The Huron Signal, 1886-10-15, Page 2THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY. OCT. 15, 1886.
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ant • Pertrslimiti wh1M• ye nems was a Meet. •e eppareatdy krli ire thimble sad aoreute, and mu- Bed I knew that ed Ism she yi014e4 1. end kb -te
lwt_MMttad warseind s4
para dm it tell, replied her sister. R ,
1 1.11 yaw, 1 cm tueuay .hoist the girl, gid mass( 01611 wen • wwy goes Mee .ie preesat her friend, Muaseisr •'til°' would be gone un the ,aurrow, fur.Icead. Bot Ihuotgb that kiss sit for- iaabel, it you ere wise, lee will 'caress
aid cseaut help my h.rebudtnRa tag. nut taking auto awettwt thiel 1'itd 'the yea trAlto•. therefore it was with reel ast ,nishment ga's'es s. otbed my so•rrw, peso• sad everything w grssdt.•ma, .tad ask her
Lady i lde,to• was speaking d her .Meer "Sli u41►latseI is S �t masld l du bet reo•we ►i. salt chat I rewin'''d hr advancing flours seri-reeosodeIM•t were lotlg w 'Seism gMid6•°°-
peadobikd, sod •ddroesis,' her daughter, 1 wide /alis•/ 1 $e bad 11e b°ariog of • gentle- before i hed heea► settled at my teak • Nee did m7 fattier sldy kis forgivers•. 1 wi11 I proal a yue 1 will
the mother.hid.Irnwtl M'e'ss Ak,howtea•.and.iremam%thetotim.l. sequsiot-gs•rtoru(anhose.Illudat•eailedi .gMltewase►as m1's°t�Wden' (71ced..itetrw.ee,rwtutwsdLett).Bet, dear s.rth•r.rw'liai iia Dodl•y, slee"rshewas l ertilt\ thewitchedlimo.ofmy goveramsLHispssa.stpeal- print•iu theu1 wentmanor : •edb TWwerebittersigk� whoa IPoi )heat heells r"sdiug fvf•tu the •arbt.
whet is b you have ebeweed sheet las- oisvernw s ihat°H� ter • lima aim• M- lion was easily explained. He W hese eaplatned the ea.eop 1. bin pl..., by d►a•ueed bi him without the.easMow let me look i( the light w .hinittg Irom
1e1 1 Tes know she ower was sash a °'toesq•"ddicta'• Mad• eo long in Eagiasd that he had acquired declanng that be had found lsttesrs at d b..dhe�-•d mearnftl dye, her rosin - it sleep shrews beneath the
wbesIrwcei'dwhy$trigidrraennkureoogaitioo. Oh, steel) a. la .kw.p by tem time.
As for Madame Hereilli°r elm was i At utyrwte, let lir asrerrts« if tt be
allowed une hour to peak lip, sod thea a s., resumed Lotty, opening the dour
post 'lei« conveyed Mr to the •eat gently. Y« ; I see the light ; she is still
town. What became of her and her a sp. Go ww--ttowhileyouhatethe
suci.te, the pretended duke, I sever ru.uluti..,.
knew with try degree of «rtaioty. But Thum strengthened by sisterly sven-
tw«ty yen Inter then tree • °gait' ori pithy and stud o.wn.cl, Isabel k.00k.d
doer, in which au old Vreaclwusra •p- .t Lady£ldertuu'.du..r,sodwasprompt-
Mem pride myth' be. On the whr.sugaitius buttress the two, rolled her stnp of emon,(4ery. my.atr.sty, .ud pottieg her head light- fully 1
w assay seventeen d e, t.rautg to sa., begged "She had said tb.. the •dlastrwun ly us my °b 044.x, kissed m• a the
1 c•sn
emery datterhox se Lofty. sane Bereilliw was thed•ightar ot
Exactly so. And thee« quiet, reaert grau+a whu had tike. "dugs au Esgle•d
ed, sentuuutal girls are always the ones dunng the Reign of Terror, width* wid-
mut open to the dutger I •m sppreb•od •'w u( • hallow -•mile. 8 . tree early
ing. I do sot like the listless Meat re- 6h7 filers d lit• whits eke became ray
tore, and the :basses of naiad about '6"^ ""z4" ; but s halo d ivsaao• still
trifles, which I have observed lately. 1 holm" about her, sod 1 wolf
believe I shall have to relate my early the respect sod delicate kindnese with
exisrieooes at the Bat suitable opportu-
nity.
