The Sentinel, 1882-02-10, Page 7saimammir
lasonne
he Belo.
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I gaze on the Iazoned windows,' '
The column ashy and cold,
The fretted gr iningaand arches,
;
. The ceiling f Ullre and gold.
The organ/shudders andmuttfors,
, .
Like &monster dying in pain;
The chorus has. wailed its, parting,
Lamenting„repenting in vain. -
. 1.
Then outef.the sadness rises._
An angel whose wings are furled;
' Youlift your voice in the solo, • , '
And lily frota a stricken world.'
And the-hea. ands.ef Paradise'.
1 traverse. the. l2ining oceans!
Where raeloiy rims the skies_ -
And 1 pcth
ss e 'Blends_ of- glory,
i
- You bear me, care not whither,
So long as Dhear you 'deg, -
, -
For toil and goof are forgotten.
And Iife.is a heavenly thing.
-
The music enis, and.q.. shiver, ' •
- For my soul as returned to earth,
' And the silen e faiis like a sorrow
Which blan hes the face of mirth(.
lirE. lit -. it iri .y i -T, "4.4tk S dr i.
•
• . A: SOoli TY 1NOVEL..
the anther of " gdith Lyle," "Mildred,"
"
Forrest Hog f" "Chateau d'Or," etc.
• -4 Vre t. oh, grandpa, I never dreamed of
• .:31.r. Guy ! " and Madeline blushed half.
.• i_ncligtiantly. "He's too. *rich, too, sande-
• th
• •oratio„ then& S -- ":.fittid he didn't apt one
bit: proud, and er. ea pleasant that the
•:e.ervants all war hip him; and Mrs. Noah
thinks him good enough for the Queen. of
• _England, .1. shall think so too if he lets
enhave: the money. Hew I wish it. was
Monday night, so we could knew for Burs!"
:. .. . ,
"Perhaps we tlishall be terribly dia.
- appointed,' suggested grandpa, but Maddy
Was Morehopef .
_
She, at least, W-tild not fail; while whet
_ She had heard- Of, tit Remington,ilie master
.
of Aikenside, made. her ; believe that: he:
• Would accede at ondeto her grandfather's
request.
All that nigh I in • dreams she was
• -p
working to pay t e. deht, giving the money
herself into the hands. of Guy Remington,
•whom .she. had, ever seen, but who came*
tip before • her- t e tall. 'handsome -looking
. men she had so ften heard desoribed by
• .Saralt Jones afte " her return from Aiken -
side, *-110-te she' nee had done some.- plain
-seWinglorthe ho sekeeper. Even the next
. day; when, by her grandparent's side,
Muddy knelt rev ehtly in the small church
at Mined*, er thoughts.. were more
• intent upon . - the to -morrow and
Aikenside than the -sacred . words: her
•:,:lipe• were utterin . She knew it waswrong
:Alled,witha nevi° s start tried to bring her
mindback from iccimaI fractionsto what
the ministerwas saying: but Middy was
mortal, and right _in- the midst of. the
• Collect, Aikenside and its - owner would
:i rise before ber,:_together With the Wonder
c how - she and 'het!, grandfather would feel
, one -week from [ that. day. - Would the
. '. desired-. Certificate be hers? or would she.
!- . „ • be disgraced forever and *ever by & rejec-
tion ? . Would. th - mortgage be paid and.
her grandfather akease, or would his heart
:ba _breaking- with - the knowing he Mint
- leave . what had b eh his home for so inan3"
years? __ : • -
• But nci such t oughts troubled the aged
disciple beside - pr—the good 'old .man;
• whose white Lock - swept the large.-.1etteted
• book over Which is wrinkled face walbent,
as he joined ici he- reeponseeor said the
• . prayers: whose ' ends:" had so soothing an
: influence upon him, carrying his thoughts
. upivardeto: the helm not made with hands
. which hefelt assured would one day be
his, - Once or twibe,it is true, the .positibi.
