The Sentinel, 1881-01-28, Page 6Dot 31811(1,3111d -razel Hair.
Doak nod to ine 'bond -maidens rare,
Mit shkiu of bea.rly hue- ,
Dere vasu'il any kin combed%)
Mit von that.° in view.
She's genale like der sofd gayzelle
Her face vas awful fair-.
She has ilwo aupnrn eyes of plue
Und hazel vas her hair.
Her woiee vas rich like anyiling,
Her niouil vas like der rose,
• seeks - deni ploos just li
hmke a beach
Unit as her nese;
Iier ha.eas und 1,Iva V(1.13 siteu01 Ulla need.
yt,11 lt.Ittilittett Kingn
1 110 1.11,1,4.4,in glose ktoir eyes
lid ther vtegs.
Ian eeine (0 ilook ilot
SOLIIC.;t1., be.k•11 DIV IA de.
Un.l-nia.lo li, r like I kin
Der balance of her life:
Un 1 ven down fot gi)ot,
I'll :slioxv you something rare -
pct.() 'shunling anpurn eves of Otto
Uti‘l slil,leu,tcil hazel hair. -
AGAINST THE LAW.
(A N ,vel -13y Dora Russell).
" Very well ; here is your receipt, and
here is your clia,nge. But, remember, I
take these 'notes ?nder protest. And
another thing, young lada-, 1.shall require
your address whoa . you are abseut from
Farnhame! You are iny :aster's governess,
are you .not ?"
“ Yes," saad Miss Keane, tr-emblingly.
" Aud your address when absent, is --
your home address, I meateis----"
" I do uot see what right you have to ask
such a . question, sir ! " interrupted Miss
Keane. -
" yet _I have a -right, for all that ! You
see," added Bingley, with a- curious smile,
"what it is to be pretty! What would you
•
• say, young lady, if, instead.of taking your
note, I hail sent for a policeman ? "
, The -Poor governeas turned sick and faint
•••••at these words. a ,
".1f," she faltered-- if -you de not wish
to take these notes -if you thinlathere is
anything wrong -about thern-/ will take
thein back, and pay your account with
o_me, other money, on ray return, after the
- holidays,- to Mr.. Glynfords.„ can't
' pay- it just iicava" contimied Miss Keane
roaking - upappettlieglye "for --for I have -
sent, nearly all,zray sahara hoine'ehut if .you
...will wAiti,-L Will take tbeee notes back."
answered.. Mr, -Birigleyea .witb: a.
little- • laugh "L-: haae get thein. -arid
• keep. them. How Ioegavillayoul be- away ?"
- "AT inenth -'l-said-Miaa Keane.-- •• •-• '
"-Very .and your address isra. -
•I still do" net see whi 1 slioulil {dyer you
• addeesa„ Mr„ Birealey ?
- • `a" :may- have tea -teens -tie_ write to •vofi
_ _ _ . _ _ _
- about theseenotese';saidMr. " You
had better give- Me your italdreesbetter
Make- a friend of red.:" And -again 'Mr.
• Bingley gave a little laugh. 7 ,
ni6the1 Ii‘ea at ra-village they- Call
Seatenebyatlie-Seaa' saidalliss _Keane,after
athonaeritatetdi_eught;- "A letter addressed'
te•-•2ilisaKleania. Seaton -by -the -Sea, South• -.•
- 'eta - • .
• Mr, Bin.giey took dean:the address very.
Carefully:: - • . •••_:.
"-Thank • vett': -he said, after = he ahad
ilujsheti.'." Well,'' Inc coetireued,leokingeat
: the pretty -agitated girl'befere hinni, aaarid
_ hoWato. you are"- hay sister -get on? "---
•••••Oha verveavell, I thinsk;fa -replied-the-go---
. - . a •
Verfre_ss- ' •• • - _
"That -• means,: I supp:osee youag' lady,-
- that you; are:tote:ad 10 put up With her ?• "
- - laughed the : .1:1a-tower:a She's-, het,- a.n.Cl.
tiever, was, an over amiable- person,' -My-
. Sister Marra. •SlieWae, in. pretty. -girl, but
she's,' get fat and_ coarse how, arid- _thinke
:With. her Money and her: carriages She can •
.aide over every one but -she's niastalien1"•,;
- Mr.BingleaaliaVing.thu-strariktestatedhia-
opinioh:- hia• sister,: _folded: up the etiire-e
five „.paiiihd • notes whielaMisS Kearie. had,:
. brought With her to the eliopaandprepared
to hick therein' hie deSka But the.. gover-
• :hess, madeariother effort' to -get them :hack.:
`.•Irf Lt docs make"anyamatter to .yen,.
aMre Bingleya"." she-es/ad,: if Von will
- would riniCh: rather, ..pleaSe,_ have these.
-netee; again. lied pay youra account- whew' -
ceree-back". -
But 1 wohldrpuelayatherekeepethem.
