HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-07-14, Page 2An Answer to "Wanted.
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"Dciyou. know you have °Ace for tile coatli st
thing
Ever madeby the band above,- .
Avioniau'altearte,nd a worlaan's life,
And arworeankwoncierfui love . .
" De yeti know you: hate aiked for this Priceless
thing '
• Aaa, chillreight-ask for a toy.?
DemendingwhaVothersbavadied to win,
With the wteekteee• dial of a bey. .
"'You have*ritteu my lessen of duty out,
Man -like, you -have questioned ma;
Now: stand a.tthebar of my woman's. Boa
Until I shall question_ thee. • -
‘.k.chirequire your mutton shall -always be hot, •
To.ur socks and your shirts. shall be Whole ;
requireyour heart to bo trttaas God's stars, .
Ami pure as heaven, your aciti4
require a cook for your mutton and beef,
I require a far better thing;
A. seamstress yOur wanting for. stookings... and
• shirts__;,
look for and Ib Eing..
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A King for a beautiful realm coaled Heine,
And a Man that the Maker, Gel, .
Shad look uPOn: ap. He did on the-Mrst:
And say very .
`.` I am fair and young,. but the rosowillifade -
From iny soft young -cheek some day
Will yoit lOve me then, Inid the lalling
-- As_ you did mid the bloom or Ualr
"Is your heart an ocean so_ strong amid deep.
P may lertneh- toy anon; its tido? :
A loving woman finds heaven Obeli - •
the day she in1a40 a
" Krequire all things that are grand_ and -true;
All things' that a man sliould be, -
it you give thia all I would stake tuy life
To bo all you demand. of ine.:
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If you cannot da this, a laundress and cook
You can hire With, iittia to pay ;
But a woman's heart and a wematilt life •
• . Are not to be woe that way."
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. Where is rnatiente,?" inquires Kate. t
"I don't know," he answers. "The last
time I saw her she was ou the terrace."'
eWe are always missing each Other and
getting _lost in our eatenewee grounds,"
:observes Kate. "Well, if youtsee her, just
tell her that Zeta,. and I are here, and that
we delft want to go for any walks or drives
:this. morning; it's 'too hot and wea;re so
comfortable bare, in, the shade."
"1 take, this niestiage-aa uiy dismissal."
"No; yeti; don't," ahe answers promptly;
"you take it as an opportunity of getting
away Civilly from us gide," •
Which. possibly is the truth, as in this
carge--.-or in any other case where &int IS
one of the two and Glen -calm the third—
two: are evidently much 'better tcompany
than three. .
He gelea Kate a paternal smile, and
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passes. on—with the echo of a half-forgot-
ten tune in -hie mind, He has not a very
ttecurifte memory for musen and whatever
wordsmay be wedded to that tune have
- Utterly passed out of his recollection. But
tthefaint andfar echo' Of a_ long iiienced
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sound is ringine iu hia brain. He knows
not when that sound was silenced nor on.
whet claytor -hour it was ever heard.; it
beats no clear' and defined- detail to .his
mind; but he knows now from what- land
. the wind that brings that. far-off
. eubo—
"biows from the capes of • tee past oversea
tothe bays of the present," -
• -It is from a land to which -he hates to look
' hack, a- land between which and himself.
for years and years there have rolled acetate
deeper and wider than those which's.aver
- hemisphere_ from hemisphere. yet across
these trackless, oceans thie low snatch Of
Melody floats on tha wings" of the wind, a.
message kora the past„ a whisper that
I.dfo cannot sever;
• - Death only divide,
• him from the past from which he haft
• turned in hatred, and set the gulf of half a,
life between it and himself; - -
Soho pesses-ort alone, and leaves the two
• girls .there, withtheir bright faces- and
• their cloudless spirits t lounging lazily !ind
tranquilly content -in the mingling of shade
andennishine under the elm trees,. through
whosedark. lefty stretching.- branches the
. light breaks in tremulous touches; bright
-fitful &eke that lade ink*: shade* mud.
