Show 01 IN 00 M I 1 IMI N shell hall I 1 i A ROMANCE il I 1 wilden i 0 id en CHAPTER X continued why are you not with mr mrs wilden and the others ot beraT hot h continue kindly M he follow follows shell into the drawing room which look looks bare and deso desolate lats cor for shell las not found courage even to renew the cower cowers duran the pat past tow daya dayl 1 I did not wish to to go she he ex el plains vaguely its a she he teats herself on low chair and take takes pu on her knee 1 I thought it would be 50 0 o stupid and dull on the moor 0 I 1 hobert robert champley a tares stares at ber tier with I 1 an in 12 d salle mile surely it could not be much duller than you ire i re here I 1 he ventu Ten turea re a wit with h a laugh and then add adds almast tern stem ly IT you ought not to have been I oft here bare alone dut but I 1 nt gol got reller rates atea shell decidedly dedd edly I 1 it la Is nobody i fault bit my own they were all very ouch much vexed with me ina for not going only only I 1 preferred remaining behind I 1 I 1 am afraid you mut must bo be ft IL very determined ter tor mined young lady yea yes I 1 am very obstinate assent assents shell applying the meet most obnoxious term ahe she can think of to her decision of at character then anxious to be done with personalities ahe she continue dut but you came with a message I 1 low HOW are they all getting on at oakford Oak fordT for a moment there la Is a look of keen annoyance on robert Ch champley AmPler a 8 face thea then he laughs off the quest question lon gaily oh your sister seems charmed with the moor mm mrs wilden not quite 50 0 o enchanted whilst miss flower I 1 bear has threatened more than thin once to run awall away I 1 amongst other trouble troubles it seems ahe she la Is buffering suffering intensely Inte neely from cold not having come aup piled with wrap wraps for the keen brae brao tog air I 1 cm am charged chimed with a note aging you to lend send her all the tura furs you cm mn lay your hande hands on she ah d declare declares the arctic region regions must be tropical compared with VI Is I 1 alway always shivery laugh laughs shell as abe she take takes the mail small tinted note redolent of orri root and acan scans the hastily scrawled line lines I 1 well it wont take me long to gather up her bundle of wrape wraps how doea does she he want them ent sent I 1 wonder erT by train to limply elation station thence by the carrier to oakford I 1 suppose anwer answers mr Cb Chim briskly bri akly then boeing shell a involuntary atari start of aur ur priss he add adds 1 I should have ben very pleased to take them had I 1 been going that way shell still stares at him in open eyed amazement 1 I thought you were going to spend the summer at Oak moor she falter falters and then a faint smile pucker puckers up her bar mouth ne she cannot help feeling amu ed at the tun tum event events are taking ye yes true I 1 bad intend to do so answer answers robba la in a low slow thoughtful voice votes but I 1 have changed my mind the children seem team so thoroughly happy at the tarra farm that I 1 thought I 1 would take advantage of their being there to take a hort short run mn oa on the continent your elter sister miss 1 wilden ha bas been as a usual barly kind she the haa bas of offered fereA lo 10 keep an eye on the little donw so I 1 feel that they are perfectly perfect lr safe he ile finishes his statement with a deep drawn sigh and shell blushes washes crimson in 14 the gathering cathering t twilight as she realize realizes the fact that be bae has been driven abroad by ru bys by pertinacity would they ther not bays been titer at chample house with mr mrs tolley to look after I 1 venture ventures shell dubiously agan the faber ight 1 I think the air ny tip there to I 1 good for meg he answer answers dowing bin hi band hand slowly across his hi brow the child ha has not lot been herself of late even rob haa has turned listless with the heat beat but I 1 dont doubt I 1 shall find them strong enough on my return the air Is i better ban thin any medicine ins and yet yoc are running away from it I 1 laugh laughs mischievously A reek week of it seemed enough for tev ted explains mr Cb champley ampley throw ing the onu onus of hi his departure on an his hi broth a innocent boulder shoulders we th thought aught wea we have tim for a mh rush thigh switzerland before the long vacation ted ha his never been to parit zer le ladd 1 I hope you both will enjoy it remark remarks shell famely then there ensues an a awkward pause neither guest nor hostess terms to have uve any further remark to make till ull robert champneys Cb Ch ampley ampleys eye eyes traveling round the room ic ir search of an object light upon the piano riano you were diew very sweet music when I 1 brilke in upon your oll all tude he aye says with a quick smile yea