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LOST FOR A WOMAN.
BY MAY AMINES FLh! IN(1,.
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Silent and True," " A Mad Mar.
r'iage," One Makes Mystery,"
fic., dc.. (te,
PAI'•T I.
In mine eve: e tles sweetest :envy;
that I' ever looked on."
a ed a..k'.t: lase more lltng.•ronn than
his worst fears. If madam one a looks
WA that W a nr.auT faeea, that, eni stenting
Cal.. . x •,t yeetTsfel ere all i.., over—
her s ;zit. will be taken captive at
c•:iene (le.e, notallure lliiu--he is
zee '
•a -e. t ble. and his heart --all the
to •.art he las cvcr had to give—went
out of : le !' n ,nano -ears ago.
lies ,ora.:, ., •`eemie. and ulnae
a! eefe ;.
and the tietefor awaiting hirsr
( cit 11. ^ego oiizes. pleads
let(' hetet,. .;.t the evil custom of sit.
tinne'ata, l ; 1."c deetor waives all:
6.V.414,,-; lit Flute is his guest's.
• I meet be going before noon," Mr.,
Vatent„ e remarks; " there . is a train
Lee ilda t Obout eleven, i tinct
fee': -...<- thee—teed f F::euks for your:
tin'1 liesee.V,e-s, s y deer fleeter. Sly
y ▪ " l.. le'., l'c. it x will lana remain do
-t.,:efelle inanyreennrrv'"
(: a• rains tt'. t elle, bet where the
nlese, v• i the reef."
, F c. • °. ;. • - , ..ln . a•r * g';snee. ;
•.stn pe :Alla startled on au ex -
e( •, # +,e •.:n 41, 1J:. 4" at daylight.' he
•e.,, • a tel net, return before night.
'They lett their ashetee with use." - t
le a esfele eiere =the rlo7tor's a
• ,(." C1;414 err -and er j,
Y •, fi,.3 • ' ; t :, al . 71 i.n tin+rlt.nlrt
Y 1 diel has seen
° 7, ..: .:t -e ..a. ,, tee..,"ran w.)uthv his
11.4 tr 1,.,4.4'., Ohl Tbn prosideally
rums Lae ,lei the rete{rn trip, and he ,
t3 ,ee .°r erste en e' preee. tend steams'
q„t et *",ie •t. [,I.a,ce., with the memory
tee .M1..,::;;.::eFee .„, let.;i °l 11:(?nde face to
R
bear a In 4.,,a!,eri{y, " din ciug shape,
a , iia-" . e::, to Meet, er•'W .der, and t.
: peter. ex. elseb an Valentine
tee i l:, .l^slate aro loetteed with
he
t... .. •in Vett to rie:les domicile
",!t t" tettle.t fee V3" tnilen home,'"
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:day n
F
i }tee ,t ',
A
i ; } .i Is in erne Mr.
i .. q'eett",.es lit a e. titer 'tweet,
t Vat, ,..,a " di: a, It has
takon birn many years to do it, but ib le
pe.t(o, at last.
The baronet is dead --live the baronet.
Sir Itrtpers is gathered to his fathers,
au.I other relations, and Sir Vane eteps
hit" hie shoes—his title-Ahis in povcr.
ih.•.1 neat*, his gray, ivy -grown, tutees -
teal manor. It ix sudden at last --is
tl.•ieth eyer auything oleo ?—and Miss
1)7,rotlbee writo3 him to come without
delay. The family solicitor also writes,
1a15 prsemnee is absolutely needed—
things are in a terrible tangle—Sir Vane
rinetc come: and see if the naulidle can i
Le sett straight. Re lays those letter,
-itis levee complexion quite chalky
with emotion --before his aunt and
arbiter.
"Certainly, my good Wane, ccrtaiuly,"
net greet lady says, -cith mora alacrity.
than the melancholy occasion seems to
demand; " go byall ratans, and at once.
Any money that may be needed, for re-
pairs, etc., shall he fortlrco;iting, of
eourae, Remember me to your taster
and Miss Camilla Booth."
Time has been when Vane Valentine
would have hailed this as the apes of
all his mopes. That time is no more.
He is torn with doubt. To lease
Maflarrr Valentine and her fortune for
many weeks—months, it may be, who
ean, at this critical juncture, tell what
may not happen in the interval ? Shi4
may do as he bas done—'she may -visit
St. Giidas. Once let her see that girl
and all is lost 1 What is an empty titltt,
a handful of barren acre,;, a mortgagor)
manor -house, coug arcd with the for-
tune he rusks ? Bat the risk must be
run. Madam herself is peremptory in
urging hint to etc.
