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means. Just now, llo'ofi?, T l‘oola, . like to shake that sister of yours,‘ | |. ‘Poor Louise !‘ said Doliy. ‘She‘s hayâ€"| i ‘I thought you never came to the end of your resources, Mrs. Gardiner,‘ she said. ‘Where did you get that idea, Dolly 1 I asgure you I am not iuhlfibl:!‘ny means. . Just now hAaoating ues Loh ‘What isn‘t it, you had better say, child,‘ responded the lady, vexation written all over her face. ‘Here anm I an the greatest pickle, and nothing, ab solutely nothing, can be done. a This story, perhaps, would never have been written had it not been for Louise Tarleton‘s sore throat or Mrs, Gardiner‘s musicale, for so do widely differing events combine to produce a definite result. ‘I never was more uiterly in despair,‘ said Mrs. Gardiner,pauling at the door of the Tarleton‘s little drawing room. Doliy took her fingers out of her tum bled curls, and looked up from her Â¥ .1 Dolly gave lviittl'é'?j;kâ€"‘l;l;;‘ion of surâ€" prise, leaning ugainst the door with her hands locked behind her head. * When she sat down to the piano and pursed up her lips straightway one heard the loveliest fluteâ€"like notes,deep, â€"sweet, soaring up into the treble, trill. ing like @ bird, now dying away to nn almost imperceptible sound ; then ris. ing, falling, with such wonderful faciliâ€" ty, that oue wondered if that could be the same music which came from the lips of the little bootâ€"black or the reâ€" motest connection, to the whistle of the small boy. ® ‘Dear Mre. Gardiner,‘ she said ‘what is it ? ure ; In fact I do cot know that Dolltv had any particular accomplishment exâ€" cept & rather singular one, that ‘didn‘t count.‘ She could whistle! Not an orâ€" dinary girlish treble with more shrillâ€" ness than sweetness, but a truly remarkâ€" able whistle ! As for Dolly, she continued to take 1 fe easy, wore the made over frocks, the shabuy hats, the cleaned gloves of all the others, which she inherited,as she cheerfully remarked ‘by right divine, for in the Tarleton family, as in the Royal one of England,there is no Salic law.‘ She was profoundly interested in her sisters‘ social triumphs and alâ€" ways begged to be ‘waked up‘ when they came kome from balls and parties, She arranged their hair,sewed on their ylove buttons, teased them laughed at them, and admired them tremendously. In return they allowed her to run their errands,Â¥were not above quoting her «clever speeches m3 original, kept the fact of her youth well uppermost, spoilâ€" ed ber a little but pitied her more. Dolly was not ns pretty as Virginia, but what could anyone tell of the possiâ€". bilities of @ girl who was never wellâ€" dressed whose hair was worn in short curls, and whose fingers was frequently inky from writin@ German exercises 1 She had not a voice like Louiseâ€"Louâ€" ise‘s voice was her stock in trade so to to speak â€"neither had she Marian‘s hgâ€" iwawl esB eb lacs . 0o m T _ For Virginia had become: engaged during @ visit at Newport to a most eligible foreigner it was though, but ofter the congratulations had been showercd upou her mother, the bridesâ€" maids msked, and the wedding gown all but chosen,it turned out that Virgimia‘s foreigner was not eligible at all. Some people said he had jilted Virginia when he tound she had *no fortune, others that Virginia was a flirt and had jiultâ€" ed him, and still others, that he buad a wife on the other side. _ All this was of coursre,very bad for Louise and Marian to say nothing of Dolly. vorlinls Lariston‘s ended so badly, as it couldn‘t help spoiling the others‘ pros *Yes,‘ sighed Dolly‘s mother. ‘It‘s astonishing how foud she is of beoks, but is malway‘s so ; there‘s generally fome compensation for lack ot benuty â€"but I do wish she would have taken after iny tamily instead of ths Tarle tons.