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DAIrry DIATP.
There wan an old woman .of Peterhead,
Who blundered in 1.1mosy 'Date said; ,
la talk at morn atuttalk at shad
She used Jong word e with great delight.
But seldom could get her syllables night.
" That -woman of Peterhead.
When ncdoe on the eters were being read
This quaint Old woman would Oslo her litead.
And nay, No gas4ro-noiny for me,
I never could bear those commas to see,
And I don't believe there ought to be
Such feimentn overhead."
Wben told a King or Queen W&S deed,
This,qualot old woman of Peterhead
Would sigh, and say with plidetive air,
"A sovereign gone I do declare,
I fear that gold is growing rare
Down here in Peterhead."
When hor hone and ducklings must be fed,
'Thisquaint old woman of Peterhead
Would cry as se thinlyaipread the wheat,=
" Now,.don't veraciously grab your meat,
•And.nund,,you castigate what you eat,
Or -else you'll Mee be dead."
When her boys declined their meat or bread,
She would say, "Now, don't vibrate your head,
But speak out clearly what you mean;
Boys should be heard and not be seen,
And should keep their physiology clean,
So my preceptor said." ,
;She cried, ere mingling with the dead,
That quaint old woman of Peterhead,
"I'm stepping off life's mortal stage,
I'm writing • finis ' on the page;
Don't let my death your grief assuage,
Nor fill your hearts with dread."
'The earth no longer feels her tread,
That quaint old woman of Peterhead;
But from her life there comes to hand
A lesson all may. understand— .
Don't favor words too big and grand;
Ile clear,in all tbst's said.
SIR HIJGH'S LOVES.
"Hush they are .going in;.we must
wait a moment. Crystal 'orying, and
'that kind °restore is comforting her. We
did not mean to listen, •Baby ; but it
.was not safe to move away from the trees."
.4' Yon heard what she said, Margaret-
lier ideal. Heaven bless her sweet inno-
cence eshe is as much a child as ever. Do
I look like any •womanei ideal now Mar-
garet. I always think of those lines in
Aurora Leigh, when I imagine myself
A mere bare bilnd stone in the blaze of day,
A man, upon the outside of the earth,
As dark as tee feet under, in the grave—
Why that seemed hard.
And yet, she really said it; her ideal. Ah,
welil, A woman's pity sometimes makes
her mad. What do you say, Maggie ?"
'That you are, that you ever have been,
Crystal's ideal." And after that they walked
hock in silence.
"You and I will go again toe:horse*
morning," Baby said to her as
they parted for the night; and Margaret
assented.
Raley had a wakeful night, and slept a
little heavily towards morning.
Margaret had already finished her break-
fast when he entered the long dining room,
and one of the black waiters guided him to
his place. Raby wondered that she did not
join him as usual to read his lettere to '
bim, and make plans for their visit;
but a few ininutes later she jollied
him in walkingdrese, and at down beside
him.
"Have you finished your breakfast,
i
Baby ?" and as he answered n the &theme,
five, she continued, with is little thrill of
excitement in her sweet voice-" Miss
Campion has gone down to the springs -I
saw her pass alone. Crystal is writing
letters in the ,parlor -I saw her. Shall we
come, my dear brother."
Need she have put the question. Even
Charles, the bead waiter, looked at Mr.
Ferrero as he walked down the long room
with his head erect. A grand -looking
Englishman, he thought, and who would
have imagined he was blind. Margaret
could hardly keep up with the long strides
that brought them sceguickly to the corner
house; at the gate she checke him
gently.
"We must be quiet, Raby-very quie
or she will hear our footsteps. She is si
ting with her back to the parlor door -I
harder."
lions implicitly, rinitr
with difficulty, they were soon
the poroh. The door stood open for
nese, and the little square hall, with its
atting and rocking -chain, looked
Margaret whispered that
as open too, and that they
too much; and then,
• him into the parlor
And ite
Margaret's
ending a
r chair
she
. Treed on this grassy
owed her dire°.
deuce
in
• wery in
the parlor d
anust not startle
till guiding him, ah
quietly called Cry
e are here, dear
turned her head and
• face, and Raby
she sprung fro;.
eana. But
' Re
Cry
sweet,
little behi
with is belf-s
could speak, or Ma
beside her; and in ano
arms were round her, and his flightlessf
bent over her. " Hush, darling, I hav
you safely now; I will never let you go
again," Msrgaret heard him say as ohs left
the room, quietly closing the door. behind her.
