Show A A WONDERFUL WOMAN I BY MAY AGNES FLEMING i Oh right light after y U all went away awny And she went up to tu her room roomy with some vinegar and anti pull pulled ell down the blinds and locked the door and anti told Mrs Mis Butler she he would tr try to sleep it off ore She got Kot up ju just t before you came home home I I v a her come out quit of or her room nn and go tow to to the garden TIm Tho door 1001 opened antI and Miss 1 item Hern- castle came In In her ro rotes roses eR and m myrtle In her hand She bowed to Lady Lally Cecil with a u slight smile crossed tile the room ruoni with e easy sy grace and placed her lice bouquet in a n. Parlan va vase eI e. e I regret to hear you have ha been suffering from a severe seere headache all allday day Miss lIss Lady Cecil said and ami tho tile amber clear brown e eyes s fixed themselves full upon the face of the governess Pansy tells tells' mo you have llave been lying down all 11 day a But for that I should positively think it was your face I saw at a window of the house In Bracken Hollow The Tho face faco of or the governess o turned from the flowers over which she was bending bending tIme the deep gray ray eyes met the lie searching brown ones steadily Thought you OU saw sa me Lul Lady Cecil How lIow very strange And Bracken cn Hollow Hol Hol- low low where where I is Bracken cn Hollow 7 Bracken Hollow is within easy walking distance of or Miss lIss anti and you OU arc aro right it is very strange I was positive o It was you OU I saw You were vero mistaken of course the tho governess said Id calmly It seems my fate to be ml mistaken ta on I ha had a headache headache headache head head- ache as Pansy Pans says and amI was sas obliged ed d to go o to m my room I am unfortunately unfortunately subject to bad nervous heath head aches Her Hel face was perfectly calm not calm nol a tremor not a n. of or c eye e or muscle A And nd again Lady Cecil was vas sla staggered Surely Surel this was truth or mo most t perfect acting If H Miss lIss had spent spout tho the day In iii her lice own room she sho could not have ha spent It H at Bracken Hollow And If Ie It were not nut Miss H she had seen who eu on earth then lien was It Thoroughly mystified tIle Iho earl earls earl's s daughter d descended the lie stairs In the lie vestibule sat t the tho hall hail porter tho the Cas- Cas Chronicle In his hand hanel his hla gaze me meditatively cl fixed on the iho rainbow spanning tho the sk sky Johnson have you ou been hero here all allday day all day all 11 lay day a mind 1 Johnson John turned turnell from tho lie rainbow and made a n. bow Yes my lady which lady which I meant r say my Jad lady of course while i I was as at dinner dinner dinner-ahl all tho he rest of or the theda da day my lad lady And did anyone leave o the tho house during our absence anyone the anyone the children the children Iho servants fler No Xo nl my lady Mr 11 Johnson Joonson re responded re- re rather surprised not that lint I 1 see sec my lady And it would be Impossible Im Im- possible for Cor anyone to count come without my seeing my lal lady TIm The young ladles ladies they wasn't on the tho grounds all allday allday day m my la lady y likewise none of or the lie servants ser Mrs r Butler But sIte he was a mak Ing lug hup long In her hown hewn room and Miss II she were a down with the lie m my lad lady And thero there weren't no callers m my lady Lad Lady Cecil turned away with a dazed dazed dazed daz daz- ed look t. She had no ijo wish to lila play the spy upon Miss J q If she had been heen to Bracken Hollow and had hall owned owneLl to It It Iad Lady Cecil might have ha wondered a n. little but she shio would have said nothing about It She said nothing noth noth- In lag ing about It as it was SS but she ho puzzled 11 over It all the tile e evening The fhe picnic picnic pic plc- nic party parly rejuvenated dined d at Scars Scars- woo wood Sir Peter left leCt the Saturia Pa- Pa vonta anti and dined with his guests guests my my Ind ladys lady's s rather an and my mr lad lady herself In fresh Cresh raven ringlets Cre fresh h bloom and fresh robe of or gold colored U tissue and white while roses looked as aK pretty and andas andas as animated us as though ten pounds sterling worth of or tresses lied hail not drifted drifted drift drift- ed ml out to wa and a n lovely new toilet had hall been utterly ruined I 1 wish I hud haul thou thought ht of asking him I his hIM name La Lady y Dan remarked remark remark- ed od over o and over again agi returning to tho ho Unknown A uA i gentleman I am positive there there Is no mistaking the 1 air all of society and an officer I should know a trooper in the tho pulpit or In lii his coffin thero there is no mistaking their heir swing AntI And he lie had the mo most t expressive expressive sive eyes I think I over o saw sair Your i close observation does docs him him h said snit Major suppressed sl Jealousy Ito Ill Is In Iii ln all alJ probability some seine wandering l' tourist tourist tour tour- I t. t or 01 artl t unknown to 10 fame ramI find and Trafalgar u Square It would be he crul cruel i I suppose to hint at his being a commercial com corn mercial merritt traveler down from the lie metropolis me with his hits samples Gad he lie looked like some sonic one Ive I've I met before