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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-08-15, Page 2�i'.Ha.• !round her nook, and overshadowed her low, i ` ,� 1 �Rrax. a. � , I y r 11 R ' . ', . ., . A .R 0 ~i r <. r ' I } i' J 0.h �' Harl@lt >ia� ow-LeaB Pernicious Baud ' �t i' , . . _... A ClomgarLon. !round her nook, and overshadowed her low, Worthin ton, who sudden! emer ed !rota bat a ervera®en gement on the neat after- ( T$R L&TRBT PR 8n'ETe[� Fav . `%, JAs WIUToonta ntrtmx. 1, IClaade smooth forehead. was. recalled to his duties by he the door of the billiard -room. " Why, Mrs. Mortlake, you are leaving, noon prevented this, and he could not possibly reach Rilebester before the last �' Harl@lt >ia� ow-LeaB Pernicious Baud ' the trees, I'd [rather lay out there among the ` eWiiiit the ahigina bird.) and the bain'1 bees, clear, ringing laugh. no very early." _ • train ; but he should see her in two day"' on a rhyeloioxicai rrfnclele. - �=knowm�t�at I efts da as I please � . n►'han to flys what ftrlka call a life tib ease. " It is a" bad se having one's photo raph - fah iu -olio--.6gtd, r� Y`' am aura Moii iaatr $,he was as oboe all spine; and Courtesy. -Claudo bated her, and gnawed the. ends -of tithe. and, with this he might be well be content. °- Thi" is u wonderful age in whish we _live,aaya. a. New York oorrespoudent of the Up thar in the city. For I really don't 'xactly mmderstan' Worth does not keep his ladies so long. „ , his moaotmohe fiercely, till Esperanoe o CHAPTER XXX. Indianapolis Journal. Bat the coming one 1. Where the com[ort is ter any man In " The oracle is dumb " said Clande, " voice recalled him from his angry thoughts. The arrival of the -bag at the will be still move amazing, for scarcely w welkin' hot bricks an' nein' a fan, smiling. Shall we try the effect o! " I think it is wonderfal,f' she said, poet year goes by that we are not called upon ,t .; - An' onjoyin' him,elr' as he says he can „ , , Up the; in the city. Chrietma rose" and maidem hale Mies R + " taking a farewell look at " Mariana." " I g' deanery was a source of mingled pleasure P and vexation the dean always disliked to rewrite our fairy books, and transfer t - It's hinderlonesocue, mebbe you'll say, Neville ? So the dress was beautified with the am Eo glad you told me all about it. Are you painting anything while yon onshore?" ; lettere, and Cornelis thought them tire- their supposed tales of the imagination to the realms oil fact. The Eiffel tower is r, ; , ,' A -livid' out.here day after daX ,, > In this kinder easy-, etireless way; exquisite white flowers, and drooping lady- " No ; I go back to town to -morrow," some though necessary evils ; but the other members of the [omit regarded theta in a Y g but a walking stick compared to what we t�iahhyr n} he a,e better n a day ferns, and light, feathery maiden hair, but ��.__—`••C:-n4c*cz^�....,".,....4,`cr4,s7,,,Y•„""%z77'q^�z,cp;rr,. ,:�r,....:, ,r ,, -.: r...-a,--r.r':- ,:. ••:Y.3 S -z: ... r , :"^`?'!f. t-+ ;W` ..if , U'^tr""., '.r ii1t-... r k__Lscs- . .f'a-2". ....9. zlrfF y y ... r , .,iY� r;..,.-'., '.."t }: q�, : Yk(t tiYlin�'U'a-crVri�'• ; IY�VEI ai]'Ql��ii—�'M!'Q'kWW rY ailw {7CYFalliiiY �I'tY�Y at,jug,look a� owe ancon;, the. be left, „ said Claude rather wistfully ; this has �. •za^- ,.,•-"'--�,..- ,.rnfi. R! u..�tr . ;y- ,t c 1S`r!, v ,.,,,.. ., :. , ... ,. r Y�, ..�p.•T'-:.,^T...;'r,TT'; x�':-Cc�1s:," ,°T7,•„^'�^. `r'�,rflMT'1:4�*:.., ..'�.. _•'i�,. .% Yy' I1�CIt9Yl'Il\i1"7WYCl�d JLlliYlYYYfi�`i-"`{"6Y�Yti�Z1'v-•—�'r•.�.• � �..1�'•••� ,-"���,�+•y: *•�`+—�`',�"`f�� ble if Cornelia orae late in bringing the shall have in the coming century, and . A.... l ,..mr `^-y�'"-�-•�y'�"y'Gf._�Y..S1-W+S��,-"�"'�''�"�"�-:JS{.J'Ii5';"t"'�'f.