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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-05-06, Page 3u He did not touch the hand elle held out to him. Ile had bidden farewell to these hands—their least toiroh was mo longer for. him. "Do you mean, Lady Chevenix, to ask ane if I will be your friend'? I do not see that that is possible— you forget the difference in our positioe s."' "You are Lady Maude's friend," •she interrupted. "Yes, that is natural. I Nave business relations withLady Maude's father. It is quite a different mat- ter. There never can be much .Friendship, I think, between peo- .pie of different positions." The tears stood in her eyes. "I did not think you could have 'spoken so to Ime," she said. "I am unfortunate if I leave spok- en impolitely or abruptly," he re- turned. "Friendship is to me a very sacred thing—I never lightly use the word—and I can not but say that for Lady Chevenix or Garswood and ct very hard -work - Ing lawyer there can be no com- mon ground." "I have known you all my life," she said. •$e looked at her ; he did not speak; it seemed 'to hien that fur- ther speech world be imprudent. Her eyes fell before the clear, hon- est gaze; there was no reproach' in it, no upbraiding, but it reach- ed the depths o3 her so;nl. Macy came to the end of the prtth ; be did not turn back. There was a garden -chair ; ,she en,t down upon it, and he passed on with a low bow. CHAPTER SXXII. Lady Chevenix and Felix Lonsdale dial not ,meet again for some time. Sir Owen had not made a very favor- able impression a,l: Bramber Towers. Tho earl had invited him, with his beautiful young wife, to a grand ball, but Felix was not prohsent, and Sir Owen forgot _himself so far as to drink too much, •and then, when in- toxicatad, to use coarse language. In September, Sir Owen was leveled to be present at a. ,grand political btottwet given at Olatecone, and Pelle: made one of the most telling speeches of the night. It wee so eloquent, so Magnificent in it's .frac, noble ideas, its picturesque language, that he be - eerily popular ; ct inan who could speak so well ought to be in Parlia-' anent, the leachers said—:ind it seemed very probable that at th.e next elec- tion k c1ie would stand an excellent chance. elir Owen was startled ; lie thought a great deal about "young Lome! dale." With all bis own deme stu- pidity, he was capable of admiring great talent in others. Another' thing struck him. During the ban, quet he sat next to Captain Hill, who told bint that the had heard Lord Arlington say that the wisest ac- tion of his life Was the placing of ,his affairs in the hands of Darcy. Chevenix. ever had from her mother. and Felix Lonedale, ,Sir Ohvent h'" L+ i,t Francis Haste would say to her at a great dual or that ; a good, clever, times: trustworthy land -agent wale a per- "I do not like to interfere, ." loser ; son he had long de.eircd above all but is all this I hear about your others, and, if the Lonsdales served' hnsbaud's intemperate habits true?, Lord .1.rlinglon so faithfully, they "1 am afraid so, father," she would world perhaps serve hirci in the tike, reply; and then he would add: manner. lee thought over it some "Can you do nothing to check him? <lay -e• before he mentioned the subs a wife should have some influence ject to his wife. ( ever ber husband" business capacity. le his sober and ele.knew that he was deficient in "I can do nothing," she would ansa wee; and then her father would doubt whether, after all, things bad happened for the best. • t. >r « m Sir Owen had rode over to Lie. ford and called at the effice in Cas- tle street. If lie had found Felix there' his request would have been retusedi but Darcy' Lansdale was in the of- fice, and listened calmly to what the bayonet had to say. "I cannot give you an immediate answer," he replied ; "but I will think over your proposition and let you .know our • decision." Sir Owen stopped while he said something about his earnest desires, and he made some impression on Darcy Lonsdale by his evident trust in him. Once the older man was in, clined to turn round and say. "You shim. They had us' finished area - robbed my; son of the greatest joy fast, and tsar was, as a rule, kris of his life—his love—an I will have in one way or another. I think 'Wall go and see them about it Violet." "ft Would be the wisest plan," she said. "Young Lonsdale has not shown any great anxiety to visit us," he utter indifference to me. I do not continued, with a sneering laugh. like Sir Owen, I confess; as to "Perhaps the has not quite forgiven Lady Chevenix I say nothing. If me about you—ell, "Violet ?