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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1891-10-23, Page 6r . „y++, :R� Y , .. .N _ •.r. q r �d h 4. y,r �,, �. •'•" Y�f��. Sfi � .. � �c ,P'"•, t ; q n N *. ,1 , k`• IL,. .0 M'ii,1t-,,,V r _ . ,. n i'. .., v.. ..,� ! 4 I F ✓ , - : -f ( / ' ! ,: .�, .. a- -. 1 d., , - Jif . Y�• `f' J.wM1.:K+ � R y, ' _ ..,,, %r *' may" . I -4 4 ,1 . ''. max••, : .f•>`+, : ify.f r.. .Y , , :S:t,g7i Y "+.";°'. Rid,. ."t' j, ��. , . t ,:.,q,: - .w'.,., ..`kt kr'4.-,cif 4 rt .r•!- T.,,., o -i .., i., -..,:;,-a, :� ;vi:,-, ,..:.; :. ._ ,. ., ", *u ,_-..,:,.d3 .f�..a, s' a„;,..e, ..wa ....r ., ...1. -,.. A-. 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There radiance of man ' wax , ' Wet}..! � fisc � lira whole a, in- to,.have made sure•of a warm fire and a good of the famzlzeac Queen �e tP a Elizabeth tZvaa made to underete�md g w. ,_ ._ - -n �, _ ,. .., _ Dorn@ _ end. WQ sir. •tp.iiee..aoakia..._.w.-t. ou,at obi-_ _ .,Y'. homeliness. about this amp , h wewth�r ler fine, Rsr F,.. o io ]tt#r_he wpS ao per- dinner 'for Y y, was an Dusty-d+►y -• dtcated strong Din. t _ n, y Pa et it seemed 'that 'ear$ 'bar hostess and gue0ts the exceptio - dn'Mo, , ,:when t e qui0t hour, and y y Ali glisteu Lu iu the brighGeanshinq, .,, - ' ve, and almost Sten►, that.•her start'at twen�minnt� ge home-� home amts ea'tarday. 'Pres• tion of Mrs. Pelvo enormously 1 itx dnt�ered . ; , . the, ;eek : Kash 1langs.ou ribs lime;- . lento y �. ,r �ysv yfihat oome3 sc'xA,pi,.d!YJ bealEt, which had $at rQd so wildly at the m119 r filch wile be whgrever you and I had tomo and gone Y But 0110 was ' , ��p ,..,!!� - _ colla sQd, and auk. Taking __ y d . • a • sfi ht of him, herr ieforth---�at Aboutr half- ..surlyy vrVzuh a sharp sclzck;h and the o de' -fr°m that h Eat n up wx lgi Iter own.. stwto T6nlho�triM ea:a�a cut ha , outside- ., ' L Sltiit.the door, led her can be togeT ati will gi you time to rest tQ shit i o am QQr�uore. hie her hamd entlY� t six+ ve N. -. ,. h tib 1 t:t .. : emde>� T:,.p.m roou4t9 thn.l►ea Wig. W n9t` 1?o Yer' turned her head quxci l and lookedaerh ow an dei R neo k�e to' #or et thos0 wa h ave call housetyixoil” p' Ei - across. the. ppeaaa yy g Ind to ,, her, " Sho wa$,fpo before .dinner. And yotx l on Y' 1 toss frgni h...;. #. . '';R " 1 h best look Yoro toot, .cexta ltlY, 'her embodied fete, before .. a#ter su0 , a little Journey, wily 730 �odtled. And as s.10' y , . T --e - -- - at he m. ht be hued, -chair, holding out her hand to th0 faithf a. shod a fQ r Nellefirst o AAd' Nellie'' . t .: ,, . , �.'4 rwhelisled �riGii fcia�s ofd — -- i " _ - - - - - + _Y 1nmaYyai The;Skirta aur auxioua .thou-�it»'c° above their heads, `c daizinglja send Mr. Yeiver- at�y,11e vvlie'els o€`tltobr°ugktaz�a c --� - , _ W rutlniwceachneok.an band: going, to amy that she tttrrithe ed e�of th0 . • �-beo'lrr;-1 13 �.se �4�- ••.' . +� E -- --_.:f g ands m ins _ -- g ver .the ravel in front o€ tho windows. It was in 0 ' r d �ooirt, - s to stairs at once:" o g ilia: piano. mud look wh te dream. Forretr butioni st,Uai - q 6, - a mantel ece, tfhat 9 e m1 t-brace-hersei#-1n ton awa3', and n°me ppa : - minutes more the ire one. fair un 0r the as -light e wh1 4 � hen these are tiptimmaculate, g g w' bear itpv3'-their 0howing hon how stricken So Mr. Yelverton d0 rt0d in U10 cab; to was trine o go. y g pick rip od Brion and await his bride at And in ten ither ti t and in her ' _ g sudd.Qu thunder cloud drnka nigh; resentl Like that muu�Lrciz v.h® c`�ent into hie own tUat silo had worn at the club �pw' qu)ckiy do the olcthespius fly l she was. • < I the nearest church ; and he was p Y uhubert s A l;lizabeth went with dark regi4es '" ' The garinenta utaT be ©et,�in3"^ c' Wall," he amid, a#ter a little Rause, for , he benefit of L WQdare t . rielr, r Y teat sur rise, Eliza- foAowed by the major in his brougham, and, ,kingdom and abut the door, hAve been having a g P were a little later by Mrs• Doff -Scott's capmcious into here -to assume the cxown mnd sceptre Min mhth ' a S a curly, who Bast, the reci- what ou mnd the of a. sovereignty than which no womanmcan kMr. Sr ith# pp rend , y— t de her, Soul9timga the; cloth@slime is too frail- beth. I little thought Y P era, besi n dd trail; ' e in for when 'you arranged that o en cwrriage. con wooll hwalkin dresses boast a greater, lather be won 0 husband's lent of, smiles aild whrispiation ;mnd she r ;__.. �. s «, •a�aol?k ....,w l ., . ...,r.