‘ §41 ‘It is lucky the child herself does not care,‘ said Dolly‘s mother, ‘She doesn‘t want any things that other girls are wild about. Sne seems as well contentâ€" ed in the courtry, at her grandfather‘s, doiving or walking, and running wild grnerally. _ she‘s the only one of my children,‘ went on Mrs. Tarleton, ‘who is rea‘ly fond of books, but the others are all prettyâ€"nobody can deny that.‘ And Nirs, Gardiner made no a:tcwpt‘ to deny it Aâ€" Mrs. Gardiner drove heme she nought, ‘what a pity that affair of irgints Tarlston‘s ended so badly, us especial friend, Mrs. Gardiner. ‘It is Virginia‘s fourth winter, and not one of the girlaore a‘ly provided for"‘ And Mrs./ Ga«rdiner acknowladged that it was the part of wisdom to keep Dolly back ns 1 by is pu@!l"l(‘,. all so near of age,‘ everybody said, four of them, cousting Dolly,‘ though, to be sure, nobudy ever did count Dolly. The other three were allout,"and of course, were asked everywhere together, whi e Dolly, who was only just out of short frocks spent most of ber time in the country where nobody saw her. ‘She should by right be ‘out,‘ too," sighed her wother in contidence to her A WHISTLING GIRL Dolly is a cleverlittle soul,‘ ‘It was a pity the Tarleton girls were BY JULIA BOND VALENTINE, CHAPTER I say, ab words ‘Like Cinderella herself, you abused child. . No, that‘s all nonsense Dollyâ€" but have you a gown P : Dolly‘s face fell, ‘I‘m afraid not,‘ she said. ‘Oh ! walit a minuteâ€"up at grandâ€" father‘s the other day I was trying on some old fashioned gownsâ€"and there was one such a dearâ€"a ittle pale yelâ€" low satin, with short waist and puffed aleeves. It belonged to grandmother, au‘d is very like the things debutantes wear nowâ€"do you think it would do T ) ‘I don‘t know,‘ said Mrs. Gardiner, much amused. ‘It would be quite oriâ€" ginal like your whistling, Dolly, Well, 1 leave that to youâ€"you must find sl gown somewhere.‘ ‘But mother and the girls,‘ suggested Do‘ly. ‘Do you believe they will let "You know you need not introduce me to people,‘ said Dolly, earnestly. ‘I can staud bebind one of the big screens and they won‘t even know who its comâ€" ing from.‘ ‘Well, T‘ll be your fairy godmother,‘ said Mis. Gardiner heartily. You shall some to my musicale to morrow, and if you do as well as you did just now, I prophesy & success.‘ __Dolly laughed. ‘Dick Tarleton always calls me ‘Miss Cinderella.‘ _ ‘The ver)'v thih;,"f |-l;oal-<.i-s;y. T deâ€" clare, Dolly,you wiil turned out accomâ€" plushed yet.‘ from ‘Faust,‘ which leot itself particuâ€" larly well to being whistled, and as the last note did away Mrs. Gardiner cried delightedly : *Bravo, Dolly, I never imagined â€"anything half so pretty. I didn‘t know whistling was like that,and you don‘t look badly when you do it either.‘ ‘Don‘t I, really !‘ said Dolly with shining eyes. ‘Do you like it Mrs, Garâ€" diner? Do you think it will do ? from ‘Wait a minute ; I‘ll show you,‘ and Dolly sat down to the piano. She was too unaffected and unconscious to be nervous, so she did hor beat while Mrs. Gardiner leaned back listening. Dolly had chosen an exquisitely pathetic air css ce MEC iss 7 1 ‘Ob, don‘t! Mrs. Gardiner, dear,‘ pleaded Dolly. ‘I‘ve had that quoted at me so often. It may be queer but it‘s all I can do‘and I would like to help you if I sould.‘ 4 ‘You‘re a dear little soul. How do you do it, Dolly, ‘I know it scunds silly, Mrs. Gardiâ€" ner,‘ blushed Dolly. ‘But really it isn‘t so badâ€"at least some people like it, and you said you wanted something different. It is different, certainly.‘ ‘It wust be,‘ laughed Mrs. Gardiner. I don‘t think I ever heard agirl whistle. Iso‘t there some proverbabout‘a whistâ€" ling girl and a crowing hen‘? ‘Whistle, Dolly. What in the do you mean, my dear ?‘ Mrs. Gardiner looked down at the eager, flushinog tace, and for the first time thought Dolly Tarleton pretty, but laughed as she exclaimed. ‘Of course, as to the young min, I couldn‘t be any good,‘ she began hurâ€" viedly, ‘and I‘m awfully sorry he can‘t see Louise, butâ€"butâ€"if you really would like something differentâ€"why, you know I can whistle !