The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-27
CHAPTER IV-(Continued.)

CHAPTER IV-(Continued.)
And then Harold amazed them by
the question:
rs there a school at Easthill-On-
Sea? never heard Of one.
Easthill-on-Sea was about two miles
from Easthill proper, in the opposite
direction from Dynevor Manor m the
Uplands. Within the last few years
some spectators had got possession
OF land there, and were trying hard to
convert what had been a fishing ham
let into q watering place. They a
not succeeded we'll, and the present
result was a kind Of struggling, un-
finished settlement, which was neither
town nor village. The old inhabitants
OF Easthill rather made game OF the
new watering-place, which will account
for Kitty's laugh.
II really don't know, Harold; l
hardly ever go to Easthill-on-Sea.
Thcre may be half a dozen schools;
but l hope not, for their proprietors'
sakes, for I can't imagine that any one
would send children there"
Il think you're hard on the place"
said Harold. There's a very good
beach and q splendid air. suppose
people are to be found who can do
Without niggers at the seaside"
"Ah, but they'd want decent roads
and tolerable comfort" objected Kitty;
land you know when 1t rains Easthill-
on-Sea Is almost a swamp, because n
one has made up the roads. Then they
only bake every other day, and the
butchers shop opens twice q week. It
would take q good deal to make up for
such drawbacks"
1T Is all so unfinished" said Mrs.
Dynevor. THE roads are staked out,
ana imposing names painted on sign
boards, like elm avenue" and Sea
View gardens but neither avenue nor
gardens boast a single house, and the
roads are not even divided from each
other, except by a few posts"
why are you 50 suddenly interested
IN Easthill-on-Sea?" demanded Kitty.
'sYou cant possibly have been asked
% recommend any one q school there!"
"Oh, dear, no: but / came home from
Marion by train, and . gill got out
q our station who wanted to 60 to
EAsthill-on-Sea. She asked the porter
the way to Mrs. Tanners school. He
questioned the ticket collector, n
even the station master himself, but
neither Or them had ever heard Of 1t.
/ coulda't help feeling sorry for her,
ahs looked 20 tired and sad. It must
b hard lines to come on Z long journey
and not md any one who can direct
you to your destination"
''Poor thing." said Kitty, and then
the subject dropped. None Of the three
xuessed the influence the lonely little
traveller was to have on their lives. It
never dswned on Kitty that the un-
girl who was bound for a school
one had even heard Of was to be
her dearest friend.
CHAPTER v.
Nothing will describe the desolation
which filled Beryl Lindon's heart
when she stepped on to the platform
Il Nasthill. She had left London filled
With the one desire Of escaping from
her father and stepmother. Ever since
she heard Of the formers marriage her
one end and object had been to get
vafely away from Chichester square. It
was only when she had actually start
"a. when Mrs. Markham's kindly face
W. lot to sight. that she realised she
was going among strangers. that g
new. untrfed life lay before her, with
not one friendly voice to brighten It.
It was 4 long, tedious Journey, and
Involved two changes. Easthill was on
! branch line, at which only the slow
ct of trains condescended to stop.
She wal very plainly dressed In
black: but AL her things had come
from q West End shop. and there was
air Of distinction about her not
seen in q lonely little third-class
traveller.
She was eighteen, though abe looked
clder-a very small. fairy-lfke crea-
ture, with soft. wavy brown hair, and
lustrous blue-grey eyes. Her COM
plexion was very fair. and had the
daintiest carmine tint.
She knew absolutely nothing Of the
country. Brighton. Brussels. where
che had been at school. and the tall
house IN Chichester square had made
her world. To find herself at q
little rustic station, with only q few
cottages IN sight, was almost alarming.
And no one at the station had heard
81 Mrs. Tanners school. That Of It
elf was enough to discourage her.
Don't you be afraid, missile" the
station master said kindly. IF you
wrote to the lady. and she had your
aettsr, she must live here somewhere,
ana the postoflce are the best people
20 help you find her. You 90 straight
along this lane till you come, TO . sign
poet. take the road marked 'Easthill-
on-Sea,' and presently you'll . four
or fve shops. The p~ostoface IL the
Arst Of the lot, and they'll put you
right.
Beryl left her luggage TO the porter's
marcy and started. The lane seemed
antarminahlo Perhana IN aumunar Tina