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"Never
father
cattle
and
had
: her
• ;what
any
nowadays."
They
to
it ,was
tered
asked
eeive,
. "
_house
' und
Us
-1747-drinfirfelr,-
merely
al waye
what
'never
. "Ho
' • don
down
preparationn
dOWn
they
' he
least.
:. we
fatigue
'Wery
Lady
" But
that
66
as
that
eoeak
pect
father
. Lady
6 qf
ence
could
;She
had
• we
'•-!inelat:.
' Her
'gathered
ited
table
• ter,
leaving
• 5
' • , '•
,.. .
mind;•2
loaf millions,
days that
then ' she
a eenVeilient
own plebeian
-society
one. with
had finished
the shotteuing
now
to light
her mother
their cousin
Decidedly
is. theirs;
f think
not, to appear
how strat!ge*
visitors
been
did Hugh
showed
Said
for a couple
this evening.
quietly
saw any
hoped .ere
. ,
until
would not
of • ajeurney
considerate,
Olivia,
it . sounds
we are
wow', .Baid
*ell accustom
we have
r and.after
front it
yeas
Olivia
her affected
she felt
neVer
hated , the
boon too
go Up- stairs?'
"They'll.
mother,
up.
it. in a
.• • ' Then,
she went
the
andraWalt
' .
past
Huddling
-class -carriage
th
toward
sat Laura.
the folds
to read
uncertain,
'he,
and,
peel-
But
and
a den -Need
dingy brick
clusters
point
'like a'
city.
thin.panorama,
was . 'lathing
' past. neat
kaleidoscopes
signboards;
roadway
successiens
trimmed
copse and.
:tended
oCgarden
The, train
country
moment
a large
of vanishing
carriages,
as the
compartment
mass of
After the
had =Shed
and ,a
- lilatforui
Mites
by a
over
in
to a
omnibus'
of restless
Hug_h ,puk_her
was closed,-
•l•
.
added
,ia.
money
quite
the°
not"
it
it
they
as
and
, w-ould
the
merely.
second
.6earcely
there
,gro*
harshly
her
'little
serlants
"
.
paddedlieshion
of
too,
prompted
some
'
vague..
. . •
'S
my
Is nil
-Manlier
'arigin),
• owning
their
of
dark.
lamps,
if
and
was
We are
would
. until
it
' .
F ' ,
64v, I hear
awl in Wen)
that is neceielary,"
(Lady.....Warrington
,.-
Of .forgettiug
"1 'don't
: to.
Manages
teicauti,
the -huttnini
A••eervant
and Lady,
she intended
his wife.
the reply'.
only visitors
be Much
dinner."
some,"
to
.,
better
• remarked
.
- -
'Almost
get
to.
•
delno
know.
owi
lays,
Olivia•.
."
now,
,
' , '
, ,
lAer
--•--,-iii---lingli's--deseriptione
.
•
•0
in
..g.
g ,
en-
,
re-
•
,.,._
I no
•
for
•.
•
tture,111.re 'ilrvietilicleclitilt3teliVdtue9d.antrumun
by his cousins; aid" Aura, alter she
had become inure •aec,ustiariod to her our-
had
ro.uodiliga, endeavored to the hest of her
ability to -draw her new relatives into
conVersation, so that, as the dinaerpro-
Stied; the two ilnglisliwomee ilaPeat'
grei tl d ' t 11 e r d
a I $ 0, an ac. nu: 7 aPP .a. 0. amused,nero
of --Weetern--iiie
1 ' '
an" Laurq, ki accoun o, . or , re un-
reissione of London. • -
P ,-
' ' 'k d 1 •
Lady livia 14 e . aura, rather,• but
considered her " tremendonsly bad
u •
form, while her mother "WAN thankful
o was 8o much morepresentable
that she „ . • .defidp,
than
ii she had expected. The elder wo- ,
man had pictured to herself' a - mon-
reture ' oisteroue, and ill-bred
strous e , 1? • , .
whose bearing was utterly vulgar, and
here as a' Insiutiful girl who 'heeded
. .
'culture•f ' d "
only a little o . voice an more
.different,
repose of manner to Make her quite like
.. . ,_ did
one of themselves. She use some .gradually
...
outlandish expressions, it Was true, and
her nuptatritl-,--leartywlaughtt'veloptooleud-imairiVW-
but,111,--Lsi e as not nearly so .
after a - Icut
t d w' 'd t t
bad as she expec e , an she meant 6
• . •
'd '
tell her• exarly what she mus avoid
. , _,.... . ..
in order to reate a favorahle impres
sion in society . . •- . • .
. .
• d
y d they I
So dinner *ore on an . _ ey al seemed
to become, la a way, better f, tends,
though the congeniality. wae perhaps a,
trifle forced. Lady Olivia asked Hugh
did not intend- to have some of his
if he . . , , . , _ _
Id._friends _ own for the • hunting. next
0 0 , . „ _ ..
month. • -
,„ ,,_ ,, .always
answered, ' "I have already
. . zee, I he, - ._
asked one man who ought.to please you,
' n ed since I went to
unleileyou ,haVe chit, g
the Staten". • , . -
- ,. „
Wh • th. . Sked.
. • o is a• - a y ,,, 'via a .
•" Your . old -friend, pangdon. I ran
• . - ••
Piccadilly'•yesterdayafter -
across 11101 11.1 ..‘ . r .
