Show A WOMAN I IBY BY MAY AGNES FLEMING ClI VII There Many a Sill Slip Et Klo Ite Ind Lady Cecils Cecil's wet feet w were re consIderably consider consider- ably bly wetter welter before beCore she readied reached the picnic party on n the sand But Dut there was vas no help for Cor It it and she laughed laughe good at all Sir Arthurs Arthur's anxious aux aux- toes ious ous predictions of future col colds s Mishaps and amid misadventures rainstorms rain rain- storms torms and amid general luI demoralization of oC I Iono's ones one's raiment are what whal one Inevitably inevitably 1 ably expects at picnics It is In the nature lature of oC things fur for lightning storms to o come conic up in iii the the- midst of all aJl plea lle- ire ure excursions I wonder vonder If the carriages car car- lages safely protected those we car I left dt behind an and all all I hope hOle GInevra an and ind 1 her party parly were not out in that fairy airy bark of theirs when tho the squall arose I Hut But the they were Two hours had elapsed between Sir Arthur and Lad Lady I Cecil leaving the pleasure party porty and amid their hoir return and during those thoo two hours dire misfortunes had hall befallen The whole picnic party varty were assembled as as- In imi one excited group as the theto two t wanderers came caine up in their midst the the major Lad Lady anti and tho the rectors rector's daughter aught r dripping from froni lead head to foot like 1110 a triad trim o of sea ea deities La Lady y Cecil gave a CL gasp Sir h Arthur Arthurl Look here helo the boat has upset Tho The boat had La Lady y Da excitedly and eloquently poured out the tale talc of or their escape as nM tho they approached half and or rhe They were welO a thereabouts from the shore when the tile had so HO swiftly arisen and the they had turned and put back hack at once lint But before the they had gone gomie ono ten yards either elthel owing to the majors maJor mismanagement or the sud sudden en striking lUg ing of oC the squall away went the lit little little lit lit- tle the boat keel uppermost nUll and down Into bite tho the ruffled sea ea with ringing shrieks of or affright ht went the tho two ladles ladies and amI their military protector rile Tho major could swim swim swim-so so could Miss c HalIan Hal- Hal Ian lami Ian the rectors rector's l Ila daughter Flinging nn one arm about Lady Dan the major struck out for 01 the shore hore but an awful panic hall hail seized the thc nets bar wire wife sudden d death ath stared lice her in tin the face ac- ac arid and all alJ presence of oC mind deserted desert desert- ed IJ her She struggled In the clasp clinging to him the tile while and antI shrieking frantically In vain the major Implored tJ and entreated For Heavens Heaven's I sake Mke GInevra ra be Ut still anti and I will save you In vain the thu affrighted party on the shore forgetful of ur rain now Low descending In Hoods added their shouted pray prayers r to hers hero In vain aln Lad Lady screamed and struggled and the picnic party was In a fair Call wa way o of winding up with a tm tragedy cd when a n boat skimming like Jlko a bird over u the tiie dancing waters and amid skillfully handled h by 01 one man shot toward i them swift and 1 straight tI-al tI ht as an arrow Hold haiti on eu there a voice olce from rom the tile boat go xo down own to a deull certainty If IC you OU plunge about like hike that much longer The Time boat hoat Hew nearer The rime man nian leaned ov over r anti and picked up m my lady Major Abler Frank land scrambled in an after r Rather lather a R. close chose their deliverer de de- paM ald coolly You were doIng dolog do- do In log Ing your nur hiet to tn make th thu Lott bottom Aro you all right there here sir Look after ater the lady huh will you ou I 1 think she site is go goIng going go- go ing lug to taint feint Hut But Lad Lady Dangerfield did not faint too too much cold water perhaps Site She glanced al at her hel preserver I er and noticed o in that moment that he was one omie of the very ery men it hail had ever been n her good gOtI fortune to li 1 Sue She glanced at herself hem Good Goo heaven hoo I f. f t 4 t r it L. L Ir j half halt time the exquisite abundance of oC curls and ani braids she h had 1101 set et forth Corth with wilh that were ere miles out at sea ea lice her complexion was as a wl wretched tche d ruin and her lice lovely pink gr grenadine in which she had looked not a day over twenty- twenty five Ove one short hour hom ago that ago that pink grenadine all anti and and no no words voris are poor 1001 and weak to describe the state slat of or that d dress ress The rime boat flying Hying before tho the rising rising- wind made the shore in five minutes I Lady y ld had not spoken one word tears of or shame and auth mortification tion were ware standing in h her I eyes Why h oh wh why had she ever come on omi this wretched trip thIS this miserable picnic at all What hot business hud had Major l Frankland to propose going out In a boat when he wasn't capable of handling hand hand- ling hog a boat What hat a fright she must look look hairless comparatively and her b bright gossamer gossamer gossamer gossa gossa- mer summer skirts clinging about her like wet leeches What must this re remarkably ro- ro looking good an nod and 1 self self- pos