The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-23


crew in White Strand cove. Some few
moments more and three young men in
boating flannels, and each with a rough
pea-jacket atop, appeared from clam
boring up the face of the headland.
Then the party went on more swiftly.
First on to and across the white sun
lit roadway, then down an opposite
/ lane, rough and stony and untcnded.
! This lane finally lost itself on a furry
! common. where short. sweet, messy
I grass was patched irregularly by
I savagery of gorse and furZr and strong.
waving bracken. Meta, walking
| apart, pulled the bracken: Kate and
| NeSsie, with energy of a more talk
! alive and less solitary humor, hade the
/ Young men bring out their knives and
| slash away messy branches of gorse
and furze.
"Wherei is all this 10 90 now?" asked
Dovle Philipson. the elder of the two
/ English brothers. lis this common
J the haunt of-of-the enemy?
! twinkle lighted up a would-be grave
face.
30, DON'T Meta exclamation was
| instructive.
There cried the ManXman of the
party. Take Metals horror for your
keynote, PhiIipson. or you II be setting
us all i'm danger of the evil influences
of the hour.
.'Eh, Willie and NesSie flung her
vigorous small self against her cousin.
herself armed with huge bundle of
prickly furze, .'ye'll be the worst of
the three You ought TO know better.
Blessed are the immunities of ignor-
! ancer' the youth exclaimed.
Il don't say that at ALL quickly
young Philipson replied. Il wish TO
| kIow-I wish To-
Meta Will tell YOU then"
The Girl WAS still in her silent humor
perhaps Il dangerous humor for a
nature Just degree prone to mysticize
over things. These were men from the
outer world, the brave outer world of
which she dreamed: the faithless outer
world which she knew ridiculed any
ancient fantasy OF custom. Should
| she be silent or should she he brave
and show that she was not too weak to
acknowledge her weakness? One sec
ond she had for hesitation but no more.
.WilI vou''-came the question
pointedly put to her-''lay your COM
mands upon me, Miss Quallrough. and
tell me while / obey?'' How light and
vet how true did he look as his clear
browed eyes met hers.
Meta flushed with pleasure. Was
there really a sensible man going To
listen to her old wives fables and lis
ten with respect? The delight of this
flashed through her and made the deli
cate ManX face of the girl radiant.
Manx feminine beauty has not had
much eulogy. very likely: but where
will YOU find more delicate features.
brighter intelligence and purcr eX-
preston than in the faces of the girls
of Man? Meta Qualtrough WAS pict-
urp. with all the loveliness of those
island women.
You mean lip" was her cry. and
her face was full of enthusiasm. Her
blue eyes took Il fire of brlliancy. and
| the clear delicate pink of her COM
plcxion heightened its color with one
quick flush, gone ~ soon rs If was
seen.
"AsSuredlv | mean il. Ignorance
. has no charms for me a it has for your
cousin there. But | do not promise
faith. mind You.
A shadow fell over Meta'S radiance.
A very quick-cyed young man was
this. He saw il. and read, too. IN his
kindly, sympathetic soul the measure
of her trouble. 80 reading, he n once
set himself to gladden. her again. He
, was thinking what a lovely study her
radiance would make for some girl
saint Of middle age religion.
= Every one has chink in his armor,
, YOU know: and. though am matter oil
fact persOniiied, you may-just may
he smiled, find me vulnerable
; somewhere"
The rest were ahead, every one OF
( them laden with grass or sun-dried
= stuff for the burning. These two
gathered up their burden: aud fol
lowed, talking all the way. From the
gorsev common the track was home
! ward for the girls, and they crossed 4
meadow, stopping at It's further side
! BY a brook. where grew clumps Oi
A golden marsh marigolds. These wer,
y wanted a. much a. the dry stuff, but
4 not for burning.
Il thought moi" said Edgar, tn,
: Younger of the PhilipSon>. They r,
far TOO pretty Iou have some in /;
bowl at your house. They come IA
: before the lilies of the London eSihcteS
D in my opinion" This Young man wa
Y not. like his brother, an artist. but
trader. To put his status quite plainly
:. he WAS a clerk in tea merchants of
Y flee And here he was trcnding on e
!. the debatable ground of lily worship.
: VERY we'll out here" said youn!
It Qualtrough. rather testify: ''but not tn
A things for girls 10 wear on their dresses
r You don't mean that?"
h Il was thinking of that and tn
= other remarked the word. Miss DUAL
Is trough he turned 10 kate-''dO no
let him talk YOU ont of wearing them.
i Kate had worn some only the even
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