The Irish standard., 1915-03-13
MRS. Cn1cnester,s race stopped him,
He smiled at her.
"Well?" he asked.

MIS-. CMcneSter's race stopped him.
He smiled at her.
"Well?" he asked.
For the sake of the memory Of
my dead sister, will do as Nathaniel
wished" said Mrs. Chichester. with
great dignity and self abnegation.
Mr.. Hawkes. breathed a sigh Of re-
lief.
Good" he said. 'I'm delighted. It
is splendid. Now that you have decid.
ed so happily there is one thing more
l must tell you. The young lady is not
to be told the conditions of the will
unless at the discretion Of the execu-
tors should some crisis arise. She will
be to all intents and purposes-your
guest. In that way we may be able
to arrive at more exact knowledge
of her character. Is that understoodY'
The family signi6ed severally and
collectively that it was.
And now" beamed the lawyer. bap-
py at the fortunate outcome of q sit
uation that a few moments beforeI
seemed SO strained, "where is YOUR
bell?"
AAilC AlUlCaCeu the DELL.
MAY l ring?" asked the lawyer.
Certainly" replied Alaric.
Mr.. Hawkes. rang.
Alaric watched him curiously. "Want
sandwich or something's"
Hawkes. smiled benignly on the un-
fortunate family and rubbed his hands
together self satisfiedly.
"Now would iLo ~ ,o,,, E.. A.
young lady-the heiress."
Where Is she?" asked Mrs. Chiches
ter.
she arrived from New York this
morning. and brought her straight
here. had to call on a client. SO l
gave her your address and told her to
come here and wait"
AT the word wait" an uneasy feel
ing took possession Of Ethel. That was
the word used by that wretched little
creature who had so rudely intruded
upon her and Brent Could it be DOS.
siblc-
The footman entered at that mo
ment.
The lawyer questioned him.
us there young lady waiting for
Mr.. Hawkes?"
IA young lady. sir? No. SIR" an.
swcred Jarvis.
Mr.. Hawkes. was puzzled. What in
the world had become of her? He told
the cabman distinctly where to 80.
Jarvis opened the door to 90 out
when thought suddenly occurred to
him. He turned back and spoke to the
lawyer:
"Fheres young person sitting in
the kitchen-camc up and knocked at
the door and said she had to wait un-
til gentleman called. Can't get moth
ing out of her"
Hawkes. frightened up.
THAT must be Miss O'Connell," he
said. He turned to Mrs Chichester
and asked her If be might bring the
young Indy in there
MY niece in the Kitchen" said Mrs.
Chichester to the unfortunate footman.
"Surcly you should know the differ
cncc between my niece and servantT'
II am truly sorry, madam" replied
ing to tell.'
another such mistake and you can
leave my employment" Mrs. Chiches-
ter added severely.
Jarvis pleaded pitcously: y
Upon my word. madam, no one
could tell"
"That will do" Numbered Mrs. Chi
chester. Bring my niece here-at
bnce!"
The wretched Jarvis departed on bis
GRAND. muttering to himself: wait
until they see her. Who in the world
could tell she was their relation?"
Mrs. Chichester was very angry.
"Its monstrous!" she exclaimed.
"StOopid" agreed Alaric. "D00cid
stoopid."
Ethel said nothing. The one thought
that was passing through her mind
was, "IIow much did that girl hear
Brent say. and how much did she see
Mr.. Brent do?"
Hawkes. tried to smooth the misun-
Outstanding out.
II am afraid 1t was all my fault" he
explained. II told her not to talk-just
to say that she was to wait. l want
ed to have an opportunity to explain
matters before introducing her."
"She should have been brought
straight to me-" complained Mrs. Chi.
chester. 1.-The poor thing" Then with
feeling Of outraged pride she said:
my niece in the kitchen-a Kingsnorth
mistaken for q servantw I
The door opened and Jarvis came
into the room. There was look Of
half triumph on his face as much -
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