-x 'G rT„^'^IN°l.„ beside the �at4 qhs y w.f, :Tl:.t a b; �'. s� @L`!!'2. •Yet; don't find such things as these in town, darts ahoald as t e .were, in y their unadorned beauty. really keep y p your promise some time, and give me a sitting ? ,. nab. uia' lily 873ai,3 us;ai5 `i3 W Vii ii> :wait. r $ It Monday Esperanoe trite and commonplace newer P . triampus wnion science has in store i?or Or, rather, in ilio city. Then they went down stairs to the great "Yes, indeed • but what will yon paint wag afternoon, and us. In the .meantime we mast content ISA I said afore, such things as these, :a:' The Sowers, the birds, an' the bum'1 bees, drawing room, whish had been tanned oat for the occasion, and where many of the me so ? " „ ++ As an angel, I think, said Claude, was waiting impatiel}tly in the drawing- room ex eoting the arrival of the poet.witb p her weekly letters frofn Gaspard ; she was ourselves with petty marveld such as I am about to describe. You are doubtless An, a-livin• out here among the trees _T . Where yon can take your eaea,aa' do- as you guests were already assembled. Lady Wppthington was at the door and came gravely. She lsakhed- uncontrollably, and was -so reading aloud to Bertha,_not very well it aware that, scientifically considered, a bit of mask or, ambergris is quite as par- - please; Makes It et er'n the city. 'mount into the hall to meet theca stop in down P g Es in defiance much amused b the idea that •she would y must be confessed for her eyes and ears Y were alive to the eligheet sign that might efetent solid and lasting r g as a mass of V N alt the tali[ r ou't to snag, to -kiss canoe of Custom. talk of nothing else while he was bel in B P g granite. A thousand ears have no re• g Y Pp "BoUl°�' it's -\-o1 You have come in the character of the her with her oloak ; but jnet as they were indicate the arrival of her letter, and when citable effect upon it. It continues to give An' I'm. sure plenty good enough, • An', twean you au' tux, 'taint half as tough ristm&s rose, she said, glancing at the " pi►aaing through the hall again on their Cornelia ' e►t foal entered the room, she sprung forward, waiting with eager 4M" off its molecules with the same vigor and As livin' in the city, appy, glowing face, you will be just in way to the carriage, she halt raised her strength. ,„ time f -r the first dance • Claude will take soar! and showed him the Christmas roses. pabienoe,while, the ba. 11g was opened. There gI single drop of attar of rosea will per- . I-- - - -:.--.---.---v--.••-----,-.-u- w--�---V.-, -vs,.- -+Vl.. . - Y .. 040 - __ _. _ _ . - _---r_..-_ _ -- . _ tG'-•W-9O,V6�i[wVY:C.�DI�-Y�Vf'IY'^]O[YYGi� '�.-"���� Looking sac and fed her morose' the brightly -lighten said lancin n at him halt shyly. which Esperanoe , seized ,eagerly, and glancing p y y, doubt know what s hypodermic ayr'inge is. Looking baok into the bygone, there we see deep rooni , o the suis where Mrs. Mortlake anti And. Claude was more .thrilled by those another for Beriha. especially it you are subject to neuralgio floods of oruna• " It is from one of the Pal raves, I Y N ` And the hosts of guilty wretches that had long • Cornu, ,a were seated, and Esperanoe begai, words, than by all her former thanks. g attacks. Well, for those who dont knout defied the grave; to tell of the surpristl that had &waited her " Year flowers "-she called them. his and think," said Cornelia, glancing at the- let me explain that it is simply a tin' � - There• -we --.sea steal -faced injustice_ . drinking .in the -school -room, and to