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"Tee world is Togy beft.utiful zr he said;
AS yesterday; beside the brimming streara;• ,
Glad and alone, I' watched the tremulous
glean2 ; • , - -"`
Slant thref the wintry wood, green-barpetzd
• With moss and fern and curving bramble sprat
• And bronzd the thousan1 ruiset.margirereedfl,
. And in the Sparkling holly glint arid play,
And -kindle all the briers' flatfing seeds. •
"The world is very horrible I sigh, •
• As, in wonted ways, to -day I thread -
Chill
.streeti„ deformodwith dim, monotony,
Hiding strange myateries of funknciven- dread--
The-reekag court, the breathless fever -den,
. The ha ts where things unholy throng and
"-brood4- : ;
Grim crinde; the fierce dest of strong-armed
nienj - - : : :, •
- Child infamy and shame_ womanhood,
• . - -• L , • • 1 t.. t . '..• •••
"- And men have loOkel Upton -thin piteous thhig--
Blank Hires unvisited by beapty!s--spell-r
• And said :ILIA be ;it is. nOt milet to bring , 1
: Dreams of sweet freedom to. the prison cell.
Sing them! no songs of . things all bright and
_ • .
fair,- . .
Paint them no visions Of the-, glad and free,
Lest with Purged sight their Miseries they see
' And, • thro' vain longings pass to blank de-
spair!. .7
•
Oh. -brother, treading -ever darkening ways, •
Oh,- Sister, wlieIraed in ever deepening care,
_Would Gad we might unfold before your gaze
•.Some vision of the pure -and true and fair I
Better to -know, tho' sudden things be known,
Better t4:4 see, tho' tears halt thind the sight;
Than thraldom to the sense and. heart of stone
And horrible-coutentraent With the night.
Oh! , bring we then all sweet and gracious
thing,s- '
-• T� touch. the lives that -lie sq; chill and drear;
- That they may dream of scuba diviner sphere,
Whence each soft ray Of love and beautysprings,
Each good and 'Perfect gift is from above •
And there is healing for eartli's-direst woes;
' -God hathnnsealed the springa of light and love.
To make the desert blossom' as the rose.-
P YL
BY THE. BITCH SS"-
. • . -
Anther Ot, ! Molly Bawn," "The Baby,"" Airy
Fairy Lilian,"- eta etc. •
i -CHAPTER le
- ' - - •
" Billytt Billy I" I call eagerly, and at
'the top .of my healthy lungs ;. but there ' is
• no rePly.,_ " Where can that boy be?"
• " Billy 1" - I shout again, more
lustily thie time,- and with my neck craned
- half -way Own the -kitchen staircase, but
with a result, . There- is la a sudden
• movement. on the upper. landing, and Dora, 1
• appearingabove, waves her hand franttoally
towards me to -insure attention, - while she.
murmurs, " gush I Hush 1"- with hurried
ernphasist- I look up, and see she is robed
in her beet -French • muslin, faint blue
and white of wlitch -contrasts so favorably -
With her delicate skin. - . • •
"Hush There is some one in the drasi-
. ing-room," says my- loVetysistet, with the
Possible show Of irritation.
"Who 2" I ask, in pat' lend* whisper,
feeling. somewhat .interested: - " N.Ot--7nat
•:Mr: Cerri4gton --surely ?" e - . g ,
"Yes," returns Dover -midst, her - breath;
"anderealty, Phyllis, I wish' yod would not
give yourself the habit of -4- -.- ' . ; .
" What F - Already I" --I interrupt, with a
Sallie:of surprise. - "Wall, certainly, he has
lost no time. • .Novi, Dora, mind you make
. a ..conquest of - him, whatever you do, 4te,
bing Our landlorde•he may prove formid-
able."
-- i . - - '
Dora ebleaheseett is a tionibion trick of
here, and l she does it - very eucceisfulltre-
• nods, smiles, and goes on to victory.e The
drawing -room deer Opens and shuts; I can:
• hear -a subdued . enurmiir of yokels ; some
- one. laughs. -It is a man's- litegh, and I teal
.- the growth Of curiosity strong within My
breast. Oh;*. for Liam' congenial soul 'to
• ethare. my thought! ! Where on earth is
about
Billy ?"' • • e . .- - : - - '
- I ani to prosecute 'Any setiecti- for
• him in person, when he suddenly appears,
- -• e. -corning toward t Me from a totally !mei-
- peened. direction; =.-
• , . i6 What's What's up?" he .esks, in visite I neat.
-style. -4- te • .- _,.. _. - -- -.-
`. .i.' Ch„ B lly, he. is here -Mr. Carrington .
