The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-14
Ale
M1ISA6Ss= MclzsE -eSg
MW TRNS6g Srp@IA
1 Of ~ 3AXZAGEaY
NeTZSA6ElBY GILBERI PARKER S4
NSyGgZS2SS ds!$ss ss.s::ii .:s ssy:, ::,s....-l
clNTSSA1x<HE& ~ w. G~E>
- A2~S---N-- ~ ~SoRMN0AI, 1885. q

'eoPrMGHT. 1888. .sYJ B.TIPplNeorI Co.


tocrat, General Armour. He is q share owner
In the Hudson's Bay Company and visits Brit
t~h America on a business trip. Julia Sher-
wood, portionless girl, Is engaged TO Frank.
but his family wish him TO marry Lady Agnes
Martling. During Franks absence Julia
gives her heart 10 another and writes 10 her
atfianced for release. Frank blames his
people for tho result and thinks they have
interfered In the interesi of their pet scheme
about Lady Agnes. Out OF revenge he mar
ries offhand an Indian princess named Lal
and sends her 10 England under chaperon.
giving instructions that she must travel ard
appear before his family in native dress
CHATTER 1.-THE Armours live at Grey
hope. Besides General and Mrs. Armour
there are Franks brother Richard, and
Marion, society girl. In love with Captain
Vidal. The household is thrown into con-
sternation by "A letter announcing the coming
OF Mrs. Frank Armour. After considerable
show of temper all agree TO swallow the bitter
pill without wincing. at least not In public
Ill and lV-The General and Mrs. Armour
meet the steamer at the dock and receive the
savage woman" In style becoming their sons
wife. Lali is shy aud dignifed, but yields
lerself readily 10 her new surroundings.
N.-After the novelty is worn Oft the Indian
nature bursts forth, and at times Lali deserts
her civilized companions for the company of
the deer and birds in the villa park. Marion
goes 10 London and invites Captain Vidall to
Greyhope to me st his prospective" red Indian"
sister-in law. lie first sees her in her buck
skin garb riding horseback on the widest
hunter in the generals stud.
There was little bridge at one point
where the lake narrowed, and Lali, evil
IDENTIFY seeing it all at once, went to-
ward 1t and ran up on it, standing
poised above the water about the mid
die of it. For an instant an unpleasant
possibility came into Marion's mind
suppose the excited girl intended sui
eide! She shiyered as she thought of il,
and yet She put that horribly cruel
and selfish thought away fom her with
an indignant word at herself. She had
passed Mackenzie and come first TO the
lake. Here she slackened and waved
her hand playfully TO the girl, so as not
to frighten her, and then with forced
laugh came up painting on the bridge
and was presently by Lali's side Lali
eyed her little furtively, but seeing
that Marion was much inclined to be
pleasant she nodded to her, said some
Indian words hastily and spread out
her hands toward the water. AS she did
SO Marion noticed again the beauty of
those hands and the graceful character
of the gesture, so much so that she for
got the fiat hair and the unstayed body.
and the rather broad feet, and the deli
cate duskiness, which had so worked ON
her in imagination and in fact the even
ing before. She put her hand kindly on
that long slim hand stretched out beside
her, and because she knew not what
else to speak and because the tongue is
very perverse at times, saying the oppo-
site Of what is expected, she herself
blundered out, How, how Lalir'
Perhaps Lali was as much surprised
at the remark as Marion herself and
certainly very much more delighted.
The sound Of those familiar words,
spoken by accident, as they were, opened
the way TO better understanding as
nothing else could possibly have done.
Marion was annoyed at herself and yet
amused too. IL her mind had been per-
fectly assured regarding Captain vi
dali, 1t is probable that then and there q
peculiar, "A genial, comradeship would
have been formed. AS it was, Marion
found this little event more endurable
than she expected She also found that
Lali. when she laughed in pleasant ac-
acknowledgement of that How had re-
markably white and regular teeth. In
deed Marion Armour began to discover
some estimable points in the appearance
OF her savage sister-in-law. Marion re-
marked to herself that Lali might be a
rather striking person il she were dress
ed. as her mother said, in Christian gar
ments and could speak the English lam
guage well-and was somebody else's
sistor-in-law.
At this point Mackenzie came breath
lessly to the bridge and called ont
sharply to Lali, rebulsing her. In this
Mackenzie made mistake, for not only
did Lali draw herself up with consider
able dignity, but Marion, noticing the
masterful nature of the tone instantly
said: Mackenzie, You must remember
that you are speaking to Mrs. Francis
Armour, and that her position in Gen
eral Armour's house is the same as
mine l hope il is not necessary to say
anything more, Mackenzie. +"
Mackenzie fiuyhed. She was sensi->
BILE woman. She knew that she had done
wrong, and she said very promptly: II /
am very sorry, miss. l was fiustered, |
and / expect haven't got used to speak |
ing toto Mrs Armour as I'll he sure
to do in the future"
As she spoke tvo or three deer came |
trotting out of the beeches down to the /
lakeside. If Lali was pleased and ex-
cited BEFORE she was overwhelmed now.
Her breath came in quick gasps. She
laughed. she tossed her hands, she seem
ed to become dizzy with delight, and /
presently, as IL this new link with and /
reminder of her past had moved her as i
one little expects savage heart is NOV
cd, two tears gathered in her eyes, then
slid down her cheeks unheeded and dried
there in the sunlight as she still gazed
at the deer Marion, at first surprised,
was now touched, as she could not have
thought ii possible concerning this wild
creature, and her hand went out and