Her turn would come presently, she said to
herself but now she must leave t hem
thgether.
CHAPTER XXXV.
UMW'S WIPE.
Yet, in one respeot,
Just oils, beloved, I am in no wise changed.;
I love you, loved you, lovedyou first and last,
And love yon on for ever, now I know
I loved yen always.
B. 23. Browning.
Crystal never moved as she heard the
sound of the closing door. Only once she
tried to cower away from him, but he would
not release his hold; and as his strength
and purpose rasde themselves felt, she stood
there dumb and cold, until, suddenly over-
come by his tenderness, she laid her head on
his breast with is sob that seemed to shake
her girlish frame.
"Baby, Baby 1 oh, I osnnot bear this."
Then in a tone of anguish, "1 do' not
deserve ie."
"No," he maid, calmly, and tried to soothe
her with grave kisses; " you have been is
faithless child, seid deserve to be punished.
How do you propels to make amends
for all the eorrow you have caused me?"
"Oh, if / could only die," she answered
bitterly ; "if my death could only do you
good. Baby, the trouble of it has nearly
kiiled hie; you must not, you must not
epeak so kindly to me."
"Must 1 not, my darling; hovr does a
man generally speak to his future wife?"
mind as she trembled and shrank fromhim,
he went on in the gime quiet voice, ". you
'bre so 'ready to die for me, you will not
Forell refuse to live for Me. Do you think
you owe Me nothing for all thee. /fore of
desertion, Crystal; was there Any raison
thee, bacedee of that tiohoPPY lookteett
-a momentary childish plosion-
eoti should break MY heart by your
desertion?"
01 could not stay," she answered,
weeping bitterly.; "1 could net stay
to eee the einn I had made. Oht
Roby, let me go, do not forgive me;
I have been your °urn, and Mitrgaree's,
too I"
"Then come back and be our blessing ;
come back in your beauty and youth to be
eyes to the blind man, and to beide darling
and delight.. Crystal, I am wiser now -I
shall make no more mistake.; indeed, I
always loved you, dear; poor Mone,iens no
more to me than any other wciman. " ,
" You, loved me, Ruby ?"
" Yes, moat truly and deeply; but you
were so young, my sweet ; and I did not
think it right to fetter your inexperienced
youth -you were so unconsoiono of yew
own rare beauty; you had thee so few men.
'Let her go out into the world,' Isaid,' and
test her power and influence. I will not,
al* her to be my wife yet.' How .could
I know that you would never
change, Crystal -that yotir heart was really
Amine."
It has always been'yotirs, " she mur-
mured; but, slay! those sweetblushes were
loot on her blind lover.
"Te., I 'know it now; Margaret has
helped me to understand things. I know
now, you poor child, that you looked npon
lions as your rival; that you thought t
Was false to you; that ia my iv:townie I
made you endure tortures. It is I who ought
to ask your pardon, love, for &firmed. you
suffer., ,
No. no."
"We mut both be wiser for the future.
Now put your hand in mine; Crystal, 'ansi.
tell me that you are content to take the
tilled man for your husband, that the
thought of Alpng life bandy him does not
frighten you.; that: you really love Me Well
enough to be my wife ;" and, as he turned
his sightless face towards her, Crystal
raised herself and kissed his blind eyes
softly .
• 1
She loved much,'" she "whispered,
because much had been forgiven her,'
Oh, how true that is ; 1 deserve only to be
hated and you follow me seems the world
to ask me to be your wife. Your love has
conquered, Raby; from this day your will
shall be mine."
