HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1888-02-10, Page 2; softes Qr�,
owy karthieV~s
handfeed eilTer°4ualz
its garden pale her world shuts in,.
, A Ample world, madsweetwith. thigh!, ,
-where life, soft lulled be dronhiglaceo,
'' POWs tothe mill-strefun'e.lalleingrhYMe,
•
:Poor ere her cottage walls, and eare,
Poo mesh and =ell to barber pride, ,
r"Vet with a muffing gaze she fleet .
,Her broad. domaies. eztenaing Wide,
thit 0 woe. pot-,
was *ery.:141.
. men who take any ihterest in me,' Shirley
rich ; but 'I have never seen Shirlek mini-
rearaai464' rillfki3deitiladaantutgi,ith!Iignocgtildy'OPt,Wtheorfn,Elibari4grash4e'TrilbeiParartoe4.114d/w1,iate44‘:
'thinking eo,"-said Maud Feirhohne, with a
• g:enerally , curious about 'men; if they're
larly aff4ted. The ohly men she ever feels
any fnterest in are Jalik end Oswald."
sure to be °Thiene alio." •
toss of her pretty fair head. " Alice id
indignantly, " Hew can yop say such
eilly things ?" But Alice was eo curious
• to see him that.' thohglit Shirley wciuld be
has he ?' k : . • 7 -
• "Probably 'because they. are the. only-
-
',..,' Prayhad you Over a cousin., Tom,
holthfies -*WO. Yelinger 'daughters, with*,*
any Other peculiarity of that -kind;
touch. of Contempt; 0. nor lour Arms, riot.,
" Of Mersa. not, Melia," said jean
0 I don't see what reason you have ‘ for
S IRLEY. ROSS :•
:.[ at. bright glance to Maud: " Japhierny
brother and Oswald; is a very kind OtiliSirl."
-Did your ooRsiz.. happen, to sing?
Slaters we have by the dozen, Tom,
•, But a cousin's a eifferent piing e•• "; •
Itiotect Maud • saucily. " Did you c ver
hear those] lines, Mistress Ross ?" . ,
" Fortunately foeyen, Miss Martin is
not within, hearing," said Shirley, laugh -
fine and the color of hair go -and he has jpg. " I Wonder how she would ,Mprove
apartundaily good feet. This resemblance. ouch flippaii05,;•• . . • , .. -•• , •
light, as it is, Proved Very useful ewe. I II air: 11)r
• 4"aski P4aktin iii.at preieht in the bosom
• lad made' an engagement to meet a man at' of hoe faintly," rejOined Mend, laughing;
the Balide l'Operai in Paris, but, when the "at least I hope so. She intended to get
• • time care°, I. was more agreeablyengaged," there by this time when she started this
, flie Hugh continued, With a laugh at the morning, Ikea she is welcome . to . remain
•. , recollection, which Guy Stuart reeallea there as long as phe wishes." .
•• long afterward. "1 Made Latreille don mi. "1 an afraid that would not suit Aunt
costume and sent him to the niaidmd .ba ' Geraldine.'"
• where he personated me with Perfect BM' "1 am afraiknot ; but it would suit Me.
teas." . • :L.., •. [Jean; will you race me down the !covered
"And without deteetion ?" MajorStuart, 'walk before it gets dark ?" ' .
asked, in sill'Priree • • :.: "Yes !" exclaimed Jean; and . the two
"Quito so. „IE fa Aid not unmeek, but, he children vanished out of the glees door.
• managed to lase three hundred franca at 'The wMtry twilight •was Ailing ' .the
mite afterward, at my exPenile, of course, [room, but the fire burned red and clear,
and he -told me that he had enjoyed himself and threw a warm pleasant glow over the
most thoroughly. He is the Melest, most rather bare .. bald -looking apartment.
self opinionated. follow hi .existence -quite Shirley liked the fire -light ; she put away
aratisinglY so." . - her draWing•carefully,it was ea sketch she
"He Ia.:rather a oliaracter, evidently," was doing Jack -and, leaving the table,
remarked Guy, laligking, "Iluthere_hels•" went and sat down on the rug ' before the
rttiiidded,--ae the door oleoned and Latreille fire snob .a weary tired face it was, with
'came quietly; with: his usual noiseless. foudin great yearning. hazel eyes, and snob
eferi. . • . er sorrowful crimson lipn„,
' "Well,Latreille " said hislreaster, from 0
IP . 1 nothing there [upon the rug ' looking
his plat* on the- hearth -reg, and without
ceerao0hglie ,eigar from olietween.MAp
,;4-7-4/174.1-9.1allet: .tthic!..t, n?..741Vginaed2r".o,4c1;7 ;-1.:•,.......--r._,;.;
-.."...0MISIelnilyaluszolhoiefalieniostkiinciazi
s'•.
and difitingulehed in this pert of Scotland,
. . Sir Thigh, Letreille answered quietly, not
Green slopes of hills, andwavidg neldB,
• With blooming heave set blitween, •
• "Through shiftMg yeils of tender miat s' :
pipets, half revealed, *Mingled Bee'up.'