‘ +Well, child, what is it? Mrs: Garâ€" diner was always good to Dolly,aud the yirl took heert of grace. Cardner sighing out, ‘Well such is life. I must go, Dolly,‘ m«de her look up,the color rushing into her face. ‘Mre, Gardiner,‘ she said shyly, lockâ€" ing her hands together, n way she had when confused. ‘I wishâ€"I wonder how you would likeâ€"‘ and then she broke down. 1 was especially anxious for the girls, for Louise to meet himâ€"my vephew 1 weanâ€"Dolly, he‘s a shamefully rich man, my dear. Not that you would tuke that into consideration, you silly ecluld, but he is just what we could have wished for Louise ; he‘s so foud cf music too. _ I decia e fit‘s abominable, and I wanted something entirely unique this time,‘ went on Mrs. Gardiner, ‘Al\ musicales are alike nowsdays, and this of mine was to have been different. Mandolins and zithers we‘ve all met, but Wollkauftt‘s violm «and Lourse‘s voice you can‘t hear every duy ! Aod, now, not a thing to fill the blank, lt'i only some brand uew necowplishment vould be devised. ! Dolly was silent her curly head bent apparently lost in a dream, when Mrs ‘No, that‘s the worst of it ; the inviâ€" tations are @li out long ago ! the special people T want to entertain are in town, and if Woillk«uft&aan only give me one selection it will be better than nothing. ‘I‘m so sorry, so awfully sorry ! Can nothing be doue? Can‘t you put it off T‘ en Mn e e eaiet C2 PR ICIET E. I l)ick Tll‘le(ou 80ing np the Gnrdin- ‘I know ; of course I‘m dreadfully | era‘s steircase the night of the musicale sorry for her, and all that. I‘ve jast i met his three cousins. ‘My eyes " he been to sen her ;the doctor saysisha bas I exclaimed, he had absolutely failed to u9 n‘J > and she was to sing at m'v’rl'cogniza the fourth Miss Tarleton in wusicale toâ€"mcrrow, and be the success i ber warpaint and feathers. of the eveningâ€"and there she liesâ€" Y ou don‘t mean to say it‘s you, Dolly,‘ 1 c 7 poor dear child! And on top_ of "'l‘he chie? Naslishaliemned bp stikig this comes a notâ€" from Here Wollkauft, saucily _ lmy violinist to say that he can only I ‘Yes,the very same. Dick, didn‘t you yive me one selection, ‘as he is obliged reaily l'mow ho t by his management to leave for I\evy ‘Neta bit) Upon my word, Doliy, (ork on anlearly train‘ _)_Irs. G“.d"i we Tarleton‘s always will be handsome ner ceased from sheer inability to find â€"it must come out Some day, ‘What‘s ya ces ad?f‘""'e 9f zh'e oscls- bred in the bone,‘â€"you know. Where mn.t Dully was ali sympathy in *a209 / giq you get this T as be touched a soft wen t. 2 Suge mt m a bad enongh time &s it is with her sore throat, Mrs Gardiner,‘ Aae{At s e world thought, ‘Thenyou spesk purely from heresay?‘ went on Dolly‘s friend, with his dark eyes full of quiet amusement fixed on her face. â€" ‘Altogetber,‘ said Dolly. ‘I‘ve never been in society in my life,‘ ‘People are not very frank in society, I believe,‘ said Dolly. ‘I am to infer from that, you‘ve had a great deal of experience.‘ ‘I ! Dolly was so amused at this idea that she laughed outright. ‘I don‘t know the first thing about it,‘ she said. t ce t eoun n n on Sn o rost ‘Would you rather I didn‘t quote| girls for that sister of theirs, and when Edmund Lear? asked Dolly politely. |questioned innocently as to whether )o the contrary, I regard it as an|they meant Louise, or Virginia or evidence of superiority ou your part.‘| Marian, the reply was so frequently, ‘Really. I‘m so glad. I don‘t think|‘No ; the one who whistled so beautifulâ€" I ever gave any evidence of superiority | ly at Mrs. Gardiner‘s,‘ that,as it would before,‘ not do at all for Doily to appear in ‘Perhaps people havent been frank| public yet, she was sent off to her enough to tell you so,‘ suggested the| grandfather‘s, £ 4 Other. Hnt. aHill Tiallo analdnle oals cce n ‘That is true,‘ he replied. ‘Ite a pity one cannot put ‘all rights reserved‘ on one‘s specialities.