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It was different with Daisy Potter when that young woman arrived upon the scene; De Fresnaye simply storm- ed at her work--a most encouraging sign, as everyone knew, except Miss Vandeleur. The latter felt it absol- utely incumbent on her to step across the studio and cheer up the poor lit- tle newcomer. She praised Daisy s sketch, and gave her some -advice with regard to it, which was received with becoming meekness. TheVEng- lish students made covert grimaces at each other. "` n9--_ --..........1 1...... .......:..aa Ham .1.-a- i so 10 a good -061) -- 0 - Perh Eiotogr at eacn Omcr. `I ve warned her! against th dra-I gon, so it is her ownfrfault if she chums up with her, said Mary Gor- don to her friend, Dolly Priestly. r`A- urrucr Qnnfnh For Jflsy glmte vi llnunl f`Try `......l C9! The (1011 I0 HUI Irlcuu, .IJuu_y Lllcauy. Don t ,vou worry your Scotch head, Molly," returned the ~ other; that little thing can take care of herself. Look at her chin! ?.. TL _____ _ -L_.....: ....' _L:.g u.-:5`. 'a\'*nouLn-` nerseu. 1.00:: at ner cmmu. 7 A It was a_.charming"chin. with 'pTenty_ of character about it. Daisy Potter was distinctlyaprettys; she had a high- bred little head, well set on her shoulders,_h.air dark and wavy, and. "beautiful hands and feet. She':_:1ook- ed, i:_1 fact,` such, a born aristocrat 7 that It was quxtea shock td Miss Branches throughonit Canada; and tin the %%Sta%s% and nub dmcn; 1-ono1I'If<`>L _' for Apple'C l. `F. The Return 6f.Ab salom 7" ','@_7T'`_'. . V ;l'our+-- pies-- that--lon'te-la_st+-:-lon:,f' * Pour pleggnd pans of M Ina Pandora? L T ,_c-Txvq cg ve applAes,v grted; a. litt_l nu'tmeg;~` s wee`t'er_1ed to taste.; one-half pint 9! new` milk 6: team;\pour_.idto_ pastr}, '---then , V` "EX Fvl"F'Rfi~l'E" "B"fi`-"%.'i\'N 7L*'4` oi ~-C (III: S (By Sheila E. Brafne.) : `Van}deleu1*'-to learn. -from Miss Pot- ter s own lips thather father kept" a shop. - V I-1'. 4-LA T-T:rI-In Q1-rnnf if nvfnra auup. I . * 1n- the High Street at }Oxford, said Daisy, with perfect frankness, there are D.C.L. gowns in the wind- ow; such jolly patches of scarlet; I went to a. fancy-dress dance in Chel- sea, and father` sent `me up a. cap 'and gown towear; I was hard up and couldn t. afford a good costurne. It was a lovely dance; I shall never for- get it, and the girl s eyes shone, and then grew tender. I CL... .....A.. Man nknun nnnfnadnnvnnn Luci: 51 cw Lcuuci . She" made the above , confession .one afternoon in Miss Vandeleur s at, whilst drinking `tea with her. The latter always" brought ,to -Paris a with her an excellent middle-aged maid", Hannah, and. a. large Persian cat, who wentby the Biblical name of Absal- om. Hannah detested Paris, but re- fused to be left behind. Absalom, on the contrary, took to it- kindly, and evinced a disposition to be a lit- tle gay, which gave innte trouble to 1115 guardians. . , As `.1155 `rnnr`A`hI1o hat`. cfavri Ills guarulaua. _` As Miss Vandeleur. had. stayed with the heads of two Oxford colleges, she felt a `low of -vself-satisfaction ll`! pleasant y recollecting _Da1sy s fath- er s' shop-just opposite the Mitre isn t it, dear?- What a wonderful thing was Art! [It levellediall class .distinctions- ;at least in the Latin Quarter. And ,to put this bourgeoise little thing quite at her ease, Miss Vandeleur !showed her -various photographs of her friends and relatives, a few of them the happy possessors of titles, and amongst them two or three of her nephew, Esmond Craig, a good- looking young mining engineer. V Es- mond, itappeared, had been brought up by his aunt, and was destined to be her heir, and also to `marry a his- hop's daughter. The bishop in ques- tion, a distant relative, wasfblessed with seven girls, and apparently the engineer could not make up his mind which one he preferred. lC'I`I-i, .1--- _II-__- ._ ' .. a...I..... .... 