• .
• An her*. -for lovingly she holds
A. ite,49w jkitsket in her band,
• Whoile.anelent„ faded Peript Pr.oeiainni
Igor Stip to Mit epreading
Old letters 'ph[the trembling Page
Drop unawares, unheeded tears,.,
'These are her title deeds her lainle
Spread thrOugh,the realin,s of bygone days.
; I
A Story of Woman's. Faithfillness.
—•--
• You .have noticed that, have you?" Sir
.Hugh laughed. " Yes -I believe 4e flatters,
himself that we are eomewhat alike, andin-
•.deed BO WO are; Bo far as complexion and
, ging
When 'Shirley
hetherfresh from hersthother It a�
Was far too miserable to. heed .any °titer
surroundings. All her' faeultimeeenied to
be chilled by the. terrible grief ' had
fallen upon her.. Shecoulvl think of noth;
mg ▪ but the itorkowful journey and its end,
of the dear gentle naother-Wh:o had always
keen's° careful end tender Over her. BO
youth in very elastic, and it soon recovers
even from the bitterest'grief ;' and, as the
first numheddeeadnese of desPair wore offish°
Noah to feel the want •of 09M0 inpatly;
some affectien from those amen her; but
she -foiripl. her timid Advances ignored or
.repulse, and the was thrown hack upon
herself, chilled and dispirited, and during
the two long years she had lived at Fait
holme.Courtshe had lived as solitary a, life
as it• was. pessible to lead.,
kairholine Court was. a state y and corn
,modious ,mansion built in the end of the.
last century, but fitted up with everY,
'ncoderns donvehiende. It possessed • no
haunted • passages; no secret chambers.
All was: bright, cheerful, and Modern
within; the. small 'Windows had 'been re.
moved and wide: panes of plate gimes sub-
stitujed ; the rooms Were spacioue and. well
ventilittei, the drawing -roams 'extremely
handanine, . To Shirley th6 house .was•
neither so ,bemitiful. or so 'inbireethig as a
humbler but. more.antique and,lese ,preten,
tiOni abode would have been; but the
grounds :were lovely, and the view
from the upper windows Was so beautiful
that it often made Shirley forget her a
troubles. •
• The school -room, the 'only sitting,reom
really free to the little dependent, and that Y
only out of lesson hourii, WaS a fofty square 0,
room, lighted by two long windows which'
°Ponca on to &lawn; roundthis side of the A
house there was a Veranda, and Maud and
jean'.7Tairholme were. fond of taking their a
lessens out there on the hot Bummer days. 0
Within, the room gave most unmistakable
signs. of the he° to which it was put. There n
Were a long-endiwing Broadwood piano, the F
most tincompromising-looking, sofa,in One
corner, and a reolining-hoard ;in another ;
the Carpet showed owns. of hard service, 4
and there was many An ink:plash on the
red cloth table cotter. Two recesses were 10
filled with book shelves, and on the walls 0
were hung fionce simply -framed Witter -color h
piothresclsweldre, and Alice's productions, m
, •
owydratimy-7.0h1. arji a'ntre3tin71444141cee::P.
4214.0 Iwo lityftilly [gendleeking
.Inandsehieler ;nen. fteyea ere,..fer a
!thew. Stuart, 011(oinibritri,of the Guy Lie.
ingstonstylet just the •-•fellow to fel
Mina/ago lassie like yetirself.': • .
"Ain I tidy-?" Shirley asked,aeehe
slowly and gtood. upright turning to
cousih to, be, inspected ;..and• Oswald
hoiniet•aci, :looked hp at her, thopg
bis heart thitt•ho lovelier risieli than
Oethfin Shirley had neat ever .dreamed
artietpainted: • '
. She wee. a slim slight girl, whose every
movement was rarely gratieful, vylio walked
as. Englisheroinen ever wbe
carried. herself with RA nnomispioul:grd
which had. she beenless:beantifel, would,
We: multi her remarkable: anywhere.
When her oomph spoke. of her as uhushally
lovely he did her •n& hiere than justice..
