The Sentinel, 1881-10-07, Page 7�.ist 'rp of Love and 1Q-
By the author of_ " what :
He Cost Her,
" .Gwendehne's Harvest,„and o
papularnovels:: that•
•GHAPP R. SII.
hossann -Atm Wire.'
_
"Has. .
Cyril's _death.. madeou s
-- o very
cad, Ralph. that not even I' ca -
„ n comfort
• k
as he sat m a: small chamber communicat
- ing with- his-dressin -roo
be was_, g . •- m,: and'in which
accustomed to transacthia
business -
affairs. He- smiled, . not sadlybut
fully levingI ; in her fat ' graie
y' - - �.� se -sweet face a
Y.t
” You always, comfort me,. dear one.-
.
I were: dejected .on my o. If
o Y � a000uilt
you would soon cheer ere. .But it is: Y
So, Grace, although.man ' not
y would be sad who
knew .their doom had been spoken,- P ,- who
felt as I feel "—�he Iaid his hand. upon his
heart --f‘ that I have had mywarning,
must soon go ; I do- rand
matter:" b yetnot'repine for that
"I3 will not -combat :Your
Iove," Y opinion,
answered she; "fallacious_and
grounded' though
me wh g I believe t`ta be; with:
a ever you think is -sacred::"
"Stye
e
�,
Grace,
howl wI
love
LOW y O even ,-i, -., I :a - ,b 1: o
Clyff_e'; ' , u will be so- afterI am gone
that is til'- -" Ralph
an � P Glyffard paused.
d sighed, -the wave :of ,thought overtaken
by anothe,r-:ere- it could break in Speech.
"And w t. did Rupert -say:when told
hie of �p or Cyril?" • you told
Hes 'd he wa
ac $grieved to hear it, but
arcely s - prised.. He hoped Uncle .
would be uried att-the a Cyril
Hall and at:the
a p shuddered "
Then -
eh•
Dene;"
emed Io t in thou ht ' e
at ran r ,.and answered -me
do -; but presently on seine
nterruptie)n-it was the org t trilling
lei"-, organ in -the gal
Y; played by. 'Mildred Leigh, I think—
brightenecu at-_ one
for _ hiin e• Musia is good
_ him � . d
ou
y as ed Mrs. Clyflard of her husband 1 h
, e
gravely shook his head.
y. u t returned
the old man. " It is only for your
sake
- that regret toxo. I -have .reigned here allotted
time ; : how gladly would
an the companionship of the
is but a dull life he leads - here,
sake a young man n sad." _
nd is not sad"returned her hus-
sy one who,. -to gain. time, urges
mething{which he. kno
force. tvs has but -little:
•
"Thati :true"
, answered` -Mrs: Clyffard
coldly. "¢o chase the stag, theay,
.otter, is- Hforappiness enough R.- the
He might g for Raymond.
any -instin
sasses: Na
some-rever+
whereas R
young:
and fit to
-Rsymi
band, like
Have. been a huntsman }Born, for
t. - ofth
gentle birth than he os=
y, even a huntsman .w p
ncefor the race which he es have
served,
vmond
" Well wife, -
, , ,what of`Ra mon ?"
"-Nothin . Y d
Nothing,- Ralph -nothing. You are
ave enough already, without nay sad• in
you further.Y_ den-
�' And,- after all, paths • s
e only does it to• vex sae. He does no •
ve his ste -mother; that is_-onl,natural.t
man's so s,=unless;the Y e
q are. dutiful; like
I ,second mar
t. late.
leave all tom : acetas a
y successor, heaven knows, if h
I might -only think he would hold
Rue 1 poor Rue t" it. 'Poor lo
-• A
nd. hid. Rupert, to : often
ed his •seco „ resent their father's
and
Ralph OlyffarI bent his head, a
his•face; His w.ife's arm still entire
neck ; her wits. was, low and sof
seemed to: tremble with love- '
her. eyes to _ -and pity ;: but
y - looked down upon him with con-
temptuous scorn.