-. , ..m.1.,. .,v t .jy._� m_ . ,. l+ s C �]Q (� k� PP.,.. M, m„ . .....:..., ,i ,� ,.;fl y.�ryP'V !, r.„a .ar.... sa-�, ,a—•.-. •. .. hT, ..,._ a..,L� �. i..L..M1�. r. ^'h, ;'Y«J=¢Pa> r �,.. G: .:•,_..� •.+�i:i , ,3g,•u:• y • ,•�S',a,,,jl.',., ..a"•��.., a!'' 1M `'illaLl "'i.'`.s.,.,wsiY", 3:L"•''•y� ....,_... w..vf:.:rn,.kf�:.:°ai.".`: h ?." H s.t_, "'"' No ]suA r s cs71 kOU'a ui « t orad and furs. " E�ttzal;8`€f1 •t�'. ur i s k5i 4 •� 1`i o Y i�v t .� - t-io[oi;t� dr L x nm', t��r-view'veti'�c. Iirlizi?• I� mac' _ n without oue�adow ,. Behold.i . ,this•gata$t}1* It utterly out. of my recl►oning as 7 havef u k not the s71ght self-�. `„ tied, still h0 cold nd�ailent church, and mist nst left in her heart, either for herself, was taking r h Fr! fire icY ?? • • m y th. stood in . ,The were driv@n to Spencer street, . Westmrrelana oWon his folded0 arms u was • ', , .r Yn w me , , . o q She did not speak, T WilLstli>'°it °v0rg garnx°nt th ro:! but waited $ r o�ck gogsoote, hor lover, to be her law#ulhQ' wile the wmited a few minutes fcr end of F. _ . ? Who'doesm!tjl ub Y-th.0y"+urae� en+t less jun :tali for: the Beiit�nco the W n andlod ho. wo er OWorlyt g" . be: h a boded was to be passed uponher-eomd0mn- husband, andilegally ratified that irreo� a ac . em reco �nizing the situation. They 'i?heti he' Q na o ° t 10 ti e within the in able contract in the clearest handwriting, tlieth train, peopl who• kueW them stared 'opealys shins his soul into his Y c pub tvisix, dtlemst, all housewives 0liaro, her to keep that mi0erable mgney He led her out into Y the windy road, whop aaced u� and�down the platform, aide by Patty ::` ".United i?t heartfelt•prayer: exchange for him. ut hor into the brougham p P , - •• �,rauitt(tAs rAlxa ma 'it dawn fair t dyscover it was aver and p and •algso look h mm- �• orf 'r._,_:_� flier aide, she, m hor modest cloth dress and alcove gt tl>e•oppoaite end of the bi room y.l?Pt`y _�' - ., -- ;,tK; - m o it1 hers hi al y _ ;. !, '• _r _ _. _ sow " he went on. a , . are r--.< .carriage, land. on t sir way aeiz- izo"t1i S the' rather: nonrd it unconsolouy; n' a ec+'i ea "" "�" ' .. w . �c s:�..� �Y � - _ — era.. I oda testily that boy - - �� :;, a;� °• , . pav is • . I hmve seen the marriage and"bridegroom were very serious over their gni0c' way . They wero so proud of belong=..he an ntei at»tg an amen d .,; -, i ids fectly genu a one was c° led from- -I .exploit: world seemed The young matron sighed ma 0�0 conte T You have the moat wonderful tract in Ing to ea►ch other, and from the enclosure of witU the voluble Mrs Aarons: ;_> register that L'hat p d " row 11 kin dem the qutaide �, a;,, hose dated, and names, an . %M , " », Can verify all t "'he said to her holding her still un- thea g lac' a. -•-there is nota llsw anywhere in Mr• A10' Don car full of peopl0- ignorant of what e� h� . m'no141Co rb is anti ,and ell ing the wedding ring such au enormo al distance oil They went 'heroes blessed lotwith theirs -with Nel y e, n m ' ; 4c. T u.are thnxlci}ig:of'clpthes o#' COurs.@.. , lOyed h f t y , Fc ` u . mm not thmlr}iig o#'r cl+� lies, I. ��oi� a Cas . You are really my cocaine, g whmt did it matter to them ?