She was pale,..witli the -beautiful ' marble
like \pallor -which in: as. far:removed from
the salloviheits of ill. health as light. frOM
darkness;. her hair 4 egrlillg: Over her,l/rOW
and gathered bite ,a eoft wavy knot Oil the
nape of. her heck, was ,of a fair 04eStSOB
brown, golden where the Sun kissed •it
her ,eyes were of the putrest,•darkeet. hazel,
shaed by Jong eyelathes ' which; . like, her
straight dear Pyebrows;were many shades
darker than: his: hair, being- eh:host black;
ancl-tet..-roohtli With its pouting
tfogloi Prithsen. kla Was aff. perfect.amouth
as keol. fiver kissed. She was dreeped in aa
black; alesely: fitting 'serge dress, with a
plain, linen* collar. . round her threat
nd• a buich . of. .'mountainash berrien..at
her breast, . • • • ,
"1 don't think there is ninth 'whir' with
ou."' said the young officer, surveying her
ritically. likeyOne gown much better
han that elaboratelY, made garment Which
lice has donned in henor of .Sir
ay,. Shirley " he • added; chi he rose also,
nd they stOod for a Moment bide by: side,
h the hearth -rag, :" is ienot ' awful
uisance? '1 efth't get • my leave re..
towed FM' that I • shall .'have. to be off on
riAfty.!"-• • • • • • • .„
Oht . Oswald"z-andidliirley'e face,. as
he :raised [ it to his, was full of nnfeigned
iiittreee-" whativpity.1" • , '• •
• ". Yee, it is a musanon: • Was. looking
rWard • to a :Waltz. with you :at. the ball
n New • Yettr'S eve: •• But it can't be
elped-The .reginient cannotget lith Without
e." - • ' . • • .
rag ba"
sadisappilitted;•./..--4midellsonicalffip'efille,"'"i
thelikled; smiling., • [. • • •
• A slight color remin Oswaldliairholme4
blear dark Cheek. . • [ • • *. ' • • . • •
. "DO . yeti ."think• so?"' h�said, eagerly,
Well,,cthat is Seine' :consolation.; and,
Shirleyt-ityoh-get-ahopportunity;-dori't let
her *get.• ' • • .
Ruby: is not likely .ferget you,
Oswald." the girl answered gravely.. 0 Ychi
know. that." ' ••
"1 don't,"he ['answered 'moodily.. ":She
is 'so' • young; and I don't get a.,chimie, you
Bed. Howeeer it can't be helped," he. added,.
•nhilesilhically; "so I meet grin and hear
it: ,.(lontealohg,,.coz; and Mike ao.iinpros-
don on Major Stuart and out • Alice out if
yort oan.' - • . • • - •
"AMA. Geraldine does not like you to.
talk that mahner." , Shirley • said
severely,' , as , they went Out of the Behold-
roodi together, Osivald'a hand through his
consin's.arin."* . .• • :.
."But film 'can't :heir. it, ••cbild, • 'so it
does. not mattei,"•. he returned carelerly.
"Now prepare to [ mike your entree in
style." . .• • • .
They both paused for a inethent at. the
door ; and the • yew* roan looked down:
laughingly at his .0,onsin. .. • •• ' •
• "Oswald, you • will net be foolish'?" the
said *entreatingly. "Aunt Geraldine will be
yon know.",•
▪ will behave with' all due .decOrtini,
inigticmsef don't be afield," ihe.ansivered,;
laughing. "Go in, little .boz, and nieet your
. • And Shirley. Went *quietly, in her soft
*wiling serge, with her sweet innocent
hazel eyes, meet her fate. • • •
• To • Shirley'e .artistici eyes *h&c:kik parlor
was • by lar the prettiest and *implied
Mona at.FaithOlme Court •Xhe' Minim was
• of 'oak, and ite elaborate oarying wind&
have .delighted a cionnoisseur:. The Walls
were paneled and wainscoted in the :same
wood, and the mahtel4iiecoWan high and
equally elaborately *carved. allot now the:
rocan_presehtedan aspect both comfortable -
and .pictiiresoes.• It was 'lighted ..onlYhY,
the great blazing, 'fire1,... but; iffiT.iles as
they 'roared hp the wide old chimney wero.
quite sufficient to make it.' light, :and
not oven."the furthest corners . were "in
'shadow. '
'• •The Ourtitine 'were 'Of •• deep crimson
&whisk, and here and there about the room
were placed:Behemianglar vetoes, the deep
nth hues' Of . hatinehized. • with the
lianginge. ' Lady Fititholine, a tall slender
Genii wOmall., WAS •sittilig On:a IOW chair,
r the ;fire; sipping her tee, .while
emitiftil blend°, very -unlike Sik.Hu h'
ere of a Scotch belle,Was presiding Over
abity tee-eqiiipp,age of ,Seeree china' and
er, Which stood on a gypfly•table.by her
t Nair her, in an attitude of ,easy,
elms grade; sitOod Sir Hugh Glynn • bend.
