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that laid the golden eggs.’ I have wondered ever since what she could mean, for I don’t really make much money with’ my lace work.“ " No; I suppose not. Perhaps you will find mt one day. Do you mean to conte t reel! with makingund menfiingfilgggm fife?” ego. and I said I would go to the vicar, as Willy Harmer did, if he struck me again. and then my stepmother inter- fered, and I heard her tell him ‘ not to be su‘cllna fool- es to kill the__ goose A‘,‘ I-‘ “Yes. ma‘am. he has done so more than once,” replied Eva. her face 15mmL lug with sudden shame, and anger; " but the_last time was several months " I don’t know, ma’am, we lived in a large house. and we kept a carriage. and I had a nurse, so we could not have been‘ so poor as we are now.” “ Then what became of his money ?” “I don’t know,’ replied Eva; “once. when Iasked my stepmother she said Mr. Church would thrash me. to with- in an inch of my life: if I ever asked such a question again, or if I talked to other people about it.” “ Thrash ion! Does he ever dare to urge you ?” “What! Evangeline Gordon? You have no portraits of them, I suppose?” “Yes. ma’am; I always wear their portraits in this locket; it was giv- en to me when my mother died." And so saying, sadly and almost rev- erently. Eva detached a locket which hung round her neck. For some time Mrs. \Vestbrook look- ed at the two faces steadily, then she closed the locket suddenly. and hand- ed ittback to the girl. WEén she spake again her tone and manner had chang- ed. a'gd she asyegl, abruptly: " Was your father a 600; man when he died ?” “ How long has your father been dead?’ was Mrs. \Vestbrook’s first question. “ Five years, ma’am,’ ‘ You remember him, I suppose 9” “Oh, yes, very well; and I remem- ber my own mamma, too." “ She was very beautiful, ma’ am, and before papa married her, Ithink her name “as Gordon." “Ah! Vi hat was she like? And who was she ?” asked Mrs. \Yestbrook, with increased interest. The girl replied by displaying her work, but she did so with a half-sup- pressed yawn which betrayed her wear- iness, and the lady said sharply: “ You are sleepy!" “It Is the warm weather," replied Eva, in an apologetic tone; “ and then I am’ not used to sit at work very long without having to run errands, or mind the children, or do something about the house. 11‘ you would let me take a short walk, ma’am, I shall be able to work on till evening.” ' “ We will both go for a walk in the park, and we can talk of something I have been thinking of this mormng. Put on your hat and wait for me In the garden outside.” A fem minutw later the lady and the orphan girl were walking side by side under the shade of the tall trees. About one o’clock a servant brought her some dinner. A very nice dinner 1t “'83, and very unlike what she was accustomed to; but it was served up to her alone, and youth wants companâ€" ionship even with the choicest viands. The weather was hot, the day was wonderfully bright ,and Eva began to feel tired and sleepy and to long for freedom, if only for half an hour, when Mrs; \Vestbrook again visited her. _ “ How are you gating on ?” she ask- ed_l_{indly, Eva obeyed, and- soon after she was abgorbed in repairing some rare old pomt lace. Nothing more was said about the pup- piw, or about the young squire, and not a single remark was made or ques- tion put to the gir} concerning herself or‘ her dead father. bub “ULDCIL, Ducts; :- ”vb-u on»; vvvvvv " Yes,” replied the lady; “ but take off your hat and cap-a; you will work inithis zoom, to-day.” uuvo v-â€" â€"vâ€" “7‘ You are watéhing my son 1" asked Mrs. Westbrook, laying her hand on the girl‘s shoulder._ I‘L vâ€"v â€"â€"â€"â€" -â€"â€".‘~_‘â€"v " NPO; I was watching those dear lit- tle puppies;” was the reply; “.I was thinking how much I should 11ke to nurse them. But I beg your pardon, ma’am.’ she added, suddenly recollect- ing herself; ” shall I begin n1‘y v‘vo‘rk‘?" “WI-sh "a... The parents of the puppies lopked formidable animals, but Eva thought how dearly she would like to have a good romp, with the little ones, and so absorbed was she in watching them that she hever once noticed their mas- ter. He was not so blind to her ap- pearance, however. Strictly speaking, I suppose, Eva Randolph was not beautiful. Her face was, in shape. a perfect oval ; her com- plexion was of a rich, smooth, creamy tint, but rarely flushed with a rosy hue, and her eyes were large. dark and liquid, with deeply-fringed. curling lashes that were almost black, though her hair was of a warm, rich brown. People looking at her critically were wont to pronounce her to be interest- ing and uncommonâ€"looking rather than pretty; and Ernest Westbrook was wondering who she was and whence she came, when he saw his stately mother join her._ _ 15.. 