- Iity- of losing the deerold red cottage flitted
Stress his mind with A keen, sudden pang,
:but he put it quickly aside; remembering at
the 'Same instant howthe Father he loved
' doe* all thinge. well to suchias are His
children. Grandpa Markham was old in
: 64 Christian course, -while Maddy ,could,
hardly be said to have commenced it as
• yet, o.ud, so to her that April Sunday was
long wearisome. HOW ' she ' did wish
she might just 1 �k over the geography, by
' way of refreshing her memory, and see
exaotly how the rule for extracting- the
•• • cube met did red. but Noddy •forebore„
_ and read only the ." Pilgrim's Progress,"
the Bible, and the beak brought from the
' ..-*--Kunday school, vainly imaginingthat by80•. doing she was - earning the good She- se
much aired.; . . - - . • . :- -,
- •With e earli -st dawn of day she; was
up, an& . tl gran mother heard her repeat-
ing to hereelt m oh of what ahe fancied
Dr. Holbrook no ght qnestionher upon.
Even when ben ing- over the 'wash tub,
for _therewere no ..servants at the
- ... fed , cottage; a,- book was. arranged
• - - before. her so . that she • mini& study
with her eyes; : while - her fat hands
and dimpled corns were bnAy in the suds.
.. Before 10 o'clock everything wasdone, the
clothes, white- as snow -drops in th_e geiden_
, beds, were avvinging linen the line . the
. kitchen' floor Was scrubbed, the windows
• washed, the beet I room ewept, the vegeta,.
• bleseleanectfot dinner, and then Maddy's
work was 1 knishe .. Grandma could do all
the rest, and M
• over her heoks. tit called to dinner; she
4donne was free to pore
• could not eat 80 :great' was her excitement.
Swiftly; the hours flew untiLit.was time .
• to begetttiig ready; When again the abort -
:
hair ,warS deplored, as before her
.. 1ookingglass Madeline 'brushed' and
-arranged her . shining, beautiful • leek!.
'WOW. * Dr. - Holbrook . think of :
Suppose
her age? "Suppe :he should ask it. But
: no, he wouldn't. Only census -takers: did '
. that: IfMr. Gni: n thought her ord. enough, .
• surely it Was not a a. Matter with which the
doctor need tro ble himself: ; and,. some -
What at erise.-.pn that point, Madeline don-
ned her Iongeet- *rock- and, standing on a
chair, _tried to discover how-mu.chof her
- pantalet was visible.
"I could see B indidly in Mr. Reming- '
ton's-ruirrors. Sarah . Jones *Aye they -.
come to the:floe ," -elle said to herself with -
a. half sigh of regret that her lot had not .
•- been castin sothe: such ple.ceas Aikenside, ..
instead' of there *beneath'.! the hill in •
•that wee bit- of a.. cottage, *hose roof -
- Slanted -back until it almost touched the .
ground.. "Alter all,. I pegs I'm, happier -
•. here," she thought. - "Everybody likes hie; -
- *while if I were Ur. Guy's sister and lived :
• at Aikensiddl X night be F.:"'n1d- and wicked'
anct----" .• . - . .
. She did kunt" nish the sentence, but '
somehow the story of Dives and -Lizette,
• read by her grandfather that mottling,
. . recurred to - her - mind, and feeling how
. -much rather she would -rest in .Abraham's
- bosom than Ether the fate of him Who men
i
t Was clothed in purple %labile linen, she
*
,
pinned on her little neat plaid -shawl and
tying the blneribbOns of her coarse straw
hat under her chin, glanced once more at
the rule for the formidable cube teat -and
then htirried down to where her grand-
father and old Sorrel were waiting fo her.
"1 shaille Bo happy When I come
because, it Will then be over, just lik - hav-
ing atooth out, you know," she eattl to her
grandmother, who bent down for the good-
bye kiss; without Which Maddy never
left- her. "Now, grandpa, drive_ori ; I
was to be there at §,", and chirruping her-
self to Sorrel, the impatient Middy went
riding from the -cottagedoor, chatting
cheerfully until the village of Devonshire
Was reached; then, .with a•farewell*to her
._ grandfather), who never dreamed; that the
nian he was seeking was so near, she
tripped up the walk, and soon stood in the
presence of net only Dr. Holbrook, but alba.
of Guy. Remington. ;•, :.-
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CHAPTER
- TEX. ExtuawaTiox.
It was Guy Who received her; G y *he
_pointed.to a- chair, Guy who seemed., per -
'
featly athome, and,. .naturally ehongh; she
took him for Drt Holbrook, Wondering who
theotherblack-baited man could he, and
if he Meant to stay in there all the while:
t
It would be Very dreadful if he did; nd in
her agitation end excitement the cu . ': tea
was in danger -of bei-n'g altogether for otten.
