HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-9-25, Page 71
en.
1
SZI1T, 26, 1:880.
THE BRUSSELS POST.
atlll 11+1 itGlo,'1>ttaa 'l lair eeout>autlteH"uu,•
COneeiuss li3xarsrla Hoeing this, Ilia
latest,;, ltryeeteHt., rielen •: ,auoveth 14041
(trent:'' iertret, nearer -still; nlltil
gazing dessu'upbn the Sleeping :nerve',
eo etraugely lonnd. Her long dark
bushes lie ulotioult.as upon her cheek,
ffuellutl delicately, her 1ll,H aro alightly
aartlafl i Jae au'I,1, Its If; hard, is :lpng
11,1)6d•thi,'Hhtlpldy:lues, the other ties
languidly—•loot le part luuuug the sear -
toted floss'rN 1,1 , 04 11e4 1rete,
the
slander ;moors htIih1111l e u'
31 Ll llillg
the rosebud; they hail ;teen holding
when rut he hntsncha departed.
So pure, he 1're.ilc' Aeolus Lim htlliden
Aston that Bee eerie, afraid to stir lest
the faintest:tound he:ouul drive it from
him torever, stands mute before it, won-
dering, There is It „alle beauty shout
the tranquil hem wl,iell fascinates hint.
Unbidilou cuilu' to lin, the thought—
" That, as of light Ilio umrr'nw• Hnnae ono=
Prh,A,t31 the ❑', right w,4 ,,,r 3,3,'•334411
she [aine• ix 11113,"q en:stars"
Then, all in a moment, as he stands
speli•houinl—fewring to withdraw lest
he should disturb her, yet doubting his
right to sinner here and .,,inti ro witho 11
let, or }linos 10 .0or por'IIa lou, s0 her
a 3,h • —tae sub 3,l luta lids uprise, and
two cies—",,i pe eat. oyes were ever
seen "—loop calmly into his. Vaguely
they look at first, awl in 130 wise coldly,
he hrring as yet but ,4 fragment o; t'>o
\3'I 41 drearu 010jr0tr lefts then, with
wine lids awl growing knowledge, she
status at Inns, and, risme on her dainty
elbow, lets nmaaelueut have full sway,
and sollle411i1,g;Aso too, that might per.
haps be termed indignant wrath in one
with lips anti eyes less sweet.
lluw did you come Imre 1" aIle asks,
1n a low c,oar voice; r'1'r1, (34 allrinrlao
1.trgoly tn1n.::mei with the grave d.splea-
a.,re in her face.
lay 613, ;ate," says Dick TSni"rio,
cf'llll 1,l.! ismeath the severity of Llulic
ells. "1 need to come into
tire 3,•.r -r." i,y it Iouq 14,33 when I wit: d
3,'e :44::1:3, in iron,—vel1r fa—year
un 31,.'a time. 1 l,•r;;ct 1 was trunpar,a•
„
in ah'ert hnitaility in his tette
,..,•t r ,l, 1l''iuu: hat the lathy of OM
1.31 3rue.:: rrfu"c.+to he "t":trirt
'This is lrly null garden I no one
Ponies here without 33,y perlrlittal"n," 8:10
1"13,'' 14114't, X11.'
1-1 might lu3v.; ask:ui for pertnits-
si,a est; cin 1y," hay„ flick vaguely ; " but
I ,li 3,l t know. 1-----"
ity,noktlie.ve boon of uo mac ; I wish
t t . 3•to3r hero alw•itps 1" ,bo rotes/13,
With ,i3 1333et meaning. " The mistake
1' lit s: 03v owe, of 0oar,,e; yet .1 37114
su'ru 1` had turned the key in elle
" No, there was no key at all," says
" lint of course that is nothing.
1 should not have cornu hero; I should
have remembered 1 uonld not come in
and out now as I used to do when I w:4.
n, Ix1y.
