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"Katherine," he said, "when 1 sent
for you last night you refused to
come. Ishall look over the fault this
time, but warn you never to attempt
such rudeness in my house again.
Good morning, my dear Helen. Tell
Robert to go to Stowe for the new
gardener. I shall be home this after
noon," and he whipped the team into
gallop before Katherine had an op-
portunity to say word.
But she looked at her mother and
the look needed no Interpretation.
Mrs. Brathous answered it at once.
"He is very angry with you, Rather
inc; and you must remember he is
| your guardian, and can send you back
to school if he wishes. He was say
ing that this morning."
"Why was wanted so particularly
last night? Surely, I may 60 to sleep
when L am sleepy. He has meddled
with everything else."
"He says you totally neglected
Jamie-and that is true; also, that you
paid unnecessary attention to Mr..
Mowbray."
Jamie is not interesting-he tries
to be-but am so tired of his efforts. I"
"He is to be your husband, Rather
ine."
$50 my guardian says. But the will
of Alexander Brathous is not Fate. I
have a will also."
"You! You can only obey the de-
cision of those who have your Of
fairs in their hands. Your own father
wished you to marry Wintoun in order
to bring back the land to the Janfaries.
It is the will of your dead father, an6
it is not to be set aside for q fancy"
''If my father were alive am sure
he would now will differently. The
dead do not know how men and things
change. When you were my age, man.
ma, would you have given up Captain
Janfarie for the Wintoun lands?"
"There is no Captain, Janfarie in
your case, Katherine, and therefore no
question of give up, and your mar
riage with Jamie has been part of your
education. Yes, indeed, I may say
part of your very life."
Mamma, DEAR warn you that
about my marriage + shall follow the
Janfarie rule and do my will and fear
not"
Mrs. Brathous did not answer. She
knew that most people have to submit
to the force Of circumstances. She said
to herself:
''The days and weeks will 60 by,
and the wedding will be announced,
and the invitations sent out, and the
presents and dresses will arrive, and
every congratulation will be fresh
rivet; and at the last Katherine will
take the good fortune provided for her
and be thankful. For jamie Wintoun
is a kind, good lad, and she might go
further and fare worse"
So she went about her household
duties and did not worry herself con-
cerning Katherine's twill" She heard
her playing marches and mazurkas
with a vehement rapidity, and she
smiled a little and then sighed. She
was thinking how futile were the pet
ulant rebellions of youth, and how soon
the emotional girl would learn to ac-
cept calmly the inevitables of life, and
make the best of them. But she did
not leave her domestic duties to moral
ize, and at dinner there was new
soup and new servant to discuss, and
the subject of matrimony seemed to
be alien and very far off.
After dinner Katherine put on her
habit and rode over the hills to the
manse. 1t had been fine morning,
but before noon the clouds heaped
themselves in watery folds over the
highest peaks and everything was
swathed in mist and .vapor. Then
came the rain as it only con come down
among the mountains, and the wind
drove the sheet of water on her back,
but the air was so invigorating that
she tingled all over with life and rode
up to the manse door with her wet
face all alight with smiles.
Jessy was there to meet her, and
then the damp clothing was changed
and the parlor fire stirred to a blaze,
and the girls kissed each other again
and sat down before it.
"Father has gone to Galashiels,"
said Jessy. "He does not like to ride
fast because it is not ministerial to
gallop, but think this wind and rain
will whip his horse to his best trot."
1.-The laird is out too. I hope he
will get wet through. Then he will
stay in bed tomorrow for fear of
rheumatism"
"Has he been scolding again? If I
were you would get married. jamie
will never say cross word to you"
"When did your visitor leave,
Jessy?"
"He went to Galashiels last night.
He is in Edinburgh ere this, no
doubt"
"Have you seen the token, Jessy?"
Father gave it to me. Look here!"
"a sapphire ring! How lovely! I
wonder whom it was bough ght for"
ga woman whom my father loved" >"
"Was the minister troubled much?"
"No. He said that his life had been
long enough for the forgetting of sor-
row. But he looked sadly at the
ring. He told me he had bought it
with many months of self-denisl of oil
kinds, and that might wear it for the
sake OF good woman now with God.
That was ALL