‘ ___Dolly laughed. He was so quietly at ease that he put her there at once. ‘Favorite authors have a trick of being other people‘s‘ she said. An odd,satisâ€" fied expression stole over the man‘s face, as if he had said, ‘Thank you, I expected you to say something like that,‘ and it was quite true. Alec Forbes, léeaning idly against the piano a moment before, looked up as Dolly came in, and walked straight over to her, drawn by the piquant, clever face as by a magnet. Her words ns she peered through the screen, amused him and, accustomed to do as he pleased,he spoke to her. He did not think she would mind, and if she looked shocked he would tell her bis aunt had included bim, in the introduction a few moments before. ‘1 beg your pardon,‘ he said, ‘for lisâ€" tening to your soliquy, but you ought not to quote other people‘s favorite authors if you don‘t want to be heard.‘ She heard a quiet, amused laugh,and | he could make her talk to him as turned quickly to find a man at her elâ€"| did a few moments, since, without bow. She had never seen his face beâ€"|interference of the multitude, w fore, and she rather liked itâ€"a someâ€"| his aunt approsched. what lazy, durk face, with eyes which| ‘Now, Alec,‘ she said, ‘this is had a slightly sleepy look, which belied| what I intend you to do at all. themâ€"for Alec Forbes, to use an oldâ€"| glowering in,corners, if you please fashioned phrase, ‘could see quite as far| I know your tricks of old, and if ] through a millstone‘ as his fellow men.| have your eye on any especial pers He had a good mouth, not hidden by a | you may as well resign her to her f: short mustache,so that his smile helped | for I intend,you to meet everyone his face wonderfullly. the thirty individuals here.‘ ‘What rugs, and jugs, and candle lights,‘ she said to berself, quoting a wellâ€"beloved nursery rhyme. _ Mra. Gardiver did not introduce her except to one or two fellowâ€"performers in the musicâ€"room, so Dolly got behind one of the big screens and took in her surroundings with delighted eyes. ' ‘Ob, Mrs. Gardiner,‘ said Dolly, as she was half led, half pusbed to + long ' mirror, where the Dolly therein reflectâ€" [ed was n reveletion even to herself. | HMer cheeks had a tender color called fiutu their brown by excitement ; her rough curls Iay soft and cloudy upon her forehend ; her eyes were dancing, full of life and appreciation. Her neck and arms were set off by thepale gleamâ€" ing satin and old lace, and the strings of amber keads about her throat. She had a great fan that she furled and unâ€" furled when she did not know what else to do, and her frock, and her fan, and ber feelings generally had made anothâ€" er girl of her.‘ , | ‘Dick, you will taze your cousin in,‘ said Mrs. Gardiner, and Dolly entered the room on the arm of her tall cousio. The pair made quite a stir, and everyâ€" body inquired : ‘Who is that fascinating girl with Dick Tarleton ? . ‘Well, Dolly, I don‘t know what you‘ve done to yourself,but you certainâ€" ly do look ‘pretty,‘ she said in her brusâ€" que way, kin come for you T‘ ‘Hush ! Wait a minuteâ€"I‘ll tell you all about it,‘ said Dolly. But her sisâ€" tera hurried her away. _ Mrs. Gardiner off duty for a moment,met them in the hall, gave them a hasty greeting, and sending Virgivia and Maurian into the room, claimed Dolly as » performer. In reality she wishned to review the child with her keen eges,for if she was to do at all, Mrs. Gardiner wauted to make % sensation,. â€"it must come out some day, ‘What‘s bred in the bone,‘â€"you know. Where did you get this T‘ as he touched a soft fold of her gown. ‘It‘s satin or someâ€" thing. â€" Why,Cinderella, how did they lhappen to let you out. Did the pumpâ€" kin come for you rloo Coun CH APTER II. happen that nephews are so amenable ""' to their shnt:?rhha. ; In thil‘ins;m'eo however there was a happy combivation of circumstances, and it way s6on taken for granted that }{From her winter retreat in the counâ€" Dolly heard echoes of the gay