, 1889-08-08

ALWAYS still and thpn I fool snfar I loya
th" water bmt @ somo 'vev ,es Si,'t II soo,n soso
cruel. II couid dr,aw vou dow dawn IN IN its
soft cuhrace 70 dsatb and sn,iio " ond NJ
snarklo above vour dsad Gaco y and To
rirl looked atihe green denths with n
half shuddcr and visihle nal.
Ing of The brioht face. Hovt
looked nj ber In astonisbment and rs
heart gave a throb ms he thouaSt Of that
bright face henoath Tho snarl,Iine waves
Then he said softIv.
"You are right 'nlwavs to take Men
with Won. vo,i always will Won't Won ~
She looked IN with s,rnrisc At Tho
earnestness of lis tone. and then said
lightly.
TOh VOC. Nan or Rurt a,,v,ys 90 and
I have as nnuch faith in ono as'tbes hi bnr
It's funny. thonob. Essio isn't n bit
afraid. WeIi iin not Inst afaid Int
Essie inst ioves Il W She wouin't shoot
off a gun and is afraid If n sheen looks
at her, but She will 90 ont in the boat in
the hnrdast xird tbSSt hlovs and lie I,acE
and let il roclt on the wnves She don't
do that now Il Gr;ohtems mamma so hnt
she'll 90 out and lie down and LET the
boat drift and drift where II will and
Just lean trailing her hands i'm the water.
Watchine the water snirits a. she savs.
or conrsa she don,t n,ean she real,y sses
them,U she added, looking nm quickly TO
see If How was ian"hings sibat is }ust
her wav IF nmtting mus u In, Ii Mowt uSs vss
not even smiiing b,t listanina esrpest-
ly, Evidently Hattie idolized her sister
TEssie is SO loyelv.n Hettie Went on
half forgetting To- what n comnaratiye
stranger She Was taikina' SSometimes
when we are ont here in the evenine and
/ see her sitting there IN IN '1 ,Se rnnnT;"b 1ra
all In white, and saving such funny. odd
things, or singing i(ttle SONGS she makes
mn. n kind of shjver coes over mo and /
think what If water spirit should come
IN and take her down fn he ho,ne R,t
You'll think me me cray W taking % such non. @
sense, and here Is the Lady OF Shalott MT
her mooring place.U and she
spranp liphtlv mt without toncbing the
hand Stretched out 10 assist her ,sYes
Nep, Won may let him 90 now. Mr.
Hoyt will take him - ns the inteiligent
ewes sought her face asking nermission
to move And lauphing and ohatting
they passed mn 10 the house Hettie
stopped abruptly at the door, then re-
marked with affected carelessness and
heightened color. ooh / forqot IN teii
Won. that wen Won and Nv Thornton
want to 20 out cunning today Essie
and [ will show you where to find some
good placesH
NO indeed, Miss Hettie, it's too bad
IN shoot over your erounSs W. yv;li a,a
further OF - wan s'
"No, the fire came so late oh;ckens
will be scarce and there are lois
arounu here; want vou to hunt
here she replied imperionslv. and then
added oIi I'm n hreatG ~ Son't 81 lnna,
what YOU must tbink of me m he so
rude last night. but / was vexed,i, ~
"Ycs. 1 Know. u interr1,nted Uovt uot
the rude way in which we stared az yo,,
when Won rode up. But [ assure Won II
was not intentional rndeness Sou
took us by surprise and we forgot ali
manners,H
"And then the sillv song 7 was sinc.
ing, at the ton of NV voice foot and
then the cowsw interposed Hettie'
~ don't think il was a silly song I
think IL was beautiful one / hone
you will sing il to me sometime" said
Hoyt. thinking of his own locks which
CLEANED like gold in the morning sun
as he stood hat in hand.
"I thank YOU for putting II that wav ~
and Hettie held out one brown hand In
girlish shyness, which Hoyt grasped
warmly In his and then covered II
almost caressingly with his other: Hbut
it is only YOUR good nature and / know
it was awfullv childish of me: and we'll
be ready to 20 whenever Won are - and
loosing her hand Hettie slipped into the
house.
"Well," remarked Hettie, breakfast
over, ~ be back by the time Won have
your guns cleaned and ready, ,n'and in a
moment more the Jingle, iangle of cow
bells told the COWS were Going TO past.
ure.
"Has Hettie gone with the COWS
again ?" asked her mother. nDear me
what child she is. She says she likes
1t. Everything is so fresh and bright,
and she likes the sound of the COW bells,
and | suppose she must or she would
not go. Essie, dear, do you know where
that volume of Shelley isP | think you
had IL yesterday, and / want 1t TO refer
to. | am writing a sketch of his life !"
she remarked to Thornton, who stood
near, for she was a writer of some note
whose name was familiar to him.
as had been brought out i'm
conversation the evening before
fore. "Do YOU know Essie writes beau
tiful little bits of poetry" she added. as
the girl left the room, "She has never
have often wanted her 10
try, but she always saws she
never feels like ANYTHING long
She lust writes down what comes infc
| her head. / am In homes. though. as she
grows older the taste win deyelop.n
| Just then Essie returned with The
book, and Hettie to saw ali was ready
and Tho hunting partv left '
~ think we NH 70 10 Duck Point
| first. lis NOT far andI know you,ll gnt
something and lis so nice to Enov v6,,,
| bag isn't emntv y remarked Uettie
hDuclt Poipf Il Il then Mlangbed Hovt
taxine his nIace bosido her and Tho f4n, u,
merry hunters started OF The road icc
| through the woods. which We're at trst
quite Clear of underbrush' and elimnse,
| Of the Lake dimnling in the snnilghi
could be caught now and then Th,