New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-31
CHAPTER ~.

Louise aWokc the next morning
filled with n curious sens" of bnoyant
expectancy. The sunshine was pouring
into the room, Frightening up its most
sombcr corners. 1t lay across the quilt
of her bed, and seemed To bring out the
perfume of lavender from the pillow
on which her head rcI"Scd.
Alinp, hearing her mistress stir.
hnSirncd at once To her bedside.
''lt is half past nine, madam, and
your breakfast is here. The old i'm
bccll" from the kitchen has just
brought it up
Louise looked npproyingIy at the
breakfast tray, with The homemade
bread and deep yrlloW butter, In"
brown eggs and clear honey. The
smell of the coffee was aromatic. She
brrntlcd u little sigh Of content.
GLOW delicious everything looks
she exclaimed.
''Thc homemade things are we'll
enough in their way, madaln,' Allne
agreed, but | HAY" never known II
household 50 strange ANA diSagrrclbIr.
That NJ. Jennings, who calls himself
the bullcr-hr is "A person unsl,cnk-
able, II savage"
LouiSc'S eyes tWinkIrd.
81 don't think they are fond of wom-
en- in this household, Alinr," She re-
marked. TELL me. have YOU seen
CharlrS?"
"Chlrlcs has gone to the nearest
blackSmith'S forge to get something
made for the car. madam Alinc re-
piled. "IIe asked me to say that he
was afraid he would moi he ready to
start before midday"
That does not natter Louise de-
clarrd, gazing eagerly out of the caste
ment window. Immediately below WIS
II grasS-grown orchard which stretched
upward, ut II PERCEPTIONS angle, toward
n belt of freshly ploWcd field beyond. II
n little chain of rocky hills, sheer over
head. The trees We're pink and white
with blossom; the petals lay about
upon the ground like driftrd snow
flakes. Here and there yellow jon
Quils were growing among the long
grass. A watt of perfume stole into
the room through the window which
she had opened.
"Fill my bath quickly, Alinc,' Louise
ordered. II must 60 out. | want to see
whether it is really as beautiful as it
looks"
Aline dressed her mistress in 81
Icnce. Then. suddenly, IL little cXcla-
nation escaped her. She Swung round
toward her mistress, and for once there
was animation in her face.
But. madam," she exclaimed. II
have remembered. The name Strange
wey. Yesterday morning You read it
out while you tool yOur coffee. You
spoke of the good fortune Of some
furulcr In the north of England to
whom some relative in Australia had
left II great fortunr-hunirrdS and
thousands of pounds. The namr was
Strang"Wpy, the same AS that. | re-
member it ntw.'
She pointed once more to the family
tree. Louise sat for n with
parted lips.
You are quit" right, Alinc. | re-
member it all perfectly now. | wonder
whether it could possibly be either of
these two men,
.Alinc shook her head douhtfully.
1T would he unbelievable, madam"
she decided. could any SAM human
creatures live here, with no company
)ut the sheep and the cows. if they
had mnncy-moncy Ia liv" in III"
titles, Ia buy pleasures, to he happy?
Unbelievable. madam"
Louise remained standing before the
window. She was watching the bios
Som-la,lrn bough> of one of the apple
trees bending and sWaying in the fresh
morning brrrZr-WHtching the restless
shadows which cam" and went upon
the grass beneath.
'Ilat is just your point of view,
Alinr." she murmur"d but happiness
we'll. You would not understand.
They are strange men, these two"
Louise found her way without diff
Gully across II cubblrd yard. through IL
poStcrn gate set in Il rcd-brick wall.
into the orchard. AT the farther end
She came to "A gate. against which she
for II moment leaning her arms
upon the tnprDOst bar. Before her was
the little belt of plowed earth, the
fresh, pungcnt odor of which was Il
thing Ia her: a little way to the
right. the rolling moorland, starred
with clunpS of gorse; in front, acrOss
N A.
stone wall. the rock-strewn hills. The
sky-unuSually blue it seemed to her,
and dotted all Over with little masses
Of fleecy. white clouds-seemed Ome +,
how lower and nearer; or was she, per- ,
higher up? S
She fingered there. absolutely Devil
dered by the rapid growth i'm her brain =
and senses of what surely must be
newly kindled faculty of appre- |
There was a beauty in the !
which she had not felt before.
She turned her head almost lazily at '
the sound of a. mans voice. A team of {
straining at a pillow. were COM :
ing round the bend of the field. and by
their side. talking to the labOrer who '
guided them. was John ~Strangewey. |
She watched him as he came into
atht up the steep rise. He walked In S