possessed Es sed ei-sed ed gentleman sitting yonder steering think of her He was not I thinking of or her at all he lie hea was vas watchIng watchIng watch- watch I Ing log with an amused face Caco Miss Mils Hallan ITalIan calmly and deliberately swimming ashore and all the other people standing stand stand- ing log like hike martyrs Is In the rain ruin Now ow then madam He lie sprang out and almost lifted her on the tho sands Very sorry for rOI your our mishap antI and I If I ml might ht presume to offer a RU sug suggestion would recommend an instant return home and a chan change e of or gar sar- ments Good day sir sll your our boats boat's all allright right right floating floating ashore And then n this lila cool conI gentleman without without with with- out waiting for thanks or fir further ado udo pushed oft off again nn and 1 skimmed J away avay o a Seagull I Such plight as this pleasure party parly In when Sir Arthur and anti Lady Cecil rejoined them Wet Wot et through all their fine feathers spoiled spoiled every every one ono of or the ladles ladies in as ml miserable a plight as ai tIme the shipwrecked party parly themselves every overy every one drenched to the skin Lad Lady Cecils Cecil's dark darl eyes full of or suppressed sup sup- pr pressed ed fun un were lifted to the baronets baronet's baro laro- nets net's there was a grave smile even atthe nt at the corners of hl sedate I dato mouth It I was wonderful how lion they thy understood each euch other and how much nearer they were WIe then than thc they had been that morning I ii g. g Of or cour course e the picnic broke up In Inmost Inmost mo most t admired disorder and antI at once Th The wet were packed hacked damp anti and dripping Into the tho and whirled away to as fast as the hore horses could trot the tho distance I Lad Ld Lady bewailing her rat fate her narrow C escape I for her 1 life and anon wondering who whit her preserver could be he I IHo ITo Ho 10 had the Jho air nil of a n military man she shu saId aid ld there was sas no mistaking It It and he hp was wan bronzed anti and bearded and I somewhat foreign look looking I nl A gentleman gentle gentle- man mami beyond a shadow of a 0 doubt I with wih a bow bo- o of m a Lord Chesterfield or ora ora 0 a a court chamberlain and anti tho time whitest j te teeth I revel ever saw aw It I wa was evident o Major Frankland hind hall hada hinda I II a I rival 11 01 I I 1 wi h I hall hail asked his hi nam name and I Invited him hilna to cl call my ny lady went vent on 01 Common court court y m It I. I but hut j I really I was wan no so H confuted confused anti and frightened fright fright- fright fIght ened enel and anti all cli RI the rest of or It I t that lat I I thought of oC nothing Abominable In in Jasper to let th thie boat up up-i net et t Ill I'll Il never forgive him What could that Stranger tranger er h have he e thought ht of ofin in me such such z a 1 horrible fright rl-Ight as 38 I mu must t look My 1 dear der doc It H matter I what this tranger 1 thinks We art are I Ial all al grateful to him for or coming to your re rosette rescue lc eo so i opportunely but lut as a. to hit his J t 3 i f I good good gool opinion I r dont don't perceive that that a n matter mattel of or consequence ono W way U or the time other othel One loc doesn't mt want to to- look 1001 liko a n scarecrow scarecrow- elu returned her hO ladyship In Indignantly In- In 11 even en e before tan r rand an anti and ho hovas was vas s so o tl distinguished looking hooking In-I In and ami had hod the tho t eyes Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps ho he ma may be he ole oie of or th thu officers from time the Castleford barracks s I thought we ha hail had 1 had hati hal all al the officers of of- from the time Casle Castleford and if I an any of them are arc eminently distinguished looking I have hitherto failed to perceive per per- e cel it i. i Wo Ve 0 might have had him over for our theatricals tomorrow night If it I 1 had hal only had presence of or mind enough to ask his ills name But lint how can nn one have ha e pre presence ence of or mind when one omme is drowning And Auth to lu lose e m my lint hot am ammy and m my my-my my m my chignon and amid e everything Queenie how is it J that you OU have o ha es escaped escaped es- es so completely t l Where hero did Sir SirA A Arthur rth U take you I To Bracken Hollow We e were caught in time the first of or the time storm and amid had hall to run rumi for fOl it I. I Such a a race EV Even n Sir Arthur Tregenna the mo moat mout t dignified dig dig- of mankind does docs not look hook dIgnified dignified dig dIg- scampering awa away from a l rain rain- storm Lad Lady Cecil Ceci laughed maliciously It I does people good to come caine down off their stilts once In a while anti and put their high and und mimi mightiness InthIr in th their thIr lr pocket neall Really It has lias been heen a aay aday aday day ay of oC extraordinary adventures alto alto- alo- alo get gether gether ii or Yes said Id Lady crossly crossly cross cross- I ly and adventures are arc much nicer to read of or than to take tako part In I r dont don't want adventures ad out select novels A day of adventures ad went on Ld Lady laughing You get upset in Iii tl e le midst of or time the raging ocean ocen ocen lightning