—though he we are' compelled' to visit tlhenl, we did not seem to care about it." must suffer the penalty of mixing 'Be bets forgotten all that non- In soclety,�" • sense," said 'violet. "I do not he- He spoke In :i tone of such perfect sieve he remembers eves, that we were freedom and indifference that Darcy frieeds." • Lonsdale said to liimself, "He has ''So ,much the better. I shall nal/ • forgotten her"; but Kate and Eve to -day and see them. If young Lons- both looked apxlausiy at hens. He dale consents, I will make him come looked incliferen t•, and Kate and dine with' ns. 73 'e dines thought he had achieved the vie - often enough at Bramber Towers.. tory ; but Eve knelt', lhi.m better, F hope he will consent. I thought and understood that he would fight of travelling next year ; and I should to the death, but would never enjoy my tour much better if I left yield. So, after a long and ani - him in command" mated discussion, it was decided "I •hope you will succeed," she re- that Darcy Lonsdale should write plied—and slle did hope so ; site would to Sir Owen and tell Ilam that his have been glad of. anything that offer was accepted. would have forced Felix into ber so- "I am glad," said Eve, "for I hear elety. She was lonely in spite of ,all many people say that unless mat - her grandeur, and' there were times• tens improve the time will came. when site was dreadfully tired. when Lady Chevenix will ba'ily It was hard to live with Sir Owen, want some one to look after her she had to watch Trim incessantly,, to interests. Sir Owen drinks dread - study his humors, to obey him read- fully, and ]las no thought of the ily ; she had less real liberty than hundreds ho lavishes when he is. the wife of 'many a poor 1•leasant. Sire not sober. Poor Lady Chevenix, would he so pleased and so content with all leer beauty. may yet want it she could see Felix sometimes—not a friend." that she wanted any allusion even to "I hope not," said Darcy Lons- their former acquaintance, but she dale, kindly. "If I have anything never knew what that sweet sunnyh to do with Sir Owen's affairs, I presence of his had been to her lite shall do my best always fol• her." until it lead passed out of it. So the matter' warts settled, and If they^ could meet sometimes, and Sar Owen, when he read the note laugh as thtey, used to laugh over in ;welch' Mr. Lonsdale gave This con - all `tile little comic scenes and sensa- sent, was grateful. He took it at tions Lilford afforded, if she could once to'. his 'wife. talk to him of some of the thoughts' "They have consented, Violet," he and Ideas that began to crowd up- said. " Now, from this day •on alter mind and brain, she would be well pleased ; there was always a sense of something wanting, some- thing missing, in her life. So she hoped that he would consent to acts as Sir Owen's agent. Surely ,sbe should see him occasionally'. Her h,usbarcl was not a pleasant companion, and at times, 'when her nerves and patience were overtaxed, she would go to her mother with a long list of complaints. But Mrs. Haye was always diplomatic. She would listen with every appearance of sympathy; she would condole with her daughter, and then she would say: "Every wife, my dear, eras a great deal to undergo; the foolish ones talk about their trouble, the wise ones keep it to themselves. Atter all, you must expect some little draw- back. You have wealth, title, gran- deur, diamond', carriages, servants; the only drawback is your husband, sacs you must study to bear with him as well as you can." • That was all the comfort that Lady en la or that the had still Men 'conte to my office who have soAie lingering gigue lett tor her. What dao you say yours'rlf, Felix?" "Aly dear feather, 1 1ti'il Hay noth- ing,"' ho, smiled. "it is a matter of utter indifference to me. I do RROL see that there is the least comae: - teen between Lady Chevpn}x and tilrnclol'etl me, who ht+,;ted 10 l tale the cry that I had robbed eamee Hardman of Itis