"2P." • . . ._ . , • . .for
There was a cOastrained silence for a.
. . s
Lady Olivia•flushed little,•
moment • .,a
tab. . 7 • .
, recovering her ca mness, ri I.. .
99 h 1 'it'd with
insinuating - direetnese : "I shall be
delighted• .W. ' ' t-'-
.. e are no quite as close
f • d •fo 1. but still we get• on '
Tien 6 as,.. . a . old flame, oi
aa„"' by. e way, there- isan
- between us and
y ,urs.' .iving hal yay.rus
1 b• 1 d t
Goodwood Park. ou • wil • e g a o
.
renew • your ' • ' I
acquaintance, am .sure."
"Who" u - •te
h half • t''
? asked Hug ,frQBPQC Mg
whom she meant '' •
. "When . •--
M knew'-- lc •was' Madge.
- you . .er she,_at
Barclay. • She ,is• married n9w, yow
knoW.'
,Laura started. at the iou,nd of this
name. She glanced toward her husband
- t - - --h---t-f -13 • _ , .
o see w a in ression Me announcement
.vtauldLmake_unon hillie--111 ' -
I' d . 'tnaturally' that h
p le qui e e would be
glad • to see her again; but imagined that•
rgo ea m--- y- is---,.
she had almost fo ' a.' hi- b th•
.time. Hermindwas relieved. . 7
LadyOlivia•t t be'outdone'' b •
, no o . by
.11ugh's indifference, tamed -the cOnverea-
tion back to Captain' Langdon by ask -
, int how her7eoutiiii had induced that in
veterate . Sportsman t ' d t
, • o come . own o
Sussex when he had always en wedded'
to`the shiree. ' '
" M -s. , :'-aid , he ' Weetired • of grass,..i
,... Hugh -reuliediy f.'' and, wanted to try„, We,
..--ir ., •
etas Pend heavy beau of our
`" , ,, .
country just' f •
y .or a caaage.
" Well, I can't conceive a man Who has
-hunted in Ilia shires, coming H do • here.
from, u • . ,
•
n. .
ril.•;1/11,..!,-Z; b'e' -411(11: ivanrYth(e7L ePieiraeli
nWaY from the window and left, the
elleat moonlit Park behind OM*. , , ,,
a • CHAPTER ' y.
. . 1
In .Aeierienne the instinct which en
' e
alii li theili quickly -to adopt new man-
and modes of life is abnormally de-
Velenid- ' " 41.16-1 r '"---T'I ' Ili ' ''44
1 .. lithi, t ).11 ars'° ' raw e
fact that the nation. is still 4. a forma-
tie state, with no long settled tradi-
tione, or results from physical traits
peculiar to the race, is perhaps a mat-
ter for some future ' tiathrepologist to
. but it ie apparent to, anoh-
e •ve
s 1 • r , that wherever an American of .
intelligence 14 placed he rapidly arrives,
at a 1 ' • i . '.
1 understanding o the manners and
sympathies of those about him and
' •
adapts himself to theirmod of I'
e de.
Laura even stran l
7/Laura , . ge aud unnatural .
as her now home atfirst-
.41 seemed, began
to become accustomed 'to life
at .Warrington Coiirt, .It must net be •
-
'itoWeirs tii-t-- . V - ' -
,. r, . a 'her ne esse„
' t'
ii.oris produced an actual metamor-
phosie of charaeter, or that she rapidly
'
fell into the well worn roo es which
. v
g , • -
conventionality had formed for a wo-
man in her , ositiou • On the .contrar
. • „P • , , . y,
months eased before'
. p she thoroughly
masteredthe intricaciesof Englitili social
life_, het like_Others of her countrywo-
men ,she became a close 'observer and
/toted upon the resultsof
, .,. :her oheerva-_ _tees-
tion. . _:__. - — • • : .. -
She • . . , - . '
was sensitive to d
,, . a egree .and the
fear that she -might ethimit soin 0, ogre-
giou's blueder lia,unted her continually.
uick to - t e • ' •
Q . realize h - strew which the
members' Of ' her husband's fa • laid•
WLY
t ' ' '
up.on. he minutest detail of, etiquette,
she -followed their words a--11 aetions
n
•th ' •
wi an. attention Which was almost
painful. -Her husband wits surprised at
the ‘suddenese with which . her manner
h ' ' • •
became subdued At times he had on •
the. ' . '
, e. voyage across the Atlantic endea7 •
vored to imagine her rom in 'and sin 7
' - -- - '. •P g . g
mg through the corridors of Warring-
t C t ' H . '
.on oarpictured her an
inghler, hat .9n a stand •,of strinor; and
' 'lig. pp the great etairway .two stepe
• at a time With a' group of astonished
:
and horrified servan 'w -
as itnessee of
the steno, and he, had, endeavored tO
.. .
ea ' 4 _ . _. ._ _. .h...,•wonlitieel.
r Hze t e 'mortifiCation e . ' - - • ' .
the . thought . that this girl: was the.
Countess; of Warriggton, and .his wife:
Had • he possessed orethorough..,
p a in
g .
mtiwledge -of women,. and • American
, women .in .particulax;_ he Might lave -been .
0 ared his mental 'angels)]. '. '
--
• .... •
aura was a gir who. possessed the
keeneet susceptibilitiestunited with a
nature at ,once sympathetic and . iensi,
. .4;
tive,, At. home she had 'given vent to
• her youthful feelings because there was
no one to gainsay her. - She.. knew that
the people of. Highland Glen -applauded
'her --unaffected .freedom of manger and.