slightly toward : her as: he spoke, and
lihg. with that . air of deeolion that he
itually wore when speaking to it . pretty
woman; ,whilelearting,againet the canted
'thipporter the' mantel, steed. Griv. Stuart;
looking with anniffed yet admiring eyes at
Alice,. as she fiat 'in: her. pequettith
Watteati : tea gown of pale bine - and
pouring out tea and flirting with 'Sir'
Itwas a pretty pieture, thought,
as BIM 'steed' for a Minute the door,
0,entald'e handsonie sniffing fano • peering
her eltmilderthe quaint recent
graciefel Wenichl,-thichigliThred400king
A• lice'e white hands Mating sp deftly
ng the delicate eennaild shining silvee,
Hugh bending 70Ver. her, with the fallingfuil' Uptin handeoine faee•
i'atIttlAtiorr. O'Pe.• vied; • hOn'e. Ver. ho. ..11;len
cedo toward it; and into Sit.. Hugh's
fennel • blue eyed -there cants
en ,.cpwift k.glanett • cif admiration,
0 :Onc.'•Gny .Stuarts *fee° ,grew ' a :look
ewilderectreCogintien and eurpriee rnd
relYr. heliaditeen4
tire. , [ ,
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VarirMI-411**-1-4041fro-410/400rWr'•
104169-.310t aringotolore, hun, Lk grey October
evening; with light shining uPol* the water • -
and a steamer read, to leave her clooringuR
a steep ladder, and another beautiful face,
wanquici 'Pale,, and haggard,' whinh bad
Icetee foe blew ni0Monta,againat his shout:
der as. he carried the slight ,form. in his
eh a strong arms?.
Pid those soft, hannting;sorrowffilLeyee„
roe- not remind him of other •things -of a •
her orowded railway station with passengere
Fab- hurrying to and fro, and •porters shouting
ht in and guards, bustling by, and df a young
his man's eager sorrowful face, ,y4i,ich. had
of or lighted up. euddenly, and then ,Phadowed
again? INcl he not seem; to hear a qui k
joyful cry,: echoed by one eclualtY (Puck,
but low, and terrified, ,and to •see -sagein
the group, •which so- promptly sur -
mended the motionless. figure and bore it
away?
into the redglovv of the .huttiingehals, Alp and .0-tru2 .few ahlrie.V10„-'.10suh'...a.4wJW
• stihe ralleithiffiteArcendlifttoodirf Avalthem•da_kalettiMesanc olanr-viacrtnIttrotonni,4,
"IW lopt-zs !nr.attRgleagarp.ufr;lak;itht;qit'flqrfkgttife:
for -that, Icilt too dant 'heart and „..`gitting -41610M? 1116 ' fading lire=
desolate. And yet a casual observer would light in an . attitede Of .unconscioun
grade, and . so • still that it " was
quite. possible for • any One to entet,
the room without being aware of her
.presence. ' ,
Presently the door was pushed open
noisily, and a young Man entered,it elight
dark mith;.! with A: Meek ; Mustache and
something of !Shirley's own regularity Of
feature. He was handsome and griteeftil
and rather' foreign looking, and Shirley's
affection for her Cousin Oswald • had partly
originated in' the fact that there was
much resemblance between him CM& her
dead mother. • * • •
• "Shirley," he exclaimed," are yeti here?.
Why, it is blind -Irish's holiday here,, and IRO'
"Is that .4on, Oswald?" Shirley said,
turning round from the fire and speaking in
such a pretty Pathetie thrilling voice. " Do
you want me?"• .• • ,
"Want you? ,Of course I Went yeti!"
he replied, as he advaneed towards the fire:
"What 'No you Mean by moping there 1n
the dark when there are 'two. delightful
eligible ;youhg mert haying afternoon
tea with Alice and her ladythip in the oak
Parlor?" .
Shirley laughed lightly, turning her face
toward him as he threw himself' 'into* the
low chair by the -fire, which was Miss
Martin's favorite seat. and, bending
fcirward; looked at her by the light of the
•" TheY.den't want.me,, and I don't want
them," she said carelessly. "Who are
the delightful , eligible • young men,
Oswald f" [
have thought that there' Was no excuse for
. at. all . intimidated' by the .00rutiny.• with' lier depression. -OlitveardlY, Shirley's life"
' which. his. master's . -friend :was hollering at Fairholme Coint• was; pleasant . enough.
