Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-15
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money.
-'oh, but have some,' said Norah
quickly.
A small sum, no doubt" he said.
but scarcely sufficient for your pur-
poses. | have opened an account Tor
you at the bank at leicester the
town three miles distant, and here is
your check book"
1 don't know what to do with it: |
never had check book before. papa. ;
Permit me to show you. You have
put to fill in the amount in writing
here, and the date at the top. and
sign Your name, and the bank-or. IN
oeed any one e-se-will pay you tue
sum stated on the check. That is. il
you do not draw more than a couple OF
hundred pounds, which is the sum |
shall pay in to your account at mid
summer and Christmas.
Two hundred pounds-four hun
dred pounds year. Why, shall not
know what to do with so mucn
money!
Doubtless you will find it go quick
ly enough. Dresses and female ap-
parel generally-are expensive. be
heve. | place this money at your alb
soiute disposal, and you will under
stand, of course, that, as l am ig-
norant of all such matters, you will
procure your own wardrobe If the
sum is not sufficient, pray let me
know, and | will increase it,
He had managed to destroy all the
pleasure Norah had felt in the gift,
and her smile vanished as he bowed
her out, for she understood that lie
intended to imply that he had dis
claimed all concern or interest in her
clothes.
With the check book in her hand
Norah went up to her own room,
where Hartman was stitching fresh
lace on Norah's best dress.
II came for my hat said Norah,
looking round for it.
Eyes, my lady" said Hartman, and
she fetched it, together with her
gloves. She seemed to have taken
complete charge of Norah's ward
robe, and almost, as it seemed TO
Norah, of herself included, and she
half expected to hear her say, Don't
get your feet wet, my lady, and don't
forget to keep the sun off your face
1t was almost with a sigh of relief
that che found bnrco1f o,+ q, ~. -.
den, and she made her way across the
lawn toward the park, looking about
her as she went, and stopping to look
back at the house, which appeared
larger than ever in the bright morning
light.
1t was deliciously cool and shady
under the great oaks, and with all a
young girls delight in the beauty of
a summer morning, she wandered on,
speaking to and patting the big dog,
who still kept c,ose beside her, as if
he had undertaken to guard and pro
tect her.
After time the park grew more
dense and more wild, and the ground
broken into little hills and dales. and
Norah climbed one of these, and, seat
ing herself at the foot of tree, took
off her hat, and called the dog to lie
down at her feet.
He coiled himself up obediently,
and laid his head in her lap, when sud
denly he sprang up and uttered low
growl.
At the Same moment Norah heard
the dull thud of horses boots upon
the soft turf in the little glade below
her.
She looked down, telling the dog to
be quiet, and saw, not a herseman, as
she expected, but a young man seated
before an easel. He was almost inn
mediately below her, and she could
see him witout being seen herself.
He was evidently unconscious of her
nearness for he was painting with
rapt absorption. 1t was also evident
that II was not at him Casper had
barked, for he glanced at him with
perfect equanimity. and then kept his
eyes fixed watchfully in the direction
from whence the sound of the horse
had proceeded.
Norah had just time to observe
that the artist was young and hand
some, and was wondering who he was,
when Guiiford Berton, mounted on a
powerful black horse, came riding into
the glade, and Casper rose erect, with
a low deep growl.
1t was obvious that Mr.. Guilford
Burton was not favorite of Casper's,
but Norah succeeded in quieting him,
and was going back down the hill
again, feeling no desire to meet the
newcomer, when she heard him speak,
and instinctively stopped.
"Good-morning," he said, in a tone
of cold displeasure.
The young man at the easel looked
up.
Norah's heart leaped and her face
crimsoned.
7. was the voice she had heard on