. 's mother : and some other people. e, and sitting there in icy silenceall day long, still, the necessary service andnursing was very taxing to Lilys strength. Framelys week-day call had been unpro-ductive—at least, in regard to meeting a girl in apurple dress playing a nocturne in the twilight;but it did give him a chance to ask questionsabout her, which were answered so curtly thatthe young gentleman said to himself, crossly,that he would be hanged if he was going towaste his time on any more duty calls; he wouldtake a walk on Sundays, he said. So that washow it came about that all Miss
. 's mother : and some other people. e, and sitting there in icy silenceall day long, still, the necessary service andnursing was very taxing to Lilys strength. Framelys week-day call had been unpro-ductive—at least, in regard to meeting a girl in apurple dress playing a nocturne in the twilight;but it did give him a chance to ask questionsabout her, which were answered so curtly thatthe young gentleman said to himself, crossly,that he would be hanged if he was going towaste his time on any more duty calls; he wouldtake a walk on Sundays, he said. So that washow it came about that all Miss Waless fore-sight was of no avail, for the very next Sundayafternoon, when Stone went moodily out towalk, they met, these two young creatures, as thegods had ordained they should—met, and walkedthe length of the River Road; and Lily told himhow she hated to fall behind in her geometry,but she had to stay at home and take care ofMrs. Foster—Mammy, I call her, said Lily,shyly. I believe that was very customary in the 244 jpF*sv^ A MAN FEELS PRETTY LONELY WITHOUT ANY SISTERS, DONt YOU know A BLACK DROP South, in the planter class, wasnt it? Stoneasked, deferentially. Upon which, natiirally,she told him her little story. A princess in ablack prison, a lily in an alien soil! into suchterms did this besotted young man translate tohimself Mammys kindness to an orphan , of course, he told her his story: * I haventany people, and a man feels pretty lonely with-out any—sisters, dont you know. Im goingto live in Mercer—then he broke off to in-veigh against Mercers noise and soot; and Lilythought that that was because he was just per-fectly grand, for ordinary people didnt minddirt and noise. ** I suppose we are used to it yere, said Stone said that he hoped she wouldntmind his saying so, but he thought the Southernaccent perfectly delicious! Lily looked gentlybewildered, but the young man did not wait forany reply; he plunged into talk of all the thingsin
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