The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-02-02

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the paid companion Of her Diapers wife
was utterly ont Of the question. Miss
Fitzhardy wishes Miss Lisle every hap
piness in her present station, and if at
any time her name would be Of service
to Miss Lisle as reference or anything
Of that kind, she would be most happy
TO lend it."
A hot, indignant blush burned the
girls cheek as she read; her very fin
gers tingled Tor revenge. And then her
better self came to her aid and she
laughed aloud. Poor Alicia! if she
had only heard her brothers proposal
that day" And SO was born that fresh
article of her new faith, "Intense vul-
garity may be found beneath the most
perfect veneer of polish and cultiva-
ton"
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith quickly became
very fond of Frances, and both did their
utmost to spoil her; the mother, because
she wanted TO win the girls love for
her sons sake, and the father, because
few men are unsusceptible to the charm
of beauty aided to gentleness and re-
finement. She frightened their home
with her youth and sweetness, and soon
let the influence of her artistic touch
and good taste be felt upon their gor
geous surroundings.
Mrs. Smith spoke constantly of her
charming new companion in her letters
to her son, but carefully refrained from
mentioning the young lady's name.
Frances was happy now. She tried to
leave the future to the wisdom of Frovi-
dence, and meanwhile strove with all
her might to do and be all that she knew
the man she loved would have wished to
find her. She felt sure that a day would
come when she would be able to ask his
pardon for those unlucky words. How
her face burned at the bare recollection
of that scene! There could be no yul-
garity more fragrant than she had ex-
hibited in the pride of her own good
breeding. Had he recognized this in
nate vulgarity in her rs she had done in
Alicia Fitzhardy, and if so. must not
that love have been slain forever Here
was the sharpest thorn in that soft nest
in which she now found herself. Alas!
she had learned too late the important
lesson, that refinement and cultivation
are only worthy of reverence when they
are the outward tokens of innate quail
ties.
Mr.. Smith, like his wife, was never
happier than when talking about his
boy, and Frances loved to draw him out
ON this subject whenever the occasion
offered. He, knowing nothing Of the
reason which purposely kept his wife
l,-,,x hA
up before Frances, quickly became very
communicative From him Frances
learned the history OF Jacks childhood,
the ailments Of his babyhood, tho hopes
the old man had for his future, and even
the name Of that big sum he would
place to his boys credit when he made
up his mind to marry and settle down,
or when "Smith and Trcwson" should be
converted into q Limited Liability
company" From Mr., Smith she also
learned what the life of successful
business man must be; the energy, the
enterprise, the unceasing toll, The I'M
tagging patience that were necessity,
and she could not but admire him for
what he had achieved.
1t was "all for jack" he said; no was
plain man himself, not likely to cut
much of figure anywhere, but show
him the young fellow in any society who
was likely to beat his boy. Why, every
body loved him. Even when he was q
baby, hadn't Mr.. Wolvercourt, their
clergyman, gentleman of first0 class
family, offered to stand godfather to the
boy, and had never ceased to love him
and take notice of him? Twice every
year Jack went to visit his godfather.
who was a very old man now, too old to
preach any longer, quietly wearing out
his last years ON a small estate in the
west of England.
BY and by there suddenly came the
news of this Mr.. Wolvercourts death,
and Jack was recalled to England to at
tend the funeral, Very soon the day ar
rived on which he was expected to return
to The Grange.
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