. • • r
Miss Campionbad passed -1 long morn-
ing at the springs, wandering about the
grounds with an American friend. Cryetal
would, have finished her letter to Fern
Trafford long ago, she thought, as she
walked quickly down the hot. road, and
would be waiting for luncheon. She was
not a little surprised then when, on reach-
ing the cottage, she, heard the sound of
voipes, and found herself confronting is
very tall man in clerical dress, whose head
seemed almost to 'touch the low ceiling,
while • sweet -looking woman, in., is long
grey cloak Mad Quakerish boniaete was
standing holding Crystal's hind. e•
"Dear Miss Campion," exclaimed ,Crys-
tal, with a vivid blush that seemed to give
her new beauty, " some English Mewls of
mine hive just sneered. Mr. Ferrer. end
his sieter." But Raby's deep voice inier-
rupted her.
k
" Crystal isnot introducing ua Peoperly ;
she does not mention the fact that she is
engaged to me, and that my sister is her
cousin; so it is necessary for me to explain
matters." ,
" Is this true, child 7" asked Miss
Campion in s startled voice; and, as though
Crystal's face were a sufficient answer, she
continued archly, "do you mean that this
is • he,' Crystal -the ideal we were e talking
about last night in the moonlight."
"Oh, hueh 1" returned/CryaIaI,zmboh
confused at this, for she knew by this time
that there, hadbeen silent auditors to that
girlisla outlitirit. But Baby's hand pressed
here meaningly.
" I am afraid that I must plead guilty to
'•g that 'he,' Idiom Campion. I believe,
truth must be told, that Crystal has
ged to me from is child. I know
ly nine years, old when she
ffer-a$leant she informed
nce of 'my e, father
4 meant to belong
to me.
"Oh, Marg 'm to be quiet,"
whispered Crystal; owing, happy
face showed no displeasure. Some-
thing like tears glistened in Mies
Campion's shrewd eyes as she
kissed her and shook hands with Mr.
Ferrero.
"11 is not often the ideal turns up at the
right moment,' she enid, bluntly; "but I
am very ;lad oti have come to make Cry..
Now, Mr. Ferrers,
as only lovers can air, I propoee
that we go in search o ,heon, for the
ng has sounded long ago; 4 as even
b allowed that this w sensible
ox, .ey all adjourned to t boarding.
ho
puzzl
ccu • tit of the piazza ere sorely
hat e 'ng and Mi Bellagrove
'fie one Maudsley
raving about I the' beauty of
ni brunette who wks silting
at dinner. " She must be
e said to kin Bellagrove,
his cord/dance sowewhat
ver sees those wonderful
t of hair out of Italy or
tile, who is an artist, is
eottuse he says he has
ith a purer oval. He
for his Rebecca at the
ard lines she should be
clergyman," finished to the Grange --that deer home of my
rather incautiously.
ir face wore an uneasy
do you, know they are
, impatiently ; " I do
Miss Ferrets does
Was a,
had be
the won
opposite t
an Italian,
who rowdy
sulkily ; " on
eyes and that
Spain. Tang
wild about he .
never seen a fa ell
wants to paint
Well. It is teeth "
engaged to a bl
Captain lifaudsle
Miss Bellagrove s
expression. '" Ho'
engaged ?" she
not believe they a
not wear any-ring:5 "Do you knew our dear Margaret
"Nevertheless, 18 Ould not mind betting not be long with us ? She intends to join
a few dozens of gl e es that they are," is commenity in the East End of London,
replied Captain Maudeley, witha keen, this. and to devote hermit for the remainder of
chievotie glanoe that' rather disconcerted her life to the service of the poor. I could
Miss Bellagrove. 11 was quite aware that not help crying is little when she told rne
he was teasing the poor little girl; but then this; but the only smiled and said that she
she deserved punisholent for flirting with was not unhappy. And yet she loved Hugh
that age Rodgers all last evening. deck Redmond. I talked to Raby afterwards,
Maudsley was honestly in love with the and he comforted rne a /ittle. He said that
• .
