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ladies sent there. It was rather expensive, however,
and the most of the pupils were daughters of wealthy
parents. There was a certain aristocratic soloctness
about it that was gratifying to its patrons. Nellie
Swinton had herself been educated there. To know
Madame was first to venerate and then to love her.
She was severity, graciousness and lovingkindnoBs in
one, a fair type of the genuine French woman, now
almost extinct
" Amy Mixton, what are you saying. What do
you moan?" demanded Dora, indignantly, pawing
her arm about her fricnJ.
" lam aayiog, and I mean, that Mii Loalio is not
an heiress at all, but the daughter of a polyamiat out
in Bait Lake City, and it living horo on somobmly'a
charity."
" Shame, Bhamo on you, Amy Mixton," cried Do.
ra. " Speak, Dab, and toll thorn it ain't to, that you
were never a Mormon." Btill Uab stxxl, white and
now,
Bab's arrival caused a flutter of excitement, and,
of course, she ruled with the power that beauty and 1 speechless.
supposed wealth command. The natural conclusion j " Soe, sho can not deny it Are you satisfied
arrived at among the girls was that Bhe was the daugh-1 Miss Winwood? " exclaimed Amy. triumphantly.
ter of some bonanza king in the west Of horsolf ; " Speak, Bab," Dora entreated again, but atill no
she never spoke, even to Dora Winwood, who from ; sound from tho sealed lip.
the first was her almost inseparable friend. Of course, j Gradually Dora's arm relaxed ita hold about tho
ehe had enemies among the girls, chief among them i girl's waiat, and Iiab, turning her horrified, beaeech.
Amy Mixton, who, until Bab's arrival, had considered ing eyes on her face, saw a look thero that seut tho
herself the beauty of the villa. No one had disputed blood in a quick tide to her own.
her, though many preferred Dora's modest, yet state- i " Oh, Dora," she wailed, " dou't forsake mo, for I
ly, appearance. At Bab's request, she was allowed to love you so."
room alone. On the first evening Madame called up- (jaickly tho arm waa replaced. " Indeed I won't
on her, as she often did upon the others, much to j forsake you, my precious frieud; but only tell thrm
their delight At such times she was a moat inter- ! that it is all falao that Amy has aaid."
eating and vivacious companion, or else a loving, ten- j Bab waa self-controlled now, though terribly white,
der friend almost mother. " Dora, I can not tell her it ia all faUo. I waa Urn
" I thought you might be a little lonely, or homo- in Utah, and my father ia a MIygatuist; but I prom
aick," she said; nor was she surprised when tho girl Ued my mother that I would dio rather than marry
burst into tears. Then they had a long talk about there, aud, when they wero going to seal mo to a man
Utah and her mother, after which Madame kissed her with other wivea, a frieud of mino got mo away aud
a tender good-night, and Bab lay down thanking her ; sent mo hero to school. But-but 1 never suppoaed
Ileavenly Father for the friends he was raising up j it mado any difference where ouo ia Urn, If only they
for her in tho hour of her direct need. j ro trying to U good tbemaelrea; and my mother was
Time glided along very pleasantly, and life at the 1 a good woman."
villa was both novel and interesting to the young girl, : " But why didn't you tell?" aaked Amy, scorn-
thouch nicht after nicht she criod herself to sleep j fully, " if you aro so wonderfully innocent.
from sheer homesickness to Beo Harold; butnoono
guessed it, she was bo accustomed to masking her
feelings. But one day there camo a cloud over her
bright horizon. In some way Amy Mixton discov
ered that the young beauty was not an heiress at all,
but a truant Mormon girl, friendless and alone, liv
ing on charity. The aristocrats young lady waa fu
rious. " Onlv to think of the imposition! " she exclaimed
" I never supposed Madame would bo guilty of auch
there was an ominoua llaah in Bab's dark ryra,
but alio answered quietly: " Becauao rny frieud and
Madame thought 1 bettor uot. If my father should
find nio ho would tako mo back thero to that which is
worao than death."
Thiro waa aileueo for a moment, tho tido of sytn
pathy rather tending in Bab's direction, when Amy
aaid, haughtily-
" Well, tho reat may eondono auch deception and
librae" if they chooae, but I ahall writo at once for
i never supposed untune wou.u y -- - fa , k m u ,
a deception; and wo, all belonging to first family, j apat. ww
have been duped into associating with her, a low
lived Mormon, daughter of a polygamist.
Dora and Bab were entering the room juat aa the
last words were spoken. " Yes, and there the iiuj
tor is," cried Amy. Bab turned deathly white, and
nlood as if transfixed.
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With a sudden wrench Bab fred heraelf from Lrr
frieud's encircling arm, and fled liko a bunted animal
to her room.
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