• I mean," -i -exclaine, eagerly. "Dora and
- ininunas are with -him.- . I wonder will they
• trek him about the 'wciod.?". . • - • • •
• - " He'd be sure tit refuse. if i they did," sayi
•- Billy, gloomily. ." Front all I hear; he most.
•be a regular Tartar. Brewster says- .be is
• the hardeet landlord- in the:. county; 'turns:
all- -tenants Out of doors at vemonzent'a
• notice,. and counts everyrabbit in the place.
I'm certain he is a mean beast, and I hope -
Dora won't ask any favor of him,"' - •
-1,shift the °conversation.
"Did you see him come? Where have
- you been alf-this timer - -- ;'. . .
•- "Outside. : There's' a grand trap .et. the
telcioreand.two horses. Brewster says he is
awfully twit, and of course he's a sore% It
there's one thing I hate ire a Miser." -. -
-
'Oh, belie too. young to be a- miser," say
I,- in,the innocenoe of my. heart. !' Peps
says he _Omit be more than - eight,aucl!..
:twenty. . It he dark or fair, Billy ?" - :
" I didn't see him, but I'in.istire..he's dark
and equatL. and probably hetsqeints," eayzi
Billy, viciOnaly, "Any - one that could
turn pain .1d Mother Haggard out Of her
'house in the frost• and lino* Inuit have a
tqUillt." -- • .. --
'".Bytt heves in /tette then: 'perhape he
..: didn't • know anything eabout •it,", I' Put
iao as One giving the benefit Of a bare doubt.
"Oh, .didn't he ?"_:_eatia-- Billy; : with
- withering [contempt: . .41 He didn't. send
AI La orders I suppese T- Oh, , ' nO 1" Once
teirly startled in hiii Billingegate -strain,- it
Is impossible to say Where My brother wt111-
_ ehome tetdrew a line, lnit ifortunately „for
Mr: Carniigton's. dhareoteri.•Aertha, our
parlor servant, Makes.. her appearance at
this moment and :comes up to us with an
alltimport '. t expression upon her jovial
7
fem. • - - e - 7- . . - • .: - : - 1
. "
Mies P ,yllis, youp.ma-Wants -yeti it the
drawing-reom at oncee," she says; - The
strange gentleman is thereeand--t"
:"- Wants l me ?"-I ask,- in- i•estOniihnient,
not being / usually regarded as a drawing.
room ornament. " Madly% is - 1313' hair
- tidy?" : - .- - • .• , - 1
"Tis 1 vilY 1" . returnsE. Martha: - And;
thus .enco#raged,. I glee -My dress one or.
two hasty pulls and follow in Dera's *feet;
steps. - t -: . - - ..
-A quarter of . an liont later r.rtioh back
to Billy,anddiscover . hitt latanding; with
- bent, head. and ' shotould-ereint 'a tidy closet
• closet -
that opens off the talleitild is onlidivided
.trom ,the -citaiiing-ibobi by the Very liair '
of - partitions, _His _attittidOrprifutial.,_
but bis faik lettlatte. the Ilya() Itto interei
as he Hattie assiduously tii ittretatt -isle
-on indide. 1 . ' _ it •
• teWell, • hat is lie' like?" he asks in I
I
. '
age whisper, straightening himself -as he .possi'bly get on without them in a etupid
es me, and pointing in the direction of country place and thee: it ifs more from *
-
e.olossett. . •
" Very nice,".„I &nastier with degision,
:and not dark at • all -=.quite fair. --I asked.
m shoutthe woo when I got the-oheneet
pd he seid*ettnight go :there Whenever we:
eote, and that it :wow& give him great
easureif•vie wouldconsiderit as our own-,
-here!-- And iteWas not he turned Out old
*tidy Haggard; ..wasithe wretete4iM•
lone, the steward- without any orders;
d..Mr.
Carrington -has dieuttiBsed- him
. • •
.41tlere slips.off jam -pot, onveltioh
has been ,stitudieg, with . a- view
g himself, stumbles heevity; and creates
appellingerow ; After which; Mindful of
nsequenoes, he picks himself-up_ailantly,
d. together we turn and -flew.
