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

dington's brother, and my name i.
Warren
Bell blushed almost as deeply as ht
had done and Stammered out an apoi
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.
well, no; in &pu., me}.,l', | ."lt r'-
sponsiblc for thei" decent ,eliayior 50
long as they are III my house"
"ohr'
Yes. this is my house. Nv sister
and Drother-in-laW arc visitiu. me fer
time. | found nys rlf vary lpnaly anl
strange Oh coHin. back 10 England
after Il twenty yea $ absence in In
dia, and asked Jane aal her nus
band to bestow the charity Of their
society on Il 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 l am. will you let me
look into the schoolroom tomorrow in
my character of 'bogie'-thc children
are Il 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 50 very tire
some. And l dare say l shall get on
better tomorrow thank YOU" Mrs.
Jack answered shyiy.
Mr.. Warren bowed a little stifiiy,
and did not further urge his request,
and so they parted at the gate.
We'll, l can see by your face that
your pupils got on comfortably to-day,
n
Jack. that evening Il have been quite
anxious about you all day
"Oh, yes Barney. l got on very well.
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 4
lion.''
Good gracious
Yes; but then | threatened to appeal
to their papa"
'Ah. and he put them to rights"
NO, Barney. He isn't their papa at
all. And only think, his name is War
Zen. 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
black eyes very widely.
No, of course not. It's my fault
for running on too quickly But | have
been 50 steady and so Oil al day long
that you must let me chatter now i'll
my own fashion, just to rest myself
eh. 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. Jacks
engagement at Beech Grove, Mrs Hogc
vas not often shocked by the spectacle
Of that lady .'scudding" up and down
the High street. Occasionally Mrs. Jack
" ent to Percival House. Her visits
there We're not made more agreeable
II an 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 lie
little Boddingtons would exc out her
income SO that she could live upon
1t 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-
be was never clearly defined in her
mind. Certainly Mrs. Jacks talents did
not lie in the direction Of finance.
80 -, II, -, y,
ed the announcement Of her engage
ment at Beech Groves with marked
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 Sill, there were
The people at Beech Grove
were not Conlingtonians; and that was
almost the same as il Bell had found
Lo pupils in Codlington. Neither did
the Boddingtons 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
kerr Of tie Lillys' circle OF acquaint-
ance.
Mrs. Lilly, however, made several
warning speeches to her daughter-in-
law about the strangers. Il hope,
Bell she would say, that this Mrs.
Boddington is 4 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"
We'll, Mrs. Lilly, it would also be
little painful to me, / assure YOU
'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.