Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-02-15

what is the matter?" he asked. You
look disturbed"
His voice and his face grew so kind
las he spoke, and softened into such ex-
preston of sweetness that the tears
brimmed up in Bells eyes, and she be-
gan to say that she feared-she greatly
.feared-that she should not be able to
manage the children. They were terri
bly, unruly. She was so anxious to do
her duty, and she had tried every meth
cd she could think of, but they would
not obey, and she was forced reluctant
,ly to appeal to him.
''To meg" he said, hesitatingly. But
! 1 don't know that l ought to inter-
fere."
"Oh! I thought was afraid-I did
not think it would be of any use to
trouble Mrs. Boddington," said Bell,
hurting out the truth.
"Of no use at all. should say. And
besides, Mrs. Boddington is not out Of
bed yet I will come with you and try
children to rights
The appearance of his bronzed face
and white hair rising up behind Bells
! shoulder had the effect of silencing jim
my and Jenny at once. They had been
making great noise, and had strewed
! the floor with grammars. biographies
and copybooks scattered in wild confu-
sion.
| Pick up all that, at once. Sit down
there. Jimmy, opposite to Your sister,"
/ He was obeyed in silence, the children
looking half frightened, half sulky.
"Now. Mrs. Lilly. if you will be so very
kind as to give these children one more
trial, we shall all be very much obliged
to you. 1t will be very kind of you,
because. unless they learn to behave
with decency, and respect their superb
ors, they will have to go away from
this house. 1 can't allow untamed saw
ages to live here"
! Mrs. Jack resumed her seat and pro-
ceeded with her lesson, her new ally
sitting in the room with newspaper in
his hands and his dog crouched at his
| feet. And so the rest Of the morning
| passed away in comparative peace.
How very good Of you to help mel"
| said Bell. when she rose to go away.
II am so very, very grateful to you.
| 1 dare say, by degrees we shall get to
WEI turning to the children. who, how
ever, only stared at her in glum sur
prise.
''If they don't learn to behave better,
I should advise You to give them up,
Mrs. Lilly
oh. don't want to give them up"
cried Bell, earnestly. And then, as She
| walked down the drive toward the gate
nither her new friend ACCOMPANIED
her. she opened her heart in her i'm
pulsive, cOntiding way. and told him
all the circumstances which made it
so important to her not to lose her
pupils.
And hope you don't think me very
| incompetent because l failed to make
myself obeyed just at first she pro-
ceeded. looking pleadingly into his face.
Il will strive my uttermost to do my
duty to your children, Mr.. Bedding
| tom
He started back and deep crimson
| blush spread itself over his brown face
as he answered hastily. ooh, I'm afraid
there's some misrepresentation here. I
have been obtaining your confidence un-
der false pretenses. I am Mrs. Bod
dington's brother, and my name is
Warren"
Bell blushed almost as deeply as he
had done and stammered out an apol-
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.
w ell, no; in s.bu, mca*,lr' | lrlt re-
| sDonsible for thei- decent .eEavior So
long as they are i'll my house,
"Oh!'
"1es, this is my house. Ny sister
and brother-in-law are visiting me for
a time. l found mys,lf Very lonely snil
strange Oil coGYiny back to England
| after a twenty Yea IS absence in In
Ola, and asked Jane aud her hus-
| band to bestow the charity of their
society on a 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 I am, will you let me
look into the schoolroom tomorrow in
my character of bogie'-the children
are little afraid Of me-and see that
you are not driven quite distracted by
my nephew and niece"
ooh, it's very kind Of you; but I'm
afraid you will find it so very tire
some. And 1 dare say I shall get on
better tomorrow, thank you," Mrs.
Jack answered shyly.
Mr.. Warren bowed little stiff1y,
and did not further urge his request,
and so they parted at the gate.
wen, GILL see ny your lace that
your pupils got on comfortably to-day,
my dear" said Miss Barnasconi to Mrs.
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
lion"
"Good gracious!'
"Yes; but then threatened to appeal
to their papa-''
"Ah! and he put them to rightsy
mo, Barney! He isn't their papa at
all. And only think, his name is War
ren, 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.
mo, of course not! It's my fault
for running on too quickly. But 1 have
been SO steady and so old all day long
that you must let me chatter now in