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

felt hot. AMI she ran up 10 the others
laughing and talking @aily. Certainly
her humor had wondruusly changed.
CHATTER II.
The sweet midsummer eve closed in
and the gray OF the' night came on.
Strangers from the foreign land of En-
gland wondered - they drove home
from their days eNcurSiOning at the
fancy of the peasants for setting light
10 the gorsc everywhere.
Ali the young Qualtroughs were out
in the grounds with Willie and his
friends. Mr. QualtrOugh. gray-hcaded
and wise. went out too. Perhaps he
laughed over il all, but there had never
been midsummer eve h. could recOl-
lect without the burning of the watch
fires. No, indeed; and, if his children
had shown them selves very advanced
i'm the common sense of the age and
neglpctful of the old customs, he, good
man, would have Just been one degree
uncomfortable surprised.
They had all had a merry supper
Manx folk are primitive, and supper Is
not vet wholly cast into obliviOn-and
then all went out. Two of the girls
threw light shawls over their heads;
Nessie stuck on a gray felt hat of her
father ), and they went gayly round
the house and through the unkempt
luxurious flower garden: their through
the kitchen garden. where monstrou5
cabbagps shcetcd the beds with their
crumpled outer leaves: where the
strawberries blinkcd rosy from amid 3
tangle of long suckers: where alleys
were made by trained apple trees,
whose green Young fruit promised joys
TO lads and maids in the days TO come.
All suddenly young PhiIipsOn ex-
claimed.
1.-The Corrins fire at Ballaseggan.
and Mr.. Qualtrough turned round.
There had come golden, springing.
flashing light on his glass houses.
"Horridr' NcS>ic exclaimed angrily;
land ours are not alight yet. Jim Is
horrid! | especially gave him orders
TO light up early. because Mona Corrin
declared they'd have the finest show.
I'll be speaking to him tomorrow
morning"
..Do. dear. do" Willie. her cousin.
said.
al will And she ran OH. In 4
moment she was seen flying mp TO the
wooden ladder which led up TO what
they called their lookout" a square
miniature tower which gave good view
over miles and miles of farm lands, of
distant mountains. of western sea. and
IA sight of all for strangers-of one
bit of savage. Storm-battcred Calf oi
Man. Grand she cried joyOusly.
Grand, We're alight now! En- Ill
not heed Mona having the start; wei
| be far the finest.
A pale golden fire began to simmer
on near by hill: it spread and spread
until verify the whole of the hillside
was tricksy, flashing dance of lire.
Our gorSe is not there?' Doyle
wondered.
"Eh? No. This i my private bus
ness. Jim and did this in the morn
ing"
$50. That Is how Jim does his weed.
ing?" her father began.
Eyes. That II be his manner of weed
inc ON midsummer eve, He couldn
do les, than obey his MISTRESS
No. Mr.. Philipson." Sh" went ON,
The bits Of fuel we got this evening
are on the other side. Look, / saw
Jim across only two minutes ago; he j
bc lighting il mp now
She was right 4 hillocky lift of the
land was Span~lcd all at once will
patches of flame. ruddy flame, golden
flame. flame that sputted and fixed Il
it mastered the juices of the greer
brackcn.
I'VE have an extra grand show To
night. girls. Mr.. Quaitrough began
WHO shall say our old customs ar
diving out? But | expect IL * as mucl
i'm your honor a. in that of the fairic
and witches. he nodded to the youn:
NOR.
They. seated like the girls on TIA
battlementS of the miniature tower
were gazing here and there, as on
quarter and then another was mad
alight. BeaconS. like stars, blaZed Ou
far away Evidently the whole neigh
borhood was of one mind.
We will not accept that idea to
night. sir. Doyle answered. mo
no: let III not tempt the powers. Blu
can we not 90 among it all? Tw
minutes will take It's where jim l..
10! if YOU like.
So they left the gardens and trampe
over "A field i'm the hillOck ridge. Their
was good deal of talking and laugh
: ing, as might be supposed, but anon
= il all Meta was again silent. She wa
! wearing her one marsh marigold stuc
under her chin. as a girl might wear
, brooch. She was very careful of !
; keeping her light wrap well away fror
) | it. What danger of cold could ther