z ilii ts. 1 lravci to forgive them. I do i:ot make friends with them, but I freely for- give ureal and ibi bug:tees Inc them; you must clo Lhn .Au1e. Gear one her husband's age0CV, Aetna or de- thing In mind, and you will uev'er be cline it, just as You w;t11," v t xe 3 about coining here, ):on are "If I accept i1 1 well hindertake invited here, not Its the lover whom to do all the wink," said 1Jarcy Wee 'Viola L Have In her 'innocent Lonsdale. pride forsook, but as the agent with - "Then I will do store, for ,you, so uu'l whose servieerd and restraining that syou 1007 11°1' feel it," said hand, ,Sir Owen, rich as rte' is, will elix. Won be ruined," • "There would 'be 01(12 thing,' re- "'pier) Is comnhonn sense in that marked Mr. Lonsdale. "1f we take 4ite u eney, we shall be couhpelletl view, said 1' alix. +io visitt;erslvocxl at three; rtntll "Thee again for your own sake, do not know whether you would Felix ;forget the gar�t. Tbe world tike that, I elix." is very unjust. A woman forsaken "I shall neither like nor disilke le always plticd; a marl forsaken is it" ho replied. "It is a matter of 011en latrglhed at. Let . people see J ow. little it must have affected You Cum you can visit .her husband—not ho w.hitteriy you baust grieve after her since you are eornpelled to de- cline all inritatians." And with those words the car- riage stopped before the great en - terrace. Father and sou entered the superb hail with its ancient oak and armor, its stained-glass windows, an ancient crest emblazoned every- where. They passed through a broad beau- tiful corridor where statuary—copies of the great masterpiece: of the world—stood, where blooming flow - ere gave, color .ind fragrance— through rnagoldeen1 rooms, until they reached the great drawing - room where _ ia'ir Owen and Lady Chevenix received their guests. Sev- eral were already assembled, but h.ta nding apart from all. others Felix saw Lady C'hevcntx. IL was the firse time he had met her in her own- home, in the midet of the splendor that was now hers, and his eyes were dazzled by her wondrous beauty. Her dress of white sill: with trailing roses was richer, erunnhi3 i with Iriagos of gold. She wore a tiara of diamonds set in gold. ilei ).:dein}te beauty and her exquisite (trees dazed him for a few moments, l.ul he made no sign ; and I)arey Loesd;h 1'• was proud 01 hie son, as he advanced with princely grace and carriage into the room and bowed to the lovely woman, who, despite all her efforts, grew deadly pule a5 8110 00ry WM. Lord Arlington, who never neg- lected any opportunity of publicly henceforth' I shall lend r. bowing his great affection and re - happy life; . all tlhlat read-s;'arci fess• Dare,v Lonsdale, went up.to Ing and writing anis worry was too much for lne. T was tired of it." She read the note, and laid it down without comment. " Are you pleased, Violet ??" he asked. `•I ten pleased if you are," she re- plied. She was thinking whether this would bring her and Felix more together. I tell you 'what we'll do, Violet. We will give a grand dinner -party, and you must - ask all the people from Bramber Towers, with Mr. and Mrs. Lonsdale 'rad :Felix. See about it at once; send the notes out to- day •' Sho obeyed Irim without a word. CHAPTER XXXIII, most sensible moments he owned that. 'Study—learning of any kind —had always been irksome to him. Fee never had read anything but the daily newspapers and some of the sporting prints; he could not write a letter properly, and he had jug ti sense sufficient to know his own shorteonhing's. One morning he received 0. num- bee of letters that puzzled him —t some documents that he could not urcterstand were sent to hint to sign. "A man may sign his whole fortune away without knowing it," said he. "I wish I had Borne clever man to see to it all for me. Arlington has none of this trouble, I know." Lady Chevenix, in her graceful tihaosni.ug costume, sae olipo•;site to ] l just f' i h 1,break- most 1 k most amiable hour. Ho looked up at his wife suciclenly ; he had never con - a; -rated her on any business before, and would not have done so now but that she knew the Lotisdales. "Violet," ;he • said, "what a clever man that young Lonsdale is ! He is making quite a good position for himself. I should not be surprised to hear of his getting into