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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-05-05, Page 2. • Beery emend. in every sound I think I hear her feet— Ahd still I wend my altered way -alone, still I say, " To -morrow we shall meet." twat& the shadows in Cie eteweed_ street -- Bach passittgfaeo I follow; one by one— In every sound 1 think I hear her feet.. • And racinths go 1;1,y—bleak Marsh titict May -day heat—. • - Harvest is over—winter well-nigh done— • . And still. 1 say, " To-inorrow we shell- ineef.it Among. the city squares, when flowers:, are sweet Witit every breath a sign, of her`aseems blOwn, la every sound I think Lhear her feet. • ' Wittyand cloak the -unending hours repeat', e'rcenre_elve twelve -ma still she 001:acola no - Ana stint say, " TO-more:kw-we snail meet.' I 014 long-delearedto-thorrow hearts that beat Measure the length of every Minute -gone -- In every souod. I think 1 hear her feet. Meer the stilt rise., tardilyor fleet, Andlight the letters (ma ekurelayard- stone— . Ancl still V say, "To -morrow we shall meet." And still frOni. out her unknown, 'far retreat ;she haunts me with her tender undertone— • In- every- sound t.thivk I beareter feet-- .Auaetie I say, "To -morrow we shall meet!" BOY AT LAST-. A SOQIETY NOVEL. • By the anther of 'L. Edith feyle."_ Ideated • • "Forrest. House," "Chateau. citer." etc. • That was all she: said -all' that Middy - ever knew of heit history, as it was never • referred to again, .exeept that evening,- * when Agnes said to her, ' "Neither Guy nor Jessie, eon any One; need know vthat 1 hate told yen," • "They shall not," Was Meady's reply; And from that, moment the past, ea ter as , Agnes was concerned, was a sealed page to both-. With this bond of coefideitce: between theta, Agnew felt herself strangely drawn towards Maddy, while„' if it were possible, escitnething of .her olden` love was revived . for the helpless -Man who _clung to hernow inetead of Middy, refusing to let her go; • neither .had Aglies any dieposition to leave him. .She shall& stay to the- test, she e said .t •and she aid, 'teeing Maddyeeplace, - and by her _faithfulness. and" Care winning Olden laurels in the opinion of the neigh- •- laces, who' marvelled at first to see so gay a lady at Uncle Joseph's bedside., attributing • it Miloher friendship for Middy, just as they attributed his belling for"Sarah as a • crazy freak. She did- resemble Sarah Morris a Very little, they said and . -in Muddy's presence they sometimes won- ' cleted where. Sarah .was, and if she was • happy with the -old roah whom .she 'mar- • ried., and who they had heard was na SG rich after all, as most of. _themoney ; be- longed to the sou, who ieherited.,it tram hie mother ; but Maddy kept . the' secret :fromeVery one, so that even Jessie never • suspected, why her Mother stayed day after darat the cottage, watching and waiting until the last:day of: J.:3Eieplf a life: •be was al *le with him when he died, • and Madcly never- knew whatpassed be- tween them. . She had left them together. • for an hour, while -she did sorns errands, and when she returned Agnes met her at the door, and wi tn. a blanched cheek whis- pered: "Ile is. dead ; he died in- iny-artias. blessing youand. roe Surety iny sin is now 'forgiven?." - • . CHAPTER XXIL szroaz TUE EII'.tL. .• There wee e fresh grave made in :the churchyard; and another chairvacant at - • the cottage, Where Maddfteas at lege alone. Unfettered by care and anxiety for sick ' game her 'Aching heart was free to go to the stately mansion she had heard: described, so often, and wherenow two brideawore busy with their preparations . for the bridal harrying on so last, Since. the letter read • in the le-al:less October woods; Maddy had not heard from Gay directly, though Lucy had. -written- a tett brief lines, telling how happy she wee,' how Strong she was; grow: lug,. and how muchlike himself Guy wan becoming. Maddy hallteetteessthana wentatt if the lest intelligence had failed to affect., her unpleasantly.. She did not wish Guy to regret his dpoisiqp e but to be forgotten ea BUM after so- strong protests-. ,tierts of affection . was a little mortifying, antl- Medd-tete heart throbbed painfully as she Feed the letter, half. hoping it might prove the last she Should receive from Lucy --Athetetene. • • - Guy had left no orders for any changes to be reade!