Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05

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~ on level with Julia's. She was in
her short print gown, with her kitchen
apron on, her sleeves rolled up, her
race red from the fire, her hands, too,
no doubt red from washing vegetables
and dishes. "She looked like Cinder-
ella in the first act Of pantomime, !"
Is Miss Robins professional comment,
colored perhaps also by subsequent
events.
you're beautiful" cried Sophy. ooh,
that shirt! love red" And so on
for some time no doubt. Tell me
about it. Tell me everything about it, y
she urged. Its the next best thing,
you know"
Miss Robins recounted her adven-
lures. They would not seem very daz-
zling at this distance. sophy heard
them with ardent eyes, They avaied
to color the mark on her cheek to a
rosy tint. That's being alive" she
said, with deep drawn sigh.
Julia patted her hand consolingly.
"But I'm twentyv' she reminded her
friend. "Think how young you are!'
Young or ODDS much the same in
the kitchen" sophy grumbled.
Linking arms, they walked up the
avenue and came near to the gates.
Julia felt sudden pressure on her
arm.
| Look" whispered Sophy, her eyes
lighting up again In interest.
A young man rode up the approach
n "a h011 1N.lr
beauty. He sat her we'll He was per-
fectly dressed for the exercise His
features were clear cut and handsome.
There was as fine an air of breeding
about him as about the splendid New
foundland dog which ran behind him.
Julia looked as she was hidden. "He's
handsome" she said. "Why"- she
laughed low-"I believe know who II
isl think I've seen him somewhere"
"Have you?" sophy's question was
breathless.
yes, l know! When we were at
York! He was one of the officers there
He was in box. Sophy, It's the Ear
of Dunstanbury
Sophy did not speak. She looked
The young mamie could be hardly
more than twenty-came on. Sophy
suddenly hid behind her friend C'Tc
save my pride, not her own,' generous
Julia explains; Sophy herself advances
no such excused, but she could see. She
saw the riders eye rest on Julia. Did
it rest in recognition? 1t almost seemed
| so, yet there was doubt. Julia blushed
but she forebore from smiling or from
seeking to rouse his memory. Yet she
was proud if he remembered her face
from across the footlights. The young
man, too, being but young man.
blushed little as he gave the pretty
girl by the gate such glance as dis.
creetly told her that he was of the
same mind as herself about her looks
These silent interchanges Of opinion on
such matters are pleasant diversions as
one plods the highway.
He was gone. Julia sighed in salts
fed vanity. Sophy awoke to stern re,
allties
Gracious" she cried, che must have
come to lunch! They'll want salad
You'll be here tomorrow-do!" And she
was off up the drive and around tc
her own regions at the back Of the
house.
II believe his lordship did remember
my face" thought Julia as she wander
ed back to Woodbine cottage.
But Sophy washed lettuce in her
scullery, which, save for its base pur.
poses, was a pleasant, airy apartment
looking out on path that ran between
yew hedges and led around from the
lawn to the offices of the house. Dill
gently she washed, as Mrs. Smilkel
had taught her, whether rightly or not
Is nothing to the purpose here, but how
many miles away was her mind? Sc
far away from lettuces that it seemed
in no way strange to look up and see
Lord Dunstanbury and his dog on the
path outside the window at which she
had been performing her task. He
began hastily:
ooh, say, I've been seeing my mare
get her feed, ahd-er-do you think you
could be SO good as to find bone and
some water for Lorenzo?"
'Lorenzo?" she said.
"My dog, you know" He pointed tc
the handsome beast, which wagged an
expectant tail.
Il "Why do you call him that?"
Dunstanbury smiled. Because he's
magnificent. I dare say you never
heard of Lorenzo the Magnificent"
mo. Who was he?"
"a duke-Duke of Florence, in Italy,
He had begun to watch her face and
seemed not impatient for the bone
Florence? Italy?" The lettuce drop
ped from her hands. She wiped bel
hands slowly on her apron.
'!Do you think you could get me one?'
Yes; I'll get it."
She went to the back of the room anC
chose bone.
"Will this do?" she asked, holding Il
out through the window.
"Too much meat"
"Oh!" She went and got another
"This one all right?"
Capital! Do you mind If l stay and
see him eat itT'
NO"
Here, Lorenzol And thank tn,
lady!"
Lorenzo directed three sharp barks Al
sophy and fell to. Sophy filled ant
brought out bowl of water. Lore
Dunstanbury had lighted a cigar, bu
he was watching Sophy. A new ligh
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