_ quiver into light again_ as the leaves sigh
antlaway above. .
. Deka and Luli are the next to appear upon.
the sceile„ 'passing 'down the garden on their
way toward the lake. '
- "You lazy children!" says Luli, softly
• -smiling as she sees her friends. There
. are our mutual parents taking at nice brisk
Walk and we two are •goingtoramble on.
the shore;. and you • are lief asleep -under
the trees 1" ,
" "Youknow jou don't want tar' responds
knowingly, "and we are mach too
cozy to disturb ourselves to go and walk,
- with our elders."
. Themostbeautiful human beings have
- -undeniably their best and their Worstdays.
This is one of Duke Mayburne's "best
days;" and as he and Intl pass together
down the winding garden -path, the noon
sun - brightening his curly chestnut heir'
with gleams ofreddish gold; and warming
to olive the clear bronzed paleness able
cheek,. Kate Craven- wakes up from her
lazy, languor, -lays &twit her novel and-
gazee_atter, him with most, -Open_ atatt
unveiled admiration.%
"Now, Zora sha .0.Nelairns; end -ludas -
"L have seen beautifulpietures,
and statues enough! But I never did see
_ ontcanyae. or ihmarble a More perfect face
than that P'
"She is very lovely," assented Zora,.•
looking after the wrong •person witicieno-
*twat obthseness—not altogether genuine.:
. "See 1 I Mean him t She is a dear,pretty,
graceful little thing of course! But Asia the
plod • splendid 7 human._ animal I ever saw.
rut glad: Lull 'doesn't hear me make the
reinark„ by-th&bye because she might be
indignant at ,thy callirig her beloved an
artimal. She might take it as ate tntent
tional intuit,which is far from_ My mean-
, ing. Onlye--tlenigh. of doureeheti clever, I
knowit is not theintellect or the expreis-
• siou in his face .thet, Makes it so splendid.
It is pure form and color—profile just like
animated -Greek. marble, and coloring like-
' PiOture."- . •
tea warmly; ea -openhearted Kate, who
always spoke Out Maly what she felt (end
generally rather more: than less);_thought.
Zora unappreciative of true =hemline-
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• CHAPTER XVI. -
. Sweet life, if Life were stronger, .-
Earth clear of things that Wrong her,
Then two things might live longer,
Two sweeter things than they
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Delight the rootless flower,
And love tho. bloomless bower
Delight that lives an hour,
And love that lives a day. :
- . -SWINTitilt ..
Zara. was the first up, the first out on I e
terra -es next morning. ' She was leaning_
over the balustrade, reaching • down for a
brauCh of oleander from the steep bank
Which 'loped hp froin the garden below Ito_
the terrace above, When :- a second member
of the. household . emerged into the open
ait, ff.:ore, heard twee upen the-peth„ but
she di.d.not turn Until Duke:May.1)11=e hd
came close up to her, and broken the
silence Widi tire- Crioinal observation. i
" deedmorning, belies Brawl)." • '
" Oh I good morning, Mr. -Blayburn
• said Zora,, -glencine hp eweeflythtaukly; in
her pretty deferei dial *ay. -
' "Do you want that bough? ttilo'w u ;"
he said bending °vett' the balustx ;...de besi e
her; and reaching down his long, strong
arm to bieelt off the -spray. He naturally
-reeked at her as he gave it to her, and it
was not a face for anartistto turn his -eyes
'away from in a hurry., .,
Zona 'took the flower with .a. shy smile of
thanks, and drew back modestly a step
further away -from Duke, and looked down
at the ehining, pink -petals of the oleand r
as she observed, , • • t
"Is it dew or rain on it? It has rained
hit , the night has it not ?" • : •
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"'Yes; there was rain and wind,..and a
weird moonlight streaming into nty rooin
that awoke me in the middle of the night, -
and kept the Waking till morning, haunted
by a snatch of an old ballad.' Are you ever
haunted that way by a line of poetry th!tt.
sleeping or waking keeps repeating itself in
your braiti ?" - • . • ,
-"Soreetimeg," answered :Zara dtearnil
adding with some curiosity, "But _wh t_
ballad was it? ' I had a book of old ballads
once, and I was so fond of _Many- of them. . '
Duke quoted two lines, looking at her a
if to test hermernory : '
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Late, late:yestreen I saw the new Moon
. With Uie old moon in her arms.
