Arizona republican., 1911-06-04
POLLY0OLY AND THE LUMP
 By Edgar Jepson.
Copyright, 1909. by the Pearson Pub
 fishing Company.


 behaved like a Borgia during those three days, Mrs. Hutton would not have told it; for she would have got into serious trouble herself for letting her charge give her the slip.
 In this way 1t came about that neither the Duke of Osterley, nor Lady Salkeld. the widowed sister who kept house-for him, knew that there had been any break in the continuity of their possession of Marion; and Miss Harlow, Marion's governess, enjoyed an equal ignorance.
 Pollyooly enjoyed the drive in the motor car from the station to the Court even more than the railway journey But for all her courage, she went up the broad steps and into the great hall on faltering fec.
 Only a butler and a footman were In it; and they looked al her with careless eyes. If they had been men of any observation, they would have been surprised by the behavior of the half-doZen dogs of different sizes whc were in the hall. They all came for. ward to greet Po!%ooly: but they greeted her with tne cautious sniffs of investigators rather than with the :ail-WagginSs Of intimate friends. Fortunately neither the butler. nor the footman, nor Mrs. Hutton were ob- servant persons.
 Pollyooly seemed in no hurry 10 go to her own suite of rooms; and that vas hardly 10 be wondered at, since she did not know that she had a suite of rooms to go 10. much less where 1t was. She fingered till Mrs. Hutton had given the butler her impressions of the conditions Of London that day; then she followed her upstairs; and without knowing it that good woman acted as guide 10 that suite. There in her sitting-room Pollyooly found Miss Harlow her goverress. a mild and sen timental-looking lady oi thirty-fiye who greeted her tepidly, and enlarged on the discomfort of . journey 10 Lon don on such a hot day. Mindful of the Cdyice of the Honorable John Ruff fin. PoilyoOly let her talk. an exer- else 10 which she seemed much in clined
 Pollyooly escaped from her present ly, and cut into the gardens. where she would have been entirely happy but for the thought that the Lump vas not there 10 share her delight Later a footman summoned her in 10 her supper. which she took with Miss NarlcT. who gTaced the meal with gentle flow of conversation, in which she did not seem to expect Pollyooly to ta'e any active part. Pollyocly confined herself to saying 'yes," or no" when Miss Marlow paused. She went 10 bed soon after supper, and was up and out betimes. She left the tri,l gardens for the home wood, and was very happy exploring it. Hunger informed her of the breakfast hour; she breakfasted with Miss Marlow, and made a hearty and delicious meal. Never before had it fallen to her lot to spread jam on her bread and butter. as much jam as ever she wanted and such jam. Miss Harlow had in- deed reason to remark on the excel lence of her appetite. At ten o'clock lessons began; and there Pollyooly made Ter first slip. She had passed all seven standards at the Muttle- Deeping school; and it never occurred to her that the daughter of a Duke would not possess the learning she had acquired. She astonished Miss Marlow by a display of knowledge for which there was really no accounting. Fortunately, Miss Marlow was not in- telligent; and she set down this sud den advance to some unexpected and indeed uncommon development of her charges intellect But her astonish- ment warned Pollyooly of her mis- take; and she proceeded to move along the path of learning at a much slower pace.
 After lessons she went for a walk with Miss Marlon and several dogs. The dogs relieved it's dulness. She lunched with Lady SalEeld, who greet ed her with a tepldness like Miss Marlow's, and since some friends had motored over to lunch, paid no more attention to her Pollyooly was re- lieved by this lack of attention: it enabled her 10 devote all her mind to her table manners. which, thanks tO her aunt Hannah's acquaintance with the customs Of the Great. were good enough to pass muster. Tea and sup per she took with the unobservant Miss Marlow in her own sitting-room. She went to bed that night with an easy mind; so far, she was sure, no suspicion whatever that she was a changeling had entered anyones mind.
 The next day also nothing occurred to disquiet her. It was not unnatu- ral. for the last thing that would oc- cur to anyone was that Nature had been peculiarly prolific of Lady Deep ings. Besides, no one had been great ly interested in Marion. It was not as if she had been a boy and heir 10 the dukedom. Pollyooly began 10 un- derstand that her double had led a somewhat lonely life.
 This general lack of interest made her task much easier, none the less it was a difficult one for child of twelve. There were so many things to learn: the names of the dogs and the servants. of Lady Salkeld's cats, her way about the Court, where Ma rion kept her things. She had 10 learn them without letting anyone perceive that she was learning them. The need for perpetual wariness was very try ing.