" And what. is to :revent
P Rupert •from
holding his own, husband ?- -
ave
a dark legend of , oi- ' -*Nothing n morbid
rbid
y ur house—a morbid
fantasy of your own
—a
• " Did you never read
"Resent t!" cried Ralph Gi ffard start-
.
ta -
ing up and rafting the table Y withh rt
—"resent t s his fist
tutor? What!._ is he his father's
utor? Am I to be told my dutyby
rude boy? gave -I.robbed him 'of this
lands that .he should 'be envious goldf ?
Does he grudge an; old man that which
renders the last few years ofh
I
erick s wall, Grace ?"interrupted-
- "His will ?" cried iifrs. Cl ffard inv
tar` - Y. , , � olun_
ily itlidrawing ' her caressing
" I nev G - -heard,g hand.
e :
that he had made a
Will. I did..noti know that he couid:ha - -
a e
will. Is n_ot•the landentailedi9 at er t
.. Father to
son, uncle to nephew:- -has it not been ea
with your ancient race 1" - ' di
"It has ever": -
been n so
,. retireher
band gloomily. "-Palm ned on, bust
to son but,
-never son's -sons -since GuY's - :wa
uy s time:'� `
"Aye, aye.': exclaimed Iitrs. Olyffard
impatiently; but masking her a rehen-
Sions with a. great effort, she added,
w
soothingtone : " dad,, h } a wh
Let us not talk. of .that
Iess drear? his life less
ht�wa. Even had we children,
on ; the:
Y
ce. Nay,
besides. -
alm. Do
least, be -
between
son, you
ut to say
:ear, to'
nd. with
lyffards,
ee_rs-at
air least,
e says,
old have .his mother's .porti
would not rob hini of - a silver '
I have. left! him thrice as Pie
Unnatural, undutiful. basemuch
�I
"Hush, Ralph --hush. 'Be c
n°th
i
zit
anger. er
.
t Let
oft ' ; poor me, at rhea s of sowing dissension
father and on; for , he'
is
your
know,`
Y
r
'a
'after al
• � I. What l was abo
s,only thi , that knowing how
me is the ho or =
ofvo'
ur•
house, se .
what worship I look. upon • thet C
ien though be, he scoffs an
at should a he den
held mostreverend,
y oneof the r own •bloodn
Iood' :is ' othinr . ' not h
Why
ntleman of bone ? If old blood is
us, why then are' old- bones s.
ut 1 fear I vex husband." °
Ralph Clyff rd's e' er
y s were $ashin
ne hand clung to the tabl
Ralph ; let us _not think of it: if possible." " b
' t "Then,, with affected careless : :G e
1, neas,'she added,t
Is yonder dusty parchment' at your elboe
this said"will."
ous,
reached her hand town '' B
was beforehand withand.n .g it, but he:
ler', .gently,. but
firmly, he retainedhishold:uponit. ' "Na ` O
do not open it, Grace for
sake." -
•
x mere curiosity's
• If be could but have seen
- her face `in its
rapacious. earnestness -•the intense longing
in her .greedy eyes.;;if heeouldh
. • what it cost her to resave known
_train the nervous
--,..twitching of those to er finers
scarcel P • r - , he .could
- y have= talked: of curiosi.t-:-••-.it was
cupidity aghast y
• 4iwith fear. ;'ape
I will tell you ell- that -Red is
deriok would :
have _ me
tell, wife, -if' lie were _ alive.- he'
I hide nothing. from you ---nothing.'
..." lav
sir Nothing, Ralph," , g
g, Ralph„ returned she to His
nicely, .
s _her mind- straining after the reoious s
P, parch-
meat like a. greyhound in the leash: " 1#
• I thought you kept- a- secret from me, - -
- .would: kill meta - and
s". Would it so, dear o _ ? '
wo Id: ne - Then,. aincaI sa :
wonid have you live, you shall hear insake
Uncle'Roderick's will. He. betel -you
Clyffe to Arthur his:. di leaves p
_ son, and Cyril .after. her
him, for thirty years, and
" But:he-coul in •'
d notleave it, Ralph: ow$ _
mean yon then he left it?" •- .cher
"-He thought he , could: - He was -`F
mit
_r, , - .•1 • , , ; , , ,I , . • " , : e.: 11: Ii1,
"'oueay "well -•Gr
► aye ; parents "shout
'have no favorites; there is -no
which works such•ill- selfise
father or m , � undue- partiality i
fffspring: ,other .towards any of the'
" Where it►>
t is undue,> slid in the wo
And if, in spiteof duty, man:
creeps into a father's heart,, such a feeling
lie r s not only should
not exhibit it, but should stri '
means to make up:to 'ye cy
hild
for the' ' the lees beloved child
injury he -has involuntar'
him.. At times I fear, _ i1n � done
,upon.: the contrary,
I have.been'harsh to Raymond;
because- • vexed with
e I amvexed. -w_ ith.my
heart - on his -ac - Y ()Wu
different.'fro count. His :nature is so
m.mine-from. that .of all our
race-7-,ur
"Ay, it is indeed."
