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THE LANDSWOMAN
.\1 u ll"lltll thing lt comtll elo'l\ I} af~r bJ"un
got htlr hPad t11rn1'd O\'~r alllllook"d
familiar HJICI• IJf'nt O\~r h~'r
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at.!~;::' ou know
O·UIIIl 1 lt i !"r.arlottl,"
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~ 1 rlrilntd anti turned &\fay.
\iny\ll' [ oughn't to lt·lW told you," &:arlotti ~g.J.n, lout one
f j,,. nurecs r.nuw UJI ju11t thon and lookPd at her JJQtJrnt.
0 1
,, rhn.t'a cnou~h for to-day; ahc la tired," fhl' ~1ld, and 1«-d
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.;:c •rlottl away without a not h('r won!.
t't l'lll:l wl11hrd with u.lllwr soul that her frirnd had ne' er coo 1\".
th: 1 t 11 ho might hnVI' lloat<'d on lndflftnitl'ly in the sort of grey
!lV' of 11 Jow-rl'turnlng t·on!!clouane~. Now since Sca.rlott1 had
1 1 JYlkCn
1\11 the old thoughtJI ami t~roblellll! were lOO&I'd and
tuggJnj at ht•r W..e furl! 1. Thn ~ne In the court room itood
out ag1dn protographcd on h\"r brain.
" JlO\V fong have 1 ~D bcrt'?" llhC aeked a DU!'Ie.
.. .Be qukt : you t\r<' not to talk."
The uneventfUl days slipped away until t ht' doctor propht'Sitd
hl'r relcn~~e at tht" wct"k-end. Rhe hMrd hlrn h~tle sly, and heedo:d
not at all 'ihl' Md no plans, no de tro tQ grasp life tlrmly again
Anti make of lt aorn\"thlng to her taste. When Scarlotti carne
and heard the ne~. Oecllta marvelled at her pleasute and hstened
to hl'r plans for the In valid with aurprl;c . She and s.uly Waters
had it &11 arran~d that Cccllia. wa.a to atop with them until she
wa., .;troog again, unle"'l 11hc t>l'l'ferred to go baek to hr.r
.. arJStocra~," as ::ic.\flotti called her friends at Hillcreat.
.. I .. h:\11 not go back to them ; they have forgotten me by thli
t1me, I hope ."
It was her flrat m('nt1on of the pa-,t, and Searlottl changP.d tbe
subJect r,\ther abruptly.
.. 1 don't know why you have been so good tA> me, S<'Mlottl,"
Cecilia began but th(" other woman &lenoed her at once.
The day ~fore ()>c11ia waa to leave the hospital Scarlottl
c~me ln at the usual time, followed by a visitor. He would hav~
g'one on pru~t the white ghost before him, had not Scarlotti
stooped and spoken to lt
.r Cecllla," he 11atd, " my poor CccilJa ! "
She coloured 11otly and put out her hand •
.. It's Oravcy," sho r.miled. "Where dld you find him,
Scarlottl ? "
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" He's been worrying the liCe out. of me for a week, !11\e
replied, and left them. Saxton looked about him in horror
" Cccllla, to think of you here I "
" It Isn't so bad : I've been almost ba.fPY here. It is •o ea"y
to lie here and let the days drift by me.
" llow could you treat ua all so 1 We ha,·e
been nearly distracted about you. Richard and
the Judge and I have spent every minute looking
for you."
"The Judge T"
" Yes, he came to help m<', I was so upeet "
"Ob I"
" It It hadn't b«'n for ::lliss Searlotti we never
\V HJ.'\
Binchlnbrooke Rally
l rld .. y ntght Oln..._
l1t wa tftll r mlr::t '1'14'r,. w ,
llfJtllln;.( ei>~J to do hut to III'!C tlmt rmr r:ur.J>Ionf w. re qutte
•m;r~ ~n·l tidy. rea<:ly for our ltally on :::-atordav, .\ugu.t 30th
•' deem~d oU~erwlt.t-, th tun di!ddPd he J.Ad 1>4'tn liulky too
:ona • awl after pL.ylug po~p.oo Lelllnd undry c.loudi for lOll
1tt 1 " whllo, ahone tn alii~ l(lorr w ~r u on our wav
ru~~ w~ ~e gomg? \\ hy ! fancy &akinlf, wben· tor a fort·
o looking f•>nnr,-t t1> lfOinp; as ~u ,.,
I hnd•lnbrf)rl~, .~etn
the h0100 of Lord aud Lady ~nd~cll •
Fir ~ \\-'C hAlt v•lr photograr,h~ taken <'&USJnR murh lao~ht.Pr
M th,. Iron nul tlillny or our I 1 Nlt ~.on refu!td 10 ~ar the
W('llcht of tho bt>nnte Jluuta Iancl c.lrl .
rhen wr. ~ot ri'-My to &tr: our ldnd how
'I~ J.anfll,ar'la rnJ.
fho (,arl f.mdea Ut"m 11•'\e a dt~pl3y, tfu! oldt"r ones gllinll
thl· ~[ON! code, a drsll, and a. Or t-:.ld &ectdent C."l.,...
E•gltt we" gJrlli'AI, k00\111 as tb,. Browrocc, gAW a dcbghtlul
d.anCI', known a.. tltft Hro"'met' own dance, :md thi v.u do~
remarkably wl"'l for urh t1ay nu~s.
Another group th•·n Mlf thP Co~tl r.md~' song. whlch w1.1 ven
p~tty and also well don,.
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:som,. of the wflrds at11l nn~~; throullh my bram, as 'twould l;~
~ood th1n~ tf all took the '~rv to ll('art : " Keep Ute windo'Wi
Qf your 11oul 'WInjurer, and h<-> reatlv
wa.~ m~t fullny, httle LaJy Faltb, Lady Sandwtch'a 'd.au~hter
eaw.mg murh laughter Ly nntlug to • · drst, to be r.ufl' U" w&
not cheat 1 n~t \L~
~ee~ to say. no ddect. were found, and~ are still wonder-
lOg ho~~r 1 t was done •
Ihomu, a doll, ea~ next, but he wa. most rude, as be o:•nldn"'
leave tht Btowwes alonl',&nd wu qwte hurt bea.we tlle La.sas
hati not bro~ht any eggs with them.
When Thollla• had br-en put t() ~d, and w~ could atill oar
laughter, :\11 Kimruond thankt·d Lad" Sandwich moet he.art1lr
on behalf of tbe Hunts g•rl$ tor her klndne&; 10 g1~ing us ro-tho awootest woman on
thla l'arth "
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E. ::>uffolk Hax Go.n,•·
Mendiol( her
No I I don t want to
boou.
be kit~ed
Hcrcfordabire Fl.a.cacller•
for tbe L.A A S.
Comforta FuQd ,