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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-01-08, Page 3km, N iv 1V'Z7✓ Acv exivived GIPSY'S MARRIAGE 444444-r4.44444 But Gipsy's grave voice, Ignoring the bell of tare, wee back to tine other subject persistently. "I had a sister Sibyl," sato falters, with a little sigh for the dead tes- ter, whose place In her heart has been well nigh filled by her bus - band. "But IL could not have been .her, for she died et.) long ago." $o draws a long breath, and an - elvers, cheerfully, helping himself to flail meanwhile. " And the Sibyl I knew Is alive and well—at least, elle was when 1 caw' her lae't." And yet more titan once he looks Into Gipsy's taco with the same puz- zled expression, as if the sight df her were recalling strange and not altogether pleasant memories. "Have you any other sisters ?" he asks presently; and again the odd, troubled look comes into his face as Gipsy's dark eyes meet his. ' No; there were only Sibyl and I." "Ana elie le dead 1" ho asks, gently. " Yes, long ago," she answers, with & ead look in Ute eyes that are puz- zling him so. Colonel Bryan appears to have no appetite to -night ; there right tooth- some plate remain untouched on his plate, and the champagne alone seems to take Ile fancy. And, while the swing of conversation goes glibly round, ho remains curiously silent, and utterly oblivious that Ito is so. Sir Maurice ".an see hes wife from the far end of the table, across the desert and flowers, and, lover -eke, he watches tor a smile from her sweet eyes, and he thinks she looks wistful and sad, but bow beautiful! The evening, like any other of Its kind, winds up with a little music ; and alley sings In her sweet, un- trained voice, only an old ballad; but the passion and the pain et her voice are true and real, and, when she elope, there is a pause before a chorus of thanks come. Thp young wife, however, cares most of all for the love and pride In her husband's eyes. Flora Blake to flirting desperately with the only available flirting mean in the room. Mrs. Bryan, In her amber robes, flutters up to her. " You will sing something, won't you, Mtge Blake?" "Certainly not," she replies, "after Lady Dermot"; and perhaps 11 is the effect of the crimson dress; but cer- tainly the beauty looks very white to -night. Ae the husband and wife drove home In thio dark, quiet night, a gentle rain le falling. 'the air is freeh and sweet, laden with the Spent of crushed, wet flowers, and the tldrety world isrefreshedagaln. "HOW lovely!" Gipsy enye, softly, leaning her cheek against the win• dow•frame, and lettlug the soft rain frit upon her faee. "Maurice," elm says, laughing a little, "do you like dinner parties?" "Yes, I think I do," he answers. "Why do you a*, my pot 7" She tune her face toward him us she speaks. "Because I was wondering if sny ono really liked sitting hour after hour eating, oh, ever go many thtnge one after the other' I I think, Maurice, my plate was changed sixteen; times; I tried to count. And then Mre. Bryan and every one WAKE til', BABY t A New Game ter blethers. Baby's awakening ought to be look- ed forward 'to as a pleasure, not dreaded as a scourge. lie should awaken bright, merry, and full of fun, refroelted by Bleep, ready for a good time. How many mothers dread his awak- ening howls, knowing that ho 'will keep everyone miserable until he gone to sleep again or gets his food. These crying fits aro the terror of every el- oxperlencee smother. Mrs. Gabriel Barnes, Slx Mlle Lake, Ont., is a mother who has learned how this trouble can to best .net, ruinwritrs us as follows; "My baby suffered mucic from Indigestion, and was cross and reetleee. I gave hint several medicines, but they did not help him. T then got a. box or Baby's Own 'Bab - lets and they helped ham almost at once, and have done hitt so much good that I would not now be with- out them. I oan recommend Baby's Own Tablets to all mothers as the beet medicine I have ever used for children." These Tablets are guaran- teed to contain no opiate, or harmful drug and can bo given with absolute safety to tete youngest, weakest