And yet, if he is r
°ugh in .
has manner, he
a feeling
" He went a:fishin :
his g this morning; though
Uncle Cyril died- but two days beck,"
remarked:- Y ,
d Thus Mr-
- .Clement Carr, whose `cionduot
es' on his arrivalat illyffe Hallbefore'
n. fast :we have seen: to ha break-
ve been-' slrnust
ir.'pusillanimous,: was; after breakfast, in :a
condition- - i -
to .-bid defiance - to the�powers of
at least the supernatural. He had
:smmed the -half -Of a largegentle-pie, Cid
uch - kit r _ beside
kshaws:as : trout and marmalade
while, in place of -tea ;
he had imbibed: the
whole of a flagon of,old - ale,. as
glassof brandy-"` well as that
term Y to,top `off with;" •:which is
ed by wouletbe dyspeptic era - a,_
constable ;" and he d k n _ ip, a
wanted to know 3vlut_
the devilwas me
lou ant: by hutting=him in the
sekeeper's room, and why the devil h
had not been• asked-, to breakfas e
fa. t with the,
i 'a wass In
vain d'id 'Par. William Cato
persuade hien that : no. eri. r eudeavor"-ao
been : intention - - P. on hi slight had -put upon him; shat• it -
was not the custom in great:houses or
least at Clyffe;'' for ,the:: at
gentlefolk to fake
their morning meal _together,as '
t
etof Clyffe'h inaelf broke
and the lolne,
and even dined lies fast: alone;
dined`alone:
aowara. -
Mrs Clyffard. "i • saw -him b
the' beck's side .myself. A' feelingheart,t', e
forsooth t. -Nay, even if he _ has
ter ? - Whyshy , wxcuse- e
should'poor exec
taken for' - se be
grave direlietion of . duty; for 'e
vice, for disrespect?:
, � ; 1
mily, and how the devil it 11
What would you have me to do with
"I shall dine in his dinin -r '
ver," g, oom, low
, errupted Mr: Clement with leeks.'
ution. , "I am not. :going •to - be fobbed, -off
with aoeominodation of this.
sort twice; Scot
ging to be set down again' at the same -
:Fire `asi lite
d ,and yet she could scarcely summon_
o th hunt -
Raymond, _Grace?"' asked her husband �t
able with servin men n like.you.
rens of the
lou d '
thoughtfully.
cries ! Am I not own _brother
"1, Ralph? Na it
• . t
Y:tis no concern pf
mine. It-. is your good easure to faults that patent
to _ pass t
are patent lythe" world
by all means do so ; :but seeingyour world,
on poor Rupert's account, -solici-
tude I . " '
" Well, Grace ?" • •
I. wonder at your blizrdness-•
that,a. all.
Setting asidethe�ill effect that Raniond's'
example might have upon. his
p brother—for=
he has_the stronger will, although he lathe:
the:
Younger—it -is strange to me that
do not mark his assumption, ' you
P ,his arrogance.
Not only does he show res eot for
but lords it as though he knew none;
heir -of all.' he were the
"Ah, does' he so ?" -
;. ,cried Ralph. -
$e does, as though his brother
already- doomed. This ver weren
Molting, r
nin
Y i
the library he dared: tot 't hiriz r'n
morbid. feelings, . hip fainted nt Width his.
angered him, - _mind. •and
with hints- at what Might
happen."
�,-Are.... o ��
'you sure, wife? in aired-
Clyffard, greatly q Ralph
tv
nioved. ved.
this ? $OW know you
Beware how you advance' this -thin
if you have no certain knowled " g'
"Iam ho -tale-bearer;" returned Mrs.