" The honor of the family demands
it,' she says, severely. "Von must go.
Why do you hesitate ?"
Ah ! Why ? Ile looks at her almost
angrily, and would " talk back " if he
dared. But discretion is the butter
part of valor ---the risk trust be run.
til a ;loony brow, and a forebtxling
spirit,, the ne-s Lord of Valentine and
his portmanteau depart.
And then, what be most fears, comes
straight to pass.. Ere the good ship
that bears him has piowedvhalf the
Atlantic, Madam. Valentine, attended by
her maid, is on her way, as fast as ex-
press trains can whirl her, to St. Glides,
to see with her own eyes the original of
the daring photograph shelooks at every
nay.
CHAPTER XIX.
" LA MINE lia4Axom n"
"A lady for you, mar mere.
So says Sister Huiniliana, and. lays a
card before Mere Maddelena, who site
busily writing in her have little room.
The mother looksup, and at the earl.,
and knits her brows.
" Valentine ?" she says. " We have
no one of that name, my sister." .
"No, my mother.' Perhaps it is some
one who comes concerning a new pupil.
She is in the second parlor. It is --vitt
,r/rande dame ma mere."
" It is won, Ina safer. I will go."
Mere Maddelena lays down herpen
with some reluctance, -for she is very
busy. To -day there are the closing ex-
ercises of the school, distribution of pre•
minxes, addresses, graduation speeches,
awarding of gold medals, wreaths, &e,,
with music and a dramatic performance.
And "IIis Grandeur " is. coming, and Surely xnadaxne will pot take het
many other great personages, lay and ' away 1"
ecclesiastical, among them a distinw)• k "If she is t you describe her, I
gnislsed 1;.evel sh miler and his lady atkre11 will 1'' repji05 la bonne mown,
Ali these dignitaries Mere 3lkedr.elena ! deeisi�al�r, teem Parini a fasaivafing
has to receive and entertain ; bei ghls . picture, ney er. Why, a girl like
are to have one last drilling lu their that, with a s such as 1 gall give
parts—a thousaud things are before, bei, may have the -world at her feet.
her, And now sheis called to waste Sixteen years old, you say ?"
her golden moments, in futile talk, it ` "Nearer seventeen, I believe, and tali
may be, in tie) second parlor, ' and most womanly for her age. Ah t
Bat she goes, with her slow, stately 1 ma eler'evet ite! how we will be sorry to
step, a very- ideal lady abbess, serene of ' lose you 1 Shah I send for her, madame,
face, f reeions of mamma --a very gra• that yon may see for yourself ?"
cions manner—quite the mein of a ` She etretelres out her handle the bell,
princess, :end with some right too, for nut the other stops her.
Mere i'laddeleaaa once upon a time was : " No," she says, " -wit. I do not
a'very great lady. So long ago, so like a ; mistrust your judgment, my mother,
dream it seems to her, now, wben it 1 but I prefer to judgo for myself. Let
flits for r moment across her memory. ? me see her, boar her, myself' unkeow u,
In tlio days of the second empire, when ° first. How can I do this 2"
the glory and spler:ior thereof filled the "Most easily, Honor us with your
earth, no braver soldier inarehed to the • presence at the exercises this after.
Crimea, among the legions of Louis 1 noon. She is to be crowned for excel-
Napeleen, than Colonel, the Count de'1 fence in music, and to receive the see
Eosiere. Among ong all the brilliant ones of and medal. She afterward performs in
a brilliant Quart, few out:etc:no Lsure, 1 a little vaudeville we have dramatized
countess de Ro'iere, either in beenty, a ourselves from history, "La Rebus
in birth. or in high -bred gree e. She lett Blanche " we call it. When all is over,
him go, anal urour t ed for her Fernand. the pupils mingle with the guests in the
gayly ---he would return with tyre Cross parlors. Yo -t can there see and bear,
of the l•egien, a Me -rebel of France. lie 1 and talk' to her as much as you like.
