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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Gazette, 1893-12-21, Page 2-4 that I had said 't have-thotght- that p" she {4 fly;. "you couldn't r' I Wl -Ltuous movement aloet _ins !4-T: m, she flings her epede: ath. ings Peet -hilt, Oes tarsal to this kind of thing,. oughtfully. He does not When sheis tuft of eks up the spade, sticks round, terns-- methodically to• rde *And so to the front Itis the shortest way back saes the baleony, however, a him. Looking _up, he sees over sorry I was so rude to you," ly formally. Her face is a Ler' eyes'proud, her whole air -confessed, far removed from any sur-_ If there is regret in ! y of u --very haughty kind, ardon e alsyth' • _ i s!rdon d _sl gemel seems= sale-:. "k 3 1• a ds hove ;the slogy, offered, some arisen between arting under a sense that she almost dis- her eyes rest on his erge of discourtesy. I believe time was she, to ing her arms off the urning away. rays he, quickly, but too late. hand impatiently and goes i APT R IX. ndahens are in a high stated# :what - does it all mean, this the ha I hist 1' Be had been 'angry rd and forward through the because U'M&o�re` was with' her; ` hut that' erry With meal'in bee prett` )lard! rcounts naw. He can think. of only= tire.gnite accustomed biit`perr - y; e -and -seek from the stable to one thing, that live she saw him her pretty i se (where, in good times past, . face fell, hertp€etty smile died... •. need to be), and from the- c — >. A very' rage of anger against hersnrgesiin.•' -sheds, is a thing altogether, out his heart. - - • ' The pigeons, too, seem great "Oh ! -I didn't know,", she cities,.breath- the<proceedings-beneath them, ing quickly both from surprise andher late alp so high m their little homes fest'_ rent -1'1110 yed-were comime-i.' ales that they can afford to " So I perceive," says Trefusis, dryly. Ripon the matter with a smiling - Terry turns round as if to say something and Trefusis; -- from ' where he s can see that she is *Capering zjft iani.on. =at'me the foe ie drawing ever nearer, add to the discomfiture of the two. -a flock of soft white pigeons, "swooping bark to their homes in x'd, fresh from their petty larcenies `t£ed in the cornfield. around them, straight for Terry. Are they not i>f their crumbs when she is near ? - he boys being now m the stable, Terry:. less the courage to show herself, to raise her bands, to try and frighten away her feath- yed friends. In vain ! ..Lower and lower they descend, theirsoftsilvery wings gleam- jng in the sunlight. Trefusis -can see her rise in desperate - ttress, can see her uplifted arms, can almost ear her lips cry, " Cash ! Cush 1" though she says it in the softest whisper. He can e, too, that the pigeons think nothing of this, are not in the least afraid of their loving mistress. Bodily they descend upon her, perching on head and arms and dainty shoulders, cooing loudly the while. And now the boys are out again. They see. the pigeons. Where the pigeons are, there surely is Terry. A piercing war whoop bursts Item them. Terry springs to her feet and.stands for a second laughing, her snowy betrayers still fluttering round her ; then she springs forward, Laurence. after her, the boys in hot pursuit. Theyso head her that she makes straight for the small gate where stands Justice,— that is, Trefusis. She is laughing as she runs; her face -is all alight, full of beautiful, almost childish excitement. She has run almost into Trefusis's arms —into his presence, rather, for his arms are certainly at this moment not ready to re. ceive her --before she sees him. ' Then she stops Short- The lovely light dies from-her.'eyes,= the laughter: from het lips.. , Trefusis-says nothing. For the fist time in bis skcellentlywell regulated lice, he: finds°.himseif without words. Viet' Change in her face !.. The dying away of the mirth, " s.witch 1 a witch '.• with her talking cat!" while it might have gone very hard with the poor woman, had it not soon been found that a wag, for a joke, had killed and flayed her pet grimalkin, and dressed wee Jeffrey in its skin. knighted b the King, Hudson When y assumed many high and mighty airs, al- though he was the butt as well as the amusement of the Court ; -Was once almost drowned in a basin of water; and would Lave been blown into the Thames but for a shrub that saved him. But Lord Minimus (as he was dabbed) really had his doughty adventures ; was sent on diplomatic . mis- sions ; fell into the hand of a Turkish pirate, who carried him off a prisoner to Barbary ; and finally distinguished himself by shooting a Mr. Crofts in a duel, that gentleman having at first come to answer the small man's challenge armed only with a syringe filled withof er. was Richard A contemporaryY Gibson, an artistic Lilliputian whho studied under Sir Peter Lely, paintedvery credit- able -historical pieces and miniature por- traits, and taught drawing to the royal Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, who were afterwards Queens of England. f He ba was 'appointed, in his youth, page - ak stairs, and was married to Anne Shepherd, another court dwarf exactly his own height, having a most brilliant wedding, King Charles giving away the bride, while the Queen presented her with a diamond ring, and Edmund Waller, . the poet to their ,Majesties, composed a poem on the event, Whin diminutive pair, 3 feet 10 inches high- e�itassed a long and happy life together, and Asad nine children, five of whom grew to ,,,naturity and were full ordinary size.