Half_gueseing the cause or her nuea mem,
and feeling more . averse that ever 44
ingpatt in the matter:, the doctor,. • ter a
hasty survey *of her person, witlidxe into
the background, and sat *hate he .could
not be seen. This brought the shortdress
into
littlefont nervously beating thefloor. • .
I
fat view, together with the ainty
"She's very _piling," . he. thought; ".too
young, by far ; and Maddy's chances of
successwere beginning to- 'decline even
before a- word had been spoken.. .. -
How terribly Still it was for the time
during which telegraphic -cercimunidatiotts
were silently passing between Guy- and the
'doctor, the letter shaking his I- head
decidedly, While the former insisted that
he slunild do hie duty. Madeline Leonid
• almost heat the beating of her hear,-• and
only by counting and recounting the poplar
trees. growing acrose:the street .cou d she -
keep back the lettrit What was he Wait-
ing for, she wondered, . and, at ' last,
summoning all her courage she lift' d* her
'great brown eyes to Guy,' and, Said lead-
. ingly : . - ' . :. - ... •
"Would you base kind; sir, as to h gin?
I aft afraid I shall forget." :.
- . "Yes, certainly," and electrified by that
young, birdlike voice; the isvieetestseVe one.
he had ever heard, Guy took from the pile
et -hooka which ttie.dOctor had arranged
upon the table the only one at . all . appro-
priate to the occasion, the others being as
far beyond what was taught in., district
rschecde as,- his classical : educationwas
beyond Madeline** common one, • .
' When it boy ,of 10; or thereabouts, Guy:
had spent a part of a sum -mer with his
1
grandniother in the country, and . or ' a
week had attended a district School,' But
he vial: so utterly regardless of rule and
i
restrictions, talking aloud and. -wa king
about:whenever-the :fancy took him; that
he was dismissed at th :.enci
of the Week, and that all the expe *Shoe
he had ever had in the kind cif: ' a hool
Made4ne was to teach; But even this
helped I him a little,. for ' reinembering that
the teacher ' in • Parmingliani had m-
nienced her operations, by sharpening a
bead -pencil, se now he. Sharpened a. similar
one, - determining * as far as he could to,
follevr- Nisi Burr's-, exaMplef. Middy
. .
lin
counted_ eye* fragmentes it fell upo . the
floor, wishing somuch that he would ani-
thence, and fancying' that it wouldzi t be
half se bad to have himapproach her 111
some one of the terrible dental instruments
lying before her, as it was to sit And wait.
:as - -!she was --waiting. 7 Had -Guy
Iteiriligton...reflede& a little, he would"
:never have consented to do the itodtor'is
-Work; but, . unaccustomed to: Country
usageft„ :eepecialty '-* these pertaining to.
- schools and teachers; he did not, consider
. that , it .mattered in , the least which -ex-
- attained- that young girl,- Dr. -- Holbrook or
himself.. 'Viewing it ifforgetvliat in the light
lof & joke; he rather enjoyed it; 'and as
Farminghant teacher had .A-ffit asked her
pupils their names and: ages.; se he; When
. the -.pel.'- was • sharpened .: sufficiently,
.stattleeMadeline hy-asking her name.
."-MadelineAmelia Clyde," Was the meek
reply; whichGny'recordedivtth., a flourish.
Now, Guy Remington; intended no
irreverence; indeed; he. Coda not tell What
he did intend, or *what, it was Which
prompted. his next query: -
. "Who gave ' you this -name ? "
Perhaps he fancied himself a • boy. again
in. the Sunday -school, and standing betere
therailing of the altar, where, with others
of his age, be had been asked the :question
.prppounded to Madeline Clyde' . who ,did
net hear the. * doctor's • smotheredd laugh as
he retteated into the adjoining room.
In all her •preconceived ideas of this ex-
amination, she hadneverdreamed of, being
catechised, and with -a feeling oftotter as
she thought of . that long answer to the
quettion, "What, -is thy duty to : thy
neighbor?" and doubted-- • her ability to.
repeat* she said, ." My sponsors, in bap;
tism, gave me the first name of Madeline
Amelia, sir," adding, as she caught and
misconstrued the strange' gleam in the
dark eyes -bent upon her, -"I. aniefraid I
have forgotten some of the catechism; I
knew it once, but I did not know it was
necessary in order to teach school." • :..
"Certainly,. no; I do not think it is. I
beg yew- pardon," were Guy Remingtou's
ejaculatory replies, : as he . glanced from
Madeline_ to the Open" door of the adjoining'
room, where Was visible a .4/ate. on Which,
in. - large letters, the amused doctor had
written "Blockhead."
