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moon, eerenely bright,
face through a summer night
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and Moore, and Shelley and
nd Milton -a goodly sight !-
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assical authors" call;
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a big convention.
beside Voltaire,
g with Dumas per's,
p in the corner there,
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m, with carroty hair,
urse you are all aware,
arthly advices;
in to be going to smash
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st nothing for cash,
gular prices!
it a letter from four
ars who feel sore,
r a score, or possibly more,
c in printed lore.
rem this earthly shore -
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this hour of need.
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the folks can read,
tifully-low, indeed ;
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we send to this earth! band?'
Good Literature" in hand,
of "Take the stand 1."1
home will possess the land;
per' or 'Scribner' brand,
ws that be can conunand
gicaad scholar:
e' -good binding on ; • •
Poems Of Tennyson ;'
Progress,' John;
'thirty cents; and 'Don
alt a tWIlar!"
, " I am rather ohl, -.
lad thisday to be told
anterbary Tales' are Kohl,
witsof- the Quetta Anne fold:
nil De POO the bold,
-
anti Swift this sodld, - -
.14 Sir Walter.ltaleigh •,
s; anil Smollott's and Sterne's,
e, Byren,and Burns ;
-Lord Macaulay." .
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id, '!"rwoUld be foolish to let
Is cantle regret; '..
heave -ticket they get
!--:•tho- perfect set-
we At lingS net,
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eLawof Nations';
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k E-Xcliangethat for
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price of st•gottd'etglir- f
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satind`Bscpiessed it thnii
of ilc tnislibus, .
-for all thiS fuss's, .
ordidMachlorius,-.
urnzner And WiritHi.;
8; I bold this:view ; -
Heiken., doulitlesiiblue.:
our thanks are due •
rights each palace through,
lest cottage too, - -
iways- more than the Few, - -
-are -RiOre than the -Printer t".
. . . . ,
'twas.Eilgsir Poe--
ea talking here with DoFoencients have toliI 101)10, - -
0-printtst-leaves to show
ifortnorly grow
we wanttekno*; •
, fromithit-- realms below, .-
hiv al1111111/1
°toed l".- -.,..,Ottut -- • -
ernovistall doubt;
lteck.arfd Hood spoke -out,
. g and Father Profit,
cis and a mighty shout
--passed-tiiiantitunist-•
-- -- -
-
"Tho conseq
-
- with itserigina
--:- his son; "_Rely1
wero to take_thi
able you
yourself and eve
• Listen: to reason'
"
plied the young
cannot bring
agaiest my ma,
Despite his:
over Lord Earle
can taring
--sary," ho replie
:you say. . Dor
but,reulernber,
unform. ed beau
-
whether she can
is modest- and g.
'llear.dotinsyllab
L -1 -et me appeal
are 4 Moderate
-
and shy, rho'cloat
for your.Wife,' w
-mother's place? .1
• "They tire qui
replied the- yobe
" You have
- Lord Earle, quic
•."
again_ his lather
" We know- iv
-l when-baya of n
_ aro annoyed- th'
-*lulling to Ma
daughter , of niy
euprernely-- ridic
treat the matter
" it fit fferious
hie eon with a I
_. not' Marry Dor
-marry.at all."
." 13etter that.
Lord-karle, shot..
"She is eotiii.:!,
fair,.moftmt ancv
vire as her fano
Can there he;fat
and neier 1410111
e,soste.- . In wilitt
or - auperior ;to. -
more intelleetua
-Lord Earle lo
seity'of11114 MOfl..