in- fant. Sold by all druggists or sent bot mail, poet -paid, at 25 cents a box by writing direct to tho Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N. Y. seemel to say such untied thiuge to each other." "You tittle philosopher t" Sir lhturlc° laughs. "But, Glpsy, wouldn't you like to meet people you really esteem, and spend a jolly evening? Why, any darling, you ought to have enjoyed it—you, were the sensatlon of the evening; every ono was raving of my wife!" "Because I was your wife," elle re- plies. with laughter In her voice, "and because ,I had on a pretty dress. When I wore horrid, ugly things, no one ever raved about me then.' "Except mc!" he whispers, thinking of the fleet night he saw her thee. She lays her hands on hie. "Anel, dear, 1 don't want anybody to caro about me—only you!" — hkling her face on his shoulder as she speaks, "Olt, Maurice, what a lovely world It would bo 1f there were to rules and laws and no society, and If every one could be happy 1n their own way!" "You shall be happy In any way you like, my darling," he tells her, holding her in !tisanesand yet. wish- ing to his heart that Isle wife would get to learn and like a little of the ways of the world, would get to fancy tho life of his mother and grandmother—a life of mild visiting and regular entertainment, of din- ing out and junketinge—% life of isdtolous mingling of friends and leigbbors—the highly respectable existence In the old humdrum fashion. "She will grit to like It 1n time," he thinks, as the carriage stops :at the hall door and the lights of Drummneen Coutes shine out through the falling rain. • • • • • "Who was sin 7 Aunt Ieatty 7" asks Colonel Bryan, Mending on the 'mirth -rug, after tete guests have left. etre. Bryan takes him up sharply. "Who was who, Paull Pray be store explicit 1" "Lady Dermot, I mean.' Ho le looking puzzled ellll, and Ids face ie grave and thoughtful. "bhie war Sir Maurlce'e cousin, a wild little thing Lady Dermot adopt• ed, who arrived In rage and was as ignorant as a savage. Str Moue Ice fell In love with her, 1111 they aro married. That le as much es I know on the subject. Anil, now, goodnight—croaking to all thoeo tiresome people is very fatiguing." And Mrs. Bryan taken' herself off, pausing. at the door to look back itt Colonel Bryan. "Why don't you go In for Wise Blake, Paul She has plenty of motley." "I do not wish to go in for any one," he replier. CHAPTER XX. After alt, Sir Maurioe's wife le pro - Weems! to be a social failure —very Mee to look at, very well drowsed, thanks to her meet; but beyond these two oettractions atm has noth- ing to recommend her. So Bays ev- erylody; and who dares doubt ev- erybody', word? The summer le wearing away. Sir Maurice and his bride have appeared at all tho entertainments given In their honor, and at the end of the time every one says they do not know Lathy Dermot a bit better than they did when site first came amongst them. Poor little Gipsy has not the least idea of what is expected of her; she goes wherever her husband says she ought to gO and feels a littlecourage and confidence by his elde; but mho makes no friends, and people ieaty she is either of weak intellect or put- ting on a great deal of "side." And at last the crowning offence is com- mitted. It ie the closing day of the tenets club, and n sort of fele is going on —much playing of tennis amongst the ladies fur a basket of overripe peaches and grapes presented by Mrs. Bryan. The militia band brays gleefully tont gives an air of spright- liness to the seen°, and tete fast yup of the season Is hying broad tis thio tent. Mien !