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TWO AKK.MJSn KXAMINEh, LAKKMKW, OKKllON, THURSDAY, MAU. H. '." Lady Mgtty Acrcivr the Wafer By C N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON 0 corYRicrr. i?ot. bt McClure. fHiuirs co. o o . 5vS !HE drat face I aaw oo th platform when we ar rived lo Chicago was air. Brett's, lie wm waiting to help me at looked as fresh us If t hadn't spent eighteen hours In tb, train, lie said I looked fresh, too. bat If I did It most have been excitement, a I'd written half the night and breamed desperately the other half about Totter Parker dressed like ooe Of those red Indiana tbey have for -cigar signs In New York pursuing ma with a Jeweled tomahawk. Mr. Brett had Insisted on my tele graphing to Sally before we left New lork ho aay I was mining and asking her to meet the train; therefore we were aurprwd not to And ber at the atation. I was rather &ilous. and no, 1 could see. was Mr Brett tie thought -he bad better not driv in a cab with me to the friend's uu where irae was staying, but be told m the nam -of a hotel where be would ito at owe and made me promise that ! would -send b!ni a Hue by the cabman to sav whether everything wan well with oie. "Miss Woodburn probably baa a headache or perhaps is out of town for the day." said he "It can't lw auy tklng else Still I shall be a little un--easy till I bear And you know I bold -myself absolutely at your service. "What about your friend whose busi ness you're come to attend to?" I asked. "1 mustn't tie so selfish as to Interfere with that, whatever hap pens. " "Oh. I can attend to both Interests." he assured uie. "without neKlectlne: either. I shan't need to let , nt Inter fere with the other. And reraeiutier. I won't stir out of my bote! till I've hart your note." Bereft of him. Cblof" overawed me1 ' mod took my breath away. It Is i good tiling I saw New York first, for if Id --come snaiiiM from England with only meuToNes of peaceful Ixmclon lo suu - i-ort iw through the ordeal. I don't .' i. -.'.- l't it might have afff-vted my i.r.'iii. It was a long drive, though, and ns I imd time to calm down I saw that XJUUiLieis of the bare buildings are no ! le:;:g:i-l and very maguirk-ent In .jco.aUoii. i.uiUIi'g a splendid eIect in pke of tLoii v;i; t size rather than be cause i.f it. A.:J such shops tool They're lite tlie fairy palaces m .nurse usaI to tell lue about, as big as whole cities, where you could get any thing you wa;ited just by wi.-hiug. At last we stopped before a large. tmndsorae bouse with a lawn round it and no fence. The bouse was'stone in front, but bad brick sides, which -gave it a queer effect, yet somehow didn't spoil it, and wherever there wasn't a porch it had broken cut In -bow windows. I told the cabman to wait and then an up the four or five steps to ring the front door bell. In a minute a -tnaid came who could have been very smart looking if she had only worn a .proper cap. "la Miss Woodburn stopping here?" I anked. 111 "So, she isn't." returned the young woman, with a glint of the eye "which seemed to s:iy she would perish sooner than call any one "Miss." "Are you sure?" I jerslsted, my heart prepatfhvg tor a plunge bootward. "I guess so," taid the girl with a su perior but not ill natured amlle. "She was staying with us, but she went day ibefore yesterday. I don't think she'll be back, because she's gone to take care of a fr!end wWs real svk way back VJb'o somewhere." "Way fcack In. "Ohio somewhere r"The word were 'like a knell for all my . ho Jjjda't know what was to b- . qu' of me now. V I am sorry." I aaid. "Do you knot? if a telegram came for Miss Woodburn yesterday?" - "Yea, indeed," replied the youtig womau, all In oue word, but her fate tbrlghteued. Suddeuly she was looking at mo like a long lost friend. "1 guess you're expected. Mrs. Ilalo, that's the lady of the bouse here, Stnt the ttle .gram on, aud Mlsa Woodburn U;le irrauhed back about you. Mrs. llale went to meet your train, but may be abe didn't recognize you or erne sue got caught at the bridge. Anyhow, sbe hasn't come back yet. I guees ;you'd belter come In. Your room Is , .U ready for you." "I can't do that, though I'm very : grateful Indeed to Mrs. Hale," I said. '11 have other plans. I'll just scrib ble a little note to tell her so aud Utbaak ber, then I must go." 5 "Sbt'U just never forgive me if I let ya protested the young woman. J. Jttcan to bo a little afraid that I juigltt be detained by well meant force, -tout when I had written a letter to Iff. -JUlo tsuueerliig Vivace under one ana .and anting at a desk in a bright, vcaarmlng drawing room where three Persian cata, alx Japanese spaniels and a number of birds played about the. floor) I contrived to persuade the hospitable creature that our turned!