The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-22
CHAPTER V.
CONTINUED.

Thought that came 10 her When sne saw
Lali lowering on the bridge Whatever
Marions faults were she had fine dis
like Of anything that seemed unfair.
She had not ridden to hounds for moth
ing She had at heart the sportman S
instinct. 1t was upon this basis indeed
that Richard appealed to her in the first
trying days Of Lali's life among them.
TO oppose your will to Marion on the
basis of superior knowledge was only to
turn her into a rebel, and very effect
i've rebel she made, for she had pretty
gift at the retort courteous, and she
could take as much and as well rs she
gave. She rebelled at first at assisting
III Lali's education, though by fits and
starts she would teach her English
cords and help her to form long SEN
aences and was on the whole quite pa
hent. But Lah 5 real instructors were
Mrs. Armour and Richard; her best,
Richard.
The first few days she made bat little
progress, for everything was strange to
her, and things made her giddy-the
servants, the formal routine the hand
some furnishings, Marion's music, the
great house, the many precise personal
duties set for her to be got through at
stated times and Mrs. Armour rather
grand manner. But there was the relief
to this, else the girl had pined terribly
for her native woods and prairies This
was the park, the deer, the lake, the
hares and birds. While she sat saying
over after Mrs. Armour words and
phrases i'll English or was being shown
how she must put on and wear the
sashes which dreSsmaker from Regent
street had been brought to make, her
eyes would wander dreamily to the
trees, and the lake, and the grass. They
soon discovered that she would pay no
attention and was straightway difficult
to teach if she was not placed where she
could look out ON the park. They had
no choice, for though her resistance was
never active it was nevertheless effect
i've.
Presently she got on very swiftly
with Richard, for he, with instinct
worthy Of woman, turned their les
sons upon her own country aud Frank.
SThis cost him something, but it had its
reward There was no more listlessnesS.
Previously Franks name had scarcely
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 a few times and
failed. The general did it with rather
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 it was
seeing Lali eyes brighten and her look
earnestly fixed on him when he CHANGED
to mention Frank name that determin-
ed him on his new method Of instruc-
tion. 1t had its dangers, hut he had cal
culated them ALL The girl must be edu-
Gated 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 stroye to
find English words for the purpose, and
Richard supplied them with uncommon
willingness. He hlmored 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-
derstandirg Of the life and of all that
it involved. 1t gave him q kind of fear,
too, because she was sensitive, and
there was the possible danger of heI
growing disheartened or desperate and
doing some mad thing in the hour that
she Weakened to the secret behind hel
marriage.
His apprehensions were not without
cause, for slowly there came into Lali'S
mind the element Of comparison. She
became conscious of it one day when
some neighboring people called at Grey
hope. Mrs Armour, in her sense Of
duty, which she had rigidly set before
her, introduced Lali into the drawing
room. The visitors yelled their curiosi
ty and said some pleasant casual things
to the young wife, but she saw the hall
curious half furtiye glances, she caught
a sidelong glance and smile, and wher
they were gone she took to looking al
herself in mirror, thing she coult
scarcely be persuaded to do before She
saw the difference between her carriage
and others, her manner of wearing hel
clothes and others her complexion anC
theirs. She exaggerated the difference
She brooded ON it. Now she sat down
cast and timid and hunted in face a,
the first evening she came. Now she
appeared restless and excited.
If Mrs Armour was not exactly sym
pathetic with her, she was quiet ant
forbearing and General Armour, like
Richard, tried to draw her out-but mo-
on the same subjects. He dwelt upol
what she did-the walks she took il
the park those hours i'll the Afternoon
when, with Mackenzie or Colvin, sht
vanished into the beeches, making
friends with the birds and deer ant
Twans. But most of all she loved to g
10 the 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. Shc
had never known any but the wild un
groomed Indian pony on which she hat
ridden in every fashion and over every
kind Of country. Mrs. Armour sent fo
u riding master and had riding costume
made for her. Itwas intended that sh
should ride every day as soon as sh
seemed sufficientlv nresentable Thi