-itt Aikenside; Agnea, who was largely intbeid with a love- of bustle and repair, had insigted that at least the suite of Moms intended for thee bride should be thoroughly renovated with new paper and- paint, darpets, and furni- ture. This plan Mre.. Noah opposed, for - she guessed traW_Iittle Guy would care for the change-; but Agnes was resoleed, and as she had great faith in, Maddy'a taste, she Waisted that she should go to Aikenside and page- her judgment epon the iraprove- reehts. It wohld do her good she said- _ . • tittle- dreaming lio* muchit cost Maddy to comply with her Wishes, or how fearfully . the poor, crushed heart ached, as Maddy wentthrduglithe handsome ronmeihtendecl for Guy' e young bride; but Mrs. :Noah guessed it all and pitied the white-faced girl, whose deepmourning robes told the loss • of dear ones ' by death; but gave no token of that great legs, tenfoldworsethan. "death. .4 It waswicked:in her to fetch you here," she said to Maddy one day when in Lucy's moth elle found her sitting upon the door, withher head bowed down upon the Win- dow sill. "But she's a • triflin.' thingeand_ didn't know 1 -would you, poor -child; poor Maddy!" and Mrs. Noah laid her hand kindly on Maddy's hair. ”- Maybe you'd better go- home,'" she. continued, as. Maddy made no reply; " it must be hard, to be here in the .rooms and aniong the things which by good rights should be yours.': • Na, Mrs, Neale:" andcetteddy's voice was strangely unnatural, as she lifted up her head', revealing a. face so haggard and white that Mrs. Noah was frightened, and &eked in much- alarm if anything ue* had happened No, nothing--; I Was going to say that I'd rather stay a little longer Wherethere are signsAnd soundsof life. ' I should die tale alone at lionedale to -morrow. I may may die here, I don't knew. Do YOU know that to -morrow will be the bridal?" : Yes, Mrs. Noah knew it.; but she hoped. it -Mighthave escaped Maddy's mind. "Poor -.child'," ' she said again„--"- poor • ""7.' . • ,.:, . e. 'child, I mistrust you did wrong to tell hini burn Oen now, as She -recalled his --Many N0,1, ac ,i3. of tenderness and care. "Oh, Mrs; Noah, ..donlisay that; don't . •, .aying the telegramon the. table she make it harder for -me to bear. The went with. Mrs. *oh • through ' the rooms, tettipter his been telling: Me se all. day, and wicrrned and made . ready - for the bride, irty- heart -is so hard and Wicked,r cannot lingering . longest .in .141-ay's, - whieh -; the "pray as I would: ' Oh, you don't know how bridal -decoration@ and the bright: fire 'wretched I am!" and Maddy hid her fetal': bIEziug iii the grate made ' singularly _nava- in, the broad,. motherly lap,' Robbing so . ing. As yet there were no. flowers there, Wildly that Mts. Noah was greatly per. an Maddy olaimedthe privilege °furling, piexed _hew to act or what *pay. • ' ip I them for this room herself. - AMOS had ... Years ago, she ;would have spurned the -ahnost - stripped ' the nethiervatory ;::-.. but thought -that the grandchild. or the Ad man .M ddy found enough to term -0„inciet taste. who llad hawed to - his °Wu picture, -should th bouquet, whieli .. she 'placed tiPen -.a be mistress of- Aikenside; - but now, could in rble dressing table; then. within .8; slip she have had her Way, she would have of !paper'which . she folded across the top . . :stopped the marriage, and, bringing her sh ' meote: - ' - .., • . . boy home, have given- hint to the young girl' Wetctinie to the bride." i weeping se t:bitterly in her lap. But Mrs. t'They.' both. will recognizerat, e ltaedr Seek could not have her wey. The bridal writine ; they'll know I've been here," she 'guests were, even then,nssembling.irt thet •:. th iughteas with oheleng,-last sad- look a, Iname,beyond the sea: She could not .call tho rehm, she walked Slay.