- mat ter of life or death. So Instead ! Mr. Htvlt I surprised wh So Instead of writing my newa to went back with It to htm. nny. He must have been nrprisod when he heard thnt a lady was waiting In the drawing mom of bis hotel and hurried In to see me sit ting tli. tv. I should hare felt ready to die If be had looked bored, bnt he di.lu t a bit. 1 u!d trim all my adventure and :;ln:t the dpi nnd cata and birds, au I then I asked what on enrth I should do now. "I suppose 1 shall have to gn back to New York." I said gloomily, "and cable to my brother. I could stop at some pension and wait till I heard a quiet pension Mrs. Stuyvee- ant-Kuox wouldn't be likely to know about." "You aloue in a New York boarding honse!" exclaimed1 Mr. Brett. "Never, "Then could you And me a Chicago one?" "Ttiore'd be nothing to choose be tween No. Lady Betty, but I can sui :-ct something better. Only I don't know how yoa'li take It. Wouldn't you rather tie near Miss Woodburn than anything else until your future plaus are settled?" "Of course." said I. "but that's Im possible now." Tin not so sure. I think in fact I know, where she Is. You say Mrs. Hale's maid told yon she'd gone to Ohio, to take care of a sick friend. I can tell you where that friend lives and her name, because I have relatives In the neighborhood. I don't often go there, but I've beard from them of Miss Woodburn's visits. My cousins have a farm, and I was wondering whether you could content yourself boarding with them for awhile, so near Miss Woodburn you coulJ see her every day?" "Oh. I should love It." I cried. "But would they have me?" "They would be happy to have you. I know. The only question Is. would you lie happy? They're simple folk, with simple ways, such as you would expect of my people. Lady Petty, but they're hearts of gold." "Like yours." I thought, but I didn't say It. I said fustcud that I was fond of simple ways, and 1 asked where the place was and If It was fur off? "It will take us about twelve hour to got there." be answered. "Us?" I echoed. "Why. you can't" "I can If you'll let me." said he. growing red. "I've finished my busi ness In Chicago already and" "What, while I was away?" "It was a short affair, though Impor tant" "But I thought you weren't golcg to fcave the hotel till I wrote?" "I didn't need to. My friend came to me, and ue fixed up everything be tsveen us In a few minutes. Sow 1 m free again, and my Idea In nny cpse was to drop in on my Ohio cousins. You see. twelve hours' traveling la nothing to us Americans, aud they wouldn't like It If I didn't Just say 'how do you do' when I'm so near." "Oh, well. If that's really true and you aren't doing ft only to help me," ald I. with a sigh of relief. "I was afraid you were. I shoul t't mind the Journey a bit If you were with me. but I do hope we'll have the same kind of ticket this time. Do get nilue liter yurs, won't you?" Ills eyes had a beautiful expression in them aa he thanked me and said he would do the best be could, only I wouldn't exactly make It out. "The best train to take wovld I? this evening. he went on. "TTait woiil.l give my cousins. Mr. and Sirs. Trow bridge, plenty of time to get reaily fr yon, too, for I'll wire the in that you'rv coming. But bow could you pusa, tb day? Would you let rue show you the sights of Chicago?" "Would I? It would fee the best of fun. Oh, I am glad I cane, after all." "Then that's settled. I'll fit-Lad oft that telegram and one or two others and come back with an automobile. Don't look like tbt please. Lady lietty. It Isn't going to. eoMt me all I've got to hire one. They're cheap here; liesides I know a man who wUl give me one for the day for. next to nothing. And I'll bring you one ot those silk things with tale windows to wear over your bead and face, so tjo one will see that Lady Petty Bulkeley Is 'doing Chi cago today." I was aa pleased aa Punch. As Caro Pltcoley said when she was engaged, I felt I was "going to have the time Of my life." And It was fun. I ahall never forget that day of mine In Chi cago with Mr, Brett If I live to be a hundred. The best fun of all was the Chinese restaurant, where we had dinner. It's In a queer street where there are some famous pawnshops, It seems, and I wanted to go Into them, but Mr. Brett wouldn't take me. To get to the res (aorant you go up a long flight of mar 4 stairs, with two grinning Chinese darli beads, like watchdogs, on the wall at the top. Mr. JBrett had to pay with a number of expensive looking greenback things, but he laughed when ho ssw my frightened face and aald the dinner didn't really cost all that, he only, want- ate departure was practically a - : ed change. I lieinnM htm to let me ra I i fcivna -iih .rurvti.il. t'.i " iiii, a nil iiw-a m.'iwu ill m ent. I'llL III- linn ma a I I... a . a ..i a a Jlda't understand American customs yet and asked If I had the heart to spoil the happiest day of