1;‘ J W. va -wv On a lawn, at some distance from where she stood, was a young man with a couple of huge mastitis, and sever- al puppies of the same breed gamboled about him. ‘ ‘* Oh, 'deoir 'no.’ and the girl’s taco Punctnally at ten o’clock Eva pre- sented herself at W'estbrook Grange, and was shown into a small room, over- looking a portion of the flower gardens and the park. Here she was left: alone and her eyes wandered about the apart- ment, then rested upon the View outâ€" side, and she impulsi 7ely rose to her feet to admire its beauty. The gor- geous flowers, close to the house. waft- ed sweetest odors through the open window, but it was not the delicious perfume that attracted her attention. She Would Be a Lady 11,â€".Continued. eggs: 1 nave fine was a quick. precocio what she could Ber French artraoti made ally make much but little sympathy or work." while the many of the e ht. Perhaps you 166 In Paris: was as Vivid to r. Doyoumean asthomhshahndinfiZK-m. 3e. wattâ€", ’ "u . be open‘ [am glad you thmk so, my near; delicious: I believe you mean 'to work hard, and. :tention.‘ therefore, for your father’s sake I will :e from help you." 1am withi . fiou knew my father ?" said Eva, d sever-9 tu‘x‘ndly. “ Was 1t before I was born ‘I" amboled? Yes, before I was married. and my {son laseven or eight years older than v looked . ' thoixghthwuons and don't tau: to anybody . - I else of what I sayâ€"though, by the way. Lilés Lampier. from that day for- ward. thought of little but her good looks. and of how she could best use them to but on advantage. But from this day Mrs. Flood 8 trials increased. Lilas would not carry Freddy. nobody could make do so, and after many quarrels a rude peram- bulator, very much the worse for wear, was purchased. and; in this Miss Lilas dld condescend to wheel about the yo_ngg Molocm " 'What will 56E g‘i'é'é 6???5a§ked the lad, with a mixture of boldness and shyness characteristic of the juvenile rustic. have carried the heavy child after the doctor‘s warning, so at length she ac- ceded to. the boy’s terms, which includ- ed payment in advance, and then Billy honestly performed his part of the contract. “ I won’t carry him; the doctor says I’ll hurt myself if I do. You carry him home for mr, Billy Smith,” said Lilas. appealing to a neighbor’s son, who had just overtaken her and the small brood under her gharge. C‘ “TL-L A 0‘: OHAPTER III. Eva Randolph had gone away to school. Susan Harper was engaged all the week in the neighboring town, learning dressmaking and hairdressing and the various acquirements neces- sary for a lady’s maid, and when she came home on Sundays she was much too important a young woman to be- stow any. notice on Lilas Lampier, and poor Lilas was very dull, for Emma Bligh was in London, and Mary Mat- thews was nursing a sick grandmoth- “ Well, cats can scratch,” returned his better half, “ and if ever Eva and her friends find out that you have been taking her father’s money, while you kept her in rags, 'they’ll make you suf- fer_for_i_t, you see if they don’t.’ “ She will very likely injure her spine with carrying that heavy child,” she heard the village surgeon say to a gentleman one (121}, “ 21:13 that, («vitvli such 9 lovely face, will be an awful The stranger replied with some re- mark about the children of the poor and the two passed on. But Lilas un- derstood at once that the surgeon’s ob- seivatioh had applied to her. Mr. Church growled out words too strong to be repeated, and the wor- thy 000.1313 might have come to blows but for Eva‘s re-entrance. e-r. So pretty Lilas had only Mrs. Flood‘s children to play with, and as Master Freddy, the baby. was becomâ€" ing dreadfully heavy, and was too helpless tn walk, the task of carrying him was anything but pleasant. “‘- “rrluu MU 1161. Hidâ€"Sieâ€"indeed a lovely face? She was still doubtful as to whether the dqctor wag gistaken, or whether all “If you’re wise, you’ll let sleeping dogs alone,” was her‘ prudent repl_y. ” Sleeping cats,” he retorted d18- dainfully. “ I wish she was of age, for then I’d make her sign some deed that would leave the property in my hands,” growl- ed Mr. Church, when he and his estim- able helpmeet were left to themselves. At first they positively refused, but when the lady talked of getting her lawyer to hunt up the late Mr. Ran- dolph‘s family, and ascertain who was the girl’s legal guardian, they gave a hasty. though unwilling assent to the proposed arrangement. else of what I sayâ€"though, by me way. how old are you i" ‘ ‘I am just thirteen, ma’am.’ Thirteen; well, I will pay for your education, and I will then give you suf- ficient to start you in any calling you adopt. No don’t thank me,’ she said, hurriedly, as the girl caught her hand and gratefully pressed it to her lips. “I am but paying a debt, nothing more.” Then she turned her ’face toward the house maintaining a reserve and sil- ence which Eva was too timid to break. When the girl got back to the small mom, and- was bending over the costly pieces of lace that required all her skill and care in mending, she could not help fancying that she must have fallen asleep over her work, and that that walk and conversation in the park rnust have been a dream. But happily it was nothing of the kind, and the next day Mr. and Mrs. Church were surpris~ ed and somewhat frightened by Mrs. Westbrook coming