-
**Ifoist fathers
jhhs nonemise-,
"1 lister!, • ari(1!
reasonable argui
•'-140W.1(3 beltittip.on
entail n6tlilog_11,
- atigry Word to,
tell youslinplyi
my:Iodgefi(SePo
- -wife for my i40ii
-(ome %vitt!me,
further what
'They went
--
so I iko itt facet
• They. bad': been
broad terts,O0-,
:„Aarloiscotirt._' .•
it "Madeline's Lover.") •
enetia of folly seldom- end_
it id Lard Earle to
nPon. i, Ronald,. if you
.n04_foolish and,.unadvii-
ould-..• bring migery -.Upon
one connected with yOti;_
emelt in prejudice," re -
--
man _haughtily. "You
arcliene valid reason
age,- r
unoyanda it -km ile broke
grave.face.
thoueind Tt14OflM 11 neces-
1 grant. -:everything
Thorne- pretty; -
a it eite• rustic and
y-anu 1 iilm.00t.. 'doubt
arid or pelipioperly. She
„I grant, and --I never
againot her ; but " One- you :Would Pay -,1"
bettOr, judgroent kof).11141 the.- e.arlf Spite.
°tint- f rufftle-pretti-ness prayere, entreatiee and - commande, Yen
-soffit:fent qualifications -persist -in- -tnerrying the girl, I wilt never
will have to • take your loOkirpon-yetir face again,- lifyhome shall.
man, .
bone tenger your hOme.- . You will lese•mY
stifficient, tafiatisfy mes." !eve, . my- esteeinf' and -perhaps those
.• - i.whe have lured:y.6u. tiruin may vc,ltie
them consider,"-.. said more, my wealtb..:. I -cannot disinherit- you ;_
. you will:Herne day be Lord Earle; of Eatles;
terrapted his son and- court'; ;but, if. you porgist thifi folly; I
•• lied. • not -alto* You. One fitrthiiig. Yeti bile41
t it Miami " f said bo to, me att.tinoderta Until
;lateen t.alk about love. - I .". I haVe,'-three, hundred :1,-; year," 7roa34.-
k- you - dream :of Rona " that.: 'godfather -left.
- Abe
ledge -keeper; It f 140 Lard-Earlefil PICO -BOVi grew: white .*ith
can . hardly, anger. • • - • ' ' -
riously. -"'Yerti"--fie that; "it•
0tIgh;f0t- !not": retnined- would net- find- in glores. and :cigar "
g: -dolt Higb - 110w, youItoutad, yoyouihaa,ieliThorne, 14, shalt never loY.lasOY;f• hilY0716ved
an -tt mestfilittere "- said
.ivprtioutinda- .ofm: t.. -you _cannot !Iran :to d,efeSlinsl-
re ""'". 610O41ett GO 7 tne--beatt by -Isis--
raoful. Iler beart ift father's eniotien *
fair: • What megOltionc "-Give. ms: your consent, father," .. he.
r? 1 "-I never have belieVed cried, fiasSienately, -knavt. love
116ve in the Cruel Iowa- of you,:itnd 1 love Dora-; 1 Cannot 'give up-.
a one- matt :betthr tha.n, Dora." -
nother, 141iVe_that "1.EBOU0),"-. Said 'Words,
o011oro: v-ittnorls ": - useless, r - You hear My final reitelve
• grieved -at the pertin;. 1 shall 'never- change -it -4.n° after repent -
411100, fl(, entreaties, will MOve Ino. ChOoSe-
..ould reftlite - to hear all betWrien:_„ your -.lijarents.,--• your borne,: .your
'sonata., he _14sid, geiitly. position, tind the. love 4 ol this
fair, fooh.h
try to 'convince. --you by girl; of whoa!, in it months, you will Ito
otttis, that:- the- --Step you tired -and_ weary, choose --betw.eprif_ Ws. -I:
laking 114 one, that will ask fot: tO:-ProiniSe -; Yeti- hair.e 'refillted to
t misery, 1 hitire said- no give 11. 1*Peal 119 iflooie:40
your 411 -
on; nor- shall I -do ffo. - .1 feetion -1 leave you _tedeeide
for yollrI4Olf.
Canrrietbe, • Dora'rhorne,M.ight 'coerce -rod fordo you, but 1,.Willnot:
, no titolig. deed._ -.0130Y-:me, stsd: I will.make your
the ',heir of: Earloiscoltirt: happiness my study. Defy Me, and: Mal
ry
Votiftlti ;- I will ohoW.-Yell in life; I will never, loo
stri," • =1.111011 YOUr .11-100-11011-; • -- llencefettli -1:- Will
ether, the fattier -and son, -have no ; be *0;t11Y
of
etrie) dieffittilitt mind, tliename,'•, There lit no .6, my
faking-, -up- and down the- you-nov.4o -make.' your-. c oe ;: thiala
of the- -Chief--beittitietrt Of„ final -resolve, rjorA
. .•
With slow steps they quitted the terrace,
and entered the Hall. They passed
through s long suite of magnificent apart-
ments, up the broad marble staircase,
through long corridors, until they reached
the picture gaUery, one of the finest in
England.
