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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-4-27, Page 7Axial:, 27,1588. H' BRi)SS1 LS POST 7 mr .- saVNi7A'•'R..rvw, 11111.. •^Loa: 1Orr:raatnam1 X10. 7,,^17- " ,,,,,,•, vonr, .w+n-^• F:oozo dv art 1111==, rs•s11110.1 r+ra KAPA rAVNTAIKI ¢al OWAR'+Ar+ JESTp - as the result of her acquaintauoe. '�°O EATIE "� ,thoumnul�nly, 1.holo eta t11e xtnhd 1 y Y ), Y flowerer clompaucllastin regret may 1 !y y coanhraau, tv11n, tvllatevar svcmn Lis 1 It i loon tact Ll 7' 1 t! K 1 t d Wm) been, no man ovor left hon pros. Ul' t 1 ' Bab t 1 1 1 ttl =cult)! O , all 1 all t1) aG cnee hi harsh and bitter coutempt for dm very name of wonutn, as too often myown UenetiG. 1'ltat was 111 may had been the ease in tiro instanc0 of Y Y Lottrc 1Ia1'adou. `I'hosu who knew her purling° and min, but every flattering least, maid silo was eold, and thoso who thing that I can remember ix roily it knew her Ono, womanly heart bolt, I)t don to think of now. 1. ion the wondered at her continued iediffurrneu w°rsc for my baanty, as You regard it. to every suit. And sometimes she woo - 1 cannot think of any nuc that I have lured dot herself—how it was' -all tic, attentions 5110 received 5t'areely ever gnicicened her pulse. But when attar long absence alto re- turned and meet the friend a11d- play. mato of her childhood--tbo wayward youth to whom she was accustomed to give sisterly eounsc-1—her pule:n was 50 strangely qunthoiled, and the blood so quick to nionnt to her face at lois every word and look, that sho began to under- stand herself somewhat. They had but recently returned to thou resideirco oil tole hanks of the Hudson ; and Harcourt was made a wcicomn visitor. !laving completed his professional ;tunics, the young mai had succeeded largely to tum practice of his deceased misappropriated them is a burd,m ul,..:, „1),•r: and was doing well in a business your conscience, You will 1 ,,1 ;;n' sue, point ui view. ]lo had inherited enough after a long lifo of adulation in which pr"p, sty to secure a gond start in life, every whiny wax gratified. 111 livee nu?, out not. auuigh to rob Trim of the whole - Miss Marsden, It 1y a rl'y sad t ;o,.. to f-:otc ,• •iitnnlu.4 'rhlirh cones from tho comp to the end of a long life with no 11ccc1 of sett-cacrtiou. He bad au acute, other posSOssion than a burdened 0010 active 1111114. Abundance of intellect seioneo, and a heavy, guilty heart, 1 and fire flashed from his Clark eyes, mud long to save you from such a fate. That we liars semi that he was not without would bo a wretchedly poor result of a gond and geocrous tracts. !Int in his lifetime from one endowed. as you spiritual li(ullo li b become materialistic arc." and swiptiral. ills associates were bril- "Your words aro very severe, Mr. liant but fast men ; and for him also the wine cup was gaining dangerous faschlatlou. Air. Martell, in the spirit of the most friendly interest, soon learned these facts after his return, and also the gossip, which brouglttasudden paleness to his daughter's cheek, that he was engaged, or the same us engaged, to Acidic] Marohmo'nt. While Clara was kind, olio seem- ed to avoid him; and he found it almost impossible to bo alono with her. She bad always dwelt in his mind, more as a cherished ideal, a rovered saint, than as an ordinary flesh -and -blood girl with whom he was fit to associate, and for a timo after her return her manner in- creased this impression. He explained Ulm recognised fact that she shunned his society, by thinking that she know his evil tendencies, and that to her believing and Christian spirit, his faith- less and irregular life was utterly ult. congenial. For a short time ho had tried to ignore her opinion and society in reckless indifference, but the loveli- ness of her person and character daily grew more fascinating, and his evil habits lost in power as she gained. For some little tine; before Alrs. Hydra's party, ho bad been earnestly wishing that ho could become worthy of at least her esteem and old frieudly regard, not ]3 i 7:. 