Little Golden's Daughter

w-bordered lake and looked into its azure dep

t song died on the coral lips as she came to the little lake with its

ees, and the low, soft ripple of the

d the waves were trying to tell her some sad

enever she came to its banks and

but its language was too mysterious for h

shadows of old Glenalvan Hall far across the l

que and pretentious, with many peaks and gables and o

ruin now. But there still remained in one wing a few h

e a proud and wealthy race-dwelt in

m to have hurt lovely l

her seem like a gleam of sunshine in the home she bright

ite short, yet, the beautiful, golden tresses fel

will through the wild, neglected park and the

s wife and family, consisting of two daughters and a son. In a few battered rooms in the tumble-down wing, John Glenalvan's fath

e stands beside the lake, swinging her wide,

with herself. Quite unconscious

t in honor of their brother's wealthy friend, who is to come on a visi

?" said a slightly sarc

r cousin, Elinor coming a

unette type. She had large, black eyes that sparkled like diamonds, and

cheeks and lips were a rich, glowing crimson. She was twenty-one y

y as Elinor. Her hair and eyes were not as dark as her sister's, her cheeks and lips w

y limited income, and their little cousin's simple blue gingham looked pla

to the lake for water-lilies to decorate the rooms for

er dilemma a moment, then sh

o her cousin's face, "but it is true. I should like to come to your party. You have invited grandpa'

" replied Elinor, with a careless, flippant laugh,

d, littl

r cousin's reply a

ow I am not too young! Minnie Edwards is coming, I have heard, and she is a month younger than I am! The only difference is that she puts up her hair, and wears lon

l calculation of the difference between short and

ittle girl in short dresses forever, Golden! Yo

nocent Golden. "Ar

or, "but I do not thi

asked the

gnificant glances that did n

atefully?" she cried out in sudden resentment and chi

are Glenalvan, irritably, "and under the circumsta

he wind in the trees and grasses sigh mournfully, a

half-angrily. "I never harmed anyone in my lif

rose flushed cheeks and flashing, violet eyes, and Elinor snee

dead Glenalvans as well as the living ones. You are a living disgrac

Golden had started so violently that she

a bending willow, and looked at her cousin with

"I will go and tell grandpa what terrible things

he sped along the path and across the green lawn up to the old

" said Elinor, uneasily. "G