Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-01

ncr pocket. carelcssly wrapped In their
paper: and he rode home apace to please
his mother: and having cold on him
from all his MEETINGS. he pprspircd freely:
and ut every stretch of his galloping
horse he was absorbing typhus fever.
CHAPTER XIV.
In April. when the sunny buds were
showing forth their little fril,s: md birds
that love to hop sideways and try the
liberation Of the sprays that they are
picking at. were almost too busy to chirp.
and hung rs happily as possible upside
down, shaking the futter Of young green
lace: while ut the same time pigs reared
aloft little corkscrew tails. and scorning
their nose rings, employed them M thin
bles for making a punch In the brOidery
| Of turf; also when ducks and geese, and
cocks and hens. aud even the dogs were
all. without knowing II. beginning to wag
themselves as they walked or waddled.
and to shine In the sun. and to look very
large In their own eyes: neither was there
any man who could ride n horse, without
knowing how. ut this young jump Of the
year and Of life. Grace Oglander wanted
to go for a walk.
She had not by any means been buried
In the haunted Quarry: neither had she
m yet required burial In any place. On
the contrary. here she walked more
blooming and lovely than even her Gus.
tom was; and the spring sun. glistening
upon the gold letters Of her tombstone
at Beckley. the same sun was pleasantly
making and taking light In the huctua.
tons of her growing hair.
Her bright hair (which had been no
cruelty cropped instead Of being the
worse for the process. was waving and
glowing again In vast multiplicity Of
vigOr: like a specimen golden geranium
shorn. to double the number Of It's facets;
and the blue In the spring ~ her eyes
was enough to dissatisfy the sun with
his own sky. However. he showed no
discontept. but filed the young wood with
cheerful rays, and the open glades with
merriment. and even the somber heart
Of labOrinR man with streaks Of liyeli.
ness. For here were comforts that come
IN, without the eye considering them; and
pleasures. which when thought OF hy;
aud delicate delights that have no idea
of being delightful.
| Grace rambled on. rs a school girl does
when the hours Of school are over. Every
single fall or rise Of natures work was
kind to her. and led her into various
veins Of inductivc unphilosophy. The
packing aud storing Of last years leaves.
as II exceeding precious, gathered to.
gether by the wind snd land in some rich
rustling corner; the fitting VI these into
one another wonderfully compact. ~ II
with the hammer Of a goldbeater, or the
unknown implement wherewith hen
packs her Matched '-ggshells: the stiff up.
standing Of fine young stuff. hazel. ash,
AMI NO on, tapering straight an a fishing
rod. and knobbing out on either side with
scarcely cOntrOllable bulges: over and
above. and throughout all, and sensible
Of their largeness. the spreading Quietude
Of great trees. just breathing their buds
on the air again, but not In a hurry to
rush into pcrils of lcafncss--pieased
with all these proofs Of soft revival and
\ tender movement, the fair maid almost
forgot her own depression and pcrplexi.
ties.
Grace wandered ut her own sweet will,
within the limits Of her own parole. She
knew she was In seclusiOn here. by hev
fathers command. for Der own good and
much ~ she ye,trned, from time to time:
to he at home. with all the many thing
she was No fond of. she was such
dutiful child. and - loving, that she put
her own wishes by, and smiled and sigh
cd instead Of pouting, 1t could not be
very long now. she was sure. until her
father should come home. and call for
her, ns he hud promised. and take her
once more to beloved Beckley, after this
niOurnful exile.
Full az she was Of all these thoughts,
and needing her own ways but little. 80
long as she kept within the outer ring Of
fence allowed to her she fell into lit
tie stupid fright. ~ she called 1t after
wards; for which there was no one hut
herself to blame, Only yesterday that
good Miss Patch (her gOverness and
sweet GUARDIAN had particularly begged
her to be careful; because the times We're
now so bad, that lawless people went
everywhere. Miss Patch herself had
heard several noises she could not ut oil
account for; and while she considered It
quite a duty to trace up everything tn
Its proper source, still there are times
when It cannot be done; and then the
right thing Is to keep within sight or call
OF highly respectable man.
This was exactly what Grace might
have done, and would have done, but for
the tempting day; for a truly respecta-
ble man had been near her, when first
she began her little walk; a man whom
she had beheld more than once, but al
ways at little distance; tall, stout
. man, according to her distant ideas OF
him, always busy In a quiet way, and al
J most grudging the time to touch his
broad capped hat without lifting his
head, when he saw her In the wood
land. Grace had never asked him who
he was, nor been within talking distance
of him; at which she was almost sur
} prised, when she thought how glad, as a
rule. are all Oxfordshirs workmen ia