There was soniething in Madeline's quiet,
womanly, earnest manner which cern-
mended: Guy's -respect,or he would have
glen vent to - the laughter which Was
choking hini, and thrown off his disguise.
But he could not be now to Undeceive
her, and resolutely tithing his baok4Upon
the doctor, he sat dawn by the pile of
books: and -commended the exaMinatioriin
earnest,: asking first her age.
0. Going on fifteen," sounded- older to
Madeline than -."-Iourteeir and a halt" SO
Gang On fitteeii;" was. her reply, to which
Gut, reeptinded„:" That 18 very young, Mils
Clyde." - - - _ .• .
. "Yes, but Mr. Gieendtd not mind.-. Hee
the committee -man. He. knew hew yOUng.
I was. He did not care," Madeline Said
eagerly,: her great -brown tam growing large
with the look of fear Whichcame so sink
denly intethem. • •
_
Guy noticed the eyes then, and thought
them very bright•and handsome forbrown,
but not as handsome : as if they had been
blue, for Luoy Atherstone's were blue;
and As he thought Of her he was glad she
was not, obliged to sit in that doctor's
office„ and be questioned by himi or in -Y
other Man. "Of course, of lionise," he said,
if your employers are satisfied it is noth-
ing to Me, only 1 had aseedated teaching
with women much older than yourself.
What is logic, Miss Clyde? • - •
The abruptness with 'which -he put the
question startled Madeline to' such. a degree
that she could not positivelyi tell Whether
shehad ever heard that werclbefote, innoh
less could she recallits meaning, and so
she answered frankly, "1 don't know." -1=±•-•
A girl who did. not -know What logio was
did not know Much, in Guy's estimation;
but * it Vicield: not do to stop here, and
so he asked her next hew many oaseartbere-
were in Latin!. - • •
Middy pit the hot blond tingling to her
very finger tips, for the -examination had
takena course widely different from___her
ideas Of what it Weald. Probably -
had never looked inside _a Laingrammar,
and again her truthful " :don't know, sir,"
fell on Guy's ear, but this time there was a
half despairing time 'in the young veide;
usually so hopeful. - . •
•
"Perhaps then you can conjugate the
verb auto,' Guy said, his -manner indicat-
ing the doubt he was beginning to feel as to
her qualifications..
- Maddy knew what oeidegate- meant, but
that verb Onto, What could it inean and
had she ever heard it before? -Mr. Rein._
ington was waiting lor her, she -must say
something, and with a gasp she began: "'Li
aim, thou amosit,- he owes: 1-P/itrol : We
ame,-ye. or you amo, they aino.",„
Guy looked at her aghast for a _single
Moment, and then a comicial smile broke
all over his face, telling pperMaddy plainer
than words could have done that she had
. madea most ridiculous mistake..
" Oh; sit," she 'cried, her Oleic Westing
the look of the frightened bare,] "it is not.
right. I don't kilo* what it Means. Tell
me, teach ine. What does anto-nisanr.'
• To Meat -Men itwoni.d.not have -seemed
a testy disagreeable task teaching: young
-Madeline Clyde what Ono meant, and -some
such idea flitted across Guy's! mind as he
thought how pretty and bright was: the
eager face upturned to his, the pure white:
forehead,' suffused- with a faint flush, the
cheeks it Crimson :line, and the pale lips
parted slightly, as Maddy-appealedlohim-
for the definition of anie. -,
"It is a Latin verb, and means to love,"T""--
Guy i said, with an 'emphasis on the last"
word, vihich Would have made IlffidaY
blush had, she been lead.- anxiousand
frightened.
Thud far. she had anevieted nothing- cot --
reedy, and feeling puzzled to know loW-Tte-
proceed, Guy stepped into- the adjoining
room to consult With the doctor, but he was
gene. So returning - again- to Madeline,
Guy resumed the -examination • by asking
her how -" Wass into mime- could ptodiloo.
_ .