2'..140.12, At1Tm=0ri ON thoughts, ltad boon trained to appear oblivious to everything Baro los duty, and to he but au auimato part or Ilio establishment." ilo was notch Mtn the liorsea 110 drova, living ha i narrow, ' ummims II ORNEn Away," 1t op/or/NG material life in tho passing 1i nr, know. A 0111994rMIT BURR," ere. Ing little and caring less.a1,'it tho past or future. of a bettor philosophy than sho hart but solar and ex rres8l for the sake of eat• o in past. to Evil One, is good, what happi. ll" 10 won Sava no 1 o 1' n 31020, do the compliments,e iu maintaining his disiutorestednoax amt tuition I over received, xae1r0 to me general luissienary spirit in tho inter- to.uight? I thought I was luting all for vow that awaited hon. he soya yon told 111uh not to loavo tiro dining -roost till 1111 found it. I fear we et1lorcal BB faith could make it, and a will barn to use t'nrc0, nolo:s you eau fancy enriched by wido xaotling. IIore- mauago 111111." toforo ho had chiefly lived in rho past Ilomsteail, in contrast, hall a mind as Then, with n burning flush of, shame and Futuro, his studies shaking him at site remembered how, in hor wis5h to bo , home inrho ionto and his r, loading alone, sho hail scat lulu into tam ptatiou � him forward into t, f other, 1 But now m silent form near him baro a instead of trying to shield mild protect, atrttnlg o power to concent ride his "8 had hiss Marvell iu the vaso of lar- ' thoughts 011 tho proscub. Tho lean who mart, whose abstemiousuesa had Ox. had apccrdatocl and reasoned about sin- citocl 1110 s1t1•pl:iaa o£ 90000 than ono. norm in the abstract, and who had class• 13u1 without a 1000(1 solo went dlreetly Mod and divided totem u1.1 into well coo. to the sllpper•roolu ; and tdloro wituesR' fined xlhades 014 do!meos, wan now sorn- ed it scone that 41110 ;moor forgot, . ]y puzzled over two of th0n1, that Tho clegont De. Forrest IvEB crawling in a certain 99011440, wer0 under leis about tho floor, uLLL'ring her nano cit- cbargo, tinnally ni connection with tis most What Iva„ :1E0 odd, his decpcs1 sylu- 10au,1 in sentiment, and averring, with pathy and desire to help, did not appear )llama Poi IN that 130 would 000(1, me drawn toward the groatest sinner. In - till M. bad 1•ouud what alio had lost. deed for the tipsy youth he hadhardl a 1 l cntly, almost calumny drunk, sat sentiment othor tun contempt. Broad, 00111% e,,1V01101 with laughtor, saying impartial rules of action and fooling wit!. -sits aeration:wonted perfectly correct in Din m1rlin •' t t.• s 100lcini; foo Miss Marscien's any. lin forgot that lin vvam not carry - heart." iug them out. It diel occur to him that :Lura. Byrom and hor son stood 11a1p. he was like a physician who stopped lnssly hy, thoir- 11pannee showing that by the sicluist patient to a Netter th,nr (vial] to bis pout:e was almost Inas- and morn protntsiug ono. In jus- tcrcd by their disgust. 11nmstead, wito time it may bo said that ho welt tryio g to get Do Forrest up, hard would have put himsolf to any porsoual jest• givcu a Morn rcbulttl to ono of 4110 iueouvonionco, and have made any of - giggling waiters as Lottie catered. fort in his power, wore the question It diel not tako her over a mnrn0nt to brought toanissue, in order to work a eoli1prela'nd a11. 11'bile her i'ar,0 was transformation in Do F00008t's charao- crimson, soul 1(01011 cr?:c:idedly, and with ter. But for some reason it was so por- a 01111sin dignity. Going directly to Do featly natural bo take an absorbing in- t orrost, site said : ' torest in Lottio's moral state, that he " Julian, I havo found what I lost. never asked )himself why he had not a Out up and come with me." similar solicitude for Acidic and Palle Ills habitual deference to her wishes porton, and word:, serveel him now. I-1er•. bone Rigid and impartial rules aro very and 0(81)11130 wore quiet, but very firm well tilt fallible men come to apply them 009(11.10'411100, and he at 011°0 sought to to their most fallible fellow-°reatures, abcv' And an oddly rolatocl couple were linosteaci and Harcourt helped him these two young people whom all sup - to his Met. posed dostinedfor a union, that in the " 1 rout going heron, Julian, and wish lodgment of Irionds would be so fitting, you to r0 with me," sho ooutinuecl in but that in truth would bo unnatural, I'm) 9,1(1(9 tone'.' and productive of wretch0dness. '10'taaiul•v thiel my dear thio) 1'11 do Though Elahustoad's mind dwelt uu- anythiug (hie) iu deo world (bit) or any , waveringly upon them, he never once -vearo muse for you.' looked back during the drivo. v [eels 0f iutenso disgust flitted across ' 71e would have seen a strange sight if Ler face, but sho turned, and said Am- he had—a beautiful woman with a face :phatically to the others: looking almost spirit.liko in the polo ' I am more to blame for this than moonlight, with her arm, for the hunt he. 1 sant him hero 50100 timo since, ' Sion, around a man whom sho was 1)e - when I know, or ought to havo known, ginning iu tho depths of hor soul to that ho should havo been kopt away almost loathe. No embrace of affection from temptation. May I trespass so far was that, but a mechanical mot prompted upon your ldmdiesx as to ask all pro-,oy a atom and remorroful sense of duty. sent to remain silonb iu regard to t)1isSho shrank from the man whose sway. 9400110." cog form sho steadied. It was sottled I know little of etiquette," said that night in her soul, as if by a decree Hentstead, but sorely any ono would of fate, that she would lemma marry fail utterly in true courtesy, clicl they Tulian Do Forrest. And yet it was 0110 not accede to that request." of theoo d traits in her character, that " Thank, you, Mr. .l-Iemstoad," said wlulo sho drew bank in shuddering Lottio, with a look ho did not soon for- aversion from any close persoualrolation got. " Will you order tho sleigh to the to 11fu1, she at the sumo thud had gene - door. Mr. I tarconrt, will you gob h1r. rous, regretful pity, and, if she could bo De Forrest's hat and coat 1" kind to ]rim at a distance, would bo a The door leading to tho parlor had very faithful friend. been closed and locked as soon as the But why olid hor oyes turn so atoll trouble commenced, and thus rho guests aucl so wistfully up to the tall groat - were ignorant of the disgraceful scene. coated form before hor ? Sho olid not "Tulian, 1 wash you to sit quietly hero know. Sho diel not oven ask horsolf. till I return," said Lottie in the most inc wo ever guidecl by mason, will, decided lrtanner, deliberate choico 1 Are there not often IIohad sense enough left to know strong, half -recognized instincts that that somethin( was wrong, and that sway us mora profoundly, oven as tho hia safost course was to yield to her. So plant unconsciously tarns its leaves and muttering, mandiu, and dishevelled, he blossoms toward the stn, and sends its sat almost helplessly in the chair 1011010 roots groping unerringly to the mois- hc was placed, and with not a troco of two ? his former ologauco left. So absorbed( was she in looking at tho Lottie looked at John a second, with a square, burly form boforo hor, that rho strange expression, thou taking Mrs. sleigh suddenly stoppod at Airs. March- Byram 011 0110 side, asked 1 stout's door, and Heinstcad looked Wall you bo so kind as to have tho around and caught hor eye. What was doors of 1110 parlors leaching into tho morn, ho saw her apparently loving om, hall closed, as if acoicleutally, when wo braao of Do Forrest. IIB was not suf- ficiently out ?" Adding, "I think if lir, ficiently voesocl iu the conditions of Byrom can got Air. Brontly to his room intoxication, nor 11111 ho realize that I)0 now, it would also bo wall," Forrest was so far gono as to males rho Airs. Byrom colnmoneedumany profcs act necessary. But ho could sec] her :ions of rogrot, but Lottao merely blush, ovon in the moonlight. said : Without a word 110 assisted bar out, 1 cannot thane about it now. I can but had some difficulty with Do Forrest, only amt," and she hastened away to who, from thio flumes of liquor and the prepare for the drive boon. cold air, had grown very drowsy. Bub .A ed through labor Do Forrest was Ifoinstoad's ;nags) was so strong and into Leigh. It tho hall and helped masterful, that whilo ho