Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-01

way; and # is not very far"
"Well, thanks. i viii stay. You,
Wilson. you had better remain here
while James goes down for another
carriage. How far is Leigh Court
from here?" she asks. as she follows
Jeanne up the slope.
How far, Hail." asks Jeanne. but
Hal, alarmed by the apparition Of the
Fashionable beauty. has made his es-
cape immediatel.~ after the upraising
of the horse.
Il think it Is eighteen or twenty
miles" says Jeanne.
Her ladyship signs.
quite out of the world. And do
you live here?" she asks, looking at
Jeanne, as if she wondered how any
human being could exist so far out OF
the world.
YES" says Jeanne, smiling, land
am very happy"
This quaint addendum is like
Jeanne, and is almost defiant.
The i.rio!ent bIre eyes rest with
languid interest upon the fresh young
face.
Il am glad to hear IL" she says;
Il didn't think it could have been pos
sible. | assure you that every inch
of the road has only added to my re-
gret at travelling it, have but list
left Paris"
Jeanne smiled, and blushed family.
and am quite exhausted. 1t only
needs this to put climax to my suf-
ferings Did you say your house was
not very far?"
THAT is it." says Jeanne, as they
came in sight of the familiar red
bricks.
Her companion raises her eyelids
languidly.
"A romantic spot" she says; sit is
like the first scene in a modern COM
edy-opera. And this is Rawton
Megis?"
Newton Regis" corrects Jeanne.
will yoI come in and rest?" she
adds, and her ladyship follows her
into the ozy 'lrawing-room.
''If youth excuse me-" says Jeanne.
an go and find my aunt"
Her ladyship bows gracefully. but
with the most cool Indifference, and
Jeanne, half-amused, half-irritated,
wholly interested, goes in pursuit of
reinforeements.
Her ladyship, left alone, goes-as a
moth to the candle, or a stream to
the sea--to the looking-glass, and,
slowly peeling off one glove, smooths,
with her lace handkerchief, few
flecks of silken yellow hair, and then
looks with languid curiosity around
the room.
Aunt Jane having caused the Hol-
land covers which usually incase the
furniture to be removed, in honor OF
the coming morrow, the dainty little
room looks at its best.
Her ladyship takes in everything
the old-fashioned piano. the little
satin-lined work-basket, the great
china bowl of June roses. which fill
the house with their perfume, and,
lastly, a portfolio of sketches yawn-
ing on a distant table.
Jeanne is some time gone; TO tell
the truth, she is hunting high and low
for Aunt Jane. who is at this moment
in the Clark carriage. Jeanne is long,
and her ladyship listlessly seats her
self near the portfolio and opens It.
AS she does so, before she has
turned over a single sketch, Jeanne
enters, followed by Mary, carrying re-
freshment.
Il am sorry to find that my aunt is
out" says Jeanne! will you come up
to my room and take off your things? p
NO thanks" says her ladyship, and
as she speaks she looks up at Jeanne
with an increase of interest, for
Jeanne has thrown off her hat, and
her loveliness is fully revealed. Her
ladyship stares from her face to her
har's as they pour out glass OF
VINE; they are small and well-shapeS,
if not as white as her ladyship's own.
And this girl can be happy buried
down here! Then there must be a
man in the case" she thinks, but she
says, instead:
what sweet little room this Is,
and those roses. May l take one%
Jeanne jumps UP and chooses a
Marshal Mel.
Continued.