New-York tribune., 1890-03-30


troubled" stammered Ella.
II am not blaming him. ! respect him for
wishing to be independent own 10 oeihg
of this before though, Ella. But for that chatter
ing grl | presume l should have Deeh ielt 10
discover it for myself. | wonder you cannot bring
yourself to he a little more open with your
'"c.I, "Oh. mother cried Ella in despair indeed
was going TO tell you--only, | did not know
She broke off amcly. fearing to reflect on George.
I find il hard TO believe that George would act
without consulting you In any way IL Is rn;s, sa,shse
enough that he should have undertaken 10 lurhisn
the house in your absence. -,,
'"e Rut if couldn't be therel" pleaded Ella
and | couldn't" A., l,..;. IAN
Naturally as you were on the oon,inen.; yo"
couldn't be on Campden Hill at the same time
you need not be absurd, Ella. But what want 70
know is this-have you had a voice In the matter
or have you not ..o., r,Io HANGING her
so I suspected; and think George ought to
no ashamed of himself. never heard OF sucn
thng and shall make a point OF seeing tne hYuse
and satisfying myself 'iiao ~ ID "' i''
of mine to inhabit; NIL r;noino IN OK.
oitedlv YOU don't understand. why shouu yoss
chonsoS to snppose that the house is not pretty
II is~not done as you would do It,. because poor
George hadn't much money TO Spehd pu, m y ,na
satisfied, why should you come he has done
il all heantifuIly and will not have n sheic ohihS
altered After ALL it is his house our mouse anu anu
nobody else has any right To ih'eriere-"oo '''"
Mrs Hylton shrugged her shoulders. .,,;u,,
"Oh, my dear, if that is the way you o",In ,bs
proper to speak to me, il is time 10 chaisr VIC
subject. Pray understand that shall not dream
Of interfering-l am very gi"u '""' S''
satisfied ;os.;oolI,,
And by and by she left the room malestically'
When she had gone. Flossie who had Deen Hsaru- @
ing open-eyed to all that had taken place. caho
and stood in front of Elias chair cao reo,,v
x.11,, Sba Soil
furnished the house exactly as you llke-feally'
"'" Haven't I said so, Flossie9 why should you
Oh don't know-I wondering, that was
all ...o,,,a
Really" cried Ella, anerily,, any one would ha
think poor George a sort OF BARBARIAN, VINO
couldn't be expected to know anything or trusted
TO do anything m d.. -.
Pm l never said 50, Llla. bI1 ,,inGS now
clever of him TO choose just the right ihinss;; s;
And Ella do all the colors and things go well
together? | always thought most men dldht
notice much about all that. And are tne new
mantelnieces pretty? Oh. and where did he 20
for the papers and the carpets ?" c,.
Flossie. wish you, wouldn't tease So % oans
you see ,ds,ns haHe and WON'T once for all every
thing is Just what ike-do yon anders'ahldi lii,s or
shall tell You again Jnst-lnsf VIVA wna' a.me
atinc good humor. I" then there's nothing 10 Lose
your temper about, darling, is there l.. l..
And this all that Ella had galhed py her
LOYALTY To George so far.
II was the morning after the Chapmans WISH;
Ella had seen her mother and Flosse preparing 10
20 out but. owing 10 the friction pe'"eeh theli.
they neither invited her to accompany ihem nor
did she venture to ask where they were gong Az
luncheon however. the unhappy girl OWNED from
the expression of their faces now tey nhu ,n III
Campden Hill house. Her mothers handsome face
wore a look of frozen contempt IMAGINE n stric.
Ouaker'S feelings on seeing his son with pair OF
black eyes Socialists at finding lcerage un-
der his daughters pillow; a PositiVls' "noss
children have all Joined the salvation Nrmv,a,nn ,ns
even then but faint idea will be reached OF MIS-
lIylton's utter dismay and disgust.
Flossic though angry. took different view OF
Elias share in the business; She knew her better
than her mother did. and consequently refused 70
believe that she was Philistine AZ heart, Vas
her absurd infatuaton for George thai made her
see with his eyes. and bow down before the hideous
household gods he had chosen 10 erect Upon
such weakness FlOsse had no mercy
We'll Ella. dear" she began. mother and !
have seen your house. George has quite slrpassel
our widest pecta'ons-accept my compliments.
"Flossic7 said her mother. severely, will YOU
kindly choose some 9th h'r topic. really feel 700
seriously annoyed about all this 10 hear II spoken
Of Just yet think YOU shall come with me 10 the
Amberleys' garden-party this afternoon, ana no,
Ella we are dining out tins eTsnlng You had
better stay at home and rest. Ella.
In this and countless other ways was Ella made
TO feel that she was in disgrace
Nor did Flossie spare her sister when they were
alone Poor. dear mother she said: Il quite
thought that house would have broken her heart.
Won like it, and I'm sure il looks very comfortable
Everything sensible and useful. and the kitchen
really charmng-mother and | liked It best oi all
the rooms. such horrld man let MS IN, he was ~
work there. and lie would follow us all about and
tell mother his entire history. don think he
could have been quite sober-he would .slst on
turning all the taps on everywhere. | suppose,
! Ella its ever much cheaDcr 10 furnish as VOu
! and George have donc-that's the worst of pretty
were so practical though And 50 on.
on Sunday George came 10 luncheon: he was
delighted 70 hear from Flossie thar they had been
10 the house and gave a bosterously high-spiriiei
- 1t was a grind. he informed them: and as
for those painter fellows. began TO think they'd
stay ont the entire lease.
Art is long. George" observed Flossie wickeily
"Oh. yes. | know but they promised faithfully
TO be out in ten days-and they were over thee
weeks.
But look nj the result George: how did you
find ont that Ella liked grained doors"
Well, to tell YOU the truth. Floss,e that was
bit of a huke. The man told me that gralrlnc
was coming in again, and | said, '~ran EN-. then
i di int know.
In short, lie more provokingly dense than
ever to-day. and Ella found herself growing more
and more captious and irritable that afternoon he
could not understand why she was so disincined
e. ialk-evcn the dear little house OF which >ic
was SO soon to he the mistress failed 10 interest
her.
You have told me twice already that you got
the drawing-room carpet great bargain. aud only
paid four pounds ten for The table in the dining
rOom She broke out can l We take that Tor
! granted in future
Il forgot Id told you'll thought it was the
/ mater" he said "and | say Fila. how about
pictures? Jcssie's promised 70 do us some water
! colors-shc's been taking lessons lately. you know
but shall want one or ;wo prints for the
dlning-room. shant we? yon can pick them up
second hand very cheap"
oh YES YES, anything You please. George
No. no-Im not cross I'm only tired. especially of
! talking about the house II i quite finished. YOU
| know So what is there 10 discuss ,?
During the days that followed Fiossic devised an
| ingenious method of tormcnting Ella She lad ort
her pocket money of which she had good deal.
| on the most prcpost"rous ornamcnts-a PAIR "
/ dangling cut-glass ustrcs bead-matS. a trophy OF
wax fruit under a glass shade. gaudy trscrccns
and ower-pots all of which she solcmnly pre- entel
10 her suffering sister. This was not pure mischief
or unkndncss Flosse's part, but part of treat
mcnt she had hit upon for curing Ella of her