Show hei HER it MISTAKE 1 all the barchester family had come to fhe the conclusion separately and collectively that bess looked like a princess in her white dress with the straight clin clinging in 9 olds folds the V neck and the knot of rosea roses at the corsage that looked BO so exactly like ral real buda buds and leaves heat was very pretty too one of those warm complexioned blonds with reddish linyel eyes hair lighted up with chestnut gleams and pearly teeth who reminded one of Tit tatiana Tl tiana ians studies and old peter paul in his happiest moods oh bassill cried lionora II onora do wear your hair in a low coil at the nape of your neck with just a few cunning little rings escaping Non ensel said eudora do it in a fluffy mass at the top of your head with nn tin amber dagger or a rope of roman pearls the greek knot is all out of date will you hold bold your tongues both of you sharply demanded bess stamping her foot oh dear how nervous I 1 feel madeline dear if the first evening we have ever given should prove a failure I 1 I 1 shall commit suicide it wont prove a n failure said madeline the eldest sister of all madeline herself was hopelessly plain the hair that in bess case was titian gold was in hers dull orange red her weak pale eyes were red lidded and slightly crooked her nose long and sharp hut but nevertheless madeline MAdell was a genius la in her way old judge barchester nar chester never could have tided over the rough sea of creditors redl tors privations and trials that beset him had it not riot been for her help dont fret papa said the pale eyed diplomat that idea of fourson yours of giving givin gup up thi till very handsome house Is all nonsense who cares carem what the landlord land loid says let him wait for his rent it wont hurt him if ir he lie never gets it let the rage they are simply a lot of sharks heres bess a first class beauty and find it if she ha has s a fair chance ashes sura sure to make the family fortunes nut but what can any of us do with at 11 cheap flat and cold mutton for dinner one must have bays opportunities just let isca bess and me alone and und you shall bee what we can do judge barchester always willing to leave tb the e problems problem of I 1 life I 1 fe for some one else to hove solve flung the pile of dunning letters into the fire and buttoning a costly fur tu trimmed overcoat around his portly form took refuge I 1 lu u the aristocratic halls of the club clab while madeline like a faded eyed bird of prey fluttered forth among the milliners dremin dressmakers akers and modister modi stes for the benefit of bess the debutante everything Is arranged anan ged said fhe she composedly po gedly 1 I 1 ordered the supper from front van jbf I 1 had to pay something on oil our back indebtedness but I 1 took care it should be an little as possible steiner sends in the flowers weve never ordered flowers there before and the poor fools are anxious to secure re our custom mr air bapper the tunny funny man is to recite mrs aim vivyan engaged him for me and miss dale will sing a scotch ballad there are plenty of nicer people than rapper and monica dale but every cue oue else wanta wants to be paid in advance be heas bea a colo colored redL oh but we will pay them madeline when were abbel said she we dont mean to cheat them Mad madeline ellue laughed dont be billy dessl she bald every one in the world la is more or leis lebs engaged in to cheating everybody else bwll nut but madeline burst in a shrill voice madeline barchester uttered an exclamation of annoyance you here noral wild she ho listening and prying ah usual leave tha the room at once aud and dora too nut but we want to seo see ness bess new nev gloves and fan pleaded the two toll tall schoolgirls well you cant then theal without any ceremony madeline pushed lionora and eudora from the room Ill horrid little sl said she but heres a letter bess that I 1 show you another tormenting creditor worse than that its from uncle zab diel cooper down at the blackford DIac kford farm where you staid that kummer summer you had the whooping cough dont you remember 11 bess eyes softened A precious dimple came out at the corner comer of her mouth 7 what she cried dear old uncle V aab xab very dear ober observed ved madeline contemptuously and very delightful just the person to make a sensation at your at home 1 under mrs eye and raked by bytha the fire of mrs aubrey Rocking hams lorg lorgnette with his cowhide boota and pepper and salt trousers and hla tits fringe of chin whiskers and that chronic catarrh of ills bist my dear besa bess if it we allow that ol 01 old d nuisance to cross this threshold on tuesday evening it amounts to throwing up the game at once hes iles written that hes lies coming on oil that evening besa bess grew pile pale oh madeline Ma dellno what are we to do madeline laughed ive managed it said she ive written back to him that weve moved to 14 Chir currant rant