Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-12
Chapter LVUI

Copyright, 1917, Star Company
During the days that followed l
felt as if I must have imagined the
events of the evening on which my
employer had told me he loved me.
For everything seemed just as 1t
had been before this startling reve-
lation. Everything, 1 say-and yet
perhaps the truth is that things in
the household were pleasanter than
before. / think my employer was
more careful not to irritate his sister
in-law. He realized that if she re-
mained happy it would make matters
happier for me.
Mrs. Gore herself was, for while,
so gentle that I scarcely recognized
her. If she suspected the condition
of affairs between her brother-in-
law and his daughters governess she
betrayed no sign. Brewster Norton s
behavior was so circumspect as to
give no grounds for suspicion even to
his keen-eyed relative.
The beautiful summer days slipped
by like sunny dream. Tom was
studying hard. This fact added to
the peace of mind of Toms father
The first part of every morning was
occupied by various kinds of work
for us all. Tom studied with Parker
Grace and 1 read aloud and took
walks in the woods.
BY eleven o'clock we four usually
were at liberty to do as we pleased
and met near the tennis-court. Some
times two of us "grown-ups" played
tennis, while a third looked on and
made amusing comments.
on Wednesdays and Saturdays Mr.
Norton was at home, and we had
more tennis on those days than on
a W
usually had a motor ride. In the
! evenings we sat on the veranda in the
fragrant dusk and chatted light
heartedly.
Does such an existence sound very
tame 1t may to those who like fash
| ionable summer resorts. Mrs. Gore
had explained to me soon after our
arrival at Hillcrest that her brother
preferred having no society during
the summer.
Drives and Picnics
HE works hard all winter, and
goes out a great deal" she said. "So
when he is here he does not encour-
age sociability on the part of his
neighbors. If he wants company he
brings friends out from town."
This he did occasionally, and, or
such days we all had a long drive
and picnic to some picturesque spot
|
court It did not seem strange to me
that among the visitors there were
no women. took it for granted that
| their absence was due to the desire
! of the master of the house for free.
dom from social restraints. Mer
guests do not need to be entertained
Women guests do.
/ have mentioned that we young
people played tennis even when Mr.
Norton was not at home. I have no
said that frequently when Hugh Par
ker and I were playing Tom woulC
/ take Grace off to see the horses o
the chickens, or would amuse her il
some way that left me free. 1 notet
with joy that Tom was becominl
more fond of the little girl. 1t woult
make it much pleasanter for every
body If he could learn to care 70
her.
1t did not dawn upon me the
that Toms actions We're due less t
willingness to make his smsl
half-sister happy, than to a wis
to give his tutor and myself the op
portunity to become good friend:
Now I know that this was probabl
his object. He liked us both, an
wanted us to like each othe,
Whether that was his plan or not hi
actions had the effect of maxim
Hugh Parker and myself better ao
quainted than we would have bee
under ordinary circumstances
The better I knew Hugh, the bel
ter liked him. His ideals wer
high, his standards fine-yet he wa
full of fun and of the zest of life.
did not wonder that Tom loved hin
And so, little by little, the tuto
and became friends. I did not real