world in her sister‘s lettersf#and the ever recurâ€" ing name of Alec Forbes. They seemed to see a %r:tdeal of him, which was but natural, as he was the nephew of their best friend! although it does not ing in a modulated â€" sonfusion and among them there always appeared a tail, dark man with the kindest smile in the world. _ _Baut still Dolly couldn‘t help seeing, as she closed her eyes at night, the visâ€" ionaof softly lighted room, with brilliantly dressed _ people talkâ€" People were beginning to ask the girls for that sister of theirs, and when questioned innocently as to whether they meant Louise, or Virginia or Marian, the reply was so frequently, ‘No ; the one who whistled so beautifulâ€" That it was aâ€"short lived triumph ouly made the memory sweeter. What booted it that Marian and Viginia told her, ‘It made a girl ridiculous to talk continually to one man ; that of course she did whistle very well, but it wouldn‘t do to get & reputation for that sort of thing ? Men didn‘t really like a girl to be unfeminine. It had been awfulâ€" ly good of Mrs. Gardiner to ask her to take part in the musicale, but,of course, it was only a whim, and. the less she thought of it the better.‘ Each of us has some day his own brief hour of glory. Cinderella went to the ball at last,and one winter night in the eighteenth year of ber age. Dolly Tarleton was a belle. ‘Oh !‘ was the stifled exclamation which Mrs. Gardiner fancied she heard. But she was inexorable, and Alec Forâ€" bes was obliged to content himself by putting out his hand in :congratulation as he passed Dolly, saying in a low voice, ‘You see, I was right ; you did do something after all.‘ _ ‘Now, Alec,‘ she said, ‘this is not what I intend you to do at all. No glowering in,corners, if you please sir. I know your tricks of old, and if you have your eye on any especial person, you may as well resign ber to her fate, Sha looked so unconscious, as if she had forgotten all about ber audience, that the audience itself was half piqued. There was a buzz of applause as the last note died away and Alec Forbes watched people crowding about the girl, asking one another who she was or begging for an introduction. He was not a man who cared to share his individual t«asies with the multitude,so he only stood looking on, while Dolly talked pretty, broken (German to Herr Wollkauftâ€"who beamed benevolently upon her through his glittering eyeâ€" glassesâ€"or looked up with frank,â€"clear eyes to reply to some newly presented admirer.‘ ‘They will turn her head,‘ he said. ‘People are such fools,‘ and he was already planning how he could carry her off to some pleasant corner, where he could make her talk to him as she did a few moments, since, without the interference of the multitude, when his aunt approsched. _ _ To say that every body was surprised when a slip of a givl, in a quaint, oldâ€" fashfoned gown which made her look like one one of Abbey‘s drawings,stood beside the piano and began, without any preliminary warning, to whistle, is to speak mildly. _ _Dolly was whisked away from her companton, who was not at «wll pleased by this sudden desertion. He looked down at the programm», a trifle of white and gold, and4 scanned the list of names anxiously, He saw "Miss Tarleton" recurring often a familiar name to him, owing to his aunt‘s freâ€" quent mention of the fawily. ‘Little witch !‘ he muttered, ‘A girl with a facé like hers must do something. To be sure, she can talk, an accomplishment when its done after her fashion. But his soliloquy was interrupted by a sound thit was not & voice, nor & violâ€" in, nor a fute, that wasâ€"‘By jove ! it‘ can‘t be ! it isn‘s a whistle? ‘Yesâ€"hush ! ‘They‘re going to beâ€" gin P ing P ‘I never knew anyone give so few answers,‘ returned Dolly. ‘I don‘t play or sing cither.‘ ‘Nor do anything,‘ he continued. *Well, yes.