Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-26

be possessed of that general trait of hu- manity-vanity. Mrs. Armour had not yet got used to thinking of the girl ill another manner than an intrusive being of a lower order who was there to try their patience, but also to do their bid ding. She had yet to grasp the fact that, being her sons wife, she must have therefore position in the house, exer- cising certain authority over the serv- ants, who, to Mrs. Armour, at first seemed of superior stuff. But Richard said to her: Mother, l fancy you don't quite grasp the situation. The girl is daughter of chief and the de- scendant of family of chiefs, perhaps through many generations. In her own land she has been used to respect and has been looked up to pretty generally. Her garments are, fancy, considered very smart ill the Hudson bay country, and finely decorated blanket like hers is expensive up there. You see, we have to take the thing by comparison, so please give the girl a chance"
 And Mrs. Armour answered wearily: 1T suppose you are right, Richard You generally are ill the end, though why you should be I do not know, for you never see anything of the world any more, and you moon about among the cottagers. I suppose it's your native sense and the books you read. "
 Richard laughed softly, but there was a queer ring ill the laugh, and he came over stumblingly and put his arm round his mothers shoulder. Viewer mind how I get such sense as have, mother. have so much time to think it would be a wonder if hadn't some. But think we had better try to study her md coax her along and not fob her off Us a very inferior person, or we shall have our hands full in earnest My opinion is sue has got that which will save her and us, too-a very high spirit, which only needs opportunity to develop into a remarkable thing, and, take my word for it, mother, if we treat her as . chieftainess, or princess, or whatever she is, and not simply as dusky person, we shall come of better, and she will come off better ill the long run. She is not darker than a Spaniard anyhow.
 At this point Marion entered the room, and her mother rehearsed briefly to her what their talk had been. Marion had had little sleep, and she only lifted her eyebrows at them at first. She was in little mood of conciliation. She re- membered all at once that at supper the evening before her sister-in-law had said How" to the butler and had eat en the mayonnaise with dessert spoon. But presently, because she saw they waited for her to speak, she said, with little fiutter of maliciousness:
 "Wouldn't it be we'll for Richard he has plenty of time, and we are also likely to have it now-to put us all through course of instruction for the training of chieftainesses? And when do you think she will be ready for a drawing room-her majesty Queen Vic toria's or ours:'
 "Marion!" said Mrs. Armour severe ly, but Richard came round to her, and with his fresh, childlike humor put his arm round her waist and added, Ma rion, I'd be willing to bet (if were in the habit of betting) my shaky old pins here against lock of your hair that you may present her at any drawing roOm-ours or Queen Victoria's-in two years if We go at it right, and it would ! serve Master Frank very well if we turned her out something, after all" Mrs. Armour said almost eagerly: "I wish it were only possible. Richard. And what you say is true, l suppose that she Is of rank ill her own country, l whatever value that may have.
 Richard saw his advantage. Well, mother he said, "a chieftainess is q chieftaiuess, and I don't know but to | announce her as such and"--
 l And be proud of it, as it were, !" put ill Marion, and pose her and make her prize-a Pocahontas, wasn't it:- and go on pretending world without end" Marion's voice was still slightly grating, but there was in it, too, faint sound of hope. Perhaps" she said to herself. Richard is right.
 At this point the door opened. and Lali entered, shown in by Colvin, her newly appointed maid, and followed by Mackenzie, and, as we said, dressed still ill her heathenish garments. She had strong sense of dignity, for she stood still and waited. Perhaps nothing could have impressed Marion more. Had
 Lali cn subsorvient simply. an entire
 lv l;,ssive, unintelligent creature, she
 would probably have tyrannized over
 her in a soft, persistent fashion and de.
 spised her generally. But Mrs. Armour
 and Marion saw that this stranger might
 become very troublesome indeed if hel
 temper were to have play. They were
 aware of capacities for passion in those
 dark eyes, so musing, yet so active il
 expression, which moved swiftly from
 one object to another and then sudden
 ly became reSolute.
 Both mother and daughter came for
 ward and held out their hands, wish
 ing her a pleasant good morning, ant
 were followed by Richard and imme
 diately by General Armour, who hac
 entered soon after her She had beer
 keen enough to read, if a little vaguely
 behind the scenes, and her mind wa
 widening slowly to the peculiarity O , the position she occupied. The plact awed her and had broken her rest b! perplexing her mind, and she sat dowl
 to the breakfast table with & strange hunted look in her face. But opposit, to her was a window opening to tn ground, and beyond it were the lime and beeches and a wide, perfect swart !, and far away a little lake, on whicl swans and wild fowl fiuttered.
 Presently, as she sat silent, eatinI ,. little, her eyes lifted to the window v They flashed instantly, her face hghtet up with weird kind of charm. am a suddenly she got to her feet with India = exclamations on her lips, and, as if un iconscious of them all, went swiftly t . the window and out of it, waving he V hands up and down once or twice to tn , trees and the sunlight
 2 What did she say?" said Mrs. Al
 mour, rising with the others.
 "She said," replied Mackenzie a 2 she hurried toward the window. "tha - they were her beautiful woods, an