Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06

so that our poor old viii, who was in
cllned to suspect him, said to me: ~
thought that the fellow was hankering
after our Kate, but / see / have mistaken
him. He never looks at her-more at you,
IL anything. Fairlie. Mind what you are
about. l will not have my sisters talked
about"
Alas, poor boy, he little knew how much
they were to be talked about before all
was done, and how little he or anyone could
do to help it.
Well, then. It was the next day, the 18th
OF January Il think. for 1t all happened
so close together) that l went to the school
as usual, and started my work under the
influence of strange depression.
l was cross with the children. They
were, indeed, more than usually tiresome
and / slapped my dear little Johnny Col
stoun for nothing at all. He cried promptly
and wac glad that / had some connscated
candy in my desk, with which and a kiss
he was comforted. But all the forenoon
the weight Of something knew not what
Of foreboding and brooding fear kept deep
ening and deepening upon me.
During these last days I had made great
friends with DR.. Caesars Vera. Hitherto
l had always thought her distant and
naughty and had been a little afraid OF her.
She came to see me at the school, though
she has ten times as much to do at home
as l have at the academy, without being
paid a penny piece for 1t.
Well, Vera Caesar had made me promise
to come and lunch with them at least one
day in the week-indeed, whenever / was
at the r~ector's. So went the day I was so
depressed and as soon as ! got upstairs
N-NA Ny1wur- u-1w. wuAak ala 4 40 hut kNRaf
out crying like q great baby.
And at this Vera looked queer for a mo-
ment and then took me to her arms, making
me lay my head on her shoulder and putting
eau-de- cologne on my head and petting me.
The strange thing was that she thought
Il was be~cause-because John G~lendonwyn
had gone away that I was crying. However
she could have imagined that I do not know.
At any rate. she did, and she was going on
to say all sorts Of nice things about him
(crying herself a little bit, tool. when told
her that 1t was not hat at all which was
making me unhappy.
Goodness gracious. then. child-what IL
1T" she cried. quite startled.
TT is about his brotherl' / blurted out
before / thought, and then Vera's face
flushed and she stopped petting me and be
gan TO laugh. Though, heaven knows. ]
needed consolation a great deal more II ]
had been fretting for MI. Rupert than II II
had been about old John. However, 1t did
not strike Veronica Caesar that way.
"Fairlio-my little Fairlie.' she cried In
stead, quite joyous In a moment, this Is
what Il IL to be so pretty and winsome as
you are. / am glad that 1 am Just plain old
Vera Caesar, whom nobody troubles"
"And the brother-yes. l had heard that
Il was the brother who was going TO your
house 80 ~mueh-much Ottener than John.
But for eli that. I had thought-your sister
IL very pretty md clever. is she mott"
In this way Women talk In half sem
tenoes. understanding each other By the
help OF looks and observation-disclosures still.
By sheer instinct. And 30. after that ebe-
cause. Of course. / had no right 20 tell her
Hates secret). I am afraid Vera Caesar
misunderstood about Mr.. Rupert and was
cross with me for misleading her. But ]
hare written It Town exactly a. Il hap
pened and when she reads Il she VIII i0r-
give me. For 1 do not see how anyone
| could have acted otherwise than e. / ala.
So, instead Of taking me down 70 the
dining room, where the doctor sat 81 the
teilo k@ae like q Benevolent Judge Drss'd-
Ing ever the trial and Condemnation Of
legs Of mutton and boiled fowls. and =
dozen children clung about their eldest
sister. gathering plates and talking. Vo-
ronlca made me lie down on her bed. and
locked me in with q book while sho sew
81 g efrgs and serve Caesars Tenth
! tsGion, - she called her brothers ena