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strange eagerness into his face. . ii1
think I shall let it go this time."
"I am afraid your fingers must be
thinner, Lord LeaboIme," cried Bella,.
innocently. "yon never used to drop
jos
ORAPTER =a—Continued.
" When the old earl died, leaving no
direct heir, the title went to a nephew
of bis, whowas yaclhting in theIed-
iterranean at the time ; when the novo
reached him, he was in such a hurry to
talcs p
fi
ance of all
•
ossessionr that, in •
tie
advice, he landed et the first town he
reached—some horrid little place where
the cholerawas raging, He took it, of
course and died before he felt what it
was like. to be called `your lordship.' "
Feeling strangely, weak and giddy,
Mester turned her evhite face up to
Tom, •
Who was he V
"The Arundel for whom it was made
Must have been a regular Falstaff,"
laughed Leaholme, carelessly. "My
intercourse with that ring bas been
nothing but n succession of losses and
discoveries ever since my protliotion.
When I last lost it, Miss Bruce told
me she was not at all surprised that I
could not wear it. Immediately after
her unfeeling unfeelfn words, I found it. ,,-
PeF
haps, if 'you mention your surprise
once more, Miss Hessie, I may meet
: .
with similar succors,"
striking f+ few chords laeily and tamely;'
while Mester wondered could those
listless linger,' bre the same that had
made the :grand old organ utter snob
wonderful things only a few hours be-
fore. With sudden nervous power
he began to sing ;
•'4Bonny wee thing, canny wee thing,
Bonny we thing, we thou mine,
wad wear the In my besorn,
,. Lost my lewd I should tine.
Wishfully I look and languish,,
In that bonny face o' thine;
And est i y we thit ng be no. ds Mine. -
Wit,, and grnco and love, and beauty,
In as conion shine
To adore theete m
is tv duty, i
Goodness o' thin Mg e' mine r "
" Captain Douglas Arundel, of the
Forty-first or what we call the Welsh
regiment, One o£ the greatest scound-
rels, I leave beard, who ever, by the
help of Providence,. escaped a title.
Hessle—oh, Hessle• 1 what is the neat -
ter V
She'was standing uprightin a, car-
riage, locking behind along the silent,
empty road, with a :strained, wild,
• eager gaze. Tom dropped the reins
and took her hands to draw her down
to her seat, but sheshook him off:
4
"Sit demon, love," he .said, gently.
"The ponies will be off:" .
Never -guessing that he :spoke to her
only that she might win a word on this
last night from the sweet voice he so
dearly loved, !duster's cheeks flamed. in.
the moonlight with bitter,, stinging
self-reproach.
. "Even If I thought it would suc-
ceed," she said, in a voice whose pain
not one of them could guess at, "I
could not say that again," ,
"Then I must - trust to chance," re-
plied Leaholine, lightly,, "and Brandt's
good eyes. I ain .only sorry that I
happened tb lose it to -day"
."Bello,, bring every one into supper
sans cexentonie," said her mother, tak-
ing her huslaand's arm. +'
Tom knew bis part well in that vital
element of his mother's . house --So-
ciety ; and gave his arm to Lydia.
Lealiolme bent, gravely offering his to
Bella ; and Mester, with the tears.
starting in : her *eyes, staid behind a
moment alone (for the chilndron' had
been Pent to bed immediately' on their
she
return). - Only • a few hours before hh
would have.rejoieed at -being left. so;
now she raised a waxy little face in the
moonlight with a longing that was. as
intense as prayer. When she; followed
and took her seat .at the unusual meal
her •head throbbed with a pain she had
'layer felt before in all her life.
As they alt -assembled in the dray-,
ing-room; Tom asked, rather listlessly,
if setae • one would play. the "Moonlight
Sonata."
will forgive me, perhaps, for be is not
hard: and unforgiving as I am. He
will forgive me,though he will never
care
for me again. Oh, ItI .could
have told him to -night !" she went on,
in her agony, "but I could not, and
now perhaps it is too late. What does
he think of me? How can he under-
stand my conduct to hiuu—my'.viekecl,
proud,repellent manner to him from
the very Hist --while he has tried to
"Bessie," whispered Tom, "yea
meet st la.
now."
