The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10

| Pretty echoed Wilfred looking at Phil, who
was at the other end of the room. 'She is youth
and bloom, and beauty, and-and the rest OF II
embodied. can assure you. Cousin Dorothy.
can feel already that am falling in love-yes,
in love with her. laughing in his brightest way.
| The day closed pleasantly enough for Phil. 1t
| would not be hard to stay here at least and
| Wifred Carnegie had utterly disarmed her. He
| had even made her forget things the remem-
| brance of which would have rendered her mser-
able AT nineteen it is not difficult to lose sight
| of ones troubles for awhile. Phil forgot almost
| everything this evening but that Brackencleugh
was more than she had expected to find it, and
| that these people seemed actually fond of her.
| "If had been born here how happy l should
| have BEEN" she said to herself, as she went to
| her room. "If had only been born here and it
was ours-goyernor's and mine.'
CHAPTER VII.
Afterward it seemed to her that she lived for
| weeks in comfortable kind of dream. Stately
stateliness, it was not long before she felt
at home than she mad ever done in her life be-
| fore
~ really cannot rememb er," said Wilfred Car
negie. looking at her refectively, one day. what
| we did when you were not with us. 1t must
| have been deplorably dull. whether we were
| conscious of the fact or not"
Perhaps. upon the whole, it was Wilfred Car
| negie who made the place seem so home-like 1t
| was ono of his peculiarities to mt lnto places
| himself. Here, it seemed to Phil, he must have
spent all his life. Secretly she was of the opin
ion that Brackeneleugh would have been dull
| without him. He seemed to drive the shadows
| out of the house aud counterfeit the rather
| silencng influence of its size and grandeur. He
| filled the rooms he frequented with pleasant
! litter and pleasant sound. His ringing laugh
was to be heard everywhere. His music was
upon this table and upon that; his violin invaded
| the most imposing apartment
The friendship which was gradually estab
| lshed between Phil aud himself was very
| youthful sort of feeling. There was no ceremo
| ny about its expression. "He IS such 0oy!
| said Phi, toerantly. from the heights of her
matureness But she liked him very much, and
her liking grew day by day. They took long
| stretches of walks together, they climbed the
| hillsides and eXulted in being blown about by
| the spring breeze; they found picturesque woods
| In almost inaccessible places and took possession
| of them as two romantic children might have
| done. Wllfred's boat, upon the Loeb, was
| brought into active service, and Phil took les
| sons in rowing, and steering, and the rest of It,
| She learned to ride and grew fresh and strong,
and rosy. Of course she had her dark days. in
which her London letters troubled her, and
certain singing sense of humiliation took pos
session of her.
"Ah!p he said once "You have had letter,
see: you are in such bad temper
1t was thoughtisss speech. and exasperating
enough to Phiippa, who saw the truth IL con-
tanned. She Redeemed
Yes she said, ''that is true. am in a bad
you are the only person who is to blame"
'IF he exclaimed. Pray. what have | done9
Where is the fairness in that9'
"There is no fairness in it, answered Phil
'it isn't fair at ALT is very unfair And she
turned away and left him amazed and was so
naughty. and incOmprehensible and unlike her
self for day or so that she almost drove him
wild, and several times wounded him far more
deeply than she fancied.
But they made friends again, as they always
n
Citation were of so charming nature that
Wiifreds heart was stirred quite in novel
way.
II think must have vixenish sort of tenn
per-" she said, among other things II really
| believe have and have great many things to
try me. | have had things to try me all my life.
| When am cross, don't notice me. don't de-
serve to be noticed, and it only makes me worse.
| never liked anyone as much mean L never
had friend like you before. vii, and l cannot
afford to lose you"
"Oh" said vii. with triae of impatient appeal
in his voice, why could Mt you leave it as it wass
1t would have been so delightful for a fellow to
think you liked him better than other people
even if it was only in a friendly way"
They were on the top of their favorite hill,
Phil sitting upon a messy rock fragment and
Wilfred stretched upon the thick grass at her
feet. so when he looked up he had q full view of
her face, saw at once the change that fell upon
it, the shadow of unrest and pain that crept into
her eyes as she looked far out upon the Loeb be-
low.
II never have liked any one SO much in a
friendly way she said. That was what l
meant"
He watched her for a moment and then his
own eyes fell and wandered toward the exparse
of blue beneath.
"Then," ne said, ~ ought to be a very CRATE.
full fellow, Phil And yet while he meant what
he ssid he was suddenly conscious of feeling
vaguely disappointed Shortly, Phil spoke
again.
Or. L. e ~
"Let US agree never to quarrel-really. When
I am cross. you will promise not to condescend
to notice me, and l will promise to come and ask
| you to shake hands the very minute begin to
| feel as if l could listen TO reason"
The whimsicality of the idea struck him
What fantastic little soul you are" he said,
| laughing. Glow could anyone help being fond
of your
| Il am not fond of myself, and I know myself
very much better than you know me. Will you
| promise2"
Eyes. will"
"And in real, honest earnest. too!'
''In the best of honest earnest"
''Then we will shake hands now, if you
| please and she held hers out to him.
He took it aud held it delghtedly, touched by
| her frank air.
1T is very pretty hand" he said, not flip
| PANTY, but with quite a tender Difference. 81
| will kiss it. Cousin Philippa because / am in
such very good earnest, indeed"
And kiss it he did, and think she liked him
the better for it, because it was so kindly and
chivalrously done.
She had had reason enough for her mental r-
ritaton. 1t was rather hard. when she had so
nearly forgotten her troubles, to be rasped
| afreSh.
She had almost begun to believe that there
had been DO humiliating past, and the future
| was to be all Brackencleugh when her fathers
! letter came, and this was how his letter termi-
| mated:
How is it, my dear. that you so rarely men.
ton Mr. Wlfred Carnegiel This is hardly fair,
Phil. You give me glorious descriptions of
| Mrs. Oswald, and of Brackencleugh. and of the
| Loch and the heather, and the rowan trees and
a variety of other charming things. Why not a
| glowing description of Mr.. Wifred Carnegie,
who should be the most interesting object of
all? man who is as lucky Mr.. Wilfred
Carnegie must necessarily be interesting Let