The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08

and The pretty lips would come gravely
together. Whenever he saw this no
would fall back upon his trining nGatn.E
He had the soldiers fault Of point blank
compliment but with 1t an open, ain-
ccrity OF manner which relieved his fat
terry of any offensiveness. He had prac-5
ticed II in several capitals with some
success. a dozen times this evening.
neat compliment came 70 his Ups ana
stopped there. He cosld hardly UNDER
stand his own reserve before this laugh
inc yaunR lady Why should he not say
something pretty about her hair and
ewes. about her graceful altitude. about!
the i,imble play Of her whit e fingers over
the paper? IIe had uttered frank nat,
terles TO peercsses without rebllRe, Buf
he held his hand before TINS scnoo,s'r :,
with the open dark brown eyes anu = =
club OF yellow hair at the bhck Of her
neck. He could not help feeling that. Il
ia talked Is her Wit h my forcing tofslhc
nerso1al accent. she would stop laughing
and the clear cyes would be troup ed. II 2
desired anything rather than that, ana
20 the conversation went rafting on as
free from personalities as the talk Of
two light hearted and clever SCHOOL, boy
Al one moment he was describing n bill
OF fare In Colorado hotel. iss5
s8"With nice bread, though, one cnn al:
ways get on" She said
True. Tarnham answered; but this
bread was of CHASTITY pallor$nnd nal Il
ness. ns II it had been baked by moon
light on5a grarc-stone
,'1he Indian women cook we'll. do they
nnt? she asked
"Some nre not so had as others. Ohe
young chief boaHted to me of his Wte's
culinary mplisfme nts. JIG mad been
Dragging all5the morning about his owl
hn
the horses no had stolen and then to
establish his standing clearly In my mind,
lie added I: My squaw same white go uAW---.
aavey pie. NJ I, g$ 4,
gwen there. then, the trail OF the pie
crust is over them ALL b
$40 ! only over the ar1stocracy.7l.5s IA
~ should like 70 much to see that
wonderful country, t...
1T is worth seeing" he said, with a
curious sinking OF the heart, "if you ara
not under orders. S Fl
He could not help thinking what
plcas SAINT thing n journey through thnt
Brobdingnaggiun fairy-land would DC
with company like the young girl before
him Nature would be twice as loyelS
reflected from those brown eyes. me
absur1ities and nnnoyances OF travel
would be made delightful by that franz,
clear laugh. The thought OF his poor
Nellie fitted by him an instant, 100 gen
tie ana lecDlc lor Iep'oie'.f 1''''titcs
stronger thought had occupied his MIND.
you ought to see It. Your moth
or will need rest before long
from her Rescue the : Perishir~s.
and YOU are overworklng yourself dread
fully over that sketch book There Is a.
touch OF malaria about the fountain In
Bluff Park Colorado will do YOU both no
end OF good. feel as II needed 1t
myself haven't energy enough to read
tMr Martins Life of the Prince Con-
Sort shall speak to Mrs. Bedding as
soon as she returns,
"Do, by all means. should like to go.
but mamma would not spend three
nights in a sleeping car to sec the De-
lcctable Mountains themselves"
lie rose and walked about the room,
looking at the flower and the young ar
fist from different points Of view and
seeing new beauties in each continually.
There were long lapses OF conversation.
In which Alice worked nsslduonsy and
Farnham lo,,nged about the conservatory,
always returning with quick word and
a keen look at the face OF the girl. At
last he said 10 hllnself: look here!
she is not n bnby. She Is nearly twenty
years old. have been wondering why
her face was 80 ateady and WISE Tho
thought that she was not a child H'lad
his heart with pleasure ana MS race
with light. but his volub!lty seemed
to die suddenly away. lie sat for a
good while In silence and started u IT.
Ito as she looked up and said:
Now, II you VII. be very gentle, you
can see my sketch, and tell me what 10
do next
It was pretty and unpretentious plc-
lure that she had made. The flower was
faithfully though sthly given, and Moth
Ing especially remarkable had been at-
tempted or achieved, Farnham looked at
the sketch with eyes in which there was
no criticism, lie gave Alice word or
two OF heertier prniso for her work than
she knew she deserved IT was rather
moro than she expected, and she was not
altogether pleased to BIO 20 highly COM
menGed, though she could hardly have
said why, Perhaps 1t was because lf
made her think less Of his critical facul-.
ny, This was not agreeable, for her
admiration OF him from her ohillhood
Lad been one of tile greatest pleasures
of her life. She had regarded him as
children regard n brilliant and handsome
young uncle. She did not expect from.
him either gallantry or equality OF treat
ment. s
..There! Do not say too much about
it-you will mako me ASHAMED 81 ~ What
does 1t lack?'' 81 I53 y, y