noble deeire to ' sustain the. respeotability
otthe family than/rein any &seam that
•atitybe•derived from *OM, that they are
kept. We We try tobelitive-thise-batwadonl.,
&lei very, feseneighixorst for the aintple
reasonthat there are very fete tosee, it This
limits dinner parties, and eaves expense in
many *aye; but rather throws tie younger
fitr upon our own tesoutoes.._ No. eutteders
cometo distnrbour uninterestieg oatre ;
We •htiviino oompenions'no friends beyond
our hearthstone. No. alarming :incidents,
occur to. Season. ; our deadened existence;
bosom friend. All is.11.8t, stale and uerofit,
no one ever elopeswith!tb:e• wife .f • hie
oso
-able; - . • • -
•It is then . with mingled feeling3 of fear
and delight that we bear of SttanOmore
being put in readinese to receiveits Master.,
Mt. Carringeoneour new landlord --our old
one died about fiei -years ago -has at -
length Wearied of a' foreign sojourn, and is.
hastening to the laud of*. his ‘. faith §o
-ran ieportthree- weatts before my ettity
opens, and for Once truly. He ceitte be
saw, he No, we have ell talented
ages ago -it is Dere who is to conquer. .
'•' • CHAPTER 11...,
an2,177-not sweet 17.; there is nothing
eet about •ni*.e. I ani neither . fair-
ek, nor : tall nor shortener indeed any -
i any -
ling ie particular that - might distinguieh.
e
from the herd. Thisisrather
. . . - . .
44 upon bele.its..all theTest of US Oen- lay
tee= to beauty in oneform or anOher.-
hus, "Roland, my :eldeit 7 brotheteue.tele
ry: -: aristocratic . in . appearance, .and-
treniely good to :look ...et; : Dora, - Who•
thes next,iii small and exquisitely pretty,
It fresh fairy-lake'epylet *bile pillyethe
ungeet bet-, has One of the handsomest
es imaginable, twitli liquid brown, eyes
a. gentle, pleading expression, teat smile
'all- ' d •utterly' b the h t
Inuit; y, an b�lie Te . q are° er
it
their °Leiter. --- • : ., - t •.: ' e . -- • = .
Why I was .botn-itt tall, or why, My ores -
ii being a beteled-nititter, X,Was'not given
the world ae a boy, haspuzited and *eked
e. -for many years. - I ainoentirely With,
t ,any of •he little- grtioeful, , kittenish
- andiehmeniti. Of - Manner- that go far to
:ake Dora the 'charming . creatureshe ise
,y *eve too nittoli..-: of Billy's- fecklessness,.
Oixed up with naturaltoarelesenese of my
tetrie to make trneeitsuccess in -the family
wee. TO quote papa in his mildest:torn:Le
am a 14 sedenbitake," and not One-eitty to br
(stifled, While mother, WhO 'its the gentlest
ill alive, reproves end toomfitets me from
teorning until night, _Without any result In
eak of • : - - .. ...„ e- - - • , .: tt , . .- .- -
I ern something -over five feet two, With
own hair : and: a. broivet.skine'and eyes
at Might .be. blue - or gray, according to
•"nay., My -feet .are.small and well shaped,
d so are my hands :.-bet as for Seventeen
ars ' I hates -borne. OA -undying hatred
i wards gloves,: theseletter 'cannotbe re-
ded With admiration. ' My mouth tee!
4odly eisa,, and _ rather determined-- id=
prosaic:in ; while asto.rny figure, 11 Roland
• to be believed; - it resembtes • nothing 'so
tench at a fishing•;;Odt; But my nose -that
least is presentable and worthy of -a bet-
r- resting. -place ; it is indeed. a most desirs.
le -nose in etery-, way, and, being . My only
earning-Peint,. is one - of Winch I.aei
atty. proud. - : - . ..-
everthelesse as one swallow :makes no
=nee, so. : one feature will ' not beatie
. a 'plan face;-. and in spite of. .ini
;mien treasure I still :Obtain obseure: If
ornamental, however-, -I ' Manage- to be
eful -; I am an excellent foil to -my Sister
-1,I.:430; She is beyond"..diepute' our bright.
Ptirticillar stir; and revel's - in that know- -
ettge. TO be, admired is Sun' and air. and:
let to Dora, whoresentblesittothing - in the
.eorld teimudh as an exquisite little -Pres.:
lin figure, Bo delicate, so pink. and White
r
te, Yellow-eairede- and Sleteys . eo bewitch,'
' Valli attired. •Site never gets: into .0. te:EigiOn,
: ilne*er unduly excited. - .She istoo pretty
••-, eleeto fragile for the idea, else-Imight be
;thpted to say that on rare veCasions • she
like; Still, eheis .notably good-tempered,
)d hasa positive telenettoreveding all Un-.
eeasant topiose that :may affect her - On
see of spied.- • . ' .,
Pape is a person to be feared.; mother
;not.; ; othiseqeentty,ewe ell ewe mother
at. e- Inappearance the -heed . el. Our.
