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pain wo1•o unendurable,
* *
What. Lord Kolao loft tho room tha
evening, husband and wifo turned an
looked at each other fn silence, Lady
Penrith was the first to break it, Witt
pale, trtuubliug lige she saki to hills,
"What shall wa do, Ilild(brau d-•-1vho
is to tell lane? I cannot, Silo will die
my beautiful wounded dove—IMO win
(110 I"
"Ah, no; grief docs not kill so quickly;
it would Lo hotter if it did,"
"1 loved yon, Hildebrand," oho said,
gently, "and I am yuitu sure if the same
thing had Implanted to me, it would iu.
clued have been Illy (loath."
Lord Punritll kiasucl his wifo's troubled
face.
"Wo tunst do the host wo can for her,
my darling," be amid, "and the Lost,
lioavou kuow4, is bad onough. I will
breast it to her ; olio will suffer less with
no, porimps, than with you. Hoavcn
help me 11f over I moot that man again,
anis there f9 no restraint upon sue, it
woe* will bo Lis lifo •.t mine. Philippa, dar-
ling, try to • nor up ; it may not bo So
bad. Silo young; she may 4000 ro.
cover; she may not take it deeply to
heart. Time heals all wounds, oven tho
wounds of death. In throe or four yoars
oho will Lave lorgotton Lint, let us hope."
lint oven as ho spoke, his heart was
heavy, and Lady Puurith only wept the
more.
"I feel," 411e Said, "114 though I had
been staIiw,i to Chu heart; 1 feel as
though 1 4uuL1 never leave this mom
(call fate lata' (1,.(11(1."
"00 t'' our 100))), Philippa. Yet, no;
for b( r 41iu' we must keep up appear -
r c.4; wu must not lot Mai servants
poet anything ; w" must go to dinuew
11011111, and endure 1141' or, teal in the
•st may we can. I shall tell Beatrice
t 14111 Lord Kelso kms gone to tolvu 011 hit-
, frtluit 1,1181114s ; filial you can go to
.or room, cod 191 bread: it Io the poor
,.111, 1\•) must s1lIi 1 Le, ; w0 01(14111•
11.11k for 11(r. It will never do to have
any of this known. 110, least stint of it
.A� would be the child's 111iu, liemOtubet
how much ut' her retitle dl:pc11(is on
your111f•eur.irel now," and tlwaofew
vur114 gave the unhappy mother eourago
to litlp l curiae, She would Loan and
sufitr
All was rieuo au ho wished, The vows
soon spread throughant the cattle that
Lord _Kelso was 41111d(my 4U11111nn1011 to
Loudon, and no ouu 1.11)1 the wit to eon-
( uact lois sudden julnney with the tip-
11e1r81(11- of tho fore11111 8.01141(111 ':riw 114111
k -111(11i4(1 to see .1-:.d; i'anrith. i !us -
hand told lwilOIc1t 11).• room ;111( 4.• lady
Pour nth hnll heard 441,:,1 1.1(1,1.11414 to 1 1,
1l1'1' 11.-li �lltel''9 death 1.1:111. 1"llo went
to Ler loom ; Lo sy _•l;t ifs daaglltr.
' It is cruel of hint," she said, in lou' soft,
gontlo voice. "Ho said ha should not
b 10 111or0 than a fow u 1001709 away. What
shall .1. do, papa?"
And slut looked wishfully in his face,
What could 110 say, who know that
1 19110 would novur moo him snore ?
"1 mmol Help thinking them i4 90(110.
thing wrong," she cOutinuod, "It would
1 be bettor to toll me. Ho 18 i11, parhaps,
or there is sono )12i44f0rtun0. I um
quite sure 110 would not go to London
without spooking to 1110,"
"Ib is not pleasant business that has
lalcen him away, and he wag certainly
smell put ont."
"'That would not lnattor," she skid;
"uothing but death would make hila for-
got mo, If he had onploa44ant busino413
ho should have told me, and I won
have comforted hi40, Papa," 14110 co
tiuucd, eagerly, "if Iso has lost all 1
mou0y, you would not lot that part 1S
"No, my darling," ho said, gents
"money should not part you."
"Was it about this sumo businessth
you sent for him, papa ?" she said, a
something of relief canto over her far
If her wise, kine., good father kno
it, inure 0ou1(1 bo nothing wrong.
"1044," he replied; "11 \Vas 1(1811)0
that came to my knowledge, and I me
to toll him,"
"Ali, then, it will bo all right if yo
know, papa : you aro so good, so Wf9
SO Clever. You can do anything. \1'11
will ho comp back 1 Will he co11111 t
morrow 1"
S110 laughed a curious, wistful Iaug
that 110 plover forgot.
