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Clinton New Era, 1892-04-22, Page 3AU. IWO l'ON NEW ERA), 0 411P RT of the 8TC0 eeee, ,eee BY BrAXWIret. e0Nrilitatn. Her gaze grew wide and laillkalit as it met and Mingled for one • electric moment with ,the new echoer% then fell, and she turned again to her work. "Unearthed you at last, Clara," the mellew voice was saying. "Is that you, Claude?" Clara replied, I witlinut turning her head. "I certain - 1Y pity You it this time of the year in tbe country with nothing to kill," "Is time nothing?" he asked, /rather reluctantly throwing his cigar away. "Oh, smoke if you like," Miss Lens - dale said; "no one here dislikes to- bacco." Which filled Jessie with surprise. CHAPTER WIT. TEE SNAKE IN THE GRASS. • "Are&ou sure?" asked the new -corn- er, turning to Jessie with the blank gaze of civil indifference, "that you don't mind my smoking?" He scarcely waited for an answer, letting himself down on one elbow on the grass in the immediate foreground, whence he could look up in Miss Lons- dale'ri face, before he took out and lighted a fresh cigar. "Pray smoke, pray don't hesitate," Jessie stammered with a rising color. He turned with a sudden surprised look at her, and threw the cigar clev- erly over his shoulder into the water, to the surprise and almost indignation of his cousin.; "What nonsense, Claude!" she ex- claimed,. "when you have been twice told you may smoke. Why, Jessie," she added, with asperity, 'you must surely be thoroughly use to tobacco by this time. Don't all your aien smoke every evening?" They certainly did, though that did not lessen Jessie's dislike of tobacco, but she made no reply, because Cap- tain Medway immediately said that it was a sin to spoil the primrose scents with smoke. "Fact is, one smokes when one is alone from force of habit;" he added. "I couldn't find you, Clara, and instinctively turned to a weed for comfort, like the Goth I am." Jessie's color deepened to the deep- -est wild -rose tint, she bent over her painting in distressed einbarrassment, hurt by Clarajs unwonted tone and of her own awkwardness in betraying her dislike, but grateful for a courtesy to which she•was little accustomed., and which she therefore keenly ap- preciated. This gratitude was not lost on Captain Medway, unobservant as he appeared in his languid posture on the grass, his whole attention claimed by Miss Lonsdale, with whom he was soon deep in a conversation that did not include Jessie. "This then," she thought, with a thrill of enthusiasm, "was Claude Med- way, the hitherto unknown hero of so many martial adventures, the central figure of so many rotnantic specula- tions." From the day when the hand- some boy helped pull her out of the pond, he bad occupied a large space in her unagination.• Philip had depicted him under various aspects and in glow- ing colors, until his very name diffused an atmosphere of chivalrous romance. Accustomed as she was to the dangers and vicissitudes of war through the medium of Philp, who was now on most active -service, the fact that this beautiful and princely looking man ly- _ing on the grass before her, and dis- Playifig-a-CoiTiFtely-for-eigirto "her ex:- perience, had actually taken part in what is perhaps the most chivalrous if not the most brilliant episode in mo- dern war, made her heart heat with a glorious thrill. Philip had often been in great danger, he must often have performed a heroic deed; but that fa- mous charge haddired her imagination as no incident could. Philip,who had ,actually seen as much as was possible t•S a soldier in the ranks on that field, and who had heard it described in de - *ail and discussed by other eye witness- es, and studied the whole battle scien- tifically afterward, had narrated it ever and over again to her, not forget- ting Medway's special heroism in plunging back under hot fire to rescue a wounded man. She had only to close her eyes and the charge of the Six "Hundred passed with vivid accuracy before her, the knightly form of Claude, -wearing the picturesque hussar wai- f grin in which she had once seen him, being the central figure of the picture. - Instead of looking at Marwell Qourt, towering stately in the sunshine be- ' Yorad the deer in the foreground, she Inore than, onee diverted her!gaze to the recumbent figure in the immediate foregronnd, a deep and reverent admi- • ration expressed in levery featnre qf her pure, sweet face. Thus