Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-08-13
and when will that beg'' he said,

smiling,I yet little ruefully too.
''Oh, ksk Mrs. Townley, she replied
"She is foming also"
MaricSi knew what that commission
to go to Ereyhope meant But she de-
termined that he should see Lali first
before .tnything irrevocable was done.
She still looked upon Franks marriage
as scjndal. Well. Captain Vidal
should fkce it in all its crudeness. So
in n W. ck or less Marion and Mrs.
Townley! were il Greyhope.
Two rtonths had gone since Lali ar
rived in England, and yet no letter had
come tol her or TO any OF them from
Frank. Franks solicitor in London bad
written him fully of her arrival, and he
had had a reply, with further instruc.
tions regarding money to be placed to
General krmour's credit for the benefit
Of his Wife. Lali, as she became Eu-
ropeanizbd, also awoke to the forms and
| ceremonies Of her new life. She had
overheard Franks father aud mother
wondering. and fretting as they won
dered, why they had not received amy
word from him. General Armour had
even calltd him scoundrcl, which sent
Franks |mother into tears. Then Lali
had questioned Mackenzie and Colvan,
for she hid increasing shrewdness, and
she bogah TO feel her actual position.
She reseijted General Armour S impu-
tation, bAt in her heart she began To
pine and wonder. AT times, too. she
was fitfu and was not TO be drawn ont.
But she went on improving in personal
appearance and manner and III learning
the Englls lsh language. Mrs. Townley's
appearance marked change in her.
When thI Iy met, she suddenly stood still
and trert billed. When Mrs. Townley
came TO her and took her hand and kiss
ed her, she shivered and then caught
her about the shoulders lightly, but was
silent. After little she said, Como
come Do my wigwam and talk with
me"
Sho SAIL il with q strange little smile,
for now Ihe recognized that the word
wigwam kyas not to be used in her new
life But Mrs Townley whispered, ASK
Marion 4, come too"
Lali hlsitated and then said little
maliciou.ty, Marion. will you come to
my wigwt tm?"
Marioni ran to her. caught her about
the waist and replied gayly: "Yes, we
will havel powwow. Is that rights
powwow Fight?"
The Infian girl shook her head with
pretty kagueness and vanished with
them. Gtneral Armour walked up and
down thl room briskly. then turned
on his wile and said: Wife, it was n
brutal thing. Frank doesn't deserve to
be-the fJther Of her child. "
But Lab had moods-singular moods.
She indulEed In one three days after the
arrival o. Marion and Mrs Townley.
She had learned 10 ride with the side
saddle and wore her riding dress admi-
rably. Nbwhere did she show TO better
advantage She had taken to riding now
with GeIleral Armour ON the country
roads. oh this day Captain Fidall was
expected, he having written to ask that
he might tonne. What trouble Lali had
with one lf the servants that morning
was newell thoroughly explained, but
certain IL ss she came to have crude
notion OF why Frank Armour married
her. The servant was dismissed duly.
but that Was after the contretemps.
1t was late afternoon. Everybody
had been busy, because one or two other
guests we te expected besides Captain
Vidal. llali had kept to herself, send
ing word through Richard that she
would not 'be English, as she vaguely
put il, thst day. She had sent Macken-
zie on so,be mission She sat OH the
floor of h,Ir room as she used to sit on
the ground in her fathers lodge. Her
head was bowed in her hands, and her
arms restld on her knees. Her body
swayed to and fro. Presently all motion
ceased. SHE became perfectly still. She
looked befbre her, as if studying some
thing.
Her eyet Immediately flashed. She
rose auicllly TO her feet, went to her
wardrobe and took ont her Indian cos
tune and blanket, with which she
could nev,r be induced to part. AL
most feverlshly she took off the clothes
she wore ind hastily threw them from
her; then she put on the buckskin clothes
in which she had journeyed to England,
drew down. her hair as she used to wear
il. fastened round her waist long red
sash which, had been given her by a gov
ernor Of lhe Hudson's Bay company
when he Lad visited her fathers coun-
tn. threw her Blanket round her shoul-
ders and then eyed herself in the great
mirror in the foom. What she saw evi-
IDENTIFY did not please her perfectly, for
she stretchbd out her hands and looked
at them. She shook her head at herself
and put h,f hand to her cheeks and
pinched thtm-they were not SO brown
as they on,b were-then thrust ont her
foot. She klrew it back quickly in dis
dain.
Immediately she caught the fashion
able slippeis from her feet and threw
them AMONG the discarded garments.
She looked! at herself again. Still she
was not satisfied, but she threw up her
arms as with sense Of pleasure and
freedom, AID laughed at herself. She
pushed outlher moccasined foot, tapped
the floor with it, nodded toward 1t and
said a wortl or two in her own Ian
guape. Shf heard some one in the next
room, possibly Mackenzie. She stepped
to the door|leading into the hall, OPEN
ed il, wentlout, travelled its length, ran
down badk hallway out into the park
toward thel stables, her blanket, as her
hair, flying behind her.
She entered the stables, made for
horse that She had ridden much, put
bride ON him, led him out before a;::y
one had sesIn her, and catching him by
the name $! ;!ddenly threw herself on him
at bound, and giving him o tap with
short whip she had caught up in the
| stable headed him for the main avenue
and the optn road. Then stableman
saw her anh ran after, but he might as
we'll have tried to follow the wind. He
forthwith proceeded to saddle another
horse Botlter also saw her as she
passed the house, and running in told
Mrs. Armour and the general. They
both ran I'd the window and saw dash.
ing down the avenue a picture out OF