Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-23
CHAPTER vI.-Contlnsd.


back to bed. She is an excita le little
thing. and hal no business to be up al
this hour. AS to her going with us.
knew my grandmother would never
hear of it."
Poor child. hope I have not got
her into scrape." " replied Bellenden.
But he had forgotten all about il
when he came home at night. and
Jerry needed not to have wasted a sin
gle moment on the oft-re eatei quers
What must he nave thought"
She had had Il bad day. but it had
borne some fruits, even such fruits az
she could herself appreciate; for granny
rejecting that the child had been les.
to blame than appeared. and that il
had been only natural that she should
jump at a proposal so entirely in ac.
cordance, with her tastes, felt pitiful
and compassionate, and set about
speedily to consider what she should
DO to make up" to her darling for the
past.
Then the bright idea occurred to hei
that Jerry should sit up to the late
supper should be exhCrted to be very
quiet and sedate, and told that she
would thus prove to Capt. Bellenden
in the most satisfactory manner. that
she was emerging from the chryalis
state. and was, in fact, upon the very
confines of butter'yhood.
Jerry wiped her eyes, which had be-
gun to brim afresh at the first words.
when it came to this point.
To sit up to the late supper woul0
certainly be a great thing, next best
II not quite as good as going out on the
moor. and though, to be sure, the lat
ter might have entailed the former.
there was no absolute certainty that it
would have done so. Had she been
allowed to go with her cousin and his
friend. 1t was quite posi- bic that
granny might have sent for her about
midday, in which case she would as
suredly have lost all chance of the
evening treat, since she could hardly
have faced her grandmother with two
unwonted requests in one day. The
point would then have been, which to
choose between?
But here was granny herself propos,
ing the supper, ana proposing it in the
kindest manner, placing, as 1t were
the gentlest OF fingers on a tender
spot.
Granny was sure, sne said. that Capt
Bellenden had meant no harm: he haG
only been thoughtlesS: he had no little
sisters of his own, and diC not know
about them. Granny was sorry she
had spoken so strangely, and hoped no
more "Oulu Dc IHOuSHL aDOuI H. IL
had been quite right of Jerry not to go
down again. And now she should not
say anything to their guest immense
relief on Jerry" part and nothing
more need be heard of the matter.
k \ small hand stole into hers at this
point. The old lady fondled it. and
understood its meaning.
\ sense of bdued comfort and glad
ness stole into the child's breast, and
filled it to overhowlng presently. The
agony of shame, vexatlou. and dlsap-
pointment haa left 1t sore an ach NJ.
even when the first throes had passed
but now. as evening approached, hoYe
again lifted up its head.
She was to sit up late. and have her
place laid at table. She was to put on
her longest frock. and be in the draw
ing-room hy granny's side when the
gentlemen came in. and she need not
give any explanation of her not return
ing to the breakfast table, a it wo Id
be quite sufficient to reply to any in
quiry that granny had not wished her
to go out.
To all this Jerry meekly assented;
and presently granny had tAesatlsfac-
ton OF hearing her cheerful little
tongue prattling away again as if moth
ing had happened.
ptarmigan peaks" cried Bellenden,
gaily, coming in in the dusk with il in
his hand. From the very topmost
hight OF your lands, fair lady" holding
out the sprig towards Geraldine. Il
know that | should find some, though
RAYMOND said not. Will you then ac.
cept as a gift what you cou-d claim as
eright:"
She took it shyiy.
al 1nt PC
Campbell" continued the speaker
W IN animation. .such a glorious. un'
riveled dav. \ dav ever TO be remem-
bered. 1t has made up for hundred
Oad weeks such as the last. We have
slain our thousands. and we have
walked our leagues, and have seen
such sights, such stretches OF moor
upon moor, and mountain upon. noun
tain, and so many sea lOchs. each ike
a separate ocean, with its own little
fleet of herring boats, and its own vii
lage of fishermen's oottages-oh! we
have had a grand day altogether. l
shall never forget it. lean never hope
for such another"
Then he glanced at his other auditor,
who was mutelv listening. but not look.
ing at him. All at once he re objected
and understood.
81 am afraid there is no doubt that ]
was in the wrong about your coming,
Jerrv,'' he owned frankly. "YOu SEQ
| had no idea OF What it was going td
be like. The ground we went over wa1
much too rough for any pony, and wal
,pretty severe even on Raymond and
me. I hope you did not think me very
cray to have proposed it, Mrs. Camp
bell" turning to the old lady, but you
see moOrs differ so, and that at Kim
craig was easy walking. Just W here
we had our luncheon, however, there
was a path, and | believe the hoy an:
pony came up by it. We are to lunch
at the same place tomorrow. Now,
could we not induce you to come up
That would atone to my little frlend
here for my unfortunate suggestion o.
The morning. What do you think"
Il will think about it Capt. Beller'
den."
He looked round, then walked
straight up to the little girls side.
Was it very bad this morning." ne
whispered. ibid 1 let you in for
scolding, Jerry?"
Her bosom heaved.
Poor little thing" said he peni
tently. 81 am so sorry. 1t was all my
fault. They were quite right, you
know, your grandmamma an i cousin 1t
-"ould really never have done, AMI