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and answered somewhat hurriedly, turning
away as he spoke.

Ome wouIo nave tnougnt ne Ola NOS uKo
MN, said Hester to Marian afterwards.
and how could any one help liking Donald
huntingdon? But those big, black men have q
provocation.. Do You think we might plume
ourselves ea Marian, that he was jealous because
aStray for trif1e. They may have ouarreled
ABOUT something, and should fancy he knew
now. he may he as mild as dove but he was
p porn with piratical aspect, which we'll hope
., Mrs Maria Huntingdon presented herself at
ane Morrison reception. She appeared early
on the field and made her presence felt in her
usuai attractive manner throughout the eve
1 ntng: She permeated the atmosphere and OBJ
wen 70 the front. Her effect upon Prof. Chat.
terton was all that would have been desired.
"A more oewildered and privately embarrassed
eideriy person is seldom seen than this gentle
man became after half an hour conversation
VIII, Win her. He had heard that the Americans
were an extraordinary people and that Ameri-
and wonderfully made. Finding himself con-
,ronLed by an untlinching elderly person who
knew ali about him and whose belief that he
anu the universe knew all about herself was
apparently founded upon a rock, he began to
uaIlv somewhat h1s . staggered She spoke cas-
my books" ''my essays" 'my publish
eers,' and he wondered at himself that
NE NE hau not heard of her before. Here
was a lady, evidently of the most miraculous
tttalhinents, of whom he knew nothing; he
knew the persons of whom she spoke being
were OF worldwide lame, and her familiarity
with them was quite interesting. In his desire
10 retrieve himself and conceal his deplOrable
ignorance OF her works and reputation he
maue his manner as suave as possible and has
tened TO receive her remarks with respectful
appreciation. Since his landing he had dis
covered that there many things he did
not KNOW of America, and this might be one of
theh. Ihere were many distinguished people
III Tue room, and he had seen her address sew
eral of them and hold them i'll converse ton
HIS eyes had not CHANGED to fall upon the more
vigorous and alert few who had spent their
evening IN avoiding her, in examining the
moral decorations when she approached. in
hurting themselves with almost unseemly vio-
lence into conversation with their nearest
nelghbors when they heard her voice, in i'm
Perllng life and reputation Tor decOrum by
dartlng round corners and into groups and
Dehlnd portiereS when they scented her from
afar. This had escaped him, and having seen
those who weakly gave up selfrespect and SUBJ
m1tted to the inevitable with serpent smiles or
shameless attempts at vivacity, he was prop
eriy impressed. He did not, it is true, find her
theories absorbl..s her manners engaging,
but he felt that this might be the result OF intel
lect OF purely American growth. 1t shared,
perhaps, the boldness of the landscape, the
| rudeness of the Rocky Mountains and must be
| ing uncertainty as to her status she removed it
before their interview ended.
"Nly home is in Boston," she said
Then she explained to him that Boston was
| distinguished by being the residence of many
persons who knew her-literary men and
women whose names the world had heard and
| whose works she had approved of and given
| her sanction to. She had told each of them
| which novel would succeed, which poem make
| Its mark and she had had differences of opin-
| ion with philosophers and sages who had
/ plainly quailed before her. The fact that she
knew some of their aunts and disapproved OF
! some of their daughters seemed to add sOlidi-
| ty to her anecdotes
Il did not quite understand said the pro-
! lessor afterwards, ''what her references 10 her
grandparents sign1ied. She seemed to lay
| stress upon them. One of them had pair OF
boots OF Gen. Washington's. They-er- seemed
perhaps L might be mistaken-but they
| somebody
| With the besotted blindness of a mind in
ured to grandtathers he had failed to realize
the fine, broad Significance one carefully pre-
served, eXhumed and re-eXhumed ancestor
| may bear in a civilization of pristine freshness,
but vaulting desire to emulate.
he was not at all sure why he found himself
under strict bond to visit Mrs. Maria Hunting
don and be presented to North Brabant under
her auspices-he was very vague about it. In
secret he did not wish to go, and preferred not
to be SO entertained. Ii he would have ad-
m1tted it with manly frankness, he did not
| like Mrs. Maria Huntingdon, and was totally
at a loss as to how her grandparents should be
distinguished by the mere TACT OF being grand
parents and having borne her immediate pro-
genitors as offspring; but he had wavered and
fallen into the snare of their posterlty and was
to go to North Brabant. And in some way he
connected the whole affair with the boots of
Gen. Washington.
1t was on the morning of the day on which
he was to arrive at North Brabant that Nell
Huntington. in glancing at her mother, who
was reading her mornings letters, saw upon
her face somewhat disturbed expression.
"Are you reading Donad's letter, mamma?"
she inquired with swift anxiety.
Mrs. Huntington looked up. "Yes, DEAR"
she answered. And
"And what, mammal" asked Nell.
ale speaks OF the two HamiltOns."
Miss Huntington blushed quite suddenly.
She had u thin, pure skin which showed color
AIR she exclaimed, rather under breath
and invoiuntarily, and then added, what
Nothing favorable of Mr. Jack Hamilton,
everything that is kind of Mr.. Will; 1t seems
says he is one of the best fellows he ever met.
He does not know he is here, of course, but is in
hopes that he will come: but this is very I'M
pleasant, Nell. He hopes that Jack Hamilton
will not be with him. 1t seems that the very
worst must be true Mr.. William Hamilton is
very fond of Jacks mother who is a widow and
breaking her heart over her only son, and he
trieS-Mr. William trles-tO keep an eye on him
and makes quite companion of him in the
hope of influencing him IA little He is the only
person who seems to have any influence over
him. He has been a headstrong, dissipated
reckless fellow ever since his boyhood. and he
would have gone to the dOgs'-that is DOn'S eX-
pression-long ago II it had not been for his
cousin. He even says his dissipated habits are
not the worst; that he is tricky and sharp
enough to know how to deceive people who
don't know him. He says: He deceived me
cleverly enough at first. His looks his
strong point and he knows how to make capital
OF them.'"
THAT is because he is so handsome" said
Nell Indignantly. III Is cruel and unfair
thing that such beauty should be given to such
man! 1t becomes detestabie.'
Mrs. Huntingdon looked up with slightly
startled expression.
sis he very handsome?" she said uneasily
eyes, said Nell, 'when one is near him
"Near him. exclaimed her mother Have
you seen him since he was playing tennis with
the Beverlys, Nell?''
"Oh, mamma" said Nell breaking down into
the prettiest distress in the world II did not
IN can to tell you, because / thought it would
disturb you, but-butI have seen him great
many times. / have scarcely been out once
without meeting him. lit almost seems as if
yes, as if he did il on purpose-though that
can hardly be possible"
ut Is just what such man would do" inter
rupted her mother 1T would be his way of
showing his unrefined admiration"
Nell drew herself up and flushed beautifully.
His admiration" she repeated. "Of me-,
mamma?''
"Ah, Nell" said her mother, almost pity
fngly, "it is just such women as you are who are
admired by just such men as he"
''Then," said Nell haughtily, 81 wish that I
were-were different
mo, no, my DEAR" protested Mrs. Hunting.
don; Il wish that he were different! Ii he were
different-with all that charm and strength -
think what he might be?'
ITO be cOntinued)
MY Queen.
When and how shall earliest meet herr
What are the words that she first will saw
By what name shall learn to greet her?
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