The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

a singularly silent Magpie who for the
rest of the evening performed her part in
that gay scene.
CHAPTER III.
Mr.. Masters sat at breakfast next day
counting the minutes till he could go over
to the Padapoulos villa, when the letters
were brought, and amongst them one
which had been delayed in transmission,
in obedience to which the young civil en-
gineer was obliged to start off at once, on
a matter which would decide his future
career.
He hesitated, then remembering the inn
mense difference it would make in the
prospects he could offer his beloved he
dashed off a few lines of somewhat con-
fused explanation to Miss Dlgby, flung his
belongings into his valise and was off
within half-an-hour of the arrival of the
English mail.
The morning found Miss Digby in a state
OF nervousness, for in the generosity of
her heart she thought of the possible bad
results that might arise from a mesal-
lance, and had worked herself up to a
pitch of tremuious excitement, when the
bell rang and the door opened to admit
servant bringing the fatal missive.
The poor girl seized the little letter, and
reading it over and over, vainly strove
to comfort herself with his loving words
at least no one else had told him her story,
at least he had only gone because he
must, because the future depended upon
his going. Poor comfort this, when she
remembered the letter which the morn
ing's mail had brought her, a letter from
her old parents who began to feel that
she was very far away, and to grow afraid
that after all her pleasures, she would be-
come too grand ever to be happy again
in her humble home--a letter carefully
worded to leave the choice entirely with
herself, yet so full of their honest fears
and loving yearnings that the girl felt
as she read it, that there was but one
course before her-unless-uuless-
Now all her hopes were gone, and has
tening to her dainty room, she flung her
self upon couch and gave free vent to
her emotions.
Two hours later, with as much of her or
binary brightness as she could muster
she entered Mrs. Padapoulo's boudoir
why, daughter cried her friend as she
made her appearance, you must have
stayed too long in the garden, after all
] last night, l never saw you look so Wilted
| before. and there are sure to be visitors
| all day--hadht you best lie down and
rest all forenoon"
mo, I'm not tired, thank you" replied
! the girl. "but I've got a letter from my
people, who want me to go and live with
them Cher voice shook just a little) and
though am happier tHdh ever was III
my life I must go home as soon as you
can spare me- so that is why l looked
troubled this morning"
r"Well," said Mrs. Padapoulo, with
stronger accent than usual, Il believe you
are right, though just hate to have you
60" and she laid her arm lovingly round
the girls neck and drew her down be-
side her. II believe 1 shouldn't think so
much of you as 1 do, il you weren't ready
to go when your own folk seem to want
vol. vet. oh, my dear" and her voice
grew sad for moment, I'm miss you ter
ribly. and your mother has another
daughter"
But sheis engaged to be married, since
l left home" said Jessie, land l suppose
while am free she doesn't like to leave
them all alone"
"Oh. nonsense" said the American, de-
cidedly. ''what a notion! and If you had
been engaged mot so unlikely thing,
eitherl" she added playfully, would she
have stayed unmarried all the time? Par
ents have got to lose their daughters
some time and if L could get at yours,
INV daughter, I'd advise them to wait bit.
and see if they didn't lose you in way
they'd considerably appreciate
'What will you do?" asked Miss Digby,
ignoring the end of this outbreak, will yon
get some one else to go with you to Paris,
you know you hate to go alone"
'Ol, no, L guess nut Soia AAc 4dNN
ouiclly "we'n go together, and then you
can 90 home from there and see more of
the place before you leave me. Then when
! come back It will not seem quite so
lonely without you've can go early next
week: thatll be soon enough for your
family. presume. as no one is Ill or bound
for Kingdom-com by express"
'SThat'il be delightful" said Jessie, put
she did not mention the matter that lay
so near her heart, only saying incidentally
TO Mrs. Padapoulo when the packing mad
begun, you won't tell any one who l
really am, will you, ever, II any one has
TO be told I'd so much rather tell them
myself"
The Padapoulos had grown deeply at
tached TO their young protege, who more
than fulfilled their expectations of her.
Not in all the months she had spent with
them had any one guessed that the popu-
lar Miss Digby had come from the show
room of a London shop to dazzle, without
the aid of beauty, the inhabitants Of the
district, so thoroughly had she fallen into
the ways of her new life.