• _please,' - said: Mr. _ right,
--Young-ladYea dela yeti be-aft/Lid ; I went de
• ahataiingabolit theln Svaliout gieingyoU dire •
: notice.. :There-, they-. area _ safe -how !_"' And,
• Bineleva leaked hia desk lin-which he
"had plated the notea,..and- tvhich also coil-
,. . _ _ • •
tallied the paper-aahichlre had.referred to
when -he first -saw arena,- . _ : - •
-Miss- Keaue gave- sorriethilag between
gasp a end' aaggir when- eheheard the :hick -
Ulna, s. ..„-. - . ,_•:-
."Then- you will let.ine kaosa," sheaSaid;
- _ • _. _ - .
- :YOUthoee mates,
. _
--,•and_ net speak -to= any one eleertill yeti:have
a -tad:me" - • - • -
•• . linsWered
let vou litht; . thee me.antinthe. you _
trust = Inc ;, and now'..-goed reorninee7
And lie hoialy how outRistatgo;:roa, ootitge
• incinient the rporir young governess
eireeitatecle _and then 'tinially rut her -hand.
into his.
. -"Good- inerriiiig-,7 she said -;.."Iliape_yeti
--will„find the ..noteaa-lar
Once mere.Bingley-iith&d;
helm so,'' he But take''my
advice, young lady; :if you have .any more
e :from' the earn& Source, cloret .yciu. atterieptto,
pasatheme or.-yen11-_getinto-trettlile!-",'
.
And having said t1, Mr. Bingley, opened
•
the door of hisprivate efficefor Miss Keane:
-
to pass out and with the Irian's- list Words
-ringnag inlie„r ears, the poor - girl • _walked
through the shay, and'aexiiihute later was
. inthe streete:. - -• -
:She was trerribliug aridvisiblyagitated,
: and" as she was hurrying Maar!, -gehtleina.ii.
suddenly overtook her. _
aaIlova feat :you are _walkingl "die.-saide
smilinglY„ "I'm -glad- I've seen •you.! I.
• Wanted to wish .you a happy'Ehristmas
before .yotage, away, and inay--I give you.
small Christmas box 7•
-Ile-- was: a geed -lb -Air -1g- yeui-ig man _Who
thesewordsa tall and Well-rna.dea___
was Williarri:Glyeford, junior: (ashe:wit?.
: called in bu-sinbsa trainsactiops),the nephew
• of Williani Gdyn-fprd, senior, of Bridgenorth
House e and' Inc was:. ih„ business With his,-
.
uncle havine- aliares.in some of his cellierieie
and-. he well 1L54 Wham_ Glynford,-
sehiorewas•supposed.te he a rachinatt„
-'. He was unmarried,. - but --Many a -Udod,
- • - -
•
•looking girl la Farnhaine Wouldnot have
said elaina nay it he had -asked her. But,
someho*Or'Othet lie had:never asked -any-
one. -- • His '.friends joked:him. about this,.
but Glynford always. declared
that he had still plenty of time before him.
He was, however, thirty-three; and his
uncle used to adeise him.to remain un -
wedded.
"You take my advice, Willie," the old
Williani Glynford would say to the younger
ove. " I've tried it on twice, and the result
of my experince has been that I wouldn't
do it a third time ! "
Mr. Glynford otten told his nephew this,
and the young man knew that his uncle
really meant it. It had not been a happy
marriage this second one that Mr. Glyn -
fora, senior, had ina.de with the tradesman's
daughter, for llingley's shop had descended
froni father to son.
it wets not littr SoCied p0111t1011, 110WOVer,
which worried the old man. It waft the
vulgarity of her. mind. Mr.. Glyeford
despised her small affections, and her
.efforts at gentility at 'once amused and
annoyed him. Ile_ had a shrewd, kindly
vein of humor in his composition, and, his
nephew, William, had also some share of
this quality.
Glynford, junior, admired the
young governess at Bridgenorth House.
He _ lead first seen her atthe child's party
there, when the poor gi;1- had worn the
dress from Bingley'a shop which was now
threatening to bring her so much trouble.
He saw a fair delicate-loeking girl, with
small features, and a trustful expression ;
and as she was exceedingly well dressed, in
white cashmere and white silk, he supposed
her to be One °Phis aunt's guests.
" AN'llo is a -our new beauty?'' he _said,
going up smilingly' to the stout,: florid -
looking woman who could never forget
that she had once been prettyeand paver
liked to hear another woman called so.
" What girl?" she answered, with a
shrug of her substantial ahoulders, upou
her nephew indicating that lie alluded to•
Miss Keane. •• I)o you really call her.
pretty? She is niy governess, but I certain-
ly do not think -anything of her looks." •
a Perhapsnot," ansWered ,Glyn -
ford, still smiling, " After a second glance,
I -agree with youHshe is not pretty ! "
Mrs. Glynford felt relieved. She would
have been disgueted if orie of her relations
had reallyadmired a poor girl who was
earning her own bread._ . • -
." Where did you pick her np? continued
Williarnerlynterd. - • - a • -
. .- • ,
" Mre, Snowdon reeenamended:her,"
aiisWeied his azure, a She liad. known Ilea
lather, Who was a doctor att- Seaton.:by-the
Seas but, between Ourselves, 1 would- - pot
-have taken.- this" girl - if • XpOWil ttS
a...heather do now: [11.111 - tow
that - her mother -di -mks ; :and Miss Keane
-believe; sande all 'her- money . to , this
d ebased-areature eit's very ahoeking isn't
- - - - • •
“ Miss_ dileitne seniliba her Money to:•hea-
Mother t" inquired -Mt. -WilliaineGlyeforde
, - - .