his life. I couldn't resist telling trim It was the happiest of mine, too that I had never amused myself half as well. "Not even In Newport?" said be. "Not even la Newport." I related. "It was delightful there, and every body was kind and charming to me. but you see I had no real friends like you to go about with, and that makes the greatest difference, doesn't It?" Ills eyea lit up again at that, and I could see the blood mounting under his brown skin. "All the difference In the world." be answered In a low voice. Then be locked as If he were going to say some thing else, but shut his lips tight to gether nnd didn't. One wouldn't dare peak out the truth like this to a rich iui.u one might tie supposed to lie try ing to marry. I remember enough of . what mother and Vic Vve told me about proper Uhavlor In a debutante to kuow that. But I've never wanted to talk In Ftich a way to any man es cort Mr. Brett, which Is lucky, ns he always understands me, and that's one .easou why It's plcasanter to tie with him than any other persoa I've ever aiet vet FTEK. all, Mr. Brett's ticket was different from j V0lxu a rough fellow like me have any mine ngalu. but I sup- p!U-e t all In your life, no matter pose he couldn't arrange j Jow small or temporary? I don't want to have the same kind ! to take advantage of that sweet klud aud see something of me j ness of yours, which Is partly all your on the Journey, because, as I'd asked him, he would have doue It ir possible. We went back part of the way we bad come the night before. In the same grand kind or train, ns rar as Cleve- ; talk so. You may laugh at me, be land, which we reached In the morn- 1 cause we've known each other such a lag quite early. We got out there, for uo fine trains like that stop at the village near which Mr. Brett's cous ins live, and be said the best thing we could do would be to drive to the farm in a motor car. It was about forty miles away, but with a good car, which he could easily get, we wouldn't be more than two hours, allowing for bad roads. If we didn't take a motor, we should have to wait half the morn ing for a slow train, and then have a drive at the end of six or seven mile in some kind of a country conveyance. When I hesitated, thinking of ex pense, Mr. Brett explained that among his many other occupations be bad once acted 89 a chauffeur, therefore, know ing the tricks of the trade and being a sort of professional himself, be could always hire a motor at a nominal price. This settled my doubts. We drove to cab to a hotel, where he left me wtth Vivace, while he went to search for car. Presently he came back with a mart gray thing which matched any clothes, and not only was there gray chauffeur to go with It. but a gray bolland coat for me, and a gnty silk hood, with a lace curtain, f do think they do things well In America. I looked forward t seetng the rem- try between Cleveland aud Arista which is the name of the town ueajrvfct to the Valley farm, because except for the drives 1 had bad near Newport 1 knew nothing at all uf the real country in America. I fc-il uu Uieu tlut tv should puis some tine country feousww aud see a numler of pretty ttttle nestling village. The ua:ne of Arlsto was rather Uu presslve and: classical soundlogv I thought, ur.di I had visions of saeeihi on the way pretty girls driving tie rid ing, and good looking, wU groomed men Mucin as I bad met always In the country round Newport.. Bnt as we went oa and on I was dlsapwdnted The seenery Itself was. lovely, rich and peaceful, with groves of maple tree which would have been quite new to me If I liudut seeu a few lu the east But the village were blots rather than beauty spots, and we saw only peasants and farm people. Mr. Brett was driving the car, with J me beside him, while the chauffeur sat ' behind, and I made some such remark to him before 1 stopped to remember that hut relatives were farm people. I could have bitten my tongue then, but be didn't aeem to be offended. "Outside the towns In the west there are few of what you would call gentle folk." he said, with just the faintest emphasis of good natured scorn for I English prejudice; "nor are there any 'country bouses' as you understand the name In England. Here people live In Lue country to till the land and to live by tilling It, yet they don't call them selves "peasants,' either. It Isn't that they're snobbish and want to seem to be what they are not, don't think that for a moment But they well, I won't try to describe them. Many people from the old world would never under stand what they really are or their point of view, but you will, Lady Betty. You are quick and sympathetic sad intelligent, and witett t ask you to define for me the difference between the farmers of Ohio, aa typified by my cousins and their neighbors In Slimmer county. I shall tie surprised