-and at the knowing it, an SY�c did not know which to r * '' N ' . of hat eopla will sayi ; You .and. au- ou, Elizabeth are the head of round on her finger- the most amazing to sad suet on found a carriage waiting for the knowing• N,,f,, ,��a �ow- There was no entail -it trust." saw t . ' se�he�ussented I1alf est a,. a er husband pity most. tax`r� , , . ca,,u hwyo, AQ,;Xl ea o, t e .eg o - r`y ta16 c I sEs h0 weA on, thold—Aftd`hY t' ' R r . It rather frightens me, + "y '� t tliat,wiU gat about. I must consfdzr Eliza- and he d debeforeyh0 mad akwilli; so " �� rATPv Hoo HER tea ss• i� t ease ho " to see you taking me so absolutely for said Llizabeth reached home. There was "`' ` "' 4i� r ,. ` 1. b°t'b" ' "<' he' said: ' '" And everything is ours- After , a p rated. ' Do o . really think that I am a, bright and cosy sitting room, with a table consider Iilizgbeth,, - , d I offs erfect, • 4iza yb@ a h ocrite if I sal q P „ b@ and a Ybright fire (of wood th nhoarth.' In the firstiof a series it ltrhilh Du fScotttin Br,E makes his eommuYiication added; brokenly, I wish you joy, my gra ,,� rettil set for their tote a -tete inner, ' �, `cit t beforo ]4Ir` dear. I should yp « No, she replied, promptly. while Mrs Duff Scott and $° tv'hat0vei;t may be, I should like to have i lad but -but I' wish you joy all the and One afternoon, ,4 s * + x o 4,, "Well I am glad of thmt, For I am far ani nerl room ctherie wean a Pira too ; is s@tiled d. understood that the arrange- .waseg,, assets yon. Then he added, limns to M rtle street to - _ 7 , s �,. •.. ,, _ _ . ll he om fitted. sem _ . he. € om .1t, rl ortmanteau had been un- Eleanor paid calls, Elizabeth and Fa y «7 „ � ; f " ,N;, , ''. vlent� sheOdrj. havcrosdo wz p She ave- •0hoit; day -sob, keepiAg «ghat are the fsults ou hetet when her _ _ "I: 4, ,` �;' A s tt> eti}nd:"` He pauae�d:, and siaood elookmg g y strapped, and while I�ingacote was cansuit ant -for the last Y °, ai r x ? Duff Scott, with ail air that face hidden ; evidently, even to him, aha have to find with me, then ?" re ration fQr ,+k a rat 1)Ira was not hav much o . in her good for- « Y• g travellin caress, twisted up smaller household effects ii1 p pa ing J Y OAe-cone, she responded ferventl' in with the landlord, she hastily threw off paok up the 'bore u and some o€ their F els=cess' of N t: ' ' , impres°sed her with 'the h4 tune ust nov7. He moved closer to her, anted them, „ °F� r,,,E "Your faults are no faults to me, for they her wraps and g sLtemptingcto. oPpga,agvh 'man as that. J a s o sa • she said. and laid his hand on. hor shoulder. ' •own that she had worn yesterday morning ndlm •eredr• in° the tammll s tt ng room for t " said in a aro part of you. Ldon t want you perfec her fine hair afresh, put on Lhat delicate the. men who wero to clear a room ' ' �, 4,�f "f' , , oa :: ' E` ,r•. a0 �'! Q 4{�!'hat y�„ `� I have come to forth you, he � here and there, or •a s ,,� ,3,,,^ •� QPe will talk %ti over presedly: --could it possibly„ alis asked herself, ha g u 't ettied now: Elizabeth low, grave tone, that wa0 . still unsteady. Ion now.'t You be always as I n been out yesterda morning ?nd• made a while, h For his entertain- ' f� ,�- . .. _. . _....... _..No,sl-wam . t... . _.. . _ ....._ •• rs'. Duff -Scott' .wanted to ,con}e herself, Y 66 I am rather a tyrant,". he• said, Y y p top da so. - "k I` T� i ' _ ' ' will do whatever you• des}re, but 1 want her M I think . but I asked her .to let me come alone, i t. how. Ana, when she' ops as he 'knew retendmg r, nod the door menE'thej~`bviled kettle -and set out the' . "" to Itlease m®." The major: chuckled, and, because I have something to say to you that begining to criticise himself freely, now herself as' fair to oak u' .on Y lverton leu lied fora „ that she showed 'no disposition to do Y trembling with excitementtdad °afternoon tpea a o ether, rand Pmt y played k t ° Bearing hiim, Mr. a onl between ourselves. ' r.1 �,,.: rmoment, and then bent 11is ctrl elle eyes The here, nervous. te>•rors found voice. "and perhaps I shall bully yon i# you allow soft u with his back to the fire the Moonlight Sonata :and then 1�,lizabeth k't;F`tir+ u n nt, a d man sitting;; silent' .before his « „ me too much latitude. I am too fond of happiness, h® �rraa yvaiting for her, s g bade her husband go and amuse himself at. r _ po „ Oh; tell m@ what itis ! she cried trembl- m ors. I want you and every- ' drivin strai ht at everything I want, -loo hearthr g, Wore m his club and come back to them in an hour's G'` k unopened p p in like a leaf. "Don't keep me in sus- g g n, ts, Elizabeth 1 mi ht drive over you, without looking at her as ho had looked that day, and the two r xrl - r , Y lied to understand that -whatever is to be use• IF ou have` anything cruel to say, g y wife and stators, Mr. Pe y . „ thinking, some day, if you give me my own not so very long ago, when thea �twt f ' , :. _ . ._ said • concerns, my ca get h on i of . o ti e - say it quickly: the ve to her, ° one s' @ th 'm Ito. int ord' W� ace ing , �� u I way'always." ut# and she on the other. ]3e held out hi$ sistera,pinned u their ak' t mnd tacked nr ,` aF, ' Blcion.. cr ' ' .t "An him orael?,> ]18 rgpeated. ou like, P th eat dlh itrcs�# " F try "Very good, "sir," said Mr. Brion. time don't think you are rewlly afraid of that-' "Yon may„drive 'over me, if y arms again, and this bine sUe sprang 'into their 0when and � :',_•�• ..O.• ' t the same and welcome she said” smilin g f.4r ,�c am delighted to hear it. A of from me. No, I haven t anything cruel to or tract them. They wor od so well that at ern Whon they' reached b9ragDufLScott's them, a�ona tedsho d,wwi houtpmovingdsk: Bence when he'was ne er there to is- >,rj i�,'': I' would suggest thmt it. might be was asy-oral a simple question to ask -which house Patt and Eleanor who hind arrived And Y r: F y "resting before dinner" --until the end of an hour they had nothing left to >;°1 to hurry, things. oils so much. ou will have to •answer me honestly, + Y' st r kissed them both, and took Elizabeth the wafter, heralding his apprgich by a do, except a little sorting of house .linen and At this point Patty, who had'been laugh- yL+,lizabeth.,, a few minutes earlier, met their brotheranh tpe, wait a g ,,�i; in and crying in her handkerchief, and Patty gulled down her sr.eevea and walked gd She waited in silence, and he went on. slate ,' tureen. dew •and she stood there for' a a:> , ,,, aro ;, stairs where the tenderly drew off her discreet tali int the door, came in with the books. L►led doh undertaking this bnstnes:y, " h�,.i, elingipg to Eleanor who had tom . P g on her .soup , e frame ' to le and was hen in ovEr er, .sod- " D►�'t you :t011 me -em haaisin SCh f irs'aud her bonnet and waited up , m " No. That is anotltgr change. Mrs. to the win , F;v, the b g g,'• :� word heavll - that you'had been''induced - racious little while, leaning her arm on th with a reverential recognition of her new ;,.n ; `dimly broke into the diacuseibin. OU, 'let' b somethin outside yourself to decide in aid high estate.' During their absence ',Vit.• Duff -Scott has withdrawn Uer g "*r� ' ,, them, let them, let them !" she exclaimed, Y g ]Elizabeth " she ��' ' rment ' of the unin- my, favor Y" Yelverton, 111r. Brion and their, 'hoat� and favor. She doesn't want' him now. She and her head on her arm. ' � e erly, Not alto ether induced she retested ; air of duchesses of "Paul Brion is at home, ► to the bowilde « ag ' P hostess stood round bhe.drawing-room fire, thinks she will make a p ho were uite sure hat ;some g - 4 t'U e{; `it, • itiated', w .. • q at ched. " helped perhaps." de talkitug over m plan they, had hatched be- . ee hBDear°w Boman �Itm aft didn she nwi be sa `a Is esentl r ?" responded the elder cis . .r • s "" d -s bilitywas about -tq be t& «, Iter ed ` then-tnfiueneed-by solei he, de g anted, so far as I am tr; who had be un 'to think (because her #�t R Wy �, s , tween-tlieiti, riot to taken leave of the. old .. ' w•� xr tib the, bride elect, from .wlttch hent thomWbe considerations !" ou went nsineai3 b an afternoon boat. earned. No, ever since the day . y husband thought it) that it was a pity Pat$ k! "I "4I?I atrivin to resue her., Do �8 . 4r " home and by Y Brion, being so ho eleasly caniankerotis, . gg ow dear Mrs. lJufbcott, if Yea, she assented, with heroic troth- isLwyer, woo had to depart for his country grievously isappo ;r marriedto-morn fulness. dia osal away -which was the very day that -ha p « Y� ! . 