The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-03-28
MY "FAITu."

Iatner's uleu auu ielt tnlS girl 10 MS care |
He gave her a home and sent her to school.
She came back to us yesterday, "a finished
young lady suppose"
Miss Grayle laughed, but there was moth
ing pleasant In the sound Of her merrimsnt.
II was like discord. l felt sure that she
did not like the girl with the sweet, Ma
donna face. wondered at II, for could not
understand how any one could help liking
her. Such face would win It's way TO most
hearts at once. It had to mine.
81 should be pleased TO form her acauaint.
ance," said ~ like the looks Of her,
"You have got into such habit Of maxi
ing natteripg speeches to us women that you
cannot rid yourself of IL when speaking of
them," said she, pulling the roses had
given her apart, and scattering their pink
leaves over the veranda in a vexed way. II
was plain that she had no love for the girl
down the path.
81 was In earnest when said liked the
looks of her." answered. liam always at.
tracted by a pretty face. 1t affects me- like
pleasant music"
every postical,' she said, with a curl of
the lip. ~ never heard any one say before
that they thought Faith Farley pretty. She
always makes me think Of Quaker, with
her gray gown and sly ways"
"I always admired neat, dsmure little
Quaker women" l answered. ~ think you
mistake que.n.ss for slyness; you certainly
| do il by slyness you mean artfulness. I'll
wager good deal that the girl yonder is as
artess as child. She could not be other
| wise with such q face"
| "You seem to have been captivated by
Miss Farley's charms" said Miss Grayle,
and her voice had a Oound of irritation in It.
81 admire her." answered, "but could
hardly fall captive to her until know her.
Don't you think she would look we'll in
picturef If her eyes are as pretty as her
face and hair, should like to paint her, If l
were an artist. She is SO far away that can
not seen them we'll, but venture the guess
that they are blue one moment and gray the
next, like spring in sunshine and shadow.
Am not right, Miss Grayle p
"Faith, come here" called Miss Grayls
I looked at her, wondering what she in
tended to do. Miss Farley came up the
avenue and stopped at the end of the path.
"Turn your face to the light" said Miss
| Grayla. "Mr. Ascot wants TO see your
eyes,"
Tue sweet, grave face was turned 10 me
unquestioningly for moment, and saw
that her eyes were blue.
Miss Grayle laughed. A quick, scarlet
flush stained the girls face, as she under
stood that the other had been making fun of
her, and she turned away with little
naughty lift of the head that pleased me,
| for it told me that she resented Miss Grayle's
unlady like act.
"You ought not to have said that"
said. at puts me in false position and 1t
offended her"
"What right has she to bs offended 2"
said Miss Grayle, with sc)rnful turn of her
lip. "What would become of her II my
father did not take pity on her p
a .1,S- l,k soil Av..N
girl should bs treated as if she had no feel
ings Miss Grayle was bound to respsct. She
might be poor, and dependent on the bounty
of others, but that did NOT prevent her being
very much like other women who are more
happily circumstanced. Perhaps Miss Grayle
thought poor people could not, or ought not,
10 afford the luxury of a sensitive nature.
Later in the day met Miss Farley walk
| ing in the ground back of the house. She
would have avoided me. but prevented her
from doing SO.
hand to stop her, 81 want to tell you that
l am sorry for what Miss Grayle said this
morning. assure you that was not at all
to blame in the matter, though you may
think so from what she said. | saw you,
and liked your face, and said something
about liking to paint it, If were an artist,
and l asked II your eyes were not blue. You
are not offended at that, are you ?" | asked {,
holding out my hand.
"No," she said, after looking at me for n
moment with frank. clear eyes, as II to make
sure of my sincerity. ~ am not offended at
that, but am offended at what Miss Gray le
said and the way she said II. However,
that need not hinder our being friends, II
you wish it," she added, and put her hand
In mine with all the confidence of child.
1I dn wiah n ~ anawarad
Ihad good opportunity to study her
face, that afternoon, as We walked and
talked together. II was not face that
many would call beautiful, and yet II was a
lovely one. The cheeks had, now and
then, wild-ross color in them, and the
pretty lips had charming way of curving
over the white teeth behind them. Her
pale, brown hair was as changefnl in color
as her eyes, bright gold in sunshine, and
full of bronze tints in the shade. A rarsr,
fresher, swsstsr face I had not seen for many
day. More beautiful women might have
seen, thought, as / walked back to the
houss, but none more charming.
After that | saw great deal Of Faith
Farley. learned something Of her past life
from her own lips, but that little learned
without her being aware Of the fact. She
evidently meant TO let no hint fall about the
life she was living, but now and then stray
word would find utterance, that gave me
some insight into II. | found out that she
was not happy. Mr.. Grayle was her friend.
She loved and trusted him. But there was
no friendship between her and Miss Grayle.
81 would like to tsach," she said. "Bui
Mr.. Grayle will not listen to me when talk
Of It. would like to 60 away from thii
place. am in the way-an intruder
Then che remembered, ! suppose, that wai
almost stranger, and she said no more abou,
} her plans and wishes. II was not long befor.
l learned to love Faith Farley.
Alice Grayls saw the truth before did.
} know that had offended her in some way
because she was so distant, and cold, and
made little haunting speeches for which
cared nothing. One morning some of the
visitors sat on the veranda, and the oonver
satiOn ran OH for time about some marvel
GUS faith cure that had been reported in the
newspapers. All at once Miss Grayle turned
> to me and asked me- with smile that seemed
to have an angry flame behind, as the cord
!. which IL omninous of storms gives lurd
: look TO the sky at sunset, which had to say
about faith. knew then, all in moment
by her look aud tone, that she was angry
with me, on Faiths account. She was jeal
4. Gus Of the girls influence. And ! knew,
Z too, all in moment, that the. interest fell
= in Faith Farley was because loved her.
4 That afternoon l was summoned to tn,
city. was gone week. On my return
was told that Faith Farley had gone away
They did not know where. She had sale
. that she could not tell them where che was
going, because she did not know what sh,
WAS to do she cOild not toll where she SHOULD
stop;
dence In her head" Miss drayle said NV,
could not find out much about her plans
Probably she hadn't any. She will doubt
less be glad to come back before long"
Miss 6rayle tried her Establishments OF
me in vain, and finally gave up in disgust
had no love to give her, or any othe
woman. | had given It all to Faith.
believed that she had driven Faith away
But she was careful to lot no word fall tina
I would convict her Of 30 cowardly an act
But could SEQ that she was glad that Faitl