THE SCRAN TON TRIBUNE FltWAT MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1893.
.
Chance
Meetta
By The Duchess.
tCopyrlfiht. lHTs by Irving Bacheller.
III.
"What hour do you pxpect iMlss l.ln
. ton to arrive?" asks Lilian, presently.
"I daresay she has come by now; it
Js also possible she may not huve come
at all. I have told you Bhe la not
famed for punctuality."
"Then I think you had better (ret
back na soon as you can to meet her.
She may by chance be punctual this
time."
"Better have a last look at the- river
first." carelessly.
"I think not. and besides I am sure
the mist Is thickening; It will be wet
nlKht."
"Well, It looks like it." says Lans
dnle. with a glance above: after which
he rows her back in silence to the land'
lnir slip.
Lilian runs llshtly up to her room
and throws herself into a chnlr. After
all what a fool she has been, or rather
Aunt iiessle bus. Of course he lias
1 Jr u
if
: Fastens It Near Her Pair Thront.
been engaged all this time to that other
girl. Ami yet he had not been in such
over-great hurry to svi back to meet
her. Still, he had culled her lovely.
Lovely! she recalls a photograph of
villas Linton belonging to Aunt ISessie,
and surely a face that is all grey eyes,
set very widely apart, and a nose that
distinctly turns up could hardly be
railed that. Lovers must be blind In
deed, and Mr. Lansdale the blindest of
all. Suddenly an angry desire to show
him what might honestly be called
at all events pretty, seizes upon her.
She pulls down her hair, and does It up
aguln in her most coquettish style.
Takes out her latest silk blouse a
charming thing, all pale-blue, with a
little chiffon of the same color, and
tries It on. Yes. It wll do! She adds
a skirt to It, fastens her neek-band
with the little diamond star papa had
riven her on her last birthday, and
finally, seeing a pale-pink rose pushing
Its way through the window as though
to pet a peep at her (and no wonder,
too!) she plucks It. and fastens it near
her fair and slender throat.
Just at this moment Aunt Uessle
opens the door.
"What! dressed already?" says she.
The surprise Is Involuntary, but she
quickly suppresses It. She has caught
the situation. "Wise child! How I
wlsto I were you. Now you can really
rest before dinner. And how sweet
you look, dearest."
Mrs. Musgrave is a student of nature.
She Is quite aware that to itell any girl
In the world she Is looking charming
is a greater help to 'her appearance
than even a new frock from Worth.
"We came in early. Mr. Lansdale Is
expecting a friend this evening."
"Letty Linton? Yes, she has come.
She and Oeoffrey are old friends."
"And dear ones, apparently."
"Are ithey?" asks Aunt Hostile the
wise.
In spite of the early dressing, Lilian
and her aunt arrlvo a little late In
the dining room. Their own special
and!
"She DOC9 Not Raise Her Cycs"
table Is waiting for them, as well as the
man who attends on them, and who
regards them with a reproachful eye
but Lilian scarcely notices his mild
reproof. Her glance has wandered in
stinctively to the small table a little
beyond hers, where four people are a
sitting. 'Mrs. 'Musgrave Is nodding to
them. There Is an elderly lady, very
fat, very good-humored-looking, a girl
yes, certainly her nose has a heaven
ward tilt: a young man with brown
eyes and a rather weak mouth, who Is
Captain Westroph, and Oeoffrey Lans
dale.
A parti carree! And all seem very
merry. The waiter Is pouring out
champagne, and Lansdale. leaning a
little over the table. Is evidently tell
ing some absurd story telling It to
the party generally, of course, but cer
tainly more particularly to Miss Lin
ton. The lamp, daintily shaded with
pink, casts a soft glow on tihe four
faces. Presently a little low chorus
of laughter arises. The story has come
to a delightful finish!
How happy he they all seem!
When dinner Is over, the fat ladv
rises and comes toward 'Mrs. iMus
grave's table.
'Dear -Mrs. Musgrave," she says. In
tones that suit her size, "you must
Introduce me to your niece." She holds
out her hand to Lilian, who tries to
grasp It. "We are connections, I think.
And this Is my girl Letty."
"How d'ye do?" says that vounsr
lady. In a loud, clear tone, and with
the friendliest smile at Lilian. "Oeoff's
told me all about you. tSreat chums
you and he eh?"
