Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02
tHaPTER Iv-Continued

CHATTER IV-Continued.
FOR the first time in her life she had
been soli,itious 10 look her very best.
Her limpid eyes had "a ed with deer
anJ an iOGS interest in o the Old mirror
on the wall. for many year passed i;.-
nObly by, as unworthy even 4 assinS
glance for once without a murrnur she
had submitted the arglei Il asses OF
her locks. Samson-lil,c. t any fate that
awaited them: ana for once tell il not
again. oh. gentle reader. for once had
the little brown. Il OF I hands been not
on Y passed in and ont o the no water
in the basin. but hal actually. labor.
iousl.. nj thoroughly been cleansed
TO her tinger-tirs.
one of these wa now offered to Bel.
lenden with all the grace OF "A little
hostess.
Il saw yOu coming up. she whisper
ed. i saw you sitt ng to9etherin the
dOg-cart. so then / knew Il was al
right. Until I really saw you. you
know, hardly Hoped mean | really
did not think yoI could mean | did
not know whether you had been in
lime or not.
Il was only iu.;t in time
We're you really: Should you have
been too late in another ninute:"
Yes. ! think SO. -
ny fancy said Jerry. with large
eyes. Al Il -arj supposing you had
been. You would never have Gomez"
40. indeed"
"Only fancy. What would yoL have
done
STOPPED " here 7 was"
''Ouly fancy. And never come up s'
ALP
No. never" sa' BellenJen, as
,o,emnlv "a sac. Then there was Il
pause. on her part of satisfaction and
relief. on his % wonder what was TO
come next. He was conspicuous of be
ing both hattcred and amused by Jerry.
Did YOU tell Cecil about me?" WAS
her next. And he faucied that even
there. Ill that vast saloon. with space
on every side. her voice sank.
Il told him that we had met"
Did yOu say-how>
''No. Jerry. l did rot say how"
''Nor nor wherc?'
- o nOr-nOr where
'sYou are laughing at me. but you do
got know Cecil. If he had heard all
about ABOUT II, you know to-day. you
know u mean your startling me and
And YOU crying.
s'hn your mistaking me -
IAN your snubbing me-
ANA - anu al
"And and all" assented Bellender
our making up the quarrel. and be
comfrr the hest of friends and fishing
together. and walking home together,
an . consDiring together to make this
very &c il do the thing we both wish ed
i he had known OF all this. now tell
TIE what would Cecil have said to it,
Il on know: but'-anl there was a
fash from pair o Enthusiastically in,
.clligent orb5 - know this, l would
ratlcr rot tell him.
Ecllendcn nodded, "N c won't tie
1im."
"But told granny, OF curse"
oh. o. course But how IS it.
continued the speaker. 'how Is 1t thai
Master Cecil commands such an amount
of respect from his little cousin? Lei
me into the secret, Jerry, won't you
- n. / don't know. don know tina
there is anything. Granny makes ;
fuss about Cecil. And he Is very nice
you know. And sisters think suct
q great. big. immense deal of him
They think there never was such {
Cecil he fOre He is their only brother
Perhaps that's it. Sisters always dt
think that of brothers. don't they?
L wish l mad Il sister to think tina
OF me-"
Have you not one not just little
oneE' She was quite disa. pointed
Not even a little one. Not even
Jerry
We'll, have none either, and NJ
brothers. nor anybody. However.
don mind. " re -ovcring. Il don care
much about girls anyway, AID if co lt
MT have toys, ! d rs scon only have
granny.
You do rot care much for your Ray
mond cousins. then"
.'Oh. y,S. Bat they always co g1v'
themselves such airs TO me: and the.
talk French. ma labble about thel
povcruc-ses ana music mistresses, ant
az that none ense. They are wei
e..s,ign. Bat they can't ride, eagerly
.Tncy think they can AMI there i
such Il fjss about their horses and thei
saddles and their riding habits bu
once they are on, they go Jogging VI
and DOWN, not a BIT c.osc to The horse
and Ethel is in such Il fright If her ron,
docs but shr ever so little. that she j
in misery half the time and they thlni
they have GOrc wonders if they cante
for half a mile ut Il time. ! don't ar
for such riding rs that" ferry woun'
up with supcrlativc scorn.
You like forty III iruteS on the grits
sitLo t Il chcck'-ch.."
Il like Jus, ~ much ;ts e"er cal
get that's what like. And TO go
90 90 liheth winj. avn never tired
Ethel has to res when she cones In
to lie down on II lack board. and not q
put two days running
And what do they say 20 your styl
,f performance
"Ih. don't know. lin that's the
groom -ay5 he wOuld Ike to come ali
be my z oorn here. A.d shall hav
him. 100 some day .ss says he woul'
like 10 take me 10 ri,> in the Row il
london: and WEE sht ). 'em how 10 d
st. That was what j : said, rathe
conscious of running = 100 fast. =
am only repeating VI 5 he SAID. 30
snow.'
From which it VII ippear that .le:'::'
Tas an artlcss little woman after III!
with a very native and Transparent
vanity, easily satsS e..
capt. Bellen5er.' she began al:s.i1
presently.
How 20 you know am captain:
ne Interrupte1. ~ only told you m
name was i5ellcnden."
We'll. saw L cn your pos .Inanteau,
owned the little girl tru:aIully; but a
though she stuck t. the truth. he say
her bite her lip. ad Was sorry he ha
asked the question.
"Oh, that was it And what wer
you gong to say: loa were going T.
say something"