The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-19
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( in the drawer Of her dressing table, locked it
/ carefully. When she came 90 the study she
/ found Miss Madison awaiting her.
4 "Well, dear, what was itP Miss Madison
asked 18th all a womHn'5 eegerness and
/ curiosity, and her gaze wandering from the
empty bok to Salome's face.
"a few small things an old and very dear
friend sent me, Miss Madison" SalOme
/ answered quietly. This" touching the
, jewel au her throat, twas among them.n
How pretty May see it, Salome"
| Certainly. There It is"
Miss Madison took the jeweled article IN
her hite tapering fingers and scanned it
! closely, now examining the ricnly-chased
messy gold setting with a critical and ap-
| precIative eye, and then scanning the
| diamonds aud rubies with the manner Of a
: cJuuoisseur.
1t is a very fine brooch indeed, dear, ="
/ she said presently, land must have cost
/ your friend a lot Of mOuev-sOme hundreds
Of pounds / should think"
Not so much, surely, Miss Nallisonp the
! girl said with bsted breath. The value Of
/ the trinket only served to make the gift all
the more remarkable.
1T must have-but there, dear, let me
/ fasten 1t Tor you" She refastened the orna-
ment at the blushing girls throat, and
added: "Nou ought to be thankful to the
! Almighty, Salome, that your beauty and
] your EtlDlittSe Ut. We v On lDI gu buCil klLtS
The White Gypsy thanked her companion
with grateful look, but vouchsafed no re
ply. Miss Madison was satisfied that the
! giVer Of the rare gift was her pupils atfi-
anced husband. and Salome's silence
/ respecting the donor only tended to confirm
/ that belief.
| A few more days passed away unevent-
! fully. And on the day before Christmas
| Lady Carsland and her daughter called at
the vicsrage. Her ladyship was shortly
about to give party at the hall, and she
| explained to Miss Madison that she had
| dropped IN as she was passing in order to
! ask the vicar, his sister and Miss Barring
| ham TO honor the gathering with their
| presence
OF course Miss Madison accepted the in
vitation readily, and Salome, quite won
over by Lady Carslaud's gracious words and
manner, in which there was not trace of
| the condescension the girl had been quick TO
note and object to when they met at the
concert, accepted only trifie less heartily.
Had Salome been in every respect the equal
Of Lady Carsland, her ladyship could not
have heen more stniable, and even her
stately daughter was less cold and naughty
than she formerly had been.
Salome had often wished lately to meet
the ladies from Carsland hall, and mad ex-
pected when they did meet that she would
Je severely sngbbed by both mother and
daughter. She had, therefore, prepared her.
self for the ordeal when Lady Carsaud and
Cordelia were announced by the maid, aud
had made 10 her mind to meet their scoru.
full GOODNESS with weapon ( like kind.
But the unexpected change In their de-
mea nour had thawed her Immediately, and
before the four ladies had parted they were
all chatting easily and frankly together, as
il they we're friends Of considerable stand
ing.
SIN, all through the half hour which the
Carsland visit lasted, the girl felt that the
eyes Of both were upon her, and that they
we're asking themselves "Who and whRt Is
this girl that Paul Meredith has selected out
OF the common herd Of work day people
! to be his wlfefn
But she bore herself Dravely, and COM
mlttei herself in no way: and handsome as
were both mother and daughter, she felt
that her own beauty lost nothing when
placed in contrast with their own. She
1elt also that they had come there thinking
10 find her "a shallow, empty-headed lass
with nothing to commend her to anyone
save her oomellness; and, to their surprise
they found her almost as we'll informed as
either of them, and certainly as well spoken
aud fair hammered.
Before going away, Lady Carsland, with
great show Of cordielity, asked Saome to
run over to the n0ll any afternoon when
she had leisure and the girl promised to do
so, not that she intended either to avail her
self Of the invitation or desired TO do SO,
but because she was not rude enough to re-
fuse the offer of friendship held cut to her.
Some afternoons later, as Salome was
about to leave the vicerage for her usual
walk, Miss Madison put a question to
her.
(which way are you thinking of taking,
Selomep she asked, as she fastened the fair
girl sealzflu coat at the throat.
81 intended to walk through the wood
and come back by way Of Carsland hall, "
| The girl answered.
Would you mind calling at the hall,
dear"
mot at all il you wish me to do go /
promised Lady Carsland that l would call
rs YOU know, but have not done so yet"
Then | shall be glad if you will do so,
this afternoon, Snlome. Her ladyship
promised to send me several novels which
she has read lately, but | suppose she muss
have forgotten all about the matter. And
that, dear, will supply you with an excel
lent excuse for calling"
'Just so,n the White Gypsy responded
lau2hinRly. ~ am afraid | should not
have ventured to call at the hall without an
excuse OF some kind"
But you needed no excuse dear, seeing
that Lady Carsiand was so pressing in her
invitation for you to visit them whenever
= - -+ASN ~ @'HAA yCuASSAA Va hCA hAuu
Offer
THAT is so, but have sometimes Won
| dered If her invitation was in reality so
very kind as 1t appeared" Salome rejoined
| seriously,
Hold, enough Be off, and enjoy your
walk. [ won't argue the point further; but
be sure you call for The bOoks.n
Il will not forget, was the girls reply
I as she walked away with the quick easy
| step aud grace of some untamed animal
| 1t was a fine afternoon There was a
I glimmer of sunshine in the cir, although the
| wind bit keenly at the girls cheeks, aud the
! landscape was white every where with the
/ touch OF Jack Frost's fingers.
On gaining the high road, 5alome went
/ through the villagein the direction of Marsh
! Green till she came to a stile, and then she
struck through the rhine covered fields and
| was among the black denuded trees. During
/ her walk she met occasionally a begrimed
/ pitmAu coming from one or other Of the
/ Carsland collieTies, and as she was known
/ to many of the miners she met with a good
/ afternoon, lass, >" voiced roughly, but most
! respectfully and the girl wac careful to re.
! spOnd as heartily.
1t was not without some feelings OF I'm,
easiness that Salome went through the
/ great gates and along the avenue toward
| the mansion. She had often looked upon
| Carsland hall at times when she never
| dreamed that she would ever become either
friend or acquaintance of its inmates
/ much less the betrOthed Of Sir Sydney Cars