/lake wins the peaches and grapes, and hands than, basket, moss end all, sweetly, to the crowd o' eonmou children watching over the wall. Mrs. Bryan looks after her gift with a Sniff. And then public attention le suddenly concentrat.d on Lady Dermot, who is actually sit- ting en the same bench as the O'Ila- gans—regularly in the boson of the O'Hagan family! (tipsy, all mwonecious of her crime, listens to the conversation of Mrs. O'Hagan, with a half -shamed Inter- est In the woman whose mother waw in a circus, and who is not ash/tined to may. Gipsy's cheeks always burn as she thinks of the slight cast on her own dead mother, and somehow it seems that this poor, fat, vulgar wotnatl has more real nobility of soul than herself. Gipsy in a dress of the color of a withae-I ed leaf site bttweeu the gor- geously arraye.l 0Hugaus, and meter dreams that a dozen gold rimmed eyeglasses are being Ieeeilod In her direction. "And you will curve and see the gaeletty and Dremuneen Castle 7" s a I she f. saying kindly, with a revel- {Petite) eooh{rodeo of titre. O'llagan's having said she wlshel to sketch the suite. And the Inncoeut words are over skint hu that great preserve, and Its heard, and magnlfieat and bandied it is agaitet the law to kill them, ttbout 1111 the huin m tenches Sir Mai rice's ears, alit he becomes painfully coneclous that le wife has outdo a social mistake. 00000000000/D00000e0000000000000000 BRUINS LOVE OF PRUNES. An Exhibition of Bear Taste and Bear Spite. O 000000000000000000000000t?000000 Henry .tltenbrnnd of the, city, the kitchen dour. There was au saw a surprising exhibition of bear Luger, luugiug ex,ttrewsion on tide Lace, nature on it recent visit to Yellow- find after a moment's linspertien of stone National Park. Bears aro abun- the interior lie erupt cautiously all the stay in. "Tito heel of a ,third trntr instant- ly app •aced ata. the h ttteree da,r, out{ then Ave stew that there were two more bears pressing on behold that one, plainly eager to get Weide. These bears were entailer than the ones white] had eonitnieto1 the burglary. They got Into the kitchen before the hag bear at the table paid any attention to them. Then lie stuldenly quit bis toast, fell upon the intruders asset and clew, and with hair rais- ing', snapping of jaws and fierce snarls and growls threw thein out. Then ho,went back to his feast, " The otitslde ,bears hung around awhile whining and growling and making inc or two feints at rushing int and making it warm for the lucky one et the feast, and Wen slouched away and dlanppcared in the dark - now. "The burglar bear ate every prune 1a the jar, sopped the juiee out with Uig paws, and licked them clean of every diads, and ,whet a deep grunt of satisfaction waddlrsl slowly out of the house, and went Its leisurely way. Wo yverr: Iu ,the midst of our hilarity over ,eels extraordinary entertain, melt pvhen out of the darkness, not far away, cape moat unearthly sounds of savage ceabo,t. ",Jaws snapping, snarls, bellowinge, grenvle, yells mild the smashing and crashing of undergrowth Indicated a fleroo battle tenortg wild beast. The range of the et niggle shortly brought It near enough for us to see that the light was among hears, and as there were four aaout!' ones find one ,big one Nye naturally looked gpon therm as the burglar bear that had gone away a few minutes ,before full of prunes and the hears that had been shut out of tho feast, The fight eves short. Tho ,big bear sent one of the smaller ones spree -ling ten lest away wart one mighty cuff, nut that boar never rose again. Ills companions forced the fighting, and when they went ihaping away after the fight wit over the big bear lay helpless from l,1s ,wounds, howling in pain. He was eo ,badly tont up that bo had to be ehot. " Of course, none of us believed anything ng else but that four Means pointed betre bad titin lu wait for the greedy burglar bear and nttnek- ed Llan. Whether that was true or tot, it stems to me tent after what I saw of Mare that night there will bo no bear story hereafter that 1 the hand of another bear poked in at won't "eine pretty near believing.'• "Coul.i iro0 come tomorrow 7" tiip- ee says, with sweet, Innocent eyes. "We have some friends coming to lunch; won't you conte, too, at half - pest, ono?" blushing at the temerity 0f leer own Invitation Itut Mrs. Olinger], with marvellous tact, replies heartily: "Thank you, Lady Dermot; but I think we would rather go some day when you are quite alone.," At tillsmoment m me t S!r Maurice comes lip and takes his wife away — •'rtragged her off," some of the peo- ple who were quite near said, and gave her such a look! 