- Altogether' I meap •Suali.ZL corm ex ion •
eald-Mrs..Glynard; - •
" Yet she Is a -era' well dres.sed, isn't :slic,.
it she sends -all here_inaney away ? said
Gly-tifoid, musinglaa.hislookfix:ed
on then
gpveress., .*• . • _
Sii'sAvell.rdr6secl nigh t,"' ansWered
_ _ .
_rs. Glyeterd, ..-sharply i toe well dresa-
,edfor herpositioa, I think.: 1. ;artist. ire -Mire
abbiat thialleees. .1 hope slieehaerft-got it
Olt-bredit." . • : - _
.,“ Lacliea never do that kind -of thing, you
-know! " laughed William:Glynford, -MrS,
Glanforda ea.travaaanee ini lressbeincenoto-
•• "- Lain net- epeaking - of ar-diea
'said:Mrs. •Glyriferct„ itt a slight:- injured .
tone.- Ladies: have the- position- in society
. - • • - - • -
-to'keep arid niuet be veli awl -_expera
sively dreeeedae,B-ut_goveriaeseea.ahd' that
-seat ef-peeple ouglit, imi ney_ ppinioe, to be'
neatly elothed=41rat is sufficiennL"
_ No doubt Yon .are••.right,-": • answered
• :
turiled. acy•Sea-', hint - dUring. the;
eyeliingcoatrivecrto-niake the acqattintalice
prett,aegoveruesse '
reIle -' did .tliia yery'simply
- heavy --rireeic-hoelethat,.slie waa11eay0
te: lift.fom beneath a:ph-eel:other. mueirce.
, = • a ALIO* Inc to do that for you? ' Inc Said.-
: and' then- he steed. -and talked- to ilea -fore a
few-nriaititeee- . • . • !•7"-".
." But - only for a •fear- inizintee. . Ile knew
hie:ant:it tpo vt,l1 toereake his Attentions le
the -.smallest' degfeereMitikable. :But; Wheni.
hae,reet--her nedity or: tWo--,afterwarils =With-
, tifi. littlel",eouSina, he stepped; anal hialea-
_ very -agreeable cu11 with- hilsetteee-
. - _ .
„goverpess. =
• .A -tui (he hati had .iiilinaa cpriversiition.a
siztcee -He admite dthis. gird, ;L Wee:beginning.
(Sernetimes Ite. thought) to de aeore
And often t.. himself. Weed ering if
-lie Weald-riieet Mihs laeaneWhentie: startedfar- it Country tvalk, and ruin -fitted to-hirriee.lf
(sernethries. - also) that -he_ • felt very 2: in hell
disappointed:wli en Inc did:ae..t..
-. • - _ •
•And the prettyegoverimaa-what-did she
. _ _ .
thinla.eLthie goOdeleeking, well_--hrealaeaude
:Welleendeviedagentrernaii, whernet litr ea=
e_ften: thonglitapethapse teerierelie of
:hire; and Inc was plop,gEwt to hor :sight.; 'au d.
agreeable to her ear.' -
whenheerhet-aerrrather, overtook
-her erettitnieg freni : her painful YiSit•bi
Illegrey'sehope She =-started violently whin'
Ime addressed:lier,and asked het if he;mig.ht
huy'.-her ' • - -
did,het -see you Until you- epoke,":
- - - • -
- ,• No.," lie answered*inaly.- "-Well, now,
-.when- yen have eeen. nid;Ernay I rePeat'my
'question ..' • - --, • '
"-What emeetioti?"-_askediMiea".-Keithe,.
shyly glaneing up at• Mr. GlynfOrd-
yo.tr it Christrriatebox ?-" •• -
-Glynfordaeked this -question in
the sharp; frank manner which wsernatural-
te hire. -=
- Ile Was a ve.ry;,Stilkigli....tforward Man'
liked -this girl -and-Meant to show lien- that
. . _ _
lie' liked here:- Iie• had afrank leek also, as
: • . .
Well as s frenk inannereaandapleasant clear
blue awhich ratathia • mernent• were
fixed With , it. siiniliiig expre_ssion Olathe:piling
governess. •- :.•
-. • "
You are very good," she answered eaud
-slie. (deo. Stailed. •.` ,Yes, I thhikIa shoruld
like..a It is eelehg since I,
-• -.•'
. . _ . . . . .