" Was everybody in this neighbourhood
in the habit of ecudug hero wlleu he
1-,w a boy ?" demands she, increasing
::.,;3,('1• in her eyes.
" Oh, no 1 And aoiue of us were girls
lr_.3,":stye Dick demurely, but witllonb
. t1ng10 smile.
She regarals him fixedly for a full
minute, as though haughtily suspecting
hint of endue levity, and then, with a
h•ablen hghtmo403aeut, eprin1.133 to the
"I ant Delores Lorne 1" she says,
weeding enact hrloro him, with her
?.r•nty it, .1 eihirausit as though to le
1,:le rico who is nln..ross in 411133.. testi-
tor4.
! What r, sad ':Mils nems f
With a pug—ev1'11 in this early run
silent a' thl•irae,111ai:1tauee ft is with n
,ii:,\lac'`, pang Ile 1011.4 that in 00:10
1n, the
"-end I and Dick 73'nn•crie," rotn,u,
let, " and vur'y, vory n11Ty I dl.aturbod
you,'
"1 ball:Vo that. And now"—coldly
" )•lju'oau go if you :Ike." '
45 don't like. I can't hoar to go away
without your forgiveness," lisle Dick,
with snail earnestness in eyes and voice
as vorillos his words dud speaks for the
depth of his ocllTerition.
" Oh, well, you may have that," she
tolls him, looking down. " And then—
if—it your name is-Diok Bouverie, I
suppose it was your mother who called
here yesterday'?"
" Did she call ?" says Di01t, who knows
well she did, but, bllri>ugh'very longing
to hear again the low Ira rant voice,
pretends ignorance. And wh ' has she
l ronght up this question abc his mo•
thor? Perhaps to soften the cruelty of
her dismissal, perhaps—oh, goodly
thought I—to do away with the dismis-
sal altogether.'
"1 think it must have been.your mo-
ther," romarks Dolores reflectively, tap .°
ping her red lips wifh'her forefinger in
meditative fashion, " a tall we an—
very tall—w h- mean'=that
��uiok confusion covering her` as she
thinks of What she has so nearly said''
11 I mean a very tall woman!"
';Chis is distinctly lame.
"Your description 1s porfeot—a' very
tall woman, with au enormous nose,"
saysMr. Bouverie, suhlfmogravitymark-
ing oyctry-1;patur,r, .,
At this fdho �p yked. and, glauoes at
hint" Shyly faom iin°tler tier darling lashes,
and looks down again andup again, and
finally they heti] burst i gitb ,lsu bingt
Laughter Iw'iththe yduugfs°a quidrio
to friendship ; but Dolores is not as yet
prepared to bold out,13llaa�;fight;eliltg�1' of
fellowshit'. Sbe,ehocll'h ter mer3ri?ntnt,
and stands back from him a little
stop, or., two, and clasps her hal#its llet
llind•hur,' 3
"I think you had hotter obmo inlaid'
see
ir'aid -
see auntie,' she says with increased
dignity—'c' that is, if Indeed you meant
to pay her a visit this evening"—glau0-
ingyat him suspiciously, ,
' Certainly 1 meant it. I came here
nnrnoanly to He0 her with a Message l
Tram n3y mother roma: poiargonfunirf,
'l Whatahouttbem,"
11 Well, that's just. i4 yen see," says
Dick, with a confiding smile. "I haven't
the faintest idea. 1. aaouro you I know
all about it the very moment before—
before I entered this garden; but it Is
all gone out of my head now, V1'as she
to oiler your aunt 1110, or 33\'144 your
aunt to have her solum? 5110 telti me
she bid r•nl!r•t„ anti---•—"
,
3,u,
11 1 eyes epee 111131—" 213.1 said just 131,4
--1,r at least you gave 111(1 the hnpres-
s(ou—that you ilia not know your 3130.
t11er heel been here at
"Did I? You see—thorn it is again l
I have snob a wretUllld memory," hays
Diek mournfully. "tbleastihaysnon•--
I hadn't thisauorniug 1 It most be eolue-
thfug iu the 13ir of your gara011.''