'she experienced.. a certain '• . amount of
.
harmless delight in shocking her parenta,
but there was, after all, a strong. nn-
dereurrent of refinement in her nature. .
' The moment the doors of Warrington
• Catirt' Were opened to receive ''their new
mistress that mistresp, realized the dig-
...„ . .
ni y of her .position, . A vulgar, under -
'' suddenly elevated • to
bred_.._..„,.pernon
'--
.
.. . -.. , ..
e til dinner. Those were,,
rettiligiteiliblianyte9f9or the. new Lord Wat- ,,W,ItILa
rington. lie was so happy in the pleas-
ere Of suddenly returning to his native
leradi atter yearn of exile, and finding
himself in possession of all his 'soul's
deslree, that he thought his wife must
ober° his joy. When Laura saw him re-
turn from a. ride over the estate with
,... • , PI, his , . . .
len steward,•race beaming ,s; smiles ,
1' siv'th'thing
is e ee a g owing w ea ,,, p e
i,:h h Ith' h '
telt that she had no rAght..."9".0.94418,14.Of .
lOnelineee. .
Hugh • would gladly have taken her
with -him, but she did not know how to
rids; ' and there was little pleasure in
driving . .
in an open rap.mysaid
_.,' -t through mist '
r . rain, . , Kipp? . ...
' lie Bedalso that Laura
would find, companionship with his'
sins; but there something patron-'
ere was so
king in Lady Warrington's manner and
Lady Olivia was so supercilious and in-
-that she preferred to -be alone.
Added to the natural shyness of their
.
race, the two Englishwonien felt •ri sort
-
I •. r.. .
•
.1-Piental," said 141,dy -trwirlhattenr4;
little eyeclannthWolp,,, , . .
"1 -":4 "thrOW.ra.laterif'IbOif..,In
and never expect to see hins again
April, When he peeps. out in,* halkhearta
ea way as though,: he .. were eslissisdr
of heliat Peen in company with 'Wed* 4
reputable weather. Out you will
used to it I time.That ill to Velg
- ing ' except - lin east -.- • -an* • •
tat wind. Alle
' f h ti g tit the
wet!, rom r Anima 0 on 0 ' 111:111K
illation -01, illakerlitien debt; are Aged* • -4-
ed to thathOrrible east wind." ,
Laura replied that she had alreadyw'
perieneed it, and could sympathise WW1,
those who suffered from it a ill Mee*. 's
"Now,dear," ' '. d Lad .1=0 •
ill tO abruptlychangingthe y subject
a n, e mu
.1" -if you will pardon mo, X alp going, fekr
give you a i • e motherly advIce. tit
little ad i I lha,
been through the same mill you are Isla, .. •
in 'ground in. • Sir Thomas Married MO '
when he was as par as a church nimialio
I had no friends I didn't - undo
• • . ,
En lioh, customs,.00.....1,nrearly-died„,o•
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of„reseatigete,rtErWar Daiarea.-. d
ti.„. -tor
'Adored he; a usurper, who had accident-
ally etipereededthem and there Were, be 7
. '
sides no matters 61 common interest, 00
- '
it was not surprisieg that the relatione ,
ti •
etween the. En glish women and their
AmeriCan. cousin' were far from igniPa-
, thetic. • •
One afternoon, about a fortnight after
her arrival at Warrington -Court, Laura
wite.„ taking tea with the-riowager COUII"'
and -her-daughter in the drawing; •
room. At this, honk the . three women,
became' more sociable, an for a.
few miautes, at lead,' theY. ehatted af-
fablY , Lady Olivia condeecended to ad-
* •
dress Laura as "my- dear," and her
motherproffered a few euggeetions about
getting ,on with the country _peopletio?
-
as the min Wits Alibiing for the hilt time
.since her arrival -a dim, misty iniology .'
sunshine, it is true, but none. the' less
•,
welcome -,-Laura _ felt in. an untienallY
• '
cheerful frame of Inind. . She had just
finiehed her cup of tea, and had, she
thought,. actually begun. " tolike the
t ff " c
8 u . -a ern n .eit ging nn own 111
ft ob t b ' kn •
her mother's house -when a servant en-
tered and. annOunced impressively" Lady.
Twirlington and Mis. Penton." Laura's
heart gave a little start: Both names •
were tempi i to her, the ;former as that
Of a.well- ' ' American.''learn.'
. own woman who-
gave very smart .parties-and-waelooked
upon as a leadr of fashion_ „and- the latter
as the marrie name -of _Madge Barclay,
so she. instinctively atted-in -the-defen,
sive • manner- ofA excesshee civility *bleb
--a- Woman-- nsua ly - assnmee'towarde: ' a
rival. . __, .
e was anxio to see if the Mental
:picture she had 'formed of Thigh's, first
. love was at all like the original, end
: her .,curiosity was soon satisfied, for 'Lady
closely followingthe servant came the
women in question. - .. , •
While_ they were greeting Lady_Olivia
and her Mother, ad introductions Were
being made,. Laura] had time to examine
them hurriedly. ' - ,'. •
Her Met thought Was of Mrs. Fenton,
andshe law a; well dressed woman of
Middle height entered • the room
with the air Of experienced assurance .dissemble
which distinguishes the woman of lash-
ion . from her provincial cousin Her
figure was _•slight - and whoa; lid. Laura
saw- that she . knew .:: hew -t "T. dress- and-' L:the7Countrle.."