Y
P
that she
h
. It was almost. mechanically
rose and went with him to the piano.;
for the clear, quick words slie had been
listening to rang in her !heart above
the gay voices round her,
"M4estiuyhwee thing bans mina "ell,
"Will you sing or play?" Tom asked;.
but for au answer elle nodded to him
silently that she wanted no music,
Her poor, wandering senses seemed
to come back to her slowly ; but before
Tom had the reins in his "hand again,
the horses were off: For what seemed
to him an age, he lost all cen nlancl'
over them;: but Hester enjoyed it
keenly. To her burning, bitter, re-
proachful thoughts -so miserable., SG
glad—that• rapid driving against the
evening wind, the fear and the excite-
ment werb most welcome. When Tem
could .hold the ponies -hi -et last, and
turned eto her with a 'deep sigh of re.
lief, she gave a little low,' happy ,laugh.
"Tom, who used this Earl of 1 ea-
holme to be ?"•
".Captain Douglas' Arundel, of the
'Grenadier Gnarls; cousin: to the other
fellow, and rather . a :contrast. ...Ilessie,
1 be1ievet you must have felt the dan-
ger coming, when you turned so white,"
"A 'danger past or future then.: No
present one, dear ��
-'Thank you for calling me so, he
said with his happy, •, boyish Smile.
"You 'do not ki}ow how I love to. 'hear
you say it. Have you forgiven me for
frightening' you 1
"Youdei not frighten me, nor did
the ponies." "You are 80 fearless ..s0
unlike other girl's," • • ' -
"That -would be a wider compliment
if you said into the other girls, Tom.".
"I do not happen to think' so, dear.
I mean it as you do not ;• and it only
makes inefeel all the harder to make
you care for me."
"I do . care for you,• Tom. "
"Better then.you:did at first`?"
She played what she knew that
some ane •in tho room behind her loved;
and as she did so, it seemed to her that
he only was there ; he only, close. be-
side her, speaking as he hed spoken in
that buried past which was only a few
hours old. Ana now she might tell
him 1 Ah 1 his owe, words came be-
tween
etween ; "Now I have let you go."
They rang again and again to the note s
she played ; now wildly and passion-
ately, now • with a low, despairing cad,
enee. They were so hopelessly, 'hope-
lessly true.:
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cheer niy loneliness, and brightest ailil.
warm the cold, eel -ovine; atmosphere to
which 1 came in my strangeness."
• Ah 1 ,what could he think of .her?
The thought seemed into the darkness.
Ile whom she bad always treated with.
contemptuous,childish rudeness, and
judged ith mean and selfish judgment.
"A prejudiced, bad-tempered child". hiit
truly she had' been ; and how u
more he might have said than that 1;
Ile had been only tender and indulgent.
in his strong and upright nuonlinese--
beof whom she had never heard an
evil word, Slee had come a stranger
into his nth, little,
badstlet herself
h, narrow
minded stranger,
to vex . and anger hint; had tried,eso
far as her small power went, to cloud
and harass his life t and, worst of all,
to take His place, who had uaid,
will repay."
Might she not have known he could
never have done that thing' Was the
so strong in her blindness that she bad
never doubted her. own judgiuent I.
Never. And it was too late, now that
the light had fallen upon it, and shown.
it to her in its grotesque and liideotis
proportions.
What could he think of her?
Would he never know 1 Would God
ever let it be made clear? . No. ;How
could she hope for such a blessing after
such grievous sin•?
Through the few Loma• of darkness,
Hester sat motionless ie her bitter Bor-
row ;
or -row; and when elle lay down et last,
trying to fancy that tide:new-born 'clay.
had brought anew -horn .slope, she
could only toss aria turn upon her pil
lows, until the broad, brightsunlight'
filled the room.•
Thea,praying that another sweeter
sunlight might fill her heart, and puri-
fy it from this heavy cloud, she rose to
meet the daily :life that Would not
bring him. •
".l4iueh better."
`"As; being so appropriate," smiled
Bella, "1 will." ".
It was well poor Beethoven was out
'of 'hearing au alin did so, or hie would
have • felt his sweet; -impassioned. Moen -
light turned te glaring,•
flickering: gee?'
"Why , did not you play it, 1-lessi
Tote ;asked, in: a wheaten ; "of course
that was what I wanted."
• "l did not know;''' she answered,
dreamily..
"Never again to save you from longi•
tress, will I parade my love again."
The vow seemed to echo once more
among the ruins 'of the solemn, ..l y
place where it had been made. , And
itwould never have been spoken if she.
had not been blind and stubborn,
'Never again would loving,., pleading
Words be breathed to her by that one
voice wliicli'could stir her heart to its
depths:: never again,' for he had said so.
