The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

living. and I did not know how to set
about II. My sister Is the only near
relation I have. She Is very rich, and
she likes to manage She decided I
had better keep a school, then the
twins could be educated for nothing.
Her husband has a good deal of prop
erty round here, and they o6ered me-
this house rent free for three years.
"Of course'-she flushed painfully
the Wilmots are In q very good posi-
ton here, and II would not do for 1t
to be known any n connected with
them had to keep a school, 90 prom
Used Mary I would never mention the
relationship. She has really been very
good. She speaks OF me to people an
a young widow in whom she is inter
ested.' and altogether l have twelve
pupils. II the new ones promised this
term come tomorrow l shall have If
teen. They pay f2 a term, 80 that
| have eco a year; but 7 found out
II | had any one who could teach
French and really good music l should
get more scholars and keep them till
they were older. That is why /
thought OF getting help. Besides, with
only Rhoda, there is a great deal to
do domestically, and the twins clothes
have to be made and mended."
How old are the twins?" asked
Beryl.
-Four. Rather young to be in school
all day; but I can't Tend them u
alone, and | don't like them to be in
the kitchen with Rhoda. Miss Lindon,
] know | am offering o a very small
salary, but / think IL you and-I fit
in you may really be happier here
than in a grander situation"
II am sure Of It," said Beryl. Mrs.
Tanner. | don't think any one in the
whole world can be lonelier than ]
am, and If only you will keep me, l
shall be glad to stay" +
Mrs. Tanner gave a little sigh.
"Mary-Mrs. Wilmot-will be round
in the morning. You must not mind
IL she seems a little overbearing. Oh,
and there is the thing she wanted me
to say-she does not like your name
at ALL"
Beryl professed her regret, but hard
ly saw the objection was her fault.
IT'S in this way" explained Mrs.
Tanner. "The show place near here,
Dynevor Manor. belongs to a Mr.. Lin
don. though General Craven lives
there. Mary thinks IL a slight to Mr..
Linden that my teacher should have
the same name. Her husband Is his
agent. and goes to see him sometimes
at his grand house in Chichester square.
Belgravia. or course ! told Mary Mr..
Linden would never hear OF my school,
much less my teachers name; but she
was very disagreeable, and said il
could not matter to you, and that by
changing one letter the name sounded
quite differently. Do you mind being
Miss Tendon? You see. 1t won't make
any difference to your letters. because
most people loop their rs now, so that
they look like e's."
Beryl felt inclined to bless Mrs. Will
mot. II, as she now felt positive, her
father were the owner of Dynevor Man
or. why, then, her one desire was that
he might never hear his fugitive
daughter was living beneath its shad-
ow. She had never heard him speak
OF Sussex. or of possessing property
In the country. Surely 1t was strange
that, with all England before her, she
should have drifted to the one place
where he had interest.
School began the next day. The IF
teen girls were nice things. Mrs. Will
mot's interest had procured some. The
clerk Of the works employed by her
husband to watch his interests in the
building operations, sent three small
daughters; the tax collector contrib
uted two: but there was a sprinkIing
Of a higher grade-the curate's only
child, and the doctors two little girls.
Mrs. Wilmot struck Beryl as far less
FIN than her sister. She and her
husband were rich, and gloried in their
money, though as yet II had not been
able to force an entrance into the So
ciety of Easthill proper. which was CT
the select and exclusive kind known az
county"