'! l can never get over
thatl"
TAT this moment Maria, one OF
their servants, came running down
THE piazza steps. She looked so
frightened that Laura's heart leap
ed TO her mouth.
g"Oh, Miss Laura, yonr aunt's
.IlInrJ her ankle bad. and Pm most
afraid it's broke. She was half
way down the stairs, when she fell,
and her whole weight come on it,"
SBut Laura was in the house by
this time. She found her aunt in
|hers room, front chamber oppo.
fsite the stairs down which she had
fallen.
! Miss Southwell lay on the lounge
looking very pale, but composed,
aniIsaid, in. soothing tone to Lau-
4 4 JOINT be frightened, child; my
4 as lie is not broken, only badly
=I, Il S:sliined Katy's drawing me some
.l y TO- i Scr 70 shower itswith. And
nov, dear, as your uncle is away, |
feel that you and Alfred must be
my main dependence"
HYou and Alfred" 1t seemed an
odd conjunction. But Laura only
murmured, as she laid her check
against Miss SouthweIl's. "What
can we do for you, dearest aunty?"
Aunt Lefty kissed the girl affec
: tionately. "Our friends from New
York will be here this afternoon, as
you know, and l am sure they will
spend at least a week with u.s.
Judging from past experience, |
fear shall be laid up some time
with this sprain. Now. Laura, you
have proved yoursefsnch capable
little housekeeper on one or two
occasions that / feel that can
trust you even with company in the
! house. And then our girls are so
capable"-with another smile at
Katy, who came in just then with
the hot water.
.Bless you, ma'am, we'll do beau
tiful,o said Katy, "though it's sorry
I am to see yon laid up"
"Well, Laura, I want yon to go
to market first thing. Your cousin
/ will drive you over, know. Don't
be afraid to call upon him for any
']thing. I've found him kind and
obliging. And then he has such
good Judgment. Hereis the list Of
things want you to order"
Whatever misgivings Laura felt,
she did not make them known
.I'll just what you tell ME, aunty,"
Jshe said, with unwonted docility.-
aNow please attend to that poor
ankle right away. Sha'n't we stop
at the DOCTORS and ask him to come
roundYn
aNo, no; Pm an old hand at
sprains, and can treat it better my
self.n
:, uWell, don't worry, precious
Eaunty, for we'll all do our very
best,r said Laura.
But as she descended the stairs
}, she felt half afraid, half rebellious.
sIhate to ask him." she murmured
!, to herself. elbow did he treat me
last night, and this morning, too!
: Why, be would scarcely look at me-"
Yetin her heart there was a Sc,
!! .cret longing to be friends with her
cousin. She was too proud to apol
ogize, but an idea struck her Just
/ then. Her face broke into smile,
: as, taking out her handkerchief,
t she tied it to the handle of her
lIparasol.
aMy flag of truce" she said, Civ
ling it flourish. IL shallask for a
!; suspension of bostilities till uncle
4 iornfc- nly ~