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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Record, 1881-09-02, Page 2TER ARUNDEL UNDEL OTTO", .!BY MASYCII.. HAYry .• ;1tuthor of " .gyddiclon's Afoney;;" ''"fpriden Perry; "The Sgteire'a Legacy;" ""' l'hbtor pn4 VonfpOehed;" " Nora's Loos Test;" Shadow on the Threshold; "Rae. woe ow !toms;" eta., etc, • 0.7 CIIAPTTR XXIL—Continzte4 '" Will yen arrange about •te-morrew, .please, Lord Leaholnier exclaimed Bella. • "Yes. Whom may I Llrive" "Do you really mean that you will come over yoterself for some of us?. Oh, I should—i[ mean I do think your carriages more coarfortable than any-' 'thing." '""'Then, I may offer you the seat be• side mei" /°Thanks very much 1 Tom, you must drive Lydia." "I. fail to perceive 't,he 'must"-•" he 41euttered. "How ate the childreti,goingl"'asked Leaholme. "I suppose they will want 4o tide their ponies•.!" "And Miss Bruoeq" "She will want to' 'ride with them, I presume," said Bella, Looking coldly •at. her. "Do, Hessie 1" cried the boys eager- ly. "Do ! we want to show you all about the places." "Yes," said Hester, absently. "Nonsense, dear," interrupted Tom, in his most patronizingly gentle way, "you are 'not going to spoil the .pleas- ure of a ,fete by encumbering yourself with a habit 1" "Hessie doesn't like the brougham," said Alfyy readily y she always has her back to' the horses. I shall walk with her. X11 show. ter lots 'ef nice things. on the way." "Yes, I should like 'to walk,* said Hester; slowly. - " "Do .you know that it is five miles' �to the nearest lodge r cried Tom;' won- dering. "But only over the fields our, way," put in Wattie. their heart's, content --more than, to the heart's content of one of them. Othar guests were coming from other .quar- ter nand when Wattle cantered on to the honse to leave his pony, he met them in, gay, laughing, strolling groups. '" fAhall we go and examine the ruins a bit before we join the others„ }Tessier asked Alfy, when they were left. "Yes, dear," she said, glad to delay her arrival among the guests, and. glad to keep away from his house a little longer. It was a wonderful old place, that ruined abbey, standing between the grand, •majestic woods, and the wide, still, glistening waters which lapped slowly and lazily the thiek sedge that fringed the borders of the lake. "Let us get up here. 1 should like to stand on tithe . tower, Alfy, Is it safe V' •• "Oh, sure to be. Come,, I will .help you," And Hester, flushed and out of bretflth, leaned over the broken battle - meat, looking. round her delightedly. "Here's Lord Leaholme, just under els." - Hester heard the,pleased tone of the ohild's speech,. but• -she herself felta heavy diseppolntnhent which she tried. In vain to hide, as she looked still into the distance, hoping he would pass on. When Aify hastened down to fetch him she saw that he sent the'ehild running out of sight, back the way he had him- self come. Then she had the firrn light footsteps mount the'steps and stop beside her, and there followed anodd little pause. "Well, as the old monks 'generally chose where to- pitch their. tents, they made a'grand mistake here, did they not, ,Miss Bruce 1" Leaholme firmd at last. "Yes; itis not beautiftfl here,. "The river is so far away there—at least it -seems so-=andthis eyrie lake is no'deb eti.tute." was„a granctold abbey, too, c?nce on a time;. but'I think the monks here. must have . had just the ►Same -ay l:ee'ety nd'want of beaut with'o'ut; ad.they liad within—the same solitude; the sane Heavy, enoly strength, • :and 'shrinking, : isolated ''weakness about their live within and without.” • "Yes. I• cannot fancy a :broad', and Iieaveiily iliiliglireteepingthis';stiatlowy spot inwide warm radiance,; and I can-, not fancy a'heaven born.love,for our fellow creatures (not coming next to our love for our God, .