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, "Ah, Sir Patrick Spehs,"- she respoetle
readily. "Oh, el know that one. It twa
the wind and •the Moonlight made yoU
think of that. DO you know one called
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the 'Demon Lever '?" -
"Yes, I should think so: Why, that ha
ono of the finest stanzas- of all the range O
old balladst—you remember? - _ •
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- The maststhat were of the beaten gold
Reht not on the heaving seas,
And the sails thatwere of the toilet -tee
Filled not in the eastiaria breeze.
Zora brightened With interest, her eyea
-.rose up from : the oleander flower and
flashed -one glanceatDukteandthehlooke
away beyond him into the blue haze oveif
the -distant , as she took hp the nail
stanza.
"And aye when she turned her round abbot
" Aye taller lie seemedto be,
Until the topmasts of that gallant ship -
No talIer were thazilie I
"Is it not weird and uneanny and some-
how fascinating? - Itwas alwattsmy
favorite:" she added.
"Mine too," he said, "but I never can
help looking on it with a professional eye,
and regretting that it is so impossible to
illustrate." . . .
, "Why," 'responded Zora," could you not
-paint one of those dark stormy seas, with
the white horses'inanes• tossing Out, and e
leaden sky. piled up with thundercleuds,
and a ghostly -ship, still and not ,swayin
On the waves, and one grey shadowy flout
standing; and the woman? let 'me see, ho
would you paint the woman? •the•ently tea
human figure inthe picture I" .
' "It is easier suggested than done," said
Mike, "but if deft. I do it, I shillcome t
you for -hints:" -
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Zora was leaning over the,. balustrade
looking ue, ,et him, the spray of Glean
der hanging idly in her hand. Duke was
regarding her with interest and
tion ; but there was it respectful distance
betweeu them, and both had their feature.,
and expression e scrupulously ender colt trol„
Which was fortunate for thee], as the next
person to appear Suddenly - on the terrace
was Kate Craven; who would certainly
have.'" phaffed" them Mercilessly, and pro
bably publicly, had aitythitig in the look or
manner of either happened to. Catch her
volatile attention.
, -It was the first time that Duke had ever
had even the briefest conversation alone
with. Zora; the experience was decidedly
a pleasant one, and he wished it to be
repeated.
' Nevertheless he would have been either
indignantor amused, accordingto his mood,
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and have deemed himself a cruelly misjudged
and wrongfully suspected victim, tf any one
had suggested that there lurkedany posse
' bill -ties of disloyalty to _ Lult.in this admit
ration'he felt for Zara( It was -the most
natural, simple, probable, harmless thin
that he should like Zora and find pleasure
in her, company. Could an artist deny ite.
dint meet' of-admirationteethat most lovelyr
face? could a man help feeling a, kindly'
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sympathy and interest in that fair fragile
looking- -orphan, who seemed to etaudts
alone itt the World; and whose life appeared
to be a course of self -abnegating cheerful
devotion to the cordedand lappirtegs of
„every one around het? And •then ,thefevi
slow or epaden glances he had received
from those dirk eyes were so magical -tea
surcharged with antelectric sympathy' that
placed her en 'rapport at once with whoever
she looked upon—that' it was not in the
nature of mortal min . not to wishtoMeet
the full gaze of those eyes again. -
Lull liked'Zera,. and foiled her a very-
.
pleasant companion, and was se utterli
unsuspicious -of any danger,#tpuke's-admi
-ration—pnrely artistic appreoiation, as she
deeme.d—Of Zora, that she in her innocent
unconsciousness spoke to him of Zora in
terms Mote likely to deepen than di -minis
his interest.