roused, ho also mato the sleigh. steadied and supported him up tho stops. " Shall T sit by hint ?" askocl Ilan Lottie said to tho coachman : court. Mr. Do Forrest is not well, so wo " No," said Lottie, in the same decal- ammo 1101(10 oarlior. You may now ro- od voico. I will talo caro of hen. 1 turn for tho others." was the Oan50 of his trouble, and will Tho eau hoard her with a:tolad face not loavo him till ho is safely honll• that might havo boon mahogany, but You in greatly oblige mo if you will when by hindioll it rolaxod into a grim aemahl wall Addie and B011o, and dis• smilo as ho chuckled: arm Hunan suspicions and Ibat 01' others, „ I've 5000 people have such spoils Mr, east will accompany ma, a1111 fore ; but if yon was my dartor, miss, WO Willill so Bend tho x101g]3 back immediate -ad maimmaimyou givo that chap the mittou, 19 'cause sick bard spoils is wonderful apt " Miss Almaden," said Harcourt," you 10 grow on a feller." are a noble hearted girl. I will do Mrs.llarcllmout and Me. Dimmcrly '' whatever you wish." had rehired, and tho rathor (1u11 servant " Thank you for what you havo clone. I who adruitted thorn was too sleepy to That is all." note anything. Lottie promptly dis- c Tho horses aro rostloss, I will sit missed hot, Mid told hor sho would wait with the coachman," saicl Ilomsboad I for Ilia others. surmising that ,otbie would desire all for saw DoT orresb to his roam. the soalusio11 possible under the aircutn• ! HTo had bocomo go stupid that ho did mechanically what was urged, and tho student 80011 left hira sleeping heavily. But IIomstoad's heart was strangely burdouod. IIB had Homo t0 tbo con - elusion. that nnclar all her coqu°try and cousinly frocdom with Do Io1•rost, sho hall hidden a roal attacinmeht, and that perhaps an engagement, or at loast an understanding, oxi5toch bobwoon them. Ino clod not think at the Limo why this relation should so depress ]nim. Il.o would probably explain it byhis natural regret that such a girl should be 11aR- rmvght oll have boon doicbated to- such a tod n. wlother.ilt 11; l (115 CHAPTER, N.•VIL heart lvonld havo bocomo auciclenly lilts load, bad ho disoovorod that his own atinxtsnm 0101n,5, cousin was engaged, oven to Brontly, bowav011 Rineero might havo boon Ins Thorn worn indetld foci+ saran of as- O'``g'ret. Bub ho doscondod to the parlor with tho un:"]fish purpo5o and wtxlr to snrtocl Oermilotors in that sleigh a: 1110y brill'! hear mind again umdor tool spell of wow carrc,cl beyond the sound of Immo truth, if possible, tol!ling that tin nveutm and gayety, vylnic'h, to l omsGead and of tiro evening would suggost tine noel) t,otto Man:sdcu, at loast,'tv014 littlo loss stances, :ido was correct, for as Har- court rotirod sho said in a low tone: " You aro right, I would bo glad to oscap0 now oven from your oyes, that are friendly, I trust." " Yes,' he rtopliodritli an emphasis that did hor good, "most fr.•iondly ;"arid they drove away through the cold white moonlight, and colder and whitor snow, and teLobtie, with her burdened co1- 50iene0 and heavy heart, rho oaks night seemed mono than ever like a fac0 r0- gardiug hot with cold and silent sooru. For it young man but a for years past his majority, with au imprO4siblo nature and wua'm ]leant, to watch through tho witebful Hour of midnight with a maiden Lilco Lottie Marsden, and all the time have no ethertliought than hor moral improvement, is p0rhap99 asking too much of human uaturo. With the very best Sutentions and with the absolute conviction, as le supposed, that tho young lady could only be a subject for Ilia missionary zeal, unconsciously the beautiful picture silo made with the fro - light flioltnring upon her face, and the 1111017 01/011 cloak thrown around bur, stolo into his heart that was largo and empty, waiting for au occupant. " 111avo drawn a chair alone np to tha tiro," sho said, c' for you must bo cold after sitting on thathigh seat with tho coachman." " I am not cold, but I thank you all thio 801110?." lei have 1)0011 1and0r to 010 than I deserved, Mr. Homstead." Truly Lottio's gratitude would bo a Clangorous thing to