San Francisco vindicator., 1888-11-17

aYps. almost. III t0h l
LID finished The Young person au-
ha'o h.ad II sitting with her back 70 her
ui.0y IVA and All tie face and hall o1 hef
s's; ssad i hidden by the hood ot 2 relouch-
n'aI t.omn She is leaning eagerly 1of-
p ri Her ewes are riveted On tne
.nat;va before her. and her dett'
fsinty fingers are making SWIFT maglc
s.rokes % the work under hef Mans.
Mn ten minutes more, tne sweel
..as;cal voice repeats; "and when lNe
ANA shall place before your as-
tonished gaze something TOO utterly
lively. nv Lady Jane.
'O Then Janet Heath lifts her head
weariIv from the cushions ofherinvalid
conch and sighs impatiently. Cieo
o,,irk ear catches THAT sigh instantly
.Are you in pain. Janle?'
mo not particularly. Only think'
dare MT read aloud to you any morr-
bpgin to think that comlral genus
On Rovle Roche, was exceedingly cor
ract when he said that the greatest q
III ralamities was generally followed
N one much greater. It seems ~,
sstuallv. Oh, dear, dear! Why don 7
snme Of our rich relatives hunt us Up
and insist On making rs present oI
4 few hundreds? They could easily
Afford to do ii, and only think what q
godsend it would be to usrn
.Wel, for your sake, jamie, sln-
cerely wish they would. Then you
eonld have that operation performrd
On your ewes at once, and should be
able to get YOU all the nice. nonrlsh,
mo food that the doctor recommended
AMI that fine wine that he said you
ought To- Now, see thisn' and sht
handed Miss Janet the negative
..Yes, Miss Janet SAYS. after regard
inc the negative critically. "gou GER
tainly have done splendid work nPoi
II, and ii Is really an exceedingly nic'
face; but have seen you retonchIns
many and many one that was fal
handsomer.
"Well, / will admit all that, th'
girl answers, receiving the negatlv'
back and gazing down at the tace
.,Still, this one has interested me great
IN ever since began working upon It
But. good gracious, this won't AZ! Onl,
look at all tile time I've been wasting
must scramble into my things ant
take this work to the gallery at once,
she breaks forth suddenly.
Then she flies to the closet, takes on
very odd, quaint poke bonnet, ties
on, and, catching up the package 2
Wel-dOne work. harlies To the door.
"Well, jamie here am AT laSt!'' Ole
exclaimed IN hour later, flashing int
the cool. dark room in breathes
sort Of way. with her cheeks niue
deeper in color than when she lef
and pair Of Wild, oddly excited eye:
Then. putting away her things" 81
sits down in a slitf-backed chair an
fans her hot checks furiously.
''Well, jamie, do YOU know the mo
romantic incident has occurred til
afternoon? Really, do actually b
gin to think there must have been son
one around practicing black art wha
syer that may be. There, now, dol
commence to lose your patience, q
iii begin and tell YOU the whole Q
occurrence right from the start.
went to the gallery first, Of cour
and gave in my work and got
money, all of three big, rou
dollars, if you please. Then ! Went
the market to get something nice
YOU. From there went over to \
Norton's drug store, and | told i
! wanted flask Of his Very best WI
and ] wanted it jnst as cheap as
could let me have it, and 40 you kn
--now don't SAY word. | know ,
ere fixing to scnld me for my 'shal
fnl extrayagance, but You needn't
haven't got any" she explains. v
mysterious little smile. let
see; where was /? Oh, yes; and do
know, that dear, kind man rave IN,
splendid flask. with his 'complime
% the invalid, and he hoped it wo
90 her good Yes; | know by
look that you are going to ask
where it is. and if you'll just give
TIME. Ill make full confession. ID,
run away with the idea that | DIR
" though, because | didn't. AS !
rs Id thanked him, rushed
and 10 and behold You it had clou
Up awful, and was beginning to
right smart, as the countryman 5
When | saw that, | really didn't K
what to do. Of course, | woul
nave an umbrella. That wouldn't
my luck, you know. and had
many packages that couldn't
aP my clothes, and was in drea
uhemma. | finally decided, the
nat the best thing would be to ii
scamper for home as fast IA my
would carry me. 50 | took
sfip On all my bundles, and was
s'Ilaing along with my most Z
selhan-like strides, when that
asperating shoe of mine became
a-of course, would have On /
I'M, low things. was going "
aolg' breaking my heart thinking
Muuuy my skirts and the tassrls
you know these are
$3.50 state-occasion shoes sh,
A1ks' .a' looking despairingly at iii
hhen somebody came dashing fl