"Zora is so. kind and sweet," she would:
"you are enthusiastic, Kato," said Zora, say to -hint. "Whon I haveta -headache
- with a§ soft Mile. ".BUt-, it is certainly e 'quite: leitg for her eyery time I wake. She
handsome face," she •added, vety demurely wouldbe just the perfection of atnurse
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with her lips, and in her ' heart echoing she moves as softly as a :._ cat; her voie
Estate rhapsody. . • never jars npon you; her very dress neve
Zora, was a prudent little woman; who rustles aggressively as those of flOMe peOpl
had laid to heart certain. lessons of worldly doe her whole influence -is. _so ,soothing:1
- lore, and who knew that "it Would not do" She is one of those rate people whose pie
' for her to admire Miss Glencairies "Over- sena Mike a sedative to irritable nerves.'
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-4‘ That is right; darling.- I like to know
that when you are 'laid ap-:with reit head
aches arewellttakeht gated:" Peke
would reply to Luli; and then add to himself
that Zortetwas certainly. a most remarkably
-attractive girl, and exercised a wonderful
influence over s.,11 who came near her; andhe
would-. lose himself in conjeettites about
Zora's paet and spechlatiOne. as :to her
future. - • .-•6
The first tete-a-tete With. Zora was net en
speedily repeated as Daft; douttlehave
desired. - Opportunities of aonveffsation
with her, further than their .both -joining in a
general disoussioin welre eesidesonght than
found. Itviseesbnie days after their Morn-
ing meet:hag-on the terrace ' that they hap-
pened to Meet alone segaiia; and this time,
too, it was on the terraCe.. .
• lt was not morning now, but burning
noon; tor the midday sun in the early days
of an Italian October is burning still.The
white 'statues -Wean:dug aMong. the green
'foliage looked cool in the sunshine; the
late lilies Spread their waxen petals wide;
the last of the oleanders perfumed' the air
with their almond -like 'scent. On the burn-
ing white-hot wall a. green lizard basked
with dull . black , te.- large garden -
tortoise roasted -himself. peacefully on the
geaveltwalke AwaY.te- the distance; beyond
the azure line of the lake, the curves of
purple hills blended 'stiffly away. into the
dreamy haze of the intense blue Sky. But
front -the Mon:lent he delight -sight of Zora,
Duke ceased totakeany interest in the
lar dscape.
. .
She was :sitting under a tree of :white
fusohip—that which she had Only known
as a green -house potted plant in London
she found here a sheltering tree—with
some flowers in her hand; as feat %dower,
.as. the .hischte-bells which - drooped 'over
her; and seemed to kiss her curling hair, as
still and graceful as the Marble. Nymph
who stood with 'poised Marble pitcher,
and 'flowing: marble drapery beside. The
stone nymph was: cold and soulless beside
that Warm human loveliness; the very
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flower. petals were not more pure and deli -
Cate arid- beautiful than .Zere. seemed to
Duke as he -hastened to join her; and
disturb her dreamy solitude. Hie -eyes lit
upwith expressive pleasure and admire -
lion; ..that proved his words to bo no idle
compliment, as he said "
"Whattuck to.end you here !" -
Zora looked up, and - colored; and as -she
Jett • the vivid critesint suffuse- her cheek,
she looked deem.- - Duke, thinking it possi-
ble' that his greeting, all eircurnstances
considered, naight. have been a tittle. too
*sent, toned.dowe the open admiration Of
his gaze,and added lightly; "Everybody
else in the establishment is asleep, lthink."
- "Like the lizard and the tortoise," said
Zera, glancieg from ono. of the reptiles to
the other: "1 have been watching them ;
they look se supremely happy, the cold!
blooded creatures l'
Dekesat down methe stone bench in the
shaaow,and took off. his hat, and pushed
the curly hair off -his brow, and enjoyed the
prospect of an uninterrupted tets-a-tete with
Zora, on her "pert, also enjoyed the
prospect; but timorously end nervously,
and altogether too keenly for her own' peace
of mind, or that of °there. Dukeltlayburne
was eertaizilytas Kate Craven said, "dan-
gerously handsbme," and • Zone although
her experiences in some . departmentt of
flirtation and romance .were not Very
limited, had never happened. to "look upon
- his like". hitherto. Indeed, the like of that
face, after which passing strangers turned
to gaze, was not often to be seen;' and to
Zora he seethed the "world's one men." -
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They talked 'a little* Natural History,
suggested by Zora's remark about the
tortoiee p. little ars,t_a little about the
weather, and then Zore, Observed that "She:
had left Sate to enjoy 0, quiet litt18;inta.".