did return, in his eetlin. and his fair Mei' willdo admirably," madame
yam* wife took lice i,rnised heart our of Says, rising'r a'nd uow, as I am sere
the word ir.to the cloister. Atfhrat sho r yon are vary busty, reverend mother, I
only en errv:l ,vr rereeS e. in those early < w 11 detain you no longer." ...a
daye of de :th and cl :pair, and there " Let me present yon veitlLasr of our
pew towel her.. -n new peace., that no admission cards," says Mere ntandelesta,
death retain tcskc•amen. That was in a rising also; "So -many -wish to 'aseist at
the dim Paste -Mete Sla+'tdelena ig here R the closing exhibition, that we are
now, but under tbe serge of her babit, ` forced to protect ourselves"against a
tinder
tho I:unlinks. of the raieenee the' crowd. Until this afternoon, then,
court, manners, the Gild air noble Still 1 madame, au rreoir."
remain. It is a vein' inspiring and i The portress glidesforward with her
graceful presenee that eaten the : key, the big convent door opens and
sceuud 1 nriur " une buwe pram -eine " close$, end 3tedam Valentino is out,
to t o otderlylady, s() richly robed, who " (hiving in hc'r cab threugh the streets of
sitsthertiu. ; Sc. Oilclaa to her hotel.
Madam Valentiuc rises, and r..ttnua's Her calm mind is almost in a. tumult
that profo:tad obeicanee. imprinted at of hope, of fear. If this girl only proves
once by tlw stately wren of the nun t to be what Mere .1laddelena makes her
" Upon, ray -cora," she thistle% "these ont, or even half, what solace, what
Frreuelnvnuwn, whether nuns or soeiety companionship may yet be in store for
belles. kava beautiful naune re. I era: , bor t, For even in her reparaetion, toad
hope she hal mrena;.�d to iu' tll a Iittie n she honestly deairestomake it,madam'a
of Itt r ti gh.bred grace into :hie girl I 1 Ant thought: is of self. She grow, as
Ira -•e coma to see." t she has admitted for the first time, Tory
" seated, madam," ,licca entente. " lonely in her desolate old age. Vane
Iona says,and stands until her guest Itas j Valentine is no eompaeion. Sho half
dorso so. ."A grando crane. t alta !" fears, vitally distrusts hien. Sho rebele
cbtiuks;, as their .yee meet, '" 'Nil b Against the sort of power be is beginning.
band8orne and strii•ire g faee," " to exercise over her. Ills impatience is
" My mine, yeorhaes, xeay net bo 1' too muuifeat.
fainner to you, ruvereud another,'."Ina a;'tsls " I shall not dice yet, my good, Vanes"
the lardy, glance -le a; the t<ar+1 the i she thinks, with a little hitter suede,
mother -.till retain:.; e Valentine." f " even to oblige you. How will you
"It is unpanlonnl' ua of lee if I forget, look, I wonder, when you hear in Bug -
but, Valentino No; I do not recall lane. that a Mengel, olden•haired
that, .madam. granddaughter bas usurpee' your place?
•. Aud yet you have bad a pupil leen t Ge.'orge's chrbl—eleorge'e little daughter!
for many years, bearing that siamc.1ia:.e To think that she is over sixteen, and 1
yon not ?" have never aeon her yet t"
" A pupil? But no, pin lain, no ono A. paugof selfereproach passes through
called fr alentine." 1 Iver—a pang that yet holds a deeper pay
" Perhaps then, she ry caiileil," -eith ! I (( .reran}f
some reluctance,. " Tri!lou. " " Howblind I have been ! All these
" Trillon ? Stay 1 Ah 1 but yes. stat• years --these long, lonely, wasted years,
dam. it is the little Dolores vau,m you sbo -night breve been with ma; 1 -night
menu. The prot,ege a of our etre her-., wan her love. • Shat if now she
Macdonald."
. rc fuses to corm, or, if coming, comes re-
," 1, l ereee She h •ser, leo ceded 1a:otautly? What if ebe proffers her,
Dolores titan; I hiw. w of, Snownall if fronds hewn-tinsdector anddlris farnt1p,
you :like ; a silty name.'" who have cared for her always ? It
"The same, the same! But anada s - ane bo n;rite natural, But I would
fails to es feat itl I would feel it 1 George's
permissionwechristened hit was er Dolores. obild 1"
She was written to on the subject." i Still elle dues not fear it greatly. She
" Was I? And ellen ? Who wrote2
I remember nothing of it,," says Madam
Valentine,. rather abruptly.
e. It ii many years ago now, fully* six
at least. Madam Macdonald died, and
the little one was Bent taus. She had no
name but the so foolish one of Snow-
ball, and had nevor been baptized.
