The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

FOR THE DRAWING Roov. EAR" SHE
OBSERVED BLANDLY.
The Chaplnans went at last, and be-
fore they were out Of the house Mrs
Hylton, with an effort to seem uncon-
cerned, said:
And so, Ella, yon and George have
done without my help2 OF course, you
know your own affairs best; still,
should have thought, I should certainly
have thought, that | might have been Of
some assistance to you, if only in pecu-
MARY matters
George preferred that you should not
be troubled, stalnmered Ella
Il am not blaming him. respect him
for wishing to be independent I own to
being little surprised that you should
not have told me of this before, though,
Ella But for that chattering girl, | pre-
sumo, should have been left to discover
il fa- mvself. I wonder YOU cannot bring
yourself to be a little more open with
your mother, my deaTln
ssOh, motheri'' cried Ella in despair
indeed was going to tell you-only, ]
did not know myself till yesterday--ai
least, that isn- she broke off larnely
Teasing to reflect on George.
Il fird it hard to believe that George
would act without consulting you in any
way. Ii is strange enough that he should
have undertaken to furnish the house IN
your absence
But il couldn't be there" pleaded
Ella-''and couldn't
Naturally, as you were ON the cont
nent, you couldn't be on Campden Hill
at the same time yen need not be alb
surd, Ella. But what want to know il
this-haye you had voice in the matter
or have you not:"
s'N-not much" confessed Ella, hang
ing her head.
$50 | suspected; and think George
ought to be ashamed of himself. / never
heard of such thing, and shall make
point of seeing the house and satisfy.
ing myself that it is fit for daughter OF
mine to inhabit."
"Motherl" exclaimed Ella, springine
up excitedly. ''you don't understand
why should you choose to suppose that
the house is not pretty? Itis-not done
as You would do it, because poor George
hadn't much money to spend; but if / am
satisfied, why should you come between
us? And am satisfed-quite quite
satisfied; he has done it all beautifully
and will not have single thing al.
teredi After oil, it is his house, our
house, and nobody else has any right to
interfere-not even you, mother!'
Mrs. Hylton shrugged her shoulders.
sob, my dear, if that is the way you
think proper to speak to me, it is time te
change the subject. Pray understand
that shall not dream of interfering-l
am very glad that you are SO satisfied"
And by and by she left the room ma,
jestically. When she had gone Flossie
who had been listening open eyed to ali
that had taken place, came and stood in
front of ELIAS chair.
ELLA, tell me- she said, 'shas George
really furnished the house exactly as you
lilze-really, now9''
Haven't | said SO, Flossie? Why should
you doubt IT."
"Oh, don't know-I was wondering
that was ALT"
Realty cried Ella, angrily, ''any
one world think poor George was a sort
of barbarian, who couldn't be expected
to know any thing, or trusted to do any
thingr
'sI'n sure never said so. Ella. But
how clever Of him to choose just the
right thingsl And, Ella, do all the col.
ors and things go well together? I al
ways thought most men didn't notice
much about all that. And are the new
inantelpieces pretty? Oil and where
did he go for the papers and the car
pets?"
''Flossie, i wish you wouldn't tease
SO. Cant yeu see have headaches ]
can't answer SO many questions, and
won't. Once for all, everything is just
what | like. Do you understand, OF
shall / tell you again? Jsst--just what
like"
"Oh, all right" returned Tlossie, with
exasperating good humor. "Then there's
nothing to lose your temper about, dar-
ling, is there"
And this was all that Ella had gained
by her loyalty to George SO far.
1t was the morning after the Chap
mans visit; Ella had seen her mother
and Flossie preparing to go out, but, ow.
ing to the friction between them, they
never invited her to accompany them,
nor did she venture to ask where they
were going. At luncheon, however, the
unhappy girl OWNED from the expression
OF their faces how they had employed the
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