One portion of the gallery was set aside
for the portraits of the family. Grim old
warriors and fair ladies hung side by side;
faces of marvellous beauty, bearing the
signs of noble descent, shone out clearly
from their gilded frames.
"Look, Ronald," Lord Earle said, laying
one hand upon his shoulder: "you stand
before your ancestors now. Yours is a
grand old race. England knows and honors
it. Look at these pictured faces of the
wives our fathers chose. There is Lady
Sybella Earle: when one of Cromwell's
soldiers drew his dagger to slay her hus-
band, the truest -friend Sir Charles ever
had, she flung. herself before him, and re-
ceived the biowin his stead. She died,
and he lived -noble and beautiful, is she
not? Now look at the Lady Alicia -this
fair patriarchal lady smiling by the side of
her grim lord; she, at the risk of her life,
helped him to fly from prison, where he
lay condemned to death for some political
wrong. She saved hire, and for her sake
he received .pardon. Here is the Lady
Helena -she Is not beautiful, but look at
the intellect, the queenly brow, the soul -lit
eyes! She, I need not tell you, was a
poetess. Wherever the English language
was- spoken, her verses were read -men
were nobler and better for reading them.
The ladies of our race were such that brave
men -may be -proud of them. Is it not .so,
Ronald?" -
" Yes," he replied, calmly, "they were
noble seamen."
• Lord Earle then led his son •to a large
painting, upon which the western sunbeams
lingered, -brightening the fair face they
shone upon, until it seemed living and
smiling. A deep and tender reverence stole
into Lord Earle's voice as he spoke,
- "No fairer or More noble lady ever tilled
at Earlescourt:than your mother-, Ronald.
She is the daughter of ' a hundred earls,'
high -bred, beautiful and refined. . Now, let
mo ask you, in the natfie of Common RODS%
de youwish to place my lodge -keeper's
daughter by your Mother's aide? .Admit
-that, she is litany and good ----is it in the
fitting order of -.things. that she should be
here?
For the first thud iti"--the _heedless fiery.
course of his. love: Ronald, .-Earle paused.'
Helookedat the Serene and: nebte 'age -
before -him; . the broad brocrithe sweet
arched. lips, the:refined pa.triOdu features,
-and there came to him the: memory of.
another face, .chainaing, .shy and. blushing
with -a- _ruetic graceful- beauty, :T -different
from 'the one bBfel•ti hirn as Sunlight -Corn.;
Pared to. Moonlight. The Words :filtered
UpOII his. :lips-;-iiietinctively he felt that
pretty blushing Dors, had no place there.
Lord Earle -looked- . relieved' as he saw the-
doubttpon his fien'S face; -
" You see it, lionald,," lie cried. " Your
idea - of the qusion 4- of races iN wAll
-enoughin theory, but it will net do brought
into practice. I have been 'patient with
you -I have treated you, not as a school-
boy whose headis half turned by his -first
love, but as a senSible man endowed with
reafion .and thought, Now ‘give me a
reward. Promise Me here that you will
make it brave effort,... give ‘up all foolish
thoughts of Dora Thorne. and not see her
again, Go- abroad for a year or two -you -
wilt HOOD forget this, boyish folly and bless
the good' Henke that has saved you from it.
Will you, promise Toe, Ronald?"
" 1 cannot, father," he replied," for I
have promised'Dors to makehermy wife..
I cannot breakmy word. You yourself
could never counsel that." .
" In this case_ I- can," said Lord Earle,
eagerly.- "That prop:nee is net -binding,
even _in honor; , the girl hereon, if oho
ham any reason, cannot and -does notex-
rect. it.