- - Guy back, and go she pitied andtcareseed They were - laying the -table. for dinner 03,e. wretched Maddy, saying to her, at last:' now; and with a kind of dizzy, uncertain .1141 tell, you what is impressed on my feeding,-Maddylvia.tohed the servants hurry - mind; this Lucy's get the consumption, ing to and fib, bringing out the .choicest without any kind of doubt, and,if you've Ph na, and glitteringeilver, in -honor of the no objections to a widower, you may—" : bride. Comparatively. it was not bog .. i_ She did not - finish the : sentence, for since( -a little, frightened, hoeiesickgirl„ she Maddy started hi horror. To her there fir t sat down Withany at that table, from was something murderous in the very idea, which the proud Agnes Would have banished and She. 'thrust it ' quickly .-aside. Guy he; but . it seemed ta her age, 80 mnpli. Remington Was not for licit lthe Said, and f. -happily* . And -main .., had ; 'come, her wiehewserfor her to: fotgethim, If she to ' • her____ Since e 014. Titer° - was a could get throughthe dreaded to;merrow -PI 'be. for her "there now, heat Guy; but sheshould do better.-- There had been a s elitend not. fillet. She could. net stay; load Upon her the whole day, a -nightmare ancf she astonished Agnes - and Jessie,: just she could net shake off, ahd she had; come as Ibhey were . going to make thetr: dinner. to Liters tooth, in the hope of leaving her tin et, by .anitouncipg her intention Of-go:46g burden there, of . praying her painaway: ho . e. She Was not dressed to -Meet Mie. 'Would: Mrs. Noah leave her awhile, and see Remington, -she said, shuddering As for the that. melee canto? . . : .. . - . fit t time she pronounced .a, , name Which- ,.. The good woman could- not -;refuse, and - the . servants had-- frequent/y...1*d, ,'attd,' geitigouteshe left. Milady by the window, which jarred on her ear • every -tithe-elle watching the ,eunas it Went .down, and -he ,rd it. -She was . not. '.dresged--. appeo. then, watching the wintry: twilight deepen pri' tely. tented- in English lady. - Flora of over the landseape, until. thiegi. Were -coursee would stay, she :said, - as; it was Vended tagetheritt one great darkness, and natural she should, to greet her new mis- Jessie, seeking for her, found . her ' at last •tre s ; but she ' must gct.;: and ..,fifidihg feinting upon. the floor. . . Ch rlie Green she -;bade -hilivbrilig round . Middy was giad of the racking headache the buggy. • . . . . .. : .: . -' .- • ... :Which kept her An bed the Whole of the • Agnes was not particularly surprised, for .., next day, glad of any exanse to stay away 'a. v gee suspicion of : something like the :from the family, taeking of Guy, and What trn h had gradually been creeping' into her • was - transpiring _ in England. . They had brain, as she -noted: MadclY's pallid faceand :failed to remember the .difference in the .the cheeps which Passed over • it whenever longitude of the : two placee_`; but Maddy Grp was Mentioned. -Agneis pitied Maddy, . forgetnothing . and when the clock atm* for in her own- lipert there . was . a- little a she celled..iles.. Noah to her and 'cviiis- buining:spot, when she teinintberect who wed faintly: . '3. " .. . . . . ' , ' ' wa • to accompany Di. Holbrook, So- she : "They were to. be ,married before 12, thd. net urge her to remain, and she tiled to .you know, se it was over two 'le:mileage; huth iessie's lamentations when she heard and. Guy is lost forever I", : . - .,--. . el ady:wae going. . - • ' . - -, - -- Mrs- -Noah had no consolation to offer; . -- One hiee, sad; wistful look at Guy's and ' and only pressed the hot, 'feverish hands, ;.Lucy's' home,. and Middy followed Charlie. while Maddy turned her faee. to the wall, to the buggy waiting for her, and bade him :and did not speak again, except to whisper dri a rapiclly,„!..0 there was every indication incoherently, AS she half -sliiinhered, half of ii cogung..storni. . • - - - . : ... - woke: .- . • - - . •• ' - ,. • . he gray, wintry afternoon was drawing • '-' Did Guy think of mewhen he proniised _to.