• but being part of it) guiding mento live the cloistered lives which men dived once, in this very spot you say. , "I.,weuld Tether 'walk," she repeated, secr'etl'1 hoping that to. do so would. d'el'ay'' ter arrival, and hating • the _ thought of it in• every ,way. . "I can see the country, too." "Less distin;;uisliable fr•onethe"lielaltt'". of four-wheel. Are•you agood walk'er,- . Miss. Bruce 1" "Yes, my ford," said Hester, the.sacl- ness.creeping into her eyes 'against Ther will, "it is • less tiring than many things."r . • "True. It is and pleasanter."' .' . ' "You must come with me," said Toni, "or I will not drive at. ani." • "I fail to perceive the !mutt'" mi niicked Hester,. coldly smiling. "1 Shall walk too, then." - "You would never get :there, 1 be- lieve, even if you started," she :said, with a little laugh : "keep your .own h daoe, Tom. Let us each follow 'our own ,imolination." "I Eio believe -that your own incline, •"Yes : nee inclination walks," :she interrupted, ".and I intend to follow• its example." So they walked, Alfy and Heater; with Wattie beside 'them on his pony. And a pleasant, merry walk they had. • "If, we go our. way, Mae Ilnettiest and the nearest," said Alfy, abreiu' •in his new position. to guide •th•e :gaardian, "we shall tune into the woods present - 1y, and come out at the farther end of Wye Park, close• to the lake atidl • the ruins. Here; you can see the *aye. }Jessie, from the top of this bank.'". . As they stood on the slope, looking across the magnificent Wye woods,. just within sighed. them, the carriages ,passed lightly and rapidly along 'the turnpike road. Hester caught sight .of Bella in her -brilliant summer dress ; ,and, sitting high beside her as'he drove, the Bari of Leaholme. Looking at hint, Hester breathed an involuntary little sigh of relief, that she was not Bella sitting there so close to him. • Then came Tom, driving the phaeton - lazily and gracefully; very lazy and grace- ful himself in his light picnic costume., Below him Lydia's white feather danced in the breeze, and • below : that • Hester caught sight of a very pracid, 'happy face. • ' • The great, roomy, old- fashioned•. Fhritzka came behind with the elder :ladies in it, Mr. Bruce driving the ;grays, with a servant beside him.. "Why, they didn't take the .brough-. •fine, after all 1" exclaimed Writtle; ,matnhite„.astonished; "and you, like the,• •Ibriteka. Hessie, don't you 1" • , - Hegter had watched ;them all, pass with a kith of restless intentness ; but as Wattle spoke, she unconsciously stopped and Ikiseed the little fellow's lnvine face an dl strange, aching lonlr nems which she :,could' not coniprehend. They had a long wreak before them yet ; - and before they mooched . the ` ruined ,„abbey the driving ,party had dismoun- ted, anti were .beginfsing to feel there •oughly at home in idle magnificent ?grounds; , aiaminin,g "Ants .admiring to he said. "My child, my child,, I care not help it, I an read all but that one thing—the cause of your distrust. I sometimes think hardly of. people myself, hardly knowing why,. and standing aloof when they would come; that is how you feel,, perhaps, towards me. Hatred it is, whatever may have. been its cause, not indifference. That hatred I may some day understand." Again the light laugh that bad so much mockery in it rang through her lips, and the bands that had been clasped upon the broken stones were raised and parted with a sudden, al- most fierce, impatience, "Will you join the company now I" He offered her his: hand, ' but she drew back mortified at bis coolness ; his dant eyes flashed angrily for anin- stant, thena quick smile brokeon his lips, "Insult, was it not to suppose you would accept assistance from one for whom you do: not care enough to pity or to betel Unpardonable 1 I was not on nay guard. Miss Bruce, do you know that this Hatred of yours places you as lots. asthe one you hate,1 Have you ever -thought of that'?" "Let us go down,." • she answered, hastily, "Why -are we staying up here 1" "You cannot go, X fancy, without my help, and thatyou refusedto ac- cept. llessio —he hesitated- a wohn- ant, looking at her With a yearning tenderness—".'Hessle, why is it '1 You, NOM are so beautiful, should :be kind and gentle—if only out of pity," She had been standing in all the dig- nity she could assume; but his speech made her shrink back a little, strap gely stung; It brought hack sudde►ily her father's word; to her on that last night; but presently out of that there. grew a remembrance of the .other promise she had made him. Site trem- bled visibly as she spoke with low sar- casni. . "And. what may you .mean by leincl, any lord 7". •, "I mean—why do you see me give "you all tlto•love of My heart, yet hate me with swell contemptuous hatred'" Something in :the proud, sada Voice touched Hester with 'a pain . she could not understand: . • "Lorci.Leaholnte," she said, gently;. ••?twill -•you -•lie=;kind—to---nhe.eery .Lonely,-. fatherless girlee.•arid never tell .nee this- agairi a&long. its I live'?" • • "Why .are, you so lonely, have by your .'own free will!" ho asked, very,. low. and gravely..; . • "1' am lonely," she answered passion .atelye "and. when : you speak to: ene I "They we're most, of them happy; feel doubly'—so• • hard-working fellows, too..There is.!'And doee,.your own !heart riot tell one good quality they are suposed to have pre,.eminently posseesed, which 1 rink highly; ithough you will laugh me to scorn." .. "Do I hole!• any one good quality in such contempt, my lord.4 ""I believeso;.indeed you l xve proved it to me beyond a doubt, The monks I sead of, Miss Bruce, generally pos- sessed that charity which tbinketh no Mil: until there.is—evil to think," The proud yet gentle 'Way lie said. those few words, looking out wistfully over the wide lands lie called his own, gave Hester,' for a moment,' a , tether • insignificent, uncomfortable. feeling. So shall she felt 'beside him ii►: .her unsunny mourning dress, and with -her. angry face twitching like a baby's. 'It was hardly for more than a -moment. Before he had turned and looked down at her it was gone, and half angrily,' half satirically., he answered 'kiln, "Why do you not remind me how they pitied and prayed for 'the evil when. they. knew it was. there 1 •I am as powerless to imitate them he that es in your other insinuation." . "Why ehoulft, you pity me for what you have never proved me to possess .1". "Pity you 1" she echoed•sarcastically. "Why should.I pity you ?- I have no cause to pity you: If I had, I' -do not' care enough for you to pity you." She had not felt surprised at his quiek comprehension of her Meaning. She liad not turned away her face ea: she spoke' 'tile hot, rapid words. There was no shadow of -shame- in her pas- nionate eyes,avl►ile he, in his calm, still strength beside. her,, paused a minute before he replied: Then the words. came very low. • • • • "Whet has worked me this .evil 1 What has nhacle von hate me eel" She laughed oddly,. the. words fol- lowing the laugh with sudden passion, "I do not hate you, I never. said I batedytu.: What are you to .nee, my lord, that I should bate you 1" e ' - His white face --bent• to hers—had. still the, old look of power which' she had always feared, "Say. what you will Ins your anger,"• he, said, "I' can bear all, that; but tell me no falsehoods' Hessie." - "What do you mean V' Her eyes were almost pitiful in their bot and trembling eagerness,' She felt as if to let them droop were to 'own herself vanquished. - "I read your heart almost toe easily," they are, like ourselves, deceitful ever 1 Take care, or you will come to grief as surely as 1 have done this morning. "Did you fall, Douglas 1" "Ignominiously. And. Miss Bruce never se much as held out a linger to me. "Oh, she is here, thenf'r m !has been looking