The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-12

her colors as we'll"
"You think she Is poorly. Polly?
well, m" coughed Mrs. Ramsdill.
there's some as never does well out
Of their natural hair; II 1t we're a veg
etubble, I'd say 1t were witherin'; II
It were a child I'd say it we're pinin'."
Miss Carew would see Mrs Henly,
who went up at once to the room in
the caves.
The American was before the bit
Of mirror that reflected sky and mead
ow and her own changed face. Like
the Lady of Shalot. she had seen
strange things pass in the little glass.
She stood with her hat in her hand,
for she had Just come in. Her hair
unconfined, seen for the first by
Mrs. Henly, Weakened her admiration
what lovely hair, miss, and such
lot of ~"
Polly was right-the strangers color
was gone; tired As she had been the
day Of her arrival at Craven. she had
looked the picture Of vigorous health.
you're not looking as we'll as whom
yeu came to England, miss"
Miss Carew was we'll, 1t seemed
perfectly; she thanked Mrs. Henly.
But it's NO wonder; you're feelin'
the long. close writin' daresay."
Mrs. Henly paused, surprised to find
that for the first she thought of the
girl. She was young and vigorous,
but what health and vitality, what
strength of body and mind, and what
divine patience were needed for the
task Mrs. Henly purposed for the
slender creature! But she did no,
think twice of it. Love-that was al
the strength needed If she had it
II not? ali, her poor, blighted boy!
She felt instructive ease with Mis-.
Carew, in whose presence she hai
found herself only few times be
fore. The nature Of the stranger, al
though an unknown quantity, wa
sympathetic.
The old lady sat down beside Mis-
Carew on the little bed. She liftet
her mottled veil and revealed her dis
turbed face and tear-reddened eyes
She put out her hands before her Il
en- old-fashioned gesture of despair
gave a choked sob and murmure
whilst her eyes streamed over:
"Oh, miss, what . terribly crue
world 1t is. indeed; what hodd
cruel world!"
As this, to them both, was far to
broad and humanitarian a cause TO
such sudden personal grief, she ado
ed, sobbing:
mr. Tempest-Mr. Basil-is yer
i'll, indeed"
Miss Carew's color grew still whittier
and 1t was second before sh
echoed:
what has happened to Mr.. Tenn
est?"
"Oh, nothing sudden"-Mrs. Henl
got the better of her tears-"nothin
sudden, no more than yesterday
that you would see-but he's Ill, mis-
and my heart is broken for him."
Miss Carew said: IT have see
that he Ia nervous and excited. b'
thought 1t was a relief to him
work. l have been wrong. perhaps
"Oh, no, indeed" hurried the othe
!, Far from 1t, you have been bles
, ing to him, a good. dear blessing
. Her way of putting It was sweet. ar
in it's form soothed the heartacf
. Miss Carew was beginning intense
- to feel. Mrs. Henly was looking
her in a sort of appeal, and continue
? incoherently:
- "Thc day / let you in, miss-I 81
= now that l took 1t on myself, so
!. say. sha'n't forget how you s. f
= there wet and cold like child az
y In a storm-you was 80 eager. =.
y and your eyes was so bright, and pe
says so determinedly: I must r
Mr.. Tempest Do you remember
~ How she had ever been that
~ terprising, practical. bold inva,r
= Miss Carew was SO far from ben
\ able to recall that the story didS
sound to her like her own. 4
"A "And l had just left him a hi
- hour before shut up in that dres
some room with his books, which