The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
VII.
A New Interest.

A New Interest.
Ten days later Marion was ready to
face the world once more: her arm
had healed. her bruises had disap-
peared. and, more important still
from a feminine point Of view, she
had restocked her wardrobe and was
no longer under the necessity Of ap-
pearing in borrowed plumes. Esther
had accompanied her in all her shop
Truro, while Clement had been avail
able for any expedition that involved
. long drive across the country.
Marion treated him with frank
friendliness. In her eyes he was al
most q middle-aged man. And she
looked up to him as she would to an
uncle or to an elder brother. There
was not the faintest shadow OF coquet-
~ in her intercourse with him, no
breath OF sentiment stirred her heart.
He was a middle-aged man and she
raj a girl. and that his friendliness
could ripen into any warmer feeling
never came within the circle of her
thoughts.
After a day or two Clement realized
how girlish she was-a woman in
stature. wise beyond her years, seri-
Gus In her outlook upon !ife-and yet
with a de ightful youthfulness that
scattered to the winds his early mis-
giyings. There was no reason in the
world Why he should avoid her. He
would be quite safe in spending as
much time in her company as he
pleased. So he threw caution aside
and gave himself up to entertaining
her. and in doing 50 found abundant
entertainment.
There was something very delight
full in her frank enjoyment of every
thing. She had got into a fresh en-
virOnment, and looked with wonder
Ing and delighted eyes at everything
she saw. Moreover, she had never
been taught to curb her enthusiasm
or bottle up her delight: when she
was happy everybody knew 1t.
One Of her first pleasures RAJ in
being shown over the house. 1t seem
ed to ner like a medieval picture.
She had grown up in a country where
everything was new. where the
houses sprang up like mushrooms in
. night, and cities appeared as If by
magic. Here was a house that had
taken generations to complete. and
whose walls had echoed to the laugh
ter Of children who had died two hun
dred years ago. It was like a fairy
tale, and she found herself weaving
ali sorts OF strange fancies and filling
the place with the ghosts of dead-and-
gone Mawgans.
After the house the grounds had to
be explored, and then the country be-
yond. She and Clement took long
walks on the cliffs and explored in
Vulnerable creeks and bays. He point
cd out to her the t~reacherous Beetles,
churning as always the green water
Into foam; showed her the mar
row channel through which the boats
had come. and the rock to which h
had chung when he and Grayton res
cued her.
she grew serious when she stood
among the t~reacherous rocks In ST
Chloe bay, and the tears came into
her eyes more than once. She Won
dered again IL 1t would not have been
better Il she had gone down with the
Nebraska. She was still dreading her
meeting with Mr.. Mayhem. stili pain
fullv apprehensive OF the future.
she did not talk to Clement. how.
1yer. of her fears. She felt It would
- u~ngrateful to do so. He had been
- kind to her that her duty was to
show her appreciation by . cheerful
6ieposition.
Her brightness acted upon him like
! tonic. He began to look at things
tkrough her eyes. Some Of the en-
fhusiasm Of his boyhood came back
Is him. The world was not nearly SO
duli ! p1ace as he had been proclaim
~ Il, He was surprises At himself
occasionally. Those dreary Novem.
ber days. which he always dreaded.
had become unaccountabIy bright. The
long, dull. purposeless EVENING" brim-
med over with interest. and charm.
esther played and aang because there
VA sone one who appreciated her
eRorts, and Clement turned his back
a the library and On his pipe be-
cause the drawing room seemed more
cosy and warm.
Mrs. Mawgan looked on without
mlsgivfng. AFTER al. ahe n only :
child was her reflection. And Glenn
eot had seen too much o. the world
ana had had much too painful m Ok
perience of women, to rum any risk
from ! girl IN her teens.
90 for ten days everything went -
wela Is we'll could be. Marion stab
eefnly sek her face against anticlpat-
~ the future. Nov and then = cold
N1eYe AZ apprehension swept over hor.
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