Glyffard haughtily. "
that so 'it Was. g � I know, of myself -
Believe .me it would-be best
that these boys were -kept a art:"
But RuPert ert would P P
P d be::more
ever,. Graces". null than
one—a "Then give him
so pre- ions:; set the Hallmeet and gnd c bid your
door's wide, and your
cheap?' neighbors' sons' be . friends with '
Clyffe." - the heir of
-
g fire. ": hcannot do=lt Grace race ; . yed.know I can --
not do it and if I could,, there is no
bora' son that is his equal. T- neigh-
-
bora'
q They be
„'-
Then Ail."
Ralph; I
_for I? , .. speak�tlis, once
. r all ; the curse will fall, and it is o
who will have called it down. � 'you
com-
panionship Ru Sonde tom -
p emuathave; or he will -mo e
-L-some one that will c P
sympathize beer, ane' yet will
with.-him—some one .with the
same tastes,b_ ut with a healthier spirit.; one
he can love,, and who will return his
and above alli one' wl will- r love,
which is no o ._.render Clyff..e—
w hateful to him.• -familiar and
beloved,. as you- have made its froWning
walls to me, Ralph ; and all e
'eye of you, his father - beneatneverr
_lose`si } who thudneed
ght of your beloved : son,: but'will be
gladdened day by .da to
work." _ Y see this blessing
"And in whom is such a era on—s
a flower of friendship—.tube found ked
Ralph; Clyffard loom' ? •asked
t ily.
" Where you have found
orand .some comforf
_ have told me so, dear -husband-in a
wife." .. •
Ralph staredin'
silence; then—she silent
too=observed; `".But Rue is a
child:" - mere boy; a
Then let hini wait.=i °
is no f. you think there
danger in his • waiting. - _ In the. mean--
time, let him _ engage .himself;le
reside here—here with' rue—n :'thegood
influence begin a d ]ded':good
g t once."
But how can this be done,- Grace ?
would - consent to do it? Who
net
arouse suspicion, toot -the mid Would
of
our ho use -being known to all—of the
thing
we -fear.? What :girl of fitting
tion would thus be wooed; or-ra
thus woo? You would not have
t demean " •
stopped and'atammered
u are_ thinking of .me, husband: I
thinking of .myslf, but of you and
I answer what you are going to say'
ur<own:words. The Clyffards.like-
' -confer nobility on: itself.' -; How
t us: talkno more of this at present;
ink -upon it, there -may be no occa
the remedies you seem to think so
site. There is no hurry fora month
like a vice ; the other hand grasp ng it
hand was -pressed:
against his heart. -His white lip move d:a_s
with a spasm vwice and thrice before
could shape "Go- " • they
•" There is'1 ttle=
more to say, .,Ralph;
have said:. alre d , More I
Yon -•moa _ Y. than intended.'
t ple 'se ,hold this a :secret -you
Tnust•underata ` d- itis to me -alone .
eke out. H flings his -gibes - tat all
true, inaki - ,_ r his gibes about'at all,.
g a mock of ancestry
keeps his orat. for me because f but
e: said, he- ,_as I'
lthows the barb goes home.
aim at .e' is the surest ' when
trikes.rough you and yours. he
rr ' Forinstance
Ay, for ins
.-.�ance,"gasped Ralph C•I-ff-
Give me -that."` P -
He says 't e fair woman'
:Bertram. " , :for whose
,ii
his brother, and whom
yourself ---r--
alph utterea
,, _ r. cry :of horror. ' I see
now!" cried, he. - " Some death is Com-
or-
the cure is. falling. Lo o
e—there f" r ok - Took ;
Dear hus`ba{ d, you are pointing tor..., you be o P ti n the
myself.'.'. ld on the refleotions. of
b Shea oke as litl as she could
but her voice tr mbled wi .
"Dear Ralph,.'t s I. Dori' ranine terror:.
