Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-12-28
NO. 10.
held. Besides, Miss Morton had spo:
ken more than half to herself.

held. Besides, Miss Morton had spo-
ken more than half to herself.
1t had been only three days now that
Miss Gray had been with her In tho
capacity Of companion, and already
Miss Morton found herself exchanging
that young PERSONS status from COM
panion 70 conndante. She had always
had liking for her, this girl with the
tired, pale face aud the sweet, sudden
smile. ever since the day when she
had come personally to explain that
there had been some little mistake III
the ordered dinner cards aud to make
her apologies 1t appears she had ,git-
en- the dinner ladies' powdered silver
hair instead Of dazzling gold. That
had been at The beginning Of last sca-
son. During the present summer the
little sketches; that she had been able
to sell hadn' proved sufficient for her
70 elx0 OUT Ri<.A as.snoAoet e~sstsaeo
with. Miss Morton was looking for q
companion, and she had offered her
services. That is the way It had all
come aboutm
There WEI ;he rhythmls thud-thud of
horses hos on macadan, aud Miss
Morton's brown cobs whired through
an iron gate into a modest drive and
came to an abrupt halt under her
porte cochere. A gray drizzle bad set
In, but what did that matter to How
ard Orchard2 The fine drops OF rain
driven against his face by the pace of
the cobs had been an exhilarating Co.
light to him, and as Miss Morton was
wheeled into the library to greet him
he was positively cordial.
Miss Morton had forgotten her lor
gnon. Being very shortsighted, she was
at loss to know exactly where her
companion had placed the gentians.
And, above all things, should the sight
Of the flowers bring an appreciable
fraction of pleasure into Orchards i'm
mobile face she didn't want to lose the
sight. She rang for maid.
ASK Miss Gray to fetch me my
lorgnon," said she.
$50 you rememberedr' The exclama-
ton came from Orchard, and Miss Nor
ton lost the sight she had wished for,
after all He had crossed to an ebony
cabinet ON top of which stood the cut
glass vase. Awkward things to ar
range In vases, though" he commented
laconically, as IL regretting his burst Of
emotion.
Eyes, that's what my companion said.
She went out willingly enough in all
this drIzzle to pluck them, but she
SHE'D at arranging them In vase.
She assures me they belong to the
fields and
But orchard veered quickly around.
In the mirror back of the ebony cabl-
net he'd caught the reflection Of girls
face Before he had seen her face,
though, he had recognized her. There
was no other woman he knew who
held her head so proudly and at the
same time had that waverlng little
walk so at variance with the queenly
carringe Of her head,
emily" no cried Your
The girls hand which held the lor.
gnon clutched 1t tightly and went UP to
her breast. The other half CROPPED to-
ward him, as with little incredulous
cry she repeated the one word. "Your'
100 bad, too bad" murmured kind
hearted Miss Morton indulgently to
herself that evening, laying down her
Goethe unread. The day had cleared
beautifully. The last scrap Of estate
settling business had been attended TO,
and now her lawyer ana her COM
panion were enjoying a bit OF the mel
low harvest moon out OH the back
veranda. "Too bad! was Just begin
ming to congratulate myself on what n
treasure Miss Gray would be In my de-
cllning years, and now-the end Of tho
beginning or the beginning Of tho end.
Marie" she said, turning to the maid,
take those homely blue flowers away.
U'aka then, nm In MIga Gray'a room"