"Now I have let you gt;."
Hester's fingers lingered' on the
keys, while' her eyes grew flim and her .
lips . trembled. She must go on, she
felt ; :she dared not turn and show her
misery to all the roogl. }ter listeners
had been so silent. and her, thoughts
were so far from then, that she started
when ,a voicebehiti(t her suddenly re-:
minded her that Tom was still there.
Very, cold and clear the words fell
upon her bot, painful uhotlgbts.
,"Good-tiiglht, .Lane. ' • .1: aril .going off
so ',early 'in the morning that I think
1 willnot steal aiy more hours from
to -night." -• - • '
wily not persuade you,., came
Toro's answer, "for you•' looked regu1-'
arly knocked "up, my lord. Row.long
shall you'be awaythia'tinle ?"
Bella leveler place to . Missy Ber-
keley, who pe fornted a brilliant taren-
telle iu a 'lirillant style. And . then.
Bella and Lydia sling' "The Cousins"
in a highly scholastic' manner, and won
the' applause it had been accustomed
to will oe everyoccasion of its perfor-
mance , during 'the 'previous three or
four years. •
"'Now, ',Lord Lealiolme," said Mrs:
•Bruce, at a sign from Bella, "it is your
turn,"
"Are the turns . compulsory, Mrs.
' Bruce !"'he asked.
t'Of course, with those whom we
like to hear." e '
"I ani ready," he -said,going to the
piano, "if You are not weary of my per-
formance for today." •
"And now:'you may grow fonder of
me still ?" .
"Of course. I shall, lily greedy cous-
in."
He turned - awaywith a littleproud
flush, and said . no more until they
reached home: •
Tliey all loitered on the terrace until
the Wye carriage drove' up, rolling
along smoothly andsleepily in the
moonlight.. Bella, leaning •back on the
luxurious cushions, her tartan shawl.
wrapped around her, ;looked very com-
fortable' andvery happy. . -
"As why ' should she not 1"- thought
poor little Hester; : "for she)has done
nothing to snake her hateful to herself
and }fin.",
Tom moved forward to his sister,
but she only laughed down at him, and
waited for Lord Leaholgle to dismount"
and come down to her. Mrs. Bruce,
who was near. Hester on'the terrace,
smiled, proud and satisfied, when she
saw bow tenderly he, seemed to lift her
in his strong arms. He followed Bel-
la ` up the steps slowly, and, leaning
against the. stone balustrade, spoke to
Mrs. Bruce. -.
"What is to come next, Mrs. Bruce 1"
At your bidding are we to discourse;
or, like fairies, trip upon the green ?
"May I'accompany you I" entreated
Bella. .
"Thank you."
There was a sad, tired, look upon
his face, which struck Hester instantly,
and • made her understand how it was
easier tonne to sing than to parry their
questioning; a look that was new and
.strange in the brave, dauntless eyes.
Bella "Don Giovanni"
at 71
mio Tesoro," and'•:began to play.; but
he was not ready.:
"Now, Lord. Lealiolme,' the said,
smiling up at !line as she struck a:thigtt
key. "This is your note." "Oli, Lord.
Lealiolme," laughed Marian, "fancy
your requiring the. note given you r
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More' than, .ever, a5 the suinmer
glided into autumn, did Hester find .it
hard' to.,proveae her life growing sot
itary, More than ever did she'cling
her' little cousins, `• as Bella , and'. her
mother seemed. "forever growing farther
.from liarin their whirl of gayety and
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"I must' be away sometime before I I
can judge," y •
Hester -played softly while hespoke,
but did play as women sometineeswill
when their hearts are breaking. She
kept her face turned from slim and her
cold hands busy; while she could have
cried•aloud for his forgiveness, even in
the presence'of them all.
"Doesn't it look Inviting in the
moonlight I" put in Bella, eagerly. replied
"If you would like a dance,
Iier mother, glancing at the earl, with a
pleased smile, "pray arrange it."
"Nonsense 1" laughed Mrs. Bruce,
joining them ; "the partners could pot
see each other's faces. Besides, James
fs trying . to tell us' supper waits.
Cade, Isabel: Oh, by the way, Lea-
liolme, did you find your ring?" '
"No ; I have not yet," said the •earl,
while Hester glanced With such quick,
"Come home . again • as Boon as you.
can," broke •in Tom's pleasant , voice.•
"Bessie, ,Lord Leabolme is waiting
to' say. good niglo t• to you." •
change •.