Grace?" : t You know your -
Hes
hraiik'f .
ro lti.caresd with •almost
Ioathing. -"To eh me' not I" ori
repelling her " ith one h it he;.
and, while he
shaded•his eyes iththe other. "I cannot
beart; so like so like! wag it indeed the
mirror?" r
-Look for :yo rself ": s
:said she,"andin
-at° g w
-the original."- he smiled her -sunniest and -ata
Smile, and, with er head aslant, shook -her would
fair locks about er in a shower . of gold. 'Roper
As different Ioo ed she from 'that . rigid ' -Ralph
form which, -with menacing finger; had just -
glassed itself bef re Ralph - Clyffard's gaze, am
as Hebe from At opos." - - u
- "Fair Grace !. cried- . he, enraptured :yvoieiriri,:yl:oe
"'how •beautiful you •are.!: it inakesme e lungyoung to look at ou! ' $ow:could I ever
-mistake you for another, far Mesa that only th
dread . spectre—harbinger of ill !' Thrice sion for
seen. it. Was it not thrice„ .Grace ? desper
think now o nothing but of thee.,"
u told me t rice, Ralph; and that it
death, or ' orae : and on, the' -fifth
hese mess tigers' arrive - telling
s: end.... Th s Must be more than
y,'morethe chance indeed."
Yet Raymond ,says there is no 'lair
n' at Gly
e save me—a cruel. saying,
W think of---, tat she Was.".
• mad the second. son, d -.yet mad"; think
' : of that, Grace! No la ,er has ever seen
this writing, it would c nt as nothingin.
his- eyes;. hei�w__ould' s ilea• at the
•Olyffard's ravines dead
g , and. I do'not choose that
zany man should do that. For thirty years
willed he: Clyffe to my father and my bro-
ther, after which he shall return=soft'
_ runs..
:his and're`sume'-his awn again. I have seen-
-coffin; in the -chapel vault closed with a
• mighty lock like yonder chest—save that
it opens from within as well -and: akey° is-
buried with him, that: he - may arise; and
- let himself out when the time comes.: The'
thirty years will very- soon be ended.'" -
I trust, Ralph, .that you do not believe
-"Fear not, Grace,". interrupted her hus-:
- hand 'quietly i "_I keep my own wits still,.
although they are sorely tried. I •almost
wish. it was of so, and that I could deem
that. dead oderick might come to life
again_- It: is orseto think that hewas:mad,
having no'righ to be so ; 'and rather than
men should know the contents; of this cad haveI
will, I would'lose niany_a fair acreof those `I can -
which Lt::se- strangely devises.. It was' the " To mere reading of it.which set tee- sorrowing. boded
How goexittwith RR'upertthinkyou, Grace?'r;day 't
•.,-,-1:71e -looks- bravely, 'husband. He--- will Cyril'
fitly wear: your honors after you, though chance
not, I trust,, for long, long -years to. come.' ' " A
"'He has heard the news, I suppose-?"• "Ye
-"I told =him myself,_ Ralph, lest some
woma
valga; tongue should�wo and hiui witl . the. - wheni .
roughdelivery of it; . and charged the :`D.oe
household not. to speak of -it within . his `exclaim
- baring." - think I
You should have charged them -not to "Nay
- spealt of it- at all," re"t_urned the husband have ie
l
&tortak,,_ .F Great heavens_ are the mi`sfor. through
:tunes- of our house to be' the talk._ of- - " Tru,
..00rnsl"' c
g • � Ieoend$
Lo ,asiing everyooa -, one atter
take wine • a. Y r�er wnotneF
ceremony,'whioh:in each o
froze him to the Marrow. - - From. a'se `
of outlery,`or-some .°i
vas other: siifiicient cause, it = • �-
the custom at the Dene' to retain one':.:
knife and'fork th_rou lout<:th
Clement; repast, -
stuck to g - e the p ess
oceasi his upon the 'prase:,
on,., notwithstanding the` e e - a
g.r �teraft:.
efforts .of the 'servants to, remove =
with: the . tenacityf them,
: of an ensign defending. I
his <colors: 'Upon the. other - g
unaceustozied to a: napkin hand, being ,
apkin, and imagining
it to: bethe. property of the attendant, h
ressedne
p it upon his acceptance. whenever.
he came near . him; finally,;on beco `
conscious: of both er- o ming
tors; ,he essayed the
first few notes"of -a. whistle .
where had often stoodst felse, stead in
moments of embarrassment ; but catchin ,
his - sister's basiliskglance . fixed g
u o into.
sternly -
_ p n him, the -tune uavered in
q _ to. silence,:,
and he broke . out in to a rof
spiration: P use
With much greater
already equanimity, ,.
