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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 25 February 1890, Page 4

bell four times, (hen lie went in. He looked in the drawing-room, morning-room, dining-room, and drew blank everywhere. The)- were empty ; : He stood in the hall, and called — "Ohanneey!" No one answered. " Confountli ill./, p snn|6sj| they've gone^pjiftui JheTsiveiifinnfl' the servants are gallivanting with the butcher boy." He furoed about the hall, npt knowing what to do next. SwT3?%ly him looll^Jbve *»i;H^^li* woman was leaning over the ban-_ isters at the head of the stairs ; a very pretty .young woman, in a val^, pink t^gown. in §}u? , ? wa|, ? dfiuffin|, ( "but demurely, "under protest."' ''How* do yorFdo f ? i^aia )^iey^& l a/'^*h! relief. " But where is every one ? I thought the house was deserted, boycotted, or SOTnet tyjg|rifj| OjOfJEl' 5 " So it is," s^idtliWnßrnTg^ffoin'Wn,* moro demurely than ever. Bhe leaned a little farther over the ban*! ister. '-My sister and my brother-in-law have gone up to town to look for servants. We had a — well — a trifling unpleasantness last " night? and Tom cleared *te%^lL f l^ • $ J, was just going to iraTesn^iea^f can make it for me."

But Mr Hey wood's denieapbur had suddenly changed ; his company manner fell from him as a gajragnt. He walked upstairs very quietly, mean it ?" he said, taking both her hands. tl Are you a^evV^e*! 0 )' gone ?" " Twenty minutes ago., bjjyijhe 4.50." ' ... ; " And you are j£j^jjf^g^ ( Hbthe house ?" "Excepting Mrs White,- ■ the charwoman. ' * < ; What a beastly shame, to leave you ! But how jolly for Wl** Mfr they really go for servants ? " Oh, 3 ; f s ! But then, I tl&fii tHey^ seized on any excuse to'be alone for a day ov two/ They are ridiculously newly married!" " Bore it must be, eh ? To be newly married, ?^ eying her ■blushing 1 a furious red, and slipping past him on the narrow stsmy^j " Let us go and make tea," sfte saidf ' " I want mine so badly." It was cool in the little drawing room, and half dark. Great bowls' and vases of roses scented the whole place ; a ray of afternoon sun crept in; as the warm wind moved the blinds, it fell on the burnished copper of: the tea kettle. "Let me go and get some water," said Heywood. He unhooked the kettle from its high stand and carried it off into the kitchen.