" Don't scold my ger.len 1 It luta the
llweeteet air ou earth,- says Dolores,
with decision. " 3\ 11 1 sec—theta i3
an3rtie standing in Mu window 1 Count
to her,"'
With all the donioanonrof one escort-
ing a condemned felon to the gibbet,
she lends hint towards the open win•
sow of the drawing roma, where a tall
dank figure eau bo descried looking in
their direction. A few stone stops letul
1ro111 the terrace to the verandah, and
1,p these perforce IIIr: Bouverie follows
hie captor.
"I have brought yon a trespaat{or,
anntic," says this last awful personage,
slipping her ]land within hiss Maturin's
arra, and confronting Melt with a mous.
ting air. " I found llhnl in my own
grounds, without permission, and—"
" I think it was I fuund you," inter-
poses 1,1r. l3onv0l'is Mildly.
But his weak ataonlpt at defence is
treated with coutompt,
" Ifo could ;,rive no proper account of
himself," says his gaoler sternly, " s1, I
have brought him to you, to do with
hint as se01net1l good in thine eyes."
" Don't bo hard 013 1130, llisa Mattu-
rin," entrel4te Dick advancing. "I have
been se brow -beaten and generally
frowned down already that I lucre little
rosiatanco left in me. 1 can just barely
remember that my name is llonyorie ;
but, beyond that, illy mind is a blank."
"Nay, then, 1 'think you have boon
punished enough," says .Miss ,W1a13114hl,
arniling. " Come 131, and let tis begin
our aC1°lnaillt35 nee 3111'ler more auspicious
orellrn3r, 111141."
" That paeans under the shadow of the
tea-trayBays s :Miss Lorne saucily, turn-
ing npoa lien a sudden bright smile
that puts formality and unfriendliness
to !light at once and for ever.
It is a very pretty room they enter,
smelling sweetly of gay Indian mat-
tings. (uaiut tablas and chairs aro
scattered broadcast, an11'1rsian rugs of
divers colours lie hero and there.
There are two largo Sevres howls filled
with roses, cream and white and yel-
low ; and a few reel, a still fewer blue
monstersatanclillg on carved cabinets,
with gaping jaws and goggle; eyes,
some Nankiu china; 80100 hideous Hin-
du idols ; a few choice modern water.
colours ou the painted walls, aucl a good
many Eastern and it:mepcau gimcracks
of one more or another mixed up fu a
charmiug oonfuaion all over the plate.
" And wh(r0 chid you tied Dolores ?"
asks MIiss'Sfatnrin presently, when she
has found out that he docs like sugar
and is very feud of cream.
But ho is not allowed to answer.
" In my 0w11 garden—Soy sanctuary,"
says the mistress of that ea1ruli spot.
"1was in my hatmeock, br0athiug t110
air of • heav0u, and lost in dreams"—
with a lift1,, quaint rtr tnmtic action of
the hoali—" when he cants to uta." ,
";Cm glad of that—glad that you
found llor relating, I moan," remarks'
Miss 11,4turfn 3 n,lcrlp. " She runs
about too touch, 3Ir. I3onvorie ; silo
over.ox0rt31 herself. For one moment in
Mu Clay she will not bo still. 1 have
had that hammock put up on purpose
for her, that aho might take a little rest
now alnl then."
" 31188 Lorne has not boon without
rest to -day, atleast," says Dick. " I
found her sound asleep ire that s011.same
hammock."
" Asleep 1 In the open air I Oh, Do-
lores, I hope net 1" says her aunt, with
quielc<1ham ay. - t' Yoa knew how delicate
your ohost is ; and to aleop in the open
air 1 Dear child, how careless of yea l"
" It was but for, a little moment"—
penitently—" and indeed I don't know
flow it happened ; but I was lying there
blinking at the hot ami as he glanced ab
ate through the rustling Ieavos, atm
somehow I lost myself in a daydream,
and a little lulling wind 00m0 to me
across the robed, and then I know no.
thing more until my day -dream became
a real ono—a short one though, bocattae
some kindly fairy whispered to me that
an ogre bad entered my land; and so I
awoke."