‘ ‘Are you going to do it this evenâ€" ‘Because I think you play or sing,or do something F‘ f ‘Why T ‘I never kuew anyone ask so many questions,‘ he suid in|a quiet voice, apâ€" parently to no one in pa«rticular, aren‘t so very far wrong after «l!.‘ ‘I can easily tind the auswer by reâ€" sorting to unworthy means.‘ ‘How ? inquired Dolly. ‘Looking ac the programme,‘ he reâ€" turned quizzically, ‘Why do you think you will find me there P CHAPTER III HG of Mrs. Tarleton had consented to her daughters giving a house party, and so a gay bevy of men and women invaded her father‘s old mansion, driving from town in a great four horse sleigh, whose bells and the voices of wh occupants were heard by an eager meg in an ‘upm'windc‘gw long before their actual It was rather strange that Dolly should not have mentioned this â€"walk to her sisters. When he came again, however, to find Dolly alone, deep in a German translation, over which she accepted ;his proffered help, they did know it, and it was not long afte)x: this that Dolly‘s exile began. _ "I don‘t want to be eccentric, eithâ€" er," she protested with charming inâ€" consequence. "I don‘t care to have people say, ‘That queer Dolly Tarleâ€" wn.l » 5 Alex Forbes laughed, but his mirth had a ring of tenderness. "Let me catch anybody saying it," he growled, his eyes absolutely wrathful, whereat Dolly looked appeased. "You need not be afraid," he sa tossing up & pebble for "Max" to r after. They have reached the park. : He looked suddenly startled. "Graâ€" cious," he exclaimed. "Much learning Miss Dolly." | "Would you rather I talked in words of one syllable ?" asked Dolly. No indeed, no ! I beg your pardon, only f[you are rather unexpected, you ow.” kfl“I am glad to hear it," said Dolly, severely, "I should hate to be just like everybody else." R : "I think there are certain resembâ€" lances, but every now and then one meets a startling anomaly." "A freak of lg ature," suggested Dolâ€" ly, smiling up at him. ! "Yes, or a riturn to the original type, the primeval woman." j "An example of atavism," replied MisefDolly, carelessly. "Why do you take young women in the lump that way ?" she said resentâ€" fully. "Do you think we are all alike?" «"Calling the same pastime," he said. "I had a wild idea that those were the things young women‘s souls hankered after." "He looked down at the piquant face beside him with secret satisfaction. He delighted to make Dolly flash out like this. "Servitude!‘ she exclaimed ; "it‘s really freedom. Don‘t you think it‘s servitude to have to pay visits, to go to teas, to dress for dinner, to bore yourâ€" gelf in a hundred ways because it‘s ‘society ?" "I can‘t understand how, having once had the proclamation of emanciâ€" pation read over you, you can go back to servitude." «"Why are you never on view in the afternoons when I come to see you !" "I didn‘t know that you came to see me," said Dolly surprised but not disâ€" pleased. "Don‘t you knoow that I do not receive ?" He discovered that she always went for a walk on certain afternoons in the week. . So Dolly was much surprised at being joined in the square, in company with her beautiful greyhound, by Alec Forbes, who said in the most natural way in the world : The evening that Alec Forbes hxd spent in Dolly‘s company at the musicâ€" ale was by no means the only time he had seen her. Mrs. Gardiner lost no time in taking him to ¢all upon Louise, and he had looked in vain for the fourth Miss Tarleton. Then he had boldly asked for her, and was told that she was out walking. â€" "Decidédly,” he said to himself: "‘de- cidedly," Dolly has been sent to Sibâ€" eria." Alec Forbes‘ short moustache scarce ly hid his smile as he turned away. Who? Dolly?! Oh! she is in the country with grandfather," laughed Virginia. "Dolly is a perfect child wedded to out door life. I daresay she is coasting in rubber boots and red mittens this very minute." > "By the way, Miss Tarleton, where is your sister nowâ€"your youngest sisâ€" Mrs. Tarieton sighed and glanced at two people strolling through the square overlooked by the