Bella appeared to e:rittt for, nothing
else; and certainly managed to, obtain,
a satisfactory existenee•upo11 it: Poor.'.
Hester's heart was too sore yet to .eare•.,
for these river -recurring excitements,
but she tried to take an interest'' in,
and to sympathize with, all `13ella's.
and attaiiiiligs. One party followed
another, so they •trod on .each other's.
heels; as our woes are supposed to do.
Parties of every kind—one kind, after
all, Hester thought, only nominally
legion.' Croquet, arctery, dinner, tea
every excuse was nlade•for giving a
party, and every excuse , was taken in
good part because it meant a party ,
And Hester foundher sorrow °and.
loneliness all the harder to bear or for-
get, on the outskirts of. this round of
gayety, which, viewed only from the..
outskirts, seemed . but unsubstantial
'and unsatisfying ; but .wench, perhaps,
the girl thought, afraid of being hard
in her judgment of Bella, she •rnight.
enjoy, perhaps,' even more than .Sella
did, if she were.ubliged to be in it.
Hester 'thought.. this one _sunny
October morning, while.Bella skipped
about the room happier and more ex-
ultant in her anticipations even` than
•usual, for this was the day of the
yeomanry review; and to -night the
regiment (of which the earl of Lea-
holwe : was colonel) gave its annual
ball,
"Oh 1 don't you wish you were -go.
ing, Ilessie I" she cried as she owe* a
last look at. the new dressto which
Horton, her mother's marl, .was put-
ting the indespensabie finishing touches.
'CNet at all, Bella, indeed;• but 'I''
know 1 shall . enjoy the , review very
much, , Conte; the carriage is at the
door, kind the dress wants nothing
snore."_ ,.
"'You do not seen► cat out for . this
'sort of 'thing, as I ' am," .said Bella,
complacently; "but I dire say you
would dance and enjoy it if you went,
"I dare ° say,"' answered Hester,
quietly. "I sometimes enjoy things
too much, I aryl afraid."
The new Churleigh barouche was one
of the most elegant equipages on the
field, and contained one of the chief
attractions; but thetwo girlie were
equally ignorant of what it Was, tend
would have been equally surprised
had they been told. With'What differ-
ent reason need not be written.
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"Contemptible, is it nal" he asked
with a quick . laugh. "I think •' you
must strike the single notes all through,
Miss Lane."
Bella, laughing heartily, played the
symphony again, and then the voice
eagle in, rich and clear.. But' before
the end, it fettered. again, and the•last'
word and note wero lost in another odd
u laugh. •
"I will Clot try again:after that fail
ure." . , .
"Oh yes, you will?" cried Bella,
gayly. "We cannot :excuse him, can
we, Marian 1 Why, that 'was beauti-•
fol 1"
"Good-bye, my lord."
She turned a little; as she held up
her hand, . but . he noticed that :she
neither rose poi looked at
"Good-bye, Miss Hessie. There will
be no other picnics among the knee at
Wye Abbey for .e . long 'tithe. .You
said you were glad it was. over; 'but I.
hope you will never .regret having come
to me kindly -J• just for this one day."
• He held her hand `as he';spoke, but
moved away- immediately after, that
she mighs not feel obliged to answer.';
1:ester's playing .was.over, andshe
crept from the room
•
The earl' had been: eecortc'cl : to the
doer by.'all 'the party except herself
and Mrs. Paley, avid, as he drove.
away; he fancied he caught sight of one
dila figure stan(litig in the heavy shade
watching him. Ile waved a farewell
to the group at the door, with a bitter
laugh at himself: •
"As if she would be. likely to be
watching me?""
But still he raised his hat again,
slowly, in the moonlight; and Hester
felt that he had seen her,
She groped 'her;, • way upstairs
miserable restlessness, - and doubled
herself up on the wide Seat of'her bed-
room. window ; looking out across the
quiet,.moonlit land, but: seeing nothing.
• "I seemed to have killed my 'own
heart in my sin," she cried to herself,
pressing her hot cheeses against theglass, "yet that is easier to beat than
the thought of his pain' --who did not
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"Certainly, we cannot excuse him
and please play for yourself, Lord
Leaholtne. •
Bella resigned her seat bet lingered
near.
"Will a nursery' rhyme der he said,
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