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'- IE CHAPTER VIII.;-(Continued). I wish that in my inadequate words I could for a moment picture to your im- agination half the natural grace. the daintiness. and charm of this young creature. Her beautyâ€"the smallnesa and regularity of her features. the deli- cate softness and fairness of her skin. the absolute symmetry of her figure. slender as any fairy dancing on dew- hung leaves by moonlight. but perfect in shape as a sculptor's modelâ€"these at- tractions were by no means the cnief links in the chain that so strongly bound me to her. Something in her in- effable joyousness and sunny light- heartedness, in the frankness of her childlike chatter. and in her affectionate. conflding tricks ,of manner. fascinated me so absolutely'that even now. at this space of time. I can hardly sit and write about her unmoved; and if any- thing in my conduct strikes a reader as extravagant or absurd. I can only say: “Had you seen Lilith Saxon as I saw her. and loved her as I loved her. any- thing and-everything done for her sake ‘ would appear to you comprehensible and excusable." .Happily. no doubt you who read this Will think but most disastrously as , I considered it at that moment. the figure of Lady Madge Lorimer stood between me and this lovely child. who might well have posed as the heroine of the old Greek poets‘ tales of Psyche. the bride of Love. - ‘ Her face clouded a little as I laughed away her suggestions. Grown men did 7 not engage themselves to little girls who had not yet left off growing. I assured her; and whenever I did marry. it would be some lady of my own age. That was as near as I. went to the absolute truth. Somehow the tale of my engagement to my Cousin Madge stuck in my throat. Besides. how should it concern this child that I was to marry this person or that? Hers was merely a. childish fanCy for me. which would disappear when she passed to long gowns and grown-Up coiffures. So I argued with myself. while aloud I laughed at Lilith's dread of school-life. and at her last and most startling: proposition that she should go up to tOWn to serve as a model for my pictures. i‘I’m not too young for that!" she had protested.‘ “And. if I am not sent to school and made a young lady of. there’ll be no reason why I shouldn't be your - model. A girl I knew in Winchelsea beâ€" came an' artist’s model when she was *‘yonger than I am. Artists have made pencil-sketches of me sometimes when I’ve been about with father: and they'Ve all said they’d like to paint a big pic- ture from me. But father. he would never let me sit to anybody.” . “Nor would I. Lilith. I shall be vex- ed if you talk like this any more. For one thing. I only paint the sea.". “But you could- paint me as a' sea- nymph just sticking my head 'out of the waves. couldn't you?" she asked. eagerIY. "No. dear. I never paint figures. You must be a good girl and do just as I say." "But what will be the good of my ed- ucation if it's never to make me good enough for you?" she asked pathetical- ly. and forthwith burst into tears upon my shoulder. I could do no less than slip my arm- round her and soothe and consoleher. under which treatment her sobs rapidly died away. and in a very few seconds she turned a moist-eyedbut radiant face up to mine. with soft lips curved into a. . kiss. “Kiss me. Mr._ Hervey!" she whispered. “and” I'll promise to be obedient and good." I I kissed her cheek softly. but she quickly brushed her face against mine and offered me her lips. I _“OtherWise I shall think you are cross With me." she said. I kissed her. then. as coldly as I could. and led her home to Mrs. Nokes. in whose care I placed her. being resolved to go at once to London in order to dis- cover her lawful guardian. I could see quite plainly I should never have a moment's peace until this most un- reasonable little witch was safely un. der the care of older heads than mine. I avoided telling Lilith of my de- parture. lest she might draw me into a protracted and demonstrative leave-tak- ing. for. after all._ seven-and-twenty is hardly a patriarchial age. nor could I expect the child to regard me with awe and veneration. at least for some years to come. I. therefore slipped off very .auietly while Lilith was in her room. telling Mrs. Nokes I would return in a day or two. and giving her my address and more money ‘than she could. possibly re- quire for Lilith’s simple-wants. - Before even returiiingvto my studio. I sought out the Reverend James Prltr chard at the city church Where. at‘ the time of his daughter's elopement with Horatio Saxon. he had been officiating as curate. And here a. complete dis- appointment awaited me. The Reverend James Pritchard had been dead for more than four ‘years. and I was shown his headstone in the adjacent cemetery. .Dispirited and troubled in mind.