him: "Sir Gilbert bas one stint the 000; She was neither 'starved, . por:heaten,--nor
...„nian who, Martin says, called upen yOu on ill-treated ;..she had ..food to eat -the same
'Irciesdayt and • who is. in the army, ' and luxurious Being toWhich, Sir Gilbert and
three daughters." . • •. '' . ... Lady FairhelMe were accustenied'; she hid'
.::'--- ----- ..".Thtee :daughters," repeated -.[Sirlliighi clothes to Wear -hot; quite stio 'costly And
with sevift *glance* hiefrienk who hick a pretty perhaps as her .(kamin Alice's, but
Emile Under his heavy, dark Moustache. ' . • then Alice.was• a •grown nil. young lad- who
•.. "'Are they grown np; Letreille, or child- tad. been . presented. to Her Pdajefity, and
. ' ren.?•" . • . • • ' ' • : ' • . • • ' ' • was" out," and Shirley had riotiong been
0•Miee Fairholnioais.. groin • hp and very emancipated ,from the schoot.feem, .And
illieltutiftlk Sir . Riigh. quite a belle in the Was butyothig yet; the. had .books to teak,
' '"eomity ;• but 'other two Tufting ladies are the:Michel-room piano' Was, always: et. her
• ' • in the lichool,room." , . • • : • ' • service when Miss Martin and the younger
- "That will.do,". ',said Sir. ' Hugh eloWly: girls did not Want it for A inutile leosomor
*- 'ii Is there anything else?", he asked, seeing kw preisticihg &mere, and the could take'
;that the man lingered. * . • ' '. her walks abroad with the: governess .and
' -* • 0',Thete is another yo.nng lady, at • Fai!-• her [ mine •,,sh,enever • it pleased her ffri
hoinie Court, Sir Hugh," .. -. • • : t� do. • ' , . . ' • ' , •:
•. :it Another' • young WTI". [ repeated Sir 'What inoM °Mild any reasonable, being
' :Hugh, With : a ' laugh,. [ Who .is she -the: tiant•?. Many a.girl not half so comfortably
\ . ./ •
... itiverimee ?" • • • . • • .. • oircumstearteed • Was ' p,erfectly ,happy and
"Oh, no, Sir Hugh. She is Miss "Rose, contented:: . with her • lot; While Shirley's
A .niece of Sir Gilbert's; and the is • ae great Born:iv/Nil *haunting eyes. Seemed . so
, :. 'beautiful, Martin says, as- Miss VairhOlnr =nudely, yet eh eloquently, reproachfel that
' 'thereat." • , • • • ' : ,' . •• • [ • Lady Fairhoiine Often felt a very strong
..... .`. Oh, very Well, ' I'Vewillride this' morn inclination to lox her ears . .. .
. -in. Order the hinges foktivelve, .Latreille. . ,ancl . 'Shirley .herself would haee,. eaten
' Piniat did,I tell,. you,. Stuart 2" 'he • added; 'dry breed with a sunshiny countenance and
• :,Whezi ' the: man had disappeared. ."' TWO laughing, ' happy hazel eyes . if ••that dry
: • ;marriageable young ladies==4 didighter and, bread could have • been eaten an th&.soei..ty
, ;it Mese." . . , . . : • , •• .. [ ' „' . Of one person who level* ;her. She Would
, ' "But both • equally cliarniing6 I . led have worn the shabbiest of garments if loving
. :.rather ouritinS to seethe Satoh belles:" '•eyes. had told[ her that. the dingy setting did.
".1 knew :the etylereddish, 'bib and not. matter; that the piothre was .fispleasant
• ..'•freekleti, higlieheekhonesahdthickWaistei" in its famished frame -as it conld hayebeen
: itoia 'Iiiir ..Hugh-.. contemptuously. ' "How,. in gorgeous With. gilding and ' carving.
• •oVer,..We'll truat to ' chance,: ‘. Guy, • • are. PM she was a contentedlittle mortal natinally;
' • • .
' :ready?' - , . .. - [ . ' she was not conochted,nr ambitious; or
• •Ag \Sir Hugh spoke he :came up to the anxious to Otitdrese ,Or. butyl° herneighbors,
•[ table With a little laugh and held: out the and ', a very ' little' ininthine would have
• * 4mlf,cirown. , . . . '. ' .• , etifficedher-lint even thkt little seemed to
' "Stillicarning,on that nonsense 2" solid he,denied to her. .• ; s • . •
'the sohlieri,.with. a timile. • • • , .. They.weretiot [ itetieely unkind to • her at
•' •,"It was your..own. proposal,"anfavered Fizirhohne Court ; no one, except nethipe
• :Sit Hugh.:,.„ ''You .. fetid ‘.Let-ne....toss-w- Alice.•Fairbolicce, difiliked the beau:Wel girl
guici x am quitOWillieg to do so, and trust who -was shgehtle an Wet and iniobtrti-
. • ". If there iii shoh. &thine supplemented ncit care fin, her, and in that lay the sting.
Ils.q.
;.. Ao chalice.' ' ' \... .. ' .. - ' . ' * • 'dee, shall:Lever in the Wa ; but, they •did
'Major Stead lightly: "Well, go on and No one earedwhether sbewasglad or *Fry,• .