court ive told cousin lucy ransom to make the best of the situation she can personate you if it uhe chooses she always had a turn for private theatricals or she can convince tho the dear old bungler that lie has made some mistake anyhow hell IMS lie bafo isato until wednesday morning and aud we are tire safe ka e tool too Mat madeline leline what a contriver you a are said bem s but I 1 do frel feel sorry for ure uncle bicle zab 7 jtb Madel madeline lne shrugged her shoulders its poor policy to feel sorry for any one rhe she observed and what does au sm old lout me like that know ir r care whether hell hes snubbed or not riot bess bes bess heart pricked her a little but she was an apt pupil in tho the cold philosophy ot of her elder sister and the arrival at that moment of a boy bor cf gf t marron blaces tor the supper talle diverted her attention from tho the topic under discussion at 14 currant court however the widow ransom was furious depend upon it lucy bald said she to her daughter who did plain sewing tor for a livelihood this is 3 one of madeline barchie sly underhand tricks and ive n nothing to do with it you personate bess barchester v na 5 like her ber M 47 a ph pamp aln la Is like a parsnip TZ 17 bess is ashamed of her lations let bar her say ay BO so candidly dut but mother pleaded lucek meek lucy what can we do Alad madeline elitle has got a rood good deal of work for or me among her grand friends all that dont make it your duty to tell a lie nor to act it neither to suit her whims said the old lady and arid to have a great party on tuesday evening you know well suppose they are bess and madeline and the two girls spend all the summer at blackford farm three deais ao ago uncle 7 abdiel Zib diel make any ex cuse for forgetting getting rul rid of them then did he lie I 1 declare c no more hearts than so ninny slabs of granite at this moment however there e was a ring at the bell and two fair tre saed slim oung young girls rushed breezily into the room dragging a brown faced old farmer be them its dora and und me said honora bar chester breathless breith less and red checked and we nye have brought uncle zabriel with us un its nora and mel put in eudora crowding herself into the foreground how illow do you do cousin ransom and lucy wo w ent to the depot to meet him and a good job it was for he the least idea which way to go he ile was heading straight for the wee hawken ferry giggled Ilo lionora II onora norn uncle 7 Zab ib diels round moon face beamed all over I 1 1 I expect I 1 be pretty stupid said he be but kaniess I 1 should a fetched round all right if these ere girls took posses sion of me wheres the bag 0 hicker hickory v nuts Il honory onory chols got the basket 0 pound sweets audory heres the carpet hack and paper box all right he ile shook hands heartily with mrs ran som and lucy how illow be you phebe pursued he be and little lucy too got to be a woman basult you livin with the judgen folks I 1 suppose Mip pose but wheres madeline and my little favorite bess lucy and anti her mother looked hesitatingly at each other but lionora plunged into the question at once ril ill tell you uncle zabriel Zab diel said she za nora and I 1 arent fools nor yet children and madeline and bess have treated us shamefully and so wo we are going to be re avenged by telling their secrets they re going to have an at home and in tn cited a lot of grand people and when the they Y got your letter they decided they didn t want you hey illey cried uncle zabriel yes cried eudora taking up the thread of the discourse the mean ungrateful things after all that dear delightful si summer tinnier at blackford farm that saved bess good for nothing life tb they ey laughed at aft your cowhide boots and chin abi whiskers and madeline made believe to cough out loud just justas its you ou do sometimes and well I 1 declare said undo uncle zabriel Zab diel relieving reli eing his bronchial tubes by the same identical cough and growing very red and so again chimed in lionora II onora you were to be made fo jo believe that we lived at II 11 currant court and kept out of the way of the company they put themselves es to all that trouble said old uncle zabriel Zab diel letting his head drop on his two hands lands it if they wanted me why they tay bay BO go I 1 want no oneto one to peril their souls by telling falsehoods on my account both the girls flew at uncle zabriel with hugs and kisses we love you uncle zab said dora vehemently wo we heard it all even after madeline drove us out of the room we listened at the register and we made up our minds you be deceived and put upon nora struck in and please dont be vexed with us its because wo we are Madelin qs and be bes little sisters sister sl its quite truo true what dora says we do love you we arc are tired of being scolded by the girls and snubbed by pipi papa ilea e uncle zab we w e eo go back to the he farm with you ou and be dairy girls