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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-08-29, Page 200 •i "7sx'+dMr±+k•rlc:n-. ' .t-_* , 'Y. "'J;.w+.a'"Y+. ... ,n. a ,. --cu• _ .----:-...-1 . ... �..�,. _. �., . ^ r .,,, ,y,..$ .,,,.x AL , �. ' a P' . �. ' , I I Y tt: pro ,i . - I , The War cry. French window and played about at her would have been a time of great diseom. to look for her;work-boa. In spite of the old ohalean 2 " exclaimed Esperanoe, f, 19hall Yankee pirates dare to float feet, but she cjid not notice it. fort. hindrance o! trembling fingers, the glove joyously. q , l tjr rand old Union JAo>r"? 4A Do you Nremember," Qlande begun QHPTER %%gIII. waa ready for the dean long before he was " Yee, the present proprietor is awe °�,, QQ - Y+l! grand wwee; r _ . ... _ . _ _.. ,_ .. x.. _• reap , , g P f And soon will drive them back t �aI do you remember that snow '' Lady Worthington waa delighted �o i►ear . 'Y �ordt"� �Cowever 'apt tact• ho did rat: a , e" '1h©r_ four and he has `OW at as let it o Ldt blood in torrents freely flow- Christmas eve when you were in the hall of Claude's success, and felt much estis• carefully placed a marker in his book, me for four months.- at p at last I shall Canadians^shall be free decorating 2 You thought I did not reoog• faction in remembering the share she had adjusted his white tie, put on the gloves, be able to make good that paint o I gave Whene'er it pleases them to go nize you then, but it was at that moment and turned to his nieoe with a little bow. you so long ago -to paint your dear And fish in Behring sea. y + had in bringing the,two together. She and �A „ really, that I first caw--. Now, m dear, I am at your eervioe. mountains of Auvergne." He broke off abruptly. Why did that Frances ea . a root deal of Ea eranoe, and y Where is thq,slave, the traitor knave, P y y were very 8 rices that she should spend For • a moment she felt an unutterable And so it happened that on s lovely '`' ' Whose heart is not aflame wretched little kitten distract her attention I"� To stand and fight for England's right Christmas at the Hall; but she was obliged longing for her father, •but she would not October evening Eaperanog found herself °` Against the Yaukees'olaim? .. just then by springing on to her knee 2 to decline the invitation, ss she felt sure allow herself to be really chilled by the once more in her old home. 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Who'd basely yield the foe the field? stroked the little intruder in silence, then mhi to be kissed and then allowed herself to be Claude's Y7uy uutuuere fin Cud datiu? g bad be-,nf� ` zr..th5 6th of c�a�Snamyr' ' -S - hent �.4t reKretfnl Esperanoe looked up, and somehow their and the time was drawing ver near. le in silence to the oarriage. •ice c3euu rea�da�tiarr,^ 3 All who are loyal to the flag, eyes met'; he knew that she understood g y was ver absent that morning; a muttered memories of the est, at all around her, All atriotic souls Claude came down for a few days at y g h P Will treat with scorn the Yankees' him then, and spoke with sadden Confi• Christmas, but he was obliged to go back to. himself about somebody's comet which from the•beauIlial Mont d'Or itself i the S 8o ton •as ocean rolls ; donee. g was expected and made numerous little dear old gray chateau, with its raisons AI .01d.E.ng and's.might shell be supreme, " m town again to make the final streak@ Eapazanae t I have. no w.Crde with rad, .meats ;_ as theIntended to be abroad for oaloglations daring the drive. Eep®tante walla and clinging, ivy. It was all wonder- . Y And it the scoundrels dare but I love you with my whole heart and some months he hada good deal to do, and said nothing, lint held her Chrietmas roses fully little altered -the tiny° village n the € ".