The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-11-03
SHE LOVED AN ARTIST.
And Married Him Despite Her
Mothers Plans


II was luncheon. and luncheon TO
men who have spent the morning on
the moOrs is important. At l2:l5,
therefore, just fifteen minutes before il
was necessary TO start, the wagonette
was, by Mrs. Carnegie's orders, at the
door, the baskets put in, and Mrs Car
negie in the breakfast room, worrying
her sister, Mrs. Mainwaring, by assur-
ances that the girls would make them
late, as usual
"Dollie was ready half an hour ago"
said Mrs Mainwaring. Il saw her in
the hall
''Dollie is not going with us. Don't
distress yourself about Dollie; she is
quite happy"
How does she make herself SOP
''Oh, don't know. We are going 70
be so late, She sketches, she does all
kinds of things. / don't think she
milks the cows, but she certainly feeds
the chickens"
You ought TO know a great deal
more about her than you do. There
is such a thing as getting tired Of gar
dening and feeding the chickens"
Yes, know, but that hasn't hap
pened TO Dollie yet, and you see going
out Is so much more important 70 the
other giils. just think. Evie Is twenty
six and Agnes only year younger.
''But Dollie is twenty-one."
My dear, you worry me. ] must do
my duty 70 the two eldest-but / wish
they would come"
And while you are marrying them
Dollie viii marry herself, and proba-
bly, not to your liking In fairy tale
she would fail in love with the gar
dener, who would, Of course, be the
kings son in the ample and effectual
disguise of shabby coat and cap"
''Oh, Cecilia, Dollie is not girl Of
that kind. She is as good a. gold, and
perfectly .bidable, and she shall 90
everywhere when Evie gets engaged
Has il struck you that Sir Philip Is in
love with Evie? ] am almost certain
that he is. and / am delighted. Oh,
here the girls come How charming
they both look"
And what have you been doing this
afternoon, Dollie?" asked Mrs Main
waring at tea time.
Dolie blushed (her aunt thought
because II was 50 unusual for anyone
20 take any interest in her employ
ments), and said: ''Sletching in the
glen, aunt"
And you had a dull little luncheon
all alone by yourself in that great din
ing-room?'
NO, was working so hard that ]
could not spare time TO come in. ate
all the bread had taken with me TO
rub out with. / wish you would come 70
the glen, aunt; il is SO pretty"
Dear child, ! am much too old 70
scramble May I'see your slletch?r
DolIIe brought it Her mother
looked at it, too, and was startled at its
merit.
Why, Dollier' she exclaimed. '.you
have improved wonderfully! That bit
in the ,-ft-hand corner is excellent"
Again Dollie colored- Il had some
help there, mother" she said, 'an art
ist who comes 70 the glen sometimes"
"An artist, Dollie! What do you
mean?"
II mean a gentleman, mother. He
strayed in by accident three weeks ago,
when ] was there painting He has
often been to work there since, and
whenever he comes he gives me really
beautiful hints He has taught me"
Here her mothers attention was dis
tracted by servant with a message.
and Mrs Mainwaring finished Doliie's
Yes, see that he has taught you to do
that She was not, however, looking
at the sketch, but at her niece's rosy
checks.
Take care that he is not teaching
her how To fall in love-" said Mrs Main
waring.
Il will really viii. Just now it is
hard TO attend to anything but Evie
and Sir Philip, but when the business
is settled Dollie shall always be with
me. Did you see how he watched Evie
at luncheon?'
mo, l thought he was rather vexed
or disappointed about something"
Il hope not Evie may perhaps have
been making some of her stupid
speeches. But he loves her, l am sure.
l am so happy about il that / am not
able to think OF anything else
From Dollie she learned that the
landscape painters name was Fleming,
that he was young, good-looiNing and
clever, lived in Edinburgh. was quite
a gentleman and not at all the kind of
man that Aunt Cecilia seemed TO
imagine.
Being informed that Dollie had been
forbidden 10 go there, Mrs. Main waring
advised her sister TO assure herself that
Dollie had understood and was obeying
this order. This Mrs. Carnegie did,
and then once more gave her whole
mind to Sir Philip and Evie. Why did
he not propose? The day of his de-
parture 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
Sunderlandshire, dispatched this tel
egram TO him:
Am i'll and must have rest. Come
at once and help me or / shall die out
right Why are you so long in ar
riving?"
Ten minutes after the telegr came
Sir Philip followed Mr.. Carnegie TO the
study-a study in which no book was
ever opened but that which he had
gone TO fetch-Bradshaw. Mrs. Car
negie thought she knew what Sir Philip
had gone TO do and tried TO be patient
while she awaited the result.
In a quarter of an hour her husband
came and said: My dear, l have had a
great surprise-a very great surp rise
il almost amounted to shock"
What nonsense. Charles! You must
have known what was coming"
why should 1? You didn't
Indeed, | did. l have known for
ten days that Sir Philip wanted TO
marry Evie.'
But he doesn't-it is Dollie
Even If Sir fnllip o.-. ..appen to be in
love with the young daughter ne was
still Sir Philip; so after Mrs Carnegie
was sufficiently recovered TO fit new
heroine into the romance in which she
was so much interested she sent out
emissaries in search of Dollie.
No one could find her. until at last
an under-gardener, being much pressed
by Mrs. Carnegie herself, said with
evident reluctance, that Miss Dollie