- - 6100; and the becembee night: was to love her, and does he, can he seelow sht.ttiiig down upon theeHeeddale hills in miserable 1 am? t. e •' . - . . -". sle4y rain„Whenthe cottage was reached, Middy was indeed pegging -through -deep eat Maddy, pessipg up the narrow; slippery waters, and the day and the_ night of the : wa k,entered the cold, dreary- room, weere. fourth of December were! the .1oegesL th • a was neither fire- nor light, nor friendly dreariest she ever -kuew, and 'could never voi e to greet her. No sound savethetioking be forgotten. :Once. pest, - the woret-wee of he clock; no weleotne-sevothe-perrieg of over, and as the rarest metalis purified by th house -cat, who: came .crawling at. her .ffte,..sa •Maddy: Came. 'froth the dreadful fee as she knelt before the stove and tried ordeal strengthened for what.was before; to kindle • the fire. T Ohs lie.,'Green .. had Both Agnes and - Mrs-. Noah noticed the off )red to go.. in And do - this for her, as strangely beautiful expression of her face ..in .eed he had offered tO -return and Stayall tvitea sh,ecame down to -the breakfast- -ni t, but she decliped; Preferringto be. roomewhile• Jessie, as the kissed her pale .alo e, -Said with stiffened fingershe laid cheek, Whispered: . . . . •. -th 'kindlinge Flora had prepared, and then- . "You look as if you had been with the ap lying the niatch, watched -the Wheal -eine -angels.'' , • - -. • . . . • ,, - ' .: ••• as it gradually -.licked:Up the Brooke and - .. , Gay was not expected with his •beiele for two or three Weeks, ahrl as thedays drag ged on, Middy felt that the waiting for bine was more intolerablethan the seeing hint with Lucy -would- be. Restless afid, _ inipatient,-ithecould not remain quietly . at th.e.cottage- and when - at 'Aikenside, elle longed -to returnagain to her own home; and ia this Way the. time -wore on. until the .ve ,tueniverserynetbat day when she had &Mae from .NeW York, and foutd ;Guy- waithigfor her at the station. To stay that -day in the- houseso rife with .paentoiles of - the dead was impossible, -- and Flora was surprised . and delighted to hoar that bothwere ping-. up to Aikenside in the vehiele hired of Far. neer Green, 'whose' pen officiated as driver. It was nearly ileonvihenthey-ieacited their destination, . :naeeting :et : • the gate. .witle Flora's brother Tom, who said to thein: .. ' "-- We've beatd:from, Mr.:Guy; the. ship is. in; . they'll be here to -night, and Krs..Noitti is turniti' things ..upside down with. the dinner,": - ‘ Leaning back in the buggy,_ 4.-aady felt for e moment as she were atiege„ Never until theh. had she realized hew, all .the while, she had been elinglegto in indefin- able hope, a:presientinient. that sotnething might yet omit to spare her froth it long lifetime of pain, such as lay beforEi her, if Guy Were really lost-; : but she bubble had burst, leaving her nothing to hope; nothing to cling to, 'nothing but black despair ;.' and half bewildered, she received - the noisy greeting of Jessie, who Mather at the door, and dragged her into the drawine-room, decorated With &Were .from the hot -house, and told h_er to guess whoWes. cothing.4t14. , "1 know; Tom tom me.; Guy is Priming with ,:Lucy," Maddy - answered, and re" • lievieg herself trete- jereie, she turned to Agnes, asking where Meg.: Noah was, and if she, might go to her for a moment. . . - "Oh, Maddy, child, I'm sorry you're come. to. -day,'"! *Mrs. Noah said, as .she chafed Maddy'scoldhands„ and leading her t& the fire, made her sit -down, -while she untied her hood, and removed her cloak and fure. I - . -; . ' - . • s - s' I did net kilo* it, or i should.not-liave come,' Maddy replied; "I shall net stay; as it is.. -I 'eantrot see them to -day. Charlie will drive Me back before the train is due: But what did he.aay ? And hew is Ludy ?" "He did not mention her. There's the despatch;'.' and Noalthended to Middy. the telegram, received this morning, : and which Was simply as follows: -, t .; ' • - bu •st into a cheerful blaze, . .. . • . • I shall feel better when it's warm," tet said, crouching over the fire; and shiver in with more than bodily cola: •• here ' was a kind of .nameless terror ste ling over her as she sat thinking of the ye nage when the inmates of three graves 4so4osEi the meadow Were there beneath that roof Where she sat alone. I'll strike alight," she said, rising to her fee , and trying :not -to glance at the sha,- , do t vy corners filling her with fear. _ "The steamer if; in. Shall be at the station at 5 Vela& p. "Gur-ErmixoTos." Twice