'Yelvbrton wishes it. Elizabeth known ,. You were allnduig to this discovery, of This plan provided fora temporary p should be allowed-li bother them any wort- 14Ir of that home and busines0 at an early date, Westmoreland began to come back-ahe•has Yce• And, Elizabeth, I hope youwoa't 7�(w, wh she consents -I ,know, too -so does ven•him.the cold shoulder.' fou know �� I know--butI s :1' r - yy ermission now, as course 1'r in order that bar. Brion might a ccompn ray gi. !' There is k�', Nelly. Give them y9ttr•P ye8, who a cold shoulder it can be mind -it is very impropeie; �• '� ,• �n p ga shall go and see hint, It is my last chance. '' , Ile swys, before Mr. Brion goes on --how can ,�. And yon have consented to enmity me the entire party=the major and his wffe�, I wilt go and say good-bye. to, Mrs• M In- t ' gs a thin ' agw%>}st it if Y hat I mm . not be deprived of my Mr• yelverton a le ml adviser sof s the rat- t,texce'pt him a But 110 doesn't care. H8 t e, and thea I will rnn up to his room s ' , . unyan$ i!y g to En land as th g , Y n � i , k • approve ? Let it be all settled now- , abso- p o rem V ,She did not speak immediately, g and speak to him -j " Y ' ' ,6` ' Intel settled so thea no one can undo it p Y' • ter' it havin been deewed . expedient can't, or won't, see that, he is not wanted. a - from grely physical incapacity, and he ' e these measures to Facilitate the I suppose it doesn't occur to him that he last chance "she retested ►inui �It A. , � a+fterwardw" She turned and looked at went on with a hardening voice. " I will tO k M T�+ tonus ante and distribution of• the great can pc►asibly'be unwelcome anywhere. He never baye.another." P _ € that ma or with such• m eculi.ar light and : _ j p `riot be married on those grounds, Elizabeth. Y W"i » Yelverton 'property. ' The old' man lues loafs about the house -he drops on a sthe « N', ,'G s: earnestness in her faeo that the little man, you must have knovFn that I would not. Qh, don t beafraid"-drawing herself °•� v ", * drift liimeelf, determined ab once to • ant she` stood with tier race delighted at the p mid be made tr h profit- �eatro act he� exhib t ono at Mullen's s, But; itiyy darling - d ' " utterly' a• « ok"hors " he For a mom it was intended sho p Y all haughtily-" I am not going Lo be netts ,z ,, ., an hor himself to iter. , hidden, afro' ling with a rieul$ tide of tears aide and lesLsant to him, and at the'leer- evei j'Where:'<'�Ve oa�'t•esetL a hire. N°lig m #tel• I shall not throw myself,.into lii,s. , �' r ; g asses �vithouther seein 'r et said, in his gentle way, but nth A° s}gra 9 'that: when these terribie'words were spoken, $ arms. ' I am aim , Ding to' apologize for '; 1 indecision, '" 1 am rho head of too house, E Would not be kept in check ; then she lifted tainty of being identified: fur caomo time likes ft. If a ay p x t P euttin hien oil Cu a : I aAi sten d if an body leas any ;authority r, head slid flan out herarms, andclasped looser with cott wase eomardentf in her horrid schoolboy with alcockroach on a Din g y Pl7 her g Mrs. Duff S, going to act myself nigh vtzth hirer before i1 rK„� an Y ' ' ,Iy4a Direr Elizabeth heir, it is I. Fors `him Around his great shoulders.' (It is not, ' ` � ;+ ,, 'er me, my dear"-!o'� his wife antici ation of seeing. Elizabeth installed at -it is her great amuse nen t in i e” °ace o away -for his father's, sake:" „r, a , I own,'what, a heroine should have don@ . P (3 , It is a risky experiment, my dear, ';`' �I I' ' at the other end of the' table- if I seem g; whose duty was to, carry a difficulty of this ant r rises f ofV Elizab th'sh h lsband and hu" Perhaps she reallygdoes care about him g ,. "ick y` ',, take to there d'of' t.myseif, but • t, appear durin the most oriticat and Patty." whichever way you look at it. I thick yon N�" + tot me that Ik ou lit to'aot in t11is emergency, sort through half a vorumn at least, but I of k e - f; ��, Not sho.. She is just having het re had better write." �� � ,;, g am nevertheless convinced that my real P g rat`* '; Mr; ITelverton, we have every 'reason to most interesting period of. their career, the y ! No. I have no faith in writing. , an. . �,•'. ondttci and Eliza- o abeth did it,• though I was not there to two unmppropriated heiresses under her venge=heartlea$ little monks I with - c6,nnot make a letter say what you menu. �. '< _ trust your.motives and c i see--standin as. site