1 was \llIJ\r\vhI\l|l .,. \ ..., ...... .. .,... insist upon Miss Potter leaving my house instantly. Such conduct--- But she. isn t Miss Potter; she is my wife, broke out Esmond, and if-Jyou turn her out, Aunt Flora, you will have _to turn me outas well. Won t you forgive us? It was all my fault; I persuaded Daisy to marry me the day I sailed for Spain. and get your consent.- Daisy was looking as pretty as a icture, but"Miss Vandeleur gazed stonily over her head. The artful little minx -had entrap- ped her nephew, of that she felt con- vinced--and them come over to Paris to try and" get round her in an un- derhand way. Miss Vandeleur s anger increased every ' moment. I should never have consented, she said, with emphasis. while Daisy flushed scarlet and Esmond hit his lip; and what, she added, tragical- ly will the clear bishop say? '.'MI'ol.-A -unur 1-ninrl Anew nn Upon my word, she wanted to wait" l Han}. WHICH uuc uc` p|c|Ac11c.u.. The dear fellow 1s so taken up with his profession, ezgplained Miss Vandeleur, proudly, `ft_ns rgn -have sent him to, Spain, and hens there now, {in a posmon of great trust. 1`nn.nuo Qongneann` knanoig `I:lVI'I`II :91- IIUW, all is pualuuu pa 515:6! uuas. ' Daisy professed herself highlv in- terested, palrticula-ily in the `seven. daughtersio-f the bishop. It willybe seen that,"i'n spite of warnings, she had drifted into a friendship with the elderly art-student, who, for all her irritating ways, was at heart a gener-` ous, good-natured woman. Many were the kind actions that could be laid to her charge; it was unfortun- ate thather virtues were of the sort that rasp and aggravate. `- nndcu `Df\AOO hsnuuynarnev 1:70: a`uvV|1r `Ladis. here s '_ my recipe App1e'Custard Pie:' ` Manager lav. laay auu aggxqsvcuc. Daisy Potter, however, was always tblihie, t g,.ai etfexf went :6 t her .a_`t; -`st`r_Ok_ed' Absalom; and talked to; poor...Hannh`.i"vgh6 knew word_t_ of french. 1Da:sytwas. getting on rapid1yswith_.her painting; the studio agreed that ere was good stuff an `the little Engiish girl with the roguish dark eyes,~who, for the rest, was a general. `favourite. {Miss Potter lived ina..modest Jittle apartment by her- self; the chief item of furniture, after _the bed, which was a sofa by day, t being a ve-fyanc plaster cast of the Vyenus de M110. ` -..A. -4. 4.1.- -...1 .l 1.1.. --_:..A..... III..- Ivlll-{D uc 1.u.nv. - Just "at the end oft the winter, Miss 'VaLnd1eu r` caught inuenza, and gave it, to `the faithful _Hannah, who bore up as, Iong as she could, and then succumbed. Daisy Potter" quietly cameto the rescue-, and acted as head nurse to both `patients, and a capital nurse ..she was, too. C`.-A an-xqui.` .\AL A: nnnnn an IlB|l_U\r -.9Il\u VV GD, IpLI\lo ~- [She could not, of course,` go on with her regular work, but at odd moments` she made, to amuse herself, a variety of sketches ofslAbsalom the superb, whose chevelure was, in its own way, almost as remarkable as that of his Biblical namesake. ---.. __ .`lA'!__ TT_,_.l_I_-,,, IIIIQB `ll IIJU JJIIIIIDGI lIQuIIl.\aUQI\\r. . As soon as Miss Vandeleur was ; convalescent Daisy returned to her own abode, but she contrived to run in `every afternoon and see her form- er patient. A ring came at the bell one day, and Miss Potter went, as usual, to answer it, for Hannah was still, as she expressed `it, weakly. Daisyrwas sometime gone,'and Miss Vandeleur, suddenly hearing a voice that was very familiar to her, started up in surprise, and made hen way in- to the passage. There, to her horror, she found Mr, Esmond Craig," her- nephew, vigorously embracing Miss Daisy Potter, who, for hen part, was not making the. slightest attempt a . resistance. . ` I _ , A , . I 4:15, ,0-,,, I I C313 |.cuu.;c'. Esmond, are you. out of your sen- ses? .Leave the girl alone this min- ute! And as for you Miss Potter, you are a perfect disgrace; *I never in` all my life was. so deceived in anybody! Jana `7nn4|t`A`aucv a 1vt\:nA inrna 1-noun A` UH` 7'1 do hot updprstand, put in Miss Vand1eur,_fr1gxdIy; and_ I have -a great objection- to mysteries. But I lgavirmg Duo-.a1... :ao\ I- 1`-:35 DA&b4nn- aka :1: III III.