Will you, der mother */ exclaimed Mrs
Dudley joyfully- will you really once
more recite the story of your youth, that
your grand -daughters may profits by al
But, oh, 1 fear the reeulleotiuu is pain-
ful
That may be. But once in a dosm
of years or s^, 1 am cooetr.inei, like the
Ancient Mariner. to tell my tale ; and
the mood is on me tonight
lady Elderton was not oily • stately
dame, but a beautiful woman, with the
MO peculiar beauty that sometimes
and aprisht, she bad the easy grecs of
walk and gesture that belonged to the
well-bred people of her generation, who,
it might be said, emulated the glide of
the swan rather than the strut of the •d aO°
peacock. Across her forehead and down I was very toad of drawing and paint -
bet cheeks, thick braids of hair revealed Ing ; most girls are, I think, if in child -
bow richly her tresses were streaked hood they here had enough good .nstruo-
with silver. Not for their weight is tion to smooth away the first difficulties,
gold and jewels would she have toed and give $ little mechanical dexterity to
them otherwise. Her sense of real fit• the hind. Absolutely, I oould w far
nem of things was too keen for her to sketch from nature, that • view which
have any doubt that nature, in thus included • profile of our pariah church,
touching her hair, had been • kindly and the vista of an elm -tree avenue that
beautifier. Nor did she wish for any led to our house, was recommended by
deeper gist on her cheeks, or fairer my mother at a glance—
biome of skim. than became her autumn And praised 1 added Lotty with a
seeetiai smile. As an only daughter so excelling,
7srdty mg lady Eldettos fieisk d her I should have expected raptures of ad -
which she was treated au our family. My
family took • lively interest a theologies
she had to tell of the ao.csea reenter : sad
my mother, billet ing her to be • woman
of sincere piety, respected her according-
ly. In reality she was only an artful
hypocrite.
As fur me, she charmed me Irom the
first, u I know now, by her subtle, im-
plied flattered flatteries, her onrre•.ing
inanners,and her .eemiag sympathy with
youthful emotiow,hopee and aspirations.
Though in all wise ways most .tenderly
cared for, I had not been a spoiled or
petted child. Indeed, in those days,
children ware kept far ti b• b•,:k-
ground titan they ars at present ; and
there was a stately dignity about my
patents quite imposed to the impulsive,
demonstrative manner which w bewitcb-
rwsarka, wises the object of them- mirmtioa
Iacbsi Hadley sad her sister Charlotte- Then you would have been greatly
were same in the next minute they step- dwppo'inted, resumed Lady Elderton.
pad under the verandah, and enteted I never met with raptures of admire -
the drawing -room. tion tilt I listened to the fake and artful
Shall I ring for the lamp to be light- woman whe led me by her Batteries to
ed 1 asked Lofty, who was ever the the brink of . precipice. Madame Bar -
thoughtful aid d her invalid mother. .1111.r did pretend to think that I had •
Not yet, my dear, said Mrs Dudley. I genius for painting -it answered her
am watching the moon coming up be- purpose to encourage my taste for it- «-
hind the trees, and I think we need not pecially to etnouurage out-of.door sketch -
shut out its glory this lovely summer ing. Young people with mental activity
night. are very apt to take up one pursuant
1 like talking in the twilight, observed after another with • sort of feverish sag -
Lady Elderton. erne« ; bot it is • mistake to fancy such
Do you 1 exclaimed Lotty. Then r'.o eagerness is • sign of special genie& i
tell us something about old• fashioned am icclined to think that great and
times. It must have been so funny, and special genius works mon quietly and
yet so slow, when there were no nil- silently ; with incredible rapidity, it
ids. may be, but •Itogether without spasm.
