Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-12-19
CHAPTER ".
PLAYFELLOWS.
! d which am | most like? she sI'd !:
Y Y.ur Chloe. or YOUR 1 ut brown mai =

| Yuur Chloe, or your ut brown mai ?"
Driving along. Cecil chatte ! merriiy
with a sense OF doing the hOnOrs ma.
ural to one who, as the nearest male
| relative, took the bottom OF the table
! inspected the kennels. and reported
upon the stables. whenever he visltcC
| the ladies' OF Inchmarew.
He was now n the al olegetic vein
| The property, he contiGed, was BE-
| ing nursed at present. There was i
! good deal OF rctrenchmcnt going on.
| The grounds were not kept up rs they
hal been. His grandfather haC
kno ,ked OF lot OF uuderstrappei"
and useless hangers on The garaen:
| too. had been ridi .ulously expensive
and she had curtailcd tIe n consider
| ably.
! OF course. W hen his cousin came of re
! these things would be different. She
! could then do as she chose: bat for the
present he thought his grandmother
/ was very wise to spend as little as necC
be. It was not as if they were livin%
/ in the world-with more of the kind.
| To all of this his companion cheer
| fully assented, as he would have done
| to almost anything at the moment
| The relief of getting away from the
| hovel, the thought of which haC
]
during the past half-hour, was 50 in
! tense that he would have permitted
/ Mrs. Campbell to knock OF every
| gardener on the place. and curtal hen
expenditure i'll every direction, so Ionc
as ne was given a decent dinner to ea
and a decent bed to sleep.
There was, however, no call for such
! Indulgence. \ brief experience sui.
| feed to show that the boyish brdg Oi a
youth. anxious to enhance the dignity
| of all connected with him, was on the
present occasion making a great Gea
! out OF very little. There III ght b,
retrenc hment- there was certainly nC
discomfort nor disorder anyw here.
A respectable elderly ma or-domt
stood in The doorway to receive tht
new al, ,,vaI, and d trim lau In Cule,
but neat livery ran down the steps. .anG
began to take out the luggage with
deft dispatch. Mrs. Campbell. Mr.
Raymsnd was informed, was in the
drawing-rOom awaiting him. ami Bel
lenden, VINO fingered for a moment
affecting TO be occupied with his be
longinEs, but in rea ity to allow mo
ment for exp anatiOu. had soon the
satisfaction of seeing the stately dame
emerge from dis ant doorway, eS
corted by her nephew, all eagernes.
to present his friend.
For an expected guest she cOulC
wait within the ante-chamber: bu.
courtesy to a stranger. and one not As
surcd of a wei ONE, sent her forth
meet him.
He fe,t at once all that he NIGH
now hope for. His own manner. al
ways easy and engaging, at once
rose with the occasion. ana he bowe
over the hand held out to him with
| the reverence Il courtier.
He is charming thought SHE
"Never was slch luck" thought he
| Each smiled at the other, and the goo.
! understanding was complete.
ut is going to be very wet nighI
[ fear said Mrs. Campbell giancing
! outside, as the raindrops nov began to
| peat heavily against the tall, narrow
| windows. II fear, Cecil that there is
not much chance of your having q fine
day 'or the moor tomorrow. | con-
'uited our weather wise Old gardene r
Macdonald on the sub ect AMI he
| shook his head. Unfortunately fo.. you,
| We have had long spell offinc wcat h
ar. it has been really too fine of late,
and every one began to fear it could
not last much louger. You know that
August Is never our best month. and
one cannot expect summer wea. her to
last forever"
no, we can't. grIndmamma," Cecil
only smi ed to himself, and only smiled
10 remember how often he had heard
the same before. II seemed to him
that he had heard it ever since he
could remember the t'me-worn apol-
| Ogy for the mistS OF ,nchmarew. And
yet how early he loved the place, and
| its inmat S. It's very rains, and foods,
| ard cloud-capped mountain-peaks were
/ sacred in his e es. and he would not
| have let Iellenden into the secret of
its infrmity for the word. Who could
say but what the morning might see
glorious sunshine and melting warmth