for ber everywhere." "How odd t Why did he •overlook her here, then 1" "He has just been asking where she was," went on Bella, eagerly ; "� but, of course, I could not tell hila," "Of course not; be never could have expected so much from: you. Must I ask whereshe was.: or will jt do to tell. you where she isl!" Bella laughed ase she always diel when he puzzled her;, and then began to exclaim on the beauty of the water and the trees. "Now help me down, please, Detig- ]as" Ile did so:; almost overtaking Hester, who had gone on albue ; and at the foot of the tower they waited for the others, who were coming to join them, "Now, Lord Leaholme,"!cried Beilai "please, we all want to weever your fishing -tour; do let us 1 Tem never lends, us his key, though it always. hangs in the study at home most pro- vokingly," "You never ask for it," said Tom, bluntly. "Any one may take it who likes—if they put it back again." "Will you care for such an unlivelv. spot 1" asked the 'earl, rather wearily. "Indeed we should," answered Bella, readily, "should not we, giris t' . It is. the funniest, solitarest place, you . eyer saw." • . "Solitary places are ' not generally very funny,"' remarked Tonn.; "but of count:- it is. a matter of taste. •Let. us in, - Leaholme." "Oh, let•us in,that we may find the light, hummed' Bella, •following with her gayest step. . ' They pas'setl through the ruins to a tower that stood apart at ,the other extremity, 'seemingly, in good' preserve:. tion, 'standing 'coldly and haughtily aside, while its companions -crumbled and decayed: 'They stopped .at a low. arched, iron -nailed door, the. narrow. Worn steps' half :broken away. Lea- holme put a key in, ancl, :opening the creaky little ..eteettelittieciebacic ridiile they Fussed in ane by one; then ':bent his tall head low ancl„ fo]Iowed them. "All we Hereforlsh'ire' people feel a kind of proprietorship iii these ruins,» said Tom, "and always bring our. -less favored friends to see them; but I don't .believe you have ever been yet., Hessle. Is not this a queer little place to come upon in the midst of that , old falling monastery?" They we. e in a small f round room; damp and chill even .on • that 'sunn'y morning, lighted by one narrow, gratect, wind Ow, -high up ..ill • the :wall,' from which—cif you •could reach it—you looked straight over the lonely 'suiiace of tke still white lake: . There was' a grate in the room, and a few arch' es of furniture;' but it chiefly contained fishing implements:.aid. •.tackle .el all. kinds. you this' is wrong'? It is real pain to m.e to see you lonely, •IIeseie. . The old rens nibranee had come back' then in all its force. • "I would rather be lonely all my life," .she said, -coldly, " Milan bring my' loneliness ter be—,to . be prevented by you, niy lord.", • "This' is 'enough; Miss Bruce," he answered, with aririg of agony in the lolv,' clear' voice. • "Not to save us from such larieliness, not to save myself from a g, :loneliness, will.! parade my love again ; despite it as you will, but. despise it :'silently, in your own heart, To-nie'you shall never have need to do se again, through telllife',;.•.for.. even you know me•.enotigh to be' sure that this love which- 1' , haye been• mad en- ough .te• give. without a'slhadow of • re-• turn is given, and cannot be back. through...all' my life. Come, we are no broken-hearted Pyramus and Thisbe for the crowd down thereto look upon and pity,. At; what a terriblo idea 1, You ' even shudder i,t . that yourself, though •I never saw you flinch as you .dealt nee.'' this death -blocs. • Come,. I boast the• privileged .character of host to -day --nothing else; and there are my guests, and. this cheerful and extensive spot which *they adneire aild•criti'eiso• is mine. Beautiful it is, is it not? What could a man desire more 1. No; I feel a: very enviable monarch, .merely missing—perhaps—the brightest jewel in my crown. Yet, after all, what •is a jewelmore or less to a man wlio— never, wears them' 1 No Pyramus Mam 1; and you, Miss Bruce?" e— • am one of your guests; my lord," side answered, so humbly . that she seethed to be. beseeeping Itis . consiciera- Professional and MO Cards: a e la.sr...a'"+gip '. • Clinton, April 21, 1S$ti iw. F:.GAR1Is $tail II Svnasox Asaxte+', Graduate of the Royale College of Dental Sus- = germ of Ontario, has opencd rooms in, Yic- tona Block, Albert St, .