The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-11


be your room now, Lizzie, and II shall
be done to ur.taste.,,l 3.
But Lizzie WAS In no hyrry-always
put Q ~ the consideration OF fresh fur
.nishirg scheme, and the room romainsd
empty.
He was proud Of his daughter. ana he
asked her qdite seriously " the house
was good enough for her.
IN AN, we'll to do. I can afford 9
better house--a much better house--if
You wish it, y x. l7iit Y
ooh. no." cried L,zzie. ~ wouldn't
tive anywhere else for worlds"
Wouldn't YOU, my dearT Well
do like the old place fnyaelf."
He was obviously. gratified by receiv-
ing this assurance that Kings Cottage
was not only good enough for him. but
good enough for his wcll-educated
daughter.
Then. tentatively. he proposed that
some well-educatcd natron or spinster
should be engaged as 'lady-companion
for Lizzie.
~ have been thinking .ofeit.t Liz.
Dosen'tit seem to. you the right thing?
moan real lady--like Miss Blsek.
burn. nc stc was free-not to teach you.
my dear. but to live here with us and
go ont for walks with you"
But Lizzie said no most emphattcally,
and papa seemed once more gratiflcd.
AND Immensely relieved. Nevertheless.
he conscientiously argued the question.
sure It doesn't seem right to your
Right TO have some stupid stranger
always between us' oh. dad, II would
be simply odious. You would hate It
as much as should"
My dear. said Mr.. Crunden at last.
Il should abominate 1t. But I'd gladly
support anything that was right and
proper for your sake
Lizzie's bright eyes filled with tears
as. linking her arm with her fathers.
she walked with him In the old garden
and talked with him thus. The garden
was no longer a wilderness, trees had
been severely pruned. the grass was
shorn. new gravel was on the trim
nicely fih the now NEEDLESS beds and
border. The summer house was gay.
and a trfflc sticky with new paint and
yarnish.
Il have spent tidy bit OF money out
hero In getting It shipshape for you.
Lizzie. Cleared away all those old
shanties." and he pointed the the spot
where the greenhouse and potting
shed used to stand, or rather TO reclIne.
against the garden wall. III wanted
the garden neat ana natty for you. Liz
You dear. kind old dad and Lizzie
squeezed his arm; and. while he told
her about the gardeners whom he had
employed. she glanced at him with .
tender and loving studiousness.
Not understanding garden work.
was at sea with them-three lazy,
huiking dogs from Bradshaw's-and I
believe they imposed upon me. But I
don't grudge 1t. Lizzie. II you are
pIeased..Ss$
Very. very. very pleased. father"
She was pleased with his aflecttonats
thought for her happiness. shown
again ia this as in everything else that
he said: and she was most grateful.
Yet truly she would have been glad
to lose this strange garden and recover
the old garden OF her youth. She had
promised herself long hours OF novel.
reading and day-dreaming In the Wild
crncss OF her chIldhood's dreams
Glancing at him. she noticed an in
creased grayness In his beard, and
white hairs that were ne win tho hair
on his temples. He looked older now
that he had ceased working. He still
wore gray. workmanlike suit. but 1t
was perhaps OF superior material
than In the past. and there was no
linen shirt mad collar were an inno-
walton. and his watch guard was a
leather strap with little silver buckle
instead OF the thin steel chain that she
remembered all her life.
1t must have been good school at
Eastbourne. because with all the high
class learning there impaired they had
never taught her to be ashamed Of her
father. She would not have changed
him for the most ornamental father
out OF all her; Iomantic novels.
Mrs. Price. throughout Lizzle's ,flrst
evening at home, Was altogether
cousinly-the affectionate. staunctl
relative of the Crunden family. Her
honest, wrinkled face beamed with
welcoming joy: she called Miss crun.
den ..my pet" flung her arms about
her, kissed and huged her.
"Oh!.smy. petit does seem good to
have you back for to stay this time.
And oh! my pet. to see you SO fine-
grown-such a tall. beautiful young
,iady-and yet Tor to- know that you're
glad to see your poor old Pricey!'ss,
Indeed Lizzie was glad to see her,
and tosifeel the warmth OF this huns
bic old Cousins welcome.
l1,S ITO be Continued To-morrow.)