The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-02-16


Warren's riding horse had been sent
ID the care Of a neigh5oriug farmer
who had good stables
why DID they not take the horses
with themT' asked Mr.. Jack Il sup
pose Is they did not. that they are
coming back u Beech Grove"
Il don't know about that. But may
Be they'll send for the horses when
| they re- settled" answered the m,.~
i And Mrs Jack turned away with
d3wncISt face. and said no more
II was fact that. Notwithstanding
al her troubles with Jimmy and Jenny.
| Mrs Jack nevertheless looked back upon
her engagement as goyerna,s at Beech
| Grove as Il time Of happiness Sac had
| found . friend there-a friend on
! Wnosn masculine sense she could rels
while at the same time his gentle KIND
ness banishea the timidiss which poor
Bell was in the habit of feeling i'll the
! presence Of sensible persons" Adj
vice" and god sense" ana solid
| Judgment" had hitherto been offered
to her by her mothcr-in-laW and others
in the form Of bitter bolus. at which
it was known she would make ysry
faces s-such being the perversity Of
she was bound to -.llp down Bell haa
sincerely modest opinion Of herself.
and easily believed that her conduct
might be faulty even where she was
conscious of tho goodness Of her me-
tive But ii was against the constant
misconsttWction Of her motives that
her spirit rebelled- And ii was a new
and delightful sensation % discover \
a
her that she was doing wrong. while
fully admitting that she intended to 10
right.
Ali the sweetness Of her nature was
elected by this manly gentlcncss. She
was quite free from auy petty desi.e
10 shine on false pretensas. and once
assured that She was trusted. she &C
knowled.,cd all her shortcomings with
perfect honesty and humility Nor was
sterling acknowledgement Of short
comings the only result Of her aequain-
tance with Robert Warren. perceiying
that on many points he thought better
OF her than she deserved. she stroye--
half unconsciously perhaps-tO attain
the high character he attributed to her
It is base nature that is not stirred
by praise to be the very thing which in
the eyes Of affection it seems to Dc.
And now, after all the pleasant
words and considerate acts which she
had received at his hands, after having
learned to think OF him as one whose
regard Wis sure, whose kindness was
steadfast and to be relied on. she found
herself suddenly divided from him rs by
great blank wall. And the conviction
was forced upon her that she had been
misrepresen1ed to him utterly Per
haps now he thought Of her with con
tempt, as vulgar, scllelning woman,
without delicacy, or dignity! The
thought ate into her spirit like can
ker. There came moments of reaction
when she rebclled against the injustice
she had been subjected to by Mrs
BoddingtOn. He is as bad as his
sister, and he has not the instinct Of
gentleman, il he does not know ME to
be incapable of the designs she accuses
me off, cried Bell. But depression soon
followed these bursts Of Indignation.
She was simply forgotten by MIR War
ren, as the rest After all. why should
he try to keep up IN acquaintance with
the governess OF his sisters children?
What was size to him: She had exag-
gerated a few kind words, OF course,
into expressions Of serious friendshipl
And then the tears would flow down
Bells cheeks, which had lost al! the
pretty rose bloom and were growing
hollow as well as pale
Although the weather had now be-
come too chilly to make it prudent
Mrs. Jack did not abandon her habit
Of sitting out Of doors in the little
wood. She was to be found there
every afternoon. when it did not abso-
lutely rain. wrapped in a shawl, sitting
on 4 rough bench which one Of the
farm servants had placed under the
copper beach tree for her accommoda-
ton. The wood was her boudoir, her
sanctum. her secret bower-a somewhat
dreary and leafless bower by this time,
but solitary and secluded. Hlther Mrs.
Jack carried 4 letter one day which
had just arrived from CodlingtOn, in
order to read 1t at leisure.
Tho letter was from Barney, OF
course Barney was her only CORE
spondent It had been written two
days previous and intr,sted TO the
carrier who piled between Codlington
and Beck's Heath, and who could not
be got to comprehend that it was a
matter OF any consequence whether n
letter reached Its destination to-day or
tomorrow
Poor, kind Barney!' exclaimed Mrs
Jack. after she had deciphered her
friends crooked cramped handwriting.
What good old dear she isr'
Then reading one passage over again.
she said quite aloud, what nonsense
they all have got into their heads about
sending me to Italy. That wouldn't
do me any good, and, besiles, how
on earth am l to get t, Italy by my
self"
viii you 60 with ME, Isabel2" said
| q low voice ut tier ear. And she Mna