The sun., 1919-07-20
.ASUBURBAN PASTORAL
PART-21.

| and shiny on the outside and crammed
to the doors with old fashioned furni-
| ture on the inside. The parrot faced
gentleman was in place, but there was
room for very few of his like. The mod
ern floors and walls made the old fash
Toned furniture look very old fashioned
indeed, and some of It astonishingly
ugly.
An Homogeneous Setting.
And yet in spite of absurd incon-
hstencies the place had a sort of state
linessss' said Arabella in describing II
And Mrs Redheld greeted me In that
tiny drawing room with all tho wei
known manner Of the great lady. and
| had the feeling that she was looking al
me and not seeing me; that she was
both blind and deaf. and on purpose
What she actually said was polite
enough. 1t was what she thought and
| failed to say that was unfortunate. But
l pretended for Elizabeths sake not TO
understand that I was being unmerci-
fully snubbed until the worst OF it was
over and then. poor querulous old lady
she suddenly lost her ambition for
snubbing and out of loneliness or ner-
| vous exhaustion or for some other rea.
| son she suddenly became quite natural
It seemed to Arabella pathetic the
way she lived in the past and dweh on
past triumphs and the glories of her an
cestry.
As a matter of fact her ancestors were
neither public spirited nor notable for
anything save wealth and selflshness
but she liked TO imagine things about
them-and hence about herself. She
has book about the family whicl, she
showed Arabella. and Arabella's keen
/ hA e ~
grandees another picture which Mrs.
Red1eld hurried by 1t looked very
much like an ancient farmer drinking
his tea by a kitchen table covered with
a red and white table cloth, and a very
plebeian canary in a cage hung in the
background.
at couldn't resist the temptation, -
said Arabella. $50 I said, why. WIN is
thatf 1t looks Just like picture OF my
husbands Uncle Gus"
(Thank you, Arabella >
And what do you think the stubborn
old woman said? That is a picture
which should never have been put In the
book. 1t was n mistake. I can't think
what the author could have been think
ing OF. 1t may have been n picture Of n
Redheld, but certainly not our Rcd
fields"
AS Arabella says. family pride and
scientific accuracy are not exactly COM
patible.
Visit May Have Good Eject.
Tea was served by a maid whose
wages were very little less than the
exact salary of Elizabeth Redheld, and
she did rather we'll considering that
The net result OF the call was that
Arabella realized how lonely the old
lady Is and that a little attention will
soon smooth over any animosity she
may feel toward us. 1t seems at first
rather dreadful for Elijah beth Redfield
to desert her mother for the length OF
the working day. but she tries TO make
II up to her In the, evening. and the two
nre temperamenaIly SO uncongenial that
days together would mean days of IN.
happiness anyway. II she had any ore
TO complain to Mrs. Redfeld would
probably complain all day But since
she hasn't she finds little things TO do.
And in spite OF her disapproval of Eliza
beth's occupation she makes Elizabeth
entertain her by the hour with tales of
the tenements
The rector OF the church comes to see
her sometimes, and n little old lady
from the hills beyond the village drives
over.
Arabella Is hoping in time TO make
Mira. RedHeld a power in village affairs.
How she expects to do il is beyond me