“ Doinc the honor of . accePtieg, this,
then,'' .said Williarii'Glyilford -drawing. --a
-smallaperecil -mit of hia 'coat-pOcket, sad
placing it iii "alisa: Keane's ...baud... Don't.
operrit Until Chriatirias day thouah."'_ _
“.01);•-_ that is asking -too Much of any
woman!" • .saidaillisa Keane, with.a, littie
•-• j •'. .
= V6ey opeh ite•;wilea, yeti
,Aiirl• yang:6 to -day 7 JJy whit train -T." •
...“Iii the two train:- I shall reach Seatoti
abpiit ."
"Well, I hope You'll belie - .pleasant
•
Christinas ; and I hope also that you won't
forget all your Farnham() friendswhile you
are
His manner expressed more than his
words, and the young governess blushed
deeply.
" I will not forget them," she said.
" And there was something else I wria
genie"tel say," continued Mr. Glynford
h
witit, slightly embarrassed air. • Oh, yes :
I ehall in all probability be in the neighbor-
hood of Seaton -by -the -Sea before the montli
is over. ..If so, Will you allow Inc to call
upou
Miss 'Keane blushed more deeply still at
t 1 I (IT ebsi antid
bos md
very il e pbrl g
i oashe yatosneclgl
e yaoduly,
said:
•"rliatik you. Well, I - inust not detain-
yoU /IOW, i SllppoSo? Good-bye, MASH
Keane ; it will not be long, I hope, aefore
see you again."
Ile held her hand in his firm, _strong
clasp ELS he said this. Ire liked her, and
was seary to part with her, aud.by that
subtle instinct with which one human
heart fathoms another's feelings, the gover
ness knew this.
• 'And. this knoivledge was very pleasant
to her. Iler step grew lighter as she walk-
ed on to Bridgeuorth House after this brief
interview with William Glynford, and no
soouer did she arrive there thau she pro-
ceeded quickly to open the small pa.rceecou-
taining his Christmas -box. •
A jeweller's leatner case first appeared,'
and Whenn she undid the clasp Of this, she
fume" a -large plain, dull gold -locket; with a
valuable and brilliant diamond in the
centre, sparkling like a star. -
She gave' a half cry of joy.
It was SO beautiful ; but she was not
thinking of.its intrinsic value. She was
thinking.. " Ile /lust care for me !--lie
never would have given me this, unless lie
reallyeared ! "
During the next hour she could think of
nothing --else. She - finished packing her
boxes,' kissed her. little - pupils, and got into
the cab and dr,ove to the station, with this
thought 'uppermost in her -mind.
" He cares for me -1" She kept whispering
to lierkelf,•- as elle drove along the stony
-streets of Farnhamea " Ile •must - care for
rne!" she repeated to lierselr,asahe walked
through _the station.. . - •
.. She had a few,minutea to wait before the
'train came Up, and. while ,staildiiig . on the
elatfeena .Wae startled b. yis. o. fee mie.teuching.
her arm from:behind,' .
. . •
looking: aoilindi to her ineapressie
.hle iiiinoyancei.eire:reeognized MreBingleYe
the: trittlesinan-ea • • •
- Alt ;a:Mi seeiidane;"-lie-said eaelesava you
go:•past -ilia cab, 'eafew- ininutes_since-, - and
tl ioug Wouldjust walk down to -the- sta-
t -ion 'and- repeat- eernphatically- ,-a. word • of--
warhing-iii youroar• On he aceettettry to
passetheee -MiteS-aeyeti upderstand? • But
:herels' -the _ttain eeerning hp.z, allow roe to
haii(-1;apia -in. Be ;sure you,:„ do- "not: forget..
What 1 have 'said. -Good-hye!"
_ yoo. o .
t • le-- 'ff '1 is hat the traiin.
ario-aed an ; bat' the brieht-day-dreams.that.
the _yourig •governess lad he -en indulging inn
.tt be.fore„-.. had noW aanisried.
In theiralae baderiseri the - .griiii spectral
shadow that men call fear. e
•A. ride this_ grimin Speette.ayentaWitheethe
girl- allIthe Way to Seatoe- by7the-Sert. :_, She
wee': haunted- -with .tlie, haemory a of •Mr:-
Biegley's-av.erde a.ed luioks.-
. Wlia,t did 'reline% about these notes ?`-'.
elle -kept asking : _herself,- annul great fear: for.
the eoriseepience onvhat slie had done took
poeaession Of her._ • ---• -
At:last•slie reabliedthe estation on ;the:
railway neareetto her home: Ini the.subarrier
time: qinet peePli go :for -a, :few Weeke te.'Seaa
tor-a:ay:the:Sea, for: the . bathing. seas.on:
Bat iri the chill 1)eberhber: daye the - little_
• . .
bee, tie, viSitorSee: . • -
-• aliss•,,Keane.wae:iedeed.. the -only 'peaseta
.gerewhb-lefathe-tferina-and,ag the omnibus,
tvliielt iri sineiner runa bet,Ween. the atation
-arid" --..thisvillage; had also disappeafeila f Or.
t he--Wiritere.the,:y.ohligfgoVeatiess•Wasforeed•
to watly. thea -dastaircee-,and, tired end
elle timed at home,:
a it waa agray eteneliohee, Standing : -in
neglecit:ed:gardea; that alienow. approached,
No 'One wire to watch for her;
nor to .welcorne het; aedshe rang-thedoore
.twiee before she c-ould obtain., radaraite
..-• •
,Arid whcaa.dmitted..liet Won:lab-a trVa
: •
.irigher bestte leek Sober 1
Is- .it yeti, SiSsy„?.
bow: are 'yen ? Is the-trithaiii-?" -
' "'Oh Mar -lima ?-- Keane--
, .