•„•, • , Just touch another sealing ship, soul l' `z'ell me, darling, Could you love me g tightly, and wondered whether Gaspard valley ; the convent where she had spent n ,i, There's music in theair t at the last was so much hindered that he g y! P her lou afternoons ; the grassy terrace on too, some day 2 " did not reach Rilohester till the latest train was. thinking of her. g il­ , �'. We'll burn their seaboard cities down He had taken her hands in his and could • Then they reached the west door of the which she had . so often walked with her l And ravage all the'ooast; on the evening of the fifth, the halt -rained piDeonnier, to the I-, We'll trail through mud the stripes and star feel them trembling; her color came and ' That was a strange day to Eeperance- bathedrai, and the dean suddenly rousing father ; ,.: _ ,, And scatter all their host. s' went, but she did not keep him long in eus• and rather a dreary one. Frances Neville himself gave her his a -m, and led her into top of whioh Gaspard need to Derry her to t A braggart. vain, bombastic crew, pense ; he knew his &newer by the came to see her in the mornin ,and in the. the nave.. The gloom wan intense, and the the imminent .peril of bath their necks ; `3. f: _ .. _. '�.4-y_4 _-:!;e -_n='._....4 as.... x�_ _ _ — . .n.e.,e. 1!b_�t ♦¶ A , d ' ' - — _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ - _ _ _ _ _ _ - - R _ _ t-{lUnr ttaell. `yi -- - biter _ _ - s� Is +• Pnts ten of thous to flint t and it w4s with his arms round her that Mre. P&Senor@, have chilled Es creno@, had it not been or awn stone steps, an a i hurrying back with the p. she so', sed out " Oh, Claude, now—always Wagner's beautiful march • which pealed friends with an eager welcome. { � Oh, no I I'd not enlist myself- „ y expectation of Claude's arrival. Instead of ,� �� -wit, all. the love I heavy 1 this, however, there was a telegram to ea forth from the organ as she entered. Thane autumn days were very realist _. �didn'tthinkof thatt that he must Come by the later train ] g happy ; she used to take her needle- . Well, hardly, for my health is poor, - Tb,. Ducie were lett undisturbed for as Olande. Dined them within the choir ate, and .:ri -,c»- And, then, I'm getting fat. least L• a hour, then the cathedral bells inste d, and, although the meeting was and they passed on through the crowd of work and sit beside him while he psi ted <--. . My-budnessneeds my presence, too, began to ring for .afternoon eervioe, and only �iostponed fora few hours, ehe could eager, curious faces, to the altar. Cornelia, wandering about when she pleased am And it would never pay I .1• To go and wade in Yankee gore Claude rose to go, promising to call and see not heel feelingdisappointed and depressed. from her place at the east end watched the woods in search o! tate flowers, or s °a . • At fifty cents per day. the dean afterward. Esperanoe went up While she as alt ing rather drearily anxiously, but she could not feel otherwise ing when tired in a .cleverly contrived F"I I 13nt I'm a thorough atript to heir room, feeling as if it were all a with the telegram in her hand, Mrs. Mort- than thankful and happy when the little hammock which Claude used to rig rap for r� - s wonderful dream, and glad to have some- lake came in with a disturbed face. bride came into eight, a bright form in the her. My folke you U will Loyalists thing tangible in the shape of Gaspard's 1+ Where have you been 2 " she asked, in surrounding gloom. It could not be called Then, when the light began to fail, and 4��..� y the ranz des vachea echoed among the Of the most ultra kind. letter of oongratulationt, to assure her that a reproachful tone. " Bo many C&11ers 'an imposing procession.,, Mrs. Mortlake, And so, although I cannot fight, this great, &we inspiring joy was real and have been here wishing to see you and the indeed, was vexed by its extreme simplicity, mountains from the clear voices of the. !,.., Ill do m level best g y Claude would pack n his " To whoop it rap both day and nigh leafing. 13howas glad to be alone for o few presents -yon really ought to have stayed and longed for morebridea maid0 and more village girls, P P �. To animate the rest I minutes; then, hearing Cornelia pass along in thin afternoon." elaborate dresses, but nevertheless there easel and his painting apparatus, and they V 'aa , gallery, P ".I am very sorry ; I went to the Priory was something fiery striking about it. The would go book to the old chateau through ¢. . {^,.-Toronto(Irip. the eller she opened her door and called timidly. " dean, more erect than usual, looked quite the rustling fallen leaves and the golden- _ y - to sae Mrs. Passmore. art - -- , Cornelia carne with inquiry- in her eyes, , ,, Oh I that is why the•o&rrisge is out I p trnarohnd, w'th his rileerJ hair wad flaw- brown woods. It was not until the trade �, • 1DOPTHD BY THE_ DEAN , lint once glance at Esperanoe told her all. you really are very inconsiderate, Esper- Ing white beard ; Claude was eager. -eyed were quite bard and leafless that Claude _�,_ " So (Mande Magnay has been here," she anoe. I suppose you kept the horece stand- , and wistfully grave ;.