"Mrss Craven does not generally likeyon
to be away frona her, I know1 suppose
she is your dearest friend ?". .9bserVed.
Duke, tehtatively. •
"My . dearest and .iny hest friend,"
replied Zora. • . -
"But you naest have many itiends?" he
rejoined, • reflecting that here . Was an.
opportunity of possibly learning Something
of Zora's poeition end .prospects from her
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own lips. •
"Why should you say filo?" sheaeked,
lifting her large lustrous brown eyee to his
with a kind of soft surpriser ' • .
" It is inconceivable that jiou should not
have friends both many and true."
" I have. very, very few," she Answered,
with &mournful inflection in her clear low
Voice. "Very few real friends, that is.
And I need friends more than most people,
for I have not a relation in the world now"
They were treading ondangerous ground
-.,--ground that, if .safe •for colder nature's,
was dangerous to those two now and here,
and they both knewit; but heither could
now tern back. Zeta was not acting; there
was truth in her words, her tone,: her look,
but the most skilful actress could not have
lured a man more tempthagly stepby step
toward the Huai that mark the bbundary
between loyalty and disloyalty, and it Was
One of those occasions where in the histri-
onic art there -lies .safety‘, and in the truth
and impulse there lurks danger.
•" When you count your friends hencefor-
ward," said Duke, involuntarily lowering
his voice, ", wilt you count. Me as -one? I
_know we have net been -acquainted long ;-
but I feel as if we had known each, other:
for years. Will you not honor Me by
reckoning_meanaon.gst your real friends?"'
-_"You are very kind," seed.. Zora slowly
and softly, " but—I dare not ,aceept your
'friendship."
- She shook her headslightlY, regretfully;
as ins:reluctant, but enforced negative; as
she looked up at hint with steady:sadeyes.
The dirk depths. of those dreamy eyes Were
-full of •mournful yearnings; and in thein
passion seemed struggling to the light, and
sorrow quenching passion itt a, mist Of
Unshed tears. Those eyes Were, danger
signals, from which a prudent Mae would
have taken- warning. .
"Why not ?". he said earnestly ahdunpe-
thously."Because •- 'of :billet old-world.
delusion that it is impossible for a friend'
ship to exist between ' man and woman ?"
Duke knew- that the ohl- world theory of,
which he spoke.,with such, eager score'
wag in itiis nstance perfectly perfpbtly _ right.
"Leave the 'Olet world :`,16.- key -what it Will,
of:whafis_bees but What- the world elcies
not see it oaimot talk, of , -.APA. tY-Fe.ttre ter
away' from the London world here," he
Went on, With ft transperent, attempt to
assume that only :the world of London
weeld disapprove or disbelieve hi ...the
frieudship he proposed, although - he did
not expect for a moment that this assump-
- A ,
tion would delude -hitt -and indeed only put
in the. elapse As a Sort of concession .to
conscience. 'LSO that we are friends!"