"An ogre! Alas, Mies Lorne, have I
deserved all this?"
ell;.—lwfala..slvflet......rolouting -•"I
will confess to yon 11408 going to say a
prime; but I didn't think "—mischie-
voosly—" you deserved all that 1"
' :'.If 1dr. Bouverie;gas the .one to re-
le080 you from that treaehero08 slumber
—so alto to give you cold—I, for one, nob
only fergihe him hiitiespass, but thank
him sincerely, for his well-timed arch'
wail" says Miss Nlatnri0:
"After 811,1 believe: I am grateful to
him too," deolaresDolorros•lightl , "lily
dream wag of'an evil thing, and ,1. was
glad. to be rescued from it. Was I "•—
turning to Bouverie—" frowning when
you.saw'molirst, as though frightened,
oxo'
"No ; on the contrary, yon1oemed to
bo enjoying the sleet, of the just."
") should have looked, distrossed--i
think Tfolt it. How "-with childish
curiosity-" did 1 look' then 1" •
"As though you dreamt of 13oaVon,"
says aouvorie, with such gravis and sud,,
don earnestness that it fl'huostseems as
•
itiff1Y"ti`t9l' fIctizintrrknliertftri'ti'fttitlltt` °3,'C• '
Ii1i0n on his part
1>olere'., as Ili sigh startled, t11r1H her
cps; to 1114: 111 3Ctlllu o " 8105 411(5{'0
1hurl•'',s her glom, and the 11..1148413 tinge
of cnnwon rr'ops b„11':1131: Lh • nests
whit., of 3,•x413131. Ibwian1 lashes 1a4;4
shyly, ami l
then her ey,n droop,
Nin rWaar, mod. stun; 11641101g.° 1103811 5101e
1300vuri0, nn"•ry with buns,31 in it
vague stainer 311,13113, 4043101111(3g he barn.
ly endnrate:Ma, 1001a; out of the w:n110(4
011031 the faHtdalling twilight that is 1
dunking tall the laud and 1a341ug a gray
mantle over the 'into 111cau, down 110 011',
Meanwhile :Sins :,labui'hl—who ha4
seen ue1111t1 "18 talking to a disgnuw'
fully absent audience,
" "1.'hllt i; where year dreams should
crone trine,” 3411(3 is saving phstsa,tl,',
her heart ie her war 13 her ,'yes on the
ereWlll-ewrr. "All a pretty 411a11013'5
dreams should conic straight from Um
skies."
�1iuu oamu from a(13110 oth,.r;di me,"
returns Dolores, whose faint troubled
thought luta vanished, "It was a cruel
\isiou, Ho 81411, 1,e shadowy, I 441
3u 11311
nobgrcp or put it lute 3403,:3 ev911 if I
wnui3: but st:a 1 know it was framed
b)"'tTat, you ,illy oleiiri 1 WChwt should
Ton Mare to do witfo such a vrurcl f It
should he nekuewn to yon," say4 M180
Materiu fetidly. "Dreams are it it re.
13ro1110tioss of our thoughts amt >;'st:ura
131 one 101331 or another. They are shall.
eel obscurely fruul our sun:coon fur•'
Now (rota what earner of yunr i,;,' roust
you call forth a tronbied r„c,'J„ 3.
