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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1884-3-6, Page 2LOST 'ORA WOMAN. 1 1 MAY AGNES 1.1 alai., AUTHOR OE Silent and "rue." "` ,d 3teee8 lien rani; e," Oste .\'ielht"-S 1(1tstery kc., iCr., efio. axe; inghji Ills in consequence up -stairs. What's he like, this successor of mine 2" He's black and stiff, and that high stomached and proud of himself that l can't abide the sight of him. He's not At tobfaaek yours foes, that h0 ain't, Master George. Oh, env dear, its not too late to come back and do well, Let nae go up and tell my mistress----" Bone stops her with a motion of his hand.., PART L " No, Tinker, you shall toll no one. 1 ,. In ,vine axes sae is the sweetso have not retsrued to whine and beg, that lover Kilkeel an ' Not that I would not go down on nary knees, mind you, to crave their pardon 'e'.''' • for the heert.break I have POMPOM -1 them see ; is rs 'i'iulcee sh0 is if that were all, But it would not be cap, and been sommoned to the upper spheres. be repelled, and-- An;i I know myself No one is near. Ile takes a step for. diet might awake the devil within rile, ward. I wended be thought to hare returned for alone, the tall, plush young man has al., et evoold be misunderstood. I might Her mistress cuanes ; every one else is turned owe of the . room, and then-- Susan Tinker never knows how --rho terrible truth is told. Gem:go Valentine is one of the "hands " who has gonedown to his death in. the ill-fated Bello O'Brien, Blood tells., pride tells, training tells. Madam listens, with blanched cheeks and wide, horror-stricken oyes, but she. neither faints nor screams, She deadly still, deadly cold, ; but'almost the calmness of death, too, is in bars face. She makes no eromment what, ever she listens t the end—to the narrative of the visit and all that passed —anti rises and Rake out liar husband. He eomes in barer to rho oke ser.. vant's bedside, his hands trembling, his month twitching, far more agitated, Mooning, than his wife, and listens to i1Iusli!" he says; " not be alarmed the money, a comfortable home; I could the atoxy sobbed out again between —do not scream. Loon at me—have net stand that. I wrote again and again ever -flowing tears, „ you, too. forgotten Hie, Ars. '1'izik;er:" that first year to ask their forgiveness, ".Yon you did not ask him anything, lIe lifts his fur yap t ie gas -flare falls I never asked, or meant to ask for any about -about her 2' the father says, ' upon leis. f:u . Forgotten him '. oh; thing besides, and they never answered tremulously. I mrev+er, never, nt:ver! She clasp's her me. A pian can't goon dodo; that sort " No ; I forgot.There wasn't time - hende, elite . is :a ,vt*rolls s, sobbing of thing forever. Some day, months to ask him anything. And I was so sound. not. srr{i.iin. she stems with from this, you; will tell thein, if you like, took up with him,'" Mrs. Tinker sobs. Rould Baro to She nnderetaude Mr. Valentine refers dilated aye, fired joy --joy unutterable if you think they � ' making the old fees beautiful. hear. Ted my mother se. her pard- n o to the wife, ir old f len-:1, y es,1; see you ro, with all my heart. Te 1 1ilsr I would ' "Oh, my dear master, you are not member. It ie your s.-apegrece--your give my life; ay, twice over, to undo tlia / angry with me, are you?" run away ' ua;ter r ac er; e • coolie woke, past, tell her nothing to -night. I You should have 1 .sella, lige dear, ail,- clear, me demo., was home sick, w Mlrs,'riii;er; l anted that night," lie slims tt c yl hill d the kl 1 i t 11 see you most of all 'l.hin of that he ureal ie tduwin for n riiouaeni, rand lays E BIGGEST SALE IM E...ETER. DRY -GOODS twiner ulously ELI, Strad "still coiuplete iu all departments. 's :s. T' -.Intl a to see ytiu; I really thine. I wanted to all—ail m' it vobeei* axil," Then —SPECIAL ' i 1a�TEB x, all SIi Tinker can tiA.y, # i n w ,..,. down ' nrin -,tK 4 )Pe,Cia e.lr� iu -•• � a � '""• repairs of jci 1,<y.,:s i kk'it tii.�I.i ..01,!' fellow hero g in love with yea, 4114ytlu d Iiia dead en the table, and deur, dear, tiedreet..11 ester t,e ori"e !'" -' la'geu again, but the dark bright sacred than her ogre. " But I am not Ile fake* + is ei:,l r:•e..I. xvrtu:t',i, tea. eyes that loot; et the tire see it dimly,", angry, he adds, rising slowly, " You rot" IGSS 'Got' CZi Flannels worn, i 1, stee if through water. In the 'falser dui as ho told you. I ani not ail my o, boy' ni}r eon boy--rny tom fifty-five, isn't it " Susan Tinker 1 .