Await. Maddy was at fault; and her: low.
spoken "I don't know "sonridedlike a wail
of despair. Did she • know anything? Guy
-wondered, and feeling some curiositynow'
to ascertain that -.-fact, he Plied herwith
questions ;philoeophical,'qiiestione algebra-
icai, .and
questiOnegeometrioal, until in an
agony Of distress Maddy taised-hor hands
deprecatingly, as if she wonlciWard-eff-afir
similar questions, and sobbed out:
"Oh, sir, no mote of this. -.4 Mikes My
head 'So dizzy. They don't- -teach-that in
common echoers.Askine soitething-I do
know." - -
' Suddenly it occurred to Guythatle-hed-
gone entirely wrong, and thentally dureing.
himself for the ;.•bleokhealthe'docter-L-had_
called bim, he asked,
"That dothey-,teach Perhaps you can
enlighten Me ?" . • • .: - —
- • Geography, arithmetic, graniniar,-
history; -and - spelling. book," *Madeline -
replied, untying: and throwing off her
bonnet, in the vain hope that it might
bring relief to her Peer,. giddY[litiiid, which.
throbbed 'so fearfully that all
seemed for a time to have
Was a naturalconsequenceof the
high excitement -under whittli-.She.-____wits_
laboring, and so, when Guy fidid ask her
cOncerning. the hooks . designated, she
answered but little better -than -be -fore,: and
be Was ,wondering - Whit he shank" do next,
when the doctor's Welcome strip was heart_
and leaving Madeline again, he repaired:to
the next xoton to repcitt his Misnames,
• "She. dein not seeno, to--.kitow anything.-
. The veriest child otightto del, better than
he has dote. - Why„ she hasnot answered
half a dozen questions correctly."
. This . was -What poor . Middy: __heard,:
though it Was spoken itt-Itipwwhisper ;
but every word WW1- _ understood,_
and burned in her heart's. cote, "drying her
tears and hardening herintoa block of
marble... She knew that Guy had__net-done-
: her justice; and this helped to the
'torpor stealing over her. Still she did
loge a word of What was saidf-in theback
office, and her hp curled scornfully when.
she ' heard Guy remark, " -Ipiv her; she
is so young, and evidentlytakeirAiso7-liard,
Maybe she's as good as theaverage.„—S1*-:
'pee we give her the certificate, anyway?"
Then Dr. _Holbrook spike, • lint_to.peor,7
bewildered- Maddy . his word! _Were. all
riddle. . It was .nothing to 1,tint,- whether
she knew - anything or .not--_-'who-wati-Ize-
that he Should be dictating- thus? There -
seethed_ to be. a difference -6f' opinion
between the young men; guy -insisting -that -
Out of pity she should net betejeoted ; and
the doctor demurring on the Igrpund-7-that-
he. ought. to he more strict, especiallywith
the-first one; As usual, Guy- Overruled,
and seating himself at the table the doctor
was just connnencing, "1 hereby certify
'" 'while :Guy was liendinvover
when the latter was startled by a hand laid
firmly on his arm-, and turning quickly; he
confronted Madeline lyde, ti4ut, with her
short hair,. pushed -back from her blue.
veined forehead, her face as pale. as &Sheik
save Where a round spot. 'of purplish red
burned upon her --- cheeks, andher eyes
gleaming like coals 'of .fire, steed -before
him, -• • -
• ,•.
"He need not :write that" she said
huskily, pointnig.to the doctor. "It wbuld
he a -lie, and I could not take _it.You do
not think me*qualified; :I heard you ask so.
I do not want tole- pitied. 1 do not Want
a certificate bemuse* I am sti _young, and
you think I'll feel badly.TX do not Want
-
Here her yO100 'failed . her, her -bosom
heaved, and the choking sobi came .1tiiik
•and fast, but etill*ehe Shed neteat, at n
her bright ctryeyes there was :a iook-vhoh
made- both these- young - men turn way,
involuntarily.- Once Guy tried- to, e.tise
her failure; saying she no doubt was firig • t-
ened: She Would probably do better an,
and might as well accept 92e_certifi-
hut Madeline san said no; - 80 deci 6 ly
that further -.remonstrance -Was-n less.
"She would not -take Wha ' she h •ato
tight_ to;" she said, "but if they -Pit d.
she would wait wait there in the back e
untither grandfather came back; it •-1t1-
not-- be long, and .she ehuul4 not trouole
thein."
. Guy broughther the easy -chair froii the
front zoom and placed it for her -bJ he.
window'- With a faint smile- shetlmnked
hint_andiaid " You are very kind:" but
the snilie hurt Guyoruelly, it Was s
se full of unintentional reproaoh, -While the
eyes She lifted to his so grieved and-
wearYthat he insensibly routinured Ottita--
self,*." ;Poor ehild-l". as he leftbeti-14-nd-
With the dOcitor "repaired to the-Ahlise,
-Where Agnes was impatiently: waiting for
thein,:ehd where; in the light - badinage -
Which -followed; they forgot :poor!
