The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-19

main.
But why?" he said. "or, at least
when. shall 1 talk with you again."
| when you shall have been properly
introduced" she exclaimed, vanishing
| from his sight.
Moore sat for a while upon the for
| saken bench. till shadows lengthenins
| upon the lawn. and the purple light of
evening on the sea, sent him within
doors to dress for dinner. When he
came down into the library where the
| house-party met before dinner was an
| nounced. he looked eagerly about him,
but In the various groups saw no sign
of the fairy of the cliff. AS look would
have it. his scat at table that night was
far away from Mrs. Caldwcl's, and, un-
til just after the men came in from the
smoke-room, he had no opportunity to
make inquiries of his hostess
THE young lady who arrived this
/ afternqoon?" repeated Mrs. Caldwell,
in bewilderment. You are dreaming.
Nobody new is here You know they
say am faithful to the same old gang,
/ and you are all present. believe"
Moore ,shrank little from her as he
went on In his dogged way:
Miss Charlton. l mean. The young
lady from Virginia. who came while
you were driving"
Mrs. Caldwell threw back her dark.
well-coiffed head, with peal of laugh.
ter.
II see what you mean now. It's my
new secretary, who's come to replace
that dreadful, pushing creature / told
you Of: and, If you believe me. got in
SO late to dress, l have not seen her
yet. How could you make such a mis-.
take?"
What mistake?"
"To-er-suppose that she was one
of my guests"
Moore. angercd by her superciious
drawl. felt his color rise Then, re-
Straining himself. lie turned on his heel
and left her, inwardly resolved not to
spend another day under the roof Of
this pretentious worldling.
But when the next day came he did
not go away.
Poor Felicia! It was such sad
awakening! Twentyfour hours spent
In her new capacity were quite sufli-
cient to show her that business not
friendship. was the platform on which
she stocd. Mrs. Caldwell, when. on the
morning following her arrival. she
summoned here latest employe into the
bouCbr where Felicia's duties were to
be performed, had received her with
the most perfunctory of handshakes
and without q smile. The girl. unac-
customed to this omission of social
courtesies. fancied herself an offender.
and for moment stood sick at heart
with wondering what she had done. In
a short time. however, Mrs Caldwell
made it perfectly clear that Miss Charl
ton had in no wise transgresSed, and
was even welcome in the stress of her
employers arrears of correspondence.
Leaning back in a deep wicker chair
with fantastic frilled cushions of China
silk, beside table covered with speci-
men vases Of emerald glass each con-
tanning a perfect rose, the great lady
dictated a dozen little notes of court
esy, conventionality or charity, which
Felicia's fleet pen Transcribed upon
sheets from a silver mounted paper.
case upon table Uttered with every
contrivance for elegant dalliance with
letters. This done. and evidently done
to Mrs. Caldwelrs satisfaction. Felicia
received instructions 20 fill up series
of dinner invitations, with names and
dates for banquet to be given three
weeks off. and to address envelopes
from list furnished her for musicale,
for which a great artist had been en-
gagged to come UP from New York.
"This will give you enough for to-
day." said Mrs. Caldwell. rising to go.
You will consider this room your own
to sit IN at all hours, but your meals Will
be taken in what we call the school
room, which IL more convenient for the
servants to carry the trays into. l-er-
think you probably dined there last
night. 1t IL nice little room. and
hope you will take care that they give
you everything nicely. The housekeep-
er has the strictest orders about my
serretary's comfort. and you must i'm
mcdiately report to her it anything Is
omitted ~ any time when you want
to drive out, one OF the grooms can take
you In the basket phaeton; and, as you