I(I tell you a story, replied Lady El- No, my dean, I assure you the world
derton, it will certainly bare nothing to has nothing to regret in my not having
do with railroads ; yet it shall be some- touched • brush these forty year&
Thing of real life. however, I shall not My passion for sketching was the ma -
detain you with moraliaap, but at once tonal Madame Berviller had to work
hoes my gal°, if 1 may all it so ; and upon. One day, in our search for the
her ladyship •ocxdiogly oonmeno.d- picturesque, ws wandered beyond the
I think you know I was an only child- park gates, a thing not actually pro -
an heiress, in fact ; but let that pass. hibited by try tgesther, yet one I knew at�y heman being -no, reef sera is tis
Honestly, I may say that my parents she did not attmpihw approval. liar-
---tlttegbt only d wealth as a stewardship. beer. I was undefille guidance d h e Y•rnnr.---that we het1mot anyone
They had , , d pride ; but the governess, who templed M by the aid of doors, or that she, Madame Bar -
pride d ancestry, of the brave men and •000unt of • lovely bit of scenery lately rflli.r, had any Theamost
with the
virtuous women, whose honor in some opened by the felling of some trees- Duc� Alto.. would moat fail, the most
tart they shared, and felt bound to keep just in my style to paint, she declared -
trey
bis evens occur were 1 to be-
unarnished. That they were fastidi- and so she lured me nn to the outskirts trsy Ihu whereabouts ; and here today,
oin their choice of friends, and kept of a neighboring wood, where, dismiss- he would be gone tomorrow ; and then
w
s rood deal aloof from what is called ing the servant who had carried my could be no pnssibIe harm in my keep -
general society, is quite true ; but this portfolio and the amp- stools, she settled ing silence ; nay, had I not hatter try t„
rearms did not arise from vulgar pride. herself to her embroidery, and I began forget the _[ that afternoon
esry
Half a century ago, irreligion was more cottinv my pencil. Madame chattered altogether
open, and frivolity more frivolous, than away, as was her wont, certainly in pure Very subtly put was that 1-
they lie• at the present day. The coarse Parisian French, which 1 by this tome anon to forget, as if forgetfulness were
language and manners of an earlier pe- understood perfectly, and spoken with possible. But the boldest pert of the
riod had not yet disappeared, even • certain fl.eucy; but I have often scheme which was tieing carried out was
.mcng what are called the higher classes. 1 haw apt she wee to glide the trading on my ignorance of life, and
My mother had mach abort her oft of educational dietitian's into little • 1 pawing events and eerrent
what would now be called the Puritan romantic history in which some grand history. Charles X. was at this time
type; and she had • womanly intolerance chevalier was sure to figure. Not, how- seated on the throne of France, and, to
for flus« who dtrfenad Irom her in nein• ever, that she did eo on this occasion; all SPP Oce+ y+ and yet hen
ion. Happily, she and my father were on the contrary, she talked learnedly IPSO wppused bo ii M exiled royalist
one on all Brest questions ; and this about moths and butterflies, and, con- playing at hide-and-seek. Yet she toldmight well be the case, as, with love's .idering the subject, was quite poonder-
devotion, she hal modelled her mind ccs in her erudition.