mutter the earl glancing uneasily at hi his dau daughter He was in London the night of the lie opera and auth it itIs itIs iti i Is Just possible ho lie may have ha followed follow follow- ed us down here heie Only that lint It would not mint be like him proud as Lucifer he used to be and then hen I should think too he lie had got over the old madness Did you see this unknown knight er rant lant I No o papa it was all over o before before be be- fore we came up The curtain had hall fallen Callen on Oil time the grand sensation atlon tableau the hero of or the Iho pl piece co had hind fled Sir Arthur and I were only In line limo for the farce fai The Tho earl carl stroked his Iron-gray Iron mustache reassured I If it bo he ODonnel and pon pen my life i I think it I is Is I only hope Sir Arthur ma may speak before ho appears again oh on the lie scene Not that she cares for him of cOUl course e. e or that hi his appearance appear appear- ance anco will make mako nn any difference in the result It was as only a 0 girls girl's only emily a achild's achild's childs child's s 's fancy fancy and and It Is six years yearn ago USO What woman over remembered an absent t lover Jo six years n. a a. a hi husband for that matter mailer They say a Penelope dl did 1 but we have only their wor word for forit it IL I dare dan say a while Ulysses was on un that Unit island with Queen Calypso Ca Ca- o and Miss l she sho was flirtIng flirt flirt- 1 flirt In Ing at home honie and anh looking out for 01 his ills successor 01 The rho emil only unpleasant thing about it il will be If ii they thoy discover the tho little counterplot I indulged In at that time tinie Its It's odd Sir Arthur dont don't pro 1110 pose He lie I Is greatly taken with her lice that Is evident c Sir Ir Artilur was vas taken with her His eyes followed that lint fairy graceful fI figure fig fig- lire ure everywhere e ho lie stood by the piano picnic while she she- sang snug and she sang Vl very ery ry sweetly his e eyes eR on tho the perfect face his Ills ear ai drinking In these silver sliver sounds He lie was at his hits ease with her hier he lie talked talked tallied talk talk- ed to her hel as ns hw hu hail had never ne talked to lo loany any woman In his life she was she was fair fairand fairand and good lovely and gentle Why h should ho he not make her his wife If It that lint exquisite exquisito hewer flower face Cace of or hers had hind wrought ht dire havoc ore cro now with the thc too susceptible hearts was wa she to lo be bo blamed She might not bo lie quite his l Ideal eal perhaps perhaps hut but which of ot us ev ever r meets or marries our Meal Ideal ideal and h he liked her very well very velh-very very well an and admired her hel greatly Why hy not runt speak then lien and ask her to be his hiR wife He lie resolved this question In bed that thai night until ho lie fell asleep el Of or love hove such uch an as ho lie had hearth heard of or and read of oC that that Intermittent fever of or cold colel fits tIts and hot fits tIts of or fear tear of or hope of or jealousy jealousy jeal- jeal o US of or delight delight ho ho knew nothing j That mad fever Into which common I I sense never enters Isn't a dignified passion a n man on his hla knees knels to a n I woman calling upon all the tho gods sods to I witness how ho he worshipped her I Inot la is lanot not hot an elevating or majestic sight lie He was not nol a n lover hover of or the usual hotheaded hot hot- headed hare brained sort all wearIng wearIng wear wear- searing Ing tho ho same samo bright armor annor all an singIng j sing sing- lag Ing the same ame sweet song But nut he lie esteemed esteemed es es- I teemed t and admired and amI liked I Lady i Cecil She was his equal In er e every way save a fortune and that he neither i thought of nor cared for and the very vry i next day a that ever shone h lie hu would ask aki I Ihor her hor to be lie hl his wife I IFor IFor For Sir Arthur Tregenna to resolve re re- i solve Ive was to do He lie was none nOlI of or our I vacillating lovers Jo who dont don't know knowS their own minds and who are afraid to speak peak when th they y tb do Without be beIng being being be- be ing in the least a h he felt pretty sure of or his answer Her father wished it It J she he lid did not seeni at least leant to dislike him him and amI as BS husband and I wire wife th thu ho y would learn irn to love lo each other no doubt cr very cr dearly ills His eyes oyes followed her that aa day as they had hal never no followed her lion before with witha a new interest a new tenderness An And Lad Lady sharp black eyes saw It as they saw ga everything Thine hour has Ilas come oh oh Queenie she sho laughed maliciously The grand mogul has made up 1111 his Ills mind to fling his handkerchief at his I slaves shaves feeL feet Look your OUI loveliest tonight ht La Lo HeIne Blanche for the great reat Cornish baronet is going to lay his liEs trUe title and fortune COltune at your OUr feet et The color flashed hotly for n a moment moment mo mo- ment meat over th the lie exquisite drooping face facet facea oce t a a hush flush of ot pain of or almost t dr Her Ier woman r. r ls ax a as Ginevra Ginevia th way waa right He UP was going to u ask l her hor to tn b be his hla she what she what should she Rho say ay What could