house. They were Alec Forbes and Virginia. The girl was all animation and sparkle, her dark furs setting off her rich color. She looked the beauty society had proâ€" nounced her. _ But +Mrs. Tarleton would rather have seen her eves penâ€" sive, downeast and demure, for the tall lazyâ€"looking fellow, with his hands beâ€" hind him, certainly could not be telling a love tale to such m vivacious audiâ€" ence, Indeed, Virginia was planning an expedition into the country for some sleighing. The snow was delightful now, packed and frozen hard, and a party to the Tarleton country bouse:tOJ stay a few days would be such & lark â€""Doesn‘t Mr. Forbes thiuk so ?" And ‘ Mr. Forbes did think so, agreeing with | more alacrity than was usual, and when he left Virginia at her door, declining her invitation to "come in for a cup of tea," he asked her carelessly : _ _ "He is such a thoroughly firstâ€"rate fellow," said his aunt contdentially to Mrs. Tarleton, “Peopl%‘huve called him a flirt, but I don‘t think it myself. He is rich, good looking, and he has been run after, but he husn‘t really been spoiled, and he bas the kindest bcart in the world. a "UNION" MAKE ITS SALES ARE . . . DERBY PLUG _ _ ‘Dolly ! my darling! my dear little girl! won‘t you let me comfort you ? It was a hard struggle for Dolly Tarleton to yield, but some minutes afterward, when she was standing in the window with Alec Forbes‘ arm aâ€" bout her, her prettv brown curls aâ€" gainst his shoulder, the greyhound won the day by coming up to her and putâ€" ting both paws upon her dress, ‘Look, Dolly, won‘t you look up, dearest ? whispered a voice in her ear. He stood irresolute one moment,then opened the hall door very geotly and entered the sound in the dim room of Dolly‘s sobbing made a curious tightenâ€" ing come into his throat. She did not guess that her trouble had & spectator until she felt an arm about her, and heard a voice that trembled from tenâ€" derness saying in her ear : | _ Dolly had waited till the gueste had | | all gone, leaving the halls deserted; . | then she stole downâ€"stairs, and calling i | her dog, curled up in a deep chair by | | the fire, and with her hands idle in ber | |lap, gazed into the flames. Somebow, before very long, the fire grew misty | and blurred, and there were tears on | the interlaced fingers she put up to | screen her eyes. ‘ Alec Forbes. tramninn Â¥Lusucth i1 | Alec Forbes, tramping through the snow, his head bent against the wind, passed, ou his way from the gates, the window of the room where Dolly sat, and looking in and seeing a slight fig ure in an attitude of utter abandou, curls buried in the elbows of the big chair, hands locked before her eyesâ€" his heart gave a great leap of happi< |__Louise and Virginia did _ mot at all [ approve of this, nor did the rest of the | party, and suggested telegraphing and i various other expedients, but Alec | eventually got his own way. | _ "Alex Forbes is terribly spoiled," | said Marian ; "even Mrs. Gardiner | must acknowledge that. When he has | made up his mind it is quite hopeless | trying to change him." ’ "Well, I rather like it," ~returned | Virginia. ‘"I like a man who knows | bis mind and will have his own way." | Pasths L4 c ukc e Lass 1e wl "Miss Tarleton, I find I have left something at the house, so if you do not mind I will go back aud try to find it. I can take the next train if I miss this one." But at last came a day \\rl:en the party broke up, and drove crer to the station. The train was late, and as it was heard to whistle afar off Alec Forbes, who had been rather silent on the way over, turned to V irginia, sayâ€" ing : proper place." Alec F her fill the part of "the T sister," could se«rcely be same girl. _ Once or twic approach Dolly, but she r him, and the old frank existed between them see; and unaccounbly to have begged her to whistle, however, anrd she did so to every one‘s defizht. 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