he fmiihed ; and Zara could not resist the
Warm,: half -Pleading, half -commanding,
look of his dark gray eyes. " " •
"We are friends then," she. said. very
-softly and timidly. • , -
At this 'point they Were interrupted by
the eight of dienceirn and Luli coming
along the terrace. Both Dike and Lira
maintained an admirable coinposhre. And
nonchalance and smi1edin greeting to the
other two with the serenest equanimity;
eianlL.el
n Zora's cheek the color flushed
if
Leh--whe, was an enthusiastic - -and
incorrigible lover of all four Teethe' crea-
tures, who picked up stray does end relieved
starving cats, and had not ceased to meant
-the lamentable-loseef Duke's first present,
the white terrier, Jack, who: had beehlost,
aed advertised itt vain—now e appeared
dragging , along by, the collar a leage St:
Bernard dog,- young, unwieldy, and half-
grown, Who Wouldhrobebly bees big as 8;
geed -sized donkey wheh he had attained to
his faleheight and strength..., _
"See, Whet a beauty he lel- he's a- real -
St. Bernard. Assuntabas. just brought hem
to show its int high delight; her sister has
received it as s present from a Countesssomehody. , be a darlitg ? look at his
great pawel",
Luli held a huge clumsy, heavy
paw toward Zprete hand; but Zero:, tuteally.
so ready to raven& drew baek.a step. :
z" Please don't jet it teeth me I" she said
With an epelegette and leutteating
" I -can't hear a deg to come near me."
"No? hew odd! -I em so fend of degeit
said, Luli, caressing - the, animal's_ tawny
head, but considerately retreating a little'
further from :Zora. you afraid of
-them?" ••- - , -
"It is very foolish of nae, but really I
ann. , - • - •
"1 will fast; he is only Up:up!
snd I'll tell Assiinta to keep him out of your
way," said Dili aSsuringly.
-
- Oh, no, _please don t-Mentien it: 'know
it ie an absurd heryinlanciS of mine. - I:
thilik. I inherit, it from -.My mother;- she
was bitten by e. dog °lace, and ever alter
• she could not beat even the sight of a dog.",
. ,
Glencaire turned suddenly and looked itt
Zora with unusual intentness and intettatt
"That is not strange," he said, though
itisto a certain extent' curioue :that you
should lia,Ve inherited" the terror. WaS it
a had bite ?" he added, after kpause. •
." Yes ; she had a great scar on her, wrist:
stwaya,r • _ • •
1"-.A.fid was itiii your time-eI Mean since
you: can recollect t" he asked.. .
"Not eh, no; 1 ouly..recollect Fleeing the
mark of the bite." _
• "Nerves and antipathies and hereditary
instinct are curious - things," dlencairh
observed, half abeently; With hie odd,..pierc-
iiig""eyeeetill fixed upon Zora, and sort of
frown einuracting his hrew.
"'Tina verynAthrs,r heryduknessnf Miss-
-Brown's scarcely comes under the heatitot
an. antipathy," observed Duke ; adding con-
eersetienally, by way of relieving Zone
who he thought leaked uncomfortable under
.Gleintairn's egruttny, el have heard of
cages, of 'utterly causeless and higapliceble
'antipathies. Now to met e cat is the most_
fascinating of animals, but I have known
A case of antiPapayso strong that the lady
once fainted away When she Was taken into
aroom Where there was a bet, although
the cat Was hidden, ;and nobody, not even
she herself knew if was thete.until coming
to -herself she said, There is a eat -here!'
They earched the room, and there, sine
enough, bidden in the folds °Mlle curtain,:
Was poor Puss curled up asleep" -
"That le certainly, as 'yeti_ Say, far:
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stranger than Miss Brown's -nervousness,
which is quite accounted for by Mrs.
Brown's having been bitten so badly' by a -
doe said Glencairn
It Might -perhaps have been Zora's fancy
that there was .aseght sardonic inflection
in Glenbairn's atoeht- as he spoke of her
mother as -1" Mrs Brown" It might also
have been O-leneaiih's fancy that a faint,
change, .a shadow of some discomfort,
flitted momentarily aerate Zora's face as
he .0 epoke.