\. VVB9- DU LIVDDIVCEL Ill GI! IIKIVLJ 6 | Miss Va.ndeleur s voice was one of shnll` and_indigna.nt pt-otes_tA, but the culpntshdtdnot look partxcularly a- shalmed of themselves, and the new- arrival kept fast hoid of Daisy s hand, as he turned to his aunt._ `1 ....-- A....L T31--- 4.1.-.. 2.. ...-.. ` C LIIIIIUIL I-U IIID Gull`. I say, `Aunt Flora, this is 3 sur-` prise,` you know,T he_began, boyish- 1y; `-`I had no idea. Dzusy was in `Par- is, and. she never told me she knew Cof\II l IIULIDC lllldllllyu uJ|a|\.-II LUILUBILL . t_ "if-Iyou _to out as n3:-no qgona `Ar\1r:o|1v as 1-so-Al-4-up on n l\JIllI VJVCI lI\rl IICGAJ. ' Y .-LA..`.' .5.`-oh- Lnuua .'.n..=g.-`AA I] VVI-II BIIC UCGI IJlIl\)y 56] `Make `your mind `easy on that point, cried Esmond, warmly; I should never_ have married one of those stuck-up -girls, and I" don t care a hang what the bishop or anybody else says, except you. Come, aun-t, do make it up; I m really awfully sorry to have annoyed you; but- here he put his arm round his wife's waist.-when a fel1ow s . head `over ears in love, you know ' `U4'Anna vvaoiuv `I\I\I:"I :nAnn,| `($13 1]] I\ Vcg JWILI l\IIVV""'j l He does very foolish and incon- siderate things, said Miss Vandeleur, in a most unforgiving tone, and, be- ing sorely vexed, the irate lady. gave the young couple a piece of her mind. Daisy tried her hand at pleading, but the recollection of that shop in the High _Street, with the D.C.eL-' gowns in the window, rankled. in her former `friend's mind. That her nephew should ,marry the daughter of a.` shop- keeper! It was too much, and `Miss Vandeleur opened the door of her flat for them with icy dignity. Young Craig and his little wife 'went down- *stairs,. perplexed and annoyed. On -the way they met Absalom`, who greeted Daisy rapturously, and Es-. mond as an old friend." .1\_:._. --_: - ....A.I.... a....`.:.a.1.1~.. :. UU I1. vyaul. Luc Lullplcxsc Lq any uuu. . `Rather a bold step to prig Aunt F1ora s pet cat, observed Esmond, doubtfuly, but, being only 2 at -the commencement of his honeymoon, [he did `what he was told.` 11.`-.. -LL- a|. nu.'1.L '.`....n`.o- .'IK:n'n \f....A-1..a... freedom of an~inva,lid-,gat1yo told het tmaA am,n remarke'd.f'H'annah,.d -Will `you hold yourton` L e,winIJ,-future L Hannahf` `tainly. ma*am.:* ,w(th" a;_"1>'rotest.i.n' dsuhakeiof her.- hea "'77 ` V IIC UJU Wild-L IIC W63 LUlLl~ -For the next week,` -Miss Vandeleur was `perfectly -mtserable. To her surprxse, Hannah did not in the least ` support. her in her attitude towards her. nephew and his bride; consequent- ly the poor lady -was alone inher bit- . terness.e Hannah, indeed, with the mistress that she`/w_a`s`n6`t only wrong, K but wxcked. Aim-5. the way that sweet young lady nursed you, and": tans-`errands fo1?,_.y.ou_ like hn=.an'gel,` said .Mass andeleur, ; ._sha.x'-ply, - whxchv gher attenda.nt`]repl1'ed, n``Ce_`1-1:`-fi rn..-.1.|_.-- -44-... .-....._-.- -.114"..- IUUIIU 33 an UIU. .l.l.lClI|.Io Daisy, with a sudden twinkle in "her eves, picked up the cat and` drew her eloak over him.` Y.`_...-_..I .ur\-,:_I_ ` __-A. _ --_.A.....- 99 -1... V Quick Esmond, get a voiture, she whispered. I. have an idea, we ll take Abby with us, You go first, for I dop t want the `concierge to see him. `Rather a step. nrisz IICIV CIUCIS UVCI llllllo > I IIl\C U1 IICI llCy\.lo Troubles seldom arrive alone," and . on the top of VEsmhnd s- unauthorised" marnage came `the dxsappearanee of Absalom. Poor `Miss Vandeleur 'wa`s_* nearly distracted. by the loss of he}; pet, and sent all round the Latin Quartet in seat'c1_1.9_f `him. V ,-What: can_ you expect: m such a place as. ;.f1..Opmily,: .