ehowthe flowers wore them. Her hand lay in his for- & dope ; .Berths took it,. coloring deeply.. syringe, with s needlerlfke iioz�le, which ` . human blood like wine; exultingly. Yes, froth Adelaide, she said in &law But there is a ray of comfort -love the present $ y Cornelia smiled kindly- moment se -he helped her into the carriage _ Adelaide," _ the operator merely thrusts under the skin, . I� man may save. "Bhe orae disappointed of the flowers at with elaborate care, then ire footman -voice. - --and then presses the button, so &a to ex- , home;bat these are far lovelier," she said to closed the door with vicious speed, and the Cornelia did not reply, but looked the press its contents. Nature does all the '4:� Have from rivalry and hatred, save from greed ba again, and left the room„ while Bertha I that hath no bound 1 Claude, While Mrs. Mortlake began abruptly coachman urged on the horses. g g rest. Id morphine happen to be in the ' a rcm oorruptiou and injustice, in each dealing, toe oak to her neat net" bor. Claude went back. to town, and nervously opened her letter ; she gave an syringe, nature takes up the drop of. quiet- man with man t le made some trifling response, and worked hard at his painting, but owing astonished exclamation when, on unfolding ing and bennaibing fluid by mesas of her •-.1 e . !I!o co-operative accord, like the. hosts beneath to the oho inter days mach of his time it,. it proved not to be from Adelaide at all absorbents, and transfers it to the months i i Him Drowned- then turned eagerly ao Esperanoe, fearful F° Y bni; from George. She trembled violent! .. : ` `I Then will be the trap millennium, based on the that some one else might be before him in was necessarily unoccupied, and his g • Y- of the countless delve, hairlike in fineness, I " • r Redeemer's pian. thoughts were constant! reverting to ought she to read it ? The temptation was which, in turn, bear it along. until they Vis,, .., r' making her to dance. Cornelis watched g Y g i J. R. AIt3isTRONCf. her in secret admiration as she was borne Esperanoe. He took a fancy for going to too strong for her, however ;. she moved g pear it, mixed with the stream o[ venous I,, ; ' lz • the at service in the abbe t farther from her cousin, and with her a Ir y. , swiftly moray, her pare, ohild•like heppinees y, that he blood, into the inrneoe" of the longs. ', , . i . was delightful to see ; &i the passed the might be hearing actually what she was heart throbbing wildly read the few harried There the intense heat volatilizes it, and it M, t � ' �l1(IPTR i Y RE 1 RA If _ g c_. y p a hre&rin ftp took the Gvarrdip,n11 wn linea: Qeor a orae -coming t0 Rilohester, r ams forth from h mouth- wi h ever- 4+A v• -rr r . Y -ovfa every few minut6a sheaw4ght a tow s g g 8*_9_.-- _O___ __o_ a E_ 9P _.J "�' - words o! French, and knew that Claude searched the columns anxiously fbr any. but no one meat know of it ; he begged to fell of the chest. 'R*`'r;�; _ ores talking to her in her own langnmge, end thing'relating Rilohester. The very name see her once for a few moments, and pro. ,+ Well, what of that?" you say. ' A TALE ok' TWO COUBTRIES. of Dean Collinson was sufficient to set all Posed that they should meet in the garden once, when they paused for a minute's rest Now, supposing, inatead of givingthe ab- -'-'~- Esperance came to her, eager for sympathy. his pulses throbbing, and he took the most that evening as soon &e ft orae desk. It was. Borbents Shia drop of morpbine you substi- 1, CHAPTER XXIX. •� lively interest in all the a oisl eaohera a short �straightforwsrd letter without the tat a dro of er &mot or inlet or rose - _ � �:,_.,.