Really, Miss Linton, I "
Whptl npyt nftoinrtrn niinffrov T ana-
fur fl row with Ihlm It la flth ,1 Ifflntil ,
she suppresses her astonishment. There
is a loucn or scorn in ner eyes as sue
answers him. although her voice Is
studiously ordinary:
"Are you not going with Miss Lin
ton?" asks she.
"She wouldn't come. -She hates boat
ing. Makes her 111, she says."
Lilian hesitates for a moment. To
refuse now, after all these days, will
seem like pique. Yes, whatever it costs
her, the must keep up the present state
of things to the end. There is only to
day tomorrow she will be far away
from him. A quick, sharp sigh comes
In the most unuccountable way, on the
heud of this thought.
"1 should like to go very much,"
says Hhe, quietly; "t love the sea."
"Your only love?" with a careless
smile, yet his eyes search her face for
the answer.
"Oh, yes," says she, smiling too, but
absently.
"We shall have our last look at
Proudly river after all," says he, as
they push off. And after a little while,
having rounded the bit of wooded land,
they enter the narrow strip of water
that leads to the mouth of the river.
Down this the boat glides smoothly,
passing by gaunt black rocks that
guard It on either side, and that are
overhung with Ivy and, topped by
giant lit- trees. And now here at lust
Is the river, dashing, foaming over Its
stones, gleaming like snow in the litful
sunshine that breaks through the trees
overhead, sending green tints upward
to the light every now and then, but
rushing always, as all rivers do, to their
eternal home In the ocean.
"Tell me," says Lansdale, abruptly,
"why did you change your mind about
going home, that day after I arrived?"
He had heard then.
"1 often change my mind," says she,
coldly.
"Naturally. Hut why on that par
ticular occasion?" She makes no an
swer to this, and seeing she will not,
he goes on, almost with the avowed de
termination of provoking her.
"Why did you want to go?" says he.
"Was It perhaps to prepare a welcome
for me? You knew, of course, that I
meant to pay a visit to your mother."
"I," she stops, grows crimson, and
her eyes (lash. "If you will Insist on
knowing." she says, "I left home to
avoid meeting you."
A pause.
"What a great deal of trouble to take
about nothing." says he at last. "I
can only express my regret at having
driven you to such extremes to get rid
of me. It is very good of you to have
made matters so clear as otherwise I
might still have gone on to see your
mother.".
"I hope you will do that still," says
Lilian, who Is now very pale. Her
voice Ih trembling. "I am sorry I said
anything about it. It It all sounds so
Inhospitable. You wll come and stay
with us?"
"1 think not. thank you." He has
taken up his oars again. "That river
Is beautiful here, Is It not? Shall Wo
stay a little longer, or "
"No. Let us go home," says she, In
a low tone. She does not raise her
eyes. Thev are full of tears.
To He Concluded
circuitous.
"Why d!d she marry Flddlebaek?"
"ltecause she was In love with another
man, and the man was In love with another
girl, ami the girl was in love with Kiihll -back.
It was the only way she cnuld
get even with the other girl, you see!"
Llle.
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EAD THE FOLLOWING GREATEST RECORD
Ever made and be convinced that the Wonderful STERLING Range Has No Equal
ON SEPTEMBER 17
We Baked
One Barrel Pillsbury's Best Flour
Into 256 1 i-4 lb. 'loaves in the phenomenally
short time of
5 HOURS AND 8 MINUTES
With Less Than One Fire Pot of CoaL
fH5TERLIIiG1
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ON SEPTEHBER 18
We Baked
One Barrel Pillsbury's Best Flour
Into 457 3-4 lb. loaves in the phenomenally
short time of
5 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES
Willi less Than One Fin Pot ol CoaL
THIS REMARKABLE FEAT WAS TIMED AND WATCHED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
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Sixteen x-h. loaves, 20 lbs. of dough, were baked in 17 minutes; 36 ?-lb.
loaves, 27 lbs. of dough, were baked in 22 minutes. After baking the bread
was piled in our window around a STERLING Range, where it was viewed
and counted by everybody; and we have proven to the public that we have
done just as stated in quantity of flour and time of baking.
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