-perhaps unconsciously -on his. Yet 1 It certainly was • pretty view she had
he, as became the man, had wider views! tempted me to sketch, and the gulden
than she ever entertained. in his light of a still August afternoon--- just
youth, he had travelled : and youthful such as that of to -day has been lent its
travelling opens ..ut riven .1 thought, 'charm to the scene. As 1 sketched the
that must fertilise sty but the moot arid 1 outline of • range .d hills, I wondered,
minds whereas, my mother had been when i lay on my colon, how nearly i
the stay-st-home English gentlewoman, I produce the sort ha« whici veiled with -
whose migrate no had been from York- out obscuring. objects, and marvelled at
shire to iondon, varied by se teething the spell which 1 knew a really great
at Scarborough, nr drinking the waters water- color painter might have exercise-
•' Ilarrogate. A gentle, happy soul was .d•
hers, that had always Dean sheltered anal Suddenly their emerged from among
guided by love. and remained singularly the trees • young man bearing • pades-
txnnrant of what is called "the world trian's knapsack. bong afterwards, i re- Barrillier had required, and n..t con -
and its ways ;" but something was tLere membered, what i never noticed at the •elan as yet of thethbondage to which 1
in my life or my nature that made me time that he was by no twin• dusty Cr was •uhmitting, e strongest feeling k
feel, ay, and •cknowledlge to myself in travel stained, though he professed to remember was one of gretild vanity
very girlhood, that i was s•if-willed and walked twenty-five miles that day; for and Pomona' .
inde,oendent, with strong desires and • he stated that when he "Tie next flay shone f orae lust such •
warm temper ; and that never, never apoingiaed to Madame for her, saying one as its predecessor, and there could
sever should i be as meek, and retitle, that he had quite loit his way, and h°gg- not be a doubt as to the of
egad rnufidinaly obedient to authority as ing for information as to his whore- proceeding with my sketeh. Aeear'iea.
up doer mother was. And yet it is • •bout& Madame ee•ponded in very ly, it the same hoer, and under precis.ly
ilimpt that her very gentleness .wed me. hnken English, which, after • few similar . we prn...ded to
*mefald lay. seemed mean ae well as words, glided into French, in which the wood, and wi,:e i arr.nged my poet -
sl to oletin.tefy thwart her ; sad laat;osge the stranger responded dowse- f .lex, and pencils, Madame again drew
ttasay geek.k tastes. lied he" wee sow the pat office which nude it doaitrebfbi
perturmiag that t►etosgblj E.Rliek (e:, that he shoal! :amain in that locality
a pedestrian tour. Mid!•wd acsuery was for another day or two. As such was
hie adoration - lendussp►psinting his the case, he was determined to employ
era". Might he h permitted to look at the time in sketching -and as of was
my drawing! Would Madame suffer harm from alis.. .pot the loveliest view was to
to sit beside her ? the stump of • tree be obtained, he hoped h. should out be
was conveniently noir. How favored a considered • trespasser, an intruder, if
Iaad was England ! How richly endowed he lingered neer us. He did net dare
were ►11 English woeGen ! Questions and to emulate my skill, 1.e said, or to at -
phrases such as thaw were poured out tempt scything beyuod such small pen -
with emphasis and volubility ; and some- cil sketches as might r«tiud him of this
thing I gathered about Muses and Graces beautiful *pot--sad-and of the inefface-
tddoE fairy godmothers who must have able recollections associated with it.
presided at my christening- this piece u( "Again, however, be departed before
pagan adulation being addressed In • trusty old (iibeon came for the sket:hing
loud wbisper to my governess. equipments, and I returned hums, more
Of course Monsieur 1. Due was enrap- inflated by self importance than 1 had
tured with my drawing, and apropos of been even .on the previous day.'
those bore outlines, talked learnedly of "O rrandinamma," interrupted Char-
fouasan and Claude Lorraine. For the lotto Dudley, "I don't think you doing
first time in my lite, I felt meted nut yourself justice. 1 don't believe you
only as a grown ut young lady, but as • ware ever Inflaa�ted with renity-dignib-
1I i i , • i i , , ed, perhaps, you ware Mea at aesen -
by her natural gift°. My cheeks flushed, teen."
my voice trembled, and, inflated by gra- "Thank you, my dear Lottie, f)ryour
ti6ed vanity, I had not good sense enough good opinion ; but I assure you I am
for ballast to keep my mind steady. giving you what I believe would have
Looking buck to that scene as it 'hong in been • tree description of my state of
the sober light of memory, I seem to my. mind ; though I do not think I need pro.
