The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-04

,sry. and thrn Eliza - wed FER the W!
n tie housnkecper'S room. TIE servants
bail and the Kitchen. =,
You come down the -wrors stsrs'
sne said. "I'hem's tdo ones You must
use" pointng to her right. Heres the
ki;ching. Ny Don't the f'r,Ekus smell
nice? Amt you 'ungry? fon must ear
a lot. and then you'll cot red checks:
Here's Mr.. Downs" and Eliza broke OIL
to gigglc, as a youn- mana very goou
imitation of gentle,1ln-Sauntered IN
through the open doorway that led to
the COURTYARD. thence 70 the stables and
the kitchen garden beyond. Hes Lord
Johns valley" she whispered in a loud
voice to Audrey. "and such swell
Mr. Downs smiled with 7'nch superb
ority as ha caught Elias ingenious tone
OF admiration. lie was soon chatting and
joking with her. whln Audrey. who felt
an indescrbable vexation and dislike aris-
ing within her at the mans presence,
went to the doorway anl walked out
into the courtyard. Ii vas 50 clear
and fresh in the cold morning air that
she soon lost her vague lis comfort. and
began to make friends with tie half dozen
DOGS OF every sort and DESCRIPTION. who
came from the stables 10 inquire into
the new arrival \ voice from behind
broke her silence. AMI. turning. with
frown, she saw that Downs Lad followed
her.
You'll get cold out here, miss" the
young man said, fixing his eyes on her
exquisite face with a,toashed admira-
ton: "and you're much roo pretty"
Audrey drew herself NJ. She was very
young. and she had never had occasion
TO feel the sort Of angry resentment
that this mans bold stare awakened in
her breast. She was too nervous to make
any reply, but she turned round quickly
and went indoors before he knew what
she was doing.
"Oh. That's her sort. is ~" observed
Mr.. Henry Downs to himself. who's
she. Id IKE TO know. though she is so
pretty. 70 give herself airs Ike a queen?
Well, we'll soon take that out of her, or
my name amt Downs"
And. dispensing a few kicks to the
dogs, the man walked away down the
courtyard to give his masters order to
the head groom.
Audrey TO her great relief. found that
n message had come for her 70 90 to Miss
Frasers room at once. |h,ila Fraser
was lying in her luxuriant I'D. her red
gold hair thrown over the pillows in pic
turcsque confusion as Audrey entered.
Light my fire al once" she ordered,
sharply: then pull up the blind. and give
re those papers and letters. Maxse."
Audrey stirred the smollerng enbers
into n blaze, threw some wood on to it,
and then drew back the Silken curtains.
Miss Fraser took the letters and stared at
the girl.
II don't think | shall IKE this girl"
she said to herself. "$hs is evidently
stupid. and stares at one in an uncanny
fashion. Go to Mrs. Frascr's room
you know where il is-gve her my love,
and ask how she is this morning" she
said. shortly.
She lay quite still as Audrey went
sway, then. with a sudden movement, she
slipped from the bed, went across the rich
carpet to the mirror, and sszed silently
at her own image. Never before, in the
whole OF her life, had she ever viewed
her own reflection with ANYTHING but
pleasure. What was it tha, Jared her
now? Not only the lack Of symmetry
IN feature, the difference IN coloring-
was it not a certain air of unaccounta-
bic reiinement-a something that bespoke
the patrician in Audrey's face, and that
WAS wanting in her own?
She was not p2trician bo:n-she was
OF the people. Her father had been a
hard-headed Scotch merchant, born of re.
spectacle Scotch tradesfoik her mother
the rich and only daughter RI Cumber-
land brewer. They were wealthy, they
had land, they had retinues of servants.
but Still they were beyond the sacred
inner social round. Sheila could remcm-
b"r distinctly the days before her moth
er's death; she was only a girl OF eight,
out she was wonderfully sharp and pre-
coc!ous for her years. Mrs. Fraser had
no other children. She was an unloved
wife, her ambitions did not keep pace
with those Of her husband, snd the rift.
begun almost Immediately after the mar
riage, widened and widened until they
were virtually separated altogether.
George Fraser neither felt Eor pretended
10 feel any sorrow when his wife died.
lie w&a considerably enriched by Aer :or.
.ule.
(To be continued.)