parry herself to the. best advantage. kilin.
shook hands -with- the supercilious thudh.
affected by her flet, and Laura was sure'
she detected, the :slightest tiage Of .arti=
ficial color. beneath her Spotted veil. She
thought, 'too; that her face was hard and.
selfish, but- 'feared that it might be dim-
.
gerously attractive to mem Her little, ,
gray eyes were set -close • together, • and
.. . . .
twinkled. mischievously, ' when • she
smile,,, and beneath the thin..lipit=cold;
-hard
the s'..-.1- ..
blues ' oW; e. noslitu# WI, • ll• Ilaw,
are 'extremely shy ; • they don't matt tilt '
be no, but they don't understand foreigaiir '
erli at all. At home we are ;much. Milt
eaMe,I. fancy, but it is oursiatiVeOtielliit
.
and it doeen't bother- use ' ' : ' ,
' " How eel I to Overborne this .eltitil
nese?" feinted Laura. . ' :1'
• " You can't overconieqt ekeePt by:lillek:
coining , like .them. You Must 'f
that you age an Ainerican. • Yon
talk like thein," dress "like them' and 'IttiC,.
like them. You must .leara to look lift•::
thiogs f rom *their paint , Of :. vie* oar :
1,- . -
when you do .you 'will, be happy', bat: '
before." , ' . .
"But • hail that 46;144 r
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'Laura. ' . • .'. •• :• ' •
' " Nonilenee,, my dear ii , _A ',:ivoinsta. ,. •
no nationality after She is marrioiLlfilio
*see that with her. name. ' She 'be - i•'' '
to her 'husband and must affiliate'.
his, people. You can't, bring the., who
population of the United, HingdOln,..::
think as ..you do, se unless you Weenft•
. , . ,. .
remain a Audi:Pally _you, intult.,' noetnlielt.'
' t ' E li h. '' ' Th ' ' ' " ''
PIS as ng s as you can: , el) 70110,-.:
will have no end of fun, for we are ''*IP.,
-amusing people ;once you:.ktiOW•ge.7 •
Laura confessed tha,t she..' tee •
the 'Wisdom of this advice -Mid 11
• - . gla_l. :
she had always been trying bei.leeet
. ' ' '... icle--
, the, ways of her household.
, ." If 'there's anything yeit "' want to
know, task Me," answered x.adrzT*4044'
ingt4n, reassuringly. "Ton 'p.esai' '
.. _., _ ,
Me ail' a...fruiter mother and canto-.
with all your little well."_.
-Litiara-itras about -te.thitak her -gO,..
i . , heii_nlas.,tat., ernpitsed,..
. , .
Mrs. Fenton,. 'Who addressed • her in
somewhat patronizing manner
"Your husband and 1,0kOM •;
Warrington," ': .. • igle0
don't. feel . that you 'isal X:should beiA
strangers to each Otlaa...". - ..,.. '''
, "Yes, .1 have -.".-Ottopi' -beat_
Laura replied, and thinialiej,.*
grily for thus itdmitting'*at;,. • ini
often had herin hialli011101t14::'"t'
., - .
band will be sorry not ta,01.,
Mrs. Fenton," she continued with ash
'civility, for she Ilikinat;jeii,,
Sawmill:01Y.: .:-'' -•';,
"Oh, lam* I shall Meet,
to
enough:. You know we .,„o neigh
.,,
..and..every.-onetnieista fernier ',Okla ri'l"
with
in the"
our . o
eity
tQ•
*ere
of
they,
get
i5ne.,
.
helidays.
feel like
HoineWhat
. like 'a
.h6r,
durselves
been
all,:
cousin;
did 'not
languidness
were-
,used
world
She
be -arriving
acting
embroidery
followed
to her
the
,
an
Surrey
In
the
' Her
his travelling
a Copy
fading
would
remark'
,,,
to Laura
picture
• a Nigh, ” to
hoes° which",
Wn I By the way,
in his letter ?
nie.li
to in in Lou-
weeks, but would,
They wanted
desired to come
weli settled before
And he added "that
stop ivith them.
_
He imagined
-undergoing
juet at present.
I'm sure " replied
.,
sarciatieallY•
delicate reminder
here on sufferance."'
inothei, .. we
'to the
dethroned, .8o
what can we
to Whom
Civil?" , - ,:.,
..
reply.. le spite
and indiffer
some thing e
to, nor fOrgeLy
and 'thought
used by it. " Shin
asked after a.
_shortly,"
up9n, this remark,
' and dopes-
workbasket on
by. her dauire-
own- ,a,paxtmen
to remove the
' The
has
You
be
no
,
• at
the
,,
- '
-
may
fact
to
ex-
your
. , .. •
She
she
iit
mo-,.
.';
the
r
' tea .
new
, ..
was
a •
eves
•,„
was
by
. •
the.
was
- - ---tiai
mietress.
Meanwhile
speeding
downs.
• first
against
directed
. &OW:,
., in
trying
' • the
-.. - sionally
- 'window,
. , ''• bences,,
• ' placq.
strange
:Was
,of :
. endless
.• converging
tol.a
wern.obseured
,..
' Jag
• • ighty
Scarcely
. , with
••she
try,
like
cored
' White
seeing..