-while between them was obliged to go out alone to his work . i> , said, quietly. ing at the door for sever so long in that was Esperanoe, with her radiant brown and the painting did not prosper hal! no M �', A TALE OF TWO COUNTM8. - AA " eyes full f y • Yes, he has been here a long time, ourin rain 1 You on ht to be more y of tender awe, &rad her sweet well then, or somehow there was alwa s a `'r'h. =•. -�-�- said Esper&nae, looking down. "And- honghtinl. I think it's the least you can tranquil face looking almost sa child .like as good exonore not eo for a speedy return to the 11 t ,• CHAPTER XXXIL - and I have somethin • to tell on dear- do when you live in other people.'e houses." •those o! her little brides -maids. chateau -either the dg Crehe had for Totten_ 'V,7 �'__..__.._._ ` ----- -he-hes-asked fie--to-be=rats-wite.'9 � '►-----'- - h service roneaded-and the darkness. -able -or it was,toa-coL,�._�_... _-$ _. ___ ,,..._ -� -- am very aorry, , rape&te�poor sper• p M � -, By the end of July the family at the ' She had half hid.her face on her cousin'a once, " but Cornelia told me to drive." grew more and more oppressive, while the some very neceseary implement. list per - 91'.`f. , deanery were all at home again ; the dean shoulder as she said this • then reassured vows were interchanged between +' Claude" haps this was not very blameworthy, for Mrs. Mortlake mattered something abort �� g +' • the voices one o€ the quaint, roach rooms of t r, C,X" .: seemed much better for his stay in Ger- by Cornelia s embrace, she went on more the mistake of havin two mistresses, and &rad Esperanoe Bien•Aimeo , :' • many, and Mrs. Mortlake had recovered eagerly • left the room, while Ea eranoe crouched of the ohoir sounded far away in the gloom -chateau, there awaited •hi.ni a stndv of lir I her spiriis, too ; it was only Cornelia who " And he loves me, Cornelis; he has down beside the fire and mad & good cr as they,ohanted the psalms, and the pre- worth all tho•mountains of Auvergne put --.._---._-- mag- Q�manentlu altered b that titan -of 1 ad -rad, he ea s, ever, eines Christmas.,, he wasZired-&ad dies' oYntetl;aluo1 the c9ntor could hardly sae to reed tld prayeas. together. _ --._.- _- T_ permanently y 8 pp It was not till the ver end of the service, On Christmas eve a little son had. been grief, and shame, and self-reproach. the It edema so strange, so wonderful l He says gloomy twilight of the dining room made y never lost the linea of Badness• 'which I shall sit with him in his studio while he bar feel still more drear and forlorn. And when Me'ndelssohn's bymn " Now thank born to them, and though alphonse Noel, 4 , I .. gathered then around her •firm compressed ainte and we shall have a dear little cozy y we all our God ", was being sung, that the as they called him, was heir to nothing bat �.' �R o>1r�w��t��sa�t.0X_WeddiUg__d y 1 B -h ' ' -fslu —1 e tt� t)sd vi; ep€:-wow rg ,,,v, f 1F ?, t a expression ra er ao ane er case thl of having a house o one's tried hard to re&lizs it, and felt a little s&d i-iueaame enddenly .1i1VOT,, r I . a irsk' : face than otherwise. very own 1 And yon must come and stay as she remembered how far away Gaspard Claude led hie wile from the altar, a gleam enthneiastio in their delight, and with U. ' : �' Bertha's marriage had now of course with ns Cornelia, and then you will be able of sunshine penetrated the clear -slot Is Cures leave pealed the church belle till 3 g y was, and wondered it other people 'felt as windows, anthe dreary, oppreaeive the mountains rang with the echoes. bean pnbliehed. It vas generally known to hear all the great people preach, and go lonely as she did on the eve of marrisge: obscurity was at once changed to olden; The baby grew and thrived, and was ,, J in Rilohester that ilierhad been married to all the lectures. Dear Cornelia he is ao And then that bitter reproach which Mrs. y g g el � abr3md to her Cousin, lint that her Tamil ' Mortlake was as fond of acing about" oche mellowed brightness. pronounced by every one to be jest like a s y good 1 so wonderful 1 It seems almost too But the transformation scene that De Mabillon. Claude wondered what Dean did not approve o! the connection, so the much joy 1 " people's houses " stung her afresh, and she ,°"�` snb'aot was &voided with the Collineons tlornelia kissed her re eatedl ,lint could awaited them without was still more won. Collineon would