" She believed me," said Ronald, simply.
;‘ Ileffidee, 1 love her, father "
•
"Hush," replied - Lord Earle, angrily,
"1 will bitten to IO more tioneense, • There
144 14, limit to. My patience. Once and for all,
Ronald, I tell you that I decidedly forbid
any mention of- such a marriage; it is
degrading and ridiculous. I forbid you to
mem -Dors; Thorne; if you disobey -me
you must bearthe penalty." •
"Arid what would the penalty be ?"
ifiked the -heir of Earlescourt, witlt a cool-
ness and Calmness that irritated his father.
led the gallery, leaving his son to reflect
upon what he had said.
CHAPTER II.
The Earles, of Earleseourt, were one of
the oldest families in England. The
"Barony of Eyrie " is mentioned in the early
reigns of the Tudor kings. They never
appeared to have taken any great part
either in politics or warfare. The annals
of the family told of simple, virtuous livbs ;
they contained too some few romantic
incidents. Some of the older barons had
been biome soldiers; and there were
stories of hair -breadth escapes and great
exploits.
Son succeeded father, inheriting with
title and estate the same kindly, simple
disposition and the same tastes, until
Rupert Earle, nineteenth baron, with
whom our story opens, became Lord Earle.
Simplicity and kindness were not his
characteristics. He was proud, ambitious
and inflexible; he longed for the time when
the Earles should become famous, when
their name should be one of weight in
council. In early life his ambitious desires
seemed about to be realized. • He was
about 20 when he succeeded his father, -and
was an only, child, clever, keen° and ambi
tiOUss. In his 21e1 year he married Lady
Helena Brooklyn, the daughter of one of
the proudest peers in Britain. There- lay
before him. it fair and useful life. • His Wife
Was an- elegant, accomplished woman, who
knew the world' -and its ways -who had,
from her earliest childhood, been accus-
tomed to the highest and best society.
Lerd Earle often told her, laughingly, that
she would have made an excellent ambits;
sadress-her manners were no bland and
gracious; shelled the taregiftof appearing
interested in every one and everything. .
• With such a wife. at the head of his
establishment, Lord Earle hoped for great
things. He looked to s prosperous career
as a statesman; no honors seemed to him
toohigh, no ambition too greet. But shard
fate lay before bim. He made one brilliant
and successful speech in Parliament -a
Speech never for cotton by those who heard
it, for its as moiling eloquence, its keen
wit, its bitte :satire. Never again did his
voice roue° jlike friend and fee. He was
it was the keenest and the longest felt.
Ronald fell in love, and was bent on marry-
ing it simple rustic beauty, the lodge
keeper's daughter.
Earlescourt was one of the fairest spots
in fair and tranquil England. Lord
Earle loved his beautiful home; he,
spared no expense in improvements,
and the time oame when Earlescourt was
known as a model estate. One thing he
did of which he repented until the hour of
his death. On the western side of the
park he built a new lodge, and installed
there Stephen Thorne and his wife, little
dreaming as he did so that the first link in
what was to be a fatal tragedy was forged.
Ronald was nineteen, and Lord Earle
thought, his son's college career ended, he
should travel for two or three years. He
could not go with him, but he hoped that
surveillance WOUld not be needed, that his
boy would be wise enough to take his first
steps in life alone. • At college he won the
highest honors; great things were prophesied
for Ronald Earle. They might have been
accomplished but for the unfortunate event
that darkened Earlescourt with it cloud of
shame and sorrow.
Lord and Lady Earle had gone to pay it
visit to an old friend, Sir Hugh Charteris,
of Greenoke.. Thinking Ronald would not
reach home until the third week in June,
they accepted Sir Hugh's invitation, and
promised to spend the first two weeks in
June with. him. But Ronald altered his
plans : the visit he was naaking did not
prove to be a very pleasant one, and he re-
turned to Earlescourt two days after Lord
and Lady Earle had left it. His father wrote
immediately, pressing him to join the
party at Greenoke. He declined, -saying
that . after the hard study of the few
last months he longed for quiet rest.