"1 hope ho will not be long away,
do not know what I should, do 110
papa, without him. It would ho hi
living without (UU4h1110 or 11311) ell,
anything oho that snakes life bright
When will ho cotno back again 1"
"I do not 110044', it i1 not certain—al
thorn 18 the (sinner -hell 1 I MU a very
pour substitute for Lord Kelso—let mu
talo volt into dinner, Beatrice."
And su long as 110 lives, Lord Punritll
will never forget that dinner, will MVP)!forget the effort he had to got t11rougll
it. Ludyl'ourith came down, and they
contrived to gut up 301110 kind of con-
versation, but it was easy to see how
great the effort was. Beatrice grow
more and more sore every moment that
something was wrong ; how ;meat and
how t'lrrilde that wrong 4t•as 44110 little
dreamed,
When dinner was 0)1011, Lady Penrith
wont to her own room, anclLord i'uuritb
tools his daughter to the drawing -room
to tell her the. truth.
Never Il1ai11 in his life, Lord Penrithsaid to 1111nmelf, could he ever go through
such se(no; it was over at last, andsho 1:new that oho t111ou1d cover see the
man sho loved so doarly again—ural,
to bili him farewell. On the whole, 411
lead Immo it better and more quitti)than he had dared to hope; sue ha,
finished speaking, sho had said tav
Om l
word, and oho 14'449 sitting in the easy
chair he had placed for her, polo vn
silent, her hands folded, 1101• eyes 1114,
c;r, 14d, Lord Penrith took her in hi;
arcus and kissed bor.
"You cannot toll tho torture it 1:(1:
Leon to mo to toll you this, 130at1•iee :
and your roller, 9110 fools it so 1(o1114
that olio is quite ill. Yost aro a g..,.1
bravo child, and have borno it wit!
Your mother, I know, is breaking h.
(mart over you. Let mo take 60111
!message to her that will 0o11solo hor and
lacer
j There was little - enough to cheer or
'console in 4110 wlaito fact) raison to his—
littlo enough. Silo tried to smile, but
there was only a quiver on tho white
lips.
' 11011 aro very kind to 0(0, papa," she
said. "Very kind. Toll doer mamma
that 'have hoard it—all—yob that .l' am
'not dead."
Ho bent over in infinite distress, the
eim1lo, pitiful words wont through his
heart, for they hinted to him a state 0f
distr01444 greater than he could imagine.
Ile made hor 1io down on the couch ; ho
boggodher to try to read; he found for
her an amusing book, which he opened
at a12 amusing chapter; ho left hor with
cheering words, hoping in his inmost
heart that the worst was over. Ho went
to Lady Pourith, and told her the very
words,
"Did silo say that x110 had hoard it,
yob is not dead ? Ah I thou it is worse
oven than I feared. Go back to her,
llildobrancl; do not leave hor."
Bub when Lord Penrith wont back, ho
'found that Iioatrice was lying 'whom he
had loft hor, but cold, white, and seus0-
loss ; nt first ho thought sho was dead ;
after u time ho found that bur heart was
still beating ; still, for her s111(o, d0sirotl44
of l(oos)ing up appoarauces, ho wont at
ouc0 to Lady Ponrith.
"Those is ono },)019011 We Dan trust, and
trust eutiroly," 9110 said; "that is MissL'rooko; go and bring hor. I will go to
Boatrioo."
Lord .Ponrith found Miss 13roolco fu
the school -room trying t0 road, but toally
ill with 8U8ponse; sho, with tho root of
tho household, hall hoard that Lord
Ko1so had loft suddonly for London, and
Sho, knowing that 'calorie had boon
dorm, felt certain that something ter-
rible had happened. Lord Ponrith was
too ill and too anxious himself to notice
the condition in whioh he had found his
govornes9.
"Lathy Ponribh wants you, Miss
Brooke," ho said. "Wo are in groat
trouble ; will you come to her?"
In 9ilen00 bo led the way to the
drawing -room, main 81101100 she follow.
ed. him. 130atr)001ay there white and
snout, Lady Ponrith bending over her
In a passion of team,
"It has killed hor, Hildebrand," she
cried. "I knew it would."
"Hush, Philippa!" said her husband,
as he carefully looked tho door. "Re-
member that hor wholo future depends
on your self-control now."
"She wilt have no future I" cried Lady
llo heard her now in tho m444io+rsom;
she was sitting where her lover bad left
her, singing over and over again to liar.
self the beautiful linos of the sweetheart
song:
^011, lawful. a yen;a month, n any,
ilut elan for tho lure that loves (away."