any man, as solo ox- ple.rrcrl it thrid, and the disintorosted student 30118 conscious of a strange thrill at heart, tut ho said, with a Bush of pleasure I coo not Lwow that I have. At any rain, fri,nuis should not keep a debit and credit account with each other." "And can you still feel friendly to 990 after this oveuiug ?" "Do I look savagely hostile ? he asked smilingly. " 1 feared you would despise me. I certainly despise myself." " In alto fact that you so ovidently blame yourself I am less disposed to blame." " But you rightly think me most worthy of blame ?" " Do you honestly care what I think, Miss llaxsdon ? My opinions have been formed in what must seem a plain and homely world to you, quite devoid of the eloganc0 and fashion to which you havo been accustomed." " I begin to think it is a butter world than mine, and to -night I am sick of elegance and fashion. Yes, I honestly do caro now what you think. I have haw flattered and lied to all my life, and you are the first man who told me tho unvarnished truth." Ile roto and paced thoughtfully up and clown the room ; then looked du- biously at her. She was so exquisitely beautiful, aucl seemed in such a kindly mood, that ho was greatly tempted to temporizo, and say smooth things, lest lie should offend and drive her away. Nut conscience whispered, " Now is your opportunity to speak the ' unvarnished truth,' whatever bo tho consequences," and conscience with Hemstoad was an i'nnorativo martinet. Sho waited in carious and quiet +expectancy. This .inoerd: and unconventional man was do- e';htfnlly odd and interesting to hor. she saw tho power and fascination e€ her beauty upon him, and at tho same time perceived that in his crystal integ- rity ho would give her his ltonsst thought. She interrupted his 11011 agcy, and said: " Yon fear that I shall bo offended ?" " Yes." " I promise you to listen patiently-- yos, gratefully, to the severest things you can say." " I may test your promiso sovoroly. I am a plain and awkward man. Will you permit a plain and homely illusbxa- ti°n of my thought ?" " I'm in a mood for plain words to- night. They will bo 1 keeping with the former evonts of the evening, which wero plain enough." " l\rell, then, worn it possihlo that I couldbo the fort -mato possessor of a stabuo by Phiclias, I would not use it as a hat stand. If I possessed. a tainting by llnbons, I would not turn 1t into a Erre-scroon." Ho hositated, as ho saw tin hot blood mount to her Saco ; but silo said quietly: " Go ou, I think I understand you.'' Ino continued in a tone that was gentle ax his words seomell harsh. " Boliove inc, I ani speaking in kinclnoas, and only booauso you aro bravo enough to give mo loave. As Phidias' might °mbociy beauty itself in maiblo, so God has bo - stowed it on you. When I was looking %sou that marvellous sce110—that trans- figuroll world—the morning after my arrival, you appearod and seemod a part of it. Do you remembor what I maid t11o11 ? I havo roloctantly thought to- night that you oould roar your 001011(131 of boaitty,not only as a boniguant quaon, but as a patty tyrant—that you could put it to iguoblo uses, and make it a slava to Rolf. It soomod at times that you only sought to load loon to bow 111 admiration to you, instead of inspiring 1110,11 to staud Croat in true manhood, with tlioir facos heavenward. A woman ouclowod as you are Ban always clo with a loan ono of two things, either fascinate him with her own personality, so that his thought is only of her, or els° through 11or beauty and words and man - nor, that are in keeping, suggest tho diviner 10001111055 of a noble life and character, I am satisfied that ono could not bo in MVliss Martoll's society without being bettor, or wishing to bo bettor. You might have the samo in- fluonoo, and to a groater degree, bocause you naturally have morn forgo anal quiek0r sympathios. Thorn is more teal,gnetism fn your 1laturo, and you could understand and help, if you chose, a wiclor rang° of charm -tor than Rho, I doubt 0nry mucin whether bliss Martell would mako Ihorsolf mulch at home among tho plain country four