she sho say cia but hut yes res It was wasI washer washer her destiny as fixed as the stars A I sort of or panic seized her Sho She did not love ove him whit an and Lady Cecil two old old enough h at two twenty to I know now better hettel certain certainly and amI admirably abl ably trained h by a n. thorough woman of the world world world-a a woman of or the world herself her her- self self out out three seasons ed believed Inlove Inlove in inlove love I am pained to tell but the truth stands stand stands she she believed in love She Shie read De Do Masset l and amid Meredith and Tennyson Tenny Tenny- son soul son she oven even read Byron ETOn sometimes Sho She liked him him him-as as she he might a grave wise cr very much elder brother but hut love him no him no no no And Lady Cecil knew what love Jove meant Once oh oh how long Ion ago it seemed for seven weeks tho the sum sun had hind shone and amid the ro roses cS flamed In the light garth Earth had haul been Eden and anel the tIme Someone that We wo all see gee a day or or two in our lI lifetime had hind appeared I before her hel and anti then the thou seven en weeks ended and lifes life's dt dead ad level le flowed bad back That dream of uC sweet sixteen was ended and well nl nigh h for It II might be bl but hut she didn't care for or Sir Arthur Tregenna and ho lie was goIng going go- go Ing to 0 ask asIc her lien and amid there was nothing to i ay say but Yes Sho Sue avoided him him all that day tiny as asI I he had hind never ne avoided him before In lii InI all lice her life If IC her lieu chains were wen to be I cla clasped at least she would avert the fetters as long on as ml she could She shut shut herself up imp In her hel room took a boo book and forced herself C to tn road read She Sho would not think she sho would not come down It had hall to be he but at least east she would have a n. respite In suite spite of or them all l. The Tho lovely rosy Jul July lay day wore on on and dinner lint came caine She Shie had luul to lo go gim godown down n then lien A Owen Meredith says ts t's Wo 0 ma may live without hool books s what Is knowledge but grieving Vu Wo may live 11 without hope hOllO what is hope hOlle but deceiving Wo 0 may live lIvo without love hove what is passion limit hut pining But where is he the lie man maui that can live without dining Her lice respite was over Sho She must race faco aco her doom She went down clown In white silk and pearls pearl There was to tobe tolie be lie a an n even evening In ing party pary theatricals charades dancing ng-a ng a a large company were coining She was as white while as asher asher asher her dress but perfectly calm The They were ever er a 0 brave race tho the Clives going to lie tho scaffold or to lo the lie altar without wincing once Sir Arthur Arthul took lice her in to dinner dinner- gentlemen never ne know when tho they ar arnot are aro not wanted Ho lie was very silent during dur lur- lurIng ing that thai meal but bul then lien silence was his forte Lady Cecil usually the tho brightest bright bright- est of or the bright was under a n cloud too She cast casl furtive C sidelong ld long glances at nt her ter companion Oh Ohm her doom was al mouth month hi that hunt sealed that that compressed stern face those grave Inexorable Cy eyes 9 told th the story tory Do her best hest she sho could not shirk fatality long She made her after aCter dinner dimmer unnoticed as aR she sho fondl fondly fetidly hoped amid tho thu gay y throng A bright boudoir boa bou dolt doir all rose silk sUk and anti ormolu and amI cabinet pictures opened off ono one of or the tho drawing rooms double doors and a n. velvet elvet curtain shutting it Ill in Thither this stricken e deer tied Old The double doors door slid back the tho rose velvet curtain curtain cur cur- tain alum fell Cell and she was alone alon amid the hue pictures and the the- bric brac brac a-brac with tho the crystal She sank fank down In a n. dormouse In time the bay window drew a u great breath of ot relief reller and looked out How lIow peaceful peace peace- ful UI It was how sweet how hushed how lonely Oh why couldn't life be cast In some sonie blissful Arcadian valley where existence might be one long succession of or ruby sunsets and amI silver shIver moonrises where nightingales sing tho world to sleep sheep where young oung ladles ladies need never neveu get set married at nt all aB If It the they like and thirty thousand a n. year eal is not nota a n. necessity of life She Sho clasped her han hands Js and looked up almost pa passionately passionately passion passion- slon- slon at that bright tinted opal-tinted star star- set sel sk sky Oh she said I r wish I wish I wish I need neel not marr marry Sir Arthur Tregenna Lady Cecil I beg your 11 0 pardon for this intrusion but the they lucy have sent me here heie to find you ou Her clasped han hands s f fell her fell her hour had come comae Sir Arthur stOOl stood fail lall and serious 1 before her har She Sim looked tip un I S fill liil reff ira Jerro tm l t Ifil for an in Instant In in her largi t ul u eyes eye hut But ho he did 1111 flOt l It aright what man eVer ver does docs And I he came camo forward hastily eagerly How beautiful beau leau- she looked how noble how sweet sweeta a a wife for or an any man maui to be |