Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-15

J the same carriage evidently regarded
| this latter comparison as the reverse
OF fdJtering.
! Just as the sun went down into the
sea. looking Ike great bail of fire.
they rea he'd heir journeys end, and
Esperance with da2zied eyes was glad
enough 10 sink back again among her
cushlol s and wait for orders Harry
and Fred were waiting on the plat
iorm, looking cool and countrifed in
their brown holland suits.
"Aunt Fanny is waiting In the
tony-carr age, mamma hey both
cried in a breath "We viii bring all
your things from here
Very we'll" said Lady Worthing-
ton, who was fond OF making even
teu-year cid boys usefu'. Harry. you
ring these cushions and bags, and
Fred. see that black trunk and my
small Lox are sent round at once in
the car now, Esperance, we will
come and putting supporting arm
round her lite charge, she led her
through the station 10 the pony-car-
rage, where Frances was waiting,
looking fairer and prettier than ever,
in her light summer dress.
Esperance received a homelike greet
ing n French and was made com
Portable In the carriage, while Lady
Worthington talked to Frances.
"She is tired of course with the
Journey; you must not Judge OF her
locks tonight, | think you had better
drive home at once, and let her have
some supper and go TO bed. | shall
stay and walk back with the boys.
Every we'll. we will start then" and
Frances gathered up the reins, and the
little bay ponies carried them swiftly
away
Esperance looked round her with
languid pleasure as they crossed a
bridge over the little river, now scant-
lily covering it's stony bed. ascended
the hill, and then branching to the
eft. drove along the road in the di-
r ction Of Penmaenmawr till, nesting
Just at the foot Of the mountain,
among a plantation Of fir-trees, they
came to the house which Sir Henry
had taken for the summer.
Frances took her upstairs at once,
and indeed Esperance was quite tired
out and thankful to go to bed. but
with all her weariaess was a restful
consciousness that she had come to
the right place, and tonight for the
3 first time since her illness she did not
/ cry herself TO sleep
Lady Worthington was Obliged to
/ 60 the next day, for. she was to meet
her husband in London and start at
once for the Continent In fact her
expedition to Rilchester had been
solely on Esperance's account She
had first heard of her Illness from
the wife of the archdeacon. whom she
had met at LlandudnO, and her
motherly soul had been so grieved at
the thought Of any one being nursed
by Cornelia. that she had at once
found an excuse for a short visit to
Worthig ton Hall and with much de-
light had been able to carry off her
protegee for change Of air.
1T IS, indeed, my dear, a clear PROV
ing Of orr two vocations,' she said
laughinglv to her sister. 81 have
brought Esp rance down here with
all possible care, and have left the
strictest orders fer her diet, her sea-
bathing. her afternoon siesta and her
outline and STEEL to you | leave your
special function-the 'ghostly' mission
only s,ipula'ng that YOU will con-
slider Ter body n the matter Of church
services"
Frances promised laughing heartily,
and Lady Worthington started on her
travels after having seen the invalid
comfortably established In a shady
corner of the garden, olbing none the
worse for the fatigues Of the previous
Gay.
For the first day or two this was
about all that Esperance cared to do;
she lay con,entedly under the fir
trees, catching gimpses of the sea
or o)king mp the grassy slope to. the
more rugged side OF Penmaenmawr
wondering how Kathie and the boys
could ever have climbed 70 the ton
while the only sounds that broke the
entire stiffness were faint hoes from
the ue.ehhcrIng quarry and the low
plash Of the waves on the beach The
railway which ran not far from the
house was no disturbance to her
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