The Press., 1894-10-04

been spoken to her. Mrs Armour would have hours of hesitation and impotent regret before she brought herself to speak of her son to his Indian wife. Marion tried to do it few times and failed. The general did it with rather a forced voice and manner, because he saw that his wife was very tender upon the point But Richard, who never knew self consciousness, spoke freely of Frank when he spoke at all, and 1t was seeing Lali S eyes brighten and her look earnestly fixed OH him when he chanced to mention Frank name that determin- ed him on his new method of instruc tion. It had its dangers, but he had cal culated them all. The girl must be edu cated at all costs. The sooner that oc- cured the sooner would she see her own position and try to adapt herself to her responsibilities and face the real state of her husbands attitude toward her.
 He succeeded admirably. Striving to tell him about her past life and ready to talk endlessly about her hus- band, of his prowess in the hunt, of his strength and beauty, she also strove to find English words for the purpose, and Richard supplied them with uncommon willingness. He humored her so far as to learn many Indian words and phrases, but he was chary of his use of them and tried hard to make her appreciative of her new life and surroundings. He watched her waking slowing. to an un- derstanding of the life and of all that it involved. It gave him kind of fear. too, because she was sensitive, and there was the possible danger of her growing disheartened or desperate and doing some mad thing in the hour that she wakened to the secret behind her marriage.
 His apprehensions were not without cause, for slowly there came into Lali's mind the element of comparison. She became conscious of 1t one day when some neighboring people called at Grey hope. Mrs. Armour, ill her sense of duty, which she had rigidly set before her, introduced Lai into the drawing room. The visitors yelled their curiosi ty and said some pleasant casual things to the young wife, but she saw the half curious, hslf furtive glances, she caught sidelong glance and smile, and when they were gone she took to looking at herself in mirror, thing she could scarcely be persuaded to do before. She saw the difference between her carriage and others, her manner of wearing her clothes and others, her complexion and theirs. She exaggerated the difference. She brooded on it. Now she sat down in, the first evening she came. Now she appeared restless and excited.
 If Mrs. Armour was not exactly sym pathetic with her, she was quiet and forbearing, and General Armour, like Richard, tried to draw her out-but not on the same subjects. He dwelt upon what she did-the walks she took in the park those hours in the afternoon when, with Mackenzie or Colvin. she vanished into the beeches, making friends with the birds and deer and sw,ms. But most of all she loved to go to .he stables. She was, however, asked not to go unless Richard or General Ar mour was with her. She loved horses, and these were wonder to her. She had never known any but the wild un- groomed Indian pony on which she mad ridden in every fashion and over every kind of country. Mrs Armour sent for riding master and had riding costumes made for her. It was intended that she should ride every day as soon as she seemed sufficiently presentable. This did not appear so very far off, for she improved daily in appearance. Her hair was growing finer and was made up in the modest prevailing fashion. Her skin, not now exposed to an indictment climate and subject to the utmost care. was smoother and fairer. Her feet, in cased in fine. we'll made boots, looked