. lei us see. what chanee Will decide." • Well- or ill, . meted; or tired • :no .one 'gym-,
* "How did We Day ?", Sir Hugh . asked,' pcithized; no one, heeded.', She •Vvas. so. lonely
. With the coin suantinded between has fore- inthe great. 'aheerful bustling houeehOld ;
• Anger and thumb. . " If din ', heads,' Fair." she •wasneither useful nor ,ornailientalt. ite
. holme COurt' Carries tbe day; if, ' toile,' we Aliceliad told her One aasr. . It would make
,•• *Snafu here."' ' ' .., - ,., , t • very little difference to any one'ff ccirefoet
"Neryvvell., Fire away." \ - .. sa happinese if she wore to fade away and
Sir Hugh epunthe point and\ siMultane., die: No one,would care much but Jack. •
. -candy both young men leithedforward tiiifee ggiid Mien -jack *held hot.mien her *dry
the. remit The silver glittered ite the Win"- emeh, Shirk* thought Pitifully, if she were
• ter sunlight fell uPoilit, spunroundraPidlY to die. BeL• had many friends • and Om-
. :lathe apace of a •few neon& and then panione in Lofidan now; •and, though'
;settled doWn. ,' • [ ' ' \ when he cuticle to [ Seotland for . the , short
. '. "Htort)1 1" exclaimed Sir Hugh. , ' • \ annual ' visit [ Which ..•Wati all [ Sir . Gilbert
. it IfeaWil" (shoed Guy Stuart. ''Fairliolme would 'allow,. he was. kind and tender . in of
• • 'Court- 'has. carried; the day. . Who knows, Old, •Shirley •felt • that :she was no longer
: gutIO inie,..but that you may nieetyour late, necreaty to him.,* AB shelled beeri in the.
!One of the two sandy haired, freckled daM, ,patt.:.--Jaek was n-nian n&Wi-L-fr..-tall.-,-hand;
-.Bele ybodeseribedlioeloqueritlY."-7 . some felloW! With 4 '.oniart little Mustache.
_."Who knows Vreehoed• Sir Thigh, "IIII and••.:,partietilar•Ae ' to the • 'Cut of hie . d'Oat.
• • wiite the acceptande at Mice eo that there Whit foOlith noneevise people talked ' when
• ;may be no drawing back." : •' , ,, they mad wornen were. Older thalinvin . for
. ' 'Light Words, lightly spoken, and forgotten theiryetra ! .; Jack. Was only .a. year or two
,almOatite soon as 'said. And , yet, i:f theyi, [ Shirley'siteniOr, but he ' had left her tar
.....iiiiildhaYe foreseen the events Which were behind;Atidwhilo.he; woe A man, ,ohe was a
-ta grow out of shalt a *Mal, odeurrenee as child: - , .. :, ' . ' . • :*, . . •-
•...the spinning fit a . poih. Sir litiglAy hand •• Nobody at Faitheime Court Wanted ' her
'would have • fallen" powerless to • his " side -that was evident Her uncle treated her
before it twirled the silver, and Get Stuart, With derides kifidness, her aunt gave her a'
.Whuld" heave nchier finggested to teiniting to . animith fair cheek:6 Idea *tight and, MOM-
• . .theoee..* Ah;._ With Whit .. nodes& regrettO lug,. WA OBORSiorlallY repreVed her -for wine
...therrecalled•the ixtearrenee fp after y,ealt. trifling fault of deportment Or manner,
... . ' Ij1tAPTEIt 7v, .. •• • + . -Alio° snubbed her , perp.etuelly, .and. the
7 - • '.' • ' ' • 'children, werefOrid-of her in their fashion--. • "."..ShirleY0 did you khoit, that Sir:Hugh 6 , kather, beigiih, &dbl. fathion, for they.:
' ,Glyzin is condi* tOday 2." .. , .
tyrannized . over .her ihniercifelly. Her
: • . 8' I hoard:Aunt Geraldine say so," Shirley Cousin Oswald was hind. to : her ' when he
'Reef answered indifferehtly, without liftlhg' was at home Whioh Was but rarely, for he
t her head from her draWing, .• • •: .. [
did. ha etre ?tct Ask for Muth leave. ',Even'
. [ •"Aren't you enticing to • see him?" Jean, ktes martin,: the ohndieele .1.3evettoefei tvg
. :Iteetrishee, Inie Mired, ; an 'h,i:. °I..ei,' Oil.,44'.12..'• cola and. difitant, 'while the fiereinits
• "ale& it bit,. why, ithotild I be f :Ile ,iii
• tiettinlike anybody oho,. x suppose, ?", . • .
•
• "Not to knew them argees .yOurself
khowil;;Iittle coz.," he rejoined lightly: "I
am sure their names have been•househeld
Worcs here for the lad twenty-four hOur.e.