�.,,�-, AK- �,-�.A— an ..:,�._ -g-, ,_- x - „ x _-� e Qq d0kigbtfU-I-�Co�nnh : et Ot t _ - - : ___-a - - - ��, _,n. � . ��_ �. P, �+-� X � o - __ a��._.� .- ..-:.�•-,. • + T_. z n mentioned -`men whom �e ersnoe a i ds app u:ion 't 'r�ri�rrII-en aXTd'=.,o ua� Cain t �`oa see tliat the fan �urna - of that ' 'r n I . Bertha_ and-, Eoperanoe _were m their this Blne I;iannbe waltz a ospi &i one 2 P Y - h , -__ - :„ . o©ca, arha s eha,lton hands with. - coald t3ot realfzg that thfl interview spoken s r __.--_-_:- .. ,_ Cornelia could not understand' the de- p 1? parson would send out perfarrred" breaSia r 1 room drese><ii; fox Lady -'Worthington's lights o! m troirtem s she had never oared Sacrificing for this purpose. even the of in saoh a business=like way was a clan- But more thanthat,theee wonderful itbsorb- ;1� dance ; they wem both o! them quiet and a g p destine meeting, g onto would carry that infinitesimal supply " - i` for dancing or any kind.of exercise, ant she afternoon light, he started early- in of g. or if the thought did t, t,• little depressed, for Berths naturally g Y finding Lady Worthington disengaged,and occur to her clic stifled it at once. George of perfume to the very tips of the fingers. tela s salad to in "this way,watched g Y gwas in Rilohester at that ver moment, ` thought o! ilii ball in the summer, when her little Cousin with a certain Cmfortable before 3 o'clock was shown upstairs to her Y The hands And the face, in foot the whole ;. 8 li _ George had been staying with them and all sense of ride and _ possession. This child drawing -room. He stood in one of the and that evening she might-ehe mast, see body, would exhale a delioionel faint .T,,.. i`adibeen so different, -an - Esperptnee bad -who-in-7-she —, i�ifldtlr�J 6ali'x-'�afiun6d-ii3r vu' ItieY^Diu^VVii 11�II3e,.. Tt.?9�►5+_►ll enided_29_tlil3la AAt'.9he Y W t�Om she 1a nars�fiended Wag g suspi©lon of lose or violet. ISG oilier "wt rdo� -- - " ' " 5 liar own tronbiaa. It had been a harassing Gardens, sbstr&otedl watching the ro- dared not atop to think ; ehe disregarded b means o! the beginning to make large demands neon her Y g P y hypodermic syringe it is day. Mrs. Mortlake ores in bad hattior, love. cession of nurse-maide and children, and all the arguments against such a step, the simplest thing in the world for at , _ end Belli[ was suffering from the effects of the bri ht while a train of arguments, in favor ef it her Christmas dissipation, and was more Claude meantime was perfectly happy, g sunlight flickering through the g woman to send her favorite perfa�me liter - than ordinarily -avis i"ffit� Ute --8W- - t6 - f' a n t' ihe.times on the hrrirarn t assed r& 'id )through her brain ;. abe_was Alyce the�.y a ren her�h art vary y p en, oo, e e fluence of Ee rance'e n&ive- remsrke and below. Then Lady Worthington came in o age, she a , a ig o ra a her own. word she epeaka every motion she makes : !i had been hindered writing to Gaspard, and with her heart greeting, and he was actions ; George wag her cousin, why nature will ' tree Bimplioity, and very soon they drifted Y g g give book this delightful odor . T�<.