�'>,..► is silent before a ganef greater and mere y ati !r W 111 c 9T "Alway niy fa.i-u 1---:ik- ting, gond, -anise the sound ofsinging from u . with you, Mrs. Tinker," be says, with • .. � strange s:ithos :slid *e�ntleaies for that one remembers me- It is more than I rtreing alis(,gore€ill, but Mrs. Tinker i stern, 1)rsi.iti in�a.Goo go lewd peeteSk3 tlin;i;h�-ruQro tliaii I ever ex. It ' fief, f 00 0 • . ' : It is the first time that rianuan has Ix+;tekl; • gull maltolt a fare ag though she wee: - "•(?li, my awn love', my owe dear, tasting something very nasty indeed. Pacts tarns lips for years, As ies of he speakma brave, bright, beautiful boy'. don't 'en Its him." she says in explanation, 1 it tem like that ! Iloiz"t 'e *. now ---it do laid George smile,; lira knows she means 1 He goo 3 to tlio little soa•eoast village nigh break my Heart. (.2h, diaster ti ane Valentine. where the bones of the luckless Lark • ., ., � -^-S (fill O them a wl' sexy. I know d yored. comet back to y ' N see the mother oar slat —I alwayssaid lu' n' is latter than aA* deeou knowad lion ? identified Oue or wo a and. claire bodies, ot7 have were iu your aiivivaoiug year's; nay 0/4 111.1 by the sea witi- every traces tit .40, Rid oultivote rano liuinnaiity be feu. out by the rethboss lee is to be a baronet, :and a waves. The, clothes =el other relics and a very great personage aro preserved. Ams gg theca. is a jaekot, me tell ;you,' ' . ail=1 on the lining, which is black, there uta hts pipe in hi; pocket, is marked in ,spall, distinct red. letters, out his hand for his fiat. a. name " G, H. Valentine." Tho body , with a sort of cry. On which tide garment, tightly button. , ' Not like this. Oh, ed, was found, was that of a tall yonug r e, deer Master George, not nau with dark flair and a moustache ; a fiue.lookin muscular young fellow, his, mytrieud. See, I am so far as could bo discovered, after some ter aleady; out oilmen me days lathe water. He is buried yonder. lair, don't make it harder for me The 'tattier goes, and kneels by the little .you cau help, It must be. I have mound of snow-covered sod, and what you and I am Satisfied. Tell them asses in lis heart is known only to have led— lknt wi' c snout stand iiy and by""'"" coven and himself. talking Imre • some of the servant, will Be atopss,,for she is Drying as if her Dive menthe after that, Austin Valeo. tie and I must not be seen. heartxtontd break,. lin:, the merchant 1)riile'c", dial, He ""Ala me, ah me," she sobs, "' how has never held up hie 1. , td, again • the shall I bear It 1 How can 1 ever lot him go f :Master George, Master George 1 Oh, my boy, that I have rooked in these arms many and many a time, that has so worn, cin tadod, so hollow-eyed so gone to slelep on my breast, that 1 lova pearly -clad, so utterly fallen front Ills like my awn flesh and blood. Oli, uiy hi 71 estate. heart, how will I let him go ?" She leads the way to her little sitting. She cries so dreadfully that he puts room, and he sinks wearily into the easy, down his hat and takes lier in his arms,. chair she places for him before the lire, and trios to soothe her; his own eyes and ��e+s his hand over his eyes, as if are wet. Sho cries as if indeed her old the leaping, cheery light dazzled and heart were breaking. blinded him, "I must go," he ways at last, almost "Sit thea there, Master George, and wildly. "My dear, dear nurse, have a loyal .e".d :a o:;el! `i h .+ tr,:.l ! ruici st'iir, o nt'en a w "ie . a tenor, tolereh y t a 1 Ia 41 1 listens 'with l k f much dista •te ' yt)ii ` George'. "ebsster George! I'm fit to die •,14' *Ai cot now—vire c le ion is evil raN�, and the er0W a . f s doutl welt i aux imeatio • _you foolish old have been washed ashore, lie buried, so. Thanks a& preiee b " lint ek):Hey st live" c in, come in. It`s 1 eAr IA; n h.en ; ,k1A.1 Ilan keepins yon litre . 1y twirls lana ie. Mee Pinker !,. lie 41! tsayss, with x dreary laugh. e. ;tidy good soul, k:.liave not a garret iu the) world I can csU my awie." But 'be Iota her Iead him in, and :t-rs xis he 1wnee.e. ua e.f the Me.