Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-03
CHAPTER Xiv.
The Girl He Left Behind Him.

The Girl He Left Behind Him.
Twelve months later!
And you just should have seen Black
castle-how festive it was with holly
and laurel!--how blithe with young
voices, how sweet with young laughter.
They were all back there just now
Vera Cassard and her father, the Hon
orable Mr.. Sedley, Sir Jasper and
Lady Jetland, Freddie Lynn and doz.
en- others whose acquaintance, as it is
so late, we shall not trouble ourselves
to make.
On this, the sr:owiest day that ever
was born, they were all pressed into
active service, and We're busily en-
g ed in decorating the great hall for
perhaps you can guess!
Time for Baby!" Cynthia Lennox
cried, as the door was flung wide in re-
Spouse to.a knock.
"And Baby is always on time!" came
a merry voice from the threshold.
Cynthia dropped her wreath of Grim
SON holly berries, and leaped off her
lofty perch on a ladder. in sadly I'M
dignified haste.
Why, it is you-you blessed Baby!
Come in here quick! want to talk
to you.
And she caught the slim, seal-clad
| figure joyously in her arms, kissed the
| cold, glowing cheeks, and drew her
into the library, where a big, bolster.
| Gus, genial fire was rollicking up the
chimney.
Now" Baby commanded, dropping
| placidly on the rug and blinking up
at her friend in serene composure. as
though she had seen her the day be-
fore yesterday, now, Cynthia. go
ahead"
mo slang!" announced Miss Lem
!, nox, gravely. tsThat in the beginning
prohibit
"All right, Cynthia. Do go ahead"
Il might as well, giving up in de-
spair.
We'll, we've been everywhere this
summer-Laurie and l."
! oh, you have?" interrogatively as
serted Miss Earle. That's lucid. at
all events!''
| Raby, you're as aggravating as
ever!" cried Miss Lennox, desperate
lily. OF course, mean to Italy-to
| Milan, and Florence, and Verona, and
Get up, you lazy child, and help met"
Why didn't you ask me before ?",
said Baby, scramhling UP with alac-
! rity. and drawing off Ter sacpue. What
shall begin. by doing?"
Sit right down there All. here's
LAUREL
IA girl came lightly into the room
"a girl clad in soft. trailing wrapper
of blue merino, all bordered with
! snowy swansdownth girl whom the
world speaks Of as Allan Atherton's
| heiress.
Miss Earle!' in bright surprise.
| "How glad | am to see you! I had not
heard of your arrival
II know it is a hackneyed express
sion, /. declared Miss Earle. "bnt hap.
piness is a great beautiier. Isn't 1t,
Cynthia?
! Miss Lennox laughed, and put a low
Ing arm about the azure fairy, whose
face to her generous heart is the fair
est that e'er the sun shone on.'''
1 Miss Baby, go to work why
shouldn't she be beautiful when to-
morrow Is her wedding day? Are you
ready3 Now write short note to the
Countess of Longwood. Tell her that
4 as MI. Cyril Darlington has sent down
T q large quantity Of roses from London
| It will be unnecessary to accept her
kind invitation to draw on her hot
honses. There's a knock! Goodbye
there's darling! Come, you bewil-
dersd little bride elect! =
Three minutes later the library door
opened to admit a tall. handsome.
/ oYercoated young gentl eman. ss
Beg pardon. I'm surel oh. its only
i yon, Baby! Z.
ss. it's only ne. Mr.. Warren,
growing ddonly frigia at the sound
of tho apparent depreciation In his
words. si re-
sss g hang Il, Baby, ron know 3 i
didn't mean thats havs bssn dying
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