The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-17

revoir mademoiselle. Uncle, will You
not wish me bon vOyage?"
He turned =. with his ,bright,-.enSd2ln
smile, and extended beth: hands to Raeul
who, to Mofly'S surprise, stepped quickly
up to the carriage, c.aspod them warmly
All good wishes go with thee, he
rhis was the first time that Molly had
heard him drop the more formal ''yous'
in speaking to his nephew, and she
glanced upi-in some SURPRISE But he
stepped past her without another
word, and re-entered- the house even be-
fore the vehicle started.
CHAPTER XVI
A LITTLE GARDENING.
After its transitory CLEAN of eXctment,
the chateau returned to its normal cond5-
ton. and had it not been that Mime. de
TreilleS was a -trif1e more eXa@tlpS, and
her brother more pre- occupied since Cas-
ton S visit, everything seemed exactly tee
same as before. ~
which Molly had marked out for herself,
she was still often at a loss for employ
ment, and therefore regarded as little
short of an inspiration the idea which
struck her one day, that she might devote
some of her spare time to the imprOv1-
ment of the garden Accordingly the
next time she met M. de SauVigny. she
asked him if he would object TO her de-
ing "a little gardening now and then.
He looked aStonished, and after mo-
ment rather annoyed.
Il Will tell YOU cd0Q7QIN, he SAID, WITH
an impatient sigh, that cannot afford
to buy plants or to pay for labor
No returned Molly, little taken
aback by the, seeming ungraciou5nes: :,
could trim the roses and tie up the lilies,
and weed some of the bGrders,".
You are very energetic, he said, with
actually a smile.
~ "Well"-peeping, shyly up at him
You may do any mortal thing you like
inside or outside the house" said Raoul
"I give you carte blanche-very hand
some of me, is it not? Seriously, Miss
Mackenzie, | only wish ] could give you
more substantial aid in carrying out your
reforms
A little later he came upon her, perchcd
on a stepladder. hammer in hard, busily
occupied in mailing up one of the wild,
willful. Over-luXu1 liant rose trees, which,
with it's wealth of blossom, was detached
from the house wall Her sailor hat lay
at her feet, her supply of nails and scraps
of cloth being stored inside. Her head
ed little TO one side, her lips parted N
eagerness. while she worked away as If
for dear life, hammer1ne her fingers quits
as often as the nails, bat. making UP for
all want of skill by an immense amount
of good will.
She was so intent On her task that she
did not. see M de Sauvigny, who stood
for some moments watching her wi h
much amusement Presently he novel
on, still unperCeived by her but paused
again al the end of a few PAGES. it was
a shame to be idle while that girl was
working SO hard to improve his property
Cant help you?' he said suddenly, re-
turning to the foot of Molly's ladder
She looked up, startled; but. seeing the
laughter in Raoul's eyes, began To laugh
too.
.:What lovely little creature she is
he thought with sudden amazed ,admira-
ton
The fact had never struck him in the
beauty, as he had noticed her youth,
at first with certain irritation consfd-
ering both to be drawbacks under the
circumstances Finding however, tina +
neither untitled hers for her duties, he