'Won't you have souse tea?' Is all he says, and smiles quite pleasant- ly at the O'Hagan as he takes Gip- sy' away, "That was very foolish; I thhtk my mother wasn't pleased," Ito says, hlitiug caught tt glhup: of the surprised consternation on hie mother's face. 'What was foolish ?" she asks ; tua:l they +m have become cut to a worked degree. Lute ono night the guests tet tltb hotel nhere Mr. .111, (merited was stopping were waked by a great hub- bub on the premises, and learned that a big bear had battered in the door and 1115 then iu poseeselou of tho kitchen, "It eeome," says Mr. Altetebrund, "that the hotel cook had stewed a lot of pronto that day and had stored them away in to two -gallon jar. Bears are very fond of sweets of that kind, and this bear had probably got went of the pruned posses- sion un u toget os s do mor r 1 sion of them. At tory rate, the cook had heard a great banging at tile kitchen door in the night and had hurried down, kers .5110 lamp in hand, Met in time to see the door tumble to pleeee dud n big bear force Isis way through the breuele "The cook put his lamp down en the kitchen table and mado a groat snow of rushing on the bear to drive hem oat, but the bear nude to rush himself and one that meant bleeness. thyro is a slight note of resentment The cook took to his healsgot out in Gipsy's tones. Was it any barna of the door into tho adjoining room asking them to lunch? You till In time to meant, the bear and slam- med the door behind him. "There were wink:we in the kit- chen, so that Irom a porch on the outside any Otto cotdd sec what was going on inside. Thoso of us who hustled ermine to see what was up got to the kitchen door just as the eook crime tearing out, only half a Jump attend of tho bear. Then we viewed the further proceedings through the windows. "Tile lamp lighted the roost well, anti we sate tho bear dancing about on his hind foot, with his nose in the air. grafting. When lie same to the pantry he etoppel, yanked the door open, went inside, and soon Dame out with the big Jar of pruneel, holding 11 against his chert with his forelegs clasped around it. "Ho teetered with it to the table weer° the lamp was, set it down on the table, and, c'.abbtng first one paw In the jar and then the other, fetch- ing out is handful each time, dripping I might ask whom 1 liked," site odds, half timidly. "Asked therm to latch, my den You don't mean to say you did that?' cries Sir Maurice, aghast, rennin over ht his mind the Inst of select guests for the morrow. We must put them off, or eometldng. What will my mother think?" The /color springs to the young wife's face, "Why should your mother think anything, 'Maurice?" Something In the whispered words title him he has pained her. He looks done: tenderly on her dowmeact face. "Darling, I didn't mean to vex you; but you know so little law to seam age things that you have trade a dreadful m{etake. You must write to these people to -night, and put them off tomorrow. I don't mind theni a bit quite by ourselvee; but you see it would never do to force them on other people; and so sou must write a polite little note and postpone the with Juice, ho fed himself prunes visit," t with a gusto and a comical -looking "1 need not write any note—they enjoyment on Ills fnoo that beat any are not coining," replies Gipsy, still funny picture of a bear tho funniest flushed and half angry with Maurice. artist ever drew. "Then 1t is all right," he says, 'Tho bear had been at this old heartily; "and f have given you quite a lecture for nothing. But you must tisk the whole O'Hagan family some day, and show them the place and everything, and he leads her into the thick of the elite of the country, tonere Gipsy finds herself planted with Lady Bastard on one Mile and Colonel Bryan on the other. "Been playing tennis?" he asks, with the same unhappy express at In his eyes, as she noticed on the first night they met. "No -1 never play," Gipsy answers, and gays no more. She is longing to be at home, to be away from it all, for Maurice le not Mengel with her. 110 as standing near now, looking quite grim and storm ; and Gipsy does not know that etas Blake to saying to him, In her languid drawl that lo plahtly heard In a crowd of ten deep arum Hsi : "I did not know your wife tuns so Intimate with the Delegates. 