Siasyeae her. mother called her. •
_Yet -LIPS viorrian wasnot old arid had'
-beep handsome. But now over lier_featurea
. had Passed that,Charige-bY Which therfatal,
..wealeness. 7 -that she rindu- ---„alWaya
betrays itself:
. .
, - : • •
-
- - -
Tlie; last years -Of her Inieleirld's life had
.been-clarkeeede aild-hor young donglitees.
•
.ripeniiie. „years,. aersliacloWed, by __ Mrs.
deplorable:failinee;af-
•Tegether the mother:and-daughter enter-
ed. Whathad-beeh_iii-DectorKeanee•tiinettie.
dra,wing4900 Oftheeheuse-;:- hatat-eciiild be.
called' a drawiegroem holoriger. DiSorder
'and 'if Ise° thfrirt a reigned. , NOthie et,,- in feet,
coidd exceed the dismal, and mica -red for
APpearanee .0f-this:roe/lie and • ita.oneorecia
pan t, When Laura and Mes,.:Kcati e.hteredf,
•it, talded.to its inelancholy reflect. - e •
wae it -young:girl; : crippled": :and
deferrned;: When aa -babe, Maud Keane had
from-. her -motherai.arine itaid-e had
been so .seriously injured that she had never
:redovered..., - : -
-
She -:grow. --up repilniug, thee -wonderful
beauty:and intelligence Of her countenance
being spoilt in general by-its".1'diecentented-
and. peevieh expression. • • • •
-
- But ritlirhes .yettSave that gleam of light
_ .
which flashes Only oyer the 'countenanceof
those gifted with strong mental -power.-,
These-wonderfhlraysefitteL though-they
were, teld their own story.
- Iniaginatiye.azic17:;inyentiye, „the beautiful -
ideal S-,ereateres•'pf 'her ;Mind esornetinaes
made. her forget_the disinalarealities hy-
Whieli-eliewaseatirtoimalede * • , 7,
- • 'There alie.laY; her hpeksaliee'ecraps , of
•papere- her little bottle • of initelier
acatteted --carelessly aroundner....,_
.Stie -lifted herself -14)as her mother and
siaterenteredthe'robin; and a half -glad Cry
eseaped-,hardipa, „ , - . •
. , . .
-‘• lainea sine Laura! .. • ..
And _Laura Wenti. upi to her, and kissed
her. ..•'e •
"-How' foo you, dear Iland"P"-- jibe said. '-
For a. ihetnentMaiiddidnet latienier. She
looked wistfully -enviously, .- perlialasat-
lier fair Sister.- ••• .
"=You look well, and seem well, Laura, at
least," she said presently. -" I am never
well."
e 1 la. '
L
put her hand careSsingly on her
sister's
rahead, and smoothed back the thica,
soft, damp, dark hair.
"And how does the writing go on?" $1 e
said, smiling kindly. "Have you got lo
of new pieces to read to me, Maud ? "
"Nothing worth reading -nothing that
you would care for," answered the your g
writer; and then the next moment he r fea-
tures lighted up.
" I have one thing," she said. " It's riot
finished. But I see it --I ' hear it! • It's
about a girl who loved too well -who idoli z-
ed the man she loved --and (lied when site
found the real and ideal were two different
" The old story ! " laughed Laura. "Ai
Maud, our ideal void our real rnen are
always totally different."
"1 see no real ones," answered 'Metre ;
and again the di ted, envious expre
sion crept over r. "7 p I lie, day aft( r
day, with no company but thee"
And the young girl pointed as she spoke to
their mother, who, by this tune, had sunk
down on a dilapidated easy eliair, and had
fallen asleep.
" How very shocking it is !"said Laura,
in a low tone.
"It's a torture ? " said the young girl on
the sofa, Passionately. " And to think -to
think that I might have been like you,
Laura -fair and tall, like •-but-but for
h
" It's very sad ! " answered Laura. •
And she put her hand so tly into her
sister's.
But Maud dashed it away.
" Sad 1" she repeated. " es, it's very
sad, isn't it ? "-and she gave abittcr laugh.
" No youth nor life for me ; no one to love
As the girl ended this sp ech, the ex,-
me ; always to be neglected TA alone !"
treme bitterness of her emotion, Overcame
her, and she burst into passi nate sobs.