ettie., ily is tall, lean.and unspeakably severe
Iith hiMa spade is always a spade,: aa
-, nayis indeed nay, - According -tort tra-
ton among us, that has grown with _bur
wth, .. . -- in. , .1his -: ncese-Which
agularly large and obtrusive, -lies allthe
tehnese • - that ciheractetizee .his. stem,-
..ition: Indeed, Many a time..and oft have
..ttlly endtl-epeouleited as to Whether, were
fi
et suddeely . shorn of :his'. proboscis, hot
_eituld also .find .himselft deprived of his
. eeerigth'of Mind. ' /leis cable and deeid-
eliy well-bred, bothnernannet and etptese
0-4we.othiernis We do not appreciate, a,
each frequent toocaetento :as when die-
Oese fallsuponone or all Of the household.
1-s calmness and breedtngebecome .so ter-
leithattwithoUt teettnion as a frowteehe
e wither Ur beyond recognition.
am his patio:inter bete noire; my hoeye
'eh ways jar every hoer of the day Upon
seneitivegerves. He never tires of con-
• tigg.- meunfavorably with his gentle
giut.Dorat .-Ile-deteets gushing people,-
I,.unhappilY for myself, : sin 'net:wally
-y affeotionete: -I•feel. not. only a desire
te•ilove, but a' times an unconquerable long.
.
'144 to , openly. dealers my-- love; :_and as
letlaiid is generally with bia reginlent • and
...ra is -a sort of person WWII -Would- die if
volently embritcedeI are : perforce obliged
' ttipend allmysuperfluous affectionuPon
tr darling.m0thertahd Billy. - : <
t. Steiot &Sammy prevails -among us; him
' tough neoeseity, indeed, than from any
holy desire to save. ' Our annual inoseine
.: eight hundred... pounds gees_ but-
eltort : way • :tinder; - -• any ':ciretime
NS; and i the, .hundred - pounds . a
ar out -Of this we- allow .Rolande (*Ito - it&
.41tiays Met state of insolvenoty) leaves Us'
* oot . indeed." teA new dress be therefore,
eerittteenot. perhaps se- strange a thing to.
etea as it ie.to me -,..!and. any - amusement
eet costs nioney. would . be an un ea-
nini)C• -. Outdoor -conveyances W ,have-
e,.nnleseOne is Compelled to, mention. a.
ling vehicle that .liee in the , coach.:
se, and Was bought no to One ieneembers
ntand Where. elt is: letetbably an :heir:. -
i and: is :poptilatlY supposed to have
e febulotie Bum in the days of its yeti*.
. beauty; but it is nostanoient andisadly
reputable,: and not one of lie bnt- fettle
‘, ;and dejected when; tucked .leto ..it . on
Indaymorninge, we '-te.ret driven by .papit
„attend the --peotieh . °bun& , I aeon .Tee
# mbar -Dora shedding tetiesnoWiand then
this ordeal .drew'entgliteibut that Was
• the_peemonde bethe Otippaidgeshacl
ung man at4Antwith. them, who *Ott
peiblybetexpeeted .to.pat ..-tn -' an ate -
174
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0!lurY1-:, SAkeitiir194:e=434414-0,Wi4Oz
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sure _e_t Ar4tness our &mac"...
retreat aftefailid:
'Of amuse papahas his two bunters. We
ve been taught that -no geutlenian could
- -
t .
. 4.• He is exceedingly to be liked," says
materna that night at dinner, addreesing
papa, and alluding to One landlord, "and to
very distinguished -looking. I retherthink he
-admired Dora; he never removed his eyes
from face the enetre. time - he ateyed.".
And Mother nods and miles approvingly at
my sister - - - - - - . .1 i
" That, must have been, rather ember -
taming,' says papa it his even way; but
I . km* by his tone he: toe is . seOretly
-pleasted at MitCatringtonti- rudeness: '
. Dora blushes, . utteetiea faint- disoleitner,
and then lagges--herewn low cooing laugh,
that. Le etch e woederful. ,piece- of per-
formance.- I have spent hours .in iny bed.
room -endes:voring. patiently - to- copy that
laugh of Dents, with failure as -the. only
Omit: . - . - - • t. .