did, within . a few i' �f, vain The major was pleased to join this she- will be a duchess, after all with m And he will noti come to us -he will nolY �F beth s also. ;and s�ie is her own mistress in inches of heglover, and . with nothing to g• share his father's friendship for Kingscote-- ` ,, stet tvmy. So you may''teII her from my reveint their coming to a reasonoble under- family party, arid} looked forward with some miserable old toothless creature for her r"� ''° �'r` ", Y e that we ho a she will do what l P « h "she cried, between her avidity to the enjoyment of certain London husband. It would be no more ly c ng- he was not st home when ou and Kin f , "; � wife mnd m raetf and that what • standing•) O 's, , ee eriences that he had missed from his deserves. Oh, Elizabeth !" auddenl chart - cote called on him -he wa$ of even atM�s. N',< :• ever seems right to he , „; (long -drawn sobs, don t cast me off because P in her voice from sharps to flats- hoW r ` makes leer happq will make its so• t of that+"horrid money ! I could not bear i cup of blesainga of late years• butiful you do look !" Nelly mmy be a Aarons' qn Friday. There is no way to get " It doesn't seem that an bogy carps "And the dear is will not be separ- int him batt to go mnd see him moa: , I hear• 'r n°w l„ 6'� duchess and so might I, and neither of us h in his room, and he is alone. Twill not n; � I` much, whether I give my consent or not, «What !" he responded, stooping over aced, except .for this little week ormwa o,a would ever beat you frit pdrea+'nce•. I heard n$ said Mra, Duff `Scott But she wiped away rY g Mrs: Duff Scutt the other day congratu- trotible him Iong-I will let him rico that I i,; d her and holding her to his breast, speaking said the fat od>riother, wipinb'that will Jelin herself that the prettiest of her three can do without hien quite as well as he ca'a t' • t her tears, kissed her consoler and made !m a voice as shaken as her own, " is it surreptitious tear. " IIow happy g .. effort to be cheerful and business -like. I daughters were still left to dispose of. I .do writhout me -but I roust and will explain h.. « there --we have wasted enou 'h really so Y Ia it for love of me only, my ma hethei� the room as she spoke, don't believe we are the prettiest, but, if we the'horrible mistake. that. I know he has There, «r, darling, my darling?" -pouring iiia long y ether ; and they eat down are- what is more prettiness compared with fatreu into about me, before hose the chance •-time," she said, brusgely. GO on, cut -u assfon over her with a force that clinging tag g . for the rest of my life." ° r : ` • Brion, or we shall have dinner time here ? P P having a head set on like yours and a fi ore seemed to carry her off her feet and make round the 'hearthrug, and were drawn into like a Greek atatue 3 " My dear, how can you Y How can you N,"' ` ti@fore we be in." the rooms m round. • " Would you have the .discussion.' Yea, . it did make them » �: « pI_goI 2" asked Mr. Brion, look= me tf theta tlo ro arty in the gaeation, happy, they said ; it was t1►es a Cteseteg On1� There was a sound at, this . moment in the tell him your true reason for cutting him t �r; 9;: an round. +, • ave siiriply because yon feel, as T do, that wo brightesink nl�of E1izabe h and e y a Jd`oiii►g room, on hear-i'ng�'ehi�h Pat g°w_can�on�io it at all, without implying u g more than you would lik'e•te lint pi b on ;' DZr..Yelverton, who was v.ty gr ,.., nodded. could not do without each other Y Then we Patty, had better leave it, listening to her lords fook'atepa, and still Patty. Or' et me fro will be m33rrriod to morrow Elizabeth and Din and Paul Brion Brion Teft behind, felt mbruptly departed ; and the ori a stop g s e' Y' 1;rion.wQnt on,.'