4 y, as -she•. .
had _already hinted, could Mrs. l
ha � Cy .ffard'-_
ve..borne- to see her:brother' taken
-
dead. andken
dripping, by the. heels, -from: •
castle moat, -than thus misbehavlin
She dreaded -to leave him
alone with - t.
younggentlemen oneof'-
� them, too,her swot -
foe) when his ton ue
g should beloosened l
w
t mi o 1
o s save with the ladies,. as though he
wash -her -
name
Be, an uncle to er-
narne the other
dine -with t- young woman? • - - I
he family!"
"When Mr. Gideon
„_:.- n is here; ha.�oea •n
do so, returned Gator quietly. ` of
"'Well, and what then Gideon
2 Hoosh Gidebn
I suppose I: can do.:as: I thinkpreps*?
Ain t I a-----" Here Mr. Clement--� had
contend with : those sworn foe eloquence to
and especially the .eloquenceo inof igna ion,
called. the hiccus. " .• , I n'mg Trent
P Ain. t I a—Trout
and marmalade always ,gives them
it's. most astioner t to me
stops them.: � Y' n°thing but• brandy
p -Wash "'Wad I going._ to 'dash ?.
Ain't I a gentleman bred? Wash he- dos
;do •,you mean-' :by my s]ee `i se
village.. inti:?. : ' Y P nr at the
Don -t interrupt,.:air,
cose, there's no villa a inn:
g.. I .;-stall
shleep in the best room. in the housh.'.'
"' That's the' Blue Room, where the ghost
is, Mr. Clement:"
"Who kairsh for
the 9
e host I
r
sh '
ale
shlee '
. p m -the bash room, whether ifs .b'ue
or green; or yellow, or. w
is , hattver'colorsl. it
Well, I daresay Miss Grace herself `s
G..
Was, will be here presently," observedy r.
William Cator.:' - « yeti.:had
1kle
you.: had better tackle
her about it ; i 's: no use bragging » -
• Accordingl when . et g to. Cl
y,� the Mistress of Clyffe
did pay the housekeeper's room a Visit,
however,-until...the morningha $it, iter,
advanced that Mr. Cl m d sa : far.
g ant .Carr had seen
fit _to _refresh. himself with- -anoth
and had thereby, up • co r e,r • meal,
Once'. tackled „ keptp nrage, ,lie: at
= tackled that lady upon the lack e
personal respect that _had been aid to -h' t f
Clement Carr, Esq; p dm'
"I.am su -
re h am very- sorry, brotheP "
re
turnedehegravely; « ouha
y. ye had enough,
however, I trust, to eat. 1 nee `
to our drinking." d not ask'as
Y king.
" What
can.one do but drinksh," • • -
in ui .
her-relativein a One half-apologetic,q red
defiant; " shut .0 ° half-'.
p with a- serving—
man-without any conversationah? I . -
"'What does he want,Gator "
Mrs. -for $ inquired
Glyffard contemptuously: _
"He.wants to dine in
and sleep in- .. the •_dining rooi�i,
P the Blue Chamber, Ma'am."
Besh room in the house," muttered Mei
i'°
You are very easilyeat'
"and= isfied,'brother
soft `shalI be;. '.only before: you dine
you must get sober. The young '
of'this familydo not i Y ung ge tie, and
drink to escese, and
what is more„ -there will be a oini 1 y
the table.” • Y - . ady a- -•
•
Only Mildred Leigh, I su � oeh
"Only Mildred Leigh, sit!. - May.I. -
by,what-right your take Upon f ase
speak in that -manner of a Yourself to
whom you have never see - ref th' 's
specimen of.your best ma n ? _ If this is-
fit for
" B she not myow n
n cash Gra
niters, you are not i
.
the dining -room of Clyffe "-Sir.," interrupted Rupert" upert with
ut is marksdignity;
ar
- e
misfortune of birth '
sir, should
were a little: boy. Nor, -indeed, would
have obeyed her.=" He looked for :tli
ture of the hostess and: - e hepar -
her niece as the=.
period whenBhe 'should begin: to reco
himself,for the ant. tea g •` ment e .
that -attached - ' p tramt, axis gentle.,
ed to strong liquors,- who ; had-
taken;the temperance pledge for -a
time; regard's P t limited
g the date of his franchisement:
Nar�when ::the opportunity, Arrived; '
tyle. Clement Carr -throw a Ych' -did _
Bumper after way his chance.