- 'And he is so: goed-natured!" ! " I break
i-
, - , -t, 'eagerly. "The very -moment 1 'men-
tioned the subject, he gave ne -permission to
go to -Brinsley Wood as -Often as ever we
(Moose, and seerreed quite -pleased at my
'asking • him if We : might; didn't he,
Mother ? " ' ; • - ' ' - ... . I • .
te Yes, dear:" _
"Could you find no More interesting tepid(
to discuss with him than that 2" asked papa
41
with contemptuous' ispteastire. • "Was
his . fled. visit. a fi. ing opportunity to
demand : a favor - of him? It - is Le pity;
Phyllis, you cannot put yourself and I your
owp emuaements Out of sight, even oh an
oceasione There is -no vice so detestable as
selfishness." .- • ' . '
-
"think Of the tvio'hunters; and of! how
long Mother'elest black silk has- been her
. beat 7 gowit, and , feel rebellious; bu4 long
and early early training 'having taught me to.
subdue my , -emotions, . I accept the; snub
dutifully and relapse into taciturnity -1 -
, - f
telt was not he ttirned'. out peold-
Mother Haggard after all, papa," puts in
-
Billy; "It: was :Simmons; and he ittio be
dismissed immediatety.".
"1 am glad of that," seyspapa, viciously..
" Atmore thorough going rascal never!, dis-
graded a neighborhood. . He will be dein a -
really sensible thing it he sendsthatfellow
adrift. . I Lien " gratified to find CerringtOn.
capable of acting with such oteound common
senie. .. t None of the absurd worn -Out
prejudices in favor' of oldservants about
him:: . 1 have ,no -.doubt he will prove an
.• . . ...,
, aacquisition to the county." - . - .
t Altogether, it is plainly to -be een, we
every One of usintend approving of °lir new
neighbor.... . . '
" 'Yee, '•indeed," says mother' , e It • is
quite -delightful to think Jet a young Man
being • iteywhere ;_ neat. We are
sadly in want of cheerful sopiety.
Wiii,t a - pity t he - - dia not ' 'tome
'hOine directly his unele died and left heti
the property, instead of wasting - these' Iset
five *eon &proud I 7: i '•
"II •
think he, was-. right," returns papa,
greeds:Wye; 'there is nothing like seeing -
life., When hampered with . a wife and
_ctuldren.he. wilt regret he did- not enjoy
more of it before tying himself dOwn. 'rre-
trievY." . -:- .: - ei
'
uncomfortable :silence I follows this
speech._ -We all feel guiltily otonooiousthat:
we are hampering our father-ethat butfor
out unwebenite existence he niight It the
-
present hour be enjoying all the goods and
gayeties Of lite t all; that he except Billy,
who is insensible to innencloes, and never
BOOB Or feels anythingthat is not put before
hint. in. the plainest terms.- _ He cheerfully
puts an an end, now to the awkward- silence.
I can tell you, if you marry lir. Car-
rington, you Will be --on the pig's-baolf," he
says, -knowingly adclreising petit. Billy
is net choice in his expressions. He has
no end of tin, and the gamest lot of horses
in his stables to be soen:anyWhire.
Brew-
ster .was telling me about
• Nobody says anything. r.
:" You will be on the back; I can
tell Yen," repeats- Billy, With ent-pinetis.
Now, this- is more than rashness, it is -Mad-,
neasLonitiny's.part ;iheisignorantly Offer-
ing himself to the knife. The factthathis
• vulgarity las been Irpitesed by unnoticed
.0110Ei ieno reason Why leniency should be
'ehoien-towards.him at second time. Papa
looks up blandly. : t
- "May I ask what you mean by being ' On
the pig's back?' he asks, With a sitspicsious
thirst for information. - •
•• "Oh, it means being in luok, Isuppotie,"
tetutne Billy; only slightly taken abaok.
"1 ,do not think/ should oonsiderlit a
lucky -thing if I ,fOund myself on a Pig's
back," Seri peps, Still apparently abroad,
still desirous of ,ehating lits .ignorauest en-
lightened. _ • 1.
/-don't suppose you Would," responds
Billie gruffly ; and, being- an English boy;
abhorrent -of .irony, be makes a . Most
.unneeesseey. • °hitter . with, his fork aud
.sisooine ••- •
"1 know tenet papa means'," says Mere,
sweetly, corning prettily to the rescue. One
of Dera's favorite roles is to act as peace-
-maker on such public 00014d0128 as the pTes-
ent,*heit the innate getidness of her dispo,
-sition- can be, stitioesafglly :paraded. /t is
that. he wishes you to see how unmeaning
are your Words, and hew:vulgar are allback-
neyed expressions. Besidee-rtinning hi&
to Billy's fOrzriet spootoh:ee" you ihciuld!etit
believe all-BreweteTtells you; he tienty lo
gionm,eeidipeoheiti-e-e• JieNe et Seed deal 0, ore
ab-eethan hitetught_e."te • • ,
et Theteltr _Odes. mei WES*
" yOu were just going to say
'morethan his prayers,' and if :that isn't a
'hackneyed expression,',/ don't know what's
what.- You ought to correct yourselfeMisit.
very .