innocent Jessie did inward homage to this brave sol- er, not iLiadtving that she was hers& fated to begin a warfare infinitelymore perilous and requiring courage of an 'infinitely higher order. Perhaps it was some shadow of oncomieg Fate that made her say, ten minutes before, that she would never again be so happy. So strongly impressed was she by this knightly figure, so deeply touched by the charm of the mellow voice, that She forgot herself and the incongruity of her own silent presence at this inti- mate con verSation between the cousins, Until some request ft om Clara concern- ing her sketch woke her from her dreamy fantasy and recalled her to herself. Then she began to be ill at ease, and to find herself in her own way; she doubted if she ought to re- main where she was so evidently su- perfluous. The eousirs talked of people she did not know, and plaees she had never seen; till some reference to Clara's aketch set them upon art and artists. They spoke of famous pictures, talked of Italy, of "Modern Painters," of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, ekinnned recent literature, drifted on to the mu- tiny and Lucknow, glanced thence to lighter themes, operas, theatres, de- clined finally to social celebrities, gos- sip. Their conversation opened a new and interesting world to Jessie, who had never listened to cultured talked before. She did not know that much they said was commonplace, much second hand, little original and noth- ing profound; she had not enough •eooial tkperience to question the good - breeding, 'oftotally ignoring her pre- •ilencei-thetigh t revolWoler fine in- * SitietaandmaRT a'herp ehedly un- fedentertable; btittitta ed with ab- Sorbea intereat and •coe d have listen- -ed longer, Claude Medway's appearance had il- . • .. Children Cry tor. 1,1ir Olara'a face° and Or fed ole hearir Oh betaftl Ontiring gaze a e was really beauti- tnated, selmte. To Jessie* Ail under this inspiring influence. was strange that she should totally for- get her dearest Jessie in the presence of thie 'faticinating inn, the aimple child wondered? and then it:suddenly etruck sharply through her how well matched the two were, and bow ab- sorbed in each other. A strange fee- ing frightened the muscles of her throat. Was she sorry? Surely not. "Well, Claude," said Clara, when the painting materials bed been gathered together, and the sketchera had gone their several ways, "what do you think of say little friend? Could you imagine anYthing so dainty in these Bceotian wastes?" "Little? I thought her a fair-sized girl," he returned, indifferently. "So this is the,newest pet, Clara, eh? Some village girl, some female genius you have unearthed?" "But isn't she pretty, now, and re- fined and charming?" she persisted. "I dare say she is well enough," but I never cared much for that blonde, pink and:white innocence. Bad taste. Well, you know, men are supposed to have bad taste in these matters." "Fair or dark, she has distinction and beauty such as would be remark- able in any rank," continued Clara; "this is no mere pretty girl whose 'beaute du disble' will fade in a few years. Then her manner, her accent, her refinement of thought— "Say a paragon at once, Clara. You see I have not your qpportunity of studying the young person's character. And men are not expected to gush. "Gush I Really, Claude, you are quite rude. That odious affection of admirimg nothing, constantly puts you out of sympathy with other people. One is perpetually jarred by want of appreciation, one is tempted to exclude you altogether from one's interests." "Now, my dear Clara," he replied, observant of a tearful quiver of the usually proud lip, "this is cruelly un- just. Don't I try to share your en- thusiams? Didn't I stick to the crip- pled tailor with a genius for :meta- physics long after you had forgotten him?" "Forgotten? You know how un- gratefully he behaved." "Then the poetess, Eliza—" "It is not kind of you to nanie that treacherous woman." "I must say you have frightful luck with your porteges. But that makes it awfully hard lines on a fellow, a plain and practical chap like me to he expected to begin a fresh `schwarmerei' once a month, especially at second hand." "I wonder that you see any point in a sarcasm so banal, so very second- hand, Claude. Jest as you will, this sweet child and her innocent affection imifaek.,,e a deep and lasting interest in my "Well, Clara, you weren't over civil