` lied' missed' the mail, and, though, as Mrs. roused from his reverie. should she not speak to him, for a few which the tin h hypodermic set afloat ander ` `• Mortlake had reminded her, the letter into their former habits of easy, half-oon- that y yP r "I was wondering what had become of miitnents ? If it was in a aeons[ way, her skin. The coming woman will be ,`° I Could go the neat day vie Brindisi, yet the r e ere talk, though Claude was more g was only because he had been forbidden to g l b per- ,° 4 - , weekly postage told so heavily, on her puree reverential end lees pitying than he had You, Claude, you have not been hero for Y , famed through and through. She will be been in old times. weeks, and • I &otuolly, heard of year Dome to the hones -it was her father's sweet to the bone. There will be ( no need . than this was an expense she did not at all !salt not hers. The idea havin been once He would have' liked to rolon their successes in the Academy from some one g of stifling poor mortals, who happen to sit a care to incur. P g ,+ admitted she began to feel that life would PP 11 r, dance indefinitely, bat E'aperanae had not alae. r g next to her, by the use of pungent odors on . 1,• The uninterrupted, quiet of the room was "I should have Dome before but the be intolerable without just this one meeting, the handkerchief. That custom will fall in - l' &t last broken b a knock at the door, an come simply to enjoy herself, and he was , y` Y truth .iq I have been out late! and remembered with terror her startled `��; • • obliged �to resign her to Fred, who came up y; I have a to the innoonpnenesa'of merited desuetude. = 111 I .1� Cornelis entered in her black velvet, carry- with O ch an entreat that he Could not be good deal on hand," said�•Clsude, rather exclamation on opening the letter. Had Invitations to dinner will contain an addi- e ing some sprigs of holly. u Y hesitatingly. Esperanoe noticed it? She glanced across tional word .printed in the corner of the + �' " i am so vexed," she said, patting down reaiatvd - everyone was so stupid, they g y° "And that is the reason you are dedin- the 'room and felt relieved, for. Esper&nce card in this, wa would not dance with him, and would Y y: (,uiolat), or (Rose), or • her prickly burden on the dreBeing•tsble. in so man invitations ? Two or three was smiling over'her own letter in happy (Heliotrope). This will .be necessary ' " I wanted you to have one o! those Esperanto have him just this once? Of g Y ( P. )• y r: r i x•• Y Conroe ehe consented, and `when Fred, People have been quite 8ietreseed, T know, nnoonaoionenesa, looking so bright and order to avoid the presence of several ladies I'white camellias in the conservatory, Esper- pay, had brought her book to by your refne&1. Yon are & 'lion' now, innooent that Bertha fell a 'eharn sting of all exhaling the same Perfame in conversa-. once, but Chrietsbel hsa taken them both, Proud and ha g remorse, as she contrasted that -ha lases . Cornelia, she was at once arsuedb Harry You see, and s lion should be gracious, I PP tion. The posaibilitiea of artistic combi fir,,: and"declares [bat they are the only things who would not be content, till he had think. You mast be working too hard." with her excited, half -terrified pleasure. nations of perfumes, arrangements of ` she can wemr. I know I deserve a sooldin ;' said While she was still musing Esperance odors s x. „' ' written his name in unsteady, round -hand g , . ymphpnies in odour, will be 'end- Esperanoe was a little disappointed ; she Y' Claude; "but I have not been in humor looked up. less. Natural! the absorbents stems of ' �, on her programme. , Y Y • had set her heart on one o!' the camellias, fpr gayeties ;. it is not that I sm dein too " Bnoh a long letter, Bertha, and do yon ger: bat she was too grateful to Cornelis for She dancedwithClsade, however; several g „ come women orifi be found b0 take.up and , „ timed, only ref mach -I oon t, lead that for an excuse,- know, Eiaspstd a salary is to be raised-_! distribute certain . "' '`�, thinking of it at all not to make light o! y g him once when she „ P perfumes better Shsn g . ' g but— Berths murmured