Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-05
CHAPTER NI.-(Continued.)

tended toward her. Jessie speaks well
of you, and l am very glad you suit her
You have had pleasant time, l trust?
Her voice was so cold and her manner
SO distant that Maddy's eyes for an in
slant filled with tears, but she answered
civilly that she had been very happy, and
everybody was very kind. 1t was harder
work to put down Maddy Clyde than Ag-
mes had expected, Summoning all her
courage Agnes began
Excuse me, Miss Clyde, but your own
good sense, of which | am sure you have
an abundance, must tell you that now
Mr.. Remington and myself are at home,
your intercourse with our family must
be rather limited Mind, l am finding
no fault with you. 1t is all quite right
she continued, as she saw the strange look
of terror and surprise visible on Maddy' 5
face. The past is right, but in future
it will be little different. | am willing
to accord to a governess all the privileges
possible. They are human as well as
myself. but society makes a difference.
Don't you know it does?"
"Yes-no-I don't know. Oh, pray
tell me what | am to do Maddy gasp
ed. her face as white as ashes, and her
eyes wearing as yet only scared uncer-
tain look.
You are not, of course, to go to Mr..
Remington. 1t is my matter, and does
not concern him What | wish is this :
You are to come to the parlor only when
invited, and are not to intrude upon US
at any time, particularly when company
is here, such as-well, such as DR.. Hol-
brook, if you please. AS you cannot be
with Jessie all the while, you will, when
your labors as governess are over, sit
in your own room, or the school room, or
walk in the back yard, just as the higher
servants do. BY following these direc-
tons you will, think, give entire salts
faction"
When Mrs. Agnes had finished this,
Maddy began to understand her position,
and into her white face the hot blood
poured Indignantly. Wholly inexperienc-
ed she had never dreamed that gov
erness was not worthy to sit at the same
table with her employer, that she must
never enter the parlors unbidden, or in
trude herself in any way. But the angry
words trembling on her tongue were re-
pressed as she remembered her grand
fathers teachings and with a bow as
naughty as any Mrs. Agnes could have
made, and look on her face which could
not easily be forgotten, she left the room,
sought the garden.
Once alone, the torrent burst forth,
and burying her face in the soft grass,
she wept bitterly, never hearing the step
coming near, and not at first needing the
voice which asked what was the matter.
Guy Remington, too, had come out into
the garden, accidentally wandering that
way and so stumbling upon the little
figure crying in the grass. He knew it
was Maddy, and greatly surprised to find
her thus, asked what was the matter.
Then, as she did not hear him, he laid his
band gently upon her shoulder, compelling
her to look up. In all her imaginings of
Guy she had never associated him with
the man who had so puzzled and confused
her, and now she did not for a time sus
pect the truth She only thought him
guest at Aikenside; someone come with
Guy, and her degradation seemed greater
than before. She was not surprised when
he called her by name; of course he re-
membered her, just as she did him; but
she did wonder little what Mrs. Agnes
would say, could she know how kindly he
spoke to her, lifting her from the grass
and leading her to a rustic seat at no
great distance from them.
Now, tell me why you are crying so?'
he said, brushing from her silk apron the
spot of dirt which had settled upon it.
Are you homesick?' he continued, and
Maddy burst out again.
"Oh, sir, l was so happy here till they
came home, Mrs. Remington and Mr.. Guy.
! never thought it was a disgrace to be
g. governess never heard it was so con-
sidered, or that | was not good enough to
eat with them, till she told me this. Oh
dear, DEAR" and choked with tears Mad
dy stopped a moment to take breath.
She did not look up at the young man
beside her, and it was we'll she did not
for the dark expression of his face would
have frightened her. Half guessing the
truth, and impatient to hear more, he said
TO her:
GO on" so sternly that she started
and replied:
She told me now they had come home
IL would be different, that only when
invited must | come to the parlor, or
anywhere, but must stay in the servants
part. and eat with Mrs. Noah and Sarah.
I'd Just as soon do that. | am no better
than they, only, only-the way she told
me made me feel so mean, as If / was not
anybody, when | am" and here Maddy's
pride began to rise. I'm just as good
as she, if grandpa is poor, and l won't
stay here to be treated like this by her
and Mr. Guy. l liked him so much too,
because he was kind to grandpa and to
me when | was sick. Yes, l did like him
co."
And how is 1t now?" Guy asked, won
dering who in the world she thought he
was. How is it now"
II s'pose it's wicked to feel such things
on Sunday, but, somehow, what she said
keeps making me SO bad that | know |
hate her, and guess hate Mr.. Guy. :"
This was Maddy's answer, spoken de-
liberately, while she looked up at the
young man, who, with a comical express
sion about his mouth, replied:
81 am Mr.. Guy"
"You, you! Oh, l can't bear Il! l
will die ~ and Maddy sprang up as quick
ly as il feeling an electric shock.
But Guys arm was interposed TO stop
her, and Guys arm held her back, while
be asked her where she was going.
Anywhere out of sight where you can