self to have been featherh«ded as • seed with every minute detail of my
shuttlecock, and a girl whom only God's girlish folly and wrong -doing. Under
special providence snatched away in His d° guidance of my traitorous governess,
good time from being the plaything of I met the young Frenchman day after
those people. day. Soon he assured me that it was
It was • cuneus ciineideoce that the my preemies that detained him iu the
Frenchman found himself obliged to take neighborhood. Then he presented me
up his knapsack and walk on towards the with "WINS' written, he said, in my
village ion to which Madame had direct- honor -all copied, as I •fterwsrds dis-
•d his, jest ten minutes before Oibsor, covered, from such Presch writers as
aloe tis ty old serveot, who was • pattern Madame Darwinisr knew I had never
d peseta, ewes ti appointment te rMd- T • 1 - Se" waw to imp"'"
carry beck my portfolio and the camp- m7 ,.cc. nes, as a wueenir, of a rine,
stools. But there were a goad many app•tsotly an emerald " tarp as • 511 -
singular , , within the next pence, and which had helosged to his
fortnight, which did not explain them- mother, he said -its origissl pn".ss,r
selves till afterwards having been the unhappy Maria Le -
As we walked home, Madame Banal- osioskt, wife of Louis XV. For •long
while I resisted this entreaty ; the jewel
liar narrated for my ediba•tion the iso- seemed so valuable ; and besides. It
mantic history of her newly d .l
friend. t'tterly unreal and highly im- would be necessary to retain it secretly,
prebable as were the details with which as a matter Mist ttoetss' When at last I
she indulged me, I could not recall them O1mpiled, be assumed • heroic attitude,
to mind even it 1 would; but I know thatpoured
out • torrent of adoration, all -
the general . left oci my mind ins me his love, his lite, the star of his
was that the Due &Alton was • peer of destiny -in short, his affianced trite.
ly
France, yet, for some reason comber, he Fur this I was certain
o not prepared,
was • political exile, travelling under an and I believe I showed on the occasion
assumed name. I( restored to the in- •little mon dignity than had been .:
horitance of whish be had been defraud ed from me. Nevertheless, the sea
ed, he would be rich beyond the dreams bad fascinated me ; and I know not to
of • Cronus-M*dame was fond of elsewhat depths of imprudence I might have
meal illustrations and allusions -main -
stance
land, had not scan small eannn-
wl.ile, he had • little miss of wealth in stance aroused the suspicion cf faithful
old family jewels,which, happily, he bad old Gibson, fat, who tuck upon himself to
secreted and brought to England with tell my father all he had dered.
him. She told me all this, she said, be -
was I ever forget the morning when I
case• I exeroised a spell over people by was sent for, and oociad b ed with Mad-
my truth and ingenuous confidence, and lime Barvilier, who tad been summoned
veritably she could not hide things from from the whool-room half an hour prey -
to
; but on no aeooent most I reveal to lousily, and forbiddenleve the lib-
mrary till•I had been qua leave
in her
her vague, complicated, r,mantie history
so well, that I positively believed a word
from my lips would be enough to sur-
round this handsome. clever, ill used
man - -who admired my drawing so much
-with the myrmidons of a foreign gov-
ernment, who would drag him to • dun-
geon, and perhaps thence to the scaffold '
of course 1 had read of the horrors of
the French Revolution, though modern
history was, for the most part, but mea-
grely taught to girls in those days, and
my notion° were altogether crude and in-
accurate.
