New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
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once safely at home, Ella FASTENED upstairs TO
her own room, where. If tie truih must oc 'oiu'
IN, cnploycd the half-hour before dinner III ui..
,nterr,liiinr sohbing. into which temper I''I'S
n,.r.I ~ lie. has spoiled II all for ne HOW
,n',ld hc-oh. how could he ran the burden OF
her moan At the dinncr-tahle, however, ,nou7"
nal. and silent she had recovered composur.
\ pleasant walk. Ella? inquired her mo'Ner'
Wit, rather formal interest. .,,,
YES, very" replied lila, trusting Sl' "o"lu
not be- questioned further 3, ;l -
lis,rc,f fls,c: You went 10 look al Your new
lonsc now. didn't You? An thousnt s.; J.
supposc Aou have quite rmIc up S"" minus Nv"
You mean to do the rooms
Wr might 90 round to all the best places to-
morrow. said Mrs llylton ana see sT.nc p'pr'S 'S
and h.nriues There were some lovely designs
IN Eauk's windows the other daN, go
- lnd Ella added flossic I've been out with
Andrews after school several ZINES l" ,"','n'''
l"mrt Road. and Wardour-st, and oAiofd-s'.1
oh. everywhere, hunting up old furniture, an1 %
/ can show YOU where they. have some beautiful
hlng,-no shams, but really F2oGi, ,,i,on o,seryirr
You know. Ella. said Mrs liylt"n' ooS'rNlng
that She did not answer, want You tn have
pretty house. and you and George must ordcr
exactly what You Sc' nm' '"M rhn"si"% N"" "'' III"
Thank you. mother said Ella. without any
| animation; II don't think we shall want
You will want all that Young people in your
postion do want, | suppose, said Mrs liylton
| iittlc impaticnlN; and OF course you "hders''hu
| 4 hat
'''.' 1I"nk 'h' vou. mother murmurcd Ella again.
| She did not feel able to tell them Just yet how
| this had all been iorcstalcd-shc lell that she
| ynuld infallibly break down If she tried.
| ~ Nou seem a little ovcrdonc tonight, my dear,
said her mother frlsidly She was naturally
| hurt ai the very uncituslve way IN which hcr
good Offices had been met
have such a dreadful headache pleaded
Ella. IL think | ovcrtired myself this after
! noon :" ne
Then Won were very foolish. after travelling
| all Yesterday rs you did | don't wonder that
| 1corec was ashamed 10 come in. You had better
| 90 TO bed early and | will send Andrews III To
| You with some Of my sleeping mixture.
| Ella was glad enough TO obey, though the
| dranght took some time 10 operate; she felt as IL
| no happiness or peace Of mind were possible for
| her til George had been persuaded to undo his
| work Surely hc could not refuse when hc knew
| that her mother was prepared to do everything
for them at her own expense
And here il began TO dawn upon her what this
| would entail Georges words came back 10 her as
| if she heard them actually spoken Did he not
say that the house had been furnished out of his
| savings? What was she asking him IN do? TO
| going round to all the people he had dealt WITH
asking them favor 10 take back their goods ;
or else he must sell them best he could for a
fraction of their cost Vino To refund him
all he had usclesslv spent? Could she ask her
mother TO do so? Would he even consent to such
an arrangement if il was PROPOSE
Then his sisicrs-hOw could she avoid offending
them irrcparaby, perhaps involving George in a
quarrel with his family. if she were to carry her
| point As she realized for the first time the in
rVitablc consequences of success she asked herself
in despair what she ought 10 do, where her plain
| duty lay?
Did she love George, or was it all deusion !?