... , ..' : ! . _ And FPIry wl! h� vgozlcl shm1l,,.be, we)coined 'to, brand er heart torn in two. g for you,,Pmy darling. er and fortune hunter if it Tho -wedding breakfast was thmoneddby her roomtand sheldid not turn o xaiso her But atty insiatrrc,, upon gthorael.. • CHAPTER XLII. - i me as a schem , "'"`"``` t >Ysa LARD A`iiD niASTnn- likes." lunch, to which they were. sum Y conscientiously assuring her ala list 'ske would do it in ten minutes, without sayiinng� ' • meas to res button -holo. The little party of seven, as 1f a sun had risen and' covered fifer witU anything imltropor about Mrs. Aarons, and "i I It was sot much atter 3 o'clock when' She got her breath in ai�e s seconds, mop the butler with 'his bridal favor , in fila sudden li ht and warm Pt ea Sl evtried to see Clizabeth walked slowly npstaira to her recovered sufficient comae without giving the young menu antalleat a b reason to.. suppose that ahs c Lr d for him ,4,�' : room, bearing single-handed her own re- thewanishing tail of those last w ids. when they wen m el w nderful ti behold, the set of it awry, ut it was no use. When r , {, Now that she was atone mnd ' A fortune-hunter ! Oh, how Treposter- eveTg ee 8 t decorated with flowers of ff the waist of her gown 'was tinkle , or any more than sho cared for hie Father, or sponsibilities. _ ' :' undisturbed, she began to realise how ous ! Afortune-hunter . was in tate least degree desirous of being great they were. ' She 'sat down on her . " Why more?" she asked mpreaoera pre- given.o The tab a wa glor oushmwith wh her white ne k she lost alltrecotlection of cared for by him. And this was how she �, - , a lint° bed to think what' she was dein -to "Lam going• to have P P dol it. g M �a to si n beforo you sur- predominating and saturating the • aindwthe afterwardsawhen he had himself to ed her pawl was sitting at his table, with papers Toole back upon the past, anr� forward into pared by u wilBhan and t gentajor's lawyers, blossoms of every. iieacription, the orange details. „` the future -until her head` spun round. which yo strewn before him. Ire had been writm of a rince-as. brocade and tliq Isco criticalt , " ou want When she could think no more. she slid render your irndependence Ito -morrow." its almost too strong fragrance , a y Y since his rnid-day breakfast, and was half es and Ira ed a fervent, " I won't sign anything," Baia B`l� abotilt honor to thetbridml banquet ld h pe done roundnds wwith auctY anattufin�e(rlee8�the thick way through m briltimnt artiela on "Patron - down upon her kne 1 Y wordless prayer -rested her overweighted " Oh, weA ti .you. We 11 see i r Little}, (lid anyone care for dishes and diamo soul on the pillars of the universe, which 'that." tan mortal had they, iamonds sound of the piano next door, heard for the worl:l in which " I know what it means.' You will make it" ulsd have been leas o t» and' hostess, who "On, no,'' she said ; " I won't have any first timho aft r salons interval,tacattered his s •' bore up.the strmnge little bur freedom to use that wo d' ou sa Thi Jan- �'` . she .was but an infinitesimafl atom--aitdj a 'sign awmy y, ( lysis lad to et the meal over. Some gunge to me, Elizabeth ?" political ideas and set him dreaming mnd ling that there was a strong foundation money as your�oh renedat d e�miling 'with i themett g recto g therein ; ang r. t def „ e to diem°Asa xhal'i go 'in boor and meditating for the rest °f the afternodn. ice b arha s even feeling dimly FVedl see, p somewhere, and p p inl that if she thou ht hearths were drunk in the le sp Y g „ r. I g ' that sho had touched her point of contact an air which said pia' y -`+: now when sire touched heelf a free agent she was very much mis- i delve ed ; and then Mr. Brion respectfully tobr�LMy dear, they can't." pipe in mouth his hands itn his pockets, and '4 with it only' just i c.