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T1JJS SCltAJSltXKT TRtBUKJS 'IJlUUSliAY MORNING, UJSl'JSSUSJSB 1895.
THE LACKAWANNA
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By MRS. BURTON HARRISON.
Copyright, 180a by Bacheller, Johneon and Bachrtbr.
BYNOPSia.
Felicia Charlton, a beautiful anil spirited
)rl belonging to an okt but impoverished
Virginia family, has accepted a volition
as private secretary to Mrs. Caldwell, a
wealthy society leader at Newport. She
has formed a pleasant acquaintance with
a young man named Duncan Moore a
guest in the house of her employer who
at first did not understand Felicia's posi
tion. The young; lady has jurt been mor
tified by the distant manner of her pa
troness. II.
The Incident, occurring , upon the
threshold of her new experience, struck
her unpleasantly. With her simple,
hearty, southern ideas, she could not
Imagine arrival In a strange house
without some sort of a personal wel
come from the hostess; and the quality
of that investigating; gate was to her
totally unknown. But, taking heart,
he noted with delight the exquisite
beauty of the verdant lawns and radi
ant flower beds on either side the well
kept driveway leading up to such
house as surpassed her fondest dream
of Imposing completeness. The striped
yellow awnings over all the windows
on the front, shading flower boxes -that
overflowed with bloom; the verandas
yielding glimpses of chairs and couches
aid tall palms; and above all the flow-
"I neg Your PorJon," lis Said.
ers and pjants massed In every ancle
where they could bo placed In exterior
decoration seemed to Felicia incredi
bly enchanting." As she sprang olifof
the trap and looked around her, catch
ing a distant vista of blue sea at the
end of a reach of velvet sward, she was
duzed with excitement. She forgot that
he had been left standing there alone;
and her first fall from the clouds was
caused by the too easy manner and lan
guage of a lady's maid who came to
escort her to her room.
Felicia had nothing to complain of In
externals, certainly. The room that
was assigned to her, all whlte-and-rose
and green-stained furniture, with a
window looking upon the sea. was de
lightfully cool and tempting. Tea was
erved to her there, her little trunk was
brought in and unstrapped, and upon
the table she found a book or two,
should she wish to pass her time other
wise than by looking out of the flower
framed shaded window. But by and by
a sense of loneliness set In, and to ban
ish It she stole out for a walk about the
grounds.
Gazing from a shaded bench tipotl
the cliff, over the sea an Infinite peace
fell upon her spirit. How long she had
sat there she did not know, until she
became conscious that a young man In
summer flannels had come along the
path leading to her eyrie, and was
earchlng for something he had lost.
"I beg your pardon," he said, taking
off his hat; "I did not know anyone had
ucceeded me in my favorite haunts.
"You are looking for this?" she said,
holding out a little compass of gold and
crystal she had picked up, then for-
"Y?a. thank you. It represents the
economies of my small sister who sent
It to me for a birthday gift to-day. he
said, taking the trifle from her Anger
tips "I suppose you have Just come,
and have not yet seen our hostess.
Cheered by his cordial tone, Felicia
answered as the girls of her race and
bringing up are wont to do, easily, fear
lessly smiles, playing around her rosy
lips and In her friendly eyes; and at
once they were launched upon a con
versation that proved, apparently, as
atlsfactory to Duncan Moore as It cer
tainly was to our poor little confiding
Felicia, tongue-tied for so many hours
and aching to communicate her sensa
tions to somebody.
She at once discovered that Mr. Moore
was, like herself, an Inmate of the
house; was spending a fortnight with
the Cald wells, and was already almost
"done to death" with the Insistence of
Newport hospitality. He, of course,
took his artless and ' refreshing little
person, whose good looks charmed his
ye, to be a guest upon his" own plane.
Even If Felicia had suspected his mis
take, It would not have occurred to her
to do more than laugh at it. "Down
south" the young lady engaged to be
governess or companion or secretary Is
n all things a member of the family;
and when, as usual, she Is well bom
and well bred, the fact of poverty Is the
merest bagatelle, so far as social con
sideration i concerned. How could it
enter Into Felicia's head that she was
henceforth to be a taboo to the familiar
associates of her employer?
Luckily, upon this occasion, she was
pared finding it out. The maidenly
reserve that in her underlaid a manner
almost coquettish In Its directness,
prompted her to withdraw from the in
terview. As she arose, and Moore of
fered to walk tp the house with her.