that you quite carried by storm tum abhor own- ing, God has given you tho power and beauty. Will you lot 1110 ask, in the apish; of kiudnoss, not criticism, (oro you Using t11os0 gifts for I•Iid1 or. yortrsolf ?" Lattio'o nye( sero hoist, hot her brow was contracted into a thoughtful frown, 08 ((110 sat lowering at 010 tiro. Afton a few momenta' 041101100, she said, In a toxo of bitterness : "A:m 1 .fool and Roo thuigs tn.night, T 8190(9811 on/. full 0u11.31501 xa„A irtad0 better, but many that I have glade worse. I HMO to lcac'e been ro. cuiviag all my life, awl vet tonight 1 fool as if f had nothing lust a. lendeo upon my heart." H0m8te1ul'swords Were mt1e15,urin".. Ludeed, Lottio thought them a trifle harsh, thought spoken so kindly. „ yon cannot feel otherwise. :,Liss Malrsden, Yon have beim socking to keep and use fol• yourself, what (hal meant you should usu. for ilio. Sue fool racy much its you would, did dun take a large gam of money, loft in sem. hands am a sacred trust, and go on a pleasure trip with it. He his ant (9 , ll to you elle riehu,it and Iarn,,t and every day that yon 1).:e Hemstoad," she soul ni a low tone, burying her face in her bands. " Faithful are the wounds of a friend," ho replied. " I never thought I could permit any ono to speak to me as you havo, nor would I endure it from you, did 1 not recognize somethinEg, like sympathy in the voice with which you speak such cutting words. But I fear that they are true, after all. A burdened con- science and a guilty heart, seems all there is of me to -night." Ho VMS about to rovorso the picture, and portray iu strong and hopeful terms what she night bo, and what she could accomplish, when the sleigh -bells an- nounced the roturn of the rest of the party. Sho sprang up and said has- " I do not wish to meet than to -night, and so will rotiro at once. As physician of the mind diseased,' you clearly bo- lieve in what is termed, tubo 'heroic treatment.' Your scalpel is sharp, and you cut deeply. But as a proof that I am not offended, I give you my hand." He took it in both of his, but did not speak. Sho looked up at him through the tears that still liugored,itnd was touched to see that his oyes were as moist as hors ; giving his hand a cor- dial pressure, sho said as sho left him: daring to hope for anything more. " You cannot loon: at me in harsh 1t never Occurred 10 him that gossip criticism through tears of sympathy. had coupled his name with hig cousin You face is kinder than your words. I Addle, and that this fact influenced am glad you con not despise me." :Hiss Martell's manner as well as his Ilonlstead admitted Harcourt and tin tuulcnaius toward dissipation. Ho laid young ladies into tho shadowy hall, and it all to tilt, ,,,(113 0.,111140, 111111 was begin - then bado them good night. Ile, too, sing to feel that he could livo the life of was in no mood for Addie's gwsip or an ascetic, if this lovely saint would Belle's satire. They had c11yo found only permit his devotion. Harcourt strangely silent and pre -ecu• And Clara, so sensitive where he was pied. concerned, thought: ho saw a chauge iu The evident iutlueneo of Miss Martell him for tho bettor, •cud in the spirit of ovor Harcourt, and thoir intimate re- womanly s':.lf sacl ill,'" way resolving 10 lotions, rogue:us soma explanation. He f see morn of hint 01 13, was prudent for was an orphan, au11 his father had been her peace of mind, if by so coo ng she a friend of .MIr. Martell. During the could re;,. iu her old. power to advise last illn01s of rho older Mr. Harcourt,he and restrain. - - bad asked his friend to talro 80990 in. i With gladness she recognized her in. anomie ovor him at lies. Tl, rain's party, terest, and when possible, to. give his son friendly counsel. To a man lute bit Martell, such a request was a sacred obligation ; and he had sought to do more than asked. Ho wroto the young man almost fatherly letters, and often invitad'him to his ]touso. Thus it oamo about that tho influouce of Mr, Martel' and his daughter did mono to rostraiu tho wayward toudoncies of young IHar- court, than all other thins