Hashing flashing thunder rain what crashing falling falling-anti falling and rh rhymes to falling GInevra Ginevr bawling And Ard at the lost last moment UI up ru rushes hes tin tho gallant golant knight ht to to tn time the rescue han handsome of or course coure gentlemanly gentle gentle- gente- gente manly also military likewise and auth with wIh the bow of a or-a a court COUlt chamberlain I thing you said said A And Auth for me my knight ht takes me Into tIme the Haunted Castle Caste anti and wo we hear anti and see eo cu tho the gho ghost t tor of or Bracken Hollow Oh Sir Arthur Is your OUI knight then Is he Interrupted her ladyship tr- tr sar- sar ar- ar I hI 1 th It would come cometo to that In the end nd l We e don't dont refuse thirty thousand a year do lo we r Queenie darling In n spite spie of or of all an our poetical cynical talk of or buying and selling An And what Backen Dacken Hollow Hol low And what gho ghost t What Backen Daden Hollow Theres There's only one and amI your husband says a Its It's haunted I suppose e lie he ought to tu know h he lie seems CIS an nn authority on tho subject of goblins an and 1 ghosts ghosts Of or my myown myown myown own knowledge I can say sy It I Is as dismal dismal dis dis- 9 mal and amI dull ul a 3 looking hooking place an as ever everI I laid eyes on on-In on In tho words of or tho the poet A lonesome lodge that stands 80 so low in glen And a n grim grimand grimand and antI comber old oll woman woman woman-a a a sort Rort of oC Su Sussex x Norna of ot th tin the Fitful I Head ad presides over it I. I A Anti And ml at an upper tipper window W we saw MW a most ghostly face and from an upper chamber we Wo heard hearda ar t a n most ghostly cry Norna of or tho time thoI I Fitful Head heath accounted for It I in someway some somo I way about a 3 raven IVEn anti and a n country countr girl but bu I don't dont think she Rho ho expected us to I believe I It And Anti then I am ani sure er certain tain tab tab-I I tall tall-I saw w sav But Lud Cecil Ceci paused Why should she create an unpleasantness h between the tIme governess and Lady by telling of oC seeing her hiet thol there here That there thele was waH wa no nu mistake she sIte was con con- vinced Ml Miss n was wa not nol a face to be lie mistaken anywhere not anywhere not at atal atall atall all al the Uw sort of or face rac WI we mean n wh when 11 wo say pay it will trill wil pa pass pans q In 11 a crowd erod io Most t people in an any crowd would have turned turned turn turn- ed el to look t twice at the tIme v very ry striking face tace of or my mv ludy's nursery lOY governess go Lady Cecil Ceci we went vent nt up to her r room at once and rang for her hr mai maul maid In her hier damp lr dress s she stood before the time oIl open n window while she waited and looking down sue she saw sw immediately beneath her in the rose lose 1080 gr garden en Miss Ig Horncastle Horn Horn- lern- lern ca castle t Miss s te calm composed com corn posed poel pale grave ladylike ladIe and anti lookIng looking look look- Ing with her neatly neaty dress and amid serene manner as though sI sin she had been the there rf for hours the Ia last t person possible to bo bl gul guilty of oC nn nimy es escapade es- es whatever Sh She looked up smiled lo bowed J tur turned slowly and ammil ills dis appeared mown a lime Hm walk wale Lady Cecil stood too transfixed What hat did thu Ite it I mean menn Miss ISN looked a very 1 clover ur co person pon but she was not clever er cle enough surely to bo ho In two lilace t once That runt was waR Ml MIsi I Hern- Hern II I castle castlo caste ah she ilie had sed at Bracken Hol- Hol I. I v lo less lesi than an un n ngo ro nn and l Joh now 1 Ml MIss l was he here heie r Sh Site Slie could not nol hay i- i rt U It m coull MIss had 1 seen Ue Who 10 than thui t Oh 0 h non nonsense ense e Lady Cecil Ceci crl cried l tapping lice her foot impatiently I 1 know beU better r. r It I was wa waI va Ml I as Hern- Hern Imn castle caste Desiree to her maid maul I r st see Mf Miss s down there how v howlong lon long Is it i since she C came In Iii 11 Came Caine In Iii in Desiree repeated opening open ing lug her hem brown French eyes But nut mademoiselle Moos s wasn't out at nt all She has been In the school schoolroom schoolroom schoolroom room with wih her y ung jung Ia ladies lt s' s Are you OU sure D Desiree h. h c Yes mademoiselle Desiree was sure That is Is- Is sue Isho s-ho s ho had been Jee 1 In the tho servants servants' hall hal herself and ard art not in iii time the grounds but of or course Miss Is Herl- Herl Hern- Hern cast castle I e- e caste That will viii wI tb do Desiree You pull pul my hair hall when you brush hrush anti and talk to to- to gether Make taku hasl i De Decree DecIree ma made c haste taste t n and tind 1 In fresh roh slippers sUppers nn and rosettes rosette fresh Creth organdie antI and ribbons Iad Lady Cecil tripped awa away to the tho school room lOOn Pearl and ammil Pansy were there thel hOU houses es of oC Down went the cards and amid tho the twins sum rounded Aunt Cecil Ceci Immediately Immediate Did Dil she sue see the time lightning ohm lightning oh wasn't it I awful And Ale the tl thunder wasn't she frightened They rimey were Time They went vent up UI to time the nursery and ant crept into bed and IHIl |