"Before we reached the hall door, 1
had given the promise that Madame
pcwe4 S 1 Ily deer Another. who alien
teas eM/Sd,-ttr ee d drowsed with huge -
while my father, white with anger, white
with the suppressed porion of • man ac-
customed to exercise self-control, stood
leaning on both hands at one Mad of • tom ; and yet 1 declare that • breath of
long able ; while Madame Bsrvitlier, at
pared and • forsigtsor, :'meed ..1 .wire• iy admitted. 21u room in the bulks' was
dling and forgery, the description rat better kauwn to bar 'bur that betwbas-
whom singularly tallied with that u( the bet, yet, Weight, tt• atduroon.nty ire -
primped Isabel 1', • r.noner they had
sever dime before. Her grandfather's
sword and epaulets hang on the wall,
with memorials to his tune and honor
'Is portrait lucked down upon the scene,
wbi!e the widow, majestic in her age,
and sereoc* is her sorrow, sat with her
gray floating over her shoulders, and an
open Bible before her. Ser no she was in
the sorrow of her widowhood, but to-
night there was • trouble on her rice --a
trouble arising from her bele( that Is-
abel
r•bel was entangling herself in a mystery.
Y es, but • mystery that is not to be
explained, since at that midnight bow,
1n that sacred chamber, • full ouofeesios
was trade, and • f.ulish letter, sealed
and stamped quits ready 1ur the post,
was hunrel unread -burnt together with
the letter, something worse than foolish,
which had drawn 1t forth. Was it •
singing, tenter, or handsome peuuilem
seer -do -well acquaintance, or military
partner at • bull, who bad been seeking
esrr•pirosdy the hand of Isabel Dudley,
.o -heiress of • large property, bet under
age, sad very ia.xpenenced of the world
and its evil ways i I shall not tell. Such
.chetners plies are singularly ■Ilk.,
though always with a difference. It is
.sough that Label Oodles, had strength
gives her to .hake off • brie( i.lstw•-
ties Travel, and reading, •.d culti-
vated society, dirtier tie west year or
two, enlarged her mind, and u.ickened
\+r iatel:ectual faculties, so her saudard
of excellence was altogether heightened.
There i. • rumour that both staters are
sugaged to be married-- to suitors per-
fectly approved by their permit& Per -
baps totoante you•rr people may say :
Approved be.•w. they are men of
wealth and position. But that u not
the chief because ; though pritticiples be-
ing rod, and charmuters being sympa-
thetic, it is no mean guarantee for bap-
pine.s that rosined people are of the
sum rank in life, hav• had stutter saso-
ciatioos and, in fact, bare hied during
their early life in a similar s Mist atmos-
phere. And perhaps unf•rtw.ate mar-
riages would wen:ttiues be prevented, if
older freed& and relatives spoke sympa-
thetically to the young while yet there
was time to retrace • false step ; or if
they emulated the .elf-sscnfice of Lady
Elderton, when, to point • moral, she
related the story of her own girlish folly.
imposters in queatioa.
There was • pause ; and it was Mrs
Dudley who broke the id...., aging
with evident emotton: Mother, it was
kind and generous of you to lire the
girls the benefit of this story. Noce you
told it me in my girlhood, and I think it
was like • chart bid down, that warned
me from Iastenr;g to flattery, Of iodelg-
ing idle dreams about rcmai,tie .d•
wirers. But the wanes thing is, that
your now are the last penia in the
world that could hare been thought
gnilty of i . . even in early
youth.
That is, replied lady Elderton, be
cause i was blessed in my surroundings
blessed with parents who "bowed me
how to profit by the short lessons I had
learned. Yet do not thiok I have not
think 1 have pail tame penalty, if only
in the painful which ohms
arise. I gave up painting early in lite.
because the occupation constantly recall-
ed scene" I wished to forget. As for
emeralds -pieces of green glass, perhaps
they glare at me even •arcws a roue, ea
if in their verdant beauty tilt, wen the
---
Bet merely, dear solder, yes Inn
had • happy life, said. Mn Dudley tat -
direly -happy, at least, for many, years
she added.