Knowingthat every attention would be
paid to his son's comfort, Lord Earle
-thought but little of the matter. In after
yeare be bitterly regretted that he had not
insisted upon his BOWS going to Greenoke
So it happened -that Ronald Earle, his
college career ended, hisfuture lying like a
bright, unruffled -dream before him, had
two weeks.to spend alone at Harleseourt.
The first day was pleasant • enough.
Ronald wandered through the gardens,
the delicate golden laburnum! blossoms fell
at his feet, and besot down beneath alarge
UMW% The sun was warm, mut Ronald
thought 16 dish orstrawberries *mild: be
very acceptable. He debated Within hiin-
self for some time.whether he shouldreturn
t,o the house and order them, or walk down
to the fruit garden ,aud gather then] for
himself. -
- What impulse was it that "sent him :on
that fair June morning, when all Nature -
sang of -love and -happiness, to the spot
where he met fate? -
fancy and imagination were stirred; she
saw the Wheat -field, the golden corn, the
little child and its anxious mother. When
Ronald ceased speaking, he saw her hands
were clasped and her lips quivering.
" Did you like that?' he asked, with un-
conscious patronage.
" So much 1" she replied. "Ah, he
must be it great man who wrote those
words; and you remember them eAl 1"
Her simple admiration flattered and
charmed him. He recited other verses for
her, and the girl listened in a trance Of
delight. The sunshine and western wind
brought no warning to the heir of Earles -
court that he was forging the first link of a
dreadful tragedy; he thought only of the
shy blushing, beauty and the coy grace of
the young girl.
Suddenly from over the trees there came
the sound of the great bell at the Hall.
Then Dors started.
"'It is 1. o'clock 1" she cried. What
shall I do? Mrs. Morton will be angry
with me."
"Angry I" said Ronald, annoyed at this
Fludden break up of his Arcadian dream.
"Angry with you! For what ?"
" She is waiting for the strawberries,"
replied conscious Dora, ".and my basket is
not half full."
It was a new ides to him that any 4
should dare to be angry with this pretty
gentle Dora.
" I will help you," he said. -
In less than a Minute the heir of Earles -
court waSkneeling by Dora Thorne, gather-
ing quickly the ripe strawberries, and the
basket was soon filled.
"There," said Ronald, "you need not
fear Mrs. Morton now, Dora. You must
go, I suppose; it seems hard to leave this
brig,ht sunshine to go indoors."
"1-1 would rather stay," said Dora,
frankly ; "but I have much to do."
" Shall you be here to -morrow ?" he _
asked:-
" Yes," she replied; "it will take me all
the week to gather strawberries for the
house -keeper.' . •
"Good-bye, Dora," he said; "1 shall
Be -held out his hand, and her littt
pee you again."
fingers trembled and fluttered in bit grasp.
looked so happy, yet se frightened • so
seized wit a sudden and dangerous ilILIOSS
which brought hhu to the . brink of the charming,. yet BO shy. He could have
gratie. After a king and desperate 'Maggie clasped_ her in his arms that moment,. and
have said ho loved her; but Ronald was a
with the"grintenemy,"heslo*.ly recovered,
but hope of public life -,Wale01/13r for him. gentleman, He bowed over the -little hand
The -docters ..said he thigh live to be a:
- and then relinquished it. He watched the
pretty, Airy figure., as the young girl -
hale. old min if he took proper precaution s ;- tripped away.- '• •
he must live quietly,,avoid excitement;. ".Shame on all artificial training I" said
andneverdreateagain of polities. • '
To tdrd Earle this seemeilike a -sentence Rot? to himself. , "What would out
of exile or death. His wife tried her utmost beauty :without coquetry. or affectation. '
to comfort andeonsole hialibut for some That girl's heart is AB pure as a stainless
years he -lived only to repine at his lot. lily.; she never heard of a '.grand maM121
Lady Helena devoted hereon to him. or a 'good para.! If Tennyson's Dora was -
Earlescourt became the centreand hemp of like her. I do not wonder at anything that
fine adios give for such a face? Imagine
,
.famous.heepitality ; men ofilettere, artists happenedl" -f • ,•• - -... ,
and men of :MO,visitedtbere, and inItime _. Instead of thinking. to lhimself that he .