That brief -conversation had impressed
deeper in- his .naihd a vague conjecture
Which he had 'entertained before. Across
his mind's eye during 'those few minutes
had flashed the -picture of a women, with
eyes - as soft, and dark; and alluring as
Zora's Owl, drawing buck the sleeve feom.
her white ariri to show r to him a sear upon
her . wrist. : -It was long ego—a Score of
years; but One wordof Zora's had roused the
faded met:tort,: inter sudden fife. The sue-
picion he had felt had how grown almost to
a certainty; .v but hile; it was not -quite
certainty the mystery ,annoyed him. He
determined that it Shoind :be Solved. No
one of the..present party could solve It but
Zora herself, and .whether even ehe could
wind off , the tangled skein aright was
another problem, --Gleneairri, however,
resolved that, whatever Zola could tell him,
he would know. - , _ -
: With this object be contrived that same
evening . to _be Zora's companion in an.
after dinner walk; and to linger behind the
rest Of the party. -There was a piece of
knowledge that :She :could timpart to him
which he desired to obtain. After- Very
little preliminary he .came Straight to his
point.' • • •
"You will think it a liberty ie.the to ask
so personal a quEistion ; but may: I inquire
your full nanie.?"
"My name r she repeated, it little sur-
prised. "Mary Zen'. Brown. - I amalways
called by second Christian name."
"But as regards your -surname.. You
Must pardon me for asking, whethet Brown
is the name to Which . you:- batra a legal.
right?" ' ,, - . • - ". - -
. . dlenceirn - Put :this delicate question
respectfully and cOurteentsly enough, - but
:with a steadfastresolution of tone that
showed : he intended s to be answered. ,
Another girl in Zora's plate might have
demanded his :right to make the inquiry.
Zora herself might to any .Other mah have
replied by a - 'refuse,' to enter upon . the
affairs. other private history to e stranger.
But the ‘power to lesteteither authority or
persuasion was,;jhst the onepowerwherein .
.Zeitt taildelteithe Avant- ,of it was the radical
Weeetitesteiehteli.ivae' -the key to ber -whole
character. And G-lenoairn was not a man ,
who waseasyto nut- off- When he. intended
,
to be . answered. .SO .Zore., replied,- With
-
painful hesitation, in a; low voice,
n--,-.I=yes-7-I have as legalf, 9‘.:pght to
the of Brown as to any ether." - - - •
"As. the IMMO of • Pante for •
instance?" •
ZorieetattedantlioOked up. _ •
L"ehrevis 1" she repeated-. Xt-,, len-
Cairn 1 do you know, then-?" .
She paused, .- and her inquiring eyes.
searched hie:face. • .
•Glencairn did- not reply AO the'.t nted
:cpieetieh, otherwise: than by saying a or a.
niement'apilence, quietly,•• •
"Once iniHyde Park IseteBesil nre
Yhes legitimate daughter and his 1 vtful -
Widow driving by Do they . know o Yotit
oaistencer : „ I • -
. "If. you know all, you cannbt thin that -
I Would -force my unwelcome 'existen e on-
their,hotioe'r she said erendly.
• . ft. would - -probably :be . useless,' he. -
observed PeztreVi died
so long ago that I imagine you can sc debt ,
lei:nen:04er him" -
"1 do_ not -remember himat all. But
who are you Who Semi"... th,know all sout ,
:inn- and *holm Ithoeght 'until now's, otal ,
stranger to me ?" she said_ wonderingl-
, "-I am just whett seem," he replied
" r sail under no table -slie
rejoined; defending -herself. against hat.
she -deemed' an: implied reproach 1 etre •
no more - lawful - right to. any Other anie
than to that of the tele -tete whent I o Iled
enhtt thougheshe was only a alatant usin,
and who wished me • to bear .Izer mt.o e of
Brown"
-.".And was thattMedeline .11fohnt rt!s-'.
wish too?" inquired Glenettere; witrio
agitation, but speekieg-vtith. a rather ore :
'careful atelguaidedequenitnity than
r hever heard of her offering any e jee-
- replied. Zeratin a 'Very
-
She is dead, you knoW., And—and Mr
Glerecatin this subject i very paint t to
"”..I.sixtuat:aPalOgize. far .allhaing to it, he
said formally .- ." not mentiol it
again I—hth-_Skinie slight acquaint nee
with Betel:- Penreita; whielt May accunt
for my. theotiphing it at 411.7 - -
Did you, -know Much tif him?" she
asked With 'something wistful iri her to , -
:peer little -waif : tossed :upon the .wav of-
the World! who hedn tater khoWn a fat r'
love or a:father's-nate! .