say but he himself was 1 + repeatedly, felt that it was hard and orael to have a , - .I ' and, with the exception of Claude Magnsy, not speak ; then suddenly she turned away, made it on this last day. dertul. As the great went doors were thrown well content that Noel should have inherited ' `s ,'none but the very nearest relatives ever hurriedly took off her spectacles and wilted Her dismal thoughts were not put to open, and the pealing belle overpowered the his mothers radiant, ever•varying brown �'.. y j you like to come to the flight till Cornelia returned from the distant notes of the organ, a brightness eyes, her soft, dark hair, and southern x f , hoard the real stor MI them. Will Claude waited impatiently through those service or not ?" -she asked, in an odd, Cathedral and eomin into the room was more dazzling than the winter sunlight complexion. M summer months for Gaepard's reply to his choked voice. nnrprisedtto find her alone, curled rap ori greeted them. The heavy, ominous olonl3a Their time at the chateau was now'neerly _', letter,'working hard at his paintings, and Esperanoe said she „would go, and the the hearth rug. had -discharged themselves, and during the over ; early in February they were to, , _ : alternating between hope and despair, At cousins went down stairs hand in hand. " Claude does not come till halt past service there had been a brief but heavy return to England, and Esperanoe began to ` '" length one morning he found the long- Claude joined them as they went out, and ten,'. she said, mournfully. snow -storm now the ground was covered dread all the farewells ; however, they 1 , expeoled letter on his breakfast -table; it. Cornelia. spoke a few words of congrata. +A " with a veil of the crest white„ he heavy passed off more happily than she had feared. . , �� P, g Oh ! I am sorry for that, said Cor- P � y PP. y t' .: ? was all that he could possibly wish ; Gas: dation to him -kind, tine words, with. no nelia, kindly, Then stirring the fire into o sky had changed to clear, frosty Ire, and Claude arranged a village fete in one of the r; the day seemed turned from mournful great disused rooms, and all Mabillon came �,a„ pard was apparently pleased and gratified effusion. He looked no radiantly happy blaze,. and glgnoin�.,.&gain at Esper&nae, „ by his proposal, and• wrote most affection• that she half trembled to think o! his inter• .A why, you have been crying; how is that gloom to rejoining. Mrs. Mortlake would to pay ita xespects to madame and her ately. Claude's happiness was Complete- view with the dean; but it passed off better dear 2 " y- g' have been greatly disturbed, had she known baby. Nor was she to go back to England � ,,1 his long waiting had been rewarded; he than might have been expected. The dean It was lonely, and Christabel was that 'the bride and bridegroom were alone ; Marie Bonnier had pleaded hard to . �F r would lose no more time. - He rang the bell had a. great regard for Claude ; he was vexed with me and I think she will be lad actually obliged to wait while the vergers be allowed to sat as bonne to little Noel . 11 at once and ordered the "angel -page " to flattered that he had thought of his nieoe, when I m gone, and somehow I felt no P P P P g a , swe t the snow from the carpeted path, but and Ee eranoe who knew well enough how call a hanson, then unable to touch his and there was nothing to be said against wretched," replied Esperanoe, nestling rap happily they themselves did not the least faithful and dovoted were French oonntry . 4, brei-kfast, he rushed n to his room, tossed the marriage. mind. servants, gladly accepted her. Claude was 11 ;. P g to Cornelia in the way which she had only Al sow beautiful it all looks," said Es or- silt a fa,v clothes into a portmanteau, and in A' Dear uncle," she amid, eagerly, " I feel lately dared to do. p guilty of one other extravagance which _ ten minutes was on his way to the station that we owe everything to you. If it had '+ Christsbel will really miss On a great once, as they drove through the silent, perhaps pleased Esperanoe more than any= •. to c%toh an early train to the north. not been for your kindness to me I should deal," said'Coraelia, deoidely, " whether snowy streets, " and I am so glad the sun thing-he.insisted on conferring & pension . 