HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-1-22, Page 7Jots. 92, 1880,.
To son her standing thns-burnblod,
speoehiosii-oreatoe iii Lady 13ouverlo'e
breast a onoe of vindictive ll)leasur0.
The poor soul is pleading voicelessly for
tho happiness of the oreabure who
mnkosher 13ai)piuexx, FVI'J ing1)0(11 ,ssiy
for a moray that some 1iad rimer spirit
warns her will not be granted, To
Lady Bouverio it is even oxllilaratin,: to
know that the waiting la hopelex++, mei
that the most pasteouate prayer fur
morale will fall on sterile grolud.
" This is a very unpleasant affair,"
says Lady J3otiverio,at last breaking the
Silence, and spooking in her clearest
most sl ,erat° touo.
Mies Maturin, raising her mclauoholy
eyes, regards hor wistfully.
" A very sad one," elle murmurs, in a
voice soarealy audible.
She unlock her fingers and point;; to
a chair. Lady Bouverie sinks languidly
into it.
Ah! Doubtless it is so from your
point of view," sae says indiffere:utly,
unfurling hor fan. rice Warm it 18 1,u•
day --quite tropical1 No, thanks, uo-
one window is xuthoionb, Well, you x•`11
it was to talk over bhis-er-'sad ' at -
fair "-with a little bow nloant as a re.
cognition of :1111)14 Maternal " point 0f
view "-" that J have come over aero
to•day. I think it always better to got
to the root of an ugly matter at oleo
don't you ?"
If she were discussing the last new
Poaching affray with a cermet:ioe o.,
unconcerned in the affair as herself, she
could hardly display greater coolie.,.
Miss Materna, as though inoapaa!o of
speech, makes sono faint reovoneut
with her hand which stands for a re ply,
"No nlattor how cl etressiug a th.ti
,nay be to mo," goes ou Lady Bouverie,
in a solf-righteoux tone, "Inever edit ;ilk
from my duty. And really 1 hare ant.
lerwd more through this--er-uncoul.,
fellable report then I can describe.
Very great; auu0yanco has been untie."
She leans hark in lice soot, and there is
tiniest an audacious ,.dada for spinet.
thy in her highly uplifted brows and
drooped lips. " Now you, who Item all
about it, willkindly give me an exact
111041 of how the true story runs."
" What is there to tell?" says Mize
Matnrin wearily.
" The truth" -promptly, " Whatever
it may bo, I have tutored myself -as a
mother -to hear and receive it. I as.
alba you" -with a self•regretful shake
of her road-" I should not dream of
!nixing myself up with such a -a -for.
give me -questionable imbroglio as this,
did I not feel it to be imperative upon
me, for my son's safety, to listen to a
succinct account of the whole matter
from reliable dips"
" Colonel Oswald's lips aro reliable,"
says Miss Maturiu without lifting her
head,
Ab, but yours -for a headstrong buy
-carry so much more weight i" remarks
Lady Bouverie, with a careful smile.
" And you may perhaps have noticed "
-dropping into quite a confidential tone
1 " that my son Richard has of late
imagined himself to possess a somewhat
exaggerated friendship for Miss -for
your niece."
" Not friendship 1" saysMiss laaturin
softly,
" Hou'( depreciate it ; it is, I assure
you, a very great friendship," returns
'..tilyBouvorie, still smoothly smiling.
" I3ut, great as it it, I fear it must cease
from to'day."
Miss Maturfu abuts and, if possible,
(;rows a shade paler than before.
" Yes, from to -day," repeats Lady
fonverie, the cold society smile still up.
on her lips. " And to iusur0 this ar-
rangement I look to you for assistance."
"To me?" says Miss Maturin faint-
ly
" You l Of course," goes on Lady
l:ouverio, shutting up her fan with it
little click, "You soo it is absolutely
necessary that Richard should be Om
vinoed that n0 falsity lies in the state.
1)10011 made to me by Colonel Oswald
about Miss Lorne. You are the ono to
confirm all that he has said 1"
She leans back in her seat and gazes
with calm scrutinising eyes upon her
victim, A. dull colour flames into 1'Iiss
liaturin's cheeks. Hitherto sho has
been standing; now she sinks upon a
lonago near her, as though physically
tunable longer to support her own
weight.
