Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10
CHAE.ER VI.

tn. last stroke of eight dies out from
III ..l lock in the hall as Seaton Dysart
a-..-- me drawing room. The extreme
,l.- ra~S and gloom of that melancholy
a.4-.-..u, sinks into him as he moves
rr--.- !.~cuutcntedly, but with a mans
r..r. l- instinct, toward the hearth-rug.
IS NOT ali gloom, however, as he pres
,-... -.ovcrs, in this dreary place. Some
,.. rises languidly from a low chair-a
-.. . .uvely girl. as he instantly admits
- .dvauces about the eighth part Of
o.. binary foot toward him.
IU., are wonderfully alike, the father
g.f son. and yet how wonderfully un.
like. l. seems impossible that with ex-
Dress. ms 50 utterly at variance SO strong
a -,.~.mllauce can exist, yet 1t is there.
Tie unp, the old face, mean, cringing,
efspieiuus. wicked; the other, cold, honor
.fr,. earnest and beautiful. The girl,
t.a-.E.u: him with distrust in her eyes,
reluctantly acknowledged this last fact.
I'm extremely sorry if I've kept you
7-ai-.n. for dinner" he says, advancing
a- q quicker pace, once he sees the pretty
girl in white, and holding out his hand.
But the fact is l was dreadfully tired
when | arrived, and I'm rather afraid
irl asleep"
The day is warm" says she, coldly.
I'll, likeness to his father seems clearer
to her as he speaks, and kills for her all
the charm of his face.
Very: but | don't fancy my absurd fit
OF .az.ueSs arose from that. Rather from
the fact that | haven't had a wink OF
sleep for the last two nights"
Two nightst' says she with a faint
accession of interest. ''Toothache? Sick
f-cud?'
"Oh, no. Ball-cards," returns he. con
ciseIy.
All says she, this time rather short.
Iy.
.You are Griselda, l suppose? says
he pleasantly.
Why should you suppose itT' asks she
with faint smile.
True Why should I?'' returns he
laughing. Perhaps because" with q
steady look at her, Il have been told that
MY cousin Griselda is a person possessed
Of a considerable amount of-of charac
ter"
BY that you mean that you have heard
Griselia is self-willed," says she, calmly
And as il is evident you think look the
part also, / am afraid you must prepare
yourself to meet two self-willed cousins
l am not Griselda." --
ment would have put him out, she is I'm.
deceived in moment.
Mop says he, looking distinctly anus.
ell. There is comfort in the thought thai
| cannot again fall into error, because you
must be Vera
Yes. | am Vera" slowly.
Il fear you will find it very dull down
here"
Your father has been very good to us
more than kind" interrupts she, gently
but with decision. He has given US q
home"
Il should think he would be very glad
to get you here" says he. At this mo-
ment Griselda enters the room. A charm
ing Griselda, in white, like her sister, and
with a flower in her sunny hair. She
trips up to Seaton and gives him her hand
and frank smile, that has just the cor
rect amount of coquettish shyneSs in It.
A man, to Griselda, no matter out OF
what obnoxious tribe he may have
sprung, is always a creature to be gently
treated, smiled upon and encouraged.
so you've come at last to this Castle
of Despair says she, saucily. Il mus
say, you took time to look US up. But
don't blame you; life down her is too live
Iy for most. 1t has quite done up Vera
and me-"
The dismal sound of a cracked old din.
ner gong breaks in at this instant on Gri
sclda's speech. They all rise and cross
the hall to the dining room, but just in
side it momentary hesitation takes
place. Dysart going to the foot of the
table, Vera stops short, as if in some
surprise, to look at him, question in hel
eyes.
You will take the head of the table
! hope says he, in a low tone, divining
her perpleXity.
But" quickly, and then a pause
IF you wish it, of course she says, with
a swift uplifting of the brows and an al
most imperceptible shrug.
Her manner somehow irritates him.
Il wish it, certainly" says he, coldly
But | wish still more to see you do only
that which you like"
Il have few likes and dislikes," replies
she. still in that utterly emotionless tone
and sweeping past him, she seats. hersel;
az the head of the table.
As for Grisclda, the little jar in the so
cial atmosphere around her goes by un
noticed, so overcome is she by the un
wunted magnificence of the sight before
uer, a decent dinner table at Greycourt.
She looks round her and loses herself q
little in the touch of fairyland the room
p-.scnts. 1t is, as it were, an echo from
tL- past. Il glimpse into the old life when
Avr father still lived, that she hardi!
knew was dear to her until she had los.
=. The glitter of the silver, the glass
the intense perfume of the glowing flow
ers the rich tint of the fruits, all seen
par If a dream; a sweet one, too.
Mr. Dysart is wondering why both girls
should have taken so instantaneous dis
l.ae TO MIN. As rule, women were civil
enough: yet here were two to whom he
was an utter stranger, and aggressive
WAS the only word he could apply to their
cooks and words, though both were stu
.."uS!y polite.
DO you stay long?" asks Griselda pres
emily, looking at her cousin.
Il don't know how you may view IT.
/ return to town the day after to-mor-
Tuw-yery early on that day. Whether
/ must 1r must not work for my living
J., hing that does not concern me.
"orE-you will hardly believe it in tins
IH safe age-but l actually seek after
fame. | should like to get on in my pro,
fess.on; to be more than a mere triher.
You are charming" says Griselda'
-r'!y. You talk like a book-a blue
."'N- But you have not told me why
'g"r father will not let us see anyone
H.y-"
'TFlSelda" says Miss Dysart, a little
'"'Fhy- She rises as she speaks, and
l.. sart opens the door for her. Az
''Se'da passes him he says, easily:
cannot tell you everything at once,
-" see; but | dare say there will be time
sven me- As for my father. he is &C.