With the prettiest gesture of a small
Eczema
Most DlttreMtiir of Skin Diseases
(Mtaatly Relieved by
a "
(fipficira
W1CN ALL ELSE FAILS
A warm bath' with CutJcara
Coap, and a angle 'application of
Catlcura(ointment) ,the great Skin
Cure, followed by mild doses of
Cutkvrs Rasolvent (blood puri
fier), wiS afford instant relief, per
toit tc3 and sleep, and point to a
t'Ay, permanent, and economi-t-I
f. when allother methods faiL
- Ha ff "' Vol BrttI iryft rjjijj
L JmUS, tea fmi.li.na,
white hand she motioned him to re
main.
"BUt why?" he said, "or, at least,
when. shall I talk with you again?" .
"When you shall have been properly
Introduced," she exclaimed, vanishing
from his sight.
Moore sat for a while upon the for'
saken bench, till shadows lengthening
upon the lawn, and the purple light of
evening on the sea, sent him within
doors to dress for dinner. When he
came down into the library where the
house-party met before dinner was an
nounced, he looked eagerly about him,
but In the varluus groups saw no sign
of the fairy of the clifT. As look would
have it, his scat at table that night was
faraway from Mrs. Caldwell's, and, un
til Just after the men came In from the
smoke-room, he had no opiiortuulty to
make Inquliies of his hostess.
"The young lady who arrived this
afternqoon?" repeated Mrs. Caldwell,
In bewilderment. "You are dreaming.
Nobody new Is here. You know they
say I nm faithful to the same old gang,
and you nr all present, I believe."
Moore shrank a little from her as lie
went on In his dogged way:
"Miss Charlton. I mean. The young
lady from Virginia, who came while
you were driving."
Mrs. Caldwell threw back her dark,
wellicolffed head, with a peal of laugh
ter. "I see what you mean now. It's my
new .secretary, who's come to replace
that dreadful, pushing creature I told
you of; and. If you bellev.e me, I got In
so Jute to dress. 1 huve not seen her
yet. How could you make such a mis
take?" "What mlKtakc?"
"To er suppose that she was one
of my guests."
Moore, nnwercd by her supercilious
drawl, felt his color rise. Then, re
straining himself, he turned on his heel
and .left her, inwardly resolved not to
spend aiiuthtr day under the roof of
this pretentious worldling.
Unt when the next day came he dIU
not go away.
IVor Ftllcln! It was such a sad
awakening! Twenty-four hours spent
in her new capacity were quite sulll
clent to show her that business, not
friendship, was the platform on which
she slued. Mrs. Caldwell, when, on the
morning following her arrival, she
summoned here latest employe Into the
boudSlr. where Felicia's duties were to
be performed, had received her with
the most perfunctory of handshakes
and without a smile. The. girl, .unac
customed to this omission of social
courtesies, fancied herself an offender,
and Tor a moment stood sick at heart
with wondering what she had done. In
a shoH time, however. Mrs. Caldwell
made it perfectly clear that Miss Charl
ton had In no wise transgressed, and
was even Welcome in the stress of her
employers' arrears of correspondence.
Leaning back in a deep wicker chair
with fantastic frilled cushions of China
silk, beside a table covered with speci
men vaees of emerald glass each con
taining a perfect rose, the great lady
dictated a dozen little notes of court
esy, conventionality or charity, which
Felicia's llet-t pen transcribed upon
sheets from a silver-mounted paper
ease u:on a tnble littered with every
contrivance for elegant dalliance with
letters. This done, and evidently done
to Mrs. Caldwell's satisfaction, Felicia
received Instructions to till up a series
of dinner Invitations, with names and
datfS for a bancuet to be given three
weeks off, and to address envelopes
from a list furnished her for a musleale.
for which a great artist had been en
gaged to come up from New York.
"This will give you enough for to
day." said Mrs. Caldwell, rising to go.
"YoU will consider this room your own
to sit !n at all hotirs. but your meals will
be taken In what we call the school
room, which is more convenient for the
servants to carry the trays Into. I er
think you probably dined there last
night. It Is a nice little room, and I
hope you will take care that they give
you everything nicely. The housekeep
er has the strictest orders about my
secretary's comfort, and you must Im
mediately report to her If anything Is
omitted. M any time when you want
to drive out, one of the grooms can take
you in the basket phaeton; and, as you
With Footsteps l.lcht as Thistle Down.
see, there are books here, and a piano, if
you play. I am happy to say that I
think you will suit me exactly; and I
am glad Maud Ilranham spoke to you.