Maddy read it over, ekperiencing much the same feeling she would have experienced halt been her death *arrant she *as reading. . ' • 1:1., At 5 o�1ook 1 must go before that," she said, sighing as she remembered hew, one year ago that day, she was travelling over the very route where Guy was now, travelling with his bride. Did he think of it? think of his long waiting stile() depot, or of that memorable ride to letonedale, the events of 'were....find more distinct' Nheeks he lamp . wasfound, and ite ft-jot:idly bealens)aton dispersed the darkness -,from th - corners and the feat from - Maddr.s. he rt, but it aid net drive from her mind tb ughts of what might at that moment be transpiring ee Aikenside. If the bride and .gr om Mime -atall that e night, ,she knew' thy must have, beentherefor an houror more, and in . land* elle ea* the tired but hEl, py_Ittioy,- as iti, her joleasent- room she made her toilet for. dinner, withGuY staid.' ,in by and lookingen.....Tnd he entile approv- nigly neou. his young.wife ? ..-Did his eye,. -wl4in wrested-on:her, light up wititthesente ..ea ' teseion. she had seen -eo oftee when it too ed at -het? Did he con.4mend her taste 'atcL.say his little Wife was beautiful, as he kissed her fair white cheek; or Wasthere" a clo -d on his handsome face,' a shadow ou hisheart, heavy with , thoughts et her, and .wouldhe.rather itwereAta4diy therein the God, e bri al ream? If . Ho, his burden - was hard. indeed, but not so herd as hers, end: kneeling on he floer, poor - Maddy. laid her head in thchair, and; 'mid piteous meats, asked G . her Father, toteketheeboth to bear. -help her and Guy -..-making the latter lav as ought the gentle girl who had left bomb and friends 'Olive:with hire in a'of your dead- _Lucy; ittid• I know she will -far distant land; edgiest tee, that she might -help to lead you to that .bleppecehomeWhere tear front her heart every sinfhlthought, korrow-Jiever. comes.' That Was the last lov: ng any onlyasshe Might leve the hits- she , Over 'Spoke, and when-. the 'inn went be, detanother; '. : e ., .. — ' - _down deathhadolaimed.thY.bride. $hectied • 1"he prayer ended, .Maddystill sat upon in my arm, Maddy. I.felt the last flutter - the! fleet; while over - her pale- :face :- the. ing-of her pulse, the liie-t beat of her heart lan4plightfaintly fliekeredelliewieg the dark _I laid her back upen, her pillows.-. I wiped lin s bbneath-her. eyei-apd. the.teer-stains . the bleed Iroinher lipearid frohilier'golden. on her. cheek. Without the storm still was ..curls. .1 followed her to her eerlygrate. I rag ng, and the teintry....taip, mingled with Sciv. her buried heti my sight,an.4 theieteade sle t and enow,rbeit piteously .against the dy;.I started for home; thotigliteOf you and cur aittedwindowseivelle the wind howled thoughts of Luoyehlehded :equally together - mo refullyasit shook. the door, and stiteep- 114Q Aikenside was reached, - Italked with the hill. -- But Maddy heard f nothing atthe Mrs. Noah; I: heard- ,'All of - you . there was tur ult. She had brought a -pillow: from totell, and then I -talked with Agnes, Who the bed -room, and placing it upon the chair, Was :not greatly 'surprised, and . aid net tettdown again upon the floor -and:. rested oppose iny 'coming here AO -night.- I could her head upon it. She did net even kite* not _remain there, ktioWing yoU were here, the her pet cat 'had:Prep' up- beside) her, alone, even though tionie old fogiesthight say pur lug 'Contentedly, andoccasionallylink. ; it:was:not preper--,GodithOWs whatism My: ing ier halt, inueli boo did she hear -abase. heart. • In the bride tchaniber I. found. your • thestorm the sWitt•Itread,ef.horse!kfeet as bouquet; with its , Welperlie.to the Bride.' so14. . e ene-eatne„dasbjng.AOwn the thad,the -Middy!) you -niust:be that bride: ... ;Lucy ride pausiog. an elm:pant as he caught • a 'sanctioned it, and .the doctor, thee -fee.' .glt pee .61 the Cottage , lamp; and then told 'him_ allo.',: 'Llifilla itititi: Wedding _ was, Of her yieg on to the Viiblic-house beyond, course, catiree, deferred,aild he did not come home where the hostler frowned ihoodtliat being ' With Mei-. but - het-eiLid;:i4"Tell ,lltliiddy not to call dent to bare for th horse of a.strange_r,. wait..: Lite is' toe -.short to Waste anteintp- wile went back on feet to where the. cottage piness. .She hisity-bleeking,'. i And, Maddy, lani .shone a beacon light through the inky it Intuit be so. _ Aikenside needs a mistress; darkness. . : . . - - . you are 'all alone. ••• You are minee-mine _The stringer retro:the& the littlegate, and. -..forever l' - - ", • - . ' - -: , - - .