P bumper, bottle afterbottle,-
did he drink, and still did his youthful ho "
and Mr. Raymond' keep him at
in- duty. -bound. ` Hep w hot the
slightest di had .now not she
difficulty -in selecting- .a -topio; :of' -
conversation nor in,. llustratin .the -cam' -
When fo t e,
und, with 'much inappropriate..
-grimaces and gesticulation. He r
some• d. really
talent- for.-- imitating
the"
animals, and by the exercise of this Lowen
plishment- iia accom'
transformed;the stately
dein-
Y
ing
chamber bar
o
Cl ff -
f ,y a Hall .into: -a dog-,
kennel,;' a nursery- for -:kittens
tenanted,and- a;ety _ :
-by a sow -with -a" young film
:Later in the --evening, he. arose and' caught
-an imaginary bumble- red
damask�.cur bee ' in egad
tains, and pursued: a tctitiois
•mouse:upon All fours, : till it found
under and shelte ;�'
the sideboard. Never did performer -
°bent, upon making .himself • agree
exhibit before SO g• able➢•,
undemonstrative an.
audience: :IItr.. Rupert smiled, "but it. was
:with polite amazement. -Mr. R' `
smiled, . but: it was with .s. ag„
°mething,•
gratified revenge. Yettherewas a feeling -
common. to both, though unconfessed y -
either, which shade them regret b'
guest's�vul arity. was ofVery
thatatheir.
a t r ao very pronounced
_. type and it was this same -reason which -
caused 'the young -men to look . at oho
,
another,:.with their when eyebrows raised, -when
Mr. 'Clement: -Carr ex press - - r
somewh r. P ed _his -opinion _ _
(.. at-tardily).that he hadhad - ° of -liquor, ;and that i ` � enouhh
la t was time to join the:
silex: _
«I_:
think it•' t
is too -late, ob`serve
iiia ' �,_ d-RiuPert
q tly, to =join, the :
indeed. the - ladies to -night '.
y. have robabl.
room. P y left the drawing •
'R• "Stuffanous
« banal, returned
.mush' 11Ir. Carr;
t. av . a song.. -I. musht et: -asong;
out of Mish Mildred ; s: r
,, __ , _chinack-,herslioldersh
ctal. �•
"What!" exclaimed the brothers s
ing.-up with -a single i tart.: -
theirguest withimpulse, and regarding.,
« -,s flashing eyes.
_, My`neesh, exclaimed Mr. Car,
olo-
getically;` "my -own .neesh; you p`
Now, which of- you young -'v- know.
soling sir---tli'et' � =.
g gentlemen -=-are sweet . upon
You,' Mr. Rupert, 'ish- it ?. or h -heti.
Mr: Raymond 2 Ha � ish it you,
,. ha, I've foundish you
out..���Leave , me alone for seeing into a.
,. "these. re... most a d
co � offensive, and
Must not. be repeated. You ar -
not a not in a
fit state toentera. drawing -room."
are - ,. tzri.,:.,: a matter -With
expose any person to .rudeness, If you
determinedto-play.the-entleinan- t
see R you do not`iforget gentle
part. J�D
with us, sir, and •welcome; but keep
away in the -meantime troni-the ale-fia
very and. the brandy -flask, for -mark: •iiia
birth :would be. better'- for you to :drown, your
i
ther this day in.. yonder moat_ than to 'disgr
my me and mine at the table of the;Clyffards t"
With -this ceremonious conditional invite
tation to'- dinner, -Mr: Clement Carr was
fain: to :put up, although, when --he had
obtained it, he did not fe11 by any- means
comfortable. The social distinctions' after
which we strain and..striv_ With . . . _.
ff
s he. chit ..to say - that Much ?"
ed Ralph hoarsely. "Does he
arabefaol d, then?"