Yout salnry will be. paid monthly, and
here ((handing her a check) Is the first
month In advance, as you may have
some purchases to make."
This was a kindly thought, nnd to It
Felicia's spirit responded; but, looking
Into Mrs. Caldwell's ever unsmiling face,
she dared not speak. The lady rustled
from the room, and Felicia, left alone
in the apartment that was so far beyond
her dreams of luxury, dropped her little
head down upon the' blotter before her
and burst Into tears.
"She does not mean to be unkind."
Felicia mused, after a week of her new
life had passed. VI think. In her heart,
she fancies she Is a model patroness.
But oh! the way I am made to feel my
distance! Never a laugh or a Jest for
me; yet as soon as she rejoins any of
her guests, she Is the gayest of the gay.
She must know Maud told her-1 am
a lady born, and entitled to rank with
the best. I Wonder If It ever occurred
to hef what life Is without anybody to
talk to or to confide In. I suppose a
really superior ''character would find
solace In this beautiful room, add the
walks and drives, anil, above all,' Jn
books. But I never said I am a superior
character, t want people, people, peo
ple. Somebody ti sympathise with
me; somebody to hear my chatter. How
many thing I've noticed here In New-
."'fin
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Garments
Of every description nnd at prices
that insure quick sales.
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324 LACKAWANNA AVE.
port that It would be of such fun to talk
over. I declare I almost hate this love
ly old blue wall paper, and the white
enamelled furniture', and the blue china
ornaments, and that Heavenily bit of
blue glimmering sea I see over the
flower box In the window. I know,
now, how a canary must feel in his
cage. I wan t to get out; l want to sing.
to spread my wings outside."
As Felcla spoke, the dimples came
buck into her checks; her eyes shone
blue as the sea: nhe sprang out of her
chair, and, pushing awny the chillis
from a space on the mirror-like par
quctted floor, began to tread the meas
ure of a solitary minuet.
After Mrs. Caldwell had left her for
the morning, Hhu was sure of several
uninterrupted hours; and now she must
relieve her restlessness or perish, the
little maiden thought. Ho. humming a
tune from Don Ulovunnl, she accom
panied it with footsteps light as thistle
down. Nearing th doer into the hall,
she did not perceive It was ajar, until a
tap came, and at the aperture was re
vealed .to her startled view a gentle
man.
"Oh!" exclaimed Felicia, Instantly
transformed into a statue of confu
sion. 'I don't knov what you think of me
bolting In like thin," said Mr. Duncan
Moore, penltenlially. "ilut Mrs. Cald
well is responsible. She Is just about
starting for her round of visits, and
told me to run u: and Ret her address
book that In. she told her footman
Miss Charlton would give It to him, and
as he did not hear her, I came. I hope
ycu won't mind. I've been wanting
awfully to see you, even since thnt day,
and to ask you to tal-.e a walk with me;
but, somehow, I couldn t get a chance.
Why do they keep you mewed up like
this? It is shameful to treat you as if
you were 60 and a frump."
'Here Js the book," said Felicia, put,
ting Into his hands a silver-clasped af
fair of lizard skin. "You need not apol
ogize, I am not anpry. I am only too
thankful to sneak to somebody who Is
not a servant."
"Thanks for small favors," he re
plied, rather nettled.
"But I am very much ashamed that
you saw me prancing abnut llkea luna
tic," she went on; "I.was only taking a
little exercise; and no, please go, for
Mrs. Caldwell docs not like to be kept
waiting."
"Will jrou fix an hour to walk with
me?" he pursued', eagerly.
"No, I .can't;, bo don't mention it
again." t v -
"Will yoil , talk to me somewhere
anywhere.' . ' "
"ioft in A asked Felicia, ready to
rry.H bo&UM, in her heart, she should
haVIIReafcvtoofhlfiPr better than the
companionship oHUhla "early, bright
faced young fellow?. '
"Then. I- shall Jut go out. of thin
house (ordorrov,'," he said, like a spoiled
child. "As If I hadn't stayed on here
a week, for nothing but to get another
peep at you."
"Don't,, please," Bald Felicia, now
earnestly; and with an Impatient ges
ture ha departed.
(To Be Concluded.)
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