- '.-.- -::: ' .. . und6ing,l the fastening, wenthurrying up - -The storm had -died away, and the moen-.- the- _alk, his step- upon the eraCkling snow. beams . ' stealing' theOugh the 'window tad: oatcjiit her wonder who could be 4:mm114C:fere eh shah a night as. this.: It was probably_ Charlie Green, She td, and with a feeling of impatience at beipgintruded upon- she rose to her feet just as the door turned upon its hinges, letting in. a, Potverful. draught of wind which extinguished the light, and left -her in total darkneas. - But it did not matter i Maddy had caught a sound, a peculiar cough,-whichlreie the blood -inher veins, and made her quake with terror quite as much as if the feotsteps-• hurrying toward her hadbeenthe footstepti ettlie, dead, instead el belongingeas she knew they *did,- to Guy Eetithigtonwho; with- earnientsAaturated With rain, felt for her in the darkness, and -found her where from faintness she had, orouehed again beside the. chair, and drawing her clolielyto him in 6- paseidhate, almost piettful embrace, said, _so tenderly, so lovingly - "Maddy, mydaihng, my own! We will neVer be parted, agaiu."• • - -CHAPTER XXIII. LITCY. - • Hours went by, and the hands of . the Clock pointed to twelve, ere Maddy Compel- led herself to hearthe, story Guy had come to tell. She had thrust hint -froth her at Arid, speaking to him et Lucy, his wife, and Guy had answered. her, "'I have nci wife - 1 never lied ,ene. Lncy .in leleavene" and that was all Maddy. knew until the great shack- had spent itself "in tears, and sobs, which beeame earnest convulsions as she tried .,te realize the feet that Lucy .Atherstoia was dead t that the. bridal robe about which she . had written with girlish frankness preyed to be her Amid; one that het head thate-tight,wae. not ipilloWed on 'Gay's arm, but resting under, the English ' turf and beneath an English sky. She- could,listen.at het, but her breath came in panting gasps; while Guy told her how,- on therVery Morning .of the bridas. l'AileY had greeted - him with her tigital bright stitile, appearing and leaking better than he had seen her look since reached -her mother's home; and how for an honr. they sat togetheraloneina little mein sacred to her, because years' befere-it was there hecon, fined his leve .•' - Seated on a.low Ottoman, With her golden head lying on . his lap, she had this- niOrning,,told Win, in her artless way; how intieh she loved hi* and how hatdit some- times wis-to make her love for the creature second toherlove for the Preator; told hitn- she was not feultless,-ena asked that When .he found ho* erring and week she was, he _would bearwithher frailties as she *Ulu bear With his;• talked with :hint, too, of Maddy Clyde, confessing; in it ;sat, low tone, ho*Once or twice e pang of jealousy. had wrung her hetet When she reedhis praises of 'his Pepil. But shehae conquered that; she had prayed eel &Way, and now, nett to her own sister, she; loved Maddy Clyde. ' r words ,too, eto-O,• were spoken -words of guileless pureelffectionetoo _sacred even for Gull to breathe to Maddy;,and then Lucy 'had left him, her 'bounding -step echoing through the hell and nu the winding- stairs, down which .she eever pante again alive, for when Guy next looked tiport her she was lying - white and still, het neck and dress- and -golcienhair stained with the pale life -blood :Oozing . from her livid lips. A. bleed -vessel had been. suddenly ruptured, the physician Said, adding that it was what he . had been 'eating :for some:time, and now it had mime -and .there Was no hops. Theyttold. her she.Must die, for the Mother would have them tell her.. Once,- for a few moments, there was en her face a fright- ened look, such as:a harmless bird might wear When suddenly caught in a -.snare. But thatseen passed away as teeth beneath e . the etosed eyelid's .the greattearscarne gushing, And the etained: lips whispered • • : "God :knows best -wilat--is right.