If you don't exactly tilt the nnll on the head. They'll snrpvlse you a little at first. I -" ' fo'' n'-M't ten minutes may n you won t know wtiat to niM of them. But I count on you to are the point In spite of all your traditions." "What have my traditions got to do with Itr I asked. "Walt and see." I laughed. "Well, I only wish I knew what my traditions are," said I. "I suppose I ought to know, but I Jon't think I do." "You may feel them pricking up and i down vour snlne f or a bit. while you're - nwrintf utM in a now rciar or tninn I l ,ne Valley farm." ftDMwrrvil Mr. Brett. "And yet I don't know. I shall bo enormously Interested In watching the effect upon you liefore I have to ay good by." I forgot everything else he bad been saying when I heard that laat sen tence. "Will you have to say goodby aooa?" I asked him In a crestfallen voice. He didn't speak for a minute, per haps on account of a series of bumps to the road. At last he said. "To tell you the truth. Lady Betty, 1 should like to atop and pay my coualna a little visit, but I don't know If I have a right "Oh. why notr I asked. "Wouldn't they be delighted to keep you?" "Perhaps. I hope so. But what about you?" "If It depended one bit on me, you'd i make a long visit." "Wouldn't you really mind seeing me hanging around sometimes? Just at meals, you know or to take you a drive once In awhile?" I looked at trim merrily through my talc window, for I felt happy and light hearted, and the world seemed such a very ulce place to live In at that mo ment "Do you truly need to have me an swer that question?" I asked. "If you do. we can't lie real friends as I thought, after all." "You say that because you are kind too kind to have reflected enough perhaps. An accident the happiest accident In the world for me has given me a chance to see something of you. Lady Betty, but do you un- derstand that only by an accident own nnd partly tho essence of your ; youth nud innocence." j "Now, you are making me very cross," said I. "I won't bear you short lluie, but really and truly you are the liest friend I've ever bad. I : wouldu't lose you for any ouo or any thing In the world, and I don't mean to. unless you get tired of me so, there!" "Tired of you! Good heavene, 1 tired of your' "Very well, then," said I flippantly, "so far as I'm concerned you needn't say 'goodby' to the Valley farm ant It you feel the first symptoms coming on." "Lady Betty," remarked Mr. Brett, "I wonder If there's another girl Ilk you In the world?" "According to my mother, there Isn't another so vexing." I replied. We both laughed, and then' he anf denly said. "Here U Ariato." 1 stared about wildly. "Where, where?" I asked. ne laughed a great deal' more. "Wtiy,. you're looking right at tho postofflce- and the grocery and dry goods store. Sure enough, there was a brown wooden building at the top of a dusty hill we were Just climbing, but there was nothing else anywhere, except a clear brown creek and some sweet smelling awadows with a white horse-gar.lng tn a bored way over rather, a queer tone,, and some cows asleep under a clump of maple trees on our side- of a, young, birch grove. "Where's the rest of; It?" I: went on.. "Where are the other shop audi ttia houses and the people?" "Oh. the other shops and: the- bouse aren't built yet. but they may be- any time, aud then the- people- will: com. But the fact that they haven't come-yet doesn't prevent this from, taring; Acfeto. But you muatn't tbluk. tals- la, tho-ear place you wljj; have- to. do. youa. shop ping when you're at tto- ValJuy farm. Walt till yoa see Llecwafla's Cwners. There's a great etnpr!uu tburee. and you'll ruffle- the- footings, off half the ladles of Summer county ti) you don't fall In love with, U and it proprietor, Wblt Wslker. Promise ya"tl let ma be the. first on to, lateadure you to botby- Wa were hh a sweet and gracious country now. H looked as If Mother Nature would never allow any of he children who obeyed her to be poor or unhappy here. Aa we whizzed along the up and down road between, bil lowing oieadowa of grain we couJU see here and there a farmhouse showing between trees or peering over the brow of a rounded hill, but there was none where I longed to stop until we came In sight of a dear, old, red brick house really old, not what some Americana call old. It was set baek several hun dred yards from tho road and an ave nue of magnificent maples each one a great green temple led up to the com fortable, rose draped porch which shel tered the door. There was an old fashioned garden on one side, with a running flame of bollybocka hemming it in. The background waa a dark green oak and maple grove, and In a clover meadow beyond the garden was a col ony of beehives. It looked an ideal, a ton book place, and I wished. 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