New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

ing of her guiding finger; but my hopes that some
a tender spot in her heart. fell to the ground. She
accepted all the alteration made use Of it. and then
bsgshsd bs4 he at h9Sf and aTson
Miss Morgan, the head mistress wise and ex-
her head dubiously when discussed Bee.
acteT she Is sad nothing in /
which one can appeal Sometimes almost think
oniy o1dS chance Of waking the soul in her Surely
there must be soul behind that lovely face
Yes the face lovely, and as she grew toward
WotHoo@ . Nv ntbec daugbters could boast only of
fresh, fair faces. with a certain share or good
looks Beatrice was beautiful The clear white @
ness OF asr and SN the dTsy Cloud Of her hair re-
suited in whole which led passersby in the street
to turn and look at her, and made her the centre
Of attraction at all the young peoples parties and
foresaW no very enjoyable task when the time
came for introducing my headstrong daughter INTO
society f9r and beartess ndifference to the feel
ings of those with whom she hirted were noi prom
Using characteristics with which TO begin her
She was between seventeen and eighteen when
one holiday she went to stay with the Deanes some
old friends OF ours in Hampshire kindly old-rash,
toned people with WHOM te ess as an at
tractive In which TO stay she had WORKED
hard during the preceding ternl we wanted TO give
her pleasure. and told her so, Just little visit
fully when she came TO say goodby. and I tried
Being circumspect and careful in her behavior
Her mouth hardened, as II always did II any or
giowed S i''e1 " -, -. -, .o,s,,.. 60.
will be rather interesting TO be out OF an atnos-
phere of perpetual disapprovaL'
tears in my eyes pass unnOticed. leaving the room
graceful movement that was part or her great
charm. ,. -. -
seemed 10 be enjoying herself thoroughly, and DICK
and were happy in her happiness when all of a
sudden a thunderbolt fell at our feet. Mrs Deane
wrote to me in great perplexity, SAVING she had
Just discovered; quite by chance @ that % BEE naa Sc
cretly engaged herself TO young man I t IN tne e. i
borhood Mr.. Brand, whom she had nee az sS't-
most undesirable person from every point OF vie%, S
ard never allowed in the Deanes mouse, ana she
begged US. to recall the child al once ana put
st1p TL " vas , more angry than had him.
ord Set or then and there for the Deanes' Hamp
shire home to fetch our daughter away. pooh-pooh-
ing my ad5ura9ns M pns severity and telling ne that
he would stand no more h3nsenSe, the q s.rI @ must
be spoken to strongy and oroush' 10 her SENSES
That same evening very whlte ana P Paie s. iaceS
Dick whose own face showed signs or a past storm
and whose manner was short and irritable.
"T have brought Bee home: ne sald 70 M me glahc-
ing AT our daughters resentful eyes. Il VIII have no
told her the engageneg S T,tte5 to the sconDdTe
Bee to communicate with him. There is an end
ot Dick i was man. Having delivered his ultimatum
he rather pTecpitaIely left the room. leaving me
to tackle the rest OF the situation. I turned to
YOU and father always thwart me- she said
son l ever cared for. don't want hear any
more about H. 1t is not very easy To make me
give up things. though"
She added the last sentence slowly and thought
fully and 1t struck chill 10 my heart.
For the next two days she went about the
house with frigid face saying as little as
possible to any OF us avoiding Dick, never giving
me an opportunity OF speaking 10 her alone ward
Ing off all attempts at tenderness, but going silent
" about her usual avocations almost as II nothing
had happened.
shell quiet down all right" my husband said
hopefully; she is a bit upset. but leave her alone
and she'll come round
But before breakfast the third morning Mar
tin. our old nurse came 10 my bedroom with
scared face.
Miss Beatrice's room is empty. ma am she said.
and her bed hasn't been slept IN. and we can't
find her nowhere
Dick In from his dressing room and We
looked at another with sinking hearts.
"She can't have gone on" Dick said. and his lips
shook pitifuy." II can't believe a daughter or
would play such sorry trick Was too stern
with her, sweetheartr'
could not bear the heartbroken look In his