to see them and offering to take the girl off their hands. Chang .5 _ illumined it. “ I am only working to make money to put myself to 301100 . ‘ ‘Then you. wish to be a governess i” "No, I don’t,’ said Eva, resolutely; “ I don’t think I shall ever know en- ough to teach others, but I want to draw and paint, or even to go as a clerk. There are many things a wom- an can! do if she is in earnest, and has only a little knowledge.” “I am glad you think so, my dear; I haliovn mu- mean 'to work hard, and, changed as though a new light had ....1 .. “nu-kin 0 f0 was born ‘3”, 3d. and my ; _ ...... r ‘‘‘‘ J uavo answered it somewhat roughly, but for the singular beauty of the girl who made it. His questions elicted her story without gloss or reticence. Mr. Barman listened patiently, gravely, and when she had finished he informed Lilas that he would take her as his apprentice for three years, if the Floods made no objection. “If they do. I shall run away to Lon- don.’ was the gril’s nonchalant reply; “anth séhan't go back to them again Mr. Barman smiled. Lilas, with her beauty and her reckless temper. would be a' treasure to him if he only could hold her in- check. So he Benn a note to Mr. Flood, who came to him in (treat mrtnmhg Rant .4.- no sooner did she reach the entrance to the now: empty place than she ask- ed a man. whom she recognized as the clown, for Mr. Barman. “Yes, my dear, step this way," he replied." and so saying he led her to a sort of but that had been knocked up for temporary occcupation. “I want to know if you will let me come with you?" exclaimed Lilas. when she saw Mr. Barman himself; “I can dance, and I can learn to jump and ride. and I’m not afraid of anything, and I can speak French.' The proprietor of the traveling cir- At another: time she would have felt shy and txmld. now she was desperate. Barmans t‘rp‘upe} was her _refuge, and -A -A‘4‘_ Her own carelessness made the op- portunity. She was walking along one. morning, pushing the perambulator before her. and looking back to fol- low with admiring. eyes the figure of Mr. Ernest \Nestbrook.’ when she sud- denly found [herself and the child struggling in the river. "Her shrieks and those of the small children who had lagged behind soon brought the Young gentleman and some laborers who were at wotrk in a neighboring the baby were rescued without sus- field to her assistance, and she and taming much damage beyond a good wetting. Mrs. Floods anger. however, was verygreat; it was nothing but care- lessness and dtslike to little Freddy, she vowed. and: in her rage she struck the girl sharply across the face, and declared that she would send her away to find a better home if she could. The fact of deserving punishment rarely makes us more ready to bear the lash, and Lilas persuaded herself that she was greatly ill-used. and re- solved to take Mrs. Flood at her word. Without giving herself time to think of the probable consequences of what she was about to do. Lilas ran up to her Own room, put on her Sunday clothes, and taking with” her a few trifles she valued, and a shilling or two which she had hoarded, she crept downstairs, made her way out of the house unobserved. and soon reached thghigh road. Thr traveling circus was still in.t.he neighborhood, and Lilas soon arnved at the field. where the large booth 1n which the performances took place was erected, It) was not difficult to come to this resolution, but to put it in practice was by no means so easy a matter. and Liias for( the next few days spent most of her time in wondering how she should take the first step to enter the; career she- sought to pursue. â€"v-‘ 'v av w-‘vuv- “â€"4 ' So Lilas went, and the tinsel and the horses. and the glitter and ap- plause intoxicated her, and she deter- mined. before the evening was over, that by some means or other she would join a, troupe of traveling per- formrs. 'Not a very anbitious as- piration for a girl who meant to be a lady, but then, as she assured herself, aJI things must have a beginning. _ . SE- lL-w ll lou. Unllul cu. Not that Lilas had any actual inten- tion of doing wrong, or any clearly- defined inclination for evi . trary. good and} evil wer alike to her mind, provid would assist her to attain the end she desired to reach. She had heard her father say that man was only responsrâ€" hie to himself for his actions, and that the wealth of the rich ought to be taken away and given to the poor, and she had acceptedl these pernicious docâ€" nothing to lose by of property. and she longed to get away to London or Paris, where she felt convinced she should find some wonderful fortune. {But her father did not come. the fortune was far away, end She had' become both reckless and Impatient when temptation from an unexpected quarter came in her way. One never-to-beâ€"forgotten day Mr. _Flood announced his intention of tak- lng the children to the circus. that had been opened in a field not very far away. Freddy was too young to 89. and it was just a question whether Lilas or the childs mother should re- main at home. when Mrs. Flood, who would have enjoyed the dissipation as. much as any of them, said, good natur- edly : III! A: v “You shall go. Lilas; maybe I'll af- ford to go another day.”