1 I I Tne journey rather quieted him down. never have seen Claude ; there is only one she says no or not. I am sure she will, for has come out to welcome us. on Pierre, Javotte s son, in memory of his fir: By the time the flat barren plain warned more thing I want, and that is your bless- you have done a great deal for bar; and "Yes," replied Claude, "this accounts .mother's self-denying devotion. And Pierre i 1 ;, him that he was near Rilohester, he had ing." you know, Ee ersuce, how much I shall for the da�kness just now ; it ought to be a ..was not too proud, to receive the aabstantial ' i&r become far lose hopeful and confident, and The dean wast touched. He put his " P good omen, for our lite, darling -brightness souvenir, but gratefully kissed madame's , mires yon. and light atter gloom." hand purchased a sow with ""�� when the magnificent pile of the cathedral hands on the two young' heads, and his Cornelis Could not say more ; she oonld g + P part of his `1144 sppaared'in the distance, a dark mass word's were usually fervent, then & few not tell Esperanoe of the wondertal oh&age .. Yes," said Esperance, smiling quietly, newly acquired riches, and began to save 'up • ire • against the blue sky, he even began to feel minutes they all talked naturally, ,and ,which nad been wrought in her life daring " and a reason and purpose in the gloom for his little girl's dot. • , w doabifal an to the wisdom of going to the before long Claude had begged for the keys the last year and a half, of the cold, hard; all the time." The return to London was, not without deaaar at all. he write to her .jof the cathedral, and had wandered awe h CHAPTER XXXIV. its pleasures. Es eranoe looked forward y y salt -contained altars, which ad first been P itietead ? He sent his portmanteau to the with Esperanoe for an hour's uninterrupted softened by. the eight of her love for Gas- to arranging her new home, and she was ,. Rpread Eagle, and walked slowly away peace before dinner. It was while they, pmrd,,,of the long' -dormant womanly tender. .Esperanoe had never traveled much anxious to see Lady Worthington and ;, from the station. He walked quickly • were standing in the south aisle, beside'the nese whioh had been awakened at the time before, and her freshness and naivete, Dom- Frances again. Bertha and George, too, d through the silent court, and across the, crusad'er's tomb, that he drew out a ring of her illness. Reserved she must always bind with a very real appreciation of the had left tpeir German home, and were • square, graveled approach to the deanery, and placed it on Esperance's finger. be, but no longer with the cold aaspioious- beautiful, made her, a perfect traveling now living at Bayswater, and the two and rang the funeral -sounding bell. He AA Do you remember," he said, smiling, nags of former times. oompanion ; while the freedom from all cousins made many plans for meeting: naked boldly.for Mile. de M%billon. She " that walk which we had once together, Esperanoe quite- understood those few formality and restraint, and the constant Dean Collinson still refused to see his was at home; he entered the blue -and- when you told we your motto was ' BPsperez words, and answered them with each sense of love and, protection,, made that daughter ; and though Cornelia had k. tiled hall where he bad seen `her last toujours ?' I thought we would keep it still. gratitude for the love which ,she herself year of wandering one of the happiest of written, she had not been up to town since t Ch:istmms with her holly wreath,'and felt If you had said ' No' this afternoon I had stimulated and such lavish endear•, her life. Of the actual idleness of aboney- their return, no that Bertha welcomed • . his Courage rising. The footman, who, of should have kept the ring, and the motto menta, that Cornelis, could, not help feeling moon they had none. Claude worked Esperanoe doubly, longing to, eee a home . " course, remembered him well, turned'just for my comfort." deeply that Co. Atter that of help fee for assiduously from the very first, but' .the face once more. ' as they were crossing the hall -there were Esperanoe looked at the beautiful little a good half hour about Claude, by which work took him to al! the most beautiful in spite y that, however, the meeting . v�iditors in the drawing -room -he believed ring and saw what he meant. It was from time Esperanoe was quite herself again, places, &rad was never allowed to interfere was a very trying.one ; Berths was strangely . t ma'maelle wag in the dining -room =would his own design; a wide band of gold with and ready to take the