to your friend. I thought she must be a sort of maid from the way in which you ignored her." "Oh a girl in her position. There was no alternative. I must have sent you off, if I had not ignored her." "I bow to superior wisdom. Thank goodness there's the luncheon bell. Arcadian bliss makes one so hungry. Marwell Court was not sketched in one day. Many trysts were made at that pleasant spot between the oaks and the water, and it became usual for Claude Medway to be in attendance on his cousin, carrying her easel and camp stool, and criticising and watching the progress of the painting. - One rnorning,-while that lo velyspring- weather lasted, Jessie repaired to the appointed spot a little before the ap- pointed hour, and setting up her easel and getting out her color tubes, began to compare her sketch with the pros- pect betore her, looking at it from this point and that with an at tist's dissatis- faction. At last, laying her palette aside in disgust, she seated herself on her camp stool beneath an oak, and • gave herself up to a silent absorption of the pure and' harrnoniou's colbritak of the April day. Her shawl had slipped from her shoulders and hung gracefully about her, enhancing the slender grace of her figure, the lovely lines of which were well shown by the simple close - fitting black gown she wore, her small, neat bonnet set off the glory of her hair, sunbeams trembling through the budding oak -boughs played softly over the slim, white hands loosely clasped in her lap, her pensive face, so delicate in coloring and feature, and her bright rich hair. The gnarled branches and sturdy gray trunk of the oak made a good setting for this tender beauty, the primroses clustering at her feet were in harmony with her, and the bunch of delicate anemones, the sole ornament she wore, akin to her. Of what wasdessiedreaming. in that rapt, thoughtful posture, her deep 'eyes.thadowecl by the long, dark lashes which made such a contrast to her hair and rose -leaf complexion? Did the clear eyes see more than the fair prospect spread before her in the April lights? Nat could she have thought had she been conscious of the keen, intent gaze even notv bent upon her from the thiek covert of the dim sil- very oak coppice? Oh l the charm of the mystery and the mystery of the eharin to that intent gazer! "After all." be thought. "she is hilt a woman, simple, untutored, ignorant of the world, and ah i how nnocentl And Gretchen was innocent," he added, and smiled. That smile was to his face as the appearance of a snake in some paradise of fresh herbage and bright flowers; it made him unconsciously avert his gaze from the pensive young face on which no one could look while thus smiling. Then he pushed through the brush- wood, the crackling of which ..broke into Jessie's dream and made her turn to see the handsome face beneath the soft felt hat which had now become so familiar to her. "Good morning," he said, with an air of faint surprise at meeting her. "Sketching again, Miss Meade? How ye/ y industrious yon are." "I fear not," she replied, in her liter- al aiinplicity. "It is such a slow busi- ness, a mornin 's Work seems nothing." He went to the easel and stood for some time diseussing and commending the picture, while the pale rose deep- ened in Jessie's face and her eyes kindled. "Your atmosphere is so good," he said. "I envy you your facility. We've all tried our hands on the dear old place, my brerthers and sisters as well as Miss Lonsclale, It dede9 us all. Bedwoods was another good subject for a sketch," he suggest- ed; "Wasn't it to be f.Teasie'e home? WO not his friend, Capthin Randal, Of o 100th• sone Oennectien of here? Tier adopted brother? Then ehe must be the little giri he once helped pull out of the uiUl pond, Did she really remember it? He Was higbly honoreai indeed. SO they chatted, Jessie never reflect- ing that his manner, Which had hither- to been one of civil indifference, had changed to a mingled deference and friendliness. She was quite uncon- gigot's of a charm that as yet no one had discovered in her, consisting cif a certain guilelesd transparency of die - tion and thought that made her spWch flow like some pure; cool strehna, Iiin- pid, refreshing, only the more musical for some slight interruption; an innate, uncomprehended desire for self expres- sion giving her a childlike unreserve that Was most pathetic. "You must be very, lonely," he said, abruptly, looking