•
oval ette
rose,
steel
14
with -
stop'
TI
AL
Thee
--te;
othef,
inte
ooquri
loie you begin correct• ing. other
•.ot going to say that,:' deolexes
rat er sharper tope. .
oz ---ere, though: . It was on the
It tongue." - •
reiterates Dore., herpretty
ktegilowieg pink as the beset -of a
e he. liquid blue eyes changed to
,
o,
•
, be silent," interrupts papa,
ottt , and so for a tinte puts a
e gamily feud.
ov Ni never without •
jtng, t -he agony, thdidoubt.-BYRON.
CWAPTERITT.
•
may findsomething to do in life beetles
taking the Queene, money. Pray,, Mute,
Phyllis, do not add to My many vice's one'
of which I am innocent. I canna accuse
myself of having *wasted even five minutes..
since .rny return home. Do you believe
. -
met?"- • ot
I hasten to apologize,
"On,- I did not mean it, indeed," Imo'
earnestly, "1 do assure you 1 -do not. Of
course you have plenty to do. You must
think me very rude"
I am covered with confusion. Hed he
: taken my word 4 in an unfriendly spirit I
• Lmight have fallied and rather enjoyed my
triumph; but his laugh has upset me. t•I
feel odiously', horribly, young, both in man-
ioxt
d y Mr. -Carrington calls again
nee• s
r a)nadiet;fmen,PoPeara1;have*bttne:13 ree
•13 oft ensibly on beetuess matters th
ppor-
epe • Lid be discuee :turnips and tauneneittibesatof„aciusittline:utlisnhgetsh;wheellw-ttormantnsofouteht
teMI-Pe ' the stud until the
1,y ptiberne8 . sb extended' that it world, and therefore betray hopelestlY the
- the ost of us they must taint, shyness that ili consuming we. Ele appeerott
vi g, :Mr. Carrington finds his derounetlil:hcioggbilipL:ectot ligofht.etahe wfiaLhat, map; ell:be:re._
way u.,--.1.4 e di wing-toom, where Dora'and
1 arekteate ii lone, he, having . greeted us, ' •Pae.../Theantitk.
you," he saes.; " I am glad _You' .
drageetteiba r 1 illy after him, until he gets
witn fei fcit of Dora. a. ere he seats , wexiLn!troatoertih
me. mIexiteiettseereley.thaitt yytiouudoitiotenort.
Witte . . . .
D atr.ng. Dora is always tatting ; wteionluedauhrai42emored:0Pintonthan otf.melamls:sayPhY.
Bile LI r 11°' anything else, and surely A .idhfaipt pause, during Which I know lids
te te -
there- ,o . we] k 80 pretty, 80 begeilailli to
WhItilq, Wria,¶s that in which the swifteyes are still fixed, with open .amusement
1
t
littletseuttle brought to bear.Never-
theleKehotigt he is beside my 'sister, I
never g et -.se rnr head withont eneonntering
his b -ia eye xed upon me
0: 4'''' • . . . . . •
Etitteettereere very handsome, large and
very
let (lie
indeit .-
malteel: (
beyoit/i eti
m oneteteSe ha
the titteeteilyt
lips of -ilk& A
;,k)
eno t be
touck. outet
and • -' otter jaw: He is tall and rather
abgh , ' molded, ..and has a eery - clean-
shaptal tees& His hands are white anol
thinsz-* large; his feet very passable.
"L you know," he is. saying to sympa-
wouderfully kind, eyes that
Veto ' the true heart beyond,
hole face is -full of beauty. He
wise attempt to * hid at it,
ltivation of a fair brown
does net altogether conceal
ornied mouth beneath, the
e fine and almost sensitive
omanish, but for a certain
determination about -them
upon_ my crimson countenance. I begin to
hate .hizn. •
te Heave you seen the gatden? " asks Dora
Musically. 'Perhaps to walk through
. them would give you pleasure, as they Min
-
n& failto recall old days, and the emem-
oe
-brand, of _a past that has beeph- y ie bo
sweet."- Dora sighs, as though eh • ere in .
the habit of remembering perpetbal happy
pasta. • .
. "1. 'shall , be glad to visit . them *are":
answers Mr. Carrington, rising, as my sis.
ter lays down the ivory shuttle. He .glances
wistfully it me, but I have not yet 7enovv•
ered my equanimity, and rivet my gaze
upon my wool relentlessly he passes .
througluthe open window.
