New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-22

BY KATHARINE lyman.


Mrs Brooke: She was not Mrs. Brooke. Sac
Are you nor too inpetuOus~' said Miss HOBBS
No Harriet. ny dear. I an not You see for
yoITsef that the child IS Arches child. and We
The Lass with the Delicate Air. and which
po-trat OF his VIE The child is the drawing over
Hobbs hastily. But here comes Mrs. Ashley with
me poor lady's desk and workbox. Nov We shah
But they contained nothing. absolutely nothing
brongbf -, t~au 20 Soy ,s 49,
belonged the dead lady her garments her books
the child, But there was nothing Ever the IN
dasrcI3thinE bore no name or initial WEI Mrs..
Brooke had sand soOdhy 70 her former lie sns
Once during Mrs Ashley.s absence on a guest
for something Iso7e Lady Msry turned TO Mss
4 thought once" she said ~of doing the uks
with Sir Archibald; mean, o. going away eHsss
keep me Is II IiseIV that he drove a woman away
from him. as his father went near 20 doing before
Miss Hobbs answered the. cry in the Old voice
Jne appeal In the bTiSht. cid eyes suddenly grown
1T is not likely" she said ~Sfr. Archie was weII
All; You good soul YOU good creature" SAID
Lady Mary pressing he hand.
was said
At last everything had been examined without
result: and Ashley. with odd aiT OF relief
had carried away one lavender scented bundle
worn disturbed and guilty air curing the exam
TO see it But neither Lady Mary nor Mss Hooo~
When the lat bundle had seerr-returned Lad.
to Mrs Gshiey's haff-regaine,i cheerfuIness-
Il 20 abroad again in months time shs
said 4 shall take the child Win 1ahlav its
scared face. her poor mother gave her 70 me- 'ne
don't know what Ashley would say And the boy
she Is nv ErandehiId.~ said Lady Mary. in
cold and somewhat proud voice II am very srate-
ful TO you feI the care you have taken Of her
v1FI vii .lIlD %
not a penny, your Iadysh.p... interruPts.t
mamma left fafo her IL is in the bank in her
name. Neither Ashley nor / would ever to,' - =
pretty dear; and the little she did was vel repsid
she suddenly broke down and sobhed into
5hs eoTne5 o. 1er agro la 5oSd m and put =
Il am very sorry she said. But you tho
child is mine and / have to take her. You would
not have me ferego my rights: leave her 90 yo.a
something to do it, Get her used TO the idea OF
When a week t1.e- little Pamela was brought 90
the Manor wearing be- best Lavender muslin frcck
ley was a sad thirG TO witness; Indeed
there was cutie scene bGto-s tney could de- 9e SCI
struggling. had b. carried of To the big. e-np1
the smart nurse who had been engaged for her,
Lady MARY positively wiped her o-JT- IS "A woman
..sgsh a spitareg' she uuruured And "a
think the people should have taken such a hoit
II should no, mind that. my lady pat n va:
ard loyal heart And it proves how good they
the Ashlevs would be that" said Lady Mary.
1T was fortunate such people had her They a.
farmers in this parish for hundreds Of years. Hsr-
riet. and ntermarried more than once with genti--
That explains the boy said Mss Hobos-
th .o1IE;tri lily.
TIE tan handsome boy We saw standing BY The
rzFds- as we drove away that evening with Ettia
Pamela his shoulder He might have been any
II sSSrcsIv noticed him He wore rough country
clothes. and was rather annoyed ~ MS c1rr,
he rad bee1 used 10 regard a his little sister
% "oqF7 e. s saT at can BE- ''5 done fr hin
"a 81 D---,.- S41+ no. cannot approach Sir Nor
sir IN ed -fr, 70 reward these people en- her
account The child may push hin out OF 50 maei,-
than thought. or they would not have taken L
RIt the real facts Of the case. So Jar az that
vent wee that the lady. Mrs. brooke. bad ac-
c9sed MEs nsh IyhP o. he ,oIGd and that soo,T
Ssma-itan being struck with pity for the evident
denfSsv am % the child sire held BY the hand
h9q SeT1d hsT sz,sna qf i to- nc many nights
ANY doubt there might have been IN Lazy MAJ .
mind was set at rest by P1mela's recognition OF
.sNo.ne- mother she cried. stretching out b.
hands for ii; and when Lady NAY nad slv {.n Ne
her nursing IL on her little snef sr e.
enough Of It.
It was harder 70 wean her from C5srry Ire, Tre-
- csrsnad bsr nurses vigilance and vas orouSh-
back weeping by Mrs Ashley also l9 saies
rs5J MAJ az last 7 must break her eonnee--
ton with the place sooner than had Thought o.
So Pamela carried Of rom lob tss ls s15 taken
ou,a,' 70 the Continent. where FOR some ears So
lived with Lady Mary s a2G at little coun-
- house not far from Paris -, &C. bas
an interview with firm Of prty5ate inq'ilIy - +
She aid not think ~ song u tbs 4.C'ours business
,s-1e out ~ mind Now they were SlT ~ $50
No. .beir beIr IN dispossessing Norman no rad
bee so poor before he succeeded VIII o. 7rsi
81 s55nelv by her refusing 70 eyict her from 'A'
M Ia re cou1try house amid its woods Panns.s
grew up the years passed In,1 xitk per-
a. seaIth which made her Ike the siri OF tns
song 80. s-,,,. the skin
ee a. ire porcelain. the high Stepping danny
made Charming psrso1 1a ~ masters who came
- ber for music and drawing ana ~ ~. $1,000
tess& 2Ii.s Hobs when her wardrobe needed Re
nevins Yet groTiEg " FrsnchwonSn's dsftne-s
~ daintiness. so that she represented "i'nin Hs
self the chsf derht 10 Lady MARY, 70 whom !ons
ago she had learnt 20 give MA 0vS 80 s-ti-
"a 40 afiIrfng grew with the air OF a $500
poppy That ina c" %a and her step she always
0 BON ovous too never seeming 20 ask FOR nor
pleasure tnan % rayety her ADDING zrandnother
Lady Mar P erSii7Iso heart could desire.
ADV MARY had her reasons for tne secInslon "a
49, that she was Arches daughts- noLninT 20
PIoC .,s- 1Ss woman who had died at Cherry Lree
.,b +hs original OF the pastel craving me
Farm 49, 80 Teifcate Air" Mrs Brooke. u sns
Ia 49, s--hie's wife had cut most efectu@Ay
I naI c-1scffon with the old life -
~ a,re- all. the evidence ena4,Ss -
-sss rhfld's recognition OF a picture - -
- az Mary's disappointment at 1ndlns no
svt4e,c- the stronger her BELIEF r,.SA "a.
~ - harriet" she said % Miss tooos
-, ,SS-ooS we're all the other way nv la4tn 49,
ravsT falte- The feeling I have Tor the emu -
NJ smith seemed 70 think. said sllSs -. 80
that n was unlikely the lady y sne -
81 would have returned 20 the nsighoornoO1
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