OUR PORTRAITS. 29

she did make a sensation when she came out
. at the county ball last year. Gip seems to

have struck out in a style of her own, for her
hair is almost black, and curls and waves
about her head in a fashion peculiar to itself,
tumbling into her eyes and over her ears on
the smallest provocation. Her eyes, though,
are splendid; the Irish dark gray, which as
often as not look black, finished off with
lashes so long that Jack suggests that they
shall be used for brooms for the sake of
economy. If she had more figure to speak
of she would really be very handsome, but
at present she is rather awkward and’ angu-
lar, being only fifteen and a half; but Mother,
Aunt, and Miss Montgomery all agree that
she will grow into a very fine woman; and,
indeed, she cannot help being fairly good-
looking with such a pair of eyes, whatever
happens. The fact is, she has Father’s eyes
to a T, for it must be acknowledged that his
are extremely good; and another undeniable
fact is that she has a spice of his temper too.
The consequence is, when their wills clash,