CHAPTER II

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12867, 27 May 1905, Page 6

CHAPTER II

TIIIC DISSENSION BETWEEN THE, BTLSTttOnES AND THE CIIESTERTONS.

When Patricia reached the yard on the way to the cowshed she ran against , a tal! man who was standing looking about him, as if uncertain how to proceed. "Why don't you have a light here ? r ' he asked, almost harshly. "Do yon want folk to break their necks."

"Very sorry," said Patricia, oolrilv, though she was a trifle amusecl ; "but the lamp over the •/ate is bro' cn — it came down i' 1 one of the stems la^t winter, and it has not been replaced." She had thrown on an old cloak with a hood attached, and the hood was drawn over the head. She saw him look at her in pu7'led fashion, a^ if hesitating how fo estimate her. Evidently he did not recognize her. "I want to see your mistress," lie said, in an abrupt way. Fatrkia both frovsned and smiled. "T will send her to you," she answered, and turning away she walked deliher, ti-lv toward the ' owshed. "Whnt bri • '■■; 'v^ hrn '" risked hersel r . "Something disagreeable, T suppose. Well, it won't hurt him to let him cool his l.eels a little : he needs a lesson in [manners." ! ITniro "BvlstrorV watched the jdoaVecl figure disappear, and, «i rancor as he was to the Glebe , v .im and iis surroundings, he felt -.rcttv surely +hpr this girl had rot pone to the house. In fact, as one of the men opened a door and swuu'j- n In 11 <crn on lii r 'h to gi T - T e Patri' in lifht, and the watcher <lea r lv saw the cows in their stalls H'ronirh Oip open doorway, he set his lips in an ugly expression, ami walked direct lo the cowhouse. J (T.o )>e continued.)