- • CHAPTER IV.
A
- Itis four ctolook. " There hi a delicious -
• hush all over the house and grounde, a hash
theterai,thile.1teetheove inventhat betrays the abseic eot themetebtrd
toryislhrms,,haveirteina4e;iropanest,andbespeaksseowity.Biily•-•'•
thin ritig house? I was bun liere, and and 'I, hat .,in hand, stand upon the door -
lived t Until my father died." - , step and look with caution round we Proper
with! I -I kdemutoeha..t,," Asanidd alt yesterday,
Ees,vtotirrysitnooetmakiyn4 illighuokytootontetijonnelogr.L.Wodavologl
after u 'hell left, I.- keptwendering asee4 Mr. Carrington's permission to want
Whet yoU ielt it very strange and sedo -der through- the grounds -thereby beiray- •
*mein t w fakes it. your old home:" big the pleasure I feel in such wanderings .
- e Mt-- eally bestow a thought uPon: -we Laval- found it strangely difficult to
me .1. 4- • as out of sight?'- .he seed get beyond the precincts of our home
..
with.rem .- "Are You m earnest? To-daY,hawever,brings us iniob A OhanO8 Of '
DO '. , Miss Vernon, I • beg' n to freedom as we may not have again, business
belie i.is a Polish thing to staytook).* having called our father to an adjcing .
.8wattt:44:..9;1., ode'0000tsnrwiovenlanoodun-atrywamyetza mvillage,un
et from which hi cannot possibly
thei
the 'shades of evening have
imitatint-Aosyse .41ina rd
tiagweroousl4apleased may
b
leeasedzllaa(lto
with en,' well fallen. Our evil genius, too, has for
-once been kind, having forgotten to suggest
bini • ' his return.'I have been - tieing to taim before • starting the ad isabing %A-
verse u osedtclown sort of life, net quite
regulatingabursenmt? ver'lleu. ts durin the hours
so oi teclate might have been, I fear, and he will- be
-it no eegemet a solutely strange that any .one It is that sweetest menth of the twelve,
shwa ake•dthe trouble to think .shout September -a glorious ripe September,
me." e ititeto ell this in a illove - rather ihat has never yet appeared so tweet and
effeojri tette, looking pensively at Dora golden -brown as on his atom/men, that
the NY:;., e. , • brings UR so nearthe close of. it.. High in
an Opportunity not to be.wasted, the trees tang clusters of filberts, that have
and r instantly blushes her very beet tempted our imagination for some time,
blast, en becoming charmingly eon- and pew, with a basket siting _between us,
fuee e es het glance once more fall on her that links us as we walk, we meditate se.
tetti ..- - . . - raid." •
t is wfu1ty. pretty work you are As with light, exultant foetstepe We
doin eeys- Mr. Carrington, taking up the finery niewardle Rustoees of song fait from
extrerCe' edge of it and examining it with eay•ltps -a levy, softcontralto voioe being
grav4entetetet. "1 like to see women work. my one charm. Now and -then Billy's high, ,
mg,
=But
have e
intrieSt
61 A.5;1
/6/er
out, 4'
it, if
•17.•
66
put
And
clostt
and
droori
rne ji
l jt:fere
don't
encetp Agt
and Li vie to
that ••
ray
61
you
r-
ing
*dates'
m -
see . cle
tte tha
„
P *31r hands are scut wnitte- boyish notes join mine, making the woods
4o111'.ike a difficult task: it must ring, until the liOng coznes to sudden, grief I
it You a long time to master the through lack of memory when gay laughter
a 7changes the echo's tone. -
t It's quite simple -just in slid At last the wood we want was reached;
seet e miss Any one canlearn the nuts are in full view; our object is
trint their mind to it. . attained,
•
hink you lionld teach me, if I 'Now," asks Billy with a sigh of delight,
n to it?" asks Mr: Carrington. "at which ens shall we begin ?" 1
p.fohisir epee meet ; their heads are All the.trees are laden; they mcirithan
eh2i over the - work; they emlle answer our expectations. Each one ap-
t' kti the -gaze - until Dora's lids pears se much better than the other it is
mitt ily.
ted. „Evidently they regard diffii, Acutitemis,e,h, eel Nesabeyetawteeinenth.
gtet• pointing to
t of a babe' or a puppy i ea o'
ne richly °lotted that stands before tis.