“ I made the best of my way home in a cab. and upon the doorâ€"step Of'llly house I found Nicholas “'i'ay. whom. in my new responsibilities. ‘1 had entirely for- gotten. With his hand upon the knocker ofghe door. - e greeted me with some effusion. which I fear I- did not reciprocate very heartily. and together we passed up to the studio on the first floor. * Outside the studio my man \Vrenshaw stood waiting. having heard my step on the stairs. Indignant protest was writ- ten in every line of his hard. pale face. and his tones when he addressed me Kggeos‘uclji gs nitight 3e employed by' a. ‘ ‘s ,u ge owar .a s c - cued criminal. we mny hard “ ‘Asking your pardon. sir." he said. but a young person arrived here about an hour ago. and would not leave. She said she knew you would be pleased to rice her. and she has gone to sleep in your armchaii. And she told me her name was Lilith." CHAPTER IN. I hardly knew with .wliom to be most annoyedâ€"Wrenshaw. Wray. Lilith. or myself. Both my friend and my servant were scanning me with mingled censorlous~ nose and curiosity. \Vrenshaw being one of those crabbed old curiositiesâ€" a faithful retainer. He had, been all his life in the service of the Hervey family. and he therefore felt himself entitled to criticize his master's conduct. and to make himself unpleasant whenever any- thing happened to displeasa him. Formerly. \Vreiishaw had been my father's body-servant. and his army training tended to emphasize his notions of discipline and decorum. \Vray's in- cursion into my studio had tried the old soldier sorely. and. as I instantly ’guessed. the arrival of Lilith 'had been in the nature of a. last straw to his. capability of endurance. It was terribly annoying that the child should have taken it into her 'head to follow me up to town. It was now a little past six in the evening: the Mineral had taken place at ten. and I had left Cranling station by the one- thiriy train: So that Lilith had clearly tarried at the Rose and Crown not more than three hours after my departure. The disagreeable smile which I plainly saw gathering about Nicholas The Wedding Eye ; 0r, Married to a Fairy.’ Wray’s full lips. and his prompt sugges- tion that he should at once retire. an- gered me deeply. Lilith's action. as could see very well. had placed both her and myself in a false position. obliging me to adopt an explanatory attitudeâ€"â€" in itself always a suspicious circum- stanceâ€"toward my servant friend. ’ ’ buried this morning." I said. “I was at the funeral, and did my best to comfort her. So I suppose she got my address from the landlady. and has tracked me down. been trying to find her relatives. but. unfortunately. they are dead. nudging my elbow. Until then his bad moral character and cynical views about women had never been brought before me in-a repulsive light; but. with the thought of Lilith in my mind. the coarse suggestiveness of the man’s tone There was no end to the mischief he might have it in his power to make beâ€" tween me and Lady Madge. ’or to the harm he might do to Liliths name if he were not at least forced to see_ the baselessness of his objectionable ideas with regard to her: and I resolved at once not to let him go until he had seen and spoken with Lilith. stood in the passage outside the studio. without speaking. and. throwing open the door that he might follow. I entei- ed the room. ‘sat. and looked over his shoulder. I my vexation at Lilith's invasion melted oak armchair. covered with cushions of where they cook and scrub and sew all day. You would soOn see. they said. when you got up in town among your own relations and friends. how wrong and how inappropriate it was to try and make a lady of me. or to bother your head about me at all. They made me erg it- but when_' they all Went aWay n _eft,me alone. I said ,to my- self that I -Wolltd=f01IOW.Y0.u ,up to Lon- don. as I'd‘go ~the remains of the pound you gave me. and I'd heard you give Mrs..Nokes your address. and I’d get hold‘of you before. your relations and friends ‘had persuaded you to. have nothing to do with me. and I’d beg you not to listen to them. So I slipped out at the back of the inn. and climbed over the fence, and, ran all the way to the railway station, and just caught the train. and then found my way here by omnibuses and by asking. That old gentleman who opened the door didn’t want to let me in; but I told him you'd be angry if