Laura knelt down, and put her ;trine
Found her sisters poor thin p k
" Hush, dear! " And she pillowed the
poorrcripple's head on her bo om. " Think
how clever you are, Maud! Rosy Cheeks
grow pale and fade, and tall . figures get
bowed and bent ;but agreal muind gets
greater -with age, and beautiful th ughte
are fresh when;beautiful faces are old and
.°11Tanhege-te'''epinggirllietened, annd apparently
was seraething coniforted _
-
,epe-yohereally think I are clever .'. she
said; raising her tvntr-stuiinei1: visage, -ulna
lpioking•- eagerly at-her:sister. " Pepe, yen
ka----Voir-knowewa•e• deformed,- d yet Iie-livea-
Stille, Ile will Always live ! =
allthe beauties aed- beaux 01 his
time are utterly foigetten," -saida aura,
t yirigtO speak lightly, and
sister.'" Yoti,seeerny deer, y u have -. omee
t ing-far 'greater and higher tinan. a; prctty
face:" •
Maud, with the versatility pf her (lisp°,
sition; beigau to siniile.,
:“ I have to peeve that yet,'," she spa ...
"a There is a struggle alw. ay _at first," ani•
awered Laura, kindly. -Suuinne-one-_whorea
-know F-atailiametekr. William Glyn -
ford ".(and it soft --blush stole 'te her- fair-
•
eheeks), .“.told reeenee.of nt y the Cousin of
his, Wlicetried-to be an autlnon1, an% heive he
t ied'and triedlier long ih vai
“ And -did Inc siiceeed nt 1ast ?": asked
Mend, eagerly•..
",Yes," saidaLaura ; 'abut ij Was. It sad
tale, after alt.' . Ile died in_ tli first 'flush pa
jllis sticCess;":
•
-
-":•hut :he had /hied .'." said Maud - en -
t a He had be7. recoga zeal
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wasnoforager an•tinknoW _clod!
Lhauusastiaerr.ieled• agaih:at-her Ohne siater's
11t
And yoa wmile be au •-u known clod'
:(its YQU caIl 115 poor, conimee lace p elide)
-seine day, Maud. Sonie day when I'm -an
light old -*wham, -PR boast of rny clever sis-
ter'' saiaLahra. • "
: • . The peer:girl lyirier- on the' eOfit <-I. aye ; -a
restless sigh. .- •_ • • , ...' _ - • .1- . .
: “:=Wlien, Will_ it be; I wonder!'' =elle lnaue-
niureclae"-wheri will ihydrearia -come true ? a_
‘CIIATTER IV.
•"eaaa. ,.
.When 'Laura Keane -atm° el _the hext:
In- o'reingashe,:eohld hear piety ves bre „king
,
oh thesandYbeach- at Seaton hy•-the-Sea„. •,:-.
:The softinenotony of the s mad; and the.
otherwise perfect.stillness evilehreigned in
"
.. . - - - . . • .
the house' vveuld innall'pao alaility;lhaae
1 elped toelultarloat. happy- ounggirls to.
:
?
s eerait,.gaiii, but Laura could mot sleeP,.
Anainpleasarit nlu
ioory,ea e:: to dieturb
1erein thestillness'efthe winter dea-Vit •
-' Ali Bingley's:failiiliar looks el- -ad. ire.; •
t on, -lila.- strain% :„ questions' and manner
about .tbenotea whieh had 001 110 •Se' Oddly
into herpossession,: - and, :thi lry,,hi$ 'Ilya-.
terieue -Wathing '.'„.. ' - - .: ' = - - • , : • •-_-. : , .
-“ On he account " -WASshe ci rchangla 'filo,
t*0 'other anotes -winch -she' _till -..htia, -bc
114d told her a- and•yet,the MI eialileplei2erf' -
t ---,ef , Slier.' inother"F.i : hote ehoid ' ebrela:
teinpted het:to ' de thip.-Poor Man.dj,..wlili.
Ought to -haye Wine. arida:soh ;7ainl'_-eVer.Y.
awaytliircgh•-:f:orre.ng7..t.I:6B017.751, ilv.a. :t s_itahtssooi :nteoitYp:sw,,apotuilliog.,
k.Alidli yet .: :She dare not- c ange. theml
aura Keanetheiight of thi ' on that -first
.. . . a , .
cliin.winthr mornteg- when • _re le:awoke-and':
faiand _herself in )her emother's hi:Mega:but
iete always came tothe-satne donclusion-
6.-dare_aeteelia,nge her, notes, .and_.iniet
try:eVen telorgetethat -she ha, thernaniaei..-
. .. • .
seessione• - - - • 1-- - - - -- : ,• '
, ,.. . . . .
:But this Was very hard to do-.:
eane had' not more than one hunch -led
Year to live•biaaand- drank thnc best -part of
that -
away.