• closely
,of
-. - fully
, est
-
little
a
of
row
'lighted
fused
last
zing
. -van.
,,,,,,,,Hugh
-,.,,,dowti
. three
. sieted
. walked
toning
lamps
an
• pairs
champing.
' -
— •ctocik
, •--It'ox
horses'
the
cheerlessly
She
Shoulder,.
ingly,
much
:.
helpless
wondering
- brought
world.
three
„passed.
' ,the
jolting
• - stone
. brougham
. ...carriage
- the
,.'
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' ohortly,
otivie,
. • 'dining
- ... ..,Ditting_th*-earlk-patt,olt,
, converseitiow-waveltiefirtilmitt
• 'Of
..„, She
6
. decidedly
, ' solemnity
Served.
footmen
*hail
.' pressed
respect,
thought
'inothera
'table
*fervor ed their
, , ,.
express train '
hills and Sussex
the corner of
her head resting.
and her
- mist covered _win,
husband wrapped:
ulster,
of the Globe-
• light, and Omit-
glance 'out of
by earlyreminis-,..s_an
upon a familiar
. .
everything.
In her mind there
of rowSuponrowe
._:
l'aural.e. . rank might. -not.. -have
the obligations . which nobility' imposes,
but Laura, though possessing noxi of the
false •dignity Of a Snob, or the manner-
LIM/ of a prig, had been born ' with the
'instincts of a gentlewoman It was the
..' fear, • too, of 'mortifying laugh which
prompted•. her t o
h •study the. Actions of :-
•thoseraliont her; and she needed no. apec-,
ml instructien to teach her that the
traditions of , . • Warrington' ' Court de=
mended from its mistress the dignified
--- •,__,.. ---
• ...; ! '7 '-',:',:p ,,
-.'. Laura said something about' 6 -goo
houses
of 'smoky
down . lines
where house
by the
coverineOf
had she
. through
little
of
dashing
and
Ot.
•hedgerows.
woOdland,
thifn the
spots
slowly
station,
Under the
u.Mbrella„she
heads
speed
seemed
lights.
dark . .-'form
past
(couple
' it --war
from her
tall and
a stretch
the dim
point where
were in
horses
their bits...
info
the
(surmounted by
chimney . pots)
of , sloppy streets
. and pavement
dismal mist,
gloom over the
_
. - ' . ' .
familiarized herself
of housetops bet(*)
the open conn-
'stations, fleshing-
confused, Inniti*c01-'
by Miles of hard
warm, •green fields,'
dainty villas: and
and stretches
all more care:
wee est and chili=
at honie. '4-• • ".-- •
.drew out ,from the
and •standing.for
. protecting shelter
looked at the
in the brightly
groWing • More -cow-
increased, until the
a mere Whiz.'
- ',a1 . • '
of • the .guard's
she was; left with
of Servants on the
ringtotic• Iiittlatotsi.
"low home. r.. As
sombre footman she
of flagstones gam-
light of the. station
a brougham and
waiting and two.
: were • nervously
: ' '
the earriag.e; the'
servant 'Monate-tithe
drove awaY., The
rhythmically . in
drizzling rain beat
the Window panes.
upon her husband's
his arm reassur-
began to tell . her
Warrington Court ,
'feeling a
his protection and
fatality which had
this strange, new
' pessible that
cauld-haver, been
She heard
hoofs and felt the
the carriage on the
the courtyard .• The
under., the cover- of ; a
they alighted before
of . Warrington Court
considered it becent-
keep new acquaint.
distance, and,- be-
doubts as to Laura
person' for the groat
accidently fallen
her daughter , always
'-
ol dinner win:Made
/
„followed .by lady
led the way to the
dowager Countess,
-the, sePas'41$14,
,pdrstme-
never heard, end-
constrained -and felt
by the ceremonious
• the dinner wad
movements lot the
eXaetufint With.
.. .. ..
Vitas perfermed inv.
• tense of ' Mee and
Sinned _When she
by her.
the
the „Mittel one 'MUM
_ choice. .
"You 'forget Yourself,' cousin" • he
smiled " -:'' Pali -ably- -the ' Minting. • . was
Only a blind.:- You raight to. know men
better than to believe all they say." -
"Did he meet your. wife .?" she asked
,• • •
h• h ' 1,, t • • ' t•
in manner w .ic , i not minus ing,
was sufficient' to make him send an angry
.glance ' across the table, 6,nd Mutter
ee yes i” •2 b : 1 that Lad 01 •
o rusque y• y Olivia
thought' :it, wiser not to continue the;
convereation._:,
lortunii.which gave erii,'Mrs. Penton.
a, neighbor,, and,* - OM dered wint
„
attraction Hugh could .bay.' '
.stleh,a' cOnenited,•Crea, . .
„The'twOvisitornthen riiiW. tl„ ,,..
Were exchan&I.V00,,riliti t lbs
neeSsi94 ,geninnfied' .y.4,,ISCIg
the. roOin.."'iln•had luist.returned
to the kennels,
'0'40-
.ride- sus, . „rsi.,,
LtoAind,,,,viliftaise-L-Ste ing4,41
---,-- - -
'threshold., then...': ' '
. . . ,. .
Barclay, whOinle•hadn0 , sines,
trying interview when,..;-' she bad told bias
of hoe effgagensealktaithr•:. 0
gave •• an ,. involuntary start,-
,Iesenrainberni eye did notfail to n
Ent- he canie-fOrtia- and offered kto
hand. , • : • • - •,` „ ' " ,','; .