I wasn't allowed to wait for you. for I didn‘t know where to go. and I was so tired! So at last I ran past him and up-stairs. because he said if I waited anywhere. I must wait no here. And then I was so tired I Went to sleep. I knew it would be all right when you came home. And. oh. dear Mr. Hervey. I am so hungry.” What could I say to the child? The unconventionality of her proceedings never for a moment struck her. and I could not see my way to making her appreciate it. \Vray stood a little way behind us while Lilith talked to me thus. His glittering, gray eyes never for one nio- iiient left the girl’s face: but she seem- ed to ignore him altogether until. be- coming swiftly conscious of his pre- sence. she made a swift dart at his sketch-book and ,_began to eagerly study he}; own picture. .You have done it nicely." she ex- claimed, “though I thought I was pret- tier than that. Have you been doing one. too..Mi'. Hervey? Do let me seel, Oh. that 15 rather smudgy. isn't it? But. then. I_don't understand pictures. like being painted though. It's so in- teresting to see how one comes out. My! I Wish I could paint. And isn't this a loyer big room! These polished boards With rugs over them are much nicer than stuffy carpets. And so beautiful for dancing on too. I’d like to dance on them_now only I’m that hungry you can't think! I've had nothing to eat since breakfast at eight: and though Ive often been as long as that and longer ‘Without food. the railway journey and being a bit .tired make me worse." She resumed her seat in the great armchair. curling herself up as before. Clearly. she had \come to stay. and I rang for \Vrenshaw to help me in this emergency. then the old soldier appeared in an- swer to my summons. I ignored the mute protest of his face and appealed to his softer side. . “)Vrenshaw." I said, “this is Miss Lilith Saxon. a very young friend of mine and an orphan. Her father was buried this morning, and. .having no friends in the world but myself. she has come to ask my advice, and I in turn. appeal to you. You know this neighborhood: do you know of any kind. respectable. motherly soul. who will take Miss Saxon in for the night and make her thoroughly comfortable until I can find a school for her to go to to- morrow or the next day?" Wrenshaw was inolliiied by being ap- pealed to thus. He was a man of some common sense. apart from his crotchets. and he stroked his chin reflectiver _the while he scanned Lilith With a critical and my “It's a little girl whose father was Since I arrived in town I have "That’s very unlucky." sneered \Vray. I felt I hated the man at that moment. offended me deeply. I ‘therefore passed him. Where we all And here I mav as Well own that all when my eyes lighted upon her. The light from the gieat sloping north window fell full upon where she lay curled up fast asleep in a caived Oriental silk. A curtain of blue and gold tapestry was hung across the high back of the chair over the cushions. and against this Lilith’s little head shone out. making a radiance of sinn- ing. tangled yellow silk over her droop- ing face. In her lap my gray Persian cat Saladin lay comfortably ensconsed. purring with content. In _ her scanty black stuff gown. from which one slen- der black-stockinged foot bung down. minus the well-worn walking shoe she had kicked off before going to sleep. with her long brown lashes resting on her flushed cheeks. and her rose-re mouth half open. my marsh fairy look- ed no more than a lovely child of twelve. For the moment. though. I forâ€" got even to be glad that she had justi- fied us both‘by the extreme youthfulnese of her appearance. She looked so thoroughly at home. so much part ang parcel of my studio. and she supplie so perfectly the one thing that had al- ways been wanting thelre. that my heart seemed to contract at sight of her. in mingled pleasure and pain. This was the presence I had dreamed of. longed for: the embodiment of all my ideals of beauty. gentleness. and grace. Of her own accord she had come to me, and she asked for nothing better than to place her lire in my keeping. was her only friend and protector. nor had she any home but that which I should provide for her. . h had slid into my life as sudden- lv.s aes unexpectedly. and as irresistibly as a ray of sunlight. and the sight of her here in my studio. in spite of the drawbacks it entailed. filled my heart with a thrill of deep delight. merging quickly into keen regret thaitdl could not ' in her forever y my s e. leitig‘ut all this while Nicholas Wray. whom I had half forgotten. was gazing at Lilith over my_ shoulder. and now. when I advanced to