greatest possible with .her comfort or enjoyment. They subdued and changed, and Eaperance woo .. Mr. Magnay see her there 2 Claude eagerly the motto in quaintly carved letters eroand 'interest in the arrival of, the Hendersona spent the winter in Italy, wandering on dismayed at her pale, worn face, and hollow • u., assented, blessing the thoughtful footman, it. Nothing could have delighted her more. and Mme. Lemeroier. from place to place &e they pleased, with eyes ; the old nonchalant expressioi, ad - . and registering a mental vow that he would There was no reason for a prolonged The Oth of January dawned gloomily no fixed limit to their stay. - Certainly quite •vanished, but it was rept d ever after tip him in gold ; . then the heavy engagement, and before he left Rilohester enough ; it was one of those still, cold It was while they Were spending s few by a look o! sorrowful, harassed an ety, door was thrown back, he caught a mom- ,it was arranged that the marriage should :winter days, ,when not a ray of sunlight days at-& little village near Ravenna, that which made Esperance'e heart scho. ' , . 1 entary vision 'of mahogany and crimson take place at the'beginning of the -next year. seems able to pierce the gray, aloud Esperanoe first learned Claude's strong (To be continued), k" rep, and the next moment was only con- On the whole that autm-n psseed happily; atmosphere. ThRilohester people looked Predilection for waifs and strays. A certain . soigne that he was in the same ,room with Mrs. Mortlake was quite' in her elementatauspiciously at the sky, and quoted the blank -haired, large -eyed boy in tattered How to Wax A Floor. Eeperanae, that he held her hand. in his. such a time, and was much. more kind $11in proverb abofft the bride w$om,the rain falls garments, had .watched him for some time All preparations for, waxingfloors are ° The sat down near the open window, he Es eranoe had es eoted • indeed, after she when he was sketching one mornin this Y P p P on, and even the family at the deanery felt g . morning; heated by setting the kettle Containingthe I 41' heard her speaking to him in her. clear had heard that Bella was to be a bride- depressed, except indeed the little bride was no novelty, as he not unfrequently had mixture into another containing boing . voice, and was vaguely aware that she maid, she was never tired of discussing the herself. Nothing could affect her happy a small crowd of Children to watch him ; water. By this means the beeswax be- . looked cool and beautiful in her white wedding -day. Cornelia was, however, the serenity that day. but thin particular boy appeared day'&fter Comes incorporated with the turpentine '', dices, among the hot, ugly surroundings, real sympathizer, and .it was she who first ' Frances and Mme. Lemeroier helped to day; at first looking on intently and in and other ingredients. No floor will be • said that she wore a -deep crimson lose, like asked Eoperane it there was no one she dress her in the Indian muslin which Gas• silence, but afterward venturing on intelli- " sticky" if the wax in properly rubbed in. r the .one be had given her at the Priory. would like invited to the wedding. p&rd had sent home, relieved by its pretty gent questiana. The third day he brought The beat article for rubbing in oil or wax :. She was telling' him of thein stay at the The �Vorthingtons and Frances Neville trimming of airy light awan's•down, and rough attempt of hill own to show, and is a parquet, brash, each an aro sold , . seaside ; then she asked if he had come to were, of Course, to be present, and Esper• tiny spraya. of myrtle and orange-blossorn. Claude, struck by its merits, believed he manufacturers of parquet floors and at m P It waa a little too simple to please Mme. had discovered a second Giotto ; the g paint another folate in the, cathedral, and &qac remembered Mme. Le eroier, and a boy large hcnseinrniSjiing stores. These Claude suddenly ronood himself from his wo"ndered if Mr. Henderson would allow Lemeroier, " too much like a dress for a undoubtedly had great talent, and Claude brushes are furnished with long handles half -dreamy happiness, and replied Maggie to come to. Thede, with an uncle premiere communion, Cherie," she explained. at once offered to help him. Esperanoe and have heavy -weighted baoks of ao d earnestly : of Claude's, a cousin, who acted an beat A' I don't think it need be any better than won, amused and pleased at this novel