, he Incivr " nothing of .what you
" We, `cannot chain the 'tongue, Ralph " Mak
and since jthe law forbids to' cut it out-, merry w
as your high handed race were wont. tof do tale told
when a Menial's speech -cliaPleased -theta, praying
the most we:can do is ,to direct its course." more re
" As wise aS fair -l" repeated Ralph in a liobgobl
roW toile. "You have- done ri Gr term th
as you, always do."' have ca
" Nay, 'husband, I have only done my looking f
beSt., Little, indeed, is -the best I can do, it did no
hands- I was low-, -end you 'lifted me up; Skirt she
shadefT flitted --over her husband's brew. beleagure
Mot," she continuad,_ ‘,‘ that 1 eier think behind
these things now,. saVe when_ I any alone stared, fa
you, as now. . have left the past and:listen
rae altogether. - Connected. with. . "This
‘g, confer nobility' itself. "-Paten
es more an light, sir ; makes
by a sex n ,to keep boys from
leap -frog ri the, tombs; has ne
verent Wor for ahy of them than
in bogie - ad no more courteous
ail dupes nd foOl for those who
use to kno better. She- waited,
init. direct on which, withall her
4
or a storm Of Wrath, but this time
t come. alph's mind had- been
ii,
could not follove. Like some out
redgoneral who suddenly finds his
cl foe at arge, having_ emerged
him- under round hy sip, so she
ed to his measurecl_tones. .
may he as you say; Grace ; may
so,,it is—and- yet I must not -be-
e was try, late wife's favorite
ts should have to favorites
and wih
renewed- vie.
thk- nubile. All,
tor km.
oonatantly on hand. .Tickets for -
s.
." A month!" cried Ralph with agitation.
Well,. -say; then, far twoinientlis. But
remember this ; once let the mischief go
too far; and although your rabewere twice
as ancient as it is, and your rent roll ten
times as long, no wobaan gentle or siMple,
." I will think of it," groaned the inaster
of Clyffe. "Leave me how, Grace ; I can.
not bear even your sweet compashy."
She stooped, toUching . with . het -lips
his stern, unconscious brow, and left'the
chamber without a word; but onthe other
side of the closed doot she paused; -and
whispered to her own. triumphant fate,
reflected 'in the dark and polished oak.
the seed of much; and grow!" -
CHAPTER MIL
_CLEMENT CARR --DIEES With THE FAXItY.
It has- been well said, with reepeet to
early rising, that the morning song andthe
eversihg.'eong-of mest persons are very dif-
ferent ; promises of being up with.the lark,
the „river before . breakfast, being often
given Over night with an enthusiasm in
strange contrast with the loathing with
which you are fulfilled. We draw the bill
with the utmost readiness, sinee the hour
Of paythent seems go faraway ; 'but -in the
dark dawn of acceptance and liquidation.
how we curse our former facility for ap.to.7
-graph-writing! Similar, although
inverse proportion, are the' alternatiohs of
the human mind before and after food. Nb
min save a-fire-eatei.; can fight *ell fasting ;
Whereas, after a plentiful repast, if w
els.ea,pe the' -obeeriation even of -one lese sober'
-Rupert hastily, " what I feel myself, and'.
&stress upon the- Word; such -as could 'not -
•" Take -you- care, Rupert -CIY-ffitrd;"
.ansWereci Clehient, for the Once into
SOber rage: ••" I have -..clipped the Wing. of .
hs fierce ba;ntains is you youmay COM.b
. afraid you. -have been eetting2theee.
fate yon sit over your wihe ! Mildred has
retired to her tooth, and I- Sehohld :have
My way by What Sot:11146d hlinost like - :a
latter, gEnitleman; awakened by the Men -
by his 4iiiiter'S harangue) of the probable
" - nip; sir; hnct -Will show -you
T -:four footfalls seemed to ceme-forthto Meet- '
but 84' eyeS, and- through an eehoin :
its felloW7--along the pictare:gallerk,:sileht;
• cold_ and Ian* travel, as !well heby get:
reads . hp .cOral above * the ..
leh .4t fOrtlinatelY struck him • (continued en sixth page)
whash my room got three doors