- POot 'Guy!. Break it gently ' tobithe • • . At this point in- .the story, d-uy :broke down entirely, sobbing: only as strong.Men pan 'sob: ' • • . Middy" he said, -"I felt likea heartless tereteh,a most 'consummate hYpocrite-..Les, .6 -tandem by Lucy's . side, I Met the fend -pitying gianceef lierthetieeyee, and suffered the poor little hand to pert my; hair as she tried to comfort !nee even ithough every. .-word she 'littered. was -ehorteiiihg.her life; tried to cdtefeet Mee the wretch who Wate- there SO tinwhliegly, and - who at this pree, peCt ef release hardlyknew at first Whether he was more sorry than glad. You may well start from in.e in horror, Maddy,-.1 Was inlet- . -the wretch desCribe; but 1 overcame :it, • Maddy, and Heavert is my witeeisthat no thought of :yeu-. intruded itself upon the afterwards as I -stood t by my dying Lucy._ I_ saw how good, : how: sweet she was, end -sereethieg of the old love came back to mop as I held her in my.tirma,-where she wished to be. I would have saved her. it Tomild::- and,When I called her ,!.rny 'darling Lucy' - they were net :idle. -words. I kissed her Many times for myself; and once, Maddy„ for you. She told Meta de se. She whis- pered. Itise rnee Guy for -.1Waddy., Clyde. Tell her I'd -rather she ehatildtake my place than anybody else---eathet my Guy should call her Wife know. She walla niit be jealous if you sometimes talked' g Maddy' s ear at last and making that morning wag- breaking, but neither :Guy nor Middy heeded the lapse of time. .Theirs" was a sad kind of happiness as. they .sat talking together, and .could. Lucy haye listened to them- she would liave felt satis- fied that she was not forgotten. 1 Otte long ' bright curl, cut from her headbyllis own - hand, was all there Was. left ()flee to Guy-. - save the hallowed memories of her purity and goodness -memories which .Woultlyet mould the prowl iiiiptilskee maninto the earnest, consistent Christian, which. Ludy iti her life - had desirlie. teat.he should he, and which Maddy rsTiced to see him. — CHAPTER.-X.XIV. ; :It is-theclose of a 'dam Septeniber after- noon; and the autumnal Sunlight falls softly - Upon Aikettside, where a' gay party is new aseenabled. For lout years -Maddy -Clyde has been ,inistrese.-there; and in looking back Upon them .she wonders how ea. much : happiness as she has khown could be etperiencedinso short a tetnee Never b27 Once bee the slightest ' ripple Of sorrow . shadowed her heart and that Wae.. When. her noble husband, - said to .1ter.• .a - voice she -knOW Was earnest etie determined, that he coulceee-lengerremain. deaf tohis -country's' call -that Where the battle etorm was ragieg- he was needed eed'hemest not ' ,gtay'at_horite. Then for a brief season . her -bright face was overcast, . and brown eyes dim with weeping. -.Gent* him - - the :_ war seemed like giving: him up to. death. . But --women can he as true heroes as ; and Milling her own grief, Maddy sent him eWey with smiles%And prayers and cheering words of- encourage- ment, 'thrninglierself for consolation to the - source from whichshe neeer shed forpeaCe.-. invain.; and, save that she missed her husband not 'lonely, .for - her. beautiful "darkeyed boy;'.whoin they - celled Guy, jun., kept her busy, While _not .nietey tieees after her hnebeedet departure, Gny read with tooistetied; eyes of e . little - golden -haired daughter, whom Maddy had - netted Luey..Atlierstoite, and gaied upon -a- . pnil of heir she enclosed, aaking if it Were - not like some . other hairnow ihouldering: ha* to dust- Within. An English-- ' yard. " Maggio nye it is;" she wrote, alluding to; the wife: of Dr. Holbrook, who . had mime to, Ai ketaineete stay., whileh er htnie heed alsedid his duty esenegeonin the army. - Thatlittledaughter is -a: year-old :baby andinher:ghort white drees and coral bracelets -Siteneglected - oti the nursery .floor," while her Mother and Jessie and Maggie Holbrook hasten out into the yard to • weleothe the returning -soldier, - .Major Guy, whose arni is in- a gliegotbd 'whose fame is very pale leone the effect's of wotitiee received -at. Gettysburg, where. his _daring -courage - heal well-nigh Won for iletadayea widow's heritage For thepresent.