The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

home. The carriage drew up before a large old-fashioned mansion, and the light from an open door streamed out across the driveway. But it was a very frightened Janet that the coach man helped from the carriage. She had not realized until now that she was alone with people she had never seen before, and that she must stay here for q whole long winter.
 The housekeeper met her at the door.
 You must be cold, Miss Grayson," she said. "I'n take you right up to your room." And then. as Janet came into the hall, and the light fell across her face, she drew her into her moth erly arms and kissed her.
 God bless you, my dear" she said. You are just like your mother, and 'tis a blessed day for the old house when her child comes homo to it." She took Janet up to the room that had once been her mothers, and tell ing her that she would send her some tea, and that she should see her grandfather when she had rested. she left her.
 But Janet was far too excited to l rest: besides she was not tired so she wandered about the large Fashioned room, surveying everything with de- 1 lightful eyes. The thick carpet, the quaint old dresser, the marble table with its vase of blush roses. the blaz- ing fire, all these things satisfied the girls beauty loving soul With quick imagination, she pictured her mother as she had looked when the room had I been her own. There was d small leather trunk near the window, per
 haps tho beautiful dresses she had | once worn were there-at least there | would be no harm to look, for it was | her own mothers. With eager fingers
 she opened it, and lifted out the heavy
 tray. But the trunk was empty eX- cept for something folded in tissue pa per at the bottom. She took 1t out and unwrapped 1t, and found an old silk dress, silken stockings, and high
 heeled slippers, all worn and discol- 1 cred with age. Had snese been heI
 mothers, she wondered, and why
 should one dress be kept so carefully
 in trunk alone.
 Then n sudden desire possessed hel 1 to see how she would look in the old | dress. She had forgotten that hcl
 grandfather might send for her at any minute, and that she would be expect
 cd to be ready to go down. It wa: but the work of a moment to exchange the blue travelling dress for the littlC
 white silk. Then she toeS off her th!cl
 boots. and slipped on the high-heeleS | slippers. She took rose from tht vase on the table and fastened it 1T her belt. and then holding the lami high, she surveyed herself in the lonE
 mirror She might well be pleased q! the picture which met her gaze. for tho roses at her belt, matched the roses 1T her cheek, and the quaint old gowr
 had transformed her. until she looked like some old picture, suddenly com' l to life.
 I She was still surveying herself when there came a knock at the door and in response to her come in," :
 servant entered to say that her grand
 father was waiting to sec her in thu library
 Better go down at once. she though than to stop to change her dress I
 woul dnot matter, sne would explain to her grandfather that she was dress ing up to aInuse herself. So she wen down the broad steps. and knocked
 timidly at the foot .ofs the stairs. Ther
 was no answer. and after. a few mo
 ments ot uncertain waiting. she open
 ed the door and went in.
 There was no light in the room eX
 cept that from the fiickering fire wh!el
 had burned low, and the little fee
 made no sound on the thick carpet so her grandfather did not see he