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

butler must learn the newest mode OF dressing
the dinner-tabe. and the footman OF folding the
napkins.
kered after the Easts.
The Easts were certainly not the Carnousties;
they had no long roll OF ancestry 10 point 'o-hO
ancient title TO take pride in-but they had
something their Scotch cousins lacked ana some
thing which Ailse. the nurse. greatly priced
She knew not the word. but she knew the thlng
aplomb All her life her real life only dated
as far back as her reception into the Carnoustie
family she had fretted over this need OF Aplohp
in her beloved ones she had "0hVlciion lhdt
the want of Il made them partially what they
were .
More than once she had h!ntcd-Indeed said
outright that Mr. East and his daughter should
be invited Il the castle. , NJ.
is there no word o askin' thae Easts? she
had demanded OF Louisa or Joanna every no"
and then. after a brOOding Mt
Louisa or Joanna always had an answer r'auY'
Either Mr.. East was to busy in London, or MT
East and Penelope were gone to the country
"Humphr' Alaie would reply. dissatisfied ana
ncredulous. Hes sac thrang but he wad
come an ne was budden"-or. They're no saeh
sac faur but they could come this gait an we
cared to hae them
care TO have them" the young lady would rejoin
cheerfully. What makes you yourself want
them. Aisie?" -.
"Its no them-its sic as them" Ailse, with
her chin on her hand would sit and glover INTO
the fire. III We hanna DOR ain folks, we tax up
WI ither folks" she suddenly exclaimed one uaH
and poor Louie at whom 1t was leveled. was az
a loss 10 imagine what her dear OLD nurse couid
possibly mean.
Ailse had been radiant throughout the week
before Penelope came.
Every smouldering feud had been buried and
every grievance tacitly condOned. IN ororr ,htl
the castle and its inmates might be at their
beet for the Young lady from the south ana the
very emphasis which Lady Carnoustie laid upon
her young relations being London glIi' III
order 20 prevent any ones thinking too mncn ana
OK - r.
of the homely old woman In the back regions.
She had not only her long established reasons
for blessing heaven that had brought TINS advent
To- pass. she had deep down in her heart a new.
Intangible dimly outlined. fearful and terrible
reason as To- which she would nave torn our h'r
tongue rather than give utt"rancr
II was after all but a vague. blind rear
A soon "a she heard the news. and had put
few questions in order 10 satisfy herself AZ ~
Pcnelopes age. position and expectations. she
looked and felt happier than she had done lof
long
We'll be busy then" quoth she che"rlly:
Things maun be seen to. II she's to BE- here o
Friday an this * Saturday. It's no a Week
Deed we maun stir DOR stumps. she Il nae th'
blue room. maybe" suggestively. me Dlur
room Is no sae-sae unco large was on" "i
the largest rooms In the house. An It's near
hand Miss Mlna's: they'll be keen 10 b" the
either Tell mammaw I'm thinkIn' the blue
room will be the ane she'll order, anu MArsr.
mann sec 10 get Il aired a the week Anon II
had been we'd best gle the maid guild room.
fae. Soc. noo-sce no.. deaIIr tha' "'"''
GIGS inc maui Nu'f '''''''
roon, mn fhe same stair she'd best 10 be WI
COR assies Let her and her young Teddy an
an Meeny-bc thegihcr. ltH be best III yen,
in 70 i;'ll be- boat" she repeated earnestly ana
when Louisa somewhat surprised yet Wiling 10
humor any little within Of her good Allsl', pro
cccdcd forthwith to carry out her nehrsl' am ~,
turned with her petition granted she strpk"H n'r
musings shout Ter took her hand ana ionHl"u
1; and Louisa could almost hav" bcll"V"d 'nr
voice which thanked her 1uaN"r"d. ~ was "i'
~ Aisle t. care 50 much about such HUE
thing.