LoidEarle.becaine reconciled .to his fate had done a foolish thing that hrightmorni -
.A11..his hopes and ambition Were now cen-:1 ing; and that his plain duty Was to forget
tered iii hisonly Son, Ronald, aline:nob all about the girl, . Ronald -lighted 'his cigar,
boy, .like his father .in every f respect saVe.
one.- : -Be . had -.-the. same -0 ear -cut Saxon- tharthed him. • - " „ - -
and began ta.dte-ain- of the lane that had
-.
face, with blear honest eyes -and prptid lips, Dori; took the fruit to Mrs. Morton, and
the flame fair -hair and stately carriage; but Toeeived-no reprimand; then -she was pint -
in -one respect they: differedt 'LOrd. Earle heine to the cottage, her work for the day
was firni- and inflexible; 1iio one -ever ended., She had to pass through the park..
thought of -appealing against Ids decision or. Witirit the same road She had trodden that -
trying to chimp his .resolutioa.,' It "-my Morning ? • What caused - the new and
lord" had spoken,': the -Matter was zeettled• sbining-glorythat had fallen on every- leaf - --
Even Lady Selena knew that any attempt and tree? _The -blue heavens seemed_ to.: _
10-14111112one° Illizr was -main.: ilen-ald; en smile Upcui her; every flower, everysongthe .contrary, - could be sttibboin;but not of the bright - birds had a BOW meaning. -
firth. .- Ile was - more easilY", influenced; What was it? -. Her own •heart was beat- ,
tiptoe! to the better. part of .kiii nOure;: to fug as it had never beaten before I berlace .
hisaffection or ' 00800 of duty. -,-.-wafi :seidoin was flushed', and:the sweet limpid eyes •
madein vain.- , -. ' _*- - ' ' ., - - .-. - • dione With a new light." • What was itZ-
. Nontheroliildrea -gladdened ierd Earle'S Then she came to the brook -side and sat. :
heart :Mid -.allhis: hapee -were-centred In down .anrthe ?violet I bank. , The _. rippling
bis son. - For the-fieCond. timeAt his: life water was 'singing a new song, something
great bopesrandaintiition rose Within "bird. et:- - love _ . and youth, ' . of. beauty and .
What he had - not :. achieved his . ion- would happiness -something of a 1101V,44.4. fairy-,
do; the :honor 'be _ could no longer : meek like life; and with the faint ripple and fall
might-otie . day he :his mon'a:'... There was of -the Water -Caine - back -to her -the voice..
somethingalmest"pitiful in- the love Of the. Viet had filled --her - ears and touched her .
titera,-disappeinied. man for his -child. ' He heart. -. Would she ever again forget- the
longed for. the time whenlionald would -be handsame face that -had sinned eft -kindly' -
of agete commence his Palle career. Ile upon her?. .Surely he -Was a king-attiongst
rannedfor his sagas he had never planned men andhehad -praisedber, said hername -
CHAP'PER
- .
The Strawberry -gardens. at Earlescpurt
were very . extensive. ::Far down ' amongst
the green beds Ronal&Earle• Saw a- young
.girl kneeling, gatherhrg the ripe fruit which
she _placed' airta: large haeket lined with
leaves, and he went down to her.
I.shouldlike a fewof thosestrawberries,"
he said, gently; and she raised to his siface
be bever forgot. - Involuntarily he raised
his hat in homage- to her youth and her shy,
sweet beauty.- "For whom are you gather-
ing these" be asked; wondering who she
was and whence she came.'
.Itt a moment -the young. girl stood up,
and mode the prettiest .atid.mosb graceful
-
Of . • -.. °-:-.
--
"They dre for the housekeeper, -Air,"
she replied:. and her voice was innsiCal and
clear as a silver bell. •
..-".,Tbetr. may -I ask. who you -are?". con-
tinued Ronald, .
am, Dora Thorne,"- she : replied, "the
lodge -keeper's daughter.":. -
•• " How is it I have never Been you before ?"
be -,asked; • - _
j" Because I hive -lived -- always With
my_ aunt, at Dale," -she replied!' "1 only
came home last year."
said Ronald. "Will you ive
:the some. of those strawberries?" he asked.