>Gr:, elt,ety night, "Oh, my duo, how wet eon are! and how pale, anti thin, and fkistg0tl.liku, uow that I lice you in the light! My dear, my dear, my own Master George! how changed you aro!" t" Changed," he ayai. " Good heavens. yes. If you knew the life Take nee somewhere where we ran talk' undisturbed, and where I may got warm.. I a chilled to the bone." Fier eyes are running over again. The change In hireOh' the change in him, sight of his heir becomes insupportable to him. That young gontlemax is sent, on his travels, and the fuuoral is over before ho returns. • For Madam Valentine--woU, she goes on with the burden of life somehow. It is an old story. " The heart may break, yet brokenly live on." The world does not see much difference, Only the) To- ronto home is broken up forever - life there fll at once grows hateful, and she becomes a wanderer. She R'ijl bave no fixed place of abode, a singular restless- ness possesses her—she lives bore, there, arerywhere,as the fanny seises her. Vane Valentino waits dutifully on every Whim. "What comfort he must be to yon , , snob a good young man," every. body says, and she agrees, and tries to chink it is so—but he is a comfort to her. She bas a oold sort of liking for him; a respect for his judgment and good sense, bub love—Ab 7 well, she had loved once, and oases suffices. And so existence goes on for still three years more. Mrs. Tinker accompanies hoe 1 always' she clings to his old servant, don't'ea talk for a bit, hast andgat little )nervy. Stop crying for heaven's sake. I can't stand this.'" warm, and I'll got hie summat to eat." There is such desperate trouble in his He is well disposed to alley, he is tone, in his face, that it pierces through worn out in body and mind. Ho has all her sorrow, and checks iti; flow for a been reoently i11, he has eaten scarcely moment. In that moment he snatches anything all day, he has hardly a penny pro his hat, in his pocket, and "` the world is all be- „ Good -by, gopd-by !" he exclainati. fore him whore to choose," " God bless you, faithful,. loving old He sits and half sleeps, so utterly friend. I'll come back to see you if 1 weary is he, so sweet to him are the never come to see anyone else." rest, and the warmth of the fire. But be wakes up as Mrs. Tinker returns ' laden with hot coffee, chicken, meats, And then he is gone. There comes bread and wine. His eyes light with floating down the stairs the last melod. gladness of hard, grinding hunger. ions words of Vane Valentine's hunting " Thanks, my dear old woman, yon song, as the door opens: have not forgotten my tastes. By Jove, "`For the iencesrun strong in the Leicestershire I am glad you brought me something vale, And there's bellows to mend, and a lengthening for 1 am uncommonly sheep -set." tail, She watches him eating and drinking With a"Forwardt Away I' in the morning." with the keen delight women feel in . But there mingles with it a quick ministering to the bodily wants of men step running down the stairs, and they love. He pushes the things away the opening and shutting of a at last and laughs at her rapt look. street door. And then she is alone, "I wonder i No'er•do-well ever had and outside the -sleet is beating agar ,st such a loving old heart to cling to him the glass, and the wind is shrieking before," he says; "the world is a better through the black streets, and up -stairs place, Mrs. Tinker, for having such wo- there is the sound of faint applause, men as you in it. I wonder if I might and a soft murmur of pleasant voices. Smoke in this matronly bower without And George Valentine has been, and is desecration now ?" gone. It is an anti -climax, but it does Mrs. The dinner party goes off well, and so Tinker's heart good. Smoke ! Yes, does the new heir. People admire his from now until sunrise if he likes. repose of manner and modest good "Well, not quite so long as that. By breeding, and consider him a credit to sunrise I expect that I and the Belle his sister's training. -� O'Brien will be well on our way to—, Mrs. Tinker is maisposet next; nay, but never mind where, if you don't know and keeps her bed. Her eyes are very you can't tell. I've a berth as foremast red, her face very pale and troubled, hand, being a friend, after a fashion, of her mistress observes, when she visits the captain's, and am going to work my her. Being questioned as to those to all the gaping world. passage out to—never mind where symptoms, )ylrs. Tinker turns her face And this is the danger Vane Valen. again, Mrs. Tinker. If I live and prosper to the wall, and her tears silently tine has gone to.night to avert, this is and redeem the past out there, I'll come ii icy again. 