The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-01-12

dington's brother, and my name is
| Warren"
Bell blushed almost as deeply as he
had done and stammered out an apol-
ogy. Then their eyes met and they
both began to laugh. You must have
thought it very cool Of me to trouble
you about the children" said Bell.
We'll, no; in sou. ) lncl>lr' .,'lt PC
| sponsble for thei" d,trnt tehayior 50
long as they are In my house"
| OH
| Yes, this is my house Ny sister
and brother-in-law are visiting me for
a time. l found nlys ,lf very lonely anl
strange oa corning back 70 England
after a twenty yea s absence in In
dia, and asked Jane and her nus
band to bestow the charity OF their
society on a solitary old fellow for as
long as they can stand the dullness
Of Beech Grove There is confidence
for confidence, Mrs. Lilly. And now
you know who | am, will you let me
look into the schoolroom tomorrow in
my character of 'bogie'-thc children
are little afraid of me--and see that
you are not driven quite distracted by
my nephew and niece:'
"Oh, it's very kind Of you; but I'm
afraid you will find it SO very tire
some. And | dare say | shall get on
better tomorrow, thank YOU" Mrs.
Jack answered shyly
Mr.. Warren bowed a little stitily,
and did not further urge his request,
and so they parted at the gate
Well | can see by your face that
your pupils got on comfortably to-day,
po
Jack, that evening Il have been quite
anxious about you all day"
"Oh, yes, Barney. | got on very we'll.
At least-the children wouldn't obey
me one atom at first Jenny said she
did not like grammar, and Jimmy got
under the table and growled like a
lion"
Good gracious"
Yes; but then l threatened to appeal
to their papa-
"Ah. and he put them to rights?'
mo, Barney. He isn't their papa at
all And only think. his name is War
ren, not Boddington. 1t was my mis-
take Isn't it odd?'
My dear, it's so odd that | can't
make head or tail of word you are
saying" returned Barney, opening her
Dlach eyes very Wluely
No. Of course not. It's my fault
for running on too quickly. But have
been SO steady and 50 old all day long
that you must let me chatter now in
my own fashion, just to rest myself,
ell. Barney? And by degrees you'll
understand it all Now sit down in
the comfortable corner Of the sofa,
and III tell you all about it"
CHAPTER VIII.
After the beginning Of Mrs. Jack s
engagement at Beech Grove, Mrs. Hogs
was not often shocked by the spectacle
Of that lady '.scudding' up and down
the High street. Occasionally Mrs. Jack
went to Percival House. Her visits
there were not made more agreeable
Il IN formerly But as she said to her.
self, the Lillys' hard words and hard
ways were easier to bear. now that
she wanted nothing Of them. For
Bell had made up her mind that the
sum she was to get for teaching Hla
little Boddingtons would eke out her
income so that she could live upon
it and pay her way. It is true that
this same teaching money was occa
sionally reckoned twice or three times
over in Mrs. Jacks budget. But. when
ever she became aware Of this fact,
she would say "Oh. well, will, go with
out something for myself, and make
it straight that way" Only. unfortu-
nately, what the something" was to
be was never clearly defined in her
mind Certainly Mrs. Jacks talents did
not lie in the direction Of finance.
Her father-in-law's family had receiv-
ed the announcement of her engage
ment ut Beech Grove with marked
displeasure. Especially Mrs. Lilly felt
aggrieved, for she had confidently pre-
dicted that Bell would not get single
pupil in Codlington; and it was hard to
be fatty contradicted by fate in the
shape Of an impertinent, accomplished
fact in the matter. Ssill, there were
mitigations. The people at Beech Grove
We're not Conlingtonians; and that was
almost the same as ii Bell had found
10 pupils in Codlington. Neither did
the Roddingtons appear willing to as
sociate with the townspecple. This was
offensive in one sense; but, on the
other hand, it kept Bells teaching
III the background little out Of the
kel. of tie Lillys' circle Of acquaint
ance.
Mrs. Lilly. however, made several
warning speeches to her dau.hter-in-
law about the strangers. Il hope
Bell" she would say, that this Mrs
Boddington is respectable person. We
know nothing about her, YOU see. And
it would be very painful to Mr.. Lilly
to have you mixing yourself up with
doubtful characters in any way
"Well, Mrs. Lilly, it would also be
fvI "a II
"Ah. but you see, Bell, you are SO ex-
| tremely thoughtless, and your spirits
are SO volatile that you would never
feel anything Of the sort as we should.
Another time she said: Now, Bell,
] rs to this Mrs. Roddingtong. there is