,
Mr. • Rogers meet depidedty, when he pewees of influence Would ,heve beer* "fettled her arms rood had said God NNW
breiSod ker Seke ORM to the If Ithe, had' become Heell Redmond'. ertfe. her; Ake WOO Pugh el ehilde 'Who. was
ehrnbleorise. , Oh; yes, he would have been geed he her- leaving leer for long time. oeettet
Cryitial attracted • 000 ,d•a; Of poet°. probably 4W:would hive worehipped 'her ; Sir Hugh wee beneming e wises atin,,
in the boarding•hoasa, but she gave no 000 bet one side of her nature wheict ,have hien and Waelaegipping to solinowli3dgelilsfaulis.
any opportunity liddrogaing her. ROI a mypiery to him. Tim must not grieve for and, what wail:teethe still, to ,erY etld. Matto
was alwaysi beside her, ind ' she seemed her, my child, for she has ceased le grieve emends for them,
completely .engeoiped with hie attention.. for herself; the Divine Providence has le' woe top title to undo the effects of
As Miss, Campictie °buried ,to Margaret, withheld from, her is women's natural joys F440114040'6 reckless Decide of teaveltine„
the might as well look for another of wifehood and' maternity, 1/11S II noble but be would do ' all he could • so in hut
eerepamen for atl, the gihed Crystet 'peas work is to be given to her; our Margaret, leisure moments, when the ,other men ;went
to her. 4
please Geld, will be e mother in Lime' smoking and chatting in their tent, he mak'
But one evening Margaret found Ceypeal And, *teed, I feel Ratty is right: and that down in a quiet corner mad wrote mayoral
lettere, full of deadliptions of eheir journeyt
sitting alone in a corner of the Ione Margaret one of God's dear, saints.re
drawing -room. Most oe the eopepany had Is was on A golden September day that to amuse Fay in her solitede ; and ono'
gene iuth the tea -roam, but Mee or two, Crystal heaame Rill Ferrara' wife; the Sunday, when the Other, had started on an
Ashy emong them were lingering in the company that had grouped themselves in expedition to see some ruin he wrote the
garden. Relay Wig talking rather earnestly the long drawing -room of the boarding. explanetion that he had deferred. eo long.
to tdieeCOmPiort. " bops. owned that they had never seen e liegh WIN an honest, well-meaning man.
"Alone, 'Crystal 1" sitting down beeide her grander bride• in spite of his moral weakness; if thee
with a smile. • "Do ou mean that Raley The creamy Indisn silk fell in graceful letter had only reached the young wife',
,
has actually left you.' But Crystal's face folds on the tell stipple figure; thebeautiful eyes it would have healedher sore heart and
wore no answering smile -she looked is Mete head, with its coils of dark glossy hair, was kept her besidehini.
disturbed. bent in girlish timidity. Margaret had For he told her everything; end he toia
"I 'eked him to go and let me think it clasped round her white throat the pearl it in such a frank* manly way, that no
over. I cannot make up My mind; Man necklace and diamond OMB that had woman °meld have lost confidence in hime..
garet. Raby wants me to merry Kim at belonged to her mother, and which she was though she read whet Fay Wu te have read
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once, before we go hack to England; he to hove worn at her own bridal. I than in the !trot few lines -that he had not
will hive it that it will be better for Me to not need it; it ie for Roby'. wife," she maid, married her for love. Hugh owned his •
go back to the Grange as his wife." as Cryetal protested with tears in her eyes; unhappy paseion for Margaret, and pleaded
"Ye,, darling, I 'knot* Baby wishes "11 must be your only ornament. Oh, his great trouble as the excuse for his
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this, and I hope you melte to consent.'" if Ruby mild Only 800 how lovely you restlessness. He had gone away,. he said,.
"I -I do not know what to say-tbe idea look." that he might fight is battle with henself,...
somehow frightens ine. It is all se puck But the calm tranquil content on the and return home a better man ;it would,
and sudden -next week; will not people sightless face eilenced even this wish, all be different when he came back, for he
think it strange. A quiet little wedding in Crystal ceased to tremble when the deep meant to be is good husband to her, and to.