something like a con• others. i" ' the matter. wanted to sit out with Cornelia, who was „But you are getting blase' at tonr•end• gratulation, and left the room abruptly* Hence, it will not be annexal In enamor- They did what they could with that holly having s rather doll time. Claude divined „ &voidin Ee snouts !or the rest of the , f, ' twenty, is. that it ? g T? sting a woman s points of beauty to formu- sp •igs, but even Esperance o clever fingers her motive, end loved her vii the better for afternoon, for fear she might allade to that " rt Claude did not answer for a moment. 6 late them. in this manner: Dashing .w :' could not effect mach with them, they it, even accepting the hint sh® gave him to He moved restlessly, deliberating whether exclamation which she might have heard. blonde, tell and Diana -like in her motions, would loop stiff and Uncompromising. The dando with Berthas,. tbough it took him he should tell Lady Worthington or not, Never bad the hoary seemed so long as skin of exquisite texture, hands and feet of • ivy, too, was large -leaved and ugly, and away fr m her to a. most indifferent set of on that da Berths was miserably restless ���s' I 9 then looking up suddenly and turning his Y• Y very aristocratic shape, -teeth End hair per- �w altugether,,the decorations were unsaooese• quadrilles in which every one danced and frightened, but she did not waver. , eager eyes folly on her; he said, abruptly, g teobion ;, exhales a •most delicious roes. I fol, which was the more provoking because languidly. He wee rewarded, however, „ Soon after nine in the evening she eaoneed s., e The fact is,.Lady.Worthington, that visit Nor will it be a rare thing to read such a 1, Ono was entirely dependent on them, having later in the evening, by another waltz with herself on the lea of having some copying „ k. , J Pr to you at Christmas quite unhinged me-, P g PY g notice as the following : Mise Daloie de no jewelry. her; as they were walking up and down the to do end stole &.we to the dfnin °room, i .a .�,•,.._ , it was a revelation to me, and now I am ! Y g= Musks, has arrived at the springs. and at Her vexation wits but momentmry, how hall after it was over he stopped for wishtn that she had foot been so con cions < , moment before "Marlena." wild 'to get to Rilohester once more. Vox g � the hop last night she was the centre of 4,=i ever ; she soon forgot it in helping Bertha, know what I mean ? " that she was doing wrong. ° She lighted a attraction. She looked as radiant as the I , and she arranged the white oamelli&e in " I want you to look at this for a „ I think I do, ' said Lady Worthington, candle, . shut the door, and for a few evening star, and her voioo was velvet Mra. Mortlake s hair without the least moment, he amid ; it is one of my . kindly, " and I am very glad, Claude.` minutes made some pretence of. writing ; softness 'to the ear, and breath intexiost- tinge of envy. pictures." „ then she soft! drew &side the shutters, � Y p.. P eagerly. You think, then, there is really some o ned the French window and looked inaly ekreeb li those, fortunate enough se rs Then the all, started, and her .spirits She looked n e& erl + hope for me ? Pe wii.h,in inhtiling distance. Connoisseurs rose high with the prospeot. of this novelty A new one of yours Y I had not seen it "I do not see why there ahoald not be " into the dusky garden. The night wma fine, i to' that her bre»th hall even gained in and excitement ; she chattered uninter- -why, she is just like Gaspard ! that is Y „ but cold. She shivered a little as the fresh ; said Lady Worthington bat you will a wr•, an(1144 bill liar a , ,saran is horn fait ' raptedly through ilia two miles drive. till exactly how he looked after the Capit breeze la a 11 even Berths oras a little roneed.aua began ulation." not do anything in s hurry: IE you wfll P Y d upon her burning cheeks ; ; seaauu." . g let me give you a little piece of advice, I the cathedral clock chimed a quarter past . ) " . .. to take some eliglat interest iia what was Claude was much ,amused, and would not should say write to her brother 'before you nine, and she started with & sudden fright', A buoseh Lawvor's tttt; a'ro. going on. perhaps have eaoieined farther had she breathe a word to her about it, for I know and then recovering herself trembled to • There wsa ..no one in the cloak -room not put a direct gnea,ion. think that she was uiltil afraid o! tofu The larke:+t feN "liver pori t t , H Scotnit when the arrived!,. and Ea erance had 'est " 1)id os, et th i idea from Gee and ? " the French are very particular about such guiltily k `1 �,,c,►:,., nu a 1'rrri'i. was th .c ui tn', l,i)t�p Y P l „ „y K I;, things." discovered, For &moment she hesitated=; guttreae sent in *110 l,�rd Xiiv:tu�re w,th n,a taken off her wraps when Frances' little No, lid rapiied, smiling. Year „ I thought I could speak to the dean ; hFr hand was raised to close the window. i . I maid appeared Misi Neville wt+uld .be brother saw the piotnre when it was done, but the worst of it is T don't thick it ori;- Should she not, even now, give up, this, ►,riuf yin slit, recent r►utt-in witrr rviert rice u. ' very glad if 1ia,ietnoiaElle de T4iabillou and I made my confession to him thou. It ,itulen leasnre ? Buc 'while she panned t; i the'4,urmly vaa,aif,�. I the hakilivA ku.nraN be any neo, she would Daly bH P P would come into She echool•rootu for a was your tyce.which inspired me. dttrk figure stole silent! across the lawn • w''" t os, fee tis tm a, &ii this wtt+ nob b"Ough startled and repulsed. I moat era; h, r g Y to iu tri tr lila L,rdahilr to 1et►va t,iK dintieu A 17. moment." " 1Vline 1 how very fanny 1" cried Eeper it was too late t The neat moment htir t .lid. ,.Y � � „ &gain. It only I bad the faintt,st ghsdo.v � .+" To say goof •night to the children, I once, with her irreeistible laugh. Do of an emouse for going to Rilahrs%Ar I wuul t, hand was clasped in bar couBin' , and the; i,, l arliamertt. Some tinir a,o the Lord . 1. #','` sn use ; you w=11 not vvhiS for me. Ccr- you mean thac this is really meant for me, ower of villin anything seemed to have Ad,ou,%te r u ,ive,t a fest of 8 0 ;.utn dty I. `' pp " and that I have been in the Aatdem with- atart�io•monow, baS therois L+�ne ; >ynd eha P g Y g I C.,Juni or brrniuu C&.!e -tith th,e, tt,a hrk`r.,e nelip ? I can Cama down wi:h Framcea, Y will forget me, or someone , lea w. 11-- ' Passed from her. In the drawing -room the ' 1 . Y. Cornelis nonded assent, and Eaparanae out knowiag it ? Ah I that . is amusing t dd Come," said Lady Worth t,ptrau; gmtl- dean had fallen asleep over his parrer, I fee known art So -Aland. It i.a cu i ,ae• th t• followed the maid! to the aobool room'; but that is ridiculous I ing, "I don'tthink you need nt+ke vuur,bMlt Cornet+a read a volume o[ the "Bridle. 6t)'.1, tots ttt.ou,d flays beer, s�,uptied 'by none. of the children were there, onty " I ani itfraid it wag' a great lib3rty;' miserable aboatthat. I ouppvin ,f i w,re water Treaties," and Mrs. Mortlake talked# AAn riser} millianart'ee, Dir, Ii nnw •y and �' 1r tP" ` '' France" &n1 Cl ode Dla�na bending over said Claude, " but I could not resist the 1,l . k�-at+ Winhi:s Will it is eri uw�iy uurioua .1� _ � Y+ g ' prudent i should tell you to w..it trlt hexa snappishly to Esperance. It was very drill ; t �tl`�" � �, s most lovely basketful of ferns and flowers, temptation ; nerhops some day you will Christmas, end then to eomy dawn to Esperanoe caught herself yawning rept r►t.