" And yet it03l,ro,3....1 un',”•
girl drm ue(I;. "l "n" +lv
putting cut uu 1 i,.o,i—. ,,,'„'—r•,;:..-
parting 113,01 4,1 .1 t,,v.•d—„uku:g 1.111
1 coati/It rhemll it—I will list”
(TO BR CONTINUED,)
EAT IIAIIKET,
MAIN STREET, 8141554:0,31
ANDREW CURRIE, Prop'r,
FRES! AND SALT MEATS
Of lie belittle mar alwacnonbmut and dolly
area In any part aftho Villsro(ree of °barge
TERMS Very Favorable,
FAT CATTLE WANTED,
H'o>wltlob aha higbosl rctorhe1 prioo wine.)
unlit ,
Ialae wake Spooialeyofbuyinghldosand
Shins . DOW lror3el One til nee, acs d00r
4 te.teReen.ltewellryatore.
ANDRE31'. CURBS)
THOS. FLE'TCHEII,
Practical Watclimakcr ani Iewcicr,
Gold Watches, Silver
Plated Ware, Silver,
Watches, Clocks, Gold
Rings, Violins, Etc.
I keep a fall lino of goods usually
kept in :t first-class Jewelry store.
Call anis examine, no tremble to
show Goods.
Issuer of Marriage Licenses.
Agent for Ocean Tickoto, Amer-
ican. Express Company 1(11(1 Great
Northwestern telegraph Company.
SELLING OUT!
SELLING Oi17.1'
.
Creat Clearing Sale
FOR 60 Da Y'S
e
of harness, collare,11y nets, dusters, trunks
travelling bags, satchels, brushes, curry
combs, whips, and everything in the liar.
nos line. The stoop must bo sold without
reserve as the proprietor is giving up busi-
ness.
I72speeti072i Invited,
Ovea' 20 sets of Harness to
Oh0018 from.
Thio is it bona ilde sale and no catch;
p0ney affair.
R. STEVENSON.
4s- All indebted to ma must call and settle
1101301211135 at 02300,
NEW
3UHNIT
7
BE STORE 1
The undersigned having purchased the Stock and Trade of 11Ir.
Veal, and added thereto, is prepared to furnish anything in the
FURNITURE DIST F..•
A.
UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
Economy in Funerals.
Having adciecl to the Furniture Business the Undertaking I am pro -
Pared to Furnish Funerals on short notice. FIRST-CLASS HEARSE
in connection.
ORDE
K
A Specialty. IIaving a Practical Knowledge of every branch of the.
Trade and having worked in some of the largest factories
in the Dominion of Canada the Public
may always rely on getting
SATISFACTORY WORK.
I hope by strict attention Ica business to merit a share of the Public
Patronage. n ((66��TT88�,,``yy11rLj rA 1l�r, fir' ///••-��� �aNtrN�1� � ��11,11ii r
o BlulT plq`yl^-CaFQGLi'0i+ oLivr,
BRU SSFJII.��s.
ATONAL R$L
ER rvn LLS.
We have :such pleasure in announcing to the public that + 3,,r ;y3,1\
Roller 'Mill is in Complete Ilunnilig Order and i, gi1-int 1111
faction.
SHORTS, MEAL, ORM CHOP CONSTANTLY El [•
We also -make the following Brands of Flour
Patent, Jersey Lily, Canadian's Pride core:
Snow Storm.
Gristing Attended to with Promptness.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER CUT TO OEDE1i.
-;AST HTT1� 01\T
CARRIAGE WORKS !
;JAMES BUYERS
—NANUFAO'TUBIIR OF—
BUGGIEI*, CARRIAGES, DE11fOCPATS,
WAGONS, EXPRESS WAGONS, &c., &c,,
all made of the Best Material and finished in a workman -like mann( i
Repairing and Painting Promptly Attended to.
Parties intending to buy should call before
purchasing.
ELFnamsto as. --Marsden Smith, 13. Laidig, ;Tames Cutt and William
McKelvey, Grey township ; Wm, Cameron, Win. Little, Geo. Brews:' ,
and David Breckenridge, Morris township ; Thos. Town and William
Blashil'1, Brussols ;-Rev. E. A. Fear, :C' irltton, and T. Wright. Turn
berry township.
ItEAtWiB1aIt 7.'IIE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIPti.la,