°°cJ-b a all � " Why not ?" his legs stretched out rigidly under the p her trtto love's lips, alio felt less intolerably taken. y y gg u table, when he heard'a tap at the door. He J rr burdened tiuith the charge of herself. " :1Iy darling, I. fear you will think m � be ed to be excused, sat Y at once lana ver rosaic. I think we are just round', made his C,ranclisonian bow, and de- hcirtonm$e the Yercerton diamgnds a ° said "Como in;" listlessly, acting Ijotsy'a ,' `' r , '. At the door a quiclt rapping, P f �hh 1 pp �' dear , me ! Aie there Yolverton ; Fu tar face ; and when, ins d o a nn- r, • li and powerful, Brought the servant going to l',eelo t is till to-morrovri or next' parted. or under round kitc1len, and asenor- day. You ,ice it is aowit id,a nl n ao't way 1 "Tell Paul," sai(t T:lizabeth (she could call 4U, i form of his beloved Stan ' ng on the thros- g Darns f him Paul now), " that•wo have missed him , diaml her° are, I grieve to say. They have' in resting housemaid, an rho he three- r; +, t Qsmlow voice spoke in the hall and echoed you to bo fags '`i the stairs -the well-known voice of Mounticautd not9 et ace°mmn(ImtionarAt 1"riI wily, my dear, I will," said the ofd been laid up under lnclt audr key for about ,hold, he was so atunnecl with astonishment t a'J. ^� u cote Yelvertrii1• liingacpte Yelverton, ,ing, but I we are both strangers, we man. And when he delivered that message forty years, mnd they must be very old'- I th,Lt at first ho enuld;not speak. i(inga his (3eel n whet�c� "Mlfia--Miss yelverton !" lie exclaimed. . Q;i+ unaccompanied, by anybody else-�ayirtg p g+ , fi flinging itis pipe asido'aud struggling to his r.", tUis vii in reCreat, where, as shall.bc• practically to oureelves,'an+1 it is half•an+hour later, he was hurt to see in fashioned. But they am considered rather 1 f' _ first visit to g - i„ ir,el] h[e sweeetheart at this better to make sure of a gonh ve1to tchooso daresay 1" w I'a I's cyn cal comment. " Z as y ung nht make any userofith mtheymay feet. �. he knew very ' and where, as he also romantic scenery; i£ you p l g 1 hope I am not diaturbrttg yea," amid : `' moinent was atone, y Y, Patty, very atiflly.� "I have only come for d s rdfil as that sentiment family returned to the drawing-ropm,a�ned mcen T� w� w len yoti�q to <'ourt }> and b a mnmant-bccauae we are going away, 'and ew the unchaperoned male had no bust+ betweeni'he t, no -for the present, at' mny i When Mr. Brion was gone, the little >�S well fulfil their ur pose n stn urn r` kn , ,' neaq to be. Pvidently his presence an rate v g ,rc .' to r.rnt��.ivr•a as if northing had happened. - The3u id lo"o. down �ni,il the esYrriagea __Sud -and I had. sontething L�say to you ,,,t a tc,l+„ .r.m th y lrefore we went. We .have been so unfortu ixouneed a trial, that trailacc•rtoie( itres trio iLfty appea :I 1 ave just where we lilts againlsihTO� nreadoout h fir hs mels w rho hast beg; to arrive,, olid• then the �ixoutri'stances anal eonvonti say that things will be ready for oar Ynu l�:laza to p ' g Y, Hatt my aie•ic;r audl •brother -in• 4Lw wc.te set every day life. ittin room, left it to,it�e, you know." warmth, andr gazedl at her thiels wedding descend°d rho wide alalia a Lw+ilin ah° unfort►inate-as to tttias seeing' Yoti tU0 '' He walked upstairs to iter a S ell "I am oral too happy to leave every- ring meditatively ; und,the girls who bangg reaming nn hirn, with her two wh-a, J laved other dia I�•we have comothis afternoon i' maid ra tiled at the door".'] bhe could not the titin to pit, sho said, at once. °` And I about her gazed at it also with fascinated hands clastiiect Anand Ais coat slier- ilal hg to de sotno pracking, becattao we arc givin . him to come in, for hod heart', seemecj to g Y up our 61c3 rooms, and I thonnht �. watched hie wife furtivary. ,'r b4rs. Duff- still of their ownaffrLii'a,aiu, unite indifferent her throw ,and she felt too suffo- don't care' where we go� it will be the same eyes. Dor. s wierton sat el little apart, and tot A aensatitain they twere clabotut to make. thought--" ` '. seating sphere ; alae mumbled across to the evorIy tl ink it will, �'Li�abeth --I think we :5eott chatted, re&llingq� the topography iTo be Continnal.l ,rr;, c rad c, ening it, lookedathimdumbly' and ti limb of our circum- notabro features of Cleelong. '1'liay lead af• When they entered the trim -coloured draw s .�_- daor,.-And, t? vhitatcs�t to-F'til2e-o£_sYtall.be_ittax, ..._ .._..__.__....--__�., ..-.�,..m.�••_ -.--_�........-ren.,--,,.,.,--..+_.-.....-_,...._,.- ...-_-,.__..,...._.._.+_..__-_...-.,r<-:+._.�._._.,,.,.--__._,.... _._+..____ _....- ,-,- ..-.._. _ h -relit - _ .� T +. ..,_ 4 tYitli a face' as _ -...- _ x . I!5 ' .,