The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-17

afterward have told. Partly tho sting
OF false shame. partly q disinclination
TOR Herbert Valance to know that her
relations were not, to use her express
sion, ssladies and gentlemen"
Nj. Valance looked up at the SIGN
ever the door.
1.-THE name is May" he remarked,
indiferently.
.Yes.'' said Medor.. angry at hor.
self blushtng 30 deeply, .'but we are no
relation"
Nj. valence thought over the mat.
ter; he afterward met Miss May at q
party given by q friend, where pretty
Grace Craxall wa also present; he
had taken rather a fancy to the bright
blue eyes aud delicate blonde beauty
Of the former. Valance Hall, on the
bill just out Of the city, was solitary
enough now that his sisters had NIL
married and gone away, and perhaps
. man might find q less attractive and
graceful vito than Medora Nav. But
he could not be mistaken, hc thought,
In Grace Craxall's identity.
And SO the next evening, about the
same time, no sauntered into the
shop.
Grace was behind tho daintily clean
little counter, taking some newly.baked
caramels off the pan. She looked up
with o smile.
GOOD evening, Mr.. Valance" said
she.
49," he thought. 81 wasn't mis-
taken after all. And the little blue.
eyed scraph is mortal enough to tell .
lie in spite of her angelic appearance!"
But he looked sercncly at Grace.
81 didn't know you were in trade"
said he.
Didn't youp Well" rctorted Grace,
II am my Aunt Dcborah's shop-girl at
present. always come here In the
evening to help her, because" she
added, with q sweet shade of serious.
ness coming ovc her face, ssaunt was
old and poor, aud she didn't quite
know how to maintain herself in indie.
pendence. and, unfortunately, my
wages at the factory are not enough
for us both. So advised her to open
this business and she did, and she 10
doing we'll; and she bakcs the most de-
iicious bread and pies you ever ate,
sc" with o saucy twinkle under her
eyelashcs, sif you know OF any custom-
ers, will you please recommend our
lirm?"
ITO bc sure 1 SHALL" he answered,
in the same spirit. "And I am very
glad, Miss Craxall, to SEQ that you are
not ashamed of being o working-girl."
"Why should 1 be?"
'But your cousin Medora is."
Grace gave a little shrug Of her
shoulders.
Very likely" said she.- ..Medora
and l differ in many things"
MI. Valance bought a pound of car
amels and went away.
"She is q beauty" he said to him
self; land she is q sensible beauty into
the bargain. One of those .raya avises
in country. q thoroughly well-bal-
anced girl"
He must have been very we'll pleased.
with his purchase, for he came again
the next evening, just in time to walk
home with Grace CraXall. And they
talked owe Aunt Deborah's affairs,
and concluded as flour was low lust
then, it would be q favorable opportun-
ity for the old lady to lay in her win
ter stock. through MI. Valance, Who
was acquainted with one of the great
New York grain merchants.
Only a few weeks had elapsed when
Medora May was electrified to learn
that her cousin Grace was engaged.
10 some master baker or Journey
man %confectioner, I suppose" she said,
contemptuously.
No. said Grace, with eyes roguish-
ly sparkling; Ito Mr.. Herbert VAL
ance."
"I-don't-believe -it," said Me-
dora. growing red, then yale.
but it's really so.'f said Grace.
"And we are to be married in three
months. and Aunt Debby is to come to
the hall and live with me as soon as
she Il dispose of her business to adj
vantage. And, dear Medora, I hope
you will often come and visit me
there"
Medora May did not answer. She
could not. But in her secret heart she
recognized how infinitely more sue
cessful in life's lists had been Grace's
true. frank honesty, than her own SUBJ
tic and devious. course.
Like many another, however, the
lesson had como to her too Late
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