The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-26

..Will You l;o With Iac" lie Said.
And then. il SHE. would 80. how WAS
she going To be paid for?"
The latter difficulty. however had no
heed to bc discussed. for. IN the first
hint of sending her abroad, Mrs Jack
rcbcllcd. Barney it was Who reported
To her Mr.. Browns advice. No. my
dear, good Barney. it is all nunScnse.
Mr.. Brown WIS brought here TO see
me. and he saw me. and found me very
we'll But lie Ind To earn his fee, AMI
So lie said, Send l.rr 10 Italy," 4 very
pleasant prescription. | wonder lie
didn't add. And take care that she
travels through Europe posting with
four horses No, no. Barney dear.
1ialy won't cure meat least, there's
nothing TO cure. | am we'll enough"
In this view sl!r persisted. And. i'll
deed. whore WAS tho Use of liarnry'S
urging that Mrs. Jack ought to go To
Italy. when the Kind faithful soul was
utterly poWerleSS to help her lhitler!
CHAPTER Mil.
Certainly Mrs. Jack could no longer
complain Of being left alone in her soil
1rde ut Beck's Heath. neglected and
forgotten. The place WAS too far from
Codlington 10 render frequent visits
between it and Brrk's Heath feasible.
But Mrs. Lilly. and Rcbccci. and Bar
ney. and Mir. brown. and the devoted
Mr.. Mills had all been out To see her.
Yet. nevertheless. That sensation CT he
ing neglected and forgotten did not do
part from Mrs. Jacks heart. The i'll
lklbitantS of Beech Grove had made no
sign, had S"nt IN message. And, oddly
enough. Mrs. Jack never once asked
about them. But one day she heard by
chance from som" of tie farm servants
that the family had NIL gone away to
London: that the house WAS shut IN
and left in charge of the gardener and
his wife. and that the ponies and MIR.
Warrens riding horse had been sent
TO the care of Il ncighhOring farmer
who had good stables.
Willy did they not take the horses
with them:" asked Mrs. Jack. II sup
pose, us they did not. that they are
coming back TO Beech Grove:"
Il don't know about that. But may
DC they'll send for the horses when
they're settled" answered the nan:
And Mrs. Jack turned away with a
downcast face. and said no more.
all her troubles With Jimmy and Jenny,
Mrs.Jack nevertheless looked back upon
her engagement as govcrneSs at Beech
Grove AS Il time of happiness She had
found IL friend tlcre--, friend on
whose masculine sens" She could rely,
willie ut the same time his gentle kind
ness banisliel the timi,lity which poor
Bell was III the habit Of feeling in the
~ ,S,iI
vice." and good sense and solid
Judgment had hitherto been offered
10 her by her mother-in-Iaw and others
in the form of Il bitter bolus. at which
1t was known she would make wry
faces-such being the pcrversily Of
her naturc--but which. nevertheless.
She WAS bound TO suip down. Bell had
sincerely modest opinion of herself.
and easily believed that her conduct
might be faulty even where she was
conscious of the goodness of her mo-
tive. But 1t WAS against the constant
lnlsconstrnction of her motives that
her spirit rcbclied. And IL WAS a new
and delightful sensation TO discover a
person who would gently point out TO
her that she was doing wrong. while
fully admitting that she intended to do
right.
Ali the sweetness of her nature was
elected by this manly gentleness She
was quite free from any petty desire
TO shine Oh false prctenscs: and. once
assured that she WAS trusted. she ac-
inowledsed all her shortcomings with
perfect honesty and humility. Nor was
II sterling acknowledgement Of short
coinings the only result Of her ucqualn.
lance with Robert Warren. Pcrceiying.
that Oh many points lie thought better
of Der than she deserved. she strOve--
half unconsciously perhaps-to attain
the high character he attributed to her.
il Is Il base nature that il not stirred
by praise to DO the very thing which In
the eyes OF affection 1t seems TO he.
And now, nftcr all the pleasant
words and consideratc acts which she
had received ut his hands, after having
learned to think OF him rs one whose.
regard was sure, whose Kindness was
stcadfast and to be relied on, she found
herself suddenly divided from him as by