Sandycliffe church seeing to Me so much vibrating voice, vowing to love and cherish live for her and the boy, and to make her
nicen But Raby seems to dread the wait- her to her life's end, sounded in her ears; happy, and by and by he would be happy
ing io,Margaret,e and here her eyes filled but Baby felt the coldness of the hand he too. And he ended his letter as he never.
with tears. "1 think he does not trust Me held. ended one yet, by assuring her that he was
-that he la afraid I may teem hien again; When they had received the congratule- her loving husband. But, sleet, when that
maths idea mans me." tions Of their friends, and Margaret had ten- tardy explanation reached the cottage at
"No, dearest," returned Margaret, 'moth- derly embraced her new sister, and they Daintree, Aunt Griselda only wrung her
ingly ,• "1 am sure sich a thought never were left alone for a little, Roby drew his thin white bands and cried, for no Ono,
entered Baby's head; but he has suffered young bride dotter to him. , knew what had become of Fay, and Eris•
so; sed I think all the trouble, and his "You are not afraid now,mee darling?" was rushing about ond sending telegram,
blindingj have made him nervous; be was, "No," she answered, unsteadily; "but it in all directions, and Fay, with the shadow
saying so last night, and accusing himself is all so like a. dream. A fortnight ago always en her sweet face, was Bitting in the.
of selfishness, but he owned that he could -only a fortnight -I was the moet orchard of the Manse, under the shade of
not control a nervous dread that something desolate creature in God's earth; and the mosey old apple -trees, and baby 'Hugh.
might happen to pewees you both, ntow—" lay on her lap, gurgling to the birds and
Crystal," looking at het. •wietfully. "Is "Ansi now," echoing her words with a the white clouds that sailecle,over their
the idea of an imediate marriage se rept. kiss, "you are my wife. Ah, do you heads. When Sir Hugh had, Written that
Pant; if not, I wish you would give way in rerdember your childish speech -it used to letter, he felt as though every heavy weight
this." ringin my sari; IarngoingtobelongtoRaby were off his mind, and he began to. enmy
'Cleystallooked np,stertled byher earnest- all my' life long; I will never leave him, himself. Not for long, however, for pre-
ness,.and then she said with sweet humility, never.' Well it has come true, love; you are Gently they reached Cairo,, and there he
"It is only that I feel so unworthy of all Mille new." found a. budget awaiting him. Every one
this happiness • lent if yon and Roby think "Yes," she whispered, leaning her fore- seemed to have written to him but Fay,
it best, I will be guided by ,you. Will you head against hien, "yon will never be able and when he saw that, he begin' to tear -
tell him .o? but tioethere he is alone; I to get rid' of me; ind oh," -her voice open the letters rather wildly, for he feared
will go to him myself." trembling -"the rest of knowing that it will she must be ill. But by and by he came to •
Riley ,heard her corning, ,and bold out hie never be my duty to leave you." her letter.
hand with a smile. , He laughed at that, but something glist. He read Erle Huntingdon's first -an •
"You see I never inlet:like your foot- ened in his eyes too. "No, my wild bird; indignant letter, evidently written under
steps," he said, in the tone he kept for her no more flights for you -1 have you eafely strong ezoitement-e Why liad he not
ear; ' "I should distinguish them in a now; you axe bound to me by this crane home when they had sent for him?
crowd. Well, darling?" waiting for the touching the little circlet of gold upon the He must know that their search had been,
word he knew would follow. slender inept.. "Now, my darling -my useless; they had no news of either Fay
• "Margret has been talking to me, and I wife of an hour, I want you to make me a or the child. Miss Mordaunt was very 111
see she, epproves-it shall he next week f eroraise; I aek it of your love, Crystal. If with worry, and her old servant, Wall much
you wish it, Baby ; that is, if MiseCanapion a 'Wow -even the very faintest shadow, alarmed about her. They had written to.
can spare me." croft; your spirit; if . one accusing thought him over and over spin, and directed their
She will gladly do so, especially as seems to stand, between your soul and letters to every Possible place he could not
Margaret • has offered to keep her company mine; one doubt or fear that, like the cloud have missed. If he had any affection for
for la fortnight; after that we will all go no bigger than a man's. hand, might hie wife and child, and cared to know what
back on the same steamer. Thanks, my rise and spread into the blackness heel become of them, he had better leave,
darling, for consenting; yon have made me of , tempest, will you come and tell it Fiticlarence and the other fellows, and)
eery' happy. knew you would tome?" return at once," end soon.
