New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22

CTS no likely We wad

with her wrinkled hard. IT'S no likely We wad
stop to consider foks's tongues but / wadna
gle them handle. Meeny" earnestly; Il wadna.
indeed my BARN. Dinna gang ABBOTT yer lane as
We haze been dom. Dinna be up on the hillside
yer lane l. the goamin'. Folks ask. What for
is o DOR young leddies aye stravagn room
the htaps. her lane? It's no seemly, Meeny;
it's no richt. Whae kens wha ye may IA In
W.? And there's them that kens ma whaur we
come frae that MIGHT speak tye. and
is that a'l'' Nina jumped from her chair,
and shook the old woman playfully by the shout
der you old goosey," she laughed why, |
never come across a human being when | am
strOing over the moors. unless II is TOrqui
Macalister and his dogs. | asked Torqu 10 see
me home once or twice when had gone rather
further than meant. and there were tinkers
abOut-perhaps tina, gave rise to talk. | was
seen with somebody. and they thought IL was
one Of the tinker people. But it was only Tor
qul However. won't 60 so far again. You are
quite right Aisle dear; I'll be more careful and
keep nearer home. Only. Ike the good, dear old
Aisle that you are. don't go and say anything
to any of them You know simply can't go
pottering round and round the garden and green
houses. like Louie and Joan; must burst away
somew here-anyw where. she stopped abruptly.
"Mammaw would be wild il she kenned
Meenie"
That's just why she mustn't ken Asie."
"She aye thinks ye're jIst room by the farm or
the byre"
II am there-sometimes"
NO the times she thinks. An she tells a body
ye're just a bit simple balm"
Nina laughed. 1t was pleasant laugh 20
hear.
"Ye're deceiving yer parents. lassie." Some
sternness was perceptible in the speakers tone
Had it been either Of the elder sisters sternness
would have been manifested long ago "fere
10 STRAIGHT wi them. and whiles 1t CARS me grue
to hear be blawn / yer mither's lug wi tales .
this thing an that whom wee ken
"Oh you Kenyon KEN A weight seemed 10
have been lifted of the girls mind. She was
laughing now with real genuine mrth-spontane-
Gus mlrth. "You just k N great deal too much
that's what YOU ken"-she had run out OF the
room crying out gayly; and Aisle had heard her
fy out at the back door, with something or a
brighter sensation in her own breast than mad
been there before and she had pursued her morn
ing's avocatons presently. feeling for she was
pioue Gol-fearing old woman that she had Jet
fall her one tiny grain Of good seed. ana must
trust to a higher hand 10 make II bear fruit
Penelope had been formally introduced 10 the
old nurse within an hour Of her arrival at the
casile-lndeel before she was allowed 10 60 %
her room and rest-and had been gracously re-
ccived Had Marie. the maid. not upset every
thing for the nonce by hel Untimey intrusion Do
fore Mistress Alison had dcnned her better gown
and cap. both visitants would nave received eN-
ce,lent Judgment at her hands.
she had meant 10 Ike Penelope. and did Ike
her Penelope had held ont her iitte frank han1'
and said How aye doY easily Penelope al
WAYS shook hands with everybody-a-ld the SIS
tors who all three had escorted In their guess,
tinIdlv hoplng vet scarcely daring 10 hope. that
she would realize all that Aisle was ana had
been were astonished and relieved in Inomeh' I;
They would have been shy ana sum anu
miserable. even Wncn de-lfDUS OF Dfl"s "'''
gracious toward the unknown dependent OF
another noble house. Penelope had sat down ana
chattered noticing everything IN the room ana
,,rriry her utile friendly face hither and thther
with an interest and good Will that had carried
all hcfor" II. " -
Mrs Ason's serious smile had Deen D'n' upon
the cir! with obvious approval; ana LOUISA hau
felt secure ~ a pleasant reception on me lo'-
lowing morning 50 that 1t was really rather 700
bad II tho "contramaciOus' old woman 70 g anu
an, ber m with mimicrv of the French maid and
complaints Of her presumption. Even wheh tne
c,nversation could at last be brought round ~
Maric's MISTRESS Aisle had nothing prt'er u sly
than that Penelope was 'we.l eneuSh.
Mrs Alison had her moods as well as her
mistress.