The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-04-15
me. Did yol. see how he watched Evie

Il hope not. EVE may perhaps have
been making some of her stupid
speeches. But he loves her, 1 am sure;
I nm so happy about it that / am not
able to think of anything else"
$50 it seems" thought Mrs. Main
warning; so she spoke to Dolly herself,
and gave her much good advice. From
Dolly she learned that the landscape
painters name was Fleming, that he
was young. good looking and clever,
lived in Edinburgh, was quite a gentle
man, and not at all the kind Of man
that Aunt Cecilia seemed to imagine.
Two days afterward, Aunt Cecilia
was rather unexpectedly summoned
home, but before going she again spoke
to her sister about the danger of allow
ing Dolly to sit for hours sketching
in the glen. Being Informed that Dolly
had been forbidden to go there, Mrs.
Mainwaring advised her sister to as
sure herself that Dolly had understood
and was obeying this order. This Mrs.
Carnegie did, and then once more gave
her whole mind to Sir Phillip and Evie.
Why did he not propose? The day of
his departure was drawing very near.
1t came two days earlier than had
been anticipated. A rich old bachelor
uncle Of Sir Philip who was then in
Sutherlandshire, dispatched this tele-
gram to him. "Am ill, and must have
rest. Have a large party here, and
can get none. Come at Onc and help
me, Or I shall die outright. Why are
you SO long in arriving?"
Ten minutes after the telegram came
Sir Philip followed Mr.. Carnegie to
the study-a study in which no book
was eve opened but that which he had
gone to fetch-Bradshaw. Mrs. Carne-
gle thought she knew what Sir Philip
had gone to do, and tried to be patient
while she awaited the result.
In a quarter Of Al hour her husband
came and said: "My dear, I have
had a great surprise-a great surprise
it almost amounted to a shock"
What nonsense, Charles! You must
have known what was coming"
"Why should I? You didn't"
Indeed, I did. I have known for
ten days that Sir Philip wanted to
marry EVE"
but he doesn't-it is Dolly"
DOLLY"
II *
Even if Sir Philip did happen to be
in love with the wrong daughter, he
was still Sir Philip; SO, after Mrs. Car
negie was sufficiently recovered to fit
IL new heroine into the romance in
which she was so much interested, she
sent out emiSsaries in search of Dolly.
| No n could find her, until at last an
under-gardener, being much pressed by
| Mrs. Carnegie herself, said, with evil
dent reluctance, that Miss Dolly might
perhaps, he thought, be painting IN
Ladywell Wood. To reach this wood
a corn field had to be %traversed, and
just as Mrs. Carnegie was half across
it, she saw Dolly in the distance, bid
ding farewell to a gentleman with a
sketching bag on his back. The I'M
happy lady stopped short in horror.
This must" she thought, ''be that
| odious artist Cecilia Mainwaring was
so afraid of. How can Dolly dare to
see him, when 1 have forbidden her.!
Dolly" she exclaimed, this is
| shameful! I have been trusting you
| all this time, and you, it seems, have
! been breaking your word"
'Oh, no, I have not! l have not been
near the glen, and l have never seen
Mr.. Fleming until this morning! Don't
look like that, mother, 1 am speaking
the truth. I was on my way to tell
you all about It,"
'Tell me nothing of that kind! I
want to know nothing"
But you must know, mOther-yOu
will be forced to know. Mr.. Fleming
has asked me to marry him, and 1 have
said I Will"
"You have! Well, girls do stupid
things sometimes; but the one you
undo this the better!'
"Ah, you are angry because you still
| think that he and I have been deceiv-
ing you," said Dolly tenderly, but,
mother, we have not. We really have
me, until to-day, and how he found
out where Twas sketching I don't yet
know"
"And you never will. You will not
see him again."
"Oh, but let me tell you how it all
happened, and you will see how differ
ent everything is from what you
imagine. He came to Ladywell Wood
Il could not refuse to say a word to
him when III he was there, could l?
Besides, I think he came on purpose
to ask me to marry him."
"Say no more about that, Dolly, it
only veXes me. You must have known
do it,"
Mother" Dolly began, but her voice
failed her
make no appeal to me, Dolly, I am
sorry for you, Of course, if you care,
but you wont are long. Be a good
girl, and do your best to dismiss this
from your mind at once and forever,
and go to your room now and write
and tell that man that you intend to
do So"
where is Dolly?' asked Mr.. Car
negie, when he and Sir Phillip came.
"She was here a few minutes ago,
but she has been s%ketching in the sun,
and it has been too much FOR her. She
had to go to bed with a frightfully
bad headache"
"Then I shall not see her unless I
stay till Tomorrow" said Sir Philip
after expressing much sympathy.
"Oh, you must not do that-you must
not offend your uncle; besides, Dolly
may not be well enough to see you to-
morrow"
Sir Philip sighed woefully.
"She is not seriously i'll. If you will
take my advice, you will go today,
as your uncle wishes; you will stay at
Glentindie as long as he stays-I think
that you said that he would be there
! nonth-and when you have done that
you will do us the great leasure of see
Ing you back here. Don't distress your
self about seeing Dolly. 1t is much
better that you have not seen her. You
would not have been able to get her
to say what you wish without a great
deal Of persuasion-certainly not in one
day-even IL she had been well. She
| has not the slightest idea that yOr