combined; and it must be confessed that the little blue-eyed girl had morn influeneo than the wise old fathor. Sho seemed to take almost a sisterly interest in hint, and occasionally wrote such a swoot little letter that ho would reform his college life for a wools thereafter. But he seemed to havo a dash of wilco blood that would break out only too often pi - to iucliscrotious, tho rumors of which filled his kind. friend AIr. Martell with anxiety. But Clara, his daughter, over insisted that ho would " come out all right." Tom has a good heart, fathor•," sho would say ; and so, with womau'44 faith, she hoped whore ler father £oared. 11 Harcourt could have boon contin- ually man their inliuoueo ho would un- doubtedly havo dovolopod into sfar bettor man. But botwoon absonco at ooilogo and rho law school, and sown travel during vacations, ho saw loss and loss of t11on1. Clara also was kept vary stoadily atschool,and during tltolasttwo years of her studies,they had missed eaoh Mhos in vacations, and mot but sel- dom, But sonnothing more than maiden!? modesty and prido made Clara shy and reserved when with .Harcourt. Silo would think more oboist him, but talk loss to hila than to others whon in com- pany. Sho was a pocel1arly sensitive, dillident girl, and instinctively shrank from tiro mon who had for hor tho strougost intor051. On completing her studios hot fathor had talion her abroad, and they had spout two or tltr0o years in travel. Tho extraordinary graces of lierporsou worn but thio roflox of her richly cultivatod mind. Hoon abroad sho had many' ad- mirers ; but with tact, firmness, and in- imitable grace, oho twos sought to pro - vont (also hopes, and so had fowor oilers than an ordinary cognotte. lint many who soon loarnod that Choy could hover establish a hearer relation, because a$r011g friends and also bettor nun; for Clara Alar toll Roomed to havo the power of ovolting all the good theca was in a. num, stud of putting ]rim mama kind of sacred obligation to bo true and manly, and as we have amen, made the most 0f it. But with surprise and 501110 strange thrills at heart, she noted that ho and Adele Marchmout did not act as an engaged couple naturally would, and ob- sserved, with disgust, that Miss Ma1•eh- mont seemed more pleased with Brent. ly's attentions than Lottie Marsden had been. That it man of Ilarcourt's force a':.l mind should bo captivated by snob. a girl as Miss Marcllmont, had been a mystery, and sho thought, when seeing them together in Mrs. liyraui s parlor, : " They tako it nolo coolly than any people I over saw." Addle appeared engrossed with rho attentions of others, and IIarcourt not in the least jealous or annoyed. In brief, they acted like •cousins, and not in rho least litre lovers. But in t110 sonsitivo delicacy of her ebaractor sho wouldu0t permit hormind to dwell on loon problem of th0ir ro- tations, and bent all her thoughts upon her effort to win Harcourt to a 'hotter 1ifa. And alio had moved him that owning more deeply than sho could 11010. She, sod no iiuit° power, could plant right- eous priuoiplo within his soul and trans- form his character; but silo had created, for the tame at least, an uttor clistasto for all low and sonsual pleanneet, and an honest and absorbing wish to b0001110 a truo, good man. Ho felt that ho could not bo in her society, and breatho tho pure atmosphere of her life and bo his old self, Never did a plan return from a fasllionabbo ravel in a mores serious and thoughtful snood, and equally with Lottio and Iinmxteita ho was glad to eseapo thio trifling obat and gossip of Addie and Bollo Parton, to the 1 010010 solitudo of his own room, CIIAPTI.ii, fiVIII. I unto ,.tn's 1(31.00? 1:cx ave iza RECOIL„ Tho " day atter the ball" has its provorbial character, and Saturday was so lnug nod dismal to savored of rho revellers, that it occurred to them that Web: plea4nr0 hash boon purchased rather dearly. It scorned an odd co- inoidonec-, that those who 31ac1 bcon borit On securing all tho phxtsuro poosilalo, with no other thoubht, suffered the most. Bello and Adcho could scarcely ;To 1111 °OliTr$1,1:0 1