Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-30
CHAPTER VIII.

Fixing 4 CUldlN rchGkmE eve upon
the moody Young face Opposite him,
Mr. Matthews tapped the library table
imuaiirntly with paper cutter
Il am afraid. Thomas. yuI are not
And Tom. hmShims guiltily. said he
was afraid he was not. He tried to
make amends Ivy staring >toljdly at the
map of Europe which hay spread out on
the table between him ana his guard.
ian. The ivory paper cutter once
more resumed its percgrnatiuuS.
Ike could command his eyes ana his
ears even if his heart had gone H~J""v
By planting his elbows ou Tine table
and firmly camping his Jaws hrlWy,n
both hands he secured the attention OF
those useful organs aud pat them IN
tjrc'y at lis guardians service. Hut
his heart and brains were another mat
ter. Both played lruant and absolutely
refused to hr drawn into consideration
If this proposed tour of foreign parts.
His day was proving distinctly di~an-
pointing. but he need not advertise that
fact to all the world with dull ears
he heard his GUARDIANS voice.
"Nuw. when Your dear father and
projected this Identical toIr our nrgn-
lion waS Ia 20 directly to pari~"-t the
uarcr cutter halted directly over the
black Spot standing for that fl>ciuar.
ing METROPOLIS "aud from there
With rebellion in his heart Tom was
summing M his grievances. olivia
had not emerged prDmptlv ON his ar.
rival. Her long DELAY had the effect Of
making him feel cvrlply premature
and n,t ,ag.r.ly volrou. All fin,
snorl,lr had neon blown off the day by
her torryinr Her fotbnr cycusrI her
ON the score Of headache slurrjn.
lr.od hv I,ss of rast N'h,n. SIN. I'D
amman Lownvnr cool and fresh IN her
r,.isp nrnttv hnusn ,,nvyn with shining
ovas and rod rina Inns I, was iupoSsi.
hIa ia accent TINT tirtion of y headache.
"\ve nl,nuad ia remoin IN Paris six
wade an o,,. first visit cnrfiuira orn.
solves nripcinolIv tn tnr ort Galleries
and tho nIorrs of historic interest You
so. ,b,, WINS mr. ,vouId hoyn hn.n ms,
of,,, tI,o lov. of tnn. cnmmunr
p,,u,. eors rnuortad his puordjon'S
u.,.,ls and whom olivia hid como his
no,r, c,unIoinnd Ue Ind zone for.
vo,d oora,.lv tn moot her almost ar.
dantIr She must have read all his
,I,rinr thourbts in his burning eyes
,rJ nu.biny ,.bnnl,s His t,lltolr checks
| had cana flaming hot nj signt of her
Oh, hod smiled ot him rs iuIulgputly
ne If ba had hnrn n voung spanfel frisk
irr Mt hn, loels and for the brief Spac,
of time lansing between his coming
and the summons to dinner she had
notronizrd him so opcnly that She had
successfully imposed upon him an I'M
| comfortable sense of extreme iuycuil-
! itv. He gnawcd his budding mustachp
in impotcnt rage.
Poor, dear RufuSy" his guardian
droncd. "lIc had the making of Il fine
artist in him. Doubtless that six weeks
in Paris would have been most profit
ably spcut bv us. From Paris we
meant to 90 by easy stages here the
PAPER cutter ambled crratically over
the map. descriptive of the easy Stages
until we reached Florence - Flor
encc, the home of classic art the
scene of immortal Savonarola's unap.
Dreciotrd efforts and martvr,lom"
What Il finished young lady the prot
ty little thing had hlossomcd into ON
the strength of a debut! He had tried
to talk TO her of the future, giving if Il
tinge of common interest-hcrs, his,
theirs. She had persisted in question:
ing him, with n matronly air of supc.
rior age, about his studies and his