Maddy._ - •
• It-WaSthe_firei keen disappointene he
had ever . kriettn, and it crushed:ber as
completely,"as many - an elder pets
been (gushed hYheavier. calainiitiee.
"Disgraced forever and ever," - 61164*
repeating to herself, as she tried to Pilate
off the horrid nightmare stealing ovetiler.„
"Ilow can 1 hold up niy -head age ***4 at
home, -where nobody Will understandst
liTobwe iptowoapski, ley4xcirettia.gryantddpoit.auncidt.. k,grnaoti4 Ity?
thing, and I do ! 1 4o oh; giandp
can't earn that thirty:eix dollars now r
-moat *hill -I -was dead, and *I
am—
dying. Somebody—come—quick!": •
*---There_Wai a-levt -dry for help, . tame ed
by fall„ind-While in Mrs.Conner's.p lor
Quy Reinington and Dr. Holbrook
chatting gaily with Agnes, Madeilitielwas
lyitig-upoir_the office .flbot,.• White andin.
sefielhle..-•
--Littlelessie-Reinington; tired Of •sitiing
still and listening to what her marnni.a ncl-
MrsiZahnei wete saying, had sttayed off
intethe garden, and after -filling her iirvids
With daffodils and early. voiletit, Tniad er
Way at•last-to:the office, the door of * eh
waspartiallyopen. ' Peering curiousin
she !owl -lie -crumpled bonnet, with itO,
bons of blue, and-attractedby this adta d
intothe teem, until she carne where Mt
'line was - With a feeling that MI
thing weit-wrong, Jessie bent over the
atikingilehe were :asleep,: while she 11]
t he -long_ fringed lashes :drooping on
dolorlesseireek,- Thechill dead expre
of the eyes sent & chill through- deft
leart,andliirrying.te the house she c.
"Oh, brother Puy, Somebody's ',dead ii.li6
Offine;endzhor_bonnet is all jammed!"
- -Sdarcely were the words toteted.b
Guy_andthe-dootor beth- were With-.
line,--the-fornier _holding her. in his
whibe he.smoOthed-the short hair, thin
how soft and luxuriant it .was, and,
lair was the face which haver. mo
inusole beneath -his ectntiny. The 4
was wholly self-poseeseed; Noddy: ha
terrors for him now. She needed: his kr,
vices, and he rendered them- willip y,
applying teptoratives which soon nt.
back sighsof life in the rigid form. _WW1
a shiver and a moan Madeline whispeV,
r" -:Oh, grandma, I'm so tired and so lith*,.
but 1 could not help it. I-1*dt blip-
6-
ilie
Mia. Cenner: and Ar, es
had Copia iuto the office, asking in m h
surprise who the 'granger -was, and t
watitheAtanee of her illness. As if tlipe
had been a previous Understanding betWhin
t hem, thedocte! and Guy were silent
re_gard-tb-the,„recent farce' enacted bet* Oh
thenand_sictiplyeaid it wiesome (Me' o.
had come _to r medical advice, and it '
possible ehelitealit!-the . habit of falai ga
many_people were. Very daintily; Ag-
,held_baCk-the skirt of her rich -silk a -
fearful that it Might corcre- in contact -*
Madeline's plaiii'delaineltheii;en the s
was not very interesting, She returned
the-houge,_hidding Jessie AO the same::
J essieireftsekchcipsing to stayby Nadel
Whobythistime had been placed upon,
ciinfortable lounge, where she preferredo
amain -rather than betakento the ho
aieGity-PrePnsed. •
"I'm bettor now, much better," 'saci
:-"Letive-ine,,Tplease.---.ta rather be
Sp -they -left het With 'Jessie, who, f&
na-_t_tl_d by the Sweet young face; knelt
the lounge, and, laying . her aurly he d
caressingly against Madelines. arm; said
her, "Poor girl, you're sick, and I. ani
sorry. Whatmakesyou sick 2" -
There was - genuine sympathy: in t
little voice, and, with -eery -9,8M sudden p
Maddy clasped the .child in her arras
burstinto:awild fit of weeping, -Which
her .ttigreat-dealL'of-good. Forgetting OA
Jessie could not understand, and feelingsit
a telief—to-T-teliiher grief to some one, 6,
Said;initeply to Jeseie'e repeated inqni
agt-to--what-wee the Matter, " I didnott
a:certificate, and:_liWinted it so much,
we are and our-liciuse is mortgag d,.
