Evening star., 1898-08-06

there was a certain dogged, selfish indepen-
dence about her that Miss Desborough half
liked and half resented. However, Miss
Amelyn did not sem to notice il, and after
leaving bottle of port for the grandfath-
er. she took her leave and led Sadie away
AS they passed into the village a carriage
returning to the priory, filled with their
| fellow w-guests, dashed by, but was instantly
pulled up at a word from Lord Algernon,
who ieaped from the vehicle, hat in hand,
anu lmpiored the fair truant and her COM
panion to Join them
We're just making a tour around Wind
over hill and back to luncheon" he said
with rising color. I'VE missed YOU aw-
Iuhy! II we had known you were so keen
on good WORKS and so early at it, by Joye
joined al
And you haven't seen half" said Lord
Beverdale from the box. Miss AmeIvn,s
too partial to the village There's an old
drunken retired Doacher somewhere in a
nut IN Crawley woods whom it's death to
aTPbproach. Tb except with large party.
Ihere's malignant diphtheria over at the
south farm, eight down with measles at
sne keepers and an old woman who had
peen bedridden for years"
But Miss Desborough was adamant
though sparkling. She thanked him. but
said she had just seen an old woman who
had been lying in bed for twenty years,
and hadn't sponen the truth once!" She
proposed going outside of Lord Beyer-
oaie own preserves of granted poor
and starting up her own game She would
return in time f9r iuncheon-if she could If
not, Sne should annex the cruel of the
first kind incapable she met
Yet actually. she was far from displeased
at being accidentally discovered by these
people while following out her capricious
whim of the morning. One or two older
ladies', who had fought shy of her frocks
and her frankness the evening before, were
quite touched now by this butterfly who
eiety, and soil her pretty wings on the
haunts OF the impoverished with only a sim
gle companion-of her own sex,-and smiled
approvingly. And in her present state of
mlnd, remembering her companion's timid
attitude toward Lord Beverdales opinions.
she was not above administering this slight
snub to him in her presence
When they had driven away, With many
regrets, MISS Amefyn was deeply con
cerned Il am afraid she said with timid
conscientiousness, Il have kept you from
going with them. And you must be bored
with what you have seen, l know. I don't
believe you really care one BIZ for it-and
you are only doing it to please me-
Irot out the rest of your show" said
sadie: promptly, "and Wen wind up by
iuHching with the rector"
He q be too delighted" said Miss Ame-
lyn, with disaster written all over her
girlish, truthful face, ''but-but-you know
1T really wouldn't be quite right to Lord
Beverdale! You're his principal guest-you
off"
Well" said Miss Dasborough impetuous
Red Lion? We can get a sandwich there,
l guess I'm not very hungry"
Hiss Amelyn looked horrineI for a mo-
H't Mt, and then laughed, bry -ILI.l, diateiy
became concerned again. NO. listen to
me, really now! Let me finish my round
iione! You'll have ample time if you go
now, to reach the priory for luncheon. Do,
please! 1t would be ever so much better
for everybody. l feel quite guilty as it is,
and suppose I'm already in Lord Bever-
dale's b,ack books
The trouble in the young girls face was
unmistakable, and as it suited Miss Des-
boroueh's purpose just as well to show her
independence by returning, as she had set
out, ;,lone, she consented to 90. NJ ss Ane-
iyn showed her a short cut across the park
and they separa ted-to meet at dinner. In
this brief fellowship, the American girl had
kept certain supremacy and half fascina-
ton over the English girl, even while she
was CONSCIOUS of an invincible character in
Miss AInelyn entirely different from and
superior to her own. Certainly there was a
difference in the two peoples. Why else,
this inherited conscientious reverence for
Lord Beverdales position, shown by Miss
Amelyn-which she. an American-alive to
its practical benefits, could not understand
Would Miss Amelyn and Lord Albernon
have made better match? The thought
irritated her, even while she knew that She
herself, possessed the young mans affec-
tions, the power to marry him, and, as she
believed, kept her own independence in the
matter.
ITO he concluded neyt waelsl