• Clinton, where he will be cog, tautly in often• deuce, and prepared to perform every Opera- tion in connection with ' Dentistry. I4IDWIN KEEPER, i,.1 1,., bentist, from the office of Trotter dL Caesar, leading Dentists Of Toronto. Second, .Honor Graduate Royal College, Dental Sur- gcona. OFFICE: Beaver Block, Clinton; over S: Yowler Sc son's, Jewelry ;;tore. July 15th, 1881. S. JEROME, Licentiate of Dental Surgery will vlait Blyth on melt and every ,month, front the nth until the fourteenth, when he will be most happy to wait upon all those that may favor him with their patronage. All operotiona. performed in the meet skillful manlier. Blyth, Dec: 17 1880. nut REEVE 40BCC, Itattenbury Street, immedf= ately behind Itansford's hook store. Residence opposite the Terfipamnee doll, moron Street. OfRee hours front $ ,.5 . to f3 p. m. Clinton, Jan. 14, 1881. 1-y -' II. DOWSl Y,11. P., M. It. lb 8 Engdancl; 11 Fllysi,u_ *,Surgeon, Ice, Otte!: and residence ne'ct Molson'a Bank, market square. Clinton, Jan, 114,18$1. t 'J A Ii. MANNING Attorney, Sniiritor, Cow/dancer &c.—Beater Plock, Albert Street, Clinton, Ont. Mone3 to leant- at lowest interest.• Private Funds. Agent for some of the beat Innuratrcm Companies. 40y O;rEY CAMPBF;LL, Practise! Barber and Hair- . Dresser, begs to return thanks to tho public for rest patronageand Whence tentitmance of custOma Shaving Parlor n old Express Oftlet'llIuron•st., Ohl WO L7 ABBY FISIIFR'S Skating Parlor, next' to Com'' l l mereiel Hotel, returns thankt for past . favors, Come and see rile again, Shopretitted in good style,. Clinton, January, 21, 1881. JAtt•E8 POti'SON Licenser! Auctioneer for the County 0f llu10».- Sales attended at reasonable nates. - Clinton, Jan. 14th 1881. ' LINTON Lodge, No, 84, A. F; 4: A AI., mei every Friday, en Pr after the full moon. 1'1 ing brethren cordially invited. A. S1RAITON, w. M. • J. M.le'tVItIRTER, Sde; Clinton Jan,14, 1881. Lv ��OSEV to lend in large or en5 T sums, on1 gooe8 mortsnges or personal sec,, civ, at tbo lowcet current roles. ll.IIALE, kl.uron+atve tClinton: Clinton, Feb. 25, 18bi. 1-ly. • OE2VIRAL I1OTEL„Elyth 086.,•. Erwin, prop. • The above house iS now refitted and furnished . anew, and affords good accommodation to the travel, ling public. GoodLiquors and Cigars always in the bar. Good sample roomy I•ver;v attention ,raid re, guests. Good statlikig, and ntteattve hostler. . Blyth, June 23, 1881. • • . • DROP: SALTER, Clinton, Ont., teaches music ir, all Its branches: Musical science and harmony a specialty.. Careithl-*ttention given to voneg begin- ners; also .the meat approved' voo-1 tritining foe strengthening and'diive3eping the voice is given whets .desired withnttt e:etra charge.' Pupils attended nt -- • their own residences If required.. Charges modernto- Llinton, Feb. 18ti1,, 1881. '• Terthe-BEST•TIOh1Ft STIIIib-0-{n Town,MOON t -. - ,'It A J'CII ES, JEWELRY and SILYEIt PLATE. 11into1 t . Ontario.. • "CilitSi HAMILTON,; - • `A_ LCTIONE1:R; land,: roan and inanimate igen'' � Blyth. : Sales attended in town and country, on. reasonable terms. A list of farms anal "village lots 'foe i sole, • Money' to lean'on real estate, at tor, rates of in ' tercet. Insurancee8`ectted on all elaseek of 'property,. litotesand debts coil entail. 