yes I 1 wa was making a 4 cue irue 3 noise an possible poa elble to drown my filing of lono loneliness uness laugh laughs shell perhaps Fer hap it wa was indiscreet of 0 me I 1 jt t I 1 listened to your music tor for fully ten minute minutes before knocking at the door 1 I aa am particularly partial to good nu mu bic and it Is I 1 not often that I 1 get a chance of listening to any to 0 o well worth hearing bearing i could not imagine who waa was playing somehow I 1 wae was under aa an erron erroneous eoa impression imp relon that mis miss wilden waa was par excellence the nurl marl daa of the tally oh roy my playing li in nothing nuchi answers shell brusquely you ar are wounding roy my feeling feelings tor for I 1 myself a rood judge laugh laughs her companion only I 1 bould should very much like to know why you so per gastent intently IT P put U t la a the background ob oh became bemuse putting oneself forward I 1 Is such a boref borel scoffs shell I 1 if it people know you can play you are ill way ways being mad made useful la in one way or another lent tt tit tt rather a il selfish way to look at it paka mr ur prave gmys ly IT surely it wai was intended that we A all b be useful to our fellow creature creatures so far as lies in our power shell laughs a little mocking laugh of course it la to very meritorious to be bhe she says flippantly but I 1 am oot not siren given to sell sacrifice and I 1 am afraid I 1 dont love 1 my fellow crea erm turc tures as I 1 ought whilst she he Is peaking speaking a ingle knock at the door in I 1 beard heard 2nd again she he break breaks into a lugh ah ab there Is buean susan she if Is a fellow creature of coune course sal at the present moment I 1 feel full of at lore love lor for her but I 1 am afraid my motive to A selfish onal one I 1 you eee see I 1 waa was 0 so o awfully afraid that something had happened to her which hould have been tak ward for me to lay say the leat least of it ito and abe he hurries into therall the ball to admit the long looked for susan you are an all enigma remarks nobert chamdler Cb Ch ampley ampler who having followed shell to the door now holdi holds b her pr hand band la in his hi and gaze gazes down at her r h j thoughtful puzzled eyes an am IT how horrid I 1 I 1 never found out an enigma in the whole coune course oc og my life iffe I 1 think them so 0 o dreadfully stupid 11 you are not stupid and I 1 rather like enigmas enig mas returned robert champ Is ley r calil falling L C into in t 0 a rafi reflection a C tion O 0 of I 1 be her r own mood o that ii Is it amuses me to find them out ily the way dob bob and meg loaded me with the meet most affectionate messages mee sages for yot yon did they how ilow queeni answer answers shell carelessly 1 I dont see ee anything queer about it say says robert champley Cb ampley coldly they bare have very affectionate natures na turee poor little things and I 1 imagine vat you hare have been kind to them have IT I 1 mucea muses isbell in speculative tones it so it mint must have been very fenstra kindness kind 1 I am not so jure of that but I 1 be kolas going now 1 I feel that I 1 leave you in ome some kind of safety no DO your maid haj has returned but really thia this place IB Is in too lonely a position for you to be living ai as you are doing almost alone ob oh we are eafe safe laughn shell there Is I 1 nothing at the wll wil delacee to tempt robbers and I 1 am not ae as a rule r nervous person although you fodel 1 me ina in such an art abject fright good night oad lad he abe out her hand in a limp and indifferent way to be shaken good night be he says earnestly AS he presses it it good night laugh laughs shell and happy loumell lou yoa you are rather premature in your wish I 1 ball shall not be leaving borne home for two or three day daw never mind happy journey when you do persists shell with ft a careless care leea nod aa is be he moves away A strange girl auva robert champley ampley Oh ae as be he pauses 11 in it divo to light a algar cl gapone one of the coif unac countable characters I 1 ever came across she makes bersell out P ft kiad of ear say age and yet the child adore he her I 1 konur what induced her to all alone tu that big bouse house when the reel rest took 4 0 o the moor dy BY the way what a that they fixed upon my neighborhood and so 0 o literally crote me away from my hiding place 1 I 1 hope the children will be all right I 1 do wish mise miss wilden would leave them alone however ho weTer that he evidently wont do I 1 think I 1 ball shall have to charter a tol lot iw IM us then with an impatient laugh by the way bow how remarkably well that little shell shall claral I 1 hare have balt mind to make same excuse for a call at the wilderness in the morning wonder it fhe the play tor for me dont chuk BO no but ill 11 have a try CHAPTER XI robert champley ampley Cb