The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17

J the ONCE. must Be In the yard early
too. shall not even be able to spsal
to Missile"
then. OF course. she win be obliged to give
1t mp" returned Alison. not relishing hel
task at all. bat counting. nevertheless, or
an easy victory. Missile had put herself
so completely In the wrong that no choice
bat submission was left to her. Roger
who knew Missile perfectly. was not SC
sanguine.
Tell her that II she goes l shall GER
tainly inform father. and then he will
put a stop to her visits TO Maplewood.
and tell her. too. that l am perfectly
disguised at her conduct. i am afraid
you must do Il. Allie"
VERY WELL she sighed. But she lay
awake hong time revolving what words
she would use.
Alison awoke with a strange oppres-
sion upon her-a sense Of difficulty. that
made the daylight seem less bright. She
became nervously conscious that she might
fail. What II her severity were Of no
avail. and Missile should persist In goingi
She was a little later than usual In going
down. Roger had already had his break
fast and had gone to the mill. and the
meal was half over before she suggested
that Poppis should knock at Mabels door.
~0h. l forgot" returned Poppie. In a
stricken voice. laying down her slice Of
bread and jam; .Missie came into my
room before / was dressed. and told me
to tell you she would not want any
breakfast-she was going to have II at
Maplewood. She looked so smart, Alison.
In her new blue dress IL was rather
funny Of her to put II on for breakfast"
Miss Leigh. viii you come into the |
school room a moment. II you have I'm
ishedr' said Alison. quietly: but the gov |
erness noticed that she looked rather pale.
and rose at once. but she was even more
shocked than Alison when she heard the
whole story.
My dear. your papa viii never for
give Us II we do not prevent it," she said.
very solemnly- you none Of you know
how particular he is: and this viii seem
dreadful to him You must 90 to Maple
wood yourself. Alison. and speak to Mrs.
Hardwick. She Is the only one who can
do anything. Anna can 90 In Mahels
place. but you must insist on bringing
Mabel home. I will not answer for the
II this affair comes to your
iather's ears" continued the govsrness,
moved to tears at this fresh instance Of
Missiles sslf-will
Alison thought this such good advice
hat she put on her hat at once and
walked over to Aaplewood- II was not
'leasant errand. she felt, and she hardly |
new what she would say to Mrs Hard
rick. She only knew she would refuse
o return without Missile, even II she had
o brave the obnoxious Captain Harper /
imsslf. But her face fell when she an
cred the morning room and found Mrs. /
iardwick and Anna alone: the others
ad Just driven from the door. Seeing :
hat her visit was useless Alison returned {
ONE Roger mst her at ths gate with .
u news that Mr.. Merle had returned
Il have not seen him Jet. Allie: l have 5
ally just come across from tho mill" he (
ontinusd- Would you Ike me to tell $
i'm. dear. or do you think you can do II Z
scter?" b
we will 70 together" returned ALI q
IN. uasasily. Il am so afraid that be q
i'll put himself out, and then you will
low what to say" And Roger acquiesc- .
They found Mr.. Merle in bis study. o.
oking somewhat fagKsd and weary, but
held out his hand with a smile, as
ough he were pleased to see them after o
5 brief absence le
Where is PussieY he asked; "she Is 70
nerally the first to welcome me" And NJ
looked round as though he were disap- ~
inted. IN
Dear papa returned Alison, braveIy, A
am afraid you will be vexed about -
nothing. We have none Of US seen I.
lbel this morning; she breakfasted at -,
lplewood- Roger met Anna at the -
.redith's last night. and she told him -
It Mabel had promised to join Eva and - -
: cousin in an excursion to Durbans. ~
vent over TO speak to Mrs Hardwick
J bring Mabel back, but they had al =,
dy started
'WhatT tbqndered Mr.. Merle, and the bu
ckness Of his brow was dreadful 10
son, do you dare to tell me that Ma
has gone over to Durbans In that
MS company. when I forbade any in
course with himY
Captain Harper Is driving them In his STA
cart" rejoined Roger. coming to his Ing
er's relief. 1T seems a very silly AZ He
). and begged her to stop Il; II is no tai
Il Of hers or Of mine. father. Missile Won
ped out Of the HOUSE while they were her
breakfast. and though Alison started -.
to Maplewood as soon az she could
was just too late"
No, It is not your fault" returned the
Merle, gloomily. mabel must bear =
brunf Of her own disobedience. Miss him
dwick shall never enter this house I b
n" -,
Would you like me to take an early ooy,
moon train to DurbansY interrupt -.
ioger. who had already conceived this ne',
, "and when could join tAem; there pus
vacant seat IN the dog cart" fam
.ook out a train In the time table, Trif
lid. suddenly; Il will 90 myself. Roz-
Mabel shall not return in the dog
shall bring her back By train A,
fare
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