TIo stood for a moment and looked al
her—that peaceful, tender expression
was never to bo on hor faro again. Hothought of an innocent Iamb with a
knife at its throat—of a white dove, with
the cruel bat that is touring its inn000nt
heart ; and, strong as ho w1a4, his
heart grow Oak at tho thought. Sud-
denly Beatrice saw him, and oho sprang
from her soot with a joyful ory.
"Papal why (lid you solid for my earl ?
How cruol it was of you. That ono
half -flour 1(1 tho 111u910.1'Oem is the only
tiro wo have just before din11or;
mud w0 11are 90 lunch to say—I tell him
everything."
A happy, (hammy smile came over her
face, audin tho full gladness of 11er lloart
9110 kissed hor father's Manes,
It WENS strongo that ho made no an-
swer, but looked at hor with an 01(10.
soribablo something in his face,
"Whore is Lord Kelso, papa 1" sho
criod, "Ho said ho would not ho long."
What was 110 to say to hor, when 110
know that in this life she would never
see him again
CHAPTER LXIX.
]irons' PanEVEn Mont+...
"Hy door Beatrice," ho said, gently,
"you must try not to bo disappoiutod.
Lore. Kelso has been suddonly Minn 011-
od to London."
How could bo go ou? Sho started as
though she had boon shot; the lovely
color died from her faeo, leaving the
-rosy lips white; a dark shadow came
into ler oy0s.
"To London I Oh, papa, it cannot ho
true, To Loudon, without seeing mo I
You aro jading; bub It 19 a 011101 jest—
s, horrible josh I Let Inc go to him,"
"My dearest ,Vestries, it is no jest,
and ho had no tiro to 900 yon; ho was
compelled to go by tho next trait, and
Lo had not one moment to sport)."
"Papa I" sho cried, looking at him
11
with groat, solomoyes, her faco grow.
in" snore ghastly in its pallor, "papa,
to 10(0 the truth—the porfoob truth. Is
ho dead ?"
"i)oadl" cried Lord Peoria". "INo
child, certainly not; it is as I tell yon.
Ho has boou obliged to start suddenly
for London, and ho had 11ot tiro to sae
you."
Sho laid hor hand on her heart,
"I have a slrang0 fooling Hero," sho
said, gniotly—"such a strange fooling,
papa, as if somotbiug had 11app0u0(1 to
"Why dict you ask mo if ho were
plead?" askod Lord Ponrith, who bad
hardly recovered from the shock of the
gtlostian.
"I did not think he could leavo me
without ono word or one hiss," she said,
slowly. "It is so unlike him; ho novo:
forgets mo, no matter how groat his
hurry is. It would not have taken him
one moment to have said 1Good•by,
I3oabrioo; I am comingbaokto-morrow.'
THE BRUSSELS POST, 7
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aoansuarro,rouge o, ..aneu'mMmr.�e 4,10.rat .^-..,rn a.:::St::Gru:ur:eara altanaani4tiYiW
ri
Penth, with fast falliug tears, '"Silo
is dead1''
Agatha knelt down by thio white, 44ileit
figure ; w(t4 there over anything so like
n ln'olcou lily? Slio said, tluietly:
"Iloatrico to not dead, Lady Penrith;
9110 has fainted. Ido not (won tltinitslle
114 facing to die.Is she ill ?"
"'Poll Hiss Brooke, llil(lobraud," said
Lady Penrith "w0 may trust her ; 9110
will loop our secret."
"You may trust )no, lady Penrith,"
said Agatha, gontly, "1 will do all 1
oat' for yon or for Beatrice,"
"It is a llorriblo thing to toll you, Miss
Brooke," said Lord Peoria' ; "but, liko
my wife, I have the most implicit 0011 -
Homo in you. You know how well tho
poor cllild loved Lord Reuse, Wo have
lelthat about him to -day which has
11- caused mo to dismiss him from the
A's house—to forbid him to seek nay (laugh.
1" tor again, and, of course it has eutiroly
91 put au oud to tho ongagemout."
Icor heart beat so quickly, silo foundat lest they should hear it. This was 1110
lid object of 'Valerie's visit thou,
0. 'Do you think itis true 1" sho asked,
w with white, quivoriug lips,
"I know it—he admittod 111," said
ss Lord Penrith.
114 "Would you mind very much tolling
me what it was 1" she asked.
u Sho could not help tho question, and
0, it did not strike him as unusual.
011 "I cannot toll yon all. Thoro was a
0- little story about some Lady U
which I shall not ropeat. There was
11 another one of some good awl innocent
girl, whole ho had cruolly deceived,"
For a moment a groatuhf: t came be -
4' lbro hire oyes, and alio feared lost she
(1' should fall (load at his foot. It ons of
'r her he was speaking ; it was her 041412
• sad story that had almost 1(fllui Boa.
trice, and had part0d her from hor lover.
1' t9u nli
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