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• a
.•-1941.411. '-Keane .had left •her a. mother';,
euse-six monthsViefOre in 'feat :bitter, -
t ess-Of Spirit. She had beeh yel1 edu+teil
and after her father's_death hall remained
with the- excelleut and. acco phsliedlad
. . _ ,
at.Whose -school lie* had plae d lier. Slily
liad remained, ast oVerness tO the ..yoUnger •
pupils, and frepa-17 to 19 hid occupied this
Position-. .-, ' _ - -.. • -2- -:
But this good woplau. died suddenly,
The aschoola was :broken- -1111, u.ua -the'
Laura-Keahe; . had- returned- to her late:
,u,pils scattered.- The yew g - goverese;
father's halide at :Seaton -by -t le.Sea. to :.filid
a rniSerable home-sdegiadetm
rtiothe ,
A ;
klast: &lady in thearillage copa sign -
i
atingl-Laura7s pOsitien,- recommende her
as governess t� Mr. _Glynford 's: faainly at
i
arnni
hae. -' ,. - • • - - . ' • .'' - - .
-Thus-La-4ra Keithe•avent to iVe at Bridge-
north' IlotiSe,.and found that all ladies -did_
not treattheir'--goVernesaes in the kindly
-
fashion Which her late -sehookniiSttegli hail
done. . . " . •
- •
A person without money was, in Mrs..
Glynford'sestimation, a contemptible being.
The tradesman's daughter judged every-
thing and every one by the rules of the
narrow school in which she had been reared.
Laura Keane was poor, and therefore Mrs.
Glynford despised her; Laura Keane was
good-looking, and Mrs. Glynford did not
like her better for being so.
But as we have seen, the girl had not
been without some pleasures. Mr. Glyn -
ford was always kind to her, and Mr.
William Glynford had brightened her life
somehow by his words.and looks. Sheliad
indeed left Farnha.me with regret, and her
dismal home seemed sadder than ever to
her, on her return to it for the Christmas
holidays.
It had become worse since shelled left it.
Ifer mother was poorer and mote deeply in
debt even than before.
A. ring 0.t the door -bell e ated
happy feeling in the hearteroef the irmaut:-
of this gray stone house at Seaton-ay_thes.
Sea: They- knew what it usually meant -e
a bill, a dun. They came day after day,
but there was no money to be got. Mrs.
Keane had none, and the young sensitive
cripple -the girl genius.-ahad her dreams
and lier fancies constantly rudely broken
and disturbed by wrangling creditors at the
door ! ,
Could anything be more melaeeholy ?
Laura's spirits sank lower and dower. She
felt such intense pity for Maud, such shame
and anger for lier mother: Here was a
delicate youne creature absolutely perish-
ing for want' of proper support, land her
mother saw this, and knew it, and yet
Would, or. could, not restrain her fatal
craving.
The second day of Laura's return home
all the change which Mr. Bingley had given
her out of her three five -pound notes was
.gene It went on absolute necessaries. It
was .Christmas eve, and there was nothihg •
in thelionse. So_Laura bought a few arti-
clea Of food a,nd a little wine for Maud.
• - Then she went down to .the sands and
-walked b.y.the sea. The White frost had
stiffened and 'frineed e.ach blade of -grass -
on the banks, and the salt tide at had `
lingered tOco lono
g n its; journey ba k to the
Igreat Waters hadheee caught and ii ozen as
i/ fled. -
-Above, the sky was all mist and I sze.. A. .
..
gray_ sky audaegray -sea, and not a liyarig
sent to heseen :as the- girl paced hou.glate
f_ Ily -along-the .ehprer, • . ' - • - - -a . a
She had her -hand 'Olaaped.to he throat. ..
Ali; .beneath - that- -little- hand -lay . REAM- •
Olyulford's: gift, and it 'Seemed -pie sant. to :.
, „ . • . -
=here --hold itthere,
-- . -and to beli t•e' that
-
it,
at t
-seten hat filament he naieeht be bin -king
. .
o h r.
:-- If -lie really loved her, .ande-Vpul_ -Ask her '
to,behiaavile:._ This thought c-amnc else to ,
tile girrfamind, and deepened hers ft ,color.' -
If Inc really _lovd hea-.! Blit.„-on'the .(Jther -
hied, -*qui& his love be 'atrong; enough to . .
ciereorne the 'citiel huiniliation'ef -her life. •
ito
'I er mother!' Ali, that so sweetea naine..
-s u c" ever be so :degraded and -a. aS-e(l'AS .•
it NiAak iLt this tuomputin' this ye' ng girl's
• ht .artT1 : -: - - • - -- a ' - - - .. i•-...-
• • For:she•-tioae,-pereeiVed. her -:.iiio her hies-.
stea ily-approAehiere her. . -- .
, . • _ - , .. a
-- "Sissy,''-! said i'd7S.ilie.aiie, begirnning. to
:shed anaudhn tears:. "-MY, dear child, -I
have :-cOrne, to .eeelt you. • -What do yoi.t
tliiiik has liaPPeeed?.• .911. Christ as eve,
.tho :1 Oh, dear--aeli,"•dear,asn't it sli cid rig, ?la.
:- a'-N-Nhat' iehM
e a_m
tter, other ' Asked :-
t
Laura. :'. . - - - e..- .-
. . .
