The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-15

lounges. lN6y came ny the ATE tTdiu,
which enabled them to reach Kings
Abbott Just one hour before the dinner
bell rang, and so gave them sufficient
time to dress. Sir George met them
warmly. feeling some old, half-forgot-
Ten sensations cropping up within MS
heart as he grasped between his wi
hands the hard, brown one OF his cl-
devant school friend. The old man
he now met, however, was widely dif-
ferent from the fair-haired boy n
lisht active youth he could Just barely
remember both at Elton and Oxtord.
Indeed, Mr.. Younge, oddly enough, ala
strangely resemble the fanciful picture
drawn of him by Miss Trevanion, be-
ing fat, "pursy," jolly, and altogether
decidedly after the style OF the farm
ing gentry.
But. however right about him, Miss
Trevanion's representations with re-
gard to the others were entirely wrong.
Mrs. Younge, far from being fat, red
and cookish, was remarkably sish''
fragile. and very lady-like In appear
ance. Her daughter, Miss Rachel, re-
SpmDlpu ntI ulOlutl NiOhS'S
lacking her gentle expression the
quiet air OF self-possession that SAT so
pleasantly on her.
But in her description Of Denzil Miss
Trevanion had been very much AT
fault indeed. ANY one more unlike q
"boor" could not be well Imagined
Denzil Younge was a very handsome
young man. Tall, fair and distin-
guished looking, with just the faintest
resemblance to his mother, he might
have taken his place with honor III
any society in Christendom. He wore
neither beard nor whiskers, simply a
heavy, golden mustache, when COW
cred. but scarcely concealed, the almost
feminine sweetness OF his mouth,
Miss Trevanion, having made up her
mind that there would be plenty OF
time Just before dinner to get through
the introductions, stayed IN her own
O until exactly five minutes TO
seven o'clock. the usual hour FOR III
ing at Kings Abbott, when she swept
downstairs and into the drawing room
in her beautiful, graceful fashion, clau
In pure white from head to FOOT, WIN
the exception OF a single scarlet rose
fresh from the conservatory, in the
middle of her golden hair. And Ger
tainly Mildred looked as exquisite a
creature that evening, as she wakes
up the long drawing o to where
her father was standing, as an one
could wish to see.
9TH is my eldest daughter-unmar'
ried," said Sir George, evidently VIII
great pride, taking the girls hand an'
presenting her to his guest. who ha'
been gazing at her with open, homes
admiration ever since her entrance.
us il indeed?" the old man an
swered; and then he met her with bot
hands extended, and, looking kindl,
AZ her, declared out loud, for the benz
fit of the assembled company, she
the bonniest lass l have seen for man
a day"
At this Mabel laughed out loud, mer
rily, without even an attempt at IN
concealment of her amusement, I
Lady C~aroline's intense horror and oil
Younge's intense delight. He turne
to Mabel instantly.
you like to near your sister ad
mired?" he said.
And Mabel answered.: =
Yes. always, when the admiratio
is sincere-as in your case-because
too. think she is the bonniest lass
all the world
Right, right" cried old Young
%approvingly; and these two BEGAN
friends on the spot, the girl chatte
ing to him pleasantly the greater pa
of the evening a%fterward, although II
old mans eyes followed Mildred's rat
er naughty movements with mo
earnest attention than he bestow'
upon those of her more light-heart'
sister.
Miss T~revanlon, when Mr.. YounI
had called her a "bonny lass, mere
flushed a little and flashed a qui
glance toward her mother which sa
plainly, There, did | not tell you
Yorkshire farmer, pure and simp
and all that" and moved on to
introduced to the other members
the unwelCome family. She could n
forget. even for a moment, how
,rusiye their visit was, n how u
pleasant in every sense OF the wol
She was only three or four years NJ
bells senior, but in mind n feeli
she might, so to speak, have been
mother. When she remembered h
Eddie always required money, a
how difficult they found 1t to sc
Charles regularly his allowance a
still to keep up the old respectable
pearance in the county, she aim
hated the newcomers for the eXpen
their coming would entail.
Miss Trevanion raised her head n
an inch higher, and went through
%inclinations to the others with a IN
ture of grace and extreme hauteur q
made her appear even more than co
monty lovely, and caused Del
Younge to lose his place In the !
guild conversation he had been hold
with Eddie Trevanion. She had
SO much as deigned to raise her e