— z[Harper's Young People. to-Larry.or the boys, but they are nowhere outs Geoffrey, having oaths it to be seen. Larry, scenting trouble in the skirt, but ineffectually, for air, has consideratelj carriedher brothers m and escapes, though with a away with him. : Thus deserted, Terry once in her gown, more look** Trefusis. • y that. -makes one wond aying hide-and-seek," she s anything more - beau light is a pale shimtinerr#1g, elicious. All over the lira the swoo+ing flowers co er9tlr+ Ming cher thing, but her nerv- y still :further. W hat at she. should show 1 DO0,. e zo 'What has there: ham#; res s- _ With=her -o sanies 44, - G. TO ? .,,WeAre.-troiiig to o-, $ Michigan, near Saul; Ste Marie. E WHY DO YOU GOTHERE ? ,k11, we have five - bo si 4. h .ve . sold . the farm for $ 51 - e slight, beiiievet: .4 -p rt. I'api sorry I was:unfortunate::ti.,utr e - _ place � - ut:a trace a - go � sis a good' deal. Every day in his ice of the emotion that ie -et rsiog each Of 111 b own from the Hall to see him to 'his heart's core. This ht lite nals- ry day they had parted on fortune If he had storfeedet her, scolded and -have money left. a in the --itch the pis on 1talon. r later, --a week that has rupt you, he says, calmly, witho d have a g e terms as they parted the her heartily, shown himself abominably renter do there] t seemed to him impossible to jealous, she could have understood him,— What can a o-rtthe girl, to see into her heart, having been brought up m an atmosphere He can ba on five years ,time (',core of it. He Could hold her where every one said justu3' what he or she had borne that, -=endured, he tho�ight at the moment, where anger, justly and pay for it with one-fourth of the f with: extreme bitterness, was -sh wn, was accepted in a right spirit, and a oney he would pay for rents in that w cce -he had kissed her ; she ,storm or two in the weak considered of little and own his own home. ing, but she certainly had riot cbnsegiience. That Trefusis, though she knew he must be angry with her, should ittle gayety in the •Iaugh—and even a greater stranger to her than he was. A • ori s anyend in he didto't make an end' before. Larry would have said so much ! break- -asunder, a connection 1I On CoExcell;nand then she could have explained ; but he, .,. g, t tided to nothing but his own Mr. Trefusis, he will say nothing. She feels Oats, �eaS,%hEa Yet whop the morning came suffocated.. Suddenly a sense of anger, ft . �e� Timothy Pc›. d to sen her once -again; ,0d 1 "host honest anger, stirs her breast. She . 1 h liea:,he'did see_her, he knew he r_`,be the 'onet'to sever his And through it all a -troubled =him,—jealousy �a f ai Barry ! day he saw her at bet , l.g me,r' and eve> ings she dined.a+tt the�Hall. e hadher cogieeveryeven- metimes made : excuses. o, she lunched w,itir Fanny 1P knowinU, roma word t it was le:_� than e: scene. eons he res the s nscio • ood land ? e used to�laugh_at himself=— refrain from saying so, makes him at once Is lt..g toes and all kinds of oats. .Prices are as good as any on the lames, owing to the nearness of the turns to him a charming face, now all frown- ing with her thought. (to BE CONTIt(UED.) m st Some Famous Dwar "s• mines and lumber woods to the west- One estiOne of the most celebrated of little men 'ward. was Jeffrey Hudson, who figures in Sir What class of people live there ? Walter Scott's Peveril of the Peak. Hisare nearly all from Huron Co.. history has been so often written as to bear They but a tie mention. - oR b rid A whimsical !lite was meet there so'lnany old neighbors he, presented by the Duchess of Bucking 8t you can hardly believe you have ham to Qeeen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Wit' home. Charles 1., served up in a cold pie,' and .< , many were the prank - s in which he took a "..I want to see that- land.- Who has it1 part. For instance, there was the party of t sale?. Imagine of tattle -baskets, as they were vnrly term , edi sitting down to-enfoy" that ,� , dish of. gossip at 'he smile . ;. E.. C• D.z �+. I DSON cheer _ � •.. hi"n, le ea tt ..g -r '} It Ste s arell4ed 'ir�110 MOdei11'G0 � -- . Maxie, Mich. nest ed puss at say, • 1, H O era al when the is- m:' «> r r a t, _=F Make off down stairs, For 11'Itgs, C'lrcnra and full panil f y, mpg the d crones -with uplifted hands, �` � r confusion, ilotiting,at,their hostess, , -have r •n , Utes o ! d o ioicE lies •n Iiia rrs . pa seat iso si very lel rte. "Can';ht t cords thia_tirec ping the :boys3: ea mwt give scrag ra her' th er tton` a . An elegant stock of AND tT Something•. UR s� sling Olio es, a s' 446 Boots 3o'Mfld `Girl' Boots; -ani. Shoes. in stockk:P make aAPem of ordered- work. Pei 3dreos - ' feet fits guaranteed. !!i• tel OMS GO IE, LY- p,