or t milkmaids or something of that kind im awful HM fill fond fold of chickens and dora can call wee weer ld the onions and abbell corn plea please s e uncle babl the old man suddenly sir lightened straightened him self up tip and dashed the big drops from front hl his eyelashes no girls girl said be not nol tint that aint mv my notion 1 ive e sold the old farm to a railway und and I 1 have made a good bargi bargain lit so folks say sity I 1 guess im what my coasin judge barche sacr w would call a rich man and I 1 was as coming up here to end my days vieb my relations and leave lent em my money after I 1 was dead but every things different now ill hire a at houe house here illece ran tom here in new york ind and yott ou in 1 lucy shall be my housekeepers and ill adopt nora norn and dora dorit for my own ye yes girls giris ive no daughters and you ou shall take the place to me oh oil dear uncle ZiliA lell ecstatically shrieked dora dorn and norn with one otie accord bess Bar at mt home was a very cry tame affair the fumay man mail did not come couie at tit all miss dale hail bad such a cold that thai her voice made no on oil the company tho the wrong people nil all came and the right people staid an away alto altogether eaber scored it iw at rv in cherole efforts by br the way wa gl gills i Is kald the judge as AR he lie opened the morning paper at the morrows late and insipid breakfast yo you u m reilly mally ally must write for your old uncle cooper to come corne up ill here and take home some notice othlin of him it seems seem he lie hasold lias sold theold the oll place for a stupendous price to some sonic rall road company which Is golubko build buildup up ja u Inong monster ter hotel there with a lot of min cial such money making contrivance downes told me nil till about it at ut the club they call the old man the blackford Million millionaire atre 1 I 1 dont think he lie has many relations but ourselves auit ches see to it madeline will you you always were the family manager min ter yes mid said madeline gloomily and I 1 begin to think ive maii aged nil all the life out of it uncle Zab abdiel diel however how v er declined to be taken home hoine notice of and grout great was the wrath of the judge and his two eldest daughters when they dW discovered the march that doni dorn and nura ora bad had stolen molen on them if your v wishes to adopt anyone any one 11 funru judge Il Har chester archester the therea rei madeline has the family bruins brains nud and bess the tha family beauty and nora and dora have all the heart and soul there is in lit the family quietly quietly observed uncle diel so I 1 calculate I 1 wont alter my arrangements tn new york world I 1 lie ile got on the tile back platform of the car n next P at the smoker and walked through look inc ing for a scat seat but each one held two people except one in which a valise eat sat on the outside half balf and A man reading a paper next the window the newcomer noted it as he lie pasted and finding no other seat it he walked slowly back and looked at ra the man by the window it was not effect effective ivo and ho lie passed on to the rear anti looked through the next C car ar but a glance assured him there was wit no room there and after H n moments bs esit a tiou tion he lie bis his jaw and arid started up t the he aisle again and und every one knew be he intended to have h vo that seat he lie walked up dl di erectly beside the render reader and then stopped and stared at him deep interest displayed in the paper len ten seconds watt walt and then the ni man an in the aisle remarked that va ilse Is not entitled to a seat and ho he a said a id it so there was no disputing the fact act tho the other man did not try to dispute it he simply glanced up tip remarked 1 I know it and resumed bis his reading A surprised look took and arid ten seconds more well sir air are you going to move it lr er no with out lifting his eyes from tho the paper well if you dont I 1 will said the stra stranger n ger fairly bristling with wrath no response rim and a moment later the valise was grabbed and th thrown rown violently against the front door of tile car where it broke open and sea scat t ahinga nil all over the aisle the reader made not a ino motion tiou tind lifter after standing anding rt in inn a defensive attitude for a moment the newcomer bat sat down boldly and arid tried to look as unconcerned as n hie tile oilier other min man A moment inter later a man strolled in from front the smoker and stumbled over the wrecked valise he lle stared for A moment and then a look of wild wrath came into his ayea who broke my grip he yelled and then he spied the red faced man in his cut at and in a moment the two were rolling savagely in the aisle and arid iw they pulled mementoes from each othera others hair and clothing tho the wretch who had put up the job rose up tip and quietly atol away to a cooler car washington blost |