The Lexington advertiser., 1904-12-01

forth remained in the corner of The
workshop. r er
From that day on Hendrick and 70
larde were inseparable.
To keep her near him while HI
worked Hendrick built small adjoin'
ing room where Miss Stevens, the min
ister's elderly sister, who gave private
lessons in a few families scattered
within walking distance of the vii.
lage, came to teach Yolande. finding
an amazingly apt scholar in the cabi'
net-maker's niece.
At least the villagers supposed She
was his niece, although Hendrick never
| said she was. because Yolande called
him Uncle Carl" besides many terms
of endearment in the language Miss
| Stevens could not understand.
Yolande crew in vigor of body and
mind, owing to the free open-air life
she led, and to the long tramps and
rides she took, regardless Of weather
conditions; everywhere in the noun
tains with "Don," her handsome shep-
herd dog; for Hendrick, prosperine
greatly, bought her sure-footed
mountain pony and let her roam to her
hearts content when her tasks were
done and her books closed. Hendricks
laid stress on Yolande's education
and constantly urged Miss Stevens to
give her more studies and to push
her on.
When, in her seventeenth year, Yo-
lande had learned all that Miss Ste
vens could possibly teach her, and
had picked up an astonishing knowl-
edge of French from professor OF
languages who came to the mountains
for rest and recuperation every sum
mer, she had also acquired much mis-
cellaneous knowledge from the minis
ter's library, beside practical and do
mestic training in the management OF
their small household o.
Yolande, in her joyous and untram-
meled youth, rode and drove with dash
and recklessness over the dangerous
mountain roads, securing the country
far and wide with perfect fearlessness,
in spite of Carl Hendricks anxious re-
monstranCes.
Her only concession to his fears was
that she agreed to take with her when
on some particularly long excursion
Ben Cumming, a small, bright-eyed
lad, who worshiped her as an idol and
divinity and something not of this
world.
How can an old soldier like you be
so timorous?" Yolande would ask Carl
teasingly. What would your COM
rades, the men of your regiment, say
if they were told that Carl Hendrick,
who carried their flag in a certain
charge, was nervous and afraid be-
cause his foolish niece did not come
home at the setting of the sum-
"And who would harm me? | know
them all, these honest, big-heartad
mountain folk, and We trust and love
each other. | am safe among them.
Carl Hendrick, you need not frown
and put on that ugly look, and as for
an accident, as if Don and cant take
care of ourselves!"
So Yolande coaxcd and laughed Hen
drick's fears away, but looking with
a faithful, loving gaze 1T the fine,
frank face Of the girl standing in the
doorway and laughing back at him,
Hendrick saw farther than the horizon
shut in by the mountain peaks and the
simple life led by Yolande, and a great
fear fell over him. 3. a g .
SIS this the place where furniture is
lnade?' asked young man who
stopped as Yolande turned to look at
him, then made way for him to pass in
the shop.
Godfrey Brennan had come up to the
mountains for two weeks of golf, and
trout fishing, in disregard of the invi-
tation of an adOring aunt, who insist
ed on his spending his vacation in her
comfortable and well-appointed cot
tage at Bar Harbor. s
Il have Ameline Carter with me;
you have no ieda how Paris has i'm
proved her and she is really anXiSls
to renew that old-time friendship of
yours" his aunt wrote, at which God
frey smiled grimly and returned a
prompt answer pleading a previous
and solemn contract with an old COL
lege chum to go on a camping eXpedi-
tion to the Blue Ridge.
"Aunt Sophie is the most incorrigible
and conscieIceless matchmaker in the
United States; she will have to be-
stow Ameline's million and temper on
poor Tom" Godfrey reflected, While
giving orders as to his golf sticks and
tap and sleeper on the II o'clock train
that night.
He was a very good looking fellow,
clean shaven, d-shouldered, with
Eeen, gray eyes, a pleasant smile and
well-turned, resolute chin and he Wore
his loose-fitting clothe, as a man
should. ---g.a...=-, --..a-ea-s-r--sa al.-
With a smile and a nod to old Hen
drick, Yolande turned and went down
the path homeward, quite indif[, rent
to the gaze that followed her. But
she took with her very distinct i'm
preston of fine-looking young man.
who stood deferentially aside to let
her pass, and in whose eyes surprise
and admiration were:very easy to read.
Yolande gave. a very pleasant little
laugh at the recollection, aas she pre-
pared to make tea in a big samovar,
Russian fashion.
Godfrey Brennan, in making inquiries
at the hotel as to local curiosities OF
which he intended to purchase largely,
with a view to placate his Aunt So
phia was told of the beautiful cabf-
nets, bahuts and tables manufactured
from native woods, oak, cherry, wal
nut, curly pine and Others, and by a
foreign workman whose skill and ar
tistic knowledge Were remarkable, SO
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