-he never '_o`u'ght_ to _hage eft..Kensin'g'ton."* V Pans, mfam?" demanded` \Ha'mnah,; .t ` `~vm:..- :\r.....:.I'..;..v'.. '-3.11.-'..'.'. 7f ~ .;+.}i;i-{Q ICU. .,I\cl_IB|IIsLUIIo ' . `, . ' Miss.Vandel_eur s fellow " students vshowe_d..;a sympathy with regard to ;th_is emisfortune; that-,su,rp`rised. and xpVuhed_ee.h._r.;_, _"N'ea1y.~-';." every pd brou` ht f some riliitt i of . resp`'ecte. -: Gorddn %waE{noa-ram ADVANCE `1`h.=?Lt.;-_ Abs lloin *ie3.1.1f`7ii1'?1e~= 1 A .W11-:- lmiownj.-`:` :-Som"r`of#;the. `dents sent their cards :-with-9:.`ri L" Tet-I; fulgs ho1 _n`a-g'e,_*j` ,deep]_ `*regret;s, - * and .36` = forth. Absalom -st, mistress _. j `,as;, `quite? moved ,.; but. she `did "not 1~'cease i~' tog. ` mourn over "the ' departuregof the cat. Hannah thought. it was the nature? of a judgment -on hard4h,eartedness.= - i As the-`days went by, Miss Vande-` leur "began to feel.`very`lonely." Sec-_( retly, she" couldnot -help ,regret`ting the rupture with her favourite nep4' hew very deeply, and she `missed : Daisy s_ bright ways _and amusing * ~ conversation more - than she - would V own even to herself. After all, it was nice `of the girl to take" the trouble to come to Paris for the express pur- pose .of conciliating 'her;vand if her birth were not all that one could wish her appearance and manners left. nothing` to be desired. The bishop's daughters were remarkably plain. Be- ing still a semi-invalid, Miss Vande- ; leur had plenty of time to review the 5 question of Esmond s marriage in all its bearings. Perhaps. she had been . _ 1_`4.4.1.. L...-awn kn! lanur nnnlrl she- With xts. bearmgs. a httle hasty; buthow co dignity, _ If y as waiti -r`-r SHQ IIGU. U\-\.|L uld she, with `own herself in the wrong? on please, ma`am,_ the bearer an answer. :...A..{ `L - pang rernaps . ng for ~ ___-..1 ID VVaII.I1|6 gvn us. -.-._. 4` -Hannah bore_ a parcei intg the r_oom where her mxstress sat 1n- sohtary wretchedness, and deposited it on the ?3`.`_- : ` `.`-I am not expecting a. picture; afe yo_u` sure it is for me, _Ha_umah.? sand Mlss Vandeleur, Ian-gundly. ...-'l..... 9 A LVLIIDD , V alluvnwun, cu--B--u--J. V V_It s addres_sed to you,` ma. am, re- plied the maxd, unfastemng the cord without waiting for orders. ' _,_f_-LI 15".- YVl|uIl\J|alI. 1105151135 av: \ln\-`run: Oh, Hannah, how pet:fect! poor dear Absalom! - . -_ - __._1._'-2A. 3.. All A: P\I\JI \L%(b], L lllhllnlvnnbn The picture was a portrait in oil of the lost cat, painted so exquisitely that Absalom seemed. about to step. out, with arched bask, from the can- vas. MissJV'andele1:r wiped-her eyes in the excess of her emotion. .---. V r__J llll Ipllc wasyvuu vn lawn -pg---v-'-- Who could have been so exceed- ingly kind and thoughtful as (to send _me this beautiful picture? she cried. Hannah looked at her signicantly. You might guess, ma am, Ithink, `she observed; the bearer waits. Miss Vandeleur coloured. . -Is it Miss Pot-i-I mean, is it Mrs. Craig? she asked, in rather a trema- lous voice. Yes, ma am, it is, and if you want to know more, there she is herself," replied Hannah. . ` Daisy stood in the-doorway, gazing entreatingly at her former friend. If I Dear Miss Vandeleur," will you not forgiveus? she cried. Esmond is` longing to c0me`and see you, and he has to go back to Spam next week. V ' - Miss Vandeleur took rnuch pride; in being an art student. Periodically did the good lady quit the fascina- tions of Kensington, where she had a `ne large house of her own; to :.plant herself down in . the Latin Quarter. True, she was ratherfgold to be a student, and the.youn `en.