- the - - ariri.ja disabled,eibled, and se he- has been a- is-. charged, and has ...Cotne 'back to the name where werm•woitle of weleopie .greet him,.- frarn.ther litivest .'servant_ Up -to„ his, darling' wife, who nan only look her joy as he folds her in his weh arte and kisses her face. Only Margaret- Holbrook motes. ' a little T sad; - for :the -.. had • hoped herj husbeed 'would ..edene with Guy, but hiM humanity would _ not vett* Juin to leave _ - the suffering beings who needed his care.. Liyiing'rueseages he senteer; aiid her tears . were - dried whenehe :heard from Guy how greatly he was beloved by the pale ocCrt- - pants of the beds of pain, and hew renC,h Was 'doing to relieve their i angina -h.' • * 'Jessie, giowe to be tnogt beautiful . girl of. nearly 16, is still it child iii actions, and,l wild with delight at seeing her brother again., throws her ern:near:seed : his .neek,. telling.; he -almost the 'seine breath, how _- proud She is of hint, how innehrebe *idled to Wito hige.itheia she heerehe was weutefe'e ed;how--ehe wished She was a 'boy, i se She': could enlist, how :nicely Fiera, is martied. : and settledat--the cottage in lienedale; and _ then asks if he knows - anything, of • the Confederate- Colonel towhomjiiit -before -4-. . the ivarhieke.odt :her mether watemarried, - p,na whogiotooe was in Rioornorra. - Guy knows nethieg Of him; fdet that he is still fighting for the Confederacy, bet from exchanged prisoners, who -bee come -- .in-froirteltichtno.nd, he has heard Of a been- e Wilt laity; an _officer's -Wife; and, as ruiner saik-allottliern-W.oMaii,.who visited them in prisonespeekipg kind words of sympathy to all, ..and enie-bindieg up a ,drnenteee boy's aching -heed With: it . handkerchief, - ,ithiele he estill retained as a ineteente of heti; and on whose center could be faintly - traced the haine of "Agues Ifeeningtone' Jessieei eyes are lull of teereao she .says: "Dear mamwa. It'll; menthe since heard from her direct. 'Of .course it Was she who was so good to -the -atninitterb0 She eatinot be..130...very bed," and - glances triumphantly 'at :.:Mrs. Noah, Who; _ never having quiteovercome her dislike of Agnes, heti sorely tried J-01sie by declaring . :that her mother -‘5had- found her -level at east, and was just Where elte wanted. to . Good: Mrs.' Noah! The anetent men whose name she bore would as soon have °- thought of leaving the ark as She of, , log traitor to her. country, and tvhen.she heard Of the tic:Oils Mob raised - against the she talked --seriously of going in per - San to New York ." togive 'em 4 piece of her and for one whole day refused - :to speak. to Flora's husband; because he was:. a •‘•• dum ditneerat,". and she -pre-., . sunied Wanted the south.:.to" beat... With the exception of Mainly,: no one Was more pleased to obit ..Guy than :herself., He was her boy, tbe one She brought up', and with A. _mother's fervor ehe', kissed - hie- brOtie4e cheek; and told him how .glad idle -Wise -tee • have him back. With his -boy- on his sow:1.61M; GUY disengaged biteself from the noisy group and Went w:ittiMaddy to .where the.child:7he liadleeverieenWaS-.3iist beginning to show . signs of resentment at being left -BO long . "Lulu, sissy, papa's edine;' this is papa;" the little cried, assuming the honor of theintteduction. , • Lulu, As they called her, was not afraid of the tall : soldier, and '; rattetehieg • Out her . fat, white hatids, went l . him editallye jeltufeeyee and ,golden -haired, she bore but little resemblance to -1. either.father or mother,' but there was a .- -sweet;:higutifOt f ace, of Which 'MAW -had Often. dreamed, but seen, and :Whether it *ere -- fancy tete not, -Guy thought it been:led upon him'Againin the l infantile. features Otitis little gide' Parting lovingly 7 her yellow burls and kiesing her fair. cheek,: h. saidto-Maddyettiftly.Ljust as he always spoke Of, that aeadone.; - • - I . "Tee •darling, Margaret 'Holbrook is -- !right -our baby daughter is very much - like our dear Lucy ,Atherstotie." . . . • . • TRE, . • "