Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-15

them, so she prudenfly RETAINED from
showing her nirth. Il am just going
round the house with Miss Leigh while
PoDpie prepares her lessons" she return
ed as cooliy as though Missile had given
ner fair answer. in another hour l
Snail be quite al your convenience. II you
would like TO practice with me-
Thank you" returned Missile with
freezing pOliteDess. 4 have no need 10
trespass On your valuable time. Eva viii
be here soon"
Oh, very well" returned Alison. still
IN perfect gOOd-humOr: then / viii get
my easel ready in the school room and
paint little, if Miss Leigh will allow
me"
VI course you must paint in the school
room, returned her sister. tartly. Il SUD
pose you do not intend TO litter Nd this
room with that great ugly easel. and Eva
and i viii be in the drawing room"
dare say when ] have finished Won
VIII let me join you there" replied Ali
son, IN a conciliatOry tone. As she was
bent on making Miss Hardwick's &C
quaintance for her own purposes she took
no notice Of sundry remarks in an under
tone, that were fully meant TO reach her
ears, about people never knowing when
they were not wanted
Alison was soon too busy TO remember
Missiles existence. Miss Leigh, who was
DESTROYS Of resigning her household duties
into Alison's hands, keeping herself in the
background and only acting as aide-de-
camp, was soon explaining TO the bewil-
dered girl all her little pet theories with
regard to kitchen and store room.
When Miss Leigh and POppie went
back to the school room, Alison settled
herself and her painting apparatus in the
furthest window, and tried 10 forget all
her perplexities in hard work, but while
Poppie drOned over her lessons, Alison's
thoughts would stray to a far different
scene-tO a shady room full Of sweet
flower scents. with a tall figure standing
before an easel. "Oh, Aunt Di, If were
only painting beside you now 2" she
thought. with sharp, involuntary pain.
''Oh, how beautiful! if ] could only
paint like that" The words were spoken.
with a sigh, just behind her. Alison
started she had been dreaming indeed
the midday sun was streaming into the
room. PopDie had put away her lesson
books. and had run off, and Miss Leighs
place was empty, and standing just behind
AlisOn's chair was a young lady dressed
very simply in a gray linen dress and a
broad-brimmed hat. At Alison's obvious
start the young lady blushed and seemed
confused.
oh" she stammered. u am afraid ]
startled you You were so busy that you
did not see me come IN. have been
you ever so long"
Il must have been painting in my
sleep" returned Alison, with a frank
laugh, but as she put aside her palette
and rose she cast a scrutinizing glance
on the young girl beside her.
She was o slight, pale girl. evidently Q
little younger than herself; somewhat
plain Ia feature, but with q pleasing,
gentle expression, though a painful hest
tati0n in her speech. almost amounting
10 a stammer, marred the effect Of sim
gularly sweet voice. Even in that first
moment Alison, who had true artistic
Taste IN all matters pertaining 70 dress
wondered az che bad judgment that could /
select dull, neutral tints for a complexion I
20 colorless the large hat 0yorshadoBed /
ler features and bid the soft hair that /
was her only beauty
You are Miss Hardwick. 4 suDp0seY I
observed Alison, Wild a shrewd guess
hat this was the JOung sister 0f whom /
Miss Leigh spoke
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