At first it was Will . they [come or Won't
they come-?' Then it was.' Oh;here they
are '-' No, it • Yes, it is!' I am
sure I should think Alice has !lost coneider•
ably in weight since the morning, she
,has undergone sitch an ageny of expec;
tation." •
"1 wish Alice aphid hear yon," Shirley
rentarked
"1 am glad she mill. What an awful
wigging I should get. But little *mien,
look here; 'there are two young men, I tell
you,' and you are • welcome to one -not to
the one,' you know, but to the other ; so I
have come to faith you." ' •
•
"Hadn't you better tell me whioh 0 the:, gra
one and which is the other ?" said the girl nea
merrily -"or may, be • inclined- to ' a b
pict
a d
.silv
side
oar
mg
tion. To the one vlei are all sweetness and end
smileio and empressement; , to a the. other hab
we are merely eviland grachohn. Shirley,•
,when•are.you going to; fall down °and wor-
ship the golden calf •
'. "Whenever I get the 'Armee," she
replied, with sudden earneetnese. ,
"'Do you, mean to say that you, Shirley
R,oe's; would • marry ler Money ?" fiaid
her cousin liftling up. his hands with
affegted, horror , •
' do,recist • certainly."' .•
, " You Mercenary little wretch !"he said
appropriate what was not ,intended .for
• " You would •' ' soon , enlightened,'
Oswald Fairholme °aid laughingly, 0 If.
you were in the oak parlor for five minutes,,
you would have noneedto ask :that quos
. .
,. •
. All these •thingehe eaw•agein and a,
RS in, a waking dream, as his .eyes d
. it moment, on the lovely shy InCe ahd,grare,
ufe1 fi. gure[..fr.amed in t. he oaken' doorway; •
then Lady Fairholine'eqniet voice:amused :
;:4%,h;
Shirley 1" she said, litagnidlY; "gave • •.-...
hiding puree).* ? I: thought you: would '
you come at 1414 ?.• Where have • Yen 'been ... •
617Sehuirgilry1114111M:BtOler. Wa.rd, cokana. g slightly,
• with her bealitiful oyes dose:waft, Oswald'.
Fairholine * glanoirig fromi one man to the
other', seaw'the same, look of Meer admire.'
. "Sir Hugh Glynn -My • niece Miss '
.1s*eidaii, aiillan. bOrateh.a.sfuitrcieteg;athnde'sonir:es:tane :dhimself.otigar.
Alice. went on indiffbrently pouring- Out ' the . •
daintily into the delicate eine
Rose,"' continued Lady Fthrholme, in her .
ler, • soft languid tones; 'and. Sir Hugh
bowea. low, while • , Shirley inclined her
pretty heed, shyly it mightbe, 'yet vrithic
grebe and .self-possession any other Worn ,
might have envied. . ., . .; ' , , • ,
"Major. Stuart -Mian Roes," • continued.
Lady Feirlioljne- ;. andthe young man made .
a Stepor two forward., ' • . . , •
Shirley :raised her graceful heed; •aid .
their eyes , met. There was a .mornent'li
silence. [ Alice glanced up anilonely. %Wait ,
Major', Stuart petrified at • sight, of her.
Cousin's, heatity,,she wondered: ," • • ......„.1
"1. think we ham metliofore," he then ."' •
said,. ' gently; in .• those, grave rieh tones
which Shirley remembered seven ; and, '
without a' • word, Wit with her lips quiver-
ing '' •
hand in. his. • - „ •
at the remembrance, the girl : put her
p • •
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'''ti'i‘‘.4410jiiiiiii6afilia.17*aallak0;;35
ta#444.4pKiPZEL 14tS trZ•1110;t4b1,1:1174;03a2,
'Mail: wan Iiirill arFaithilinti Voilit'an
apparently o0. well fettle:66d' with their.
quartets. .that they were in no haste to
leave them.- They hactgladly eccepted Sir.
Gilbert's cordial invitittioir to %retinue with
then:over the Christmas and New Year
weeks, . when several• other. guests ,were to' ...
assemble at 'the court. . " . • ' : .,. .
Osviald Fiiithelme had gene back to his ,
•regiment, gruMbling not .a.littie 'at big hard
lot. and leaving many ;11, parting,. injunCtien
with. his cousin Ow was not to endour- ,
• ageMajor. Stuart if iihe saw that sir Hugh....
Glynn ' Wes. attainable ;' ,and Shirley had .