Allsi. had called Nina into her sanc'um IN"
dav before the arrival u the southerner' Nina
was not 10 be- found there As often "a hrr sIS'"Is
nor when she did enter. dld Sh" s"tl" h'IS','
down Tor the length II time they often ia. Bpth
Louisa and Joanna had a lcisurely way "i NJ
ing their front skirts and letting thclr aiiK''s
warm bv Allsie's IRE while they "havered OF
things past present and To come n" 'al,S OF
occupations claiming them once the door or the
little room was shut but Nina swas n'lth"t go
"free" nor So leisurcly
she vas fond II her id nurse. as they all Were"
she never neglected or sighted her. but csp"-
cnllv q late y-ars-it might have been since
the Ethcrilge eplsode-she had cared legs 10 talk
over family affsirs with Aisle or with any one
than formerly. AMI had seemed 70 ma IN hrr
own thoughts all the companionship sn" needed
SOLITARY rambles had become necessity 90 "''
Ne
II was with some reference % thesc. ana -
other habits u reserve. that the nufs" r'j h.'d
over the coming II Penelope East. and on hrr
knees thanked Providence FOR having Sent h''p
in hour = need. she had. IA "" have sald. On
the day preceding Penelope's arrival sunn'h'i
Miss Nina having arranged a trliiing excuse iur
doing So and Nina had ob"ycd, though not with
80 good grace "a usual
"Tiresorne she had inuiiorci when Louis n
delivered the message How tr'uhi, SOM 81 ne,
- want tabecloths marked IN a day Ike TINS,
can she not wait til tomorrow or next day ,
kilsir seems 20 have always iahl'ciotns I'D nr"d
Z marking" drumming with h"r fingers On ''e
wlndOw-sll
'Oh. / should g. II were You. Nina" eNhoft'I
her sister
II is 50 ilresome - her" repeated Nina.
They vii coon be- done. Their" are not many :
they won't take any time.
ii IA. nrnyr dar" say there are number.
y, indeed II seemed % ~ IL Was hardly
,vorfh her asking YOU. and indeed d.d oner To-
do them myself but evidently SIN" dld NOT mink
maj would DO NJ all suggested Joanna. AS m"
but she said ~. 10 was "Mrcnl sh- wanted
and when she raid "Mcrny" | knew she mean.
10 have her way and IL was no Use nghiing her
Nina had gone. she. too had recognized me
,,r.. -, '.NIernv'. II was only when unusually
urgent or imperative that Ailse thus SPOKE
Nina had been yer, quiet and doclr once
within Allsie's dominlon.. She had Hhih"d 'h'
halr-dozen new damask tAblscoths spI"Ai bei"r"
her with even more palms than usual DING very
careful To- have the correct number of spikes ana
balls on the bar0n's cOronel by "h!ch l"' ',''''
{, vas surmountrd: and she had listened 10
ANsle's bahb. about cOrOn"tr ana bAio"@ ana
old families with their privileges ana rrspons'-
biltti,s all 81 which had been heard MANY ZINES
beforehand which had only the one wei worn
meaning without once cutting short the strain;
but Aisle had been shrewd enough {" srrrriVr
mat none Of # was taking hold ana that the
youug lady's thoughts were elsewhere.
Cautiously. therefore. she had appIoach'd the
real object she had AT heart.
"Soo M.eny dearie-there that's them a, and
thank ye. there's nae malr. wl'Oot ye wad just
mark me thac Tower pocket-nipkins my am
90. Jest VI. A-Margcry Alison us mi
need an TAX nae trouble. NJ \: Ony "haur -
do" (Ailsle would be bOtl meek ana Rrh,riu'
when anything Of her own was IA qurs'vi''
though critical as the veiest cpnIloSs,", II, W.
proceeded she. eying the initials marked on me
nrst pocket ha ndke rrhief- "thatH d" me. but
moo Mecny ! hae thing To say, an We nun
hearken my dawtie Here's a companion lur Hr
nt last a-comln Here's Il young ieInJ o. ~,
ain rank-and years-an' a. Dinna iout ne,
innr.sslvelv "dlnna baud ava fra" her. ~
r"n v.r f,vther and mither's no like ither fowk,
they wunna list see things. They re no Wlhu'u
/ to TAX heed that BARNS like you -
Then Nina spoke