| Show TUG THE LOST IDEAL miranda was wan a charming little elitle girl ot of 17 she was also a bundle of cultured and crude clever end cpa foolish sentimental and very much alivo alive to the ridiculous di she sha wn was salto alio extremely pretty in her irish way which Is perhaps tile the prettiest way in the hie world iler her fath father er the rector yes us irish unil nod he ha aud and all his family were wera genial cheery folk who laughed an anil 1 grow fat one september day tho the beaming rector called to All miranda rands from his study window chick would you like to come coma to london with me for a week 11 yes yei paia ann P said gald stio bho in a little langu languid voice and with altha didamy re artly RUZO guza beyond lim him into infinity tho the happy old who did not often pavo himself alu self a it thoroughly and so did miranda Mi randii one morning the tha rector had bad to go into the city on an business aud and left All miranda rands all alone she fine thought she ho would explore the tin 03 drawing rooms in search coart ti of outi oal tie llo of which chhor hor aunt was u great collea lieu tor she ano camo came to the small rat room at the end ani antil oven even DB as bhe creased abo threshold tier her eyes 01 cs fell on the photograph of a very handsome young man stuck in tho the lat leaf of a photograph screen jn in that moment mir node noda thought shu she foretasted fore tasted tile raptures of a realized ideal she called him perlin nod and almos shyly slipped tho the fateful carte out of tho the little screen without oven a glance at its companions thero there Therea There aft fl r miranda abent t much timo time in contemplation of that sun aun face d the winter in I 1 it if hoping hop loer halt half dro adlue that her aunt would woula in come bonab of her letters allude to tho cho missing treasure and at tho the same bamo time tear tho the veil from its lt bystry in may miranda and tier her ideal went to london cihra tho the pretty country girl wilis was a rood good deal cleal nd admired mired and ana enjoyed her belt very much one day bt at breakfast her aunt read a letter that seemed to give her considerable a my dear said oho gho abar ie is corn com ingot inc who Is Char charlie llo lt asked miranda who lied bad never henril heard pt of him belore my imy dear replied tier her nant solemnly solomn ly charlie Cliar llo Is IB the tha son of my first and only love the tha man I 1 should probably have it ho he preferred ened some one else 1 and ana Is be alive now mw ano no my lay dear both dead long ao ago lie ile got hinst it killed billed by a elior out in india abid it killed her too not the tiger but the iha loss of tier her husband hui band indeed then she ehe was far fonder of him thun than I 1 evor was mine well oft off uncle looked after their boy bov and got him into the 1 I 0 HOB been in jaddua three years and now he be writes mo me word hes bes coming home homa nod and will ue be in london next week so bo sit alt ye down miranda child and send him a card for my dancs dance next 11 thursday Ihu came the guests came more than could over got ups upstairs laIrs charlie ur or rived birly and did got cot upstairs ills hos hoa toss less glorious glar loui in eren velvet and damond 4 pounced on him tools both his hands handa until klason l him before the assembled multi multitude multitud presently Pres oatly Al madu mado her and being effusively introduced to each other they want off to tho the ballroom to gecher other mil andas heart beat faster when they met I 1 for ono one moment she I 1 tal al i coined to recognize the tha beautiful dark eyes ee of ferdinand but ah no no that round foolish face inclined to bo be chubby that noso nose inclined to bo be that wide mouth widened forever by a schoolboy grin miranda vent to bod that night vaguely disa cilia pointed ond and unhappy and had a rala pain ful dream of a distorted ferdinand photo graphed on a spoon charlie camo came to luti luncheon choon next day All randi was waa tired and a little croaa she aho found him horribly uninteresting she was only halt hall conscious that charlie was bib babbling bling and brag ging of his exploits on do the ice ica in canada she cite only half heard what ho he said when ho bo asked her aunt if she had ever got the photos bo be sent her a vear ear before nine of our skating club and trie what do you cill it you know 11 oh yes yei 11 said tier her aunt 1 I 1 got them and put them fill inart a photograph screen it used to lo stand aland on an a table in me third biard roa irom up a atair lairs I 1 daira say its lt soine somewhere whore up tip there lot us ua go up thero there and look for it screen the words up tip miranda like 1110 a pistol shot hot at last at atlant last and vant was going to li appon was her ber sin aln to find her out no she would clover confess co ness but she aha felt vry guilty and babcoc aco in a her shoes hoes however she to walk upstairs in thum be ba lied her aunt with charlie at tier bor heels heals lu its tho the third room bar aunt pulled the drawer of a cabinet ilera hera it Is sold said site lie folded fold rd up us flit flat as A n pancake pati cake 11 and ilia gravo it to charlie who unfolded it yes cried he fao with his wide laugh wo we ell all are dot but I 1 ray hay wheres jhb the combination composite what dou call it nine nina of us blended into you kaow tho tha now dodge doingo what 03 gecomo of it awfully handsome fellow wo we maide made too bit of brown blown bit ot jone janell bit of me by joae whala the matter mattar aro are you lit jl here bit down the cau can do coitano libranda bat down jhb ab did leel feel a little fall fair L tf lor or an instant when she aha realized the abo truth aud and ferdinand melted into space apace buts butlien then khe aha kuppr p sed fun in her lower nature jumped up like a jack in i the tox on the phantom boels ol of the ilia vanishing ferdinand und and sho went off loto into peals of inextinguishable laughter la they ivere rathar tier her aunt klaprod flap coil her hands charlie emptied the boado of can de da cologne over nod ancl ilia iia afraid she eha stopped slapped him my poor child eald cold bar aunt ashes hysterical im nott ing of tho the sort gasped mirando miranda trying to stop atop laughing going off again and speaking in sp spasms asins ah ob oh ob its iti too too too funny ot oh oh that I 1 could havo have fallen in love with nine men il at one etc nono no with tins alna bits of men shall I 1 ever ever over stop laughing 1 i it 0 ill Mir miranda arida went homo home in july a merrier aud and a girl in october aho married her faithful curate choso whoso only rival lied hail bee been n ferdinand london |
