The rustler., 1891-08-28

be herr. said Enid on dav.
''ilow dreadful!- sad surhy.
''lt i too sad. said Gracc
Il am truly thankful " said Enid. "a
am sick Of ii
Enid" exclaimed Grace. In amaze.
ment
'sEnidr' echoed Sophy In horror.
Enid. whose temper was supposed &c
b. angelic. Stamped her little foot. and.
crying like a naughty child. rushed cut
Of the roam 10 Rachel
II won't stand Il any longer. Rachel,
hate picking goosebcrries."
why. my dear Miss Enid. there ara
no gooseberries 10 pick; they were all
finished before we came"
Don't be an IDIOT. RACHEL A woman
Of your age must know what picking
gooseberries means I am worn out
with II. have shrunk nearly an inch
since we have been here. aud no won
der. IL Is such dreadful hard work
First have % ehaPeron trace and Dr.
May In the morning. then / have 10
chaperon sophy and Mr.. Ford In the
afternoon, and now they have both
taken 10 coming together In the after.
noon; and how can be In two rooms
at once. should like 20 know? A
dragon could not do IL. and I won't
Why can't they ask their brother ovei
here to help me? Nasty, selfish thingsl
And you are n stupid old thing. Rachel,
not 10 have thought OF II; and | hate
you. and hate those girls. and horrid
DR. May and nasty little MIR. Ford And
oh, dear! what dreadfully bad TEN.
per | am i'm
Enid did not join her friends till the
gentlemen were gone.
Il am so sorry you are not happy
here, Enid, darling. said Grace gently.
II was only drcadfully cross, and
now I am dreadfully sorry, so please
don't talk any more about IT,"
I'VE won't; we have something 70
tell you; we have had letter from
Max, and lac wants To come over here
for few days; he says he must have
our signatures to some documents. SO
we want to know II you will consent 20
his coming; il will he breaking our
rule that no man is To cross the thrcsh-
old. but. as he is our brother IL won't
matter To- US.
And SO the lawyer came, and there
was no more temper.
The evening he arrived, Dr. May and
Mr.. Ford stayed To supper.
May, how long do you intend to
keep this game up" asked the lawyer.
as they smoked pipe after the girls
were gone to bed.
What gnme?" asked Mr. Ford.
"The simple fracture of the tibia,
believe IL is called said the lawyer,
going into peals of laughter, in which
both his companions Joined.
Poor old May, she'll never forgive
you. my dear boy" said Mr.. Ford, as
soon as he could speak.
And Sophy will never forgive You,
Ford. " said Max.
The doctors both looked very down
east at this.
Need they ever know the truth?'
asked DIR. May.
Not unless YOU like TO tell them; n,
the same time, If you could manage "a
take those splints off Grace's leg to
morrow, we might have some picnics
while | am here; can only stay u
week II YOU can undertake TO man
age that, I'll undertake not TO reveal
the truth with regard to Grace's
sprained ankle-I beg Sophys pardon
fractured tiba."
At last the day of reckoning came
"Sophy, said Grace one night, truth
is stranger than fiction
eyes, dear, know that"
$50 have given up fiction, ] mean
literature.
They are not always synonymous
but have you really done so?"
| 81 have, and, what is more, DIR. May
has asked me TO marry him, and-anC
| didn't say no.
"oh. Grace, how dreadful; but IL Il
strange, too, for Mr.. Ford asked me the
same question, and said yes."
"oh Sophy, and you have forsaker
science."
"Yes, my love has turned to hatred
hate science, and | love some on,
else. Let us go and break 1t to Enid.
Accordingly, two white-robed figures
crossed the landing to Ends room.
Enid, we have something dreadful
to confess; we have given up literatur'
and science; we have broken our vows
and we are engaged to be married
isn't 1t terrible?"
"Drcadful! | have done better thar
that; Max has persuaded me that Law
and art were made for each other, tina
one is nothing without the other; so
instead of wedding art myself, an
going to unite art TO Max"
"And you will be our sister after all
We are SO glad"
Then there was great deal OF kiss
ing.
"Good-by to literature! ! am happy