iron. They cost $5, but will last a lie- " No, Ihave not Come to paint this time. man, &rad Mr. White, the minor canon that,' dear madame," amid Enporance, addition to their party. Beppo was a sharp time. They are moved back and forth oik Yon remember, perhaps, that I &eked you made up the small wedding -party, for both simply. boy, and was naeful besides in fetching and the floor like a mop. It requires consider&- / f w your brother's address, when I was Claude and Esperanoe were singularly Mme. Lemeroier hardly understood the Carrying ; he, also cleaned Claude's pslette ble strength,to nee even the small (or, 5 plbying here before. Can you guess at all destitute of relations. Mrs. Mortlake was remark, bat she expressed complete satin- and mashed hid brnahes, and seemed to be size, but it is less laborious to rub in waa wiry I wrote to him 2 " quite sorry that the procession of guests faction when the tiny wreath and veil . of making real progress in hili studies. But or oil by this mbans than by hand. It He had spoken hesitantingly, his color would nips be more imposing ; she tried tulle were added, &rad declared that the ;,Unfortunately one morning Claude found his (does not require so mush rubbing to et an L1___ { tlAd risen, and he began to wish most hard to find a few friends for the 000asion tout ensemble was perfect when Claude'a Paintbox ransacked, and all his most vale oiled floor into proper condition for use as Ad that he had written to her. How -sent a pressing invitation to Mr. Hender• bouquet of Christmas roses and maiden- noble brnshea missing-Eeppo had myster• a waied one. Unless the surface of the was she to guess from his flounderingnon to accompany his girl, and persuaded iousl disappeared in the night, and was floor in either case in thoroughly polished. Iapusoh that e loved her 2 Why had hold Mrs. Pasemo a to risk coming out in it himself', and would not admit any other g smooth and glossy, a residue of oil or wax ifegan with such an unanswerable question 2 winter. Then E'aper&nce had to choose flower. One day Claude came in with an open will be found on the surface which will Mperanee, looked up at him with her who should marry them, and, having con- For a few minutes she was left slope ; letter, in his hand, and his face brimming vel sweet eyes, her heart was be&tin aidered the virions cathedral di itariea over with delight and triumph. use. the duet end make the floor unfit for y' y �� then, when the teat party o! guests had g P use. -New York Tribune. !, but she saw bin embarrassment, and for some time, ehe finally seleoted the good- started for the cathedral, she went quietly A. Cherie," he said, brightly, " what do paid, gently, " Tell me-" natured percentor lis the most kind-hearted down-oteire to the drawing -room, expecting YOU say to spending the winter in Ari Inconslderate offer: w..__......._..�.._.,, .�-�.: Those two word©,andthe sweet, truthful, among them, land a friend of C3laude's an to find her uncle there. The room was Auvergne 2 I'm all unatrun acid fixe tl�r5i to and glance gave him fresh strength; he well. When ,thin was_&rranged Mrs Mort- empty, however ; she waited till the the gave & little cry of joy: 'They had �+ What'S the matter 2" lir ggwwInst the window -frame.. g little ill would look charming 'an a bride• carri& a was , she announced, fooling just a France but to spend going there had y lataod n and drew nearer to here loaning lake suggested that the recentor s eldest always talked of oin home throe .+ g g j There was &women over In (lenesee «lir t� g little forlorn, she crossed the hall and P count thin morning amid she Could so I wrote to your brother, he began, in msid, and was exactly Be & s • height, knocked at the library door. never occurred to her.. me work." give , lbw voice, , The dean was bending over; a great dusty f G y " . " because I had s favor to ask whereas Satin wan •shorter and would, no You w old really like it then 2 said I wrote to ask him if I might Come doubt, pair mnoh better with Maggie Hen, volume. Claude, with satisfaction. " I have been The berries of the maqui plant, a Small ,. pee you -, and thin morning I heard from dernon. Espersitioe, of Conroe, agreed to AA Oh f I it time, my dear 2 " he said, thinking of. it • for weeks, but the tiresome evergreen native of Chili, where it grown �1 mm --he Said I might. this, and was a good deal relieved that looking up. 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