not refuse ' lifting the little hand to his lips. "Oh, Raley, do not ask me." Hugh dropped the letter -he was pale-
" I feel' as though I have no power to "But I do ask it, love, and I ask it in my to the lips with apprehension -and turns&
refuse you anything," was her loving two.fold character of priest and husband, to theothers.
aesereie "but! know •it is all your thought and it is the first request your husband They were from Miss Mordaunt, and,
for rne, Raby," pressing closer to him in makes you. Come, do not hesitate. You Mrs Heron, and Ellerton, and the lawyer,.
the ^ empty dusk, for there were no curious have given me yourself; now, withbsweet but they only reiterated the same thing-
eyes,upon them -only .night.moths wheel- generosity, promise me this, 'that you will that all efforts had been in vain, and that
ing round them. "Are yon never afraid of share with me every doubt and fear that they could hear nothing of either Lady
what you are doing;, de you not feat that I disturbs you." Redmond or the boy ; and then they urged
may; diseppoint you?"' "Will you not let me try to conquer the him to come home at once. Lastly,.
"No," he answered, "1 fear feeling alone first, and then come to directed by Mrs. Heron, as though by an
afterthought; was the letter Fay had lefti
nothing." . you ?"
"Not my unhappy temper?" she whis- "No, I would not undertaketheresponsi- him upon the study table; but, in reality,.
pared and he could feel the slight figure bility ; I know you to well, darling. Come, it had been forwarded before the alarm had.
tre.nibling es she put the question. I thought you promised something that been given, for the Neal waa still unbroken.,
"No,'l in the same quiet toues that sounded like obedience just now." Mrs. Heron, on learning from the messenger
alweys soothed her agitation,"for I believe "Ah, you are laughing at me. I3ut this that Sir Hugh had started for Egypt, had
the evirspirit is exorcised by much prayer is no light matter, Raby ; it means that I redirected it, and it had only just eeeen
and' fasting; end, darling, even if it should am to burthen you with all nay foolish posted when the distracted nurse made her
not be so, I should not be Afraid then„ for I doubts and fancies -that I am never to keep appearanee at the Hall and told her story.
know better how to deal with it and you; my wrong feelingd to myself." When Hugh read that poor little letter, his
no angry 'spirit could live in my arms, and "Promise 1" was his only answer, in a first feeling was intense anger -all his Red-
mond blood we. at fever hest. She had'
I would • exorcise it thus "-touching her very persuasive voice.
lips. 'No,have faith in me, as I have faith " Yea, I will promise," hiding her face on sinned beyond all mercy; she had compete.,
in you, anall will be well." 'And so he his shoulder; "but it will be your own mieed his name and his reputation, and he
cetntotted her. ' fault if I am ever a trouble to you. Oh, would never forgive her.
There was a great sensation in the board- Baby, may I always tell you everything; He had confided hie honor to a child, and
ing-house at W-- when news of the will you help inc to ,be good, and to 'tight she had played with it and mot it aside;
approaching . wedding was made known. against Myself ?" she had dared to leave him and her home,.
Captain Maudsley triuMphed over Miss " We will hell:ilia:eh other," he answered, and with his child, too, and to bring the
Bellagrove. 'el told you the Italian beauty stroking her soft hair; " there shall never voice of scandal about them; she -Lady
eves 'engaged to the blind Englishman," he be a shadow on the one that the other will Redmond, his wife-wapdering like a vag-
saidl,,to her; ''." but after all she is only half not share -half the shadow and half the abond At the world's mercy! His feelings,
an Italian-her•mother,was a Florentine, sunshine ,. and always the Divine goodness were intolerable. Be must get back to.
and her father was English. Fergusson over, us. 'That shall be our married life, England; he must find her and Mishit up,
told me all about it -he is to marry them; Crystal." or hie life would be worth nothing to him.
end" old Dn. *gibe hi to give her away. CHAPTER XXXVI. it was well for Fay that she wait solely
There is sorneromintio story belonging to hidden in the old Manse, for, if he had
them. I; think , he has been in love with 818 MOH'S BSPINTAX014. found her while this ,mood wan on
her (rem is child. Well, Heaven gives nuts And by comparlion I see him, his Anger would have killed her.