CHAPTER XXL
"You would have me be my child's
murderer I" Mies Maturin arise, hi a
choking voice. Then, a moment late
11, is impossible I" She covers her,
Iwo with her hands and a' dry sob
11.111)04 from her. "Yet stay!" she says
a ekleniy; a feverish light coming into
1100 eyes, " I am wrong. You shall
hoer all the pitiful tale of ,ny child's
Wirth; and makeerhat ovil nee of it you
luny 1 Het happiness "-solenenly-
•• !fes nob in my hands or yours, hat fu
is--yo'cr son's -keeping, Let him bo
1 000 and all the world false, and still
1..:1810 joy may bo hers I"
" You mean," begins Lady Bouverie
eulrily, forgettingher assumed a61, of
.,Llmness and halstarting to her feet.
" What have I said," says Miss Matti,
lin slowly, absently. "Let him hoar
the entire truth; let nothing lee with-
hold. Thor, if the Strain bo too great,
why, then---" An expression of agony
crosses her fade, butshe does not oou•
tinuo the sentence. "But, if, when he
hears all," she pee on hurriedly, " he
still remains faithful, there is hope
before her yet!" She ceases abruptly,
as though lost ie some happy trait of
thought too bright for the Soul's oompre•
house:n.
"I trustI misunderstand you,"'breaks 7.a
in Lady Bouverie, with haughty die
pleasure; " but, if you really imagine`
that any 800 of mule would wittingly .414%,
ally himself with dis11o0anr and disgrace,,
von wedeln'', miscalculate. and :kalee , ,•1
within ypurself Ial80 bopex than
earthly power call realise."
"And yet thorn is solnethin eh
him -Dick,,, says Miss Metairie dream
that shill bide me hope, And,
trubh, madam " turning to her with 1)
dignity-" there is that in the mourn
story :f am about to relate to you ell
might well soften any hoar( towards 11
innocent child who alone survives t
storm to battle with the shame evened
with it. But 1 crave no pity fr
you!" she exclaims, breaking off abru
ly. " Hear Chic story, and repeat it
your son if you will, and lob hint loci
if love lie strong enough to crush t
fear of the world I"
Lefty Bouverie flings her fare upou t
table with a little or/telling noise, 1w
leaning beck in her scat, folds her hau
tightly.
"Now for your story," elm says no
temptuously.
"Ninciteeu years ago there came
the village near which 1 and my shit
lived a young amen. Els called itiul4
an artist, and certainly did some prat
dabbling m water•oolcurs, He was,
I have said, young; 11,1 was 1100/5020
in woniauish fashion, and of pleasi
manners." Hero she caned! 'u,eakf
for a moment, as though compelled, 61
thou breaks fortis again. "He was
demon 1" elle says in a low v01.0e 1111i
with ooncenteated passion. It is
though tlioso last words R177.) wrung fro
her itilgulellod 1101101.
„ Oh, pray be calm I " says Lac
Bonverio, with it Lady -like shrinkit
trent a 1)00110 of any hind. ".lb is a
very-er-horrible, no doubt; but 1
u.1 be calla whatever the are. Nothin
is to be gained by violence."
„Ilia name was Jaanes Belton," go
on _Mss Blatarin, precisely as if eh
had not hear/? tui-1other's delicti
appeal, as doubtless she had not, boin
lost in miSOra17l0 111117711n^es of hey ow
"'James Belton ?'" repeats Lath
Bonverio thoughtfully, as ono tumuli
ting something to memory. "But w1)
mit Lorne,' my dear Miss Maturity
Youruiene's -or-assns adnamois—
•Entiroly difiQront from his," into
rnflte Miss lfaturiu favufisbly. " J: to
yen I world for ever have obliterate
his main from the earth if such a this
were in my power; and to lot her bea
it would have loomed to me likedose
oration 1"
She grows quieter again presently
and her eyes go back to their o(1
monotonous lmseeiug contemplation o
the carpet•.