naw ay. And next year she is to graduate
has so mulch to offer --so much; they
have nothing but love. And bow often
does love not kick the beam when gold
is in the other scale? N' ono ever says
e*ane" to Iiabiierine Valentine. So she
dreams on of a future in which also
will live over again her own wasted life,
in the bright yrou ng life of this girl,
Madam is aware," deprecatingly, " we How happy she -riff make her 1 How i
could nob tolerate that. Dr. Macdonald wholly 8120 Will win her bead!
wrote to his very good friend M. Paul " It wAl atone," she says, and her
Farrar, then at Fayal, and M. Paul—he eyes fill with slow tears, " to the living
wrote to you did he not 2 Or a member and to the dead—oh! most of all, to the Plave on hand the most modern and richest
of your family, perhaps, for the re. dead! What I refused tho father shall
visite permission," be given, a thousand times over, to the stock of
" ! to a member of my family 1 ohihl."
I see," says madame's sarcastic voice. She counts the hours with impatience
" Permission came we might do as we until the hour she can return to the
pleased. And we called the child Maria villa, She does not wish to go too soon,
Dolores. Is it possible, madam, that anti be forced to bear her impatience
this is the first you have heard of it?" under the eyes of a hundred people.
" Quite possible—the very first, my Her maid stares at her. Is this her
good mother. But it noes not signify at calm, self -repressed, proudly silent mis-
all. 1 prefer Dolores to Snowball, 'tress—this feverish, flushed woman,
which, to point of fact, is no name at walking restlessly up and down her
all. Well, it is your Dolores then, that room
I have come to see." Tho hoar strikes at last ; the distance
""Madame is -2" . is but short;' a carriage is waiting. She
" Her grandmother 1 I have never descends, midis driven back to Villa des
seen her in my life 1 You will wonder Augos. A stream of people and car-
at that, my mother, but her father, my riages for the last half hour has been
only son, married against my will, and setting in the same direction.
to my great and bitter grief. He is A waiting sister receives and escorts
dead since many years " (this converse her, and several other arrivals, to an
tion is carried on in French), " and his upper seat iu the long and lofty hall. It
death I cease not to deplore} But to- is rather like going to the theatre—there
ward his child I did not relent; 1 is the stage, the green drop -curtain, and
banished her from my sight. Isent her silks rustle, and fans wave, and plumes
here. I fatigue you, I fear, my good nod, and an odor as of roses and violets
mother, with all these family details." abounds. Here is the ecclesiastical ele-
She speaks with a certain coldness, a ment, a bishop, and numerous priests ;
certain haughty abruptness of manner, here is the British personage and his
that she is apt unconsciously to assume lady—an imposing assemblage as a
when forced to unveil ever so little of whole. Sisters in black veils and white
her heart to strangers. But Mere Mad• coifs, flit about, and all along one side,
delena's gentle, sympathetic face makes tier upon tier of innocence, white Swiss,
the task easy. blue sashes, and carefully arranged
" Ah 1 but no, madame. I am in- tresses, sit the . " angels" of. Villa des
terested. I am sorry; it's altvery sad Anges. Silent and demure they .sit,
for you." wreaths on their youthful heads, white
" I grow an old woman, I find," kids on their angelic hands, dancing
Madam Valentine resumes, still in that fight in their bright eyes. It is an
abrupt tone, " and I am lonely. She— effective picture altogether, and so
this girl is nearer to me than anything
else on earth. It is natural I should
wish to see her, at least. That's why I
am here.
"Ah, madame ? in profoundest sym.
pathy, and once having seen her, you
will love her so dearly. It is a heart of
gold—it is a child of infinite talent, and
goodness and grace. A little wild and
joyous, I grant you, but what` will you
rt is youth. And a paragon of beauty.
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thinks madam, taking t'aibin through
her double eyeglass. The granddaughter
of many Valentines might be in a very
much worse place than this Canadian
convent, after all. Madam has been
given a capacious seat among the
nobility andentry, -and in an excellent
position to see everything. Bills of the
performance, white satin, gold lettering,
attar of roses,, are distributed. She
glances eagerly at hers, and sees the
We do not tell her that, you understand, name for which she looks, " La Reine
but it is a loveliness most surpassing. Blanche—A' Drama in Three Acts !
All Villa des Anges will be desole rf Marie Stuart — Mille. Dolores Mae
madame, to bonne maman, takes her
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