la is not dog as a rule given to thinking much about tits nl neighbor neighbors concerns conc erae yet the vision ot of shell and pale pal a aa an bhe she stood before him blin in the gathering gloom of the hall at the wilderness risea more than thain once and confronts him during the wakeful watches of that ummer summer night when breakfast break last la in over he the next morning and I 1 tic or brothen are enjoy inc ng their pipes together with the new news of the day under the rose wreathed ve randah which shel ars the dining room windows windo of Cb Cham ampley play house sudden suddenly lr breaks the silence 1 I am goIn going over to the Wil demass will you come comet bo aatu asks addressing digs brother to the WIl derneval too ted la ta why abts up apt yoa tos went to the Wll derne neet lat tart evenia eve alag that Is in no reason wiy I 1 tet go again this momin gt laughe robert orl not the slig htow moments tt IL 4 with ath a laxy lazy shrug oi ot hia his tl you have a fancy for stinging V it may be a weakness weak nesa on my port part but I 1 bay it pail kular kisr arr ardston ston to prickly young women and mademoiselle asbell Is t a perfect hedgehog then yu you oat out come comet not if I 1 know it and you ran hint hiat to the young lady that she he bu has loit lost file pleasure of at ray my company entirely through her waspishness of di alo then abe be will mend mead her way ways 11 yea yes that would be likely to maka mike a strong impression on ott her t should think says the elder older brother berto ively 11 as he clean clears t te ta a abbes from his pipe and prepare prepares for depar departure tu the fact act Is 1 he continues in explanation 1 I think shell ought to join her ber mother at oakford it li in really not bate safe tor her to remain here all alone 4 oh ahe she la safe nought nobody who h as had one interview with her to I 1 likely to molt molest her bar a second time scoffs con ted Illo however wever it if ahe she la Is weigh welsh ing inc on oa your mind you had cartaIn certainly Ir better got get rid of her before we tart start so 0 o go and give her the benefit of your opinion if it you dare you always were 0 1 a cat cwt t Q t Z net in the laal return rt seriously I 1 only where duty ao so plain ly leada leads one ono must needa needs follow capital sentiment no doubt tor for the head of a family farally drawls ted it ever I 1 marry I 1 hope a seni u of my responsibility will tall fall upon ue we at the came same time at present my duty plaint ly IT if leada aap ca a to pack and not to moral ise its with shell on the impropriety of her conduct you are a laxy lazy dog ted and DO no mI mie lakel laughs robert Ch champley ampler looking down with an indulgent mile smile at hia his younger brother who instead of bestirring himself him olt for or the talked of o packing haa has eunk sunk down upon the close shaven green alope slope leading to the veranda randa Te and li Is almost loaf lost to view under the widespread sheet of the thi 14 times 1 1 I am thankful for email small mertle me relea 41 responds rea ponda ted li vt a tone ions of unmerited Perse persecute cut year speech would hat J am more annihilating bad had you aub sub the word puppy for voc dob now speed you on your way I 1 baya no earthly wish to detain you and tell bliss shell shelf with my beat best respects ecta that she ho la Is quite welcome to the moor now we have done all U itil all right 1 nobert robert and the thi dext moment to 1 is walking briskly down the avenue As he neara nears the Wilde wilderness ruess however ho weTer his hi pace slackens ala cLena after all what business alnea bu of hia bin la Is it that shell choose chooses to remain at home instead of joining her mother and sister may abe she not feel justly annoyed at hia his interference and resent it as sheer impertinence and yel yet be cannot somehow eel feel justified in going away and learing leaving her bw 4 unprotected she baa has been 1 to his hi children their little heart hearts seem tau ot of her her ber name trips f from their I 1 tongues twenty times urn a day and yet incomprehensible girl that ahe the ie he abe never seems to care one jot about them and if ehe she speaks of them at all deema them by her tone ne little nul r bances a well duty la Is duty ahe she can biscon I 1 atrue him it she he will laugh at him it if it I 1 ao so pleases her but be ha will have hia his eay say anu just tell her bar plainly and ae piously that ahe abis ought to go to oakford 1 with thia this resolution lr in hia his mind he mounta mounts the large flat dat doorstep and pulla pulls the bell As a rule rul when the whole family are at how the ball bill door lands stands open to admit the summer sun thino now it la is closed and robert champley notes with a leb etch that it badly wants a coat of paint 10 to be continued J t I 1 |