1 imp- lies*, Maurine, she •thluks that, ls•- cause etre le Lady Dermot, she may know anyone; but It trust be rte membered that there are others who will not permit themselves to be forced into the society of these peo- ple." Sir Maurice mutters) something, and htw,trdly ourees a friendship that lope to speak, he waits with a feeling shows itself by the doubtful privilege of dread for what she will say. She of saying unpleasant things, and then Is so outspoken, her every thought turas and looks at his wife. 11 is the so totally p nncouccntloual, that Sir Deist time sine their marriage that M'rturtce, with all the pride and pre - ho Lae seen a cloud on her fair face— Judiee of his rare, feels almost angry now the eyes that meet bis are wee- with the child he las married when ful. Ile goes to her rtt once, in public she stays near him lultlt a "You look tlrent, Gipsy. Tho car- frightened, limed air, fearful of guying rlago be here; would you like to re- ! or doing the wrong thing, watching turn home 7" I for guidance from Ills face. And per- "1'es," who replies, and by the time hape Its own manner chills her, too, Drumaneon eaetla is touched, Gipsy and prevents her being natural. And Is herself again. I how, when be says, "Why can't you Tho ,young wife's whole happlhess be always like this 7" she raises Iter lies in her hnnnn Gipsy at Drummer's I eyes to always with a wors,deldeg look. Castle Is ea different as possible trona " Because I never feel tile) aoself the 1 1poy of society. Those who see unless we are quite 111011e." her in company would hardly believe $n laughs, but halLtrowns, Luo. the evidence of their senses could My own 1 But 11 wmdd never de they eco the husband and wife at for husband and wife to sec or speak home, co lnppy in each other lr the to no one but themselves; they would sweret ;bully axinpanlonshlp, the tiro of each other's society very walks, rides, and drives trlgether, soon.' feast perhaps it minute, when we saw when Gipsy o;un say what she likes without restraint, with only Maurice to 'milt anti assent to every word. She la so bright, so perfectly natural with him, and be alone knows her SR she realty is. The grave, quiet lit- tle Indy known to the outer world is totally unknown at Drumaneen ems- tie, mertie, where her light footstep and merry laugh echo through the old atone "Why can't you be always like this, Gipsy ?" her husband asks one day nil they are talking and laugh- ing together, elm having had the lout of a playful argument. "Do you know it vexes one, darling, to gee ,you co vary shy ?" He hardly knows, after all, If he Is rexetl. There is a subtle flattery in the fact that her Ilfe 1s happy and at her br).net only with him ; but ire would melt her to be a little more like other people, and, though even In his Inmost hen rt he will not allow it, still he is afraid that Gipsy will, ono of these days, make some litupld blunder—will do telmethhtg that the gossips will gloat 'aver. Ho hardly knows what be Is efrabt of ; yet often when its lovr,y young wife opens her I " Would they ?" .1te asks, with a doubtful smile. "Are you tired of me, Maurice 7" " My darling, no; 1 only meant That 1 think you would be happier and have more confidence. In yourself if you wont out sometimes without MO. Sou could take your pony car- riage—you know you can drive quite rvrll now—and go and gee any ono you tike." ' I don't like any one," site replies, half -wilfully "But, lfaurice, 1 will drive out 1f you wish !t, and then they will all see that I tem not afraid to go by myself." " Te_e, • do, Gipsy. Why not drive over and see my mother 7 She is not a stronger to you," ; Ho done ane tell her that his sug- gestion is only delivered second-hand from the Dowager Lady Dermot, who told her son that hog wife was only a doll or a foul, that people were beginning to wonder why he never let her go anywhere without him, and why, when they did appear to- gether, he never left her stile. 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