:laughed - kid. crimsoned, With a enciden •
[eariscioue * 'light ' flashing . into her eyes,
which were -half glad -and, , half- sorry just
then -sorry because Oswald was going, yet [
gladwith a giaclneed new. and strange to her,
poor child, the Behr& of.which. the did not
• try to discover, - • : ' .; ' • :. , . •
• Life Was. very'.. pleasant at Fairholine
'Court just then; mid+ ,even A ' letterlrom '
Jack,. saying that he...conla. not get the
week's holiday he had washed for, hardly.: '
marred Shirley's pleasure for longer than
a .few *minutes.' Never had the Court
'seemed -finch a kindly, friendly place t& -her .
as it did now. Lady :FairhCanie, pleased at-
theinipreeden.that her daughter had made.
on'. Sir. Hugh, was .graohnie and kindly to,
her . husband's niece, and Alice' was, toe ,
Much Occupied. by,:her inideaMis to Make; a'
'crimped .of Sir Iliigh Glynn to take '
Much heed of Shirley. 'during • these short
December days.: ..: •' , . . • . • :
'
Thus Shirley, was left 'free to fellow her,
own* devices; ;mid •the maishOmede of her
leisure . dine was -to fall. in, Joys.' - POor..,
lonely . Shirley! . • Not that she had any . .
idea that it Was : so with ' her. :She ',Only
knew :thitithe World seemed 6 hoe grown -,-,
far more beatitifelduring these days than
ithed ever :seemed before. • :Her life had •
become suddenlyfilled with a. great [golden •
light which . touched and 'glorified every.: • .:
•
thing. She did not -know 'whence or heiv it .
came,. she_ _did,. not: know', what She felt or :
whathome to her: pile knew dimly
and aspirations .anclrjongings. She :felt' • •
iiirt
-Miff ithe wati ' hot illeTeitine Shie .. .and : •
that • she '..coUld never he the Entine a Ain; -
strange new thoughts:Caine JO her; wishes "..
soinetiines. that her '' eyes '.filled• with.
tears . whioli-were•not•tea-rfint sorrow, and ''
that there. was a.. etran.ge, 'stir, : half paiiii
half pleasure at her heart which she could
not analyze... • . ' - ' ' •
..•
. If the girl had had a mother or sister or. ,,
any wonian who 'oared for her than, she
might have 'guessed -what ' had befallen
Shirley,. i Never in all her life Which Was
•past 'and never. in all her :life to oothe had •
she:been or wouldshe be so lovely se nhe• .
was during thee) brie! winter days. • There .
was a height, shy lightin her hazel eye. .
a sweat, 'Oft color flickering:In the °manly
' pallet Of her cheeks, ; it. Step in the corridiare
would make her start Sand tremble; a deep
rich . poke s would Make heroyes droop and
. her HO quiver. . • , ., . ' • • 4-ir ..
-, She wet- glad and giorry, , hay :and :
miserable at mice', • • Shirley's •capaaltieli
for happiness were great, and her capaci-' •
ties' for .misery Were equally. large. , The ,
earth seemed, a paradise pf ennthine and .
Auntie an joy to her;• the rose's of •her life
were iill in [„bloisoin, strong and fragrant
and sweet; ;and they reached. their fulled
bloom :one fine day before phriatinae, When
Guy Stuart came Mt& the oak parlor where
she waidoitting alotie and told her that he
loved' her and asked her to h&hifi Wife, ..
Shirley-t-tre,nielthut and startled, Initeli, Oa
happy 1=;•-pcithothter hands into hie with. •
.out a word, no she had done on that after- • •
,ndon. whim they hadinet again, , IVO thia. ' •
tinie the little hands were not empty , they
Were. full. of the riches pf a groat,
peesionate enduring love; and, .with a ten- . .
der: ".My darling!' Guy toick bee -to his
heart. ' .. • •.
. • . ......., : .• ..
ts2.•
, over
laughing. "I thought you 'were above the*
such a thing. But you're Plat like the %rest men
of the sok. 1 -shalt never. find a • woman to amo
marry me because I am the, best. looking ',Sir
fellow in Her Majesty's -th Hussars, but hght
because I am heir to Fairholine Court, ancl
Sir Gilbert'a only. son. • SO says the As
World." _ f•glan
"Toot Oswald! What a misforthne it • hahd
andtheir Stuld
Shirley said, But Yon halm. whit
.not.yet\teld the who theoligiblegAre." , I of b
' " 0110,1y dear and curious. Cousin; true pleas
datighter, f mother Eve, and.' the one 'is;u
neglected or ..patronized ,het,od, the Sir Hugh Glynn, the hew evyner `gfiI,tIctx• efoi
patronage Was infillitelyllariler to hear thin r ":014, a were
the neglect:t"nntdc. )ret=tion fit
; about thea ea 10
„ . haun
,
a
ti.Titi'.ietlyithoeir gre• at 11,Ittoveiy
f•tOruits ;yeacee
'telt Ati(X.ipgmhe. Etc:. otahietyoftto
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• , -(To be continued:I •
Wife.-." JOhn; the • fleeter is dowhelaire.
.with his hill'," Teli him I'M
.not well enough to Ate him." .
•,The Spanish senate"yeaterdai Yote4 in
favor of.aie principle cif trial by ii*,.••• '
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