"Well, he came; and through th
Vicar of our parish we got to know him
32y sister was fond of painting, and a
intiina0y sprang up botweeu them. S1)
was a young girl then, gentle, iuuocent
devoid of all knowledge of intrlgne
But be was a subtle beacher! What li
really was, or who, I never knew the
or later, except that the sun neve
shone upon se fair -faced a fiend 1 Jus
at that time I was summoned to Borne
My untie;"aci old man, lay dying there
IIe was wealthy. To secure greate
advantages to the sister I so loved, and
in truth, because I pitied the trieudles
old nine, I obeyed his summons and
hastened to his sick -bed. He lingered
longer than ono would need for the
commencement and termination of many
a love -tale or tragedy ; and, when at
last kind death released him and MA
and loft me free to Beak my Euglisl
home once more, it was to find th0
time lu my ab@enee had created tragedy
for 1110, end that home was home ea
Imager. An empty nest awaited ole I
It was shorn of its brightest treasure.
The being who had been all in all to me
Educe my mother's death had betrayed
me. She had gone away--•nnwedded-
with James Belton. Oh, the ahem() of
it!" she cries, in a voice sharp with
pain, flinging out hor hands in an un•
conscious protest against fate. There
hi at this lnomoil11 strong upon hor a
cruel reflex of that terrible far-off time
When first dishonour came to her.
" Very unpleasant --really dis11rese.
ing 1" murmurs Lady Bouverio. "l:ou
perhaps followed her 2"
" There was no clue -nothing -only
a line or two froui her, to say she Ilad
boon compelled to fly with him, as hie
uncle, from whom he had expectations,
and who had itrraegod a marriage for
him with some heiress, would disinherit
him were he to disobey his orders ; so,
for the sako of worldly gain, he semri-
fieed a human life,"
" I beg you will not excite yourself,'
eays Lady Bouverie, applying a dainty
s'nelliug•bottle to her aristocratic 00841.
"I11 is, after all, only a vory ordinary
003)1010000 belonging to everyday life
- it is, 16881100 you, though I grieve to
acknowledge it of the world in which I
hold a part. Women are so mistak-
en I"
' And leen are 3.o wicked!" supple.
meets Bliss : Meturin sternly, th0)1(11
;inhale: no woman born was evee kinder
or a better friend tie young mea then
ahs. ")3u13 11318 uot to lnoralise 1111311 Io
911611(1 before • you. Ileal me to the cud.
When a whole misor41hle year lied
dragged by without word or sign from
my sister, when I had conte to the o0n-
rililsion that all my seerehings were of
oe avail, a letter came to me in her
beedwritiug, blit SO faint, 80 feeble, wv
ul ho altnteb illegible. It was ad o ell
g drb
a
from a smell village in Brittaeye l I
wont to her. That journey, 81140 as 10
may sound to yoU, will live hi 11171)21100).
for ovoi'--•'-ay, death itself ' will net
,1non0I1 the 00membremee of 11.' Ybu yea •
wy hair!" cries site, Ili tint? hot 'h'1nds16
heril•on•graybead 191105b11ttwolityalx
Ilion; yet, When 1.got to that journey's
ellll, It watt,ne leen iwiobo111}eg;tllau it 1x:1
hw."
And, when yon did: arrive," asks'
01y 1loevorie, 0aeoloss of the other's'
ru111, and anxious to kt}tl~ytgmy the
alit:ef the meeting, 'What.' slid OW
81,10 'wb,s:60.
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llaturin.
” teethe dead," she says, in a dui] wiry
-" dead for an hour stboast, Such 8
little time it seemed, but yet it earri41
her beyond all recede I ileo ,"d over
her, and, 114 1 dial 0O, It faint )'1'3 0)300)44 to
els. :( pulled dawn the eh:Al ne; there
-there m baby lay upon her breve'. It
was alive, ft is unpossible to deecrihn
to yon the 80100 of comfort, of hops. of
uoure.ge I sustained 171 I hoard that
feeble cry leaning, as it Were, from the
very dead herself. It Was part of her --
a ror"ognibion to loo (roto her from l '
iuvisihle lmtraversal,le land to will ,n
ehe l,ad gena. I lift0•J the baby and
laid her upon ley heart; and there she
1)8:11 lain O1O0 82000."
e No doubt Providence i4 s.il•wiso,"
remarks Laxly Bouverie, with a Plena
but protesting lifting of hor brows : gut,
it that poor infant shared its --or-- no,t
luronslderate mother's grave, how 1:,11011
better it would have been for itself and
every one Glee 1
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