• trint 4::ch of thew lost their actions in the t.�i° hi "•I am so glad you have come earls" really kfvo mo a sitting; I ahoald not paint Worthington and •are i! edl ' y t�uurt. g you were lu th•, y, and was not sorr when her oaushl • H ;�� Franoiea said, k smug her. " Mr. Magnay you as ' Maritima' now." same mind." was roused to an expression of anndybuce. I 4. `.i: has been a villa no all ; be walked Cyon ' " Why not," asked Eapemnoe; " beoautie „ , "Beall if on're eo alae r�tran,r+',a,st t ru.,. P K I have waited all th�ese'months already Y Y sleepy, yon hath"� ` to She nursery gardens t+Iiia morning, and I have lost my hair ? " said Clande leadin 1 " > better oto bed erha a it would wake Wife-ivow, %hitt iy r niers tirne for Von to 'i1 '", brought home the most beautiful flowers, " Nr,," said Claude, hesitating .n little, P g Y i►� d :Van dot: t os, n to o to the perhaps end fetch ; nc+tt►e h nr,a from the lodge! ! Hera it in ,, , t ., , know what it is to think o, h -r in that Y P g g g . , , and we want you to wear oomin of them. bechuso yon have noY Marianas mt+ s,1 book o! knittin " hrnit ,nt+t: t" wretched place, among peopio who don't Y g receipts. t i ° . Claude was glad to have it put in thiy expression now. 'Mariana' never grew care'for her." Esperanoe gladly hailed the opportunity 11.unb,.ndi—That of it? If i hadn't gone - 1 way, for havin[; spent the morning in bright, and patient, and hopeful; she must „ 8he fa fab[ making them care for her,' of escaping from the hot drawu,g•roou,, ! to the tudlltr+ tit all it, would be half -past S R. 1 scouring Itilobester in search o! these have grown bitter in her loneliness instead said Lady Worthington ; "b nt for all Shat and walked leisurely ooroaa the hall, In. just the satn.s, wouldn't it ? 71:Sowers for Eflpemn'ce he now hardly liked of sweet. I can understand that it is hard for on. Bulging in fantastic arm exeroioes on, the 11 ".4, to offer them He paused, half afraid be had said too Y ora to relieve hereof! then she o e ;,,• e P Bappose I am imprudent, and ask j ou to i;o Y p nee the Love and Business. N iy Her delighted gratitude was very charm• much; but Esperanoe was not thinking of down to Rilohester at once, and paint me a dining -room door, and & little cry of aatoo• Ethel -Did Harry seem very much put "Illing; and Claude colored deeply, as, for a herself. She was looking at the picture. very beautiful picture in the cathedral. 1 iBhmenp,eaoaped hex as she saw 13,ertha in out when you told him you didn't levo hf. :' i moment, liar beautiful eyes met his. " How dreary you have made the fen think I should like it to be in the south her white dress standing by the open well enough to marry him ? Aenee-Liw ;y , - " How kind of you -t and how lovely they look ; I like that dull, watery reflection of &isle•" window. Berths hers -At started violently, the brute. Ile merely said, •'Well, had. ; are ! " she exclaimed, rapturously, " you the moonlight, and the torn Curtain, and ., You are too goof," said Claude, earn., and hastily moved back into the rpom. nese,fa business," and left the honae0. I. "Oh, you are doing " r Can't think how'muoh I wanted aflower- that worm-eaten window frame -ah 1 it is eatly ; "bat -I ought not to Tuve everything Y . i, the copying," said 's- f holly is so prickly." wonderfully done I how lead she looks, too, made easy for me." Esperanoe, reeollooting ; but Bertha in her , " The Plaintiff says," recited the judge, 110 ?