- .thusiasts in blouses and pina ores, who crowded to De" Fresp_aye`*sI,pop- ular atelier, jeered_ at -her `_difsrespect- fully among themselves. This"grey- haired, matronly looking Anglaise ought to have arrived, long ago, ore given up the struggle.` She was wealthy, too; ...what_ an extraordinary; . nation the En gli_'sh we.re!- . `runs. Xfojnrlidhitr however. was Vandeleur looked at Absal- om s portrait, and then to Daisy. She hesitated a minute. and Inally held` out her hands. You are a good child, after all, she said, and you have caught` dear Abby s expression in the most marvellous way. I am very, very much obliged to you for the picture. You had better fetch Esmond, and you must both have dinner with me. I think you are very_ kind and generous, murmured Dansy, and she bent her head and kissed Miss Va31de1eurfs*haL_nd. Three days later Absalom returned in a basket, looking quite happy and well-fed. It was a: pity that he was brought back while -Miss Vandeleur and` her young couple as she now affectionately. called them, were absent at `Versailles, because Hannah was unable to understand the commissioner's voluble French. At any rate. she only gathered that Absalom had comefrom the Morgue, which tale sent Daisy and 2Esmond_ `into a, t of laughter. n` ,,.2_1"\::_- \i<-)`r.1 t"_b`<;li'e\;;"i;, A A cried I i Miss Vandeleur, mdignantly. You are an- ccallddfilly, Hannah. The Morgue, in- ee . ` ' . , I .1, uuuu 5 Hannah retired with a perfectly wooden face, but her `features relax- ed in the seculsion ofeher own do- -main. v .1 0->1 I m not going._t'o say whereeI.thirik the cat s been, she remarked in con- -dence to the kettle;-4 and 1 perhaps it s a mercy that Absalom can t talk. Dumb` animals have their ,us`es, that s certain, and Miss Daisy s a clever yougg '1ady+-Mrs.- Craig, `I- should nanny vStovePolish with all the dirty ' wqrk `oikdepipg stoves clean. . `No niixing--3'19 hard rubbing.` `f`Bla_ck _Kpight" is_ alwayg to; us :--shines quick ca" a_winl:-'-.-ahd puts on 1 f7b!.i8"ht.` b1=!F`*,~ii>1i=h that the . * .1.-.u.`...a`..~n.... ..._ In. L.._._ -3 -----7-`ow.-vu 7--u pa-up 1-1;>;.o:':is'`Lrhe_"4ca:1 t_burix off. Equally good for, Stovep, pad Irpnwotk. ' ` '2 e` ".'nIock'xL' "- : `F "II; % .3-'-pa:-4--9+-3-++-n-1--ts-1:--I-+1-1-3-4-3:-+9:-:~ - u,---c---a vvc Tu-In V *9, . \ Then. Advertise in Barriellndertaking Estab|ishm?m` have all tlte appliance: for the can of funeral: in transit th_rou9h townmd surrounding country : `Hearse: sud Wcgzons; Morgue and Bum1Pa.rlors. 1... torment: lnloll comotoriot. or shipment: to all parts of the world. Work of l undenskero prolnpulv and prone:-IV cared for. P|-|oN E 32_ TIlEAllVAN8E ADVANCE BUSINESS ADS. T". 'r'"i3."1e:"1>. Sold utgd Guaranteed by in wane, rmuont % -Paid?u%p 1 Collier and Claperton Streets Wo`1_'ne n Capable t_hTa`-t 1D.stinction of Reaching Men irrespective of Price. Vilrlid Huy Awhat's choicest DISCRIM I N ATI N c;-- ;. SMITH 5 CO. ALWAYS OPEN. Remember. it : Q. A C Cj :s1'AaL|sHt;D:1a69 nauun Luc _1.'.\|Ig_x.gI:;a vu.-u.s . Miss Vant_l'ei"ei1r, however, was quite comfortable in her own mind, and patronised. the Quarter and the students thereof in a. way thauttwas excessively irritating. She had no idea that she could not paintworth a sou.` Dr Fresnaye of the biting tongue never criticised her attempts otherwise than gently; doubtless` he `saw that she was beyond the reach of abuse. AH'ere was no dormant tal- ent that. one could sting into life. Miss Vandeleur never would a pain-t, but if it amused her to spoil a. few canvases what did it matter? ` The result of this kindly consideration was that she took to patronising,De Fresnaye himself, but the` artist did! not take this much to heart. If she; had had the chance, Miss Vandeleur; -would probably have~suggested_ to Raphael that his Madonnas were out: of drawing. 1.. ....... .I:At-...n+ 1|v:f`1 ngiev `Pm-for