Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-17

sary, and then Elisa showed her tho way
to the housekeeper's room. TIE servants'
hall and the kitchen.
You come down the wrong stairs
she said. "Them's the ones you must
use," pointing to her right. Heres the
kitching. Ny Don't the hrskkus smell
nice? Amt you 'ungry7 You must eat
lot, and then you'll get red cheeks.
Here's Mr.. Downs !" and Eliza broke 81
to giggle, as a young mana very good
imitation of a gentleman--sauntered in
through the open doorway that led to
the courtyard, thence to the stables and
the kitchen garden beyond Hes Lord
Johns valley she whispered in loud
voice to AUDREY, ''and such swell !"
Mr.. Downs imiled with much superb
GRITTY as he cauiht Eliza's ingenious tone
of admiration. He was soon chatting and
joking with her while Audrey. who felt
an indescribable vexation and dislike aris-
Ing within her at the mans presence,
went to the doorway and walked out
into the courtyard. 1t vas SO clear
and fresh in the cold morning air that
she soon lost her vague discomfort. and
began to make friends with the half dozen
dogs of every sort and DESCRIPTION, who
came from the stables to inquire into
the new arrival. A voice from behind
broke her silence, and turning, with a
frown, she saw that Downs had followed
her.
You'll get cold out here, miss" the
young man said, fixing his eyes on her
exquisite face with astonished admira-
ton; land you're much TOO pretty
Audrey drew herself up. 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 "NVho's
she, I'd like to know, though she is so
pretty, to give herself airs Ike 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
a message had come for her to go to Miss
fraser's room at once. Sheila Fraser
was lying in her luxuriant ted. her red
gold hair thrown over the pillows in pic
turesque confusion as Audrey entered
Light my fire at once, she ordered,
sharply then pull up the blind. and give
me those papers and letters, Maxse."
Audrey stirred the smol1e embers
into a blaze, threw some wood on to it.
and then drew back the silken curtains.
Miss Fraser took the letters anc stared at
the girl.
Il don't think 1 shall IKE this girl"
she said to herself. "She is evidently
stupid, and stares at one in an uncanny
fashion. Go to Mrs. Frasers room
you know where it is-give her my love.
and ask how she is this morning." she
said, shortly.
She lay quite still as audrey went
aNay, then with a sudden movement, she
slipped from the bed, went across the rich
carpet to the mirror, and gazed 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 that Jared her
now? Not only the lack Of symmetry
in feature, the difference IN coloring-
Die reflnement-a something that bespoke
the patrician in Audrey's face, and that
was wanting in her own?
She was not patrician born-she was
OF the people. Her father had been a
hard-headed Scotch merchant, born of re-
spectacle Scotch tradesfolk: her mother
the rich and only daughter Of 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 eonld remem-
Der distinctly the days before her moth
er's death; she was only girl of eight.
but she was wonderfully sharp and pre-
cocious 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. and the rift.
begun almost Immediately after the mar
riage, widened and widened until thew
were virtually separated altogether.
George Fraser neither felt nor pretended
to feel any sorrow when his wife died.
lie was considerably enriched by her for
tune.
Ito be continued.)