Parliament." He tad not notice the flush on her face 'or her agitation. She did not know' what answer to make—She dared not stay she was glad. Sir Owen did not want an answer. He went on: "I have been thinking of asking him to be, ley land -agent ; they say he does so well for Arlington. I really can not grapple .with, all these 'natters myself ; and he seems to be the only man abort here who }las a head worth carrying on Iris shoul- ders. 1 wonder if he would under- take the post if I asked him, '710- iet ?" "1 can' not tell you -.I clo note know," she .replle(l. "But you muet ; surely you have some ilea—you have known them a long time. What do you think ?" "I should say the Lonsdales would be very pleased; they ought to be. ,You would pay them well, of course?" "I should be quite willing to give nothing to do with you or any- thing belonging to you," Blit that would have been undignified, and be had learned his lesson of mercy. To hint the"e was something almost 'piti- ful in the tact of this strong, coarse rich man enable to take care of his own, unable to hold his position with dignity, appealing to 111m for the sen- sible management that he could not give himself. He woutcl not 'decide hastily; he did not think his son would like the business. But five hundred per an- num was a consideration, besides which, Darcy Lonsdale shrunk from the remarks that people would make if be refused such an offer. He said nothing about it until he returned home at night, and then he found Eve Lester there, and the matter was reviewed in solemn council. "I say take it," urged Kate. "It seems to me, really, Darcy, that there is au especial proviclenee for us. Take it by all means. It is a sin to throw away five hundred a year." "My dear Elate, this Is more a mat- ter of sentiment than of money," eaid Mr. Lansdale. "I am of hate's opinion," put In Evelyn. "I quite think you should accept it. 1f you do not, people will say disagreeable things." "I have thought of that, too. The ' We can not refuse," said Darcy Lonsdale, as he 'held Sir Owen's in- vitation open in ills h'culd. " We must go this once, and then we can please ourselves afterward. What do you say, Felix ?" I+chit thought a, few, minutes, and then he said, .frankly :, "To tell you the truth, father. I think I 'would rather not go—I do not like the idea. To transact Sir Owen's business is all very well, but to dine with him is quite an- other thing.?' "You shall please yourself; re- turned Mr. Lonsdale. In his heart, although he had felt great com- passfo11 dict great indignation con- cerning errs son, he w,as pleased that he had not married Violet. He had seen no chance of happiness for him—he had resented her con- duct to bine. Darcy Lonsdale knewi that his son was bitterly wounded, but .the said to himself, "Pain is discipline," and every one had some kind of trou- ble to .undergo. • So, when he de- clined tto go to Garswood, Darcy sighed to himself, and was sorry that his sort still felt the rankling df an olel wound. Det Kate woutcl not have it so; for the first time almost in her life she differed from her stepson. "You must go, Felix," site said, "Only think what people ivill say if, you stay away ! Even Lady Chere- nix herself w,ili be flattered and think you darn not meet her. Go, Felix,; I should not like to give her that triumph'. You will have to meet her some time or other—do it nate." Ile was not quite willing at first, but after a time }late persuaded him, and it was arranged they should go. Yet Felix hardly liked it. To have refused Sir Owen's agency would have been to stand in his father's light, to prevent the childreh from receiv- ing the benefits of an ample income. He would not do that ; but when he was In sight of Garswood he hated himself for having come near the place. IIe could not help wondering scow Lady Chevenix would receive him, what .she would say to trim, whether she wuul:l be pleased or the r'ever'se. ' It can never be pleasaht for bee to meet me," he ithoug'11t, " The sight of me must remind her of her unfaithn" • A they fulCaess.nie in vire of the towers and turrets of Garswood he expressed this idem 'to his father. He wished oven ;then that he could return. Ile looked anxiously into .his father's face. IL seems to me," he said, "that we have cornprom}sed