They look so ripe and tempting.",
He sat down on one of thegarden chairs
and watched her; The pretty- white fingers
-looked SO fair,"-contrastea with the crinutort
was like a song, r, and that She was like the
Time -passed On, and the heir of -gortOk- fruit mid graeu-leaves.- Deftly and quickly Dora of tbe beautiful poem.- -This -grand. -
courtwentt° oxford, as hie -tether • bad nhe contrived a, 4trialt.basket:of leaveS :and .gentleman; with the diem. handsome .fs,oe
do: before him.- T1100 041180 the second tiled it. with fruit, She -brought 'it -to and dainty white bandit, actually admired.
bitter distippointinent of Lord Earle's lite; him; and then for the first time Itonald saw her! - „ ;4; - - •-. "
He Iiiinself was a Wiry of the: Old IsChes.g, ; her elearly,-and that -one glancevias "fatal, -Sp Dora _dreamed by the bioolvside, and -
Liberal principles were an abeininfition -to" him. _ • -• ho was to see him 'again and again; -she
him ;-_he hated' and,detested everything She Wail .110. OalMir grand beauty. _She- avb no thought _to a cold, dark time when
Connected withLiberallern.. It Was -a -great la .a -shy -,10048.t; Nuohint:face;.;:respmbliiig she should see hirn. no more.: To -morrow
shock .toi him' when Ronald .retUrned froin nothing se much as it rosebud, with, fresh, the Min -WOUld :shine,tbe birds sing, and .-
011ege a: " 1 ull fledged :.-Liberal.". With tiPe lips ;zprettylittle teeth, which gleamed she should pee -4ii7 once -again.
Itisusualkeetineres be saw that likenthite jewels ilarge dark --eyes; bright Dora never reit:leathered Inivi that happy
Rion was useless. -as stargiund railed by; long. lashes ; 'dark day Good Mrs. Thorne looked at
" Let the Liberal fever wear it%clf out, hair, soft and shining. She was indeed .so her, child, and Sighed to think how pretty
said, 'one of-, his - friends; ":you _ will find, f Ir.,- so Modest anti greeefuf,--- that Ronald. elle was, and how soon that .sweet:dimpled •
Lord Eario, that all young men tailor it; larle-was charmed.. '- face. would Went with care.'
Conservatism -;-is• the l'efitalt-- Of 'age an "11 intuit be because you :.gathered them •The. sunny- hours Age by. Dora neve 4
ezperietice. --By the time your son takes s :that they ere BO /1166;” be Said, ,taking the noted them; she thought only of the morn,
position. in tho **rid he will have passed . basket ' from, her .handa. Rest ing past and the Morning to .cOme,:while
Dora-Lyou minit be tired with
Ronald dreamed... of her :almOst con- • •
through many, stages of -Liberalism."
Lord -Earle devoutly_ believed 11. When- 'this hot fain „Shining full_ Upon you. -Sit:
the Oat shock of hie :_disappointment wae __here wider the. shade of this -apple-tree."over .
oBal.10101,11i.etzeal begD7itntr: wateihed4.'tbe:crite,f'bluibes-bLttnoi60.sethe,uyerneotiidyod ettir33ung,iic..silenevoiee.
everything. Ile smiled whoU;RonahL. in -Tidied her -dirk iyes- to hie. •Ile -bad 11006'
hiis 010fir-y01111,g:Voi004-.;014 out the speediest .heantiful." and •- stately but none- so.
llitiehiefool.: his party. He mulled when moy orrbOWitalOng ,104 tIth prettY----maideti.'