'Goods nppntised, and soh:i on aornmissfon Bankrupt stocks bought and sola?: •Blyth, Dee. 1 i 1880 "I aur' one of my guests,"he wenbpn, iit the same quick, bitter tone ; "oiie•of the lesser dies; tree-eVery faireto look u• child's pr u dion, but a ces�a id i child'le s t mlper. Severe, ntn T is Perhaps so.. I -have known men who would have destroyed the light .and . beauty 'of your life for less -than you have said to ni'o to -day 1 but ---there they are, a emery, admiring group.•"`I"inust needs refresh euw eyes by gazing on them. Such a, Tr`itehi I am going to be among theoi;. and you' —=you must needs sail with the stream,. poor. little .minnow 1 Thank God, you have- the easier part to play I'' y., Ha !Miss Lane, is that yea 1 Wait, and let hate help youup theet stairs; "This lake it famous for its fishing, and this'appi-opriatioti of the tempi- - is a centrivance.1 admire," explained Toni with an air'of thorough at:homeness in the place. "1 am proud, I :assure yen, of being joint possessor of the • accom- modation.'•' • , • "How are you.. so l" asked• Marla! Berkeley:. • "Why, I have one key of- the place for myself, ' anti permission to fish herb. when I care to." . "Our right here, we equally feetthere is none to dispute. And • we Catch e great deal," remarked Leabolme, ripen- ing another little door; and disclosin • a narrow, winding stairc'ase.. "Wilt; you go' Op -stairs?" ` . . • "I am sure Toln,yyou de ?lot deserve such kindness to. 'you," smiled Bella, preparing to nitlunt first. "I suppose he would pouch if he had not the right even him," stiid' Hester; gravely, "he is so very energetic in itis .sport." F O. L,,1t-•o 7•10; moots 2ndlyl'ond:•ty;inenei'rmonttiy It in Biddleounthe's hall., 'tisiting brethr�erueer, ed. dtislly invit' J- IIA1tNi':lt, w 11.' . 11., FL000T, Sher. Jan -11448a. • 1-Y.. THE- lit17LS0H''; 9 BA:11 ..: Iucmrgorancd by A't O! ParlAnment,1865. Capital, $2,000,ceee Rest; $140,0•OO;. • IlEAlh• OFF1CI14, - 31ONTRItAL- • THOMAS. W11RF\IA1,,: A.'esiulen t. J, fI. B. IIOL801N, Vine -President, . . P. Mr.OL k'EItSTON, TI I MIAS, General Manager. ' 'Dollections • ni'a1Se',' DtbiSs issued, Sterling and American Exchange- 'bout' -b8 and sold, aoclluotes minted at the tunes; ettrre t8 rates: leterest allowat' en deposits. ]d: LOUGH, DGt.'sager, . eliiaton,.Feb. IOUlho 5S8.`1,• Ca.mroa- 1. "Don't you be satirical, Miss Bruce. I have caught a few fine fellowsle my day.". ; "You _.have bad your . day, then; Tom 1" •:. • . , "Not -quite, I shall catch another some time, and dialer you eat it, too, little • lady,' for your imptlrtineece." "1 know Lord Leaholme has 'caught o hundred to your ' onte• Tom," said Bella, smili►ig atilt More "Then Tone' lids 'dreamerbe caught those fine fellows," ,replied Lealiohiee, lightly. • "The fact is, Miss lane, I do not like. this place. There is such a lonely, dreary look about it -such to breathless, stet -in feeling in the atmos pherel' - "I never" think beautiful plaseis lonely," said Marian, unable to imaginte it otherwise than she'tittw it,. filial -with gay young forms and faces, (to BE colf'ff>xtrlin.) 00,00 A. !. FISHER.. '50,000 totend at6.g,oarCent ' n'ith'extit't yrili es to horrower- Agent for the oaf itiesreshfir Insurance .Co„ Er, Send; Capital Fiitsot4 Million'Dollars (St5,000,000O Agent for first -Mass 3s t !;roof. safes—eanutaetur . by Goldie & tieCealdbu th, Galt,, `Second -haul sae talign llExeha.n e fg. Clinton, Feb. 78, i;SSlk, ITER8:T REDUCED. Money on first,alttss farm security and oe favohable terms to. borrow era,•can be had At 6 per cent: ,' per '.Annum. Clinton; ifs yr 5, 1881. • Apply to • - C, A... tt tirr r,. • A•ttamte •. B L'Y T t"1 Coilar • L.rp , The snbsciiber has on handl. Orst•ciass stock et— elarne.tsa ''. Cellars„ Trunks„ . Valises), Whips, Brushta and Curry Combs.- All ombs.- All Collars Warranted to glue" Satisfaction. I have scented the service of a first't•lasza collar -Maker (the best hi the county encepting Brooks). Call ah‘d 'examine goods and prieter !L.Ill!,. sires Ns, myth-