thoughtfully down on her from his higher elevation as he leant t!gainst an oak trunk. Jessie's lip quivered and her eyes fill- ed; she turned and looked away over the shining prospect, the blue water and green woodland, eloquently silent. "Poor child;" he added, in a low, full voice, rich to her ear with the manifold music of repressed feeling. From his position he could see, unno- ticed himself, the changing, struggling emotions passing over her face like cloud shadows over woodland and sea. Both features and eolor were subtly responsive to the slightest feeling; it was a deeply interesting study, fraught with a fresh and stimulating charm even to one versed in the study of women's faces. After a while Jessie swallowed some- thing with an effort and turned her head slightly. "Oh, it is only for a time," she said cheerfully. "India will soon be quiet, and then I shall go out to Phillip." "To'Randal?" he exclaimed. "But he is not really your brother?" he added. "Oh, no," she replied, with her ac- customed simplicity, "but we are en- gaged." "Engaged! brother and sister!" he cried in tones of surprise. "Pardon me," he added, "I -ah! the relatipn- ship is unusual and confusing, that's all." A sudden, complicated pain dyed Jessie's face with crimson, whichquick- ly gave place to deadly paleness. She said nothing, but the situation was revealed to her in a flash, Philip was her brother though not of her blood. "Randal is a lucky fellow all ronnd," he added with a change of voice. "What would most of us give to be in his place at Lucknow? He gets all the innings." "But you had your innings at Bala- clava," she replied, quickly. "One of the Six Hundred!" The tone in which she spoke con- tained the sum and quintessence of all that ever had been or could be express- ed to the honor of the Six Hundred. Medway's cheek flushed, he was car- ried out of himself, and before long was answering Jessie's eager questions touching that famous charge like any boy. Did he think when they charged that any of thein would return? Was he sorry when the order was received? "Sorry? Oh, Miss Meade, soldiers can never be sorry in an engagement. Why, the first burst when the hounds give tongue is nothing to it. The very sounds, the firing, the noise of hoofs, the rattle of steel and iron stir one up and make one feel all alive; nothing like a sharp action to steady the ner- ves. Of course 1 thought I was in for it. You don't know what a lot one -tkrinke- in-- a,- aninate-ats rich. saw the old place there: with sunshine on it like now, and thought -well, Mar - well will be Hugh's, so much the bet- ter for the old fellow, and wondered if the people would care -especially my sister -you know how she is afflicted, poor child. And I -well, I wish I had been a better fellow. And, do you know, it was a queer feeling that we should never know what they said of it in England. Then one couldn't help feeling glad of -getting -such an innings andmaking such a finish. And, by Jove, Miss Meade, you must really practice withcraft, you turn a fellow inside out! One never talks of these things, you know," he concluded. "That is unkind," said Jessie, "when people are dying to know, and have so much pleasure in hearing." "One would do a great deal to please some people." , Jessie could not see the look that ac- companied this, but the 'Write was al - Must as expressive ail one full charged glance. She trembled, she knew not why. "'Women can only hear thinget they may never do thein, 'she said, sighangly. "That hearing would make it worth while to do anything." TO BE CONTINUED. Mr John Harris, of Usborne, sold his celebrated blood stallion to McHugh Eros., on Monday, who have taken it to British Columbia. "August 99 Mr. Lorenzo r. Sleeper is very well known to the citizens of Apple- ton, Me., and neighborhood. "He says: "Eight years ago I was taken "sick, and suffered as no one but a "dyspeptic can. I then began tak- " ing August Flower. At that time "1 was a great sufferer. Every, " thing I ate distressed me so that I "had to throw it up. Then • in a "few moinetats that horrid distress " *add come on and I would have "to eat and suffer For that "again. Itook a " little of your med- Horrid " icine, and felt much Stomach "better, and a f ter "taking a little more Peeling. " August Flower my "Dyspepsia disap- " peered, and since that time I "have never had the first sign of it. 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