The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-03

The call came again from the wood
below, louder.
'Oh, 1t isn't the Baroness. It's Miss
Lambert" said the Princess in tone
OF relief.
you take too much notice of that
Baroness" said Erebus again firmly.
who is Miss Lambert?"
She's my English lady-in-waiting.
! always have one when I'm in Eng
land, OF course. / like her. She tries
TO amuse me- But the Baroness
doesn't like her" said the Princess I;
and she sighed
'She wouldn't" said Erebus darkly.
for already she had her suspicious of
the Baroness.
Come along I'll help you down the
bank and take you to the edge OF the
wood" said the Terror.
He half carried her down the steep
bank, adjurlng her to confine herself
to the simple, If incomplete, statement
that she had been walking In the
wood. His last words to her were:
Don't you stand so much nonsense
from that Baroness"
The Princess Joined Miss Lambert (;
and she did confine herself to the
statement that she had been walking
in the wood. The Terror returned to
Erebus and found her stretched at her
ease, eating peach.
II should have liked one a good deal
sooner" he said as he took one from
the basket. But didn't like to say
anything about them. She mightn't
have understood"
The seed sown, in the mind of the
Princess forthwith bore fruit. That
very night when she was @upping, with
the Baroness and Miss Lambert in
attendance, she said that she wanted
some one to play with. Miss Lambert
with thoughtless quicknesss said that 1t
was an excellent idea. But the Baron
ess annoyed by the suggestion, and
further annoyed that Miss Lambert
had welcomed 1t, protested vehement
ly; where were the welIrborn ones In
the DNepings fitted TO be the play
mates of a Princess of Cassel-Nas-
sau?
DR.. Arbuthnot was consulted and
he said at once that from the point of
view of well-bornness, the Twins were
undoubtedly the right children of the
neighborhood TO play with the Prin-
cess (if alwaysithey could be induced
TO play with a little girl), but he
doubted the wisdom of exposing an
impresslonable Princess to the inhu-
ence of such free and ardent spirits
The Baroness had no doubt at all
about the unwasdom of, doing so. In
the end Virgins was selected for the
honorable post.
In the matter Of play the Princess
now led a double life. She spent the
early part Of the afternoon with the
Twins and with peaches In the woods
and from tea to supper she played
with Virgins, Between theme she was
beginning TO acquire muscle; and hel
cheeks were growing less pa1e. But
she was not losing her delicacy at q
speed which satisfied the somewhat
exigent Terror, and he was the more
put about byiit becausefhe and Erebui
were about 10 go for their annua
change OF air and she would nob Longer
be under his'invigoratfng care.
The Twins took their changelof all
at but short distance from home
since visit to the sea was beyond thu
slender means OF Mrs. Dangertield. II
make up TO them for this deprivation
they were allowed 10 encamp for teT
days, If the weather were fine, In tn,
warm sandstone caves Of Deepnl
Knoll, which rises In the middle oi
Little Deeplng wood, the property Oi
their friend Mr.. Anstruther, the
Squire OF Little DeepEng Kind-hearted
as the Twins were, they felt that Il
descend every afternoon to the home