and I was going to heiti-grandpit"*.pay j
andrui.W.I peter can, and .the- house mst
-
!ffirs--dreadfultie be poor!"sighed lit
Jessie, as her Angetsthreaded the soft,
_brown hair resting in her lap,where Ma
litia-laid-her-aching head: '
-:--..-111addy=did net -know whe thisbeautii
child was, her .sympathy was v
sweet, andtheytalked together confiding
as children wihl, until Mrs. :Agnes' vo
was heard calling to her little girl that
was time to go._
love you, Maddy, and I mean to f
brother -Guy -all about it," Jessie said, 1;
she woupd-hrir_ifitis tound:Madeline% neci
and kissed her at parting. '
It_neyer.:61idurred to Maddy s to ask
nenlie,--ithezfett- se stupified and bewilder
and with a responsive kris she sent h
away. Then leaning • her head upon tL
table she forgot . everything but her OA,
Wretchedness, and so did not see the gay
dressed, haughty -looking lady who cw
past the doer, accompanied by Guy
Di. Holbrook. Neither did she . hear; ,
notioe,:_if :she did, the hum 'of their -void
as they tiliked_together - for a ',mow
Agnes atakingthe„ *ober very prettily
deme-up_to_itikentiide while she was the
And enlivenr-heis_a hittle. Engaged you
men-like-Gny wereso-stupid, she said,
With a merry laugh she sprang into .b
oarriagut,-and, . hewing gradeblily to
deatori-was driven rapidly-toWardAi
. .
Rather elowly thedectOrtetuined to
9
office, and alter fidgeting pi a time among -
the Powders and tohials;-summened mutig0
to ask Madeline how she felt, and if any of
the fainting syrciptomshad returned. :
"No, sir," was all the reply she gave him,-
never lifting up her heed, or even thinking
which of the two young men it was speaking
to her. • - - - -
There Was &call just then for -Di. Hol-
brook; and leaving his office in charge, of .
Tom, he went away; feeling slightly UnCtim.;
fortable whenever he thought of. the girl to
*bona he knew justice had not been done.
"1 half with I had examined her myse ,"
he said, " Of course she Was -excited, 4 -
could not answer; beside; hanged if I don't .
believe it Was all humbug -tormenting er "..
with Greek, and Latin Guy is s olv.
a stupid; I'll question her myself when I -
get back, and, if -she'll - possibly pass, 'ye.
her thecertificate. Poor child! how white .
she was, and what a __ queer 'look. there as.
in those mat eyes when she said, I shall c
not take it.'" - - • :: - .: - -
- Never in his life before had Dr. Holbrook
been as.much interested in anywomanWho
was not 'sick- as he was in Madeline, and,:
determining to make his -call on Tare.'
Briggs as brief as possible, he alightedat
i .
her gate, - and knocked impatiently at er
dept. - He found•her. pretty Sick, while betli - •
her children needed. -a prescription, and '
he was detained se :long that his heart
!plop -ye him on his homeward route, lest
Maddy .should - be gone, - and with. her the
her
remedy the Wrong he might have
done her. • • -- ' - . _
Maddy was gone, and the wheel *ruts of
the tipiare.boxed waggon were fresh before -
the doer when he came back. - - Gran pa . . .
Markham bad returned, and Madeline, .
Who recognized old Sorrel's step, hied g lit;
ered_her shawl around her, and gone sadly
out to Meet him. One look at her face- as
sufficient. : :. ' . . - - , • - -
"You failed, Middy ?"
. -)the- old man
said, fixing about her feet the - 'intim
buffalo robe for the night wind was blow-
ing cool.*. '
. . •
"Yes, grandpa,- I failed." , :'.
They were out Of the village -a.ntiviiere -
t han a mile on their way home before Xade-
line foundvoiceto say_so much, and they
were nearer horde hy halt a niilehefete the
old Man answered back,:
. "And, biaddy, I failed too:"
'CHAPTER 11/. -• '
•
. • ostspri pinatitm.