' allow My :preemies to•intert .. - Net at all," returns Billy, tonteroptu-
riPPie of their inane &minxes- ously ; "It isn't half as good as this Ole,"
..
ore .nettled by their indiffer- staniing the companion tree to mine; 'and,
ire to', confess (well to myself, his being-. the master-rnind, -he carries the
the - uncharitable Conclusion -day. - . ' • - .--
gton is an odioue flirt, and "Very good: don't miss your foothige"
1.
a a fool. - ' - . ' I say anxiously, as he begins to , elle:Lb,
left thie. house where did There -are no lower branches, no projea.
asks Dorapreeebtly, return- 'dons of any kind to twist his ascent•.; the
Let 3h3rge. - - -• -: - t .' - task is far from - sae'. -
emore-to my uncle; _ Then "Here, give me a shove," calla out Billy,
my sister, Lady Hancock- impatiently, when he liad slipped ha* to
I went into the Guards. .You mother earth the fourth time, after severely
ermined to Make fri--..kwith- barking tie Ohne I give him a vi Omuta
a pleasantly; "so Ile& by push that mists him emceed . _ to an
- I•know aoout myself."' •overhanginglimb, after which, bee.
ed --yen wieh us to be. your hand.ovee-hand work, he rim rapiy and,
inuredporalnuooentb!. 'But . soon the .epoiler Teaches his prey. •
ou twill . find us very stupid. Down oome the little bumping showers;
Like -seen so witch Of the world,if on my head or arms Ito muoh the greater '
eontent yourself . in elonntrY fun. I dodge; Billy aline; the birds grow .
th .only -country neighbors.' nervous at our unrestrained laughter. Al-
1sioe from the large ohildieh ready One basket is more than half full, and
- Billy is almostont Of eight among the pick
'ilg. y whati have already. seen," foliage, eo high . hes he mounted.
, aarzington, returning the glance ' Slower, and, with more uncertain: aim
come the -nuts. I begin to grow retitle* • It
eteite, but thoroughly happy. in -my tenet so amusing as it was ten minutee ago,
and I leook vaguely around me in.eintroli of
ti did on leave your.regiment ?" I newer joys. • ,
,
trial yentlY, tired of being -left out . At no great dietanee ;from ine.I spy anv
dela d anxious to hear my own other nut -tree, equally laden with -treasure
te.. I'
t ler the longest silence I had and far seater of acmes. Low, aliresst to
the ground, some of the. branches•ttrow.*
toted gently and -goes baok to the My eyes fasten • upon it; a kf.' 'dews to:
p rOo rty, five years ago, I Cut it, Being very little inferior to Billy in the
i
t. arrington turns quickly to climb and be niyself a spoiler --m'es Upon
I am tired- of the life ; the tuilLeolighTtlaindinYeetesoekebeit °rang the
grwaiunthd'in'ane,dIr
... .
ite tontr Was More than I could itealoff Without a word to Billy and gam
So wen my uncle died and I came the wiished-for spot. . . ' , , •
teop eign travelling instead." - art of climbing -long and dearly -bought •
lo f S were a man I Wbuldsrather experience having made me nimble, it tie at
le an anirchingt" I" say, with very little risk sad with small difficulty I
•aim% imagine any ene Op- :. aeon find myself at the top of the tree,
6; it seems te me such: a gay'. - comfortably seated on a thick arm of wood,
e _ g4' .
i every respeot. .And stirely; plucking my tints in etifety. 'I feel ht.
d bepreferable to.beiiit an mensely elated, both at the eminence 02 iny
situation and the 8=003=1 secrecy with
which I have carried out my plan. What
tee it wilibe ptesently to see Billy lietking •
for me everywhere . , -
I fairly laniitli lo „myself -9A: t_h_ese ideas
flit - through my idle - ;brain - more,
perhaps, through real gayety Of heart than
_from Any excelletete the' joke contalne-
When, suddenly raising my -head, I see what
makes inieznischievous smile freeze upon
-my lip. •
,. ' (To be Cloetimiedt) -
frie0
I. sae
Yea;
wi
qu
Ano
eyelet
est =•
sayste,
with eetereet "1 believe I shall feel, not
only:
•new I
61
ID
• voioet
eve
tatti
me.
16
c�i
and
in fo
and t=
,
be a
efftist.
' *
one, et
anyttdo't
I 46
wool
wearer
thee
sign
have.
i
suet
baugh--
r;vtling a quantity cit.sgszlet
- been :cleverly *Ogled by
ox -terrier, and so betWeen
sicdi .the fidgets -brought on by
eien bf. a tisk that is utterly fore
te tastes -I feel snappish; and
Pleat' remark. Dora lobke
&sirori and oasts a depropoting"
,Ottie visitOr. Kr. °Arrington
• thoroughly amused laugh.
-
not an i et," he says "one
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