_ _..1 conscious of her beauty she naa Guano- father would lesslvy wished that her come back and take her away from the Floods, for she knew that with him t cities. and she would live in grea surely where there was abundant irl thhf a wealth and many. people a g . lovely face need not be dressed 1n 9001‘. shabby clothing. nor need she spend Pher life in looking after a tribe of self-willed children. 4A--..1:n+on- never have to nuisg wont hime. saddened Real jewels,, scientists now assert, possess organic life. It has long been known that opals‘ and pearls grow dull when worn by invalids, and latterly rubies and the turquoise are found to share the same sensibility. Pearls are more indicative of the condition of the .wearer than any other gem. Though this delicate stone lives longer than a flower, it seems to have a form of life, which, like that of the flower loses color and brilliancy and actual- ly dies. Nor is this property unfound- ed in reason. Science has latterly learned much concerning germs and their influence in the propagation of health and disease. Those invisible emanations which surround the per- son wearing gems penetrate the in- terstices of the jewel and act- ually increases or decrease its brilliancy. The inference is a be laid aside by the invalid. Even in good health it is better to give them aa rest. To inclose them in their cases and put them away is to insure an ac- cess of luste . Even clothing should also be treate to rest. It freshens up ”‘Do you want her or not ?’ he deâ€" manded, sneeringly, in gutteral Alger- ian French. ‘No? Then be off with you, infidel dog, and by the way you came if you value; your skin!” The Turk, when tired of her, disposed of his property ,to an Arab Sheik, who had grown tired of her in turn and placed her in the street cage, an arti- cle for sale. For some minutes I stook talking to the poor, imprisoned creature, When a passing guard took notice of the incident and whispered to me in French to move away at once and return to the foreign quarter. He had passed. on before 1 could see his face. The next moment I descried the evil countenance of a J ewishl-looking Moor, behind the cage of the Oran wo- man. He was her owner, and had been listening to our conversation. When he discovered that he had not a purchaser to deal' with he came for- ward brusquedy. en 'to .Oran, at the extreme western end of Algeria, by a Spanish naval of- ficer, and there in 'a few weeks been deserted. For solme months she was a derelict in that old Hispanoâ€"Maures- Que town. After her child was born- sh'e had gone inland, to hill-set Tlem- cen, the old Moorish city that stands within sight of the frontier of Mo- rocco. There a rich Moor had taken her to his harem. On his death, a few months later, she had been purchased by a Jew from Algiers, and straight- way “sold to_ a young-Turk at Bona. ‘One girl’s ’ face and manner im- pressed me greatly. She was not beautiful, Ihardly pretty, but she had a singularly Winsome face, with. large, fine, gazelle-like eyes. She was a European, 3. Spaniard from one of the Balearic Isles. Strangely, she was very fair, with blonde hair full of a dusky geld sheen. She had. been tak- “Some women were in .barred rooms, and some in cages, offered for sale. “The weanan in the first cage Ipass- ed was rather pretty, and, though her hair was dark, she had pale blue eyes. Her long, loose tresses were every- where clasped with little blue brooch- es, and I noticed that her lips, the end of {her ears and her finger tips were stained a dull red. She accosted me in Moorish»French, and asked me if I would not like .to take her away from these jackals of Moors and Arabs. I said I was a stranger, a wayfarer, and if here to-day might be far to-morrow. She told me she was not an Arab, ‘Al- labbe praisedl’ and not aMoor, either, but a KoulourlLâ€"thlat is, the child of la Moorish woman by a Turkish fath- seems it is forbidden to EurOpeans af- ter dark, but he wandered in, partly through incident, partly through curiosity. He writes: So her foolish little brain wove wonderful fairy castlesfor the future, and though in learning to ride and leap, and spring through hoops, and risk her neck on the trapeze, she more than once only barely escaped with her life, she still held fast to the belief that what she now had to go through was all necessary to bring to perfection the harvest which she hoped one day to reap. Mr. ;William Shark describes in Lon- don Literature 3 visit, While in A1- geria, to a street of caged women. It and self-reproachfuil. and a few days later Lilas left the town with her new protectors. 'For three years she was bound to live with Mr. and Mrs. Barman and to serve them. and after that, for three years more she! was to give them half of her earnings. Hard terms, it would seem, to many, but Lilas would not have grumbled had they been twice as hard. “U ”-5-.- â€". 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