The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-05-27

Miss Grahame?" Dunbar said. with
| grin
This decided her.
please tell mademoiselle that we
/ are in the middle Of a game now, and
/ that hope she viii bring her nephew
out to join US, she said, with quiet de-
I termination.
! You've done it, Miss Grahame, " Dun
/ bar exclaimed, 'sfor if that is not taken
/ as a declaration of war, 7 am no true
/ prophet Well, remember shat the
/ stars and stripes viii hutter beside
{ the union jack if the lilies of France
! advance before hostile hosts"
/ She knew there was a hidden mean
/ ing in his words, for his eyes met hers
as he spoke, and there was in their
/ brown depths a sympathy she could not
/ fail TO read.
/ "Hush!" she answered, in a whisper.
/ Here they come"
! None could notice in madcmoiseIIe's
/ manner as she advanced beside her
| nephew that chagrin was raging in her
/ heart, for with the gayest of smiles she
| cried, taking Hates white hand play
| fully in hers;
las the mountain would not come to
] AfahOmet AIahomet went to the noun
/ tain. Permit me, dear child, to intro
| duce to you my nephew, NJ Leon d'Ez-
/ treville.'
raised his glossy black hat, would have
/ reused the envy of ncing-master-
! as for Nellie Barlow, its aTistocratlc
/ grace simply overwhelmed her.
Kate made her best eurtsey, and,
/ without giving mademOisele a chance
Of second consideration both intro
! duced the young Frenchman to Nellie
/ and Arthur Dunbar.
AS the two men met face to face,
/ Kate could not but mark the contrast
! 1t was like the chance encounter OF
two dOEs-say Cesar and some little
toy terrier-the one careless and digui-
I fed; the other full of fun and grimace.
Yet, for all that, Leon d'EstreviIle
/ was a very handsome young fellow
with his delicate features and large,
luminous dark eyes, if he had only gone
to Regent street for a tailor instead OF
! to Shoreditch.
Now" mademoiselle chirped, pleas
/ antly, you can enjoy a fOur-handeC
| game. Leon, ask Miss Grahame to be
your partner, and see if you cannot be
a match for Miss Barlow and her young
friend.''
She emphasized the her so as to in
| sinuate that Mr.. Dunbar must not con
/ slider himself as one of the Parlor party,
1 do not believe that there ever was a
game Of croquct played where so much
! small feeling was exhibited as on this
"
| say, by the reprcheusible conduct of
| Arthur Dunbar, who would strike
Icons ball so viciously when the OPP
/ portunitv offered and make such a dis
| graceful null of his attempts to Gro
| quet Miss Ordinances, and did laugh so
hilariously when the young French
man in trying to retaliate crashed the
malIet down on his own shin, that
even Kate was annoyed with him, and
Nellie could have wept for veNatiOu-
But now the dinner belli and Kate
| Grahame had to endure the humilia-
ton OF seeing the party separate, with
out mademOiselle making the slightest
sign of Cancellation
TEis slight of one who had done her
such service cut the sensitive girl to the
| quick, so creeping to the governess'
side she whispered:
May ask Nellie and Mr. Dunbar TO
| dine with us?"
AIademOiselle CamPignOn was Petri-
| fed at her audacity.
Kate Grahames" she demanded,
'have you taken leave of your sensesP
I have suffered anguish at your conduct
during the past twcnty-four hours To
think that a young lady, who has en-
jOyed the careful training that you
| have, should cOndescend to pick up a
/ prOmiscuOus acquaintance with total
stranger, an American, too, who may
be a petty bridesmaids son for all you
know to the contrary, is enough TO
make ones hair stand on end with hor-
I ror. What do You suppose Miss Balder-
stone would say to such conduct? 1 am
sure it would nearly break her heart. 81
But he has the manners of a gentle
man." Kate faltered-
so has my hair-dresser. Yet You
would not have me ask him to dinner,
would you?'
Thus the storm swept over the poor
girl, and she could only bend her head
like the tender sapling and let 1t pass by.
Mr.. Dunbar leaves here on Monday,
and perhaps we shall never see him
again. she said, ruefully, land I only
wished to show him some attention for
the great service he rendered me"
The great servicei He pulled q
puPpy-dog out of the river, and You
make as much fuss about it, as IL he had
saved your life"
''Oh, mademoiseusp
But here Leon, who had been walk
ing in advance, came with much taste
to the rescue.
what church is that, whose spire ]
see in the distance over the trees?" he
asked.
Mademoiseile waited for Kate to re-
spOnd, but as she was silent, answered.
Sudbury, a very pretty village about
a mile from us. After dinner, / am
show you the place. She is a famous
walker, and"
But Kate was not to be disposed of IL
this ofF-hand manner.
~ shall spend the afternoon in writ
ing to Miss Balderstone, and shall be
denied the pleasure Of accompanying
you. sir. Besides, your aunt has just
been reading me a homily on the i'm
propriety of cultivating the acquaint-
I auce Of STRANGERS
It was a very saucy thing for the
young lady to say, but she was at bay
now, and. sweet as her disposition
naturally was, do not mean to main
tain that she was a paragon of woman
ly perfection.
A glance flashed between aunt and
nephew glance which said as plain
as words on one part; You have gone
too far and on the other: ST know it, %
and the young Frenchman frankly ex-
planned;
my aunt 2orgets that she is not in
France, where they shut up young
ladies' in glass cases until they are old
enough 20 be married Let me propose
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