: "What 1. lingh4, trhistitly., ,
don, LiarWark•higtinir•nh
' • • -..: .,.. -,
• looking at. himjatipileitilit 4: she',, .,
tinned:- "•;:yan'rp.-JbOSOOit " ‘
you ,used te"baf..„? 0: , '
.
• - ' - • ...: • . - -4-7 • •
Late tha,t ragas alter . u , .
' Lea ra and her
husbaud, had, retired to '•thefir own apart-
tb vounfr wife stood before the
cleats ---e • - • ..?, • •
low eitienient gazing ont at the park .
The clouds' had, cleared away and ' the
moon' ahem' brightly upon the- broad,
*waif amf'hedgerows. ' -Beyond -them-she-
saw the . shadow y- forms of • giant trees
:outlined against the 'sky and rolling bil-
locks , stretching away . in • the distance,
with here. and there_a black copenutud-
, ding: the toff, like a tuft of plush • 'utkiii
the Velvety surface . :of ;the downs. •• She
was thinking of her horn., and she re-
numbered how • often she had ! stood in
the moonlight there out upon the
latens and trees of Highland Olen. Be.
'twee!' her and these oaks and yaws of
England' there was, a bend of sympathy
'after all._ -_',=.She znissied-the laminar- awash
Of the waves upon the sandy beach, but
_
she test thankful that her home. was WO.
be in the country and not in pent ult.
•smoky , London: As ,She looked at . the
scene before her it seemed like a :Phan-
tasm or dream, or ,perhaps that 04 Ger-
' - -.
repose of tvitinianhOW.- • -
•
The management of the hiineehOhd was
a mystery to her. At -Brat she colloid-.
• • • - . • ,.
ered it her duty, as a young wife : to
superintend. the 'servants.' . Her ; mind
filled with forebodings as to her corn- ,
potency. to undertake. such 'a teak, Ile-
••mentioned her intention to 'Hugh, and
he laughingly, advised lei. to leave
everything, to the housekeeper.. • Laura
felt relieved, for to confess the truth,
she felt so muck_im:awa_of_the.•Magnifi••
Cent butler and his. Corps of tall foot-,
Men. that the:thought 'ot-directingsuch
.splendid personages was fairly appalling
She -delighted in Watching the stealthy
and impressive' Movements; of the liveried
servants. There waaacurientuningling
•
and in repose -were two rows of ,,,'.the
'perfect teeth, which 'added greatly to the
effect Of her.ea,ntivating laugh .•
. .
• Laura then turned to Lady' Twirling-
,tim and there was something about the
latter* appearance' which- pleased here,
_Lady Twirlington'a personality Was ex-.
pressed by a tailor Made gown, ' perfectly
fitting a figure' laced many degrees be,
yond the point of comfort, bleached hair
, , -
elaborately- dressed according to the .
latest mode And , a i complexion which
showed the strain of countless late func-.
• tionny, She was at least. fifty, and she
had little piercing eyes, keenly wise' in
their expression, whose vigilance nothing
gimped, and there was A, pleasing Viva-
emus snap to her tongue, which •with a
t
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r.
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ii-,
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11.
4
.
,
fl
,
-',
,•,,,
urs
1
.
,
!
with you" ' . ,.. •,-., . • .
-"Have you forgOiteit,i:me,, Lord War -
riagtoa?" ,, intO,41444,', .
*tom • . •-• ''',. e,]•i,,,', ,,,,,,, .t,, ,,,
' "Lady, _Twir - .. A, ,L..'-.,. "„'': -''!'
Hugh. "By,;'jetek'xixtli, , ..,.,
/OM _ /. haven't ,largOttesti,4 ' ,
Weentoime- b-siihnis.I was"-ilugotatt
owe oiierYgeed tha., „ •
bad In town »
: , ,
you. 'Totem,: ,•liat.,,"going '1 I e1 -w
though t ,Wito it#,..unlucky beggar, now
•,t alk..finteat,,kt .„, ",, , , '.: 1
. Lady •"Tititillattell and Mrs.
took their linatleittelef the ldies. a•
Hat.hj:,a,e,e.010Panief ,ie , 1-)t
•'' "-AO' 11110. WliYf70 '0.•
rernarkst•-•tn-the•-0 , '..p.
f`'.Langdog,,int:os,
-preys tO4Igh-tryeA .
him, . • • , . „t c -i:,
104 Is 110 one .elitn.,:roM
.01itia in an indifferent
"'WO,' Olivia.t. iOtt'.hay, the field to1;
yourself" . .. • e, :,, : _ - ,.!, - , , ,
' Lady OltVitt. pretendeilksa .. to nthsa'
,
?tothoLtikols,0*,fnit allusion.4
• , 6 1.00u10 imagine it would be pkss-
anter fer•CaPtai*Litlig(10.*.if- there usi
inime•people. ,,liereo-,,,, Ala . .. Ii sure to bs
botede". ' 4 . .,.',,4, •
- "I •diditt, think it-tVOt* .
house party ingt ".6;:t%present. Laagd. p„T
widetetands'idiale.'didn't
• , . , ..,, _ ?.,,„ ._ . ,... _._,:,_,, _
tt,tii,et Watt. tttitat,0„!;t::,:,0101 a ,
,,t17. IV) II* tip?, t,v,2,,,‘,#,i,lq, , ad -
..;IreetMlra. ,.,;:iFiaiti..,177.:.•:st,'„ ,,
,y toi,ii.„.,.„._ ,i "11.:;,, c. 4 ., j,.
