Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-03-19

drs SSSd, rather TeflectivelY. al
though l naturally admire him
very much, can't call him hand.
some.'
Iudeedl said X ate. is lie good
naturedY
'Passably so.
Il tbink, said K 'te, 'he must be
better sort OF a person than /
gave him credit for at first. Mary,
do you know I'm very much in
ciined 20 fall in love with the man
whose taste has del ised this place!
| 40 wish l could see him.
Kate! said Mrs. Westport, with
a warning glance toward their
ccerone, who was careIessly bal
ancing the conservatory key upon
his finger.
Mr.. Westport glanced at his
watch.
Twenty minutes to tbree-ve
have out twenty minutes to reach
tue station lie said. 'We shall
haye to hasten our pace considera-
bll, girls
Il can show you a shorter path
through the park observed their
companion, tyou are in a hurry
to catch The train
The offer was accepted with
much relief, and the travellers
found the nselves at the dept IN
good time.
We are very mach obliged 10 you
sir said WestpOrt; hesltatlngly
proffprlng A coin as their guide
bowed an adIeu at the platform
Steps. The stranger flushed and
bit his lips as If annoyed-the
next he smiled good humOredly.
. assure you it is quite unneces
sary,' he said turning to the ladies
as he waved the money carelessly
aside. The next time you visit
Ashley Hall, ladies' hope to make
1t pleasanter to YOU
And he disappeared among the
bushes,
'Welir calculated the agent, who
had surveyed the scene through
the round aperture IN the ticket
office, L s'pOsed he was in Paris.
Why didn't you say you knowed
the sqnireP
q know none OF your squlres,'
Mr.. Westport, shortly, advancing
tor his tickets; while Kate, whose
eve had followed the tall stranger,
asked:
(Which OF the Hall gardeners is
that MANI
Nary one,' said the agent; tits
Mr. AshieyY
Mr.. Ashleyp calculated Miss
westport,
'Nlr. Ashleyp screamed Mrs.
Frank.
'Well, Miss Kate, said Frank,
coolly, Il rather think you've got
lesson which will last yon a
while. Here Is the tram
And they were hall a dozen
miles away ere Kate had fully
realized that she had spoken ber
her mind in an exceedingly plain
manner respecting Mr.. Ashley to
that gentleman himself. she nad
laughed away other scrsps-this
she could not laugh away, so she
cried qlietly.
what must he think Of meP she
asked, when Mary tired TO comfort
her And Frank said that he
thought it served her right
What Mr, Ashley did think OF
the matter may be coOjectnr d hy a
fragment of conversation that took
place IN Mr.. Westports drawing
room about three months subSe.
auentls between Mr. Ashley him.
self and Miss Westport.
Il couldn't helpit, Kate. After
YOU had all made mp your mind
that was the gardener l could
not well deceive you, and L did
not think then how vitallv imPor
tant the matter would one day be
come to me. Say you are not an
gryp
Well, I'm not angry said Kate
'only@
No only, if you please. You are
vexed to think that you expressed
yourself so frankly Love; I have
been sick and weary of artificial
society for years; it was that very
innocent openness that stole my
heart away. Now tell me when
may get the Hall ready for a littl'
wife,
Il suppose, Kate said Franl
Westport, who couldn't for the
hie of him resist joking, that the
next time we enter Ashley Hall Il
will be in more conventions