our independ- ence by accepting the agency." " My dear Fell:', Darcy Lonsdale five hundre1 a year; but tben t sbould' general impression 'would be laughed, "if every Wren were to expect all my work done for +stat. I that Felix held some kind of eatery his private feelings Ingo ease. gay alnrost as much as that now resentment ; against Lady Cliev- nets, business wound soon Stop. him and began a long and interest- ing nterestirng conversation with him. Lady Maude called Felix to her side. And so the Lonst:lttles' arrival passed off as the arrival of any other guest would have done. "I tun glad you came," said Lady Maude to Felix. "1 waar afraid you would refuse—and I should have been sorry for drat." Then dinner was announced, and the long atlld stately procession moved forward to the dining -room. Felix,: from where he sat, could not only Feo Lady Chevenix, but, he could hear all that was passing He wondered at her perfect grace and elegance. ;,he took her place at that superbly appointed table as though she had been accustomed to it all her life. There woe Ino shyness, no mauvaike honte, no gaucherie of manner. If she harts been the daugh- ter of 0 duchess, she could not have been more well-bred, more refined and graceful. Ile watched her keenly, and rvitlr wonder. where had she squired her perfect grace and ease of manner" (To ba Continued.) AD ICis' TO MOTHERS. ONE TU Ni DONE WELL, rhe True Secret of a Eemarkabla i11coess. 1)r, Williams' Pink Pills for Nate l,'eople do only one thing --but they Go that one 'thing w.e11. '.t`ha't i.s the w are'' of their success. 'k`i oyl aetu- (1117, stake new, rblo'd; just tnat ancE 1(0 ultn'e. But good blood is the beat cat —the only; cure -ter most dis- eases. Most diseases are oauuecl ,blyj h)ad blood. 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"bwallered the lanes ten minutes 'fore the sheriff come to levy on it—praise Godl" Notes From Japan in Jap English. Publication. Many kinds of the map of the East included Manchuria, of the 'yellow: Sea, leave been r u b- lished suddenly, and people buy any, one of them, viewing with other, and consequently the printers are working •111 the day and night to surely 'them' to them. And many, magazines, uovels and essays on the war have been published, rind ,they are read by the n:ation which like to battle. :How: is it in Russia? 11r. Toyojiro Takamatsu'. He has retorted "that 1 showed my vitas - capes 178 times at thirty-one county towns, and had 105,002 lookers on and paid the taxes, yen 4.7.62." Some years ago, when ho was laboring a large cotton milt at Tokio, he was but off his upper, limb by the machine, and 'conse- quently be declined the mill and en= tered :1. law school to study It. The Cruelties of War. Each 'Arch - Bishops of the Hongwanji (Budd- hist) is mostly animate sold}ere 'to battle bravely, that is, to kill their. brethren barbarously in spite of they should pray Buddha to )21tve re -ace policy. They are unrefined ones. 'What ,shall we do to refine them? Hctribe, Ensign, Professor of at 7iilltary Academy, Pekin, China.,com- rnitterl suicide, filling chagrin ,that he could not proceed with the army. Ikumurte divorced his one liged poor wife to responecl Mil- itary labor in the battlefield. When he saw her ;after some clays he cut her bright black long hair, saying t1'tt do not 'starry another, Yozo • Mori, territorial soldier, who waeln Sendai, rejoiced to have been called together, and clotted his house. 'When he is going to Nagoya with his two kinsmen he lets sud- denly become n, war -insurance, and he left the lnetro]toljce to goback his birth elate being attended them. Cheap .restaurants near military camps are full of people which are soldiers and its r~rers and the boiiees call them all night. The Minister rot Education has in- structed to all tho teachers of various enhoois to teach them in calm. until the vs- r 011011 be peei- fied. Officers or some departments of our C:o} ernm!'nt have been ordered to depclis}t+' lomPwhrh.t: of their SOW - Ing to any post office why ? A big leclurl meeting was held at Tokio Chris tion young Men .tsso- eiation hall at 7 p. me The 17 ult. seven speakers clad and about five hundred audioncee carne to hear. The pollee of erudition called dowel tWo of those for perhaps he mis.' ,uudestootl tlhem,