The majesty of matron grace,
to those'who have no teeth," grumbled the And learn how pure, how fair oan be . When ' his passion had cooled is little, he
voung officer, thinking of the bridegroom's ?Ay own wifes face; went to Fitzclarence, and told hint
tiliCnrdyneetlisal. remained very quietly in the Pare with all faithful passion, fair rathei abruptly that he must return home
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With tender annex that come and so,' at one -affairs of the utmost importance.
',inner house during the rest of the week. And comforting as April air recalled him.
Baby iment most of his time with her. On After the 'now.
the love of her ' wedding she Wrote a little ,Thenengslow, itrange, but something in , his man.
Fitzolarence thought he looked very
note to Fern, ,telling of her intended Sir }high began to wish that he had ner forebade all questioning. Two,
Marriage. ' never gone to Egypt, or that he had gone hours 'afterwards he was on his way tee
"1 'am very happy," the wrote; "but with any one. but Fitmlarence-he Wee England.
there are some kinds of happiness too deep growing weary of his vagaries and unpuno- There is an old proverb, often lightly
for utteranee. ' When I think of the new Walley. They had deviated already four quoted, and yet full of a wise and solemn
lili that awaits me to -morrow, an over. times from the proposed route, snd the meaning, " L'hontme propose, Dieu dispose."
whelming sense, of unworthiness seems to consequence was, he had missed all his Poor, angry Hugh, travelling night and
einsh me to the grounde4 to think that I letters ; and the absence of home news was day, and cursing the tardy railway. and,
*ill be Robby's wife -that I shall be per- making him serionely uneasy. He was the steamers, was soon to test the truth of the
witted to eedioate my whole life to his only married man ; the rest of the party saying.
dear service. I have told yeti little about (anointed of gay, young bachelors -good He had reached Marseilles, end' was
him, but you will never know what he enough fellows in their way, but utterly hurrying to the post.office to telegkiple
is really; I sometimes pray that my love careless. They laughed at Sir Hugh's some order to Mrs. Heron, when he end-.
niay not be idolatry. When he brings me anxious thruplee, and secretly voted that a denly missed his footing, and found him-
chthincca. you
most come to me, and your married man was rather it bore in this kind self at the bottom of a steep, dark cellar,.
mother so. Roby Bart he loves of thing. What was the use of bothering With his leg doubled up under him; and'
pep both for your goodness to me, about lettere, they said, so long as the when two passers-by who saw the ecoident
he has promised that you shall be our first' remittances cattle to hand safely? tried U. move hint, they discovered that, his
Sir Hugh thought of Fay's loving little leg was broken and when he heard that he ,
Owns. letters lying neglected at the different pastel feinted.
towns, and sighed; either he was not 80 And so fate, , or rattler Providence, took
indifferent to her as he supposed himeelf the reins from the weak, paseionete hinds
to be, or absence was making his heart that were so unfit to hold them, and threw
tender ; but he had never been so full of ' hint back, helpless and baffled on hie bed of
care and thought for • his Wee Wife as , be pain; there to leen, week by week, through
was then. He wished be had bidden her mate, •mickness and 'still more weary con.
good-bye. He remembered the haft time valescence, the lesson that only suffering,
he had seen her, when he had gone into hie could teachhim-that it were well to forgive
study with the telegram in hie hand; and others their sins,even ash° hoped his might
then recalled the .trance wistful look she be' forgiven.
air- aire sante', but he had plenty of though Hugh loved her with the whole luid given him' Ho °°nid not tell why the "
luck and spirit, and would not be fooled if otrength of hie nature, that he could never fancy shouldhi
haunt m, bat he wished go tee be oontinued.1
te, could help it. Perhaps MissBellagrove, reellY lotve lettleded a women likoMergaret much that he had seen her again and taken -The Englieh language sounds None to
in common with the refit of her sex, liked -that in time shomnet havefound ont that I kinder ins•ve of her' It had not been his 14 f°r°Igner' " I will °°In° by bY'and-bY Ind ".
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:, over ; but still one IleVer knew what might had an attack of brain fever trying to make
during the reit of the evening and snubbed he aid ' Ma t' d i li t 'I happen. a Ife wished now that he heel taken odt wind be meet
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