pal We ,w,4.*,,,,0 , ,
. ati ;•neiongencsar,,„tanv same regIment
: „Lanialeit.AU 'ii ' ' i there was t1
_ ,.,, ,,,,, .,R,
_ ;,.ettagata,„ta She bad
Captainnotion
'''v -'t'';' '11- -'
-01113r, and- tried• O''t '•', 04
., ,
he had nut • er., ,
d - de uponli-'inind' " '
A blonde musk
cur
.‘,. • • ....„ , ... , , . .,..,„ „ i,
A • ,• endi, led upwards 1 the'''O'ilif fZeti
, tam Aim ,. rtie oWtasy.., .
: . ,*,.. .- -,,..:,,a.,,,,,T
turn,, .vwn brown.,.e7 ,., .
lined, In li.,:enPrenViOn'',
, . , ,. .., , ,
,POsion,AU., , ate
blended" ii glass. -'4 4
, ..„, t _ i,.__
, • an air 'of Aefe ince Pa
, ,,,,i",- .A.1..,_.,• ,
,r1.!.#L4m”,,,...?,,sil,: wan itrongly-mark
VW, ttaLVIAM .c:-1.
,,.......:,...., . -two,figur,.., :,.
•rl, frock,...e,p11,1,p,,,... bliss ,f,er,
ill.,9 sra37.Plves,!1,70;41..
-Siiii-IWO lent legs ith ft ,
' ' d t t "' • ' - lal,lth' • '
110 • a 'earte0P0 , '
bearing 0 ,4itx. ,otherituito ,* , »,..i -
,,.
,ality, thetii, were the Impressione 4.J
. -Mi,tiiiiirriiigk 'if iiiiiitileitirie
P . . 0 .. -• . ,
4V*10 ' ' ,
Ntlierhid tifie&-:'-'t"-t :-''0 .r-', .. '
, . ,; . , ., ,, ,., •,..•;,•,,,,,„,,
' (TO 1* tell •
- , i;.•
•
.
, of Magnificence and 'humility in their
actions *hit& interested her immensely,
and she - wondered •"boiv those- grand
Creares inpnivdet add plush could be
tu
so respectful to her. • • '
Once she 'opened' a..earriage door before
the attending servant had time to Per,
form the sertice. His solemn- eyes
dilated a trifle with surprise, • but his
rigid -features did not. retan from:their
,
expression of respectful, ha -Mobility.' She
felt anniertified,ae-it0,)104-1011entled-a-,,,it,-but-:,k-had,luet,..nueh------T0ay---,-cheSks-
prince of the blood:- No American elm'
blame her i,' for 'What person is more
mighty in ,his conceit, more terrible in
his Judgment Of irn than the padded and
powdered English lackey? • • Those of us.majd.s.
who; rolling up to the portal of, some
magnificent home in Mayfair, modeittly
„ esconced in . a humble cab, ham noticed
the Emir of supercilious disdain with which
the footman on duty opens the door, can
sympathise, with Laura for feeling
ashamed of horhicenomitted even "iito
trifling an error in the presence of her
servant, .
Hugh•meatiwhile amused himself , in
riding Over the estate, investigating tic,
Counts with his land steward, looking
ey.er, the horses in:The.stable, trybig the
late Lord's hunters or :getting at
quainted with the Warrington fox-
honnds. Thie pack had always' been
maintained on the estate; and he twitted
forward' to the pleasure he Should even-
'Wally have in hunting. them hirrself.
" Hes had been,too _long away from the
hunting field to attempt this frit. , a sea-
son or -two, at least, but in' his younger
'days he had been a keen sportsman, and
now that he Was . back 'again in dear
entlausisitft.vmatarze
with -redoubled force. •
No one but a horseman can understand
" t "-
the delights of.. looking over a . lo ,
especially if they are One's oWn. "fours
May be spent in nothing wore exciting
than feeling the lege iihe,feW .favoriteet
.... . ' k=., -• • it,-
,or casting- ar- :critical eye over . the
withers; 'and toles, 'while ;the stud groom
stands by and says reassuringly of,, that
one that "No 'owe ever d. such man
ca 6
- 1 - " ' " or this one is
ners in a untin. , field, d.
".fit as a fiddle and neat as it piiik, an
Would jump,, the .. stable if Y0X. .:Pri, 'ffir.
. • in, /
at it. • ' .4:10tilt....,She
' *il
Ltura wegaptineetdeetl*.le!t, to her o
resources g art f the
P 9 that
day. Theta was 119 Mitch to be done
. the hintraelipped by, and Hugh, without
intending to neglect ,bit ,Wites. was
cordial manner, .nifide•Lit-thinli that (-plied
her heart, at least, might not be .arti-
'tidal, .- - 7.=
Lady; 1"wirlingtort took • a neat neer
Laura, and, after •accepting .a cup of
tea, began to converse in an affable
,sympathetic way Which at mine put the
girl at her -ease. - TO see you, Lady
Warrington," she said, "makes me
think ' of the time I came to England1
.ft ' blushing bride.' You may not, believe
then, and was beautiful, ;too.' 0 ,dear, ,
-how time change* .One I People' of my
age have to be thankful that the world •
. does not see' with the eyes of a lady's .