No; I knew but little," replied t eh- -
caireeegif he had nothing more eay o the.
Object. And nothing more did he eay., nd.
Zora who would fait have queetionedim-i
itt her turn, did not dere.' She only lo
at with timid •eittreatieg inquiry, but
he Was .unresponsive and dela; azia w 41d
net refer; again . to. tthe toPietal He ,
.aseettained -What be _wanted - to knove for .
his atm interest, audhe was not geiti to.
diVe down into the clerk past again ter re.
:tale/leak/1 was Moody and silent . at
-evening, and sat thinking long alone inulhis -
room.-itt-.mght Dreaming tether- fi art
thinking. , Not -pondering, not plain g ;
not eeiteonieg ; a prey to dark and ett igo
fancies Whieh he: did ..eot. Seek to a ue,
aWette haunted by.foreehade*inge of rw,
bable t6rM, iF4leh he nade 110 .PrOje :to
avoid, planned- nix -design" to avert, bu r set
getieg -gletornily .nt the spot where he
dreamed the cloedes would gather
To
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The, Sasliwelieurnn Fork s :Colonize.
• CainPaW (Limited.)
Mi. Hugh J. Monts/ant:14'y; the L d
Conunissiener of the Saskatchewan..F
Colonization Couipany -left Winni eg
about the 7th of -Jute, for the .epropa 's-
treet, upon whioh he has been inetnic ed
to _make oareful and elaborate reports or
the infointation of the, - oompany 1 d
intending settlers Itt his• last • report to
t he Secretary, Mr Byte:ILIA states that e
has received from -various competent
trustworthy sources the most favora- le
acdontitetof the fertility: of the .Compan
lands and their for egricuite at
purposes t The information he . as
gathered goes- strongly to confirm -
opinion - of Prof. Maeoun and ot er.
high authorities that the 'great day of
the Northwest will be or near the Fp 1s
of the tSasketchewae. Mr: Mentgoin y
.says: -" The general,opintoe amongst thte
most competent to judge is that ,the gr itt
tide of -emigration ia setting in towards . is
portion of. the Northwest, and that e n
during the present •season the country h
:Ithat direction will *Come rapidly settle 2, •
'One feature. Of the tract witiOla will co
Mend it to the attention ' of intend
settlers is its accessibility from Wihei
by several cheap and convenient routes
travel...It is understood that the Dom
fon lend surveyor appointed to -survey
company's lands is at present tit -route o
the tract, and so -Soeh .as histlab 8
sufficiently,- advanced- the. :leave -elle
of the eompaily with regard to the
ment of their lands Will be proceeded wi
on
tt
A Ileavy Verlict. _
The jury who brought ih. "suicide n
second degree ". against .an unhappy 1-
SOner could barely beat this perform* e, •
reported:in the _Baltimore San: The 1,
lowing amusing incident occurred at
castle, Va.., during the last terra of
Botecourt.county court: A. jury was
pahnelled to try one BoleachargedWith
-assault on J. G. Sperry, the latter tes y-
ingin the case. t After two days' .delib .
tient the jury returned :into court '-wit
verdict of Maindaughter." It !'would e
.hard to picture the - scene thatfolio «d. •
The bar was convuleed, the "dead en
sinilcd audibly, Judge Pa mer look don or.-
moMent in_mute astonishment 14a tbn
hid behind his newspaper:
. _CommilanderiCheyne's rpoject...
Commander -Cheyne hes 'returned
Toronto from Ottawa- for the- present.
has not yet bbteihed-a deeieiveengwerfr m.
the 1)omirtion GOVercirdeut relativeto ie
experimental navigation of _Hudson
The Imperial Government has been
municated with on the subject; and per d. .
itinkge-lay.trheiietlyal-ifyttomhingthvgialti hqshapertneerldetreis ' o
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