: 4` The . bailiffs'!" -wept- e:Mrs. f Keane. 7
'I! WdPid. - yoU . believe - it,. that eh' a - inan.,
J--oh+otl, the greeerehas put an the bailiffs?: -
Ile has ofterethreatened; but .oh C ristMas
ere ' ' Oh, ; dOare-oh, dear ra . lid then ee'
the same sad refrain as before. •
". How • naueli is his -bill?" saill Laura,
Whet Was faint and-trereblina -
• et : .--• _ - - . in'
-TVir..e0tY 1j011 -11d.9.," ' aesWere .311-$.
Kbenea. -4.' but Inc says -hell take ten for the
'present. Oh, Learaeeouldu't you write to. -.
the ladyiyon're with; 7.al.rs.-Lal .10...get her ._.
nanata-but_i teuldn"t -YOU Write. ":10 • -Or, ,04.1.(1.
aqii.- el -tp:adYarice this- little en. .? __Do! -:
pi
'Don:quite:break your Pin
eer othe K
's eart
.1-on Chrietnnie tietoo ! Do-- ao ask hera 7
- 1 - - : - .
-' ea,
• Sissyl: 111 go dawn en -iny• kuees ' to von if
-you iviii.! "- .. 1 :_ - . - . , .. -:'7' •-- -'•
- 1".1- .Call't write to .1Ire. •Glynfoid,-" :said
Laura-, " Sli4 wouldn't sen,l inethe money:
if T. -id: ---:-She's hard. -and-cold' ,---an :a-aid:Ali --•
sorta Of' cruel: things :to 'me when letsked •
her to .advance. .my salary before, . ial told ,
1110 hen that she veoidd. uei.-er (Iu such sa
Ithing-,agaip," 1 -. - - ' '.• , . - .
i• • l . a
And yonliteve honeeenone ?":• -s id Atm
Keane, rocking, 'herself to. .and fro •" Oh, -
:why was I born-? - Oh, wharaaaehy •.: in I not
deadi?, "...- :-.• . I -
, . , . ,
- _ ,
-_- 4' Sli -matrinia'" -"said- Laura -.." do try to
dempese yourself? 7 _You•eanut..-:tge through
the vallage AS .you are now." , •.. . : • - . e
- I" -What do :Icare--for the.viilag ?''
Mrsel_Kea,ne, a' The village hastmirmicei its - -
baCkluponerne because - I. ani ;peer. ' I '..
,n_Ptlinig -_fer.etlie '-village-nothipg lam any,
thinat. in- the ,Weridlt" .A0 . tifell .carile
another: hyatetical •Wail. - ,. - : • • - .. .- a .-
'• l" lilliSh„ arnothera?'-"_cried .Latra. - •" I'lr.--
try -I'll try to get this money:if • eteoifil he
-seietl-". "' !
: lit .sight ---el hea naothere frightful"„edn -
di -ion theethelight- bad da.rted: into poor •
•Laura's Mind that she had taai -fix ei-pouaid
raciteSt in her pOsee.ssiini. : ". . - _ • - '_ . ":
-..Tru9, :she ,:had resolved • that ;nothing
Shonitd..ihdhce her to -chat-lee -them.; that_
she rein-ern:tiered-Mr.- .Biagley's - •wareing
lint thenshe loolted:ailiertnotlier • _.•
ii- - • i . - •-• • . - -.• .f..
-.. ‘! Will you try ?-. 0.11;SieSY, do try !"esaaet
Mriellieahe) catchipg .hOpefronaherdaughe -
ter'sworde.', ' • ,1,-f you •eopid •ohly •elid. nib .
tehepounde, of get - me ten pou •dS illli- .
Im
whet-e„.justi for a Week, . to get th se men;
oht •of the iliense -'at ••Clitiatmas-t e, I'll ea .
proimse „do You_ heel, . dear:?,--ef• ithfplly_.
-pro se to apawithal. y it back Mr.' --Bray, ...
your poor father's -executer, will ••• nd me -
twen y-fivepotincisein the .nintla 9 Febalia
ary,filhd YOU -Shall lia;Ve it theiala
. , a : 4• . - -
" But whyriot ask Mr. Bray fo it:new,
Mother. raiiid-Latiree
' ',..F4-ilia.ve aeked•hiiii,iny aerie-, ebegged :I
'Of IiinaLatithrivain,'• It'a ho use writing to
.bfro.• .He2,s':114..rder than stone-. t avehl,
ii.
•,anly•Waete astamp."- •• - •
,Laura sighed deeply- . :She dill . - ot knew
what to de; e nid not-celaselthe 'mother _
Hnor•even tell her the= .truth aleo t those -. '
I
Intystetious•Inetes'. • ! - •
"I. v
- • i ii. . - -
- '-. illtry ai-a.gemm
t:ioe oney, amma, '2- .
:slid said, Se.othingly;_." if you T ill comae. ..
quietly: lioni_e.1.- Andast the _girrs htre.aty-
Mrs- rearaa took Laura's arm apd :together
tliey_ retraced their steps to =theaVil age: -1
. Laara -cehld - :s.ee their _few •mneighbors
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