awaken her. he laid ' and on my 5 eeve. ms‘fill’ait!" lie whispered. "Don’t wak'e her just yet. Let me sketch her first. Before I could remonstrate. he had whipped out his sketch-book. and. seat- ing himself at a little distance from Lilith's chair was soon deep in the study of his charming subiect. I was by no means pleased at his pro~ ceeding. and yet I knew not quite how to take exception to it. Almost mechani- cally I crossed to my easel. Dlaced a small canvas on it. and. taking no my brushes and colors. began to jot down a few color notes of the tints in her cheeks and her bright hair. The minutes flew by as we grew more and more absorbed in our respective tasks. lVrenshaw had left us at the door in disgust. and we had the place to ourselves. the sleeping girl and the sleeping cat serving as models. while their regular breathing. and the noisy ticking‘of my tall. carved corner-clock alone broke the perfect stillness. Presently I crossed to where W‘VraY eye. “Mrs. Philips. in Jersey Street. is us- ed to children.” he began. “But I'm not a child." put in Lilith; interrupting him. “I’m sixteen. nearly." “Is she really as much as that? \Vray asked me in an aSIde. “She looks about tWelve." ' "Or there’s my married sister over at Battersea." Wrenshaw continued. ig- noring the interruption. “She'd do any- and she has. 1 know. a bedroom to let in her iiouse. So that liliss Saxon will come with incâ€"~1- (To be continued.) >I‘ PEARSON’S NEW WORK. The most admired map of the moment in England is probably Mr. 0. Arthur Pearson. As is general- ly known this brilliant journalist, hero of innumerable successful newspaper enterprises, has lately had the misfortune almost entirely to lose his sight. For a man whose principal business in life has been the production of. reading matter, such a misfortune must seem even more terrible than to members of other professions. So far, however, from allowing it to be a. mils-fortune, he has now devoted his. tremendous energies to the task of lightening the lives of fellowâ€"sufferers from his own misfortune, 'the blind, by ac- have that selfsame drawing of his. with the date roughly penciled beneath it. hanging on the wall close to the desk at which I am at this moment writing: and of all *‘Wray’s brilliant black-andâ€" White work. it is to my mind the clever- est example. Slight as it is. a mere pencilcd outline. he has caught to per- fection 'the inimitable girlish grace of Lilith‘s figure and face. Half child. half woman. sleeping and dreaming as contentedly. and basking as happily in the sunshine and in the comfort’of the chair as the caton her lap. the drawing brings back Lilith to my memory. as she then was. as the most highly finish- ed paintiiig could never do. More than once during the years that have passed since that summer evening. I-have re- solved to destroy that picture. but. when I‘have come face to face with it. I could never find it in my heart to lay a finger on it. . “Admirable!” l'. murmured as I watch- ed \Vrav putting the finishing touches to his sketch. . He lookedizn and smiled. Then he wrote underneath: "Happy Animals." I snatched his pencil indignantly from him. and drew a line through the offensive words. ’ He laughed. took the pencil again. and wrote instead. just below the words ef- faced: "Boulless Dreams." And at that moment. with a little sigh. and a stretching out of her arms and rubbiinir of her eyes. our model awoke and stared about her. '- Perceiving me. she a rant! tip in a great hurry. upsetting ._aladin. who. be- ing a ofty-mifided eat of Eastern origin. tier.- with c Faust. and crept under .i'e cialr to so if. V I Meantime. Lil tli darted across the room to me. and laid. her hands on my shoulder. ignoring “my altogether. “I couldn t stay at Lythinge without you: I couldn’t. indeed!" she said. “You don't know what Mrs. Nokes was like as soon as your back was turned. Going on at me about not being grateful enough ».to you for all you‘d done for me; and then when I told her I loved you very much. she was worse than ever. And that old dootor drove over with his wife from Sandhyiheâ€"â€"â€"the doc- tor as saw poor father. you know, And they all three went on at me. saying how I mustn't be a burden to the nice. kind. young gentlemanâ€"that was youâ€"â€" and as how I had no claim upon himâ€"â€" which was true. of courseâ€"and that your relations would be angry when they heard how vou meant to educate ine above my station. like I told them you did. and that I ought to go inm some dreadful home Doctor Martin's wife has for training young servants. 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