tbnyoUng.man, -eager to bring-...theoryinte
nized with the
rn-
r�Wt
Ito dreamed 01
lien
rlf of casIo would
wii
wn
n would havo
ol
*atIP 17b ad' fit -6:11 Ir. l'iseb.:01- 4:einr16..0:151 r• eW11OII the wbon anil trte_711.:ri• virnrilt;:oirn rw.ur:tni g. oi ir! I 4u I di: t. oont. a. hiudi ove:
tiUr
lodge.keop
olittleiff:07':4:10ti.frsdi. dopya.oglitoouitius_ngdarlractintovivnosedtuq. 0.:{-"itiesvdekodaavip.eyrtc:
asigiirictii;:viltbeepisant, .not- Itatlica_1.0"4_ -te:7"11:0 III 4, _at
ors, AOC. from *hem :big,
ather sbtank in,arisitegratioarpo
mestzealoins, 10. any one pr..pOesif . prettynarnel i : Iletv Well fitiffil
that lie Shotildinangurate thednw ratIr Yon 1,- It is quite .4- fittie..004
The more he looked- at her, the more he
admired -her. She bad -no -delicate Patrician
loveliness, no:refined grace but, for
virgly Ofle iitfaltibairloSi but jj
reality engrossed by the chariiiing figure
.before him.: 'She neither stirred nog spoke.
-.Under -the botighsof the apple -tree, with
the Sunbeams falling upon her, she Made a
.fairpicture,arid his eyes were fleeted upon it.
It Wiff All --ve d
-With Arm, pr a
_
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ttohtruinegokrbainidn Inbootrhoubvfirraistitthiye0:11tpnu-solii::4bs_r. 0,e:runi fa:' shn. lietcv
rtiodark e pw. ehtearcieva. :nor tialhil tsit ford
!tohociefttiy:1:41.:- ainduence cf do_ " thy° you yea& Tennyson's ' Darn 71 h
beautiful women would, Lord Ere Ft'l !take&
fnjo
vub!riti Ttdi yabut irf9t th'h"-tiket I. n°w:gutoi:ht g htceased ll:it mitrtl, t 0";11D ullht:14611:4 - f;rv't‘rsiroehdriiiiiinniagig.n.ttl.idi euaY71-1vtie jObra-81:8-at:' (rieubad-.:
• 11 i
A new trouble w" dawning frb LudimY . ; • Y rea zq,
Itir more lieriOUN that' . 0 _ She lid not the le ti
golOnsly• She had "been a. bright feature
in it bright day his artistic taste had been
tis
irPghthrril8ole:utritilufiddelvP1611tohl eleoet. nYha 4sesebui in.Yrnhheteada:dwdbbealcinfto'ale°1:sni de-ersy;11, 10:abdrrirrnen. 0:77111.ghei:mhhatoe: •
mind. Ho
tmononf ehdainri-dmg:ocotar m.wtherionnakgntdhevatethnl.eenhteaar. edbehei:s
tri, and in a grand
.Fer,Fetralutia bekleffel inetelf to have per:
bright, blushing Dora- her work; again
the little white finger!! glistened amidst the
crimson. berrieti. Then Dora heard him
,coming. She heard his footsteps and her
face grew "ruby rod." Ile made no pre-
tense of finding her accidentally.
leek us bright as the sunshine -And as fair -
afttlie-flowere. Put away the bartket ; f
have brought a book of • poonis, and • _
crouar.d0I),will -belt!
." 'Good mornInf Dora," he said; "you
yrn:ualrft it yreoadur'wsoornr: Itginy
- . Dora, nothing -Iyor:ilii, aitatgi n. . down,oit, 1 nationdwd.:
.
and t en ag ane,e &this pretty companion. .
ZaA13vit:Iuligio:il botheI
h. 1 , A "el.; n
She knew nothing of what he was reading,'
but hig voice _made sweeter music .than
-ithflpfl tvgrtp:firdkb;fiitocie‘ed;and.Roffsta
,lizrk zoftlil ; g rh eerwp lit: ass u r a , br friends. ' As lie
i
wondore what .thoughte were - mulling .
thron tie. companion's Simple, artists
!nftld• - So be talked to hetet her diglY-Hie, .
w at he mett lethitd no great- :re ainit ;
1?"'" •
arising of 8 - pow. a re ar
bi son ; of_ ll_his sorreUt- whale riditedthe iniu.lical words, ; w k?on 101/1°11
P tleti higirre