: Mrs...Noah, the "honsekeeper at Aiken-
Side,-Was.slicing vegetable oysters for the
nice hittle dish:intended for her own -slip- -
per When, the head Bartel came around
the corneref the building, followed by. the -
square -boxed waggon; Containing' Grandpa :
Markham, bewildered by the -beauty
and. spaciousness of the grounds*, and
Wholly -uncertain ns to where he ought to
stop, had driven 'met the ettiooth.gravelled "
road round the -side. kitchen door, Mrs;
Noah'a special.dothain and as seared to-
-her:en Betsey Trotwood's patch of ggiert.'-
wItt the- nainerof wondet, what codgeris
that? and What is he doing here?" Was
Mrs. Noihre exclamation,' as She *dropped
the hit of salsify .she was ix:raping, and
hurrying to the door, she - called out, It- I
say, you, sit, *What : Made you-. drive up.
here; when I've 'said*over and over again,
that I Wouldn't have wheels - totting ".up
Ply giaiel ? ". .* ,
" your pardon... I lost - my 'way, ,
I guess, there Was so Many 'Winn's. :PM -
Sorry, but :,rain-Willletchlt *tight,"
grandpa :said, glancing ruefully at the ruts
in the gravel And the Marks On the turf.
Mrs. Noah was not at heart an Unkind. •
woman, and something in thebenignant
expression of the old man's face, or in the.:
apologetic tone of his Voice, mollified her
somewhat, and without further aomment
she stood waiting for his next rennark. It
Was a most unfortunate One, for though .as
.frse :trim- Weaknesses as most af her ;-:sex,
Airs: Noah was terribly _sensitiveas to her •
age,,• and the ..eairte _ census -taker -would •
never venture twice within her PrecinOts
:Glinicii4g at her dress, which this -after,' :-
neon was • much • smarter . than. *hal;
grandpa thoughtshecould not be a servant;
and as sheseemedto have : the right to Sir .
Where he should drive and where he shotild. -
not; the Meek Qld inan concludedehe Imam
near 'relation.: :of.: Guy—mother,. perhaps; •
but no, Guy'smotherwas dead,
Well knew, for alb Devonshire had heard Of
the young bride Agnes, who had " married
Guy's • father fOr .money and rank. To •
haVe been mistaken for 'rmother
woubd not have offended' Mitt Noah' par:-
ticsnlaily ; but she Was ,fearfully shocked- -
when Grandpa Markham said:
"1 collie on :binanieSs with Squire Guy.
Are you his greil'inarni 2 ", •
"His gran'marral screamed Mtiii Noah
fearfully. "Mesa your.. man • Squire Guy,
as youcall him, is 25 years. eta:"
As Grandpa Markham was rather: blind
he failed to see the point,butknew that in -
some Wei he had given offence.-- ' I
-
"1 beg your pardon, ma'am, 1 was sure
you was some Maybe:, an tent." _
• No, she was not even that, but, -,willing
-enough, to let: the um man believe her &7
Remingtonshe- -did iot::explain"Ast she
was onlythe-housekeepe.ibut she simply
said':
• "1! its Mr, . Guy you Want, 1 oan tell you .
he is net at honie; •which will save you
getting Out." . - •
Not at tepid, and I've dome_ so far to
see him 1" giandpa:.ekillainied and in his •
voice there watiee mu& genuine disappoint- -
,ment that Mrs. Noah rejoined quite bin*: ,
gone ..-over to Devonshire with the 7 -
,young lady, his step -mother. " Perhaps you
might tell your business to me; I know all
Mr. Guy's eats:" . . - •
: "111 _Might come in, ma'am, and warm
ine,"-grandpa.insweredirdeeklY, as. through
the • open' .doer • he 'caught • glimpses of
0110erful Ake. "It's .mighty-ohilly for such
as Pio." ; • • •
_ He did look Odd " and. blue, Mrs'. Noah
thought, and she hadelijni r.opnie in, fee lig
-a Very little contempt fOr the Old -White ed •
°ambit cloak in which his feet bedanie
en-
tangbed, and Sinning inwardly,. atthe.
Shrunken, faded 'pahtilOonsibetokening
poverty.. . • _ 1-
"As. you know all Squire Ours' affairs,"
grandpa said, when he was seated *before
Maybe you could tell -Whether he •
would be likely to lend .-aistranger threo
hundied-dollarkand that stranger Mel"
Mrs. Noah stared at hint :aghast. 7014.3
he Crazy, or -did he. Mean to insulther
Master? Evidently neither. Heseemed:-
Ai...sane as herself, • while . no one could •
associate an insult with him. He did not
know ST,phiaalaya,thaes: ssholentwiooit4ocf
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