Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-27
GRIPS, The CARRIER
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Author Of LORNA DooNE" "ALIcE LORRAINE" ETC. ETC

things which there Is no time to notice.
spread itself silently upon the air. or told
itself only in fragrance; aud the glossy
young blades Of grass stood up. and
complacently measured their shadows.
Here lay Grace for long sad hour.
taking no heed of the things around her.
however much they needed her. The
white wind flower with its dropping bells.
and the bluebell. and the harebell, and
the pnsque f1ower--softest of all soft
tints--likewise the delicate stitchwort.
and the breath of the lingering primrose,
and the white violet that outvies its sis
ter In fragrance and purity; and hiding
Tor Its life, without any one to seek. the
sensitive wood-sorrel: and, In and out.
and behind them all. the cups. and the
scepters. and the balls Of moss, and the
shells and the combs If lichen-in the
middle OF the whole. this foolish maid
had not one thought to throw to them.
What she was thinking Of she never
could have told; except that she had
long letter on her lap, and could not
bring her mind to It. And here In the
hollow. when the warmth came round OF
the evening fringed with cloudlets. she
was faircr than any Of the buds or flow.
ers. and ever No much larger. But she
could not he allowed to bloom like them.
"Oh, I beg pardon" cried an unseen
stranger In a very clear. keen voice; IL
fear l am intruding In some private
grounds. I was making a short cut.
which generally In a long one. II you
will just show me how to get out again.
l will get out with all speed. and thank
YOU"
Grace looked around with surprise, but
no fear. She knew that the voice was
gentleman's: but until she got up and
looked up the little hollow, she could
not see any one. "Please not to be
frightened" said the gentleman again; II
deserve to he punished. perhaps. but not
to that extent. I fancied that ! knew
every copse In the county. I have proved
and must suffer for my Ignorance"
As he spoke hec anne forward on n
little turfy ledge, about thirty feet above
her: and she saw that he looked Mt her
with great surprise. She felt that she
had been crying very sadly. and this
might have made her eyes look strange.
Quite as II by accident. she let her hair
drop forward. for she could not bear to
be 80 observed; and at that very moment
there flowed a CLEAN Of sunshine through
Il. She was the very painting Of the pic
lure IN her iathers room.
saints IN heaVen! cried Hardenow'
VINO never went iurtner !han TINS III
nmazemen., nave iouhu trace og'
Inhder. H,op W" P'ease-i Deseech
you, s'op'
but Grace was 10 irigntened, ana 40
ped her. II HnricnOw had only been
less e"ser' here anu theh ne m,ght nave
maze MS DOW ana introduced nimself.
but nracie tnought OF the raobit man:
anu her promise; ana her loneliness ana
wnho" looking Duck sue was rouhd the
corner, anu no' r,Don 'eut 10 trace hei
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chances were as"lnst MN. lie hnd az
exceedingly s,ro"k WI" o nis own ana
having haH tne worst "I TINS matter &c
inr, ne was uo"oly resolved 10 go through
WIN H. NHno"t secoi'u !hought' ne
ran PACK 10 ."e spot wn'ch ne had 'er'
40 uhad'iseu!' A"ere ne uid what &c
ought 10 h"'c uo"e 'e,i minutes or a
quarter OF nh hou, ago. nc ran down the
slope 10 the nest ~ Tue nook when had
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