I was supremely happy in my married
life, returned Lady Elderton; acid my
story would be incomplete, if I do not
try to eoatr'aat the true love of an honor-
able mem with the deceptive flatteries of
en 1.I fortune-hunter It may
be tapes as a golden rule. that no lover
mesas well who prompts a young girl to
coocelme•t, or «eke to load her with
eve increasing bird« of • eland«Une
t. Poeta and novelties bare
much to answer for in eo often making
what they gall love paramount, someth-
ing tot* indulged, and is blind impulses
obeyed, beton simple old tash,rioet'
ditties Yet the greatest posh i., not
sin thus. Shakespeare knew better than
to reconcile the Montages@ and Capulea
while their children lived. And the
Moor might have trusted Desdeenona
till Iago was unmaaked, had not Othello
1 that she had deceived her
father -though it was fur him. Oh,
that ycung people would but believe
that their elders do not • ly
forget the emotions acd temptations u(
youth, when they offer advise that is
Crary to youthful impulses:
Ah, you don't forget ' murmured
Lotty.
No ; I do mot, continued Lady Elder -
the other end, knelt on • footstool -on
mystery about • young girl's affections
dime their purity- impala all her chances
which, perhamoshe had dropped for emir
of happiness. Nay, there is no happiness
sort of support, rather than exactly in in married life, except where • man loots
suppltcatwn, a woman onwards ati upwards; and how
I was arraigned, and pleaded guilty
can he do this, if he haa not himself •
to the charge of meeting e'er'ily and true soul ? How can he teach bar to be
strong and faithful, and to walk aright
through all the slippery paths of life -if
he has previously aught her error, and
been her tempter --if he has offered her
defence, and, as I lona afterwards dis-
the false jewel of his pretended Iove,end
covered. had pleaded every extenuating 1° requital of her acceptance, has robbed
her of her sincerity.
circumstance, which. after a11, could he
only one- namely. that I had acted by Lad? E1d.r n had warmed with her
the advice of my gorernesstheme and her last sentences lied been
1 was ordered to fetch the were" spoken with real pathos. Her summer
which had so turned my head ; and I did evening tale had been told and comment•
so, carrying them in a little blue silk ed on, leaving sdeep impression on the
bag in which I had kept them. At the tuditnn. The twilight had by thio time
bottom of the bag was the ring ; and deepened into night. and light clouds
when my father drew it forth, i covered ^hiscured the moron. Preeaotly, the clock
struck ; then Lotto rang the hell foo* the
my face with my hands, and wept for
eery shame. servants to assemble, and Mrs Dudley
N hat is this ?" mid my tether. "Be rose from her couch to conduct the fat.•
pleased to explain." illi devotions.
To my surprise, Madame was silent. I It ws. midnight, and the hoose was so
wondered that she left me to narrate the I utterly still that the ticltng of the hall -
history of .Ile preeiot.jeweL But hard. I clock alone broke upon the silence ; save
ly had I mentioned the royal lady who I in • large bedchamber, where two white
was said to have once possessed it, than I beds remained as yet unpreseed by Char -
my father burst into a bitter laugh ; and
carrying the ring nearer to the window,
he gazed at it for half • minute ; then,by
sheer strength, his Angers snapped et in
two, as he exclaimed • "Rase metal and
green glass ' i see there was really a
plot. laughter, ask your mother to
pardon you ; and Ised her away, while
I deal with this woman."
Wb.e we wen slope, i ret down pad -
tepidly and pound net the whole 'Wiry et
my regret and shame. So little riven to
tion as my mother wad, i think
h alb frightf d het.
holding converse with • stranger, and
.1 deliberately concealing from my par.
etasevery transaction connected with
the acquaintanceship. Gold old :iib -
son had already been my counsel for my
1oo• and Labelle Dudley. Th. two girls
were in their loom wrappers, with their
h ng hair plaited and amngel for the
night, lust as their maid had left them
so fu as the toilet was concerned, but
both were weeping, ao41 isabel was in an
attitude of dejection and shame.
it is a relief. Lotty, to have 10141 you,
erclaimer41 isbel; but oh' i am entehed
sad ashamed Can it --ean it be that
patielmsmma has noticed or suspected
eometking, and so told her awn story to
alight - every word of which bowled my
habit M sit accusation 1 Can she have
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