Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-01-12
By cHARLd,T re M. BRAEME

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museum
Thous her head still ached a good
deal TIL copy made fair progress, and
there ws no sign of neglect or hurry in
the work her t.robbing temples notwith-
standingl
She allays wore a hat with a rather
large bril-, when copying, to save her
eyes from the light from above, and at
the same time shut out most of the
room andits occupants from her view,
so that hr attention was not so liable
to wandetfrom her work.
She wal engaged ON a difficult patch
of shadowhnd she sighed as she realized
u...erece between her shadow and
that of theold master. At that moment
her father echoed the sigh; and followed
it up by:
Too sold-altogether too solid, my
childw
Il khowlit as we'll as you do, dad"
she said, plintively; but how am l to
alter it?"
''Supposetye leave the shadow for to-
day, and go out into the sunshine for
an hour or t7o?"
Now, dat don't tempt me to desert
the post of Iuty. If you knew what
struggle hal with myself before start
ed this morning, how l longed to stay
at home and 'coddle' instead of facing
my work like woman"
Leave tn, painting for a few mo-
ments, dear; want to introduce you to
Captain Pellhg My daughterw
Ethel pluck.d off her unbecoming head
gear as she turned to face the unknown
visitor. She was greatly surprised at
the introduction, her father having kept
her in strict seclusion since she left
school a year before.
Il taught COptain Pelling the rudi-
ments of sketthing before he went on
an expedition 70 Central Africa three or
four years ago and he is so delighted
with his own Efforts that he wanted to
carry me right away to Wimbledon at
once. to see and praise them"
That is scarcely a truthful statement
Miss Mallett," put in Captain Polling
with a smile. II don't want praise, but
judgment. The expedition l went out
with is going to publish the result of oul
investigations, and they want some of my
sketches to illustrate the work. When
saw Mr.. Mallett in Picadilly l thought
Here is the mar who will tell me hon
estly if l dare TO allow them to be pub
lished;' and | polnced upon him. AnC
now have obtained two judges in thu
place of one. Ny trap is waiting out
side, and l trust you will let me take yol
both down to my little box. My house
keeper will find us something to eat, anC
in the cool of the evening we can &
quietly through my little pictures anC
arrange them together"
Ethel looked puzzled. Mr.. Mallet
could hardly conceal the surprise he fel
at the adrOit manner in which his lat
pupil had managed to include "the child,
Ethel glanced at her rather worn bu
prettily made dove-colOred gown and he
bibbed holland apron.
Il am not in presentable order" sh
began.
But you will see no one but the house
| keeper and the present company. Shov
| yourself superior to such considerations
/ Miss Mallett. 1t will be a positive faVo
to me, for they are hurrying the prep
aratiOns forward, and l should not like t
be ~the cause of delaying the pubIcatio
of the book.
| NeFg WE'LL Will COLuS- Dul pap
will tell you l am of no use i'm ease o
this sort.
Ethel leaned back in the well-cush
toned phaeton and listened lazily to tn
conversation between the two men. he
father sharing the back seat with tn
groom.
Captain Pelling's horses Travelled vel
and, the breeze blowing right in her fac'
Ethel gradually lost the depressing pal
in her head and began to feel intereste
| in the places they were passing.
| Win at last the horses stopped at
tiny cottage, consisting to all appear
ances entirely of bay windows an
creeper covered porch, and looking TIME
still by comparison with the gigantic eli
trees that surrounded it, she had a sligh
tings Of pink in her cheeks, and the dar
rings had nearly disappeared from roun
her eyes.
A pleasant middle-aged woman cam
to the hall door, and Captain Pellin
handed Ethel over to her at once.
''Give Miss Mallett a cup Of especial
good tea, Mrs. Crichton, and make he
lie down until q quarter of an hour b.
fore dinner Above all, don't let he
talk; she has had a bad headache
/ Ethel looked at him in mute surprise
! land it will return if she exerts herse
before she dimes"
Mr.. Mallstt looked amused; but tn
qcaptain, supremely unconscious of havin
9said or done anything unusual, led tn
way through the long, low hall and out {
glass door at the end.
e "This way, MISS" and Mrs. Crichto
opened the door, through which she wa
followed by Ethel.
al CHAPTER VII
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