11 she only knew 1 the wretched story of passion and pain, back and seg you one day, and make a The storm continues all night, all and loss, and death, and shame, she clean breast of it. If not, and it is more next day ; there are many disasters thinks out, as she sits with clasped than liked not, I will have seen you to- and wrecks along the coast chronicled hands gazing at the cold, white October nicht at least. But I'm off in hour , in the papers for days after. And 1'i 1 t 11 • alit by this one B69 Hosiery and loves. ntles, Wool Goods, Flus, and a lot of Falicy. Goods suitable for the season. NEW LINES OF --- ITS SIM •• Special IaAI GE STOCK Olt, (Or ie ► rete to be cleared out this month—SURE, EXTRA. VALVE .I BRUSSELS 'TAPESTRY & ALL -WOOL CARPETS `�� e are bound to lead the trade, Come and see, No trouble to :how Goods. P. S.. -Our stn k of Groceries is fresh for the Holiday trade Also first-class assortment of Crockery, Glassware, Plata - ware, &c. Come one, come all. Carpets, Carpets R. S.:MURRAY & CO. Iaofrdon, Ontario, she is stunk that binds her to the est I Have on hand the most modern and richest —the only one. She comes with Vane Valentine to the cottage in the suburbs stock of of this dull little New -England town of for afeiue, because it is a pleasant placeflousc Furnishings for few autumn weeks, and one ghee is much the same as another. Life gods on—almost stagnant in its =N THE DOMINION. quiet , she grows old gracefully ; she is a woman of fine presence and com- manding mien still, leer health is un- broken, only—she has almost forgotten to smile. Her face is set like a Ent to all the world ; she is chill and hard, self -re- pressed and self-centred, a woman suf- ficient unto herself. And here—where peace and a sort of forgetfulness seem to have found her, the widow of her dead son appears, the miserable, low -born cause of her life's woe and loss, and destroys it all. Comes with her fair mocking face, her fresh, insolent young beauty, her bold, evil blue eyes, her coarse, defiant taunts, and threatens to tear bare her half -healed heart, and show it bleeding or two, and that is why I am here, to -take away with me a last look of your good, plump, motherly old face, bless it. Because, you see, in the words of the :song, " It may be for years and it may be fer ever." And very likely it will be for ever, for I'm =unlucky beggar, and n like Mrs. Gnmmidge, ` the gs go con- trary with me.' •• He laughs, it is almost like the mellow' laugh of old, but it makes faithful Susan Tinker's heart ache. ' " Oh, my dear, my dear; you a sailor. You in want of anything, and him—that. there young upstarts--" " Ah, I know about that," George says quickly, I heard down. yonder an the town. It is his birthday, and_there moon err i — a wren a.nong them there is narrated the total woman's hand t wreck of the bark Belo O'Brien, and the loss of every soul' on board. This item of shipping news is read aloud below stairs by the butler, and that magnate is electrified by a shriek from one of the' women, who drops in a, d ai t. It 's Mr Tinker to the ea d f 'n r s. in -er, surprise of every one; and Mrs. Tinker is laid. on the floor, and sprinkled with water, and slapped. on the ppahns, and brought to with infinite die ioulty. And when she is brought to, she " goes on " like a mad watelan, beating the air with 'her hands, steaming hysterical sceeams; oalJiii oti't for her the rests, and miscori ehtmg herself genera lyis a way pevf4c fly frenzied. L CHAPTER IX. WHICH RECORDS A TRAGEDY. " Jemima Ann !" says Mlle. Mimi. She is laying in her customary afternoon lounging attitude upon the parlor sofa, occupied in her usual afternoon fashion in smoking cigarettes, and teaching .her little girl a new ballet step, :'"' Jemima Ann, are you happy.?" " Lor 1" • says Jereuna Ann. 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