„ • , . ; • ,..„ .
:1°70 are an American; too, . aren't .
you ?" voncheafed. Laura: . ' .
.. "I used to . be," was the laughing re-
• 'ply, "but in I, •won't confess how manythifi
: seasons of London moulting this bird
'of freedomhas lost all. her. native, lea,
theref I haven't been over to America
since I\Was married."' •• • . .
, . .
"Have you no family there ?" asked
Laura inquisitively., -
" I am.tin orphan. I haVe a host of
Amalie there, but -somehow I enjoy the
. security from them Which ••thn, 80, parat-
ing waters Of the Atlantic offord,"•• ,
Lady Twirlington said . gayly, a loving
vent to a little' gigh, of relief, • "So you
are from Chicago, my dear," the . can,
• Untied. "You Will let me call you int.
dear, you 840 so pretty,' and sweet that
I can't' help it." - • . , . .
answer to
Laura blushed and nodded In . .,
i• d that her
this 'simple request;. anti replied .
Ch•
home was about twenty miles from 1-
eago. , . • .. • . . • ,
"Well in -English eyes, that is -
• e„- - , , - --- , . . - , =it
cago, and. Chicago 'means nothing hilt
'You- must
pigs and millionaires.get.
about Americo.
used to ridiculous ideas_,,;=s'
''.'..'
a little
I, for instance, Calif, triad ..,place.,.,...
igi•th *called •Skatiefiteles.
in New York 8----, -
1 41inils 'tolling to Analan the heropeople:
^. , where that Ox- tryingr- '
underatand . , 114 __,,
pronounce the mallet SO I say L.,
'bore in NeW YOrlc,- and -meet 74g1._ thein,,'
' I ' Though I itimemter
have heard o that., .,
one inocetit old dowager :iiibintr litil .1Veeeine
.. ,t,, . _ • ----Aii,thei . egeee ,,
it *Win somewhere. , t, ,1- . At
Laura istailefl 4.!.. !!.11! description-.''.!.-
English, indifference to things American.
' judging by her own *United e*::•itaile
,.which, ,, . , ., _ , . _ ,... _
tee''-- 7'
pbriente, we .not •very exaggerated.
1.1f t -'hero',always.- • "--at
" he weather so .
inal?. she• / wag of . acquiring
'asked,. b - . '-
information.
curer had wrought- the 13.heinge.--- • in
- imagination she Was a -prineese, ImPris-
oned alone in -a vaulted dungeon, _away_
'IrTiiii friends and retainers.. One day her
liarer„., a valiant knight, would • scale
, these grim walls and free her front the
enchantment *filch bound her • US' • the'
epot. She smiled' at the fancy, but the
reality Was no less strange. Laura,
Horde, mistress of these halls, the wife
of a peer Of England -I She felt the pros-
'Sure of aii arm about her waist, and
turning round she saw her who
had entered quietly. She rested her
,head upon his shoulder and Placed her
' arms tenderly about his neck:"
"What were you thinking about . so
intently 'I" he asked.
• " I wae trYiag to comPrehend all that
has happened in the past' 'few weeks.' It
Seeine as though it most have been some
one else, ,and that I am loeking 0,11 from
a distance: . It is all. so vague and un-
;real that I Can't believe that I am the
mistress of this great house." ' -
"It ,seems as strange to me, _••• tOo,
and almost as incredible'. When. I used
to contee.dovin here 'as a distant cousin,
and be treated with very little consider-
ation,1 never fancied .that tnhould one
day be master of the old place. I did
not get on With the Earl. Hit was a
rwith every one he did not bow down to.
. lilt that is -all over, and' bore We' are.
'This world has given, me some herd
kgeeke, lint' it has made ample satiefae-
tion at ut,i4. I hope • you ore as happy.
'1301 t itirth,i- dearl"..-_, , - „.:- • • , -
0,?.'41VO-frii '1,:libigliappyrthe-vgpiredclittiwu--
li, but With a . difitiitit,. thoughtful
eoUnd to her "velem
''Conie, dear, &Ail lie Seiko: . like
. •
that. 'There is nothing to be frighten-
, td ate 'You'll get used to everything in
a Week or tveo, and , then .you'll oPprn-
-
ciate all that fortune has given iis.'t•
"If you love me, Thigh," she answer-.
' " t" " Chduring'thereefer
A looking. tip in his faeov: . shall ..e
h4pPy • anywhere, But don't be ashamed
,, oLtne. - If -you lid it Weuld kill moll
He smiled and petted her, cheek rem-
and--1176--bi•crugliam
hoofs splashed
mud and the
against
rested her head
and drawing
about' her, he
about life at
Laura listened attentively,
yearning for.
at the
her into •
Before it seemed
Miles • of road
the pace slackened.:
clattering of
movement Of
pavement Of
stopped
• porch and
great doorway
Lady Warrington
to her dignity to
at . a ,respectful
. she had her
a. Proper
Which had
her; while
impossible.
The annelincement
and Hugh,
• and. 'Laura;
room with the
Wilt= Laura had